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Poets' Corner Pit Stop:
An E17 Arts Trail Venue 1st-16th June 2019
During the two weeks of the E17 Arts Trail this June (1st-16th) The Others’ Open House will be a place to gather for singing, food, games and conversation as we open our home in the spirit of Welcome that gives Walthamstow its name.
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Walthamstow is listed as ‘Wilcumstowe’, meaning a place of welcome, in the Domesday book, and during this year as Borough of Culture we want to extend the welcome to our neighbours, friends and other visitors.
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We will be displaying the ‘Wilcumstowe Map’ by Giada Biagiotti and hosting various events listed in the Programme of events and described below.
If you want to be involved and help us run the space please email [email protected] Performers who would like to book a spot for the open mic/cabaret please email; likewise if you have an idea for an event you’d like to host please get in touch and we can add to the programme.
Event Descriptions:
Saturday 1st June 6-9 pm Campfire Singing. We will provide non-alcoholic drinks. You’re welcome to bring snacks to share. We will open our Open House with a campfire singalong led by Eva Distraction and Ian, bandleader of Los Otros, the house band.
If you want to be involved and help us run the space please email [email protected] Performers who would like to book a spot for the open mic/cabaret please email; likewise if you have an idea for an event you’d like to host please get in touch and we can add to the programme.
Event Descriptions:
Saturday 1st June 6-9 pm Campfire Singing. We will provide non-alcoholic drinks. You’re welcome to bring snacks to share. We will open our Open House with a campfire singalong led by Eva Distraction and Ian, bandleader of Los Otros, the house band.
Sunday 2nd June (repeated on 9th and 16th June) 12-4 pm. Games. We have backgammon, cards, Scrabble, Carcasonne and Settlers of Catan and space for a few simultaneous games if the weather is good. Come and learn a new game or bring and teach us one. If the weather is good and people want to, we may migrate games sessions to Lloyd Park for a game of rounders.
Monday 3rd June. (repeated on Friday 14th June) Tea and Singing. A singalong inspired by Songs & Smiles and The Together Project we invite anybody; young or old or in-between to join us and help us find songs we all know and can sing together. Some percussion instruments provided - but feel free to bring your own! 3-5pm
Thursday 6th & 13th June. Veg Bag Pot Luck 4-7pm (cooking) 7-9pm (eating) We invite you to bring ingredients to cook a vegetarian meal from scratch combined with organic and seasonal vegetables from our own allotment and Organic Lea’s box scheme. We hope to share ideas and recipes and have fun collaborating on a meal to share. Alternatively you can arrive later and bring a dish you have made in advance. All are welcome and if you can’t bring ingredients or a dish please join us anyway. We feel strongly that no-one should go hungry and gratefully accept donations for Eat or Heat (our local foodbank). You can donate cash or items from this list , which we will pass on.
In #SolidarityNotCharity we also want to use this space to highlight the work of Refugee Community Kitchen and Streets Kitchen. For more information click on links or talk to me directly about my experience of working with and growing food and volunteering in London and Calais.
Monday 3rd June. (repeated on Friday 14th June) Tea and Singing. A singalong inspired by Songs & Smiles and The Together Project we invite anybody; young or old or in-between to join us and help us find songs we all know and can sing together. Some percussion instruments provided - but feel free to bring your own! 3-5pm
Thursday 6th & 13th June. Veg Bag Pot Luck 4-7pm (cooking) 7-9pm (eating) We invite you to bring ingredients to cook a vegetarian meal from scratch combined with organic and seasonal vegetables from our own allotment and Organic Lea’s box scheme. We hope to share ideas and recipes and have fun collaborating on a meal to share. Alternatively you can arrive later and bring a dish you have made in advance. All are welcome and if you can’t bring ingredients or a dish please join us anyway. We feel strongly that no-one should go hungry and gratefully accept donations for Eat or Heat (our local foodbank). You can donate cash or items from this list , which we will pass on.
In #SolidarityNotCharity we also want to use this space to highlight the work of Refugee Community Kitchen and Streets Kitchen. For more information click on links or talk to me directly about my experience of working with and growing food and volunteering in London and Calais.
Friday 7th June 7-10pm Open Mic/Cabaret to launch the
Walthamstow Fringe. There will be poetry and spoken word, stand-up comedy,
live music and a chance for you to get up and perform if you want to. This is a warm-up
event to the #WalthamstowFringe; a series of Edinburgh preview shows organised by
Canned Laughter whose profits also go to Eat or Heat food bank.
Monday 10th June 6-8 pm Death Cafe. At a Death Cafe people drink tea, eat
cake and discuss death. Our aim is to make space and time to confront the reality of death
and help people make the most of their (finite) lives. A Death Cafe is a group directed
discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than
a grief support or counselling session.
Walthamstow Fringe. There will be poetry and spoken word, stand-up comedy,
live music and a chance for you to get up and perform if you want to. This is a warm-up
event to the #WalthamstowFringe; a series of Edinburgh preview shows organised by
Canned Laughter whose profits also go to Eat or Heat food bank.
Monday 10th June 6-8 pm Death Cafe. At a Death Cafe people drink tea, eat
cake and discuss death. Our aim is to make space and time to confront the reality of death
and help people make the most of their (finite) lives. A Death Cafe is a group directed
discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than
a grief support or counselling session.
Saturday 15th June 12- 4pm Open open House As we come to the end of the arts trail we host an open
house which will be filled by whatever people bring. Personal crafting/knitting/sewing projects welcome, invite yourself as a temporary artist in residence, speak your truth and be listened to. Maybe write something for the suggestions box/visitors book or just come and rest for a while.
Thursday 20th June 9-11.30 pm Los Otros Gig. The Victoria Arts trail after party. Come to the Victoria pub and enjoy bandleader Ian Maclean and numerous excellent musicians perform jazz standards, bossa nova, and guest singers who always add something unexpected to expand their eclectic repertoire. Guest singers and musicians welcome by prior arrangement (talk to Eva or Ian). All other events are at Poets’ Corner Pit Stop. 46 Milton Road, London E174SR.
We look forward to seeing you in June! Eva, Arkem and The Others
house which will be filled by whatever people bring. Personal crafting/knitting/sewing projects welcome, invite yourself as a temporary artist in residence, speak your truth and be listened to. Maybe write something for the suggestions box/visitors book or just come and rest for a while.
Thursday 20th June 9-11.30 pm Los Otros Gig. The Victoria Arts trail after party. Come to the Victoria pub and enjoy bandleader Ian Maclean and numerous excellent musicians perform jazz standards, bossa nova, and guest singers who always add something unexpected to expand their eclectic repertoire. Guest singers and musicians welcome by prior arrangement (talk to Eva or Ian). All other events are at Poets’ Corner Pit Stop. 46 Milton Road, London E174SR.
We look forward to seeing you in June! Eva, Arkem and The Others