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Weekly term-time sessions at CUFOS (a.k.a. the Old Railway Station) Top of The Avenue N10Friendly group, brilliant space with exceptional lighting.  No CPZ. Tutored for 20 years plus by Henry Hagger RIBA, exhibitor at the Royal Academies in London…
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Aug 19, 2025 at 3:00am to Sep 24, 2025 at 1:00am

The Green Shed- Muswell Hill

Monday
Darren Dodd is now a member of Alexandra Park Neighbours
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       Check out the highlights of a previous Grass Roots event via YouTube.      JAZZ JUICE IS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH   Check out the highlights of a previous Jazz Juice event via YouTube.  Hi folks,While the CLF Art Lounge (the home…
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Oliver Dickson is now a member of Alexandra Park Neighbours
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Lisa Jones posted an event

Aug 23, 2025 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Muswell Hill Methodist Church

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Stephen Middleton posted an event

Aug 17, 2025 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Alexandra Park

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Collage Arts posted an event

Sep 12, 2025 from 7:00pm to 11:00pm

karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

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Sep 11, 2025 from 7:00pm to 11:00pm

karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

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Sep 6, 2025 at 7:00pm to Sep 7, 2025 at 11:00pm

karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

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Sep 4, 2025 from 7:00pm to 11:00pm

karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

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THIS WEEK!Sean FyfeThu, Aug 14, 2025Doors open 7pm, music starts at 8pm.£7.50 Early Bird £10 General Admission £5 Student Canadian jazz pianist Sean Fyfe emerges as a distinguished artist with an impressive international footprint, having graced…
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Sean Hargreaves QuintetThu, Sep 4, 2025Doors open 7pm, Music starts at 8pm.£10 Earlybird; £13 General admission; £5 Student. Sean Hargreaves is a producer, composer, and pianist.In 2024, his solo piano EP, ‘Portraits’ was released on Tileyard…
Aug 12
Collage Arts posted a
No Stars Business Room – £900 PCM (Image 1) A spacious and naturally lit room located in the heart of No Stars Studios – a thriving creative hub. Surrounded by podcasting suites and music production studios, this space is ideal for creative…
Aug 12
Collage Arts posted an event

Aug 17, 2025 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm

karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Aug 12
Collage Arts posted an event

Aug 31, 2025 from 5:30pm to 9:30pm

karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

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Events and Activities


 
What’s on a Karamel this week and the next? 4 Coburg Road N22.

What’s on at Karamel in September ?

Saturday 23 August – Muswell Hill Repair Cafe at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, 2-5pm.

Sunday 7 September – London Metropolitan Brass in the Grove in Alexandra Park, 2-4pm.

Some dates for your diary:

Saturday 6 September – Alexandra Triangle Residents Association’s first social in Harcourt Gardens (wedged between Durnsford Road and the dogleg of Albert Road) – details to follow!

Sunday 7 September – Golf Course Allotments Annual Show and NGS Open Day, Winton Avenue, N11. Details to follow.


Ongoing courses and activities

Free Martial Arts for Teenagers on Saturdays from 2 August to 4 September Alexandra Park School, 5-8pm.

Haringey Circle: late morning Creative Coffee Drop-In on Thursday mornings at Oita Cafe, the Green Rooms, Station road N22, 11-1.30pm.

Haringey Circle: Paws and Walk dog walk on the last Thursday of every month in Ally Pally, 10-11.30am. Meet outside Ally Pally station.

Colourwheel Art Classes for adults on Thursday mornings or afternoons at St. Andrews Church Hall, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DD. Starting 18 September.

5 and 6-a-side Football League on Wednesday evenings from 14 May to 17 December at Christ’s College, East End Road (where it meets the North Circular), East Finchley N2 0SE, 8-10pm. Leisure Leagues.

The 22nd Southgate Beavers have some free spaces for years 2 and 3 children from September.

The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution in Pond Square is offering an exciting array of autumn courses.

Museum of Homelessness will be open from 17 April to 1 November, at the Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters Road N4 2DE 12.30-4.30pm.

Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on these dates at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

Em Power fitness classes – 9am on Mondays & Thursdays (term time only), focusing on strength. All abilities welcome!

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturdays during term time at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 1-3pm.

Painting for Pleasure – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm.

Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

Fortismere Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm. 

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

 

 

  

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road,

 

Wood Green N22 6UJ.

 

 

 

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A must-see exhibition on gardening


This week, I was lucky enough to attend the Unearthed Exhibition at the British Library. It was brilliant. The exhibition’s final day is Sunday, 10 August. Anyone interested in the history of gardening and how we garden today should try to go. It’s a wonderful mixture of beautiful botanical illustrations, ancient texts on herbs and flowers, displays of gardening equipment, and video…

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Vigils and events for Gaza in London – Summer 2025


Given the desperate plight of the people in Gaza, members of the Alexandra Palace Neighbours website may be interested in attending vigils and events for Gaza in London this summer.

“The scale of the violence and harm to civilians is unprecedented and unlike anything in living memory.” (…

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life drawing, new dates for summer


This session is for all abilities,  and tends to be two Saturdays per month during term time at Rhodes Ave Primary School . There are some practicing artists and designers who join purely to work from the figure (and ignore me!), others who are novices or havn't drawn since school.  Each week I run through short poses with various exercises to widen your vocabulary of skills and techniques and then move onto a longer pose.  Drawing is like a muscle... just needs regular practice.  This class…

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