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ARTS AND CULTURE AND WHAT’S ON
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MARCH TO MAY
LEARN TO BAKE WITH A BREAD AHEAD ONLINE COURSE This has got to be one of the best things to do in London during Covid. Bread Ahead has launched an e-learning portal with plenty of courses designed to whip your baking skills into shape. Whether you like sweets or savouries, they have more than a dozen different online workbooks and live classes available. Ferment the perfect sourdough, craft a cracking babka, fill delicious doughnuts, or whip up some New York bagels. https://www.breadahead. com/elearning Wembley Park MARCH TO MAY
TAKE PART IN AN ONLINE ART WORKSHOP Laxmi Hussain, a drawing and watercolour specialist whose art exists is the abstract and the realistic. As part of her desire to share her passion with the world, Laxmi hosts online workshops to help you explore your creative side. With life drawing classes and selfappreciation art workshops, you’ll find artist flare in no time. Online Go to www.eventbrite. co.uk/o/laxmihussain-19882362071 From £13.50 MARCH TO MAY
GET YOUR DAILY EXERCISE ALONG THE WEMBLEY PARK ART TRAIL Of course, exercise and fresh air are essential for your immune system and mental wellbeing, and we all look forward to getting outdoors for an hour each day during lockdown. Why not combine your hour of outdoor exercise with a stroll through the Wembley Park Art Trail? Admire 15 different pieces of art from artists all over the world – street art, digital art, and sculpture – as you enrich your mind and stretch your legs. Local walk
TAKE AN ONLINE YOGA CLASS WITH MOREYOGA Just because we are staying at home doesn’t mean we can’t stay fit, active, and centred. MoreYoga Wembley Park is now offering a full roster of online classes for just £9.99 per month. Not only can you join in on their streaming classes, but you can also access their library of more than 2,500 past classes. Online www.moreyoga.co.uk MARCH TO MAY
JOIN A PUB QUIZ – OR HOST YOUR OWN Sure, we all miss going to the pub – but you can bring at least one aspect of the pub to your home by joining or hosting a quiz. Round up a team and join one of hundreds of online quizzes taking place every night of the week via Zoom or Facebook. Or, you can always organise your friends and family and run your own quiz – ask everyone to write one round! Online
MARCH TO MAY
WORK OUT WITH REY Feeling a little lacklustre when it comes to exercise and working out? Let Rey from BeSmartGetFit reignite your motivation with his free series of at-home workouts you can get involved with. With inspiration on how to make your very own home gym with no equipment and how to work out with objects around you, you’ll fall back in love with exercise in no time. You can access the videos. www.besmartgetfit.co.uk/ videos Wembley Park
TUESDAYS
UNDER 5S STORY AND RHYME TIME Join us for 20 minutes of story and rhyme times for under 5s featuring all your favourite stories and nursery rhymes! Lots of fun, laughs and learning for you and your little one, all from the comfort of home. 11am-11.20am Online book via www.brent.gov. uk/libraries WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH
CELEBRATE ST PATRICK’S DAY WITH IRISH BESTSELLER CARMEL HARRINGTON Join Irish bestseller Carmel Harrington in a fun and interactive conversation about her latest novel, My Pear-Shaped Life, a heartwarming, uplifting story about missteps, second chances and self-belief. Carmel will read a short passage from her novel and there will be a live Q&A. The audience is also invited to share their St. Patrick’s Day experiences through the years, both in Ireland and overseas. 11am- 12noon Online book via www.brent.gov. uk/libraries
MARCH TO MAY
EXPLORE THE BRENT BIENNIAL FROM HOME You can still enjoy all the incredible artworks as part of the Brent Biennial from the comfort of your own home with Brent 2020’s programme of online talks, screenings and events. Learn more about Wembley Park’s very own THESE DAYS by Dan Mitchell, explore audio projects by John Rogers, Avant-Gardening and Yasmin Nicholas or enjoy online photography by Jude Wacks, Electronic Sheep and Lucy Fine. You can find all the listing. Online www.brent2020.co.uk/ whats-happening/ programmes/brentbiennial/
SATURDAY 13 MARCH
PORTSMOUTH V SALFORD CITY The EFL has today confirmed that a unique action-packed ‘Wembley Weekender’ of football will take place in March for the 2020 and 2021 Papa John’s Trophy Finals. TUESDAY 25 MARCH
ENGLAND V SAN MARINO England will face San Marino at Wembley as part of the European Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2022. The Three Lions have played the principality, situated in northern Italy, on six occasions over the years. Wembley Stadium WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH
ENGLAND V POLAND England will face Poland at Wembley as part of the European Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Poland have been England’s group rivals in World Cup qualifying on six occasions over the years, most recently for the 2014 competition in Brazil as well as for the 2006, 1998, 1994, 1990 and 1974 editions, with some memorable clashes taking place during that time. Wembley Stadium
WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL
THE LOST PORTRAIT OF MARY SEACOLE AND ITS FORGOTTEN ARTIST In this illustrated talk author Dr Helen Rappaport explains how she discovered the now iconic portrait of Mary Seacole that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in 2002, how she authenticated it with the help of experts at the National Portrait Gallery and uncovered the life of its unknown artist, Albert Charles Challen. 11am-12noon Online book via www.brent.gov. uk/libraries
SATURDAY 10 APRIL
NAIRA MARLEY SSE Arena Marlian Fest The SSE Arena, Wembley SATURDAY 8 MAY
HEADIE ONE SSE ARENA EDNA TOUR TheSSEArenaWembley 7pm
