March 2015 Opening Doors London Events Listings

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2015 Opening Doors London March groups and activities

Liam ODriscoll 020 7239 0446/0447 odl.men@ageukcamden.org.uk odl.women@ageukcamden.org.uk

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Monday 2nd

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Mixed Tower Hamlets ODL East Drop-in Positive East, 159 Mile End, Rd, E1 4AQ. Come and join our friendly east London afternoon social. We will include ‘A Voice For Older People’ as a regular slot in the last half hour of our drop-ins.

This is an opportunity to give your views on services in Tower Hamlets, whether you live, work, or socialise in the borough and this will be fed back to the Older People’s Reference Group.

Call Nic Humberstone on 07538 392 104 or email Nicola.Humberstone@ageukca mden.org.uk 4pm – 6pm

Wednesday 4th

Mixed Group Barnet Diners’ Club and Games meeting in partnership with Age UK Barnet The Queens Arms Public House, Great North Rd. EN5 1AB. (Close to High Barnet Tube station beside Odeon cinema). Meet for a drink with friends or have a meal from the very delicious value 2-4-1 menu (about £5 per person).

Darts and pool available. For more information please ring 020 7239 0400 or Amanda Radonich at Age UK Barnet on 020 8432 1415. 7pm – 9pm Tuesday 3rd

Anchor Housing/ODL Mixed Art Group Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road E9 5SQ The art group will be held in the communal room. Basic materials will be provided for the informal drop-in session.

Volunteer artists on hand.

Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk or 020 7239 0447 2pm 4pm

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kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk. 6pm – 9pm Men’s “Older, Gay & Positive” Group Tavis A&B Meeting Room, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Support and social group for gay and bi men aged 50 and over who are living with HIV. For more details contact 020 7239 0400 6pm – 8pm Friday 6th

Men’s Pimlico Social Pimlico Room (back of Church), St Saviour’s Church, St George’s Square, SW1V 3QW. Friendly drop-in coffee evening. For more information phone 020 7239 0400. 6pm – 9pm

Mixed Friday coffee & cake club Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Come in for a chat and cake at this peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes.

Every Friday 10am – 12pm

Thursday 5th

Sunday 8th

‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT computer drop-in Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Our LGBT friendly drop-in session provides you with an opportunity to receive IT assistance and guidance from knowledgeable volunteers and staff. For more information please contact Tony or Kamye on 0207 239 0400.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm

Mixed ‘Second Sundays’ Social Group Chelsea Theatre, 7 Worlds End Place, Kings Road, SW10 ODR. Come and join our friendly bunch for a delicious light lunch, £4 per person.

Members will need to RSVP to Fiona by Friday 6th March on fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or call 07435 356 951.

12.30pm – 3.30pm Monday 9th

ODL Quarterly Group Meeting Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Open to all interested in contributing to the ODL Quarterly Newsletter. Contact: 020 7239 0400 or e-mail odl.quarterly@ageukcamden.o

Mixed Newham Dinner Club Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London E15 1BX. All welcome you don’t need to book but if it is your first time at this group please call Kate for details. 020 7239 0447 or email

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Line Dancing Mixed Tea Dance Tavis House Café, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Join us for our tea dances whether you are an Page 1

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Peter will instruct and lead us in Line Dancing. Drinks and snacks will be provided but please feel free to bring your own to share. We are hoping to have more tea dances so please bring your ideas along with your dancing shoes.

Please bring lgbt friends of any age. For further details contact Kate kate.hancock@ageukcamden.o rg.uk or 020 7239 0447.

5.30pm – 7.30pm

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Men’s Group Walk Another memorable City of London odyssey awaits the March walkers. We see a remarkable exhibition surrounding a scale model of a London cabman's shelter, walk through narrow alleyways to be confronted by astonishing buildings and end up on our favourite rooftop overlooking St Paul's cathedral. If the quaint Victorian anachronism of these mysterious shelters was not sufficient, how about a Hall with an internal bridge and lavish frieze? Prepare to be intrigued and amazed as the days lengthen and we penetrate deeper into the heart of London's capital.

If you would like to join the walk you can either: - Text or leave a message on the walking group mobile number which is 07804 329 416.

- Email

odwalksgroup@gmail.com We need your full name and the name of any other Opening Doors member coming with you. Alan will them confirm meeting point details. There is room for up to 24 people; if you would like to participate please book.

These walks are proving popular so if you find yourself unable to come along, having booked, kindly let us know so that your place can be offered to someone else.

2.15pm for 2.30pm start.

Walk from 2.30pm – 4pm Men’s Group Speaker Night Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Rd).

Tonight’s speaker will be James Wharton, former soldier and author of Out in the Army: My Life as a Gay Soldier. Joining the army at 16, he spent ten years in the Household Cavalry serving both ceremonially in the capital and operationally in Iraq. During his decade of service, James was instrumental in the change of attitude towards LGBT people in the military, becoming the first ever gay person to appear on the front cover of Soldier magazine.

Social 6pm – 7pm.

Talk from 7pm.

(After the talk some members also head to a local pub for a drink.)

Thursday 12th ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT

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computer drop-in See Thursday 5th for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm

NEW GROUP ‘Knit and Natter’, come and craft - MIXED group, for everyone!

Join Nickie in the cafe at Tavis House! Nickie says – ‘If you want to learn to knit I will teach you. I will provide knitting needles and yarn and bring a few easy patterns. If you already have a favourite craft and it's portable, bring it along and share your skills.

Maybe crochet, embroidery or beadwork perhaps?

Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk or 020 7239 0447.

3pm – 5pm Friday 13th Mixed Friday coffee & cake club Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Friday 6th for more details.

Every Friday 10am – 12pm Mixed ODL East Dinner Club Positive East, 159 Mile End, Road, London E1 4AQ £6 for delicious meal. Prebooking is essential, please email Nicola.Humberstone@ageukca mden.org.uk or call/ text Nic on 07538 392 104 stating your name and contact number by Monday 9th. 6.30pm – 9.30pm Monday 16th Redbridge Mixed Social Page 2

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Meeting at Age UK Redbridge Allan Burgess Centre, 2 Grove Park, London Ell 2DL Delicious home-made lunch is available at the centre at 12.30pm and costs £5 for two courses. Book with Chryssy by Friday 13th. Contact Chryssy on 07563 904 214 for details Lunch 12.30 Group 2.00 – 3.30pm Bi Visibility Group Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square WC1H 9NA. Open social and discussion group for anyone who would like to think about the question "What does bisexuality mean to you?"

Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk or 020 7239 0447.

6pm – 8pm Tuesday 17th Women’s Walking & Herstory The Museum of St John & Marx House Meet at Farringdon station, Crowcross Street.

The Museum of St John’s story highlights how, from founding a hospital to care for sick pilgrims in eleventh century Jerusalem, St John has maintained its caring role to the present day, working on numerous humanitarian projects worldwide. Marx House opened in 1738 as a Welsh Charity school. It educated boys and later a few girls – the children of Welsh artisans living in poverty in Clerkenwell. It housed the Twentieth Century Press founded by the Social Democratic Federation as

printer for its journal Justice. It was the first socialist Press in Clerkenwell. The office is still preserved and open to visitors.

We can also pay our respects to the nearby site of London Lesbian and Gay Centre in nearby Cowcross Street. Or continue on to meet up with the Mixed Outings in Art group (see below). Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk or 020 7239 0447 11am Mixed Outings In Art The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AZ www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk Explore the history of the Foundling Hospital, the UK’s first children’s charity and first public art gallery. Special Exhibition: “Sir Jacob Epstein: Babies and Bloomsbury”. A pioneer of Modernism and distinguished portrait sculptor.

Call or text Chris to confirm on 07958 257 541.

Museum admission: £5.50 (concessions).

Meet at reception at 2.30pm.

Ends approximately 5.30pm Intergenerational Feminist Reading Group Tavis House, 16 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. An informal space for discussion of feminist ideas & texts. Chaired by Elsa Richardson, an historian based in Queen Mary’s Centre for the History of Emotions, with the aim of encouraging a dialogue between different generations of feminist thinkers, activists

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and supporters. We will be looking at the theme of American feminism in the 1970s and the text we are looking at is the first chapter of Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex which Kate will send out as an attachment.

However, the text is simply a springboard for discussion as discussion and our own live experience will be the main focus of the group. So it is not essential to read the text beforehand and if you want to come along for interesting discussion that is absolutely fine too. Contact Kate for more information 020 7239 0447 or kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk. 6pm to 7.30pm Tuesday 17th Chance to be involved in a theatrical production Tavis A&B, Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA The award-winning writer Stephen Wyatt has invited ODL members to a public sharing and discussion of his new play, Told Look Younger, about the passion and compassion of the lives of older gay men today, being performed at Jermyn Street Theatre in June.

If you would like to be involved in this theatrical production by sharing your experiences in a video attached to the production, or you’d just like to find out more, come along to meet Stephen and his creative team and hear some readings from the play.

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Wednesday 18th Anchor Housing/ ODL Mixed Art Group Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road E9 5SQ The art group will be held in the communal room. Basic materials will be provided for the informal drop-in session.

Volunteer artists on hand.

Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk or 020 7239 0447 2pm – 4pm Mixed ODL Ealing/West London Social and Support Group VENUE: Ground Floor, Lido Centre. 63 Mattock Lane, West Ealing, W13 9LA. www.lidocentre.org.uk Stations: Ealing Broadway, Northfields, West Ealing: 5 to 15 mins walk. Buses E2, E3, 207, 83, 427, E7, E8.

Gods and Monsters A fantasia on the last days of Gay film Director James Whale, showing him largely forgotten by the film industry and drawn to a young, straight gardener, played by Brendan Fraser. Sir Ian McKellen's performance as this gifted, tragic man is extraordinary and heartbreaking.

Meetings take place every third Wednesday of the month at 2.30pm at the Lido Centre.

All welcome. Refreshments served. For more information call 020 7239 0400. Opening Doors London in partnership with Age UK Ealing & Ealing CVS. [PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME] 12.30pm to 2.30pm

ODL Quarterly Group Meeting Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Open to all interested in contributing to the ODL Quarterly Newsletter. Contact: 020 7239 0400 or e-mail odl.quarterly@ageukcamden.o rg.uk 6.00pm – 8.00pm Men’s Group Pub Social Upstairs at The Black, 171 Camden High Street, London NW1 7JY. Come along for a drink and share snacks courtesy of George and staff at Black Cap. 7pm – late Thursday 19th ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT computer drop-in See Thursday 5th for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm LGBT Death Café Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Nigel Dodds from Saint Joseph’s Hospice will facilitate the group. Gather over tea and cake to talk about death and dying in an informal and relaxed environment. For further information contact n.dodds@stjh.org.uk or phone Kate 020 7239 0447 4.30pm – 6pm Friday 20th Mixed Friday coffee & cake club Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Friday 6th for more details.

Every Friday 10am – 12pm

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Sunday 22nd Women’s Social Group - Film Screening: Pariah. Chelsea Theatre, 7 World's End Place, Kings Road, SW10 0DR. Meet for brunch at 12pm at the Mona Lisa Cafe, 417 King’s Road, SW10 0LR, and/or come to Chelsea Theatre at 1pm to watch Pariah.

To mark International Women's Day on March 8th we will be screening Pariah: "Pulsing with authenticity, Pariah is a powerful coming out/ coming-of-age film that signals the arrival of a fresh new talent, Adepero Oduye and writer/ director Dee Rees." The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Excellence in Cinematography Award.

For more information contact Fiona: fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or call 07435 356 951 Lunch at 12pm Film 1pm-3.30pm Thursday 26th ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT computer drop-in See Thursday 5th for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Mixed Islington Older LGBT Drop-in London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, N1 9DN. In partnership with London Friend, this social group is a place to meet friends for a coffee, chat and optional board games!

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2:00pm – 4:00pm Women’s Film Night G24 Common Room, Foster Court, Malet Place.

Come into UCL from the entrance opposite Waterstone's on Torrington Place. Foster Court is on the right and half way along there is an archway also on the right, with a set of automatic double doors on the right - the Common Room is through those doors and up 3 stairs but also has step-free access.

The film will be ‘Caramel’. A beauty salon in Beirut is a safe haven for five women in this Lebanese romantic comedy.

Shop owner Layale (Nadine Labaki) consults her employees about a problematic affair, stylist Rima (Joanna Markouzel) does not know how to handle her attraction to a female client, and seamstress Rose abandons her own ambitions to care for her family. With the support of their friends in their familiar salon, the women search for the answers to questions of life, love and happiness.

Contact Kate: kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk or 020 7239 0447 Social from 5.30pm Film from 7pm – 9pm Friday 27th Mixed Friday coffee & cake club: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Friday 6th for more details.

Every Friday 10am – 12noon Informal Art Group Tavis

House 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA New for 2015: Join Angie & Lesley for an informal art group for all abilities - come and do your own creative thing, or improve and expand your drawing skills with gentle guidance from an experienced volunteer teacher. Whether you are a traditional sketcher or an outrageous avant gardist this group will supply encouragement, support, plenty of dialogue....and maybe an exhibition.

Basic materials provided, but feel free to bring your own sketchbooks and non-messy kit. Contact Kate for more details. 12.30pm – 3pm Saturday 28th Mixed Coffee Evening Meeting at Tufnell Park Tube station at 7.45 p.m. Mike will be hosting coffee evening. Please remember to bring cakes with you. Phone 07581 647 344 for more details.

7.45pm – 10pm Sunday 29th Sunday Lunch & Film Club: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Road).

This month’s film is Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

Considered a classic of cinema, Rebel Without a Cause features the greatest performance of actor James Dean. Never has teen angst been captured so poignantly than by Dean’s character Jim

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Stark, who drinks and fights through his social and parental dilemmas. Perhaps one of the first major gay characters appears in Rebel: Plato (Sal Mineo), who worships Dean’s character, and whose death at the film’s conclusion marks an important moment in American film.

Lunch available for £4, this month’s lunch will and shepherd’s pie, vegetarian or fish option: please advise when booking. Booking for lunch essential, please call Chryssy on 020 7239 0400, 07585 741856 before Friday 20th.

Social from 12pm Lunch from 12.30 Film at 2.00pm Tuesday 31st Men’s Film Night: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS. (entrance on Prince Arthur Road).

Pride (2014). U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. Director: Matthew Warchus. Writer: Stephen Beresfor. Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West. 119 minutes.

For information please call 020 7239 0400 6pm social.

Film starts at 7pm.

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