Tate Britain
Price: Free

This free exhibition showcases Turner’s exploration of methods and techiniques, of colour and line. It follows Turner’s travels through Europe and his responses to different places, lighting and materials available. This ongoing exhibition will change exhibits every 6 months.

http://london.londinium.com/91509

Imperial War Museum
Admission: Free

Marking the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush to Britain, this exhibition tells the story of Black men and women from the West Indies and their involvment in WWI and WWII.

http://london.londinium.com/90056

Imperial War Museum
Price: Free

Breakthrough is an art exhibition showcasing British art from both WWI and WWII, focusing particuarly on non-official and contemporary work. Official works shown will include some by Paul Nash, CRW Nevinson, John Piper and Eric Ravilious. Until the 28th June an additional display ‘The Neo-Romantics At War’ will also be on show, exploring the rise of British Neo-Romanticism during World War Two.

http://london.londinium.com/90055

British Museum
Cost: Free

This exhibition features coins, images and other objects illustrating Isfahan’s rich history, from its pre-Islamic foundation until the present day.

http://london.londinium.com/88710

Science Museum
Cost: Free

The exhibition has four sections focusing on 100 years of making plastics: The Birth of Plastics, Plastic Dreams, Plastics Now, and Plastic Futures.

http://london.londinium.com/88638

Science Museum
Cost: Free

This exhibition showcases ERNIE 1 – the first random number generator machine created for premium bonds. It explores its development and popularity, its link to the first digital electronic computer – the code-breaking Colossus – and the role of random numbers in computing today.

http://london.londinium.com/88636

Science Museum
Cost: Free

This exciting new temporary exhibition explores the role played by technology in creating post-war Britain.

http://london.londinium.com/88635

Desire has become firmly established as the “must visit” event for its stunning collection and unrivalled choice of contemporary jewellery and stylish silverware.The fairs present highly talented exhibitors who have been selected for their superb and innovative craftsmanship and have a genuine passion for the work they create.See and purchase from an exciting range from both emerging British talent as well as more established makers.

http://london.londinium.com/73909

The Star Of Bethnal Green has now well and truly laid its foundations by setting up some of the best music and arts nights around today. Rob Star is known for pushing limits and the bar allows him to do just that… EVERY FRIDAY starting in March – FREE ENTRY @ The Star!!

MONDAY 2ND   8PM-12AM    FREE ENTRY
The Barbie Stand up show, because beautiful girls can be funny too! Come down to The Star of Bethnal Green for a great night of comedy! Feast your eyes with the beauties on stage and open your ears to the ringing of laughter! This is not a show for the prudish; this is beautiful girls being funny and giving frank and often shockingly honest insights to their career and life in London!
www.barbiestandup.com

THURSDAY 5TH  9PM-2AM   FREE B4 10pm / £5 after
BATTY BASS
The night unfolds with Hannah Holland dj-ing a mix of genre breaking Bass driven beats, with Mc Chickaboo spitting a mad flow of rhymes over Hannah’s tunes whilst Mama performs snippets of Grace Jones-esque chants, crowd surfing with a whole lot of audience participation. They make their owns tunes, throw things around and experiment with visuals, illustrations, rudeness and live randomness. They encourage you to scream, get wild and shake what your Mama gave ya!! It’s steaming with energy, creativity and addictive so that when you leave, you will always come back for more!

FRIDAY 6TH  9PM-2AM  FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT

Andy Blake (Dissident Records) and Amy (Drop the Bomb) will be playing underground disco, cosmic funk and Balearic beats and as with all dissident related events this will be a vinyl only affair. as time goes on a select band of guest djs will be joining them on this night at The Star of Bethnal Green.

SATURDAY 7TH  8PM-2AM  Free before 10pm – £3 NUS – £5 after
SB White Label V Feel Up Records,

Great Music Wears Many Masks! SB White brings together Disco Tech Acid House with that live element from
time to time. The music selectors will see an independent collective of DJs, musicians and music lovers dedicated to sourcing and selecting the most exquisite blend of Electro Disco and Tech Acid House, with a funkier edge… SB White is now very pleased to announce that this month we have teamed up
with new label Feel Up run by the man behind Yam Who? Alongside Paul Barkworth, Fabio Silvestri and Groove Armada’s Mary Moore live. Yam who? Have a new record label called Feel Up via Kudos Distribution. Expect releases from Robin Hannibal, Bennson, Colonel Red, Chaz Jankel & Erik Rico, they also delivered last years hottest remix of Grace Jone’s ‘Williams Blood’ This infamous duo have delivered serious dance floor bombs for artists; Joss Stone, John Legend, Zero 7, Incognito & Amp Fiddler . Currently writing their debut album for release later this year & will feature all star collaborations.
info@sbwhite.co.uk

WEDNESDAY 11TH   7.30pm-12am   FREE ENTRY
Charity Speed dating
Come on people…its for charity! Another Mongol Rally Adventurist, 2009 team event to raise money for our nominated charity Mercy Corps.
As some of you know The Trans-Mongolian-Pizza Express, a team of 8 will be driving in three 1-lt engine cars from London to Mongolia next summer whilst delivering pizzas! With DJs Anil Chawla, Dale Anderson both recently releasing their global underground record, Tim Davison, The Coordinators and Hanuman all doing their bit for charity why don’t you?

If you want to donate – http://www.justgiving.com/trans_mongolian_pizza_express

Charity website – http://mongolrally09.theadventurists.com/index.php

THURSDAY 12TH   5PM- 12AM   FREE ENTRY
RacQUEEN
Cloned from a dark ally in NYC, RacQUEEN comes from the East End of London to deliver an evening which Sleater Kinney, Patty and those Crystal Castle kids would be proud of!  Alternatives ‘Alternative’. No flaunts, no flaws, come as you are. They go all out with NO BRA on the 12th of March…so why don’t you? Featuring guest DJ’s along side residents Elma T, General Wah and C-UNiT, the music varies from commercial rock (Kings of Leon, Santagold, RHCP, Queens of The Stone Age, YYY’s etc), mixed in with old classics (The Cure, Elivs, CCR, James Brown, Stevie Nicks, Patti Smith etc) and new undiscovered artists (H:U:M:A:N:S:, Sholto Crow, SCUBA, etc) with Elma T throwing in some Electro trash and ‘dirty beats’ for the sexy sluts.

FRIDAY 13TH   9PM – 2AM   FREE ENTRY
Kings of soul present – HUSTLE & GROOVE
A night bringing together the sweetest soul, fattest funk, & the cream of disco soul selectors! This is a new night at the Star of Bethnal Green but it promises to be all of the above and trust me when I say…I’m sure it will do just that, and more! RONNIE KING (LADY LUCK/ DANCE CRAZE) is your host so expect 100% Dancers as he plays alongside the dirty fairy himself BEN JAMIN (DIRTY FAIRY/ SUNDAY HAPPY DAYS). It’s FREE so come and check it out!
www.myspace.com/londonsoulcity

SATURDAY 14TH   9PM – 5AM    FREE B4 10PM /£5 AFTER
E.S.P
E.S.P the monthly exotic disco fix held at The Star of Bethnal Green is pleased to welcome back one of Europe’s best underground DJ’s: Mark Seven.
This all night special is acting as the launch party for Mark’s ‘Originals’ compilation on Claremont 56 Recordings. ‘Originals’ is series of compilations put together by un-sung heroes in the music world, the discoverers, the people behind the people, the influencers and the taste makers who don’t seek the limelight and often get overlooked. Mark Seven definitely fits this bill as he has been dealing records to many of the worlds most respected selectors for years and turning on the most seasoned disco collectors with his selections both here at E.S.P, at his own Black Lodge parties in Stockholm and various nights throughout Europe & the US.
Mark completes the line up alongside residents Nathan Gregory Wilkins and Steve Terry to bring another very special all night party to The Star as E.S.P continues to tread the path towards becoming one of London’s premier disco nights!
An article in ID Magazine on Mark is due to coincide with this launch party and CD compilation.

THURSDAY 19TH   9PM-2AM   FREE B4 10PM / £5 AFTER
Whisky Tears
Whiskey Tears is an Australian clubnight-cum-party that’s relocated to London and we’re ready to sprinkle our not-so-sparking disco stardust on London’s nightlife. Past guests include James Murphy (DFA/LCD Soundsystem), Andrew Weatherall (WARP), DJ Mehdi (Ed Banger records) and Midnight Juggernauts (Institubes) and we’ll be celebrating Whiskey Tears’ third Birthday here in the capital with Andy Blake (Dissident Records) and Jonjo (Durrr/Trailer Trash). Andy Blake is the man behind the cult London based Disco and Techno label Dissident records , which has released records from members of Optimo, Disco Bloodbath and ‘ID Magazine darlings’ Heartbreak.

FRIDAY 20TH   9PM-2AM   FREE ENTRY all night
Andy Blake (Dissident records)
Andy Blake (Dissident) and Amy (Drop the Bomb) will be playing underground disco, cosmic funk and Balearic beats and as with all dissident related events this will be a vinyl only affair. As time goes on a select band of guest djs will be joining them for this night at The Star of Bethnal Green.

SATURDAY 21ST    9PM-2AM   FREE B4 9PM / £5 AFTER / £3 WITH FLYER
UNSKINNY BOP
Hosted by Ruth and Tamsin – Unskinny Bop is a Pop Punk and disco for gays, girls, freaks and geeks…that has got to be you!
Unskinny Bop 5th Birthday Special, Celebrating the momentous occasion of their fifth year with a Bop, Classics play list cakes & balloons!
This is a monthly gay disco at The Star of Bethnal Green. It happens every third Saturday of the month with Unskinny Bop DJs plus special guests playing
pop, indie, rock’n'roll, girl groups, R’n'B, disco, punk and the rest! This night always fills up quick so get there early to avoid queues and disappointment!

http://www.unskinnybop.co.uk

MONDAY 23RD   FREE ENTRY   5pm- 12am

Barbie Stand up show –

Theas Birthday special – because beautiful girls can be funny too!  Come down to The Star of Bethnal Green for a great night of comedy; feast your eyes with the beauties on stage and stage and open your ears to the ringing of laughter! This is not a show for the prudish; this is beautiful girls being funny and giving frank and often shockingly honest insights to their career and life in London!

THURSDAY 26TH   £4 Entry    7.30pm-Midnight
HIP HOP KAREOKE EAST LONDON
Free entry and a drink to anyone performing on the night! Dash to the side any notions of a cheesy Hip-Hop night with some bait X-Factor wannabe – what we have is not pop instrumentals with cheesy lyrics on corny Disney style screen – Those guys at HHK East LDN are treating you to up and coming Skinnyman’s, Dizzee Rascal impersonators’ dream, not to mention the potential Estelles’s and new Lady Sov’s, plus all those looking to carve their own spot – with lyrics for all to join in!! Backing up every performance will be an enthusiastic crowd and a DJ to conquer any last minute nerves!! This will be a night of performances to die for, a vibe with a bubbling crowd and plenty of comic moments and straight-up giggles thrown in! HHK East LDN is going to be pure jokes with all the closet (male /female) MC’s and Don’s & Diva’s making sure that each and every Round at The Star of Bethnal Green is definitely 100% unadulterated comedy in motion.. If you want to participate on the night busting out your karaoke skills all you have to do is email:

hiphopkaraokelondon@googlemail.com

FRIDAY 27TH    9PM-2AM    FREE ENTRY
Chico and Grant (Playtime)
THE NIGHT OF 1000 CHICOS (And one BIG DADDY, his slightly shorter sidekick.) Back in the old day of clubbing, men were men – and they wore dresses. And the place where they wore the most dresses was Vague, a mad gay club in the north, now so legendary that even its doorman, CHICO, gets his own night in soft southern London! Ever heard the story of how goggle-eyed straight boys were forced to snog each other to earn entry? Vague was that place. Actually, that was only half of it. But they are older now, and straight men on pills are just too easy a target. So come and see the next level in audience participation in action at The Star of Bethnal Green!
The musical policy will be from Miss Diana Ross to Sebo K. Ideological techno, wonky funk, all that disco from the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack, and singalongs to “Don’t go breaking my heart”! It’s FREE for men in tennis whites, ladies in nicely cut suits, and anyone, man or woman, who looks like Jake Gylenhall!

SATURDAY 28TH    7PM-2AM   FREE B4 10PM / £5 AFTER
SAY YES
Nadia Ksabia and Rory Phillips bring you a banging night of awkward dance, electronic oddities, forgotten post punk and disco classics
SAY YES takes place every two months at The Star Of Bethnal Green with residents Rory Phillips (Trash/Durrr/Our Disco) and Nadia Ksaiba (Go Bang/Our Disco) playing percussive party jams, robotic house, disco boogie, arpeggiated italo, krautrock, post-punk and high NRG. Previous guests have included Padded Cell (DC Recordings), Mock ‘n’ Toof (DFA), Zombie Zombie (Versatile) and Andy Blake (Dissident).
www.myspace.com/sayyesparty

http://london.londinium.com/73907 – Star Of Bethnal Green

A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!

Over 32 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show!

Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives!

http://london.londinium.com/19541 – Mamma Mia

Take part in Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 and play your part by joining a powerful global movement for change!

Fair Trade have set up a series of events all over the capital city, with an aim of  creating better understanding and a more proactive approach to ethical trading, producing and consumption with in our own society and on a global level.
Two billion people – a third of humanity – still survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade rules keep them in poverty, but they face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change too. Fairtrade is a people’s movement for change that aims to tip the balance of trade in favour of poor producers. We all need Fairtrade more than ever and we all have the power to create positive change for people and planet.

Make it happen. Choose Fairtrade.

http://www.londinium.com/london/63299.html

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER @ THE ALBERT and PEARL

Date: Friday 6th March 09
Time : 7pm- 3am
Price: Free before 8pm £3 after
Djs: Simon Kurrage, Dj Thor, Mr Shiver, Dementia, Mastomic, and Nat Illumine on rotation.
Music Style: A retro selection of funk, soul, hip hop, old school classic bombs, boogie downbeats and treats….
Where: Albert and Pearl, 181 Upper Street, Islington, N11RQ
Getting there: Angel Tube, Highbury and Islington Tube.
More info: www.myspace.com/sdmuk

After boldly going where it’s at, The Size Doesn’t Matter team bring you another retro session at the Albert and Pearl.

This month sees SDM stalwart Nat Illumine take control of the guest slot mashing it down with plenty of reggae, mash ups and funky Motown cuts. She may be small but her sound is proper B.I.G!!!

A special thanks to DJ Thor for rocking it down at last month’s session and to the drunken master and mental member that is Mastomic for providing his unique blend of bar room soul and dance floor agro!!

Expect the finest in soul, funk, disco and boogie – with a dash of old skool hip hop too….

SO – Fri 6th Feb at The Albert and Pearl on Upper St… SEE YOU THERE!!!!

http://www.londinium.com/london/69120.html

This exhibition explores a fascinating but relatively unknown type of portraiture that flourished in Georgian and Regency Britain between the 1730s and 1830s.
It features intimate portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, John Downman, Richard Cosway, David Wilkie and many others, all drawn from the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland and the British Museum, many never exhibited before.

Free

http://www.londinium.com/london/68773.html

A display of a recently acquired artwork by Iranian artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh, which offers a contemporary perspective on Iranian history, religion and culture.

Free

http://www.londinium.com/london/68772.html

This display brings together examples of jades and bronzes from the Shanghai Museum collections. Jades and bronzes are the most important objects from ancient China. They were used from very early times for sacred rituals and burials and were associated with spirits and ancestors; they were also of great political significance.

Free

http://www.londinium.com/london/68771.html

This major exhibition explores seventeenth-century Iran through the reign and legacy of one of its most influential rulers, Shah ʿAbbas I (reigned AD 1587–1629).

http://www.londinium.com/london/68727.html

For two thousand years the myth of Babylon has haunted the European imagination. The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens, Belshazzar’s Feast and the Fall of Babylon have inspired artists, writers, poets, philosophers and film makers. Drawing on the combined holdings of the British Museum London, the musée du Louvre and the Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, and the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, the exhibition explores the continuing dialogue between the Babylon of our imagination and the historic evidence for one of the great cities of antiquity at the moment of its climax and eclipse.

http://www.londinium.com/london/68725.html

This exhibition will be the most significant overview of American artist Roni Horn’s work to date. Horn trained as a sculptor but this exhibition will show the full range of her practice as a photographer, draughtsman, installation artist and writer.

http://www.londinium.com/london/68665.html

Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism will explore the work of Alexander Rodchenko and Lyubov Popova between 1917 and 1929. Arguably two of the Russian avant-garde’s most influential and important artists.

http://www.londinium.com/london/68664.html

This visually sumptuous exhibition brings together some of the finest and most magnificent paintings that Van Dyck produced during his years in Britain. It also reveals his continuing visual legacy through portraits by artists from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, including Sir Joshua Reynolds and John Singer Sargent.

http://www.londinium.com/london/68604.html

Altermodern is a  selection of new contemporary art presenting some of the best that current British art has to offer, alongside international artists who are working with similar themes. This year’s Triennial has been curated by Nicolas Bourriaud who co-founded the influential contemporary gallery Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2002.

http://www.londinium.com/london/68603.html

In Feburary Art Now will present a series of works by Hurvin Anderson (b.1965). Anderson’s paintings engage with the traditions of landscape painting and the history of abstraction.

http://www.londinium.com/london/68602.html

Darwin is the biggest ever exhibition about Charles Darwin. It celebrates Darwin’s ideas and their impact for his 200th birthday in 2009. Discover the man and the revolutionary theory that changed our understanding of the world. See incredible, revealing and rare exhibits, some on display for the first time.

http://www.londinium.com/london/6324.html

The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world’s top professional and amateur photographers.

http://www.londinium.com/london/6324.html

As nearly a billion people go to bed hungry again tonight, the question of feeding the world has never been more urgent. But is genetically modified food a good choice to have on the menu for our planet? Or does it leave you feeling queasy? This new exhibition explores the science and technology that could boost crop yields. Do we need GM to increase food production in the future, or are there other options? Weigh up the benefits and risks – then step up to the table and have your say. This exhibition is supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

http://www.londinium.com/london/65673.html

The world of Japanese car design set against the backdrop of Japan’s unique culture is explored in a sophisticated new exhibition at the Science Museum, from 29 November 2008. Japan Car, an exploration of the car as a “mobile cell”, has been conceived by two world class names from outside the world of automobile: Kenya Hara, the man responsible for much of the success of Muji, and Shigeru Ban, the distinguished Japanese architect currently designing a new satellite gallery in Metz for Paris’ Pompidou Centre. The exhibition shows how Japanese car design reflects the ’soil and the spirit of Japan’, shown through concept cars and special home market models. Japan Car explores three themes while examining the future of mobility in cities. Japan, being both highly innovative and densely populated, can be seen as the driving force behind transport solutions for twenty-first century cities.

http://www.londinium.com/london/65673.html