Tottenham's Civic Day

From Tottenham Civic Society:

On 25th June groups across the country will be promoting local civic pride. With hard times ahead and with the future of Spurs still undecided, Tottenham needs some good news. Tottenham Civic Society is delighted that the Bernie Grant Arts Centre has agreed to take part in Civic Day. Together we will be holding a number of events in the Tottenham Green area – the historic heart of civic Tottenham.

Civic Day is organised by Civic Voice the national organisation of civic and amenity societies. It is intended to become an annual event.

Tours of Tottenham Town Hall – now restored to its former glory!

Tours of the building will take place from 11.00am to 1.00pm

Tottenham Town Hall was built in Edwardian Baroque style in 1905 by A S Tayler and R Jemmett. With the Fire Station, the Public Baths (now the Bernie Grant Arts Centre) and Tottenham County School it forms what has been described by local architectural historian, Steve Amor, as “the finest group of ensemble buildings in Haringey…Fine detailing in design, high quality materials in the fabric, including lovely red brick and the Mansard roofs make this group reminiscent of Louis XV Paris. The old town hall has an opulent interior detailing including marble columns and colonnades and a dramatic split staircase that leads to the original council chamber, more recently known as the Moselle Room, with an impressive plaster moulded ceiling.” From 1965 to 2007 the building was used as municipal offices. It is grade II listed and was on the English Heritage “buildings at risk” register. This will be an opportunity to see the Town Hall after its extensive restoration.

Meet outside Town Hall, Town Hall Approach Road, N15 4RY www.tottenhamcivicsociety.org.uk


Performance by the New Tottenham Singers

12 noon in the Moselle Room of the Town Hall

Founded in November 2010, the New Tottenham Singers aim to actively and positively represent the community through singing and the fun and camaraderie to be gained from music-making. The New Tottenham Singers are always keen to support local initiatives, and are extremely proud and pleased to be the ‘choir-in-residence’ at this year’s Civic Day celebrations. More information is available at www.tottenhamsingers.com.


Bernie Grant Arts Centre events for Civic Day

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

The Public Baths building, also built in Edwardian Baroque style by Tayler and Jemmett, was situated next door to the Town Hall. The new Bernie Grant Arts Centre building, incorporating the frontage of the original building, was designed by award-winning architect David Adjaye.

The Bernie Grant Arts Centre will be hosting a barbecue, open house, free music, tours of its extraordinary building, exhibitions and displays from local artists and crafts people. There will be tours of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre Enterprise Centre – home to 20 local creative businesses – covering fashion, design, dance, music, film, radio, floristry, drama and much more. There will be a display of some of the hundreds of large scale photographs of local people as part of “The Great Book of Tottenham” and an exhibition by Alejandro Gortazar – a Cuban born photographer based in Seven Sisters. His huge portraits of Masai tribes people from Kenya are remarkable.

And last, but not least, at 1.00pm there will be the launch of its “sculpture in residence” – the living memorial to Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian activist executed in 1995, alongside eight other activists from the minority Ogoni people, for their non-violent campaign against the environmental and social devastation caused by oil companies. Bernie Grant Arts Centre is proud to host the visit of this extraordinary sculpture, a massive steel bus, which will be based at the arts centre in Tottenham for a year. The Remember Ken Saro-Wiwo Project commissioned artist Sokari Douglas Camp to create a “Living Memorial” to honour the Ogoni activists and their struggle. The Bus tours in the UK with a supporting programme of Afro-inspired music, arts workshops, awareness and educational events. The sculptor will be on hand to talk about her work.

Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, N15 4RY
 

Events organised by other organisations and groups

Euroart 9th Annual Open Studios

"You will be amazed"
Friday 3rd June 6-10pm; Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June 2-6pm
37 artists: painting, sculpture, print making, textiles, fashion & costume design, installation, video, SFX sculpture. Plus silent auction.
Euroart Studios, Units 5 & 6 Gaunson House, Markfield Road, N15 4QQ
Free entry. Free car park. Five minutes walk from Seven Sisters station.
07802 502 136 www.euroart.co.uk

Tottenham Carnival
Saturday 18th June, from 12 noon
Carnival parade, local history and community stalls (NOTE: no festival this year)
Bruce Castle Park, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU
www.haringey.gov.uk

A London Classic
Thursday 9th June, 7-8.30pm
Talk by Janet Green, Lee Valley Regional Park's Partnership Manager.
Alongside Transforming London’s Green Lung – ‘2020 Vision for the Lee Valley’exhibition running from 1st to 19th June, 1-5pm Wednesdays to Sundays
Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU

Markfield Beam Engine in steam
Sunday 26th June, Sunday 24th July and Bank Holiday Monday 29th August 11am - 4pm
Markfield Park, Markfield Road, N15 4RB
Go along if you haven't seen it and have a nice meal at Pistachios cafe.
www.mbeam.org www.markfieldpark.org.uk

The Road to Redemption: the Brewing of Ale in Haringey
Wednesday 29th June 7.30pm
Talk by Robert Waite, Deputy Curator of Bruce Castle Museum
At Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU
www.haringey.gov.uk