What's on - spring 2022

ADVANCE BOOKINGS REQUIRED FOR MOST EVENTS

WHAT’S ON Spring 2022

A seasonal programme of online and physical events in Brent Libraries

brent.gov.uk/events

Regular Events and Family Learning Maths to the Rescue Kingsbury Library

Maths on Toast

Maths support for all the family at KS1 and KS2. Aimed at skilling up parents to support their child’s learning as well as helping children. Ages 5-11.

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Monthly STEM family learning fun workshops focusing on maths. Ages 5 – 11.

Wednesdays, 4 – 6pm

STEM Club Ealing Road Library

Wednesdays, 4 – 5.30pm Monthly fun workshops for children aged 8-11 in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

23 February – Make a Brain Hat 16 March – Pot Your Own Plant* 20 April – Make a Morse Key 18 May – Fun with Everyday Materials Drop in *

Book via Eventbrite Most events will require booking in advance via Brent Culture Service Eventbrite page. Google or use the QR code for more information and to book!

Online: 11.30am – 12.30pm Onsite at: Ealing Road Library 2.30 – 4pm

19 March – Multiplication Garden* 23 April – Terrific Tangrams 21 May – Marvellous Measure Drop in onsite, online sessions bookable via Eventbrite. *

BookTrust Storytime and Rhymes

Weekly story and rhyme time sessions for children under 5.

Kilburn Library Kingsbury Library The Library at Willesden Green Ealing Road Library Harlesden Library Wembley Library

Tuesdays, 11 – 11.30am Wednesdays, 10.45 – 11.15am Wednesdays, 11 – 11.30am Thursdays, 11 – 11.30am Thursdays, 11 – 11.30am Fridays, 11.15 – 11.45am

Online Silent Hitchcock Thursday 10 March, 6.30 – 7.30pm

The Ship Titanic Tuesday 19 April, 6.30 – 7.30pm

Illustrated talk with film historian Will Bird who looks beyond the movies that defined a genre of cinema to celebrate the overlooked and entertaining dramas, comedies and romances that provide a tantalising glimpse of the genius Alfred Hitchcock would become.

The story of the fateful voyage of the Titanic, the worst maritime disaster in the history of the port of Southampton, told from the viewpoint of the crew and the families affected by the tragedy.

This event is in memory of the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and the loss of so many lives.

Magical Creatures!

Friday 8 April, 10 – 11.30am Enter a world of magic in this cartooning workshop, and learn comic art tips for drawing mythical and marvellous creatures from beyond the limits of the imagination! Dragons, 9-tailed foxes, giant beasties, and more! Ages 7 – 11.

Drop in Term time only

Online via Zoom

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E-library Brent Libraries offer a fantastic online library to members - events, books, newspapers, magazines, comics, audiobooks, dictionaries, reference materials for students and much more – all available free, from home 24/7 with just your library card.

You can borrow eBooks, eMagazines, digital audiobooks, newspapers, and comics using the Libby or Borrowbox apps or OverDrive website.

Alternately, download the Press reader app to access over 6,000 newspapers from over 100 countries in over 60 languages.

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Ealing Road Library Family Learning Eats, Shoots and Leaves!

Wednesday 6 April, 11am – 1.15pm Amazing plant pot fun for Spring for all the family.

Ages 5-11. Maximum of two children per adult.

Family Learning Puppetry Fun Saturday 9 April, 2.30 – 4.45pm Learn to make and create your own puppets from your favourite storybooks. Fun for all the family. Ages 5-11.

Maximum of two children per adult.

Family Learning Spring Art and Craft Fun Tuesday 12 April, 11am – 12.30pm Get creative with fabric, paper, scissors and glue to make some fabulous crafty items to take home. Fun for all the family.

Ages 5 – 11.

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Family Learning Maggie the Dragon - Healthy Teeth Workshop Thursday 12 May, 11 – 11.30am Join Maggie the Dragon, Al the Alligator and Flossie the Flossisaurus and find out how they keep their breath, teeth and mouth fresh by brushing in these dental health events at BookTrust Story and Rhyme Time sessions. For under 5s.

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Harlesden Library Family Learning Maggie the Dragon - Healthy Teeth Workshop Thursday 31 March, 11 – 11.30am Join Maggie the Dragon, Al the Alligator and Flossie the Flossisaurus and find out how they keep their breath, teeth and mouth fresh by brushing in these dental health events at BookTrust Story and Rhyme Time sessions. For under 5s.

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Getting Back into Work with Shaw Trust Tuesday 5 April and 3 May, 11am – 12noon Join one of our information sessions to find out how the Shaw Trust can help you join the 13,000 people we have supported back into work so far.

A Picture of my Home – Heritage Family Craft Activity Thursday 7 April, 2 – 4pm Discover portraits, landscapes and interiors of the local community in Harlesden and Willesden from 1989-1993 and make your own colourful artwork to take home.

For ages 3+.

Kilburn Library Coffee Morning Feminism to Frankenstein, Slums to Settlements: St. Pancras Women Wednesday 2 March, 11am – 12noon Join Rachel Kolsky to discover remarkable women like Mary Wollstonecraft, the

‘Mother of Feminism’ and her daughter Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, as well as later housing pioneers, a royal mistress, a radical author and Mary Ward who founded a settlement and social centre in Tavistock Place.

Coffee Morning Women Buried in History Wednesday 6 April, 11am – 12 noon Join Liz Manuel to discover some fascinating stories about Harriet Samuel, Lady Hannah Rosebery, Rosalind Franklin and other women buried at Willesden Jewish Cemetery.

Mindful Moments Mindfulness Workshop for Adults Thursday 12 May, 11am – 12noon Come and join mindfulness coach Tony Dallas to learn a variety of formal and informal mindfulness meditation practices that help us live our lives with a greater sense of calm.

In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, 9 – 15 May 2022

Coffee Morning Gardening Workshop: Exercise Your Green Fingers Wednesday 25 May, 11am – 12noon Join nature-educator, wildlife gardener and award-winning author Michael Holland for an introduction to plants and the necessary basics of easy food growing. This workshop will give you an overview of basic gardening techniques, propagation, plant life cycles and plant care. Come along and have a go for yourself!

Kingsbury Library Knit n’ Natter - Knitting Group Every Tuesday 10.30am – 12pm Fancy a knit and natter and a good old chat? Bring your needles and hooks and join us every week...

Drop in Please note spaces limited.

Wembley Library EXHIBITION Conscious of the Female Perspective 4 March – 2 June, Civic Centre Exploring what it means to be female through the experiences travelled by women of Brent.

Devised by community partners and volunteers, a series of workshops gave women a chance to come together, share knowledge and experiences and explore femininity.

The exhibition presents the artistic outcomes of these sessions.

Getting Back into Work with Shaw Trust Monday 14 March, 11 April and 9 May 11am – 12noon Join one of our information sessions to find out how the Shaw Trust can help you join the 13,000 people we have supported back into work so far.

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PHOTO: ROY MEHTA

Family Learning Puppetry Fun Saturday 9 April, 11am – 1.15pm Learn to make and create your own puppets from your favourite storybooks. Fun for all the family. Ages 5-11.

Maximum of two children per adult.

Family Learning Terrific Tangrams!

Shapes & Puzzles Wednesday 13 April, 2.30 – 3.30pm Create your own tangram puzzle and discover how you can make almost anything out of a tangram! Explore 2D shapes with this fun engaging workshop. Ages 4-12.

Family Learning Maggie the Dragon - Healthy Teeth Workshop Friday 29 April, 11.15 – 11.45am Join Maggie the Dragon, Al the Alligator and Flossie the Flossisaurus and find out how they keep their breath, teeth and mouth fresh by brushing in these dental health events at BookTrust Story and Rhyme Time sessions. For under 5s.

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The Library at Willesden Green Family Learning Maggie the Dragon - Healthy Teeth Workshop Wednesday 23 March, 11 – 11.30am Join Maggie the Dragon, Al the Alligator and Flossie the Flossisaurus and find out how they keep their breath, teeth and mouth fresh by brushing in these dental health events at BookTrust Story and Rhyme Time sessions. For under 5s.

Drop in The Day I Fell Off My Island Thursday 31 March, 6.30 – 7.30pm Join us for author Yvonne Bailey-Smith in conversation with actor, comedian, children’s author and son Ben Bailey Smith. Yvonne discusses her story of reluctant immigration from Jamaica and the relationship between children and the people who parent them.

The Day I Fell Off My Island is a coming of age tale that

is engrossing, courageous and psychologically insightful.

Family Learning Puppetry Fun Wednesday 6 April, 2.30 – 4.45pm Learn to make and create your own puppets from your favourite storybooks. Fun for all the family. Ages 5-11.

Maximum of two children per adult.

Family Learning Spring Art and Craft Fun Tuesday 12 April, 2.30 – 4pm Get creative with fabric, paper, scissors and glue to make some fabulous crafty items to take home. Fun for all the family. Ages 5 – 11.

A Picture of my Home – Heritage Family Craft Activity Thursday 14 April, 2 – 4pm Discover portraits, landscapes and interiors of the local community in Harlesden and Willesden from 1989-1993 and make your own colourful artwork to take home.

For ages 3+.

We Fainted Alternately on the Sofa – Jane Austen in the Making Tuesday 26 April, 6.30 – 7.30pm As a teenager, Jane Austen wrote short plays, stories and novels filled with extravagant farce that were not intended

for publication. In later life, she copied out and reworked some of them. Join actor, speaker and writer, Karin Fernald for an entertaining performance of some of Jane’s recitations.

Tickets - £3

Willesden Gallery Ground Floor

FREE rotating exhibitions of compelling, contemporary visual art. the earliest light - deep space photography exhibition Kasra Karimi 8 – 19 March The Hawthorne Effect Alexis Chabala 22 March – 4 April Pattern! Andrea Tierney 7 – 23 April Into The Wild Sarah Neale 26 April – 7 May Romancing Medium Simone Russell 10 – 21 May Close to Home Contemporary Quilt London 24 May – 7 June

EXHIBITION The Exhibition Space Second Floor Reflections on the Past, Present and Future. Revival, London 1989-1993 14 March – 29 May Revival presents recently rediscovered photographs taken by Roy Mehta in Harlesden and Willesden from 1989-1993.

These images have never been on display in public.

Documenting the local community, this is an exhibition about their history and of a moment in the history of Brent - exploring a rich diversity of culture and heritage.

The archive includes portraits of individuals, groups, landscapes and interiors, which will become a permanent part of Brent Museum and Archives collections. Exhibition curated

by Laura Noble.

As part of the Revival exhibition, look out for a series of exciting events and talks in the Spring.

Find out more at www.brent.gov.uk/gallery @willesden_gallery

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Wembley Library and Civic Centre Women in Sport

– Celebrating the Women’s Euros 2022 In July 2022 Wembley will host the final of the UEFA Women’s Euros. Explore the history of women in the beautiful game and hear from Brent’s local legends. The London Borough of Brent joins UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 summer of celebration in partnership with The FA. Look out for an oral history project capturing stories of women in football, an exhibition with items from Brent Museum and Archive’s collection sharing stories of women and girls’ memories and experiences of football in the borough. There will also be an exciting summer of events and activities celebrating women’s football heritage.

The Library at Willesden Green The Exhibition Space, Second Floor

Being Brent June 2022

Taking inspiration from the spotlight films Being Green, Being Alive and Being Brave, Brent Museum and Archive present an exhibition celebrating Brent’s heritage through green spaces and environment, faith and religion and identity and home.

Find out more about Brent Library, Arts and Heritage services at www.brent.gov.uk/libraries-art-and-heritage Visit www.brent.gov.uk/events for more details of upcoming events @LoveBrentLibraries @BrentLibraries

@BrentCultureService

EXHIBITIONS coming this Summer!