Category Archives: thornton heath
Local boys Krept & Konan make it into the Big Big Time
Local Mobo winners put Thornton Heath onto ITV2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjRbBZIj0g
How many stars can Thornton Heath put up into the chart sky?!?
https://youtu.be/BigyqAiSiSQ has 21 Million views!
Some deeper darker background…”This is my story….” song from 2013
‘The Long Way Home’ the documentary from earlier this year
Oh Dear!! coming our way… Unless
As if the pollution coming from the London direction isn’t bad enough…
Unless we take action to stop it.
Purley Way crash highlights pollution disaster coming our way
The posh English avant garde meets Frankfurt School in Thornton Heath library?!
This is the most unlikely art event ever to be promoted in Thornton Heath… A theatre event about the life of Derek Jarman the indie film-maker who died in 1994 aged 52. The theatre group is called ‘Project Adorno’ – Theodor Adorno was a German critical theorist who died in 1969 and was part of the Frankfurt School before the Nazi’s shut it down. He was critical of the mass media and thought art was the only place where critical thinking was possible. Having read the Wikipedia pages linked above you’ll have all the background you need and probably much more, for all I know. The LIVE PERFORMANCE with original songs, films and stuff by Project Adorno is at Thornton Heath Library on Wednesday 11th February at 7pm to 9pm. Tickets are free to collect in person from the library. Go Get ’em! Oh, it is called “Jarman In Pieces”
Did anyone go? What was it like?
New Tai Chi Class starting 21st January
Tai Chi at Parchmore Community Centre
The philosophy of Yin and Yang underpins the slow, gentle movements of Tai Chi. A martial art in origin, many people practise today to bring calm and relaxation into their busy lives.
My name is Chris Milton and I have always loved movement, dancing as a child and teaching Keep Fit in the 1970’s. In the late 70’s I first encountered Tai Chi but had to wait 5 years to attend my first class at Surrey University in 1984. Since then I have been hooked.
There are many styles and forms of Tai Chi but they all stem from the same basic principles. I teach Cheng Man-Ch’ing’s Yang style short form and various Qigong sets, grounded in the background philosophy, history and principles of the art. My emphasis is on health and well-being.
I will be opening a new class in Thornton Heath from 21st January 2015, meeting every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm at Parchmore Community Centre in Parchmore Road (near Tesco). The class is open to beginners and those with previous experience.
I also teach a group as part of the Community Centre’s programme for senior citizens on Thursdays at 10am. New member are also welcome to come along to this class.
NEW CLASS STARTS THURSDAY 21ST JAN
For further information ring Chris on 020 8239 7456.
TURF project in Thornton Heath
STONES OF CROYDON
Saturday the 28th February – meet at Thornton Heath station 11.30 or 14.30 for a two hour tour…
‘The Stones of Croydon workshops are based on John Ruskin’s principles outlined in ‘The Stones of Venice’ and are intended “not for the training of artists, but of people, who, by following the class, ‘might see greater beauties than they had hitherto seen in nature and in art, and thereby gain more pleasure in life’”.
Each fortnightly class is led by different professionals from various fields from art, design and architecture to religion and literature, and will encourage participants to explore the rudiments of drawing technique through discovery & observation; hopefully learning more about the area along the way.
Report from the 28th “Very disappointed that we were told at the station when we arrived at 11am that we would have to take a bus to Crystal Palace to sketch the dinosaurs on the rain! We felt this was an insult to Thornton Heath as if there was nothing worth drawing here! Surely the whole point is to do this project were we live and want to celebrate?! The TURF organiser (unpaid) said they would try to organise something in the future. In all four of us decided not to take the 450. Three or four others went along with it.
I was really looking forward to this…So I’m really fed-up.”
Follow TURF projects on facebook & twitter for more upcoming dates in Norwood and Selhurst!
For all enquiries please contact: Aoife Flynn at info@turf-projects.com
Stormzy hits the Big Time – Congratulations from your neighbours!
Thornton Heath rapper Stormzy third in big 2015 poll
| Posted: January 07, 2015
“A STORMZ A’ BREWIN’: Thornton Heath rapper Stormzy is tipped to make it big by the BBC this year. A GRIME artist from Croydon looks set to take the country by storm after coming third in BBC’s Sound of 2015 poll. Stormzy, 21, from Thornton Heath, appeared on the Radio One breakfast show this morning to hear the news from Huw Stephens. He is the only unsigned artist from the longlist of 15 and will have his track Know Me From played throughout the day. Stormzy will appear again on Zane Lowe’s show on Radio One from 7pm tonight.”
STORMZY track about domestic violence below:
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Thornton Heath artists’ collective show
Heath Collective is a group of visual artists living and working in Thornton Heath,
‘Heath Collective’ has emerged organically from the very first Thornton Heath Arts Week (THAW) which took place in the Summer of 2014. We were each unaware of one another’s existence in our local area until THAW brought us all together. We are surprised and delighted to have discovered each other and such a wealth of talent and enthusiasm right on our doorsteps. This has led to our first joint exhibition as ‘Heath Collective’.
Amongst us are painters, photographers, sculptors, filmmakers, textile and environmental artists.
On display here at Matthews Yard is a selection of work from the following artists:
Bareface
Karen Barnett
Julie Beresford
Anne Davies
Jess Gell
Jackie Morrison
Kelly Quintyne
chloeszczels
lucapaci
Megan Farr
Thornton Heath 