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March 2010
150 Years of Photography
From India, Pakistan & Bangladesh: January - April 2010
1,000 Years of Science From the Muslim World: Science
Museum: January - April 2010
Rana Begum New Works: No. 207
February 2010
Empire Strikes Back - Indian
Art Today: January to May 2010
January 2010
State
of Bengal:
22 January 2010 at Whitechapel Gallery
November 2009
Climate
Hearing: 26 November 2009
August 2009
Leading experts debate South Asian Culture
July 2009
Medea: Soulfire Theatre
Poison & Pyaar -
Comedy stage play at the Artdepot
A Season of Bangla Drama: 4 - 26 July 2009
June 2009
The Last Thakur: Film Screening
26 June 2009
Public Event: Sweatshops, Bangladeshi Workers
and the 2006 Labour Law
May 2009
Baishaki Mela: Brick Lane
April 2009
Brick Lane Circle: Special Networking Event/Comedy Evening
March 2009
Dhaka City Exhibition
in the UK
January 2009
British Bangladeshi Professional Volunteer Programme -BRAC UK
December 2008
Ara's World @ Shoreditch Gallery
November 2008
New Entrepreneurs: Ethical Fashion Forum
Workshops
October 2008
Arnob & Friends: Concert for Human Rights for
Bangladesh
August 2008
Nowka Bais in Oxford: 24 August 2008
4th London Poetry Festival 2008
July 2008
Diaspora London Music Village
Magical season of Bengali theatre @ Brady
Arts Centre
June 2008
Because of Hammershoi: Bulgarian Embassy
May 2008
Fundraising Dinner for the Bangladesh Flood
Victim Appeal Fund
ASIANA Fashion Party
BRAC UK Volunteer Programme Evening
April 2008
Bangladesh 1971 - Photography Exhibition
Tasher
Desh - Land of Cards: @ Watermans Theatre
Safe Neighbourhood Football Tournament
Screening of
the Bangladeshi Film LOHAKHOR / "Ironeaters"
Let’s Talk Business Roundtable & Networking
Event
March 2008
Sounds of the Underground
Let’s Talk Business Roundtable & Networking
Events
Brick Lane Circle Seminars on
Bangladesh and Bangladeshis Abroad
February 2008
Freshly Scratched @ BAC
Brick Lane Circle Seminars on Bangladesh
and Bangladeshis Abroad
Let’s Talk Business Roundtable & Networking
Events
Rana Begum New Works:
February to March 2010
Solo Exhibition:
Dealing with architectural propositions as much as with the formal
possibilities of Minimalism, No.207 is an attempt to condense the
urban experience to its most significant elements, to abstract analogous
visual stimuli and subsequently articulate them into concrete forms
and lights. Feeding on the architecture of a space, cutting lines
across and reorganising it according to abstract cartographies,
No.207 draws powerful associations between culture, architecture
and design, and reinvents our relationship to artificial spaces.
Date: 5 February - 02 March 2010
Monday - Saturday , 10:00 – 18:00
Venue: 29 Catherine Place, Westminster, London SW1E
Artist Talk: Rana Begum in conversation with Charles Danby
17 February 2010, 19:00 - 20:00
Charles Danby is a writer and curator based in London. He is a co-founder
of PROJECKT, a curatorial research partnership that considers new
media technologies through broadcast and live event. He is a guest
curator at the Siobhan Davies Studios, London, and is the 2010 curator
at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium in Norway. Charles has written for
international arts publications including Flash Art, Frieze, Art
Issue and Art Review.
Limited seats available, early rsvp essential: rsvp@delfinafoundation.com
Website: http://www.ranabegum.com
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150 Years of Photography From
India, Pakistan & Bangladesh: January to April 2010
Photo Exhibition:
Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan
and Bangladesh
Venue: Whitechapel Gallery London E1
From: 21 January - 11 April 2010
More details: Telephone 0207 522 7878
See article link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/06/bangladesh-pakistan-india-photography
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1,000
Years of Science From the Muslim World: Science Museum: January
to April 2010
An exhibition that has just opened at the Science Museum is celebrating
1,000 years of science from the Muslim world.
The free exhibition runs from 21 January to 25 April with a break
between
25 February and 12 March.
Science Musuem, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
Open: 10am – 6pm every day
Entry: FREE
Website: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Guardian
Article : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8472111.stm
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Empire
Strikes Back - Indian Art Today: January to May 2010
SAATCHI GALLERY EXHIBITION
Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London, SW3 4SQ
From: 29th January - 7th May 2010
Entry: FREE
Weblink:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/the-new-india.htm
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State
of Bengal: Friday
22 January, 8pm
An innovator in the Asian Underground scene, British DJ and producer
Sam Zaman (State Of Bengal) will be performing a unique mixture
of Bengali folk and Western dance music.
Venue: Whitechapel Gallery
Tickets: £8.00
For
info
If you are an Associate, Patron or Exhibition Patron of the Whitechapel
Gallery please e-mail supporters@whitechapelgallery.org to reserve
your free tickets to this event (subject to availability). Please
click here to find out more about the benefits of joining the Whitechapel
Gallery.
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Climate
Hearing: 26 November 2009
Oxfam has been hosting climate hearings involving thousands of
people around the world but now they have got together with the
London Assembly’s Environment Committee to host London’s first Climate
Hearing.
There will be personal testimonies from a range of London communities,
as well as drama, literature readings and a discussion of the positive
role cities can play in combating climate change. This will be followed
by a panel discussion where participants and guests will be able
to ask questions. There will also be a reception afterwards which
will probably run until 9pm.
The majority of the personal testimonies will be from Black and
Minority Ethnic (BME) and diaspora communities (e.g. Bangladesh,
Kenya, Bolivia) who are most closely linked to countries experiencing
the worst effects of climate change. We would like to invite you,
your community and members of your network to come along and have
the opportunity to be involved.
When: 6.30pm, November
26th 2009.
Where: City
Hall, The Queen’s Walk, More London, London, SE1 2AA
The event is free but to RSVP or for more information, please contact
David Bellman at david.bellman@london.gov.uk
or on 020 7983 4791.
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Leading
experts debate South Asian Culture: 19 August 2009
Motherland Pop; Talk (FREE)
+ special guests
Date: Wednesday 19 August 2009
Time: 6.30pm
At: Borders Charing Cross
122 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0JR
Telephone: 020 7379 8877
Tickets: FREE
To Book: tajender@popsamiti.com
Event that will focus on how Asians in Britain can contribute artistically,
and culturally to the new globalised south Asian culture.
It is said that the 19th Century belonged to the Europeans and
the 20th century belonged to the Americans. Some American commentators
believe that that the 21st century is till up for grabs. But Asia?s
economic and demographic explosion will ensure that the 21st Century
belongs to Asia (by 2025 there will be 1.9 bn people living in South
Asia).
What artistic and cultural contribution will Asians in Britain make
to this new paradigm?
This event is FREE but space is limited. Anyone interested in this
event is encouraged to RSVP to reserve a seat to; tajender@popsamiti.com
These are some of the questions we will be asking a panel of commentators,
writers and thinkers:
- If as George Orwell said All Art is Propaganda?, what propaganda
are South Asians artists in the UK putting out and do they have
anything to say?
- In the 21st century will the South Asian woman become more sexually
liberated and if so what model will this follow?
- Was the partition of the sub continent a mistake?
Panel:
Dr Kishore Budha; Media researcher from the Institute of
Communications Studies, University of Leeds.
Parmjit Singh; Independent filmmaker, runs Agitate films
and Creative Director of Black Chilli Productions
Parminder Vir O.B.E; Executive Producer and Media Consultant
and founder of the Mayfair Club.
Sara Wajid freelance writer, commentator and editor of Untold
London.
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A
Season of Bangla Drama: 4 - 26 July 2009
‘A Season of Bangla Drama’ is an annual Bengali drama festival organised
by the Kobi Nazrul Centre, Arts & Events. The ‘Season of Bangla
Drama’ is in the seventh year, running every weekend from the 4-26
July 2009, 6.30pm at the Brady Arts and Community Centre.
4 July: Chitrangada, written by Rabindranath Tagore, Directed by
Dr Ananda Gupta, Dakshinayan UK
5 July: Telesmati of ‘71’, written by Sovonmoy Bohttarrcharje, directed
by Nur Absar, by Theatre 71 Liverpool
11 July: Double Bill Babuder Dalkukure & Nrityero Taaley Taaley.
Babuder Dal Kukure, written by Monoj Mitra, directed by Manik Das,
Nrityero Taaley Taaley - Choreography by Atryee Bhattacharyya, performed
by Bengali Association Midland
12 July: Meherjan Arekbar, written by Abdullah Al-Mamun, directed
by Kibria Choudhury by Nileema Arts
18 July: Medea, written by Jean Anouih, adapted and directed by
Hussain Ismail, by Soul Fire Theatre
19 July: Mego Rang Orna, concept & direction by Tabassum Mostafa
Rupa, by Dulanchapa (KNC Dance Group).
25 July: Buker Manik Ashbe Kobe, written and directed by A.M. Neswar
by KNC Drama Group
26 July: Joynuddin er Ekdin (the Evolution), written by Sayeem Choudhury,
directed by Monoj Das Mitu, Soytten Sen School of Performing Arts
and Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshti UK
All performances are at the Brady Arts & Community Centre, 192-196
Hanbury Street, London E1 5HU. Tickets cost £5.00 & £3.00
concessions unless otherwise stated.
Booking & further information please call Neswar on 020 7375
1320 Mobile 07956 837 721 or email ashraf.neswar@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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POISON & PYAAR - COMEDY STAGE PLAY AT
THE ARTSDEPOT - July 4 2009
Poison & Pyaar (love), an adaptation of Frank Capra's classic
'Arsenic and Old Lace' debuts at the artsdepot in North London for
one night only. The play is based around the antics of two old aunties
and an uncle in India helping their local old folk in a most unorthodox
manner, which is soon discovered by their alarmed nephew Akshay;
the film critic from Mumbai, famous for his harsh reviews of all
things Bollywood. The situation is made worse with the return of
his estranged brother Amjid who has secrets of his own accompanied
by his very eccentric and affectionate personal doctor. Some families
are just plain murder!
"The original was a slapstick comedy on the antics of an eccentric
British family and it’s surprising how much of the essence we've
been able to retain in our own Asian adaptation. It just goes to
show all families are mental!" - Aiyaz Ahmed, Producer.
The play starts at 7.30pm on Saturday 4th July at the artsdepot
in North Finchley. The play will be preceded by complimentary canapés
from 6.30pm. There will be post show drinks with the cast and crew.
Poison & Pyaar was written by Aiyaz Ahmed and directed by Kayser
A. Foyz.
Tickets are available at the artsdepot Box Office 020 8369 5454,
www.artsdepot.co.uk.
Venue: Pentland Theatre, artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner,
North Finchley, London, N12 0GA
Box Office: 020 8369 5454,info@artsdepot.co.uk, www.artsdepot.co.uk
Tickets: £12
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'THE LAST THAKUR'- AN INTENSE CONTEMPORARY BENGALI 'WESTERN' BY
BRITISH BANGLADESHI FILMMAKER SADIK AHMED - 26 June 2009
Artificial Eye, BreakThru Films and Aimimage presents THE LAST
THAKUR in association with the National Film and Television School
(NFTS) -an intense contemporary Bengali 'Western' set in a remote
village in the marshlands of Bangladesh. The film follows a story
of crime, passion, jealousy and violence. The film is holding a
special screening at the Curzon Renoir Cinema (Russell Square) on
June 21st at 3pm followed by a Q and A with the award-winning British
Bangladeshi Director/Cinematographer Sadik Ahmed. The film will
begin its UK theatrical release at the Genesis Cinema, Mile End
and at the Ciné Lumière, South Kensington on June
26th.
The film is a modern-day 'Western' set in a remote village in interior
Bangladesh and is set against a long-lasting feud between a populist
Muslim 'Chairman' and the long established Hindu Landlord "Thakur".
The film follows Kala, the illegitimate son who is on a personal
quest to find his father and reclaim his birthright, in a story
that tackles taboos subjects such as communal conflict, the genocide
and war rapes of 1971.
"The Last Thakur" features breath-taking locations from
an unseen and unknown part of the world. The film also features
performances from some of Bangladesh's most renowned film and television
actors including Tariq Anam (Thakur), Ahmed Rubel (Chairman), Tanveer
Hassan (Kala), Anisur Rahman Milon (Tanju), Jayanto Chattopadyahay
(Mustafa) with specially composed music by Kishon Khan ( Lokhi Terra).
The Filmmaker - Sadik Ahmed
Whilst driving cabs, Sadik realised his real passion lay in wanting
to make films. Through his hard work and considerable talent, he
pursued his dreams and completed a MA in Cinematography at the world
famous National Film & Television School under the tutorage
of Brian Tufano (he had previously completed a painting degree at
the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design). As a Cinematographer,
he has worked in features, music videos, commercials and short films.
Previously he was the recipient of Best Cinematography for the Kodak
Student Commercial Awards 2006, a Royal Television Society Student
(2006), short-listed for the Satyajit Ray Awards, and the Film Four
MyMovieMashup.
"The Last Thakur" premiered to sold out screening at
the London Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival
2008. The film is in Official competition at the Granada and Munich
Film Festivals. Sadik's previous short film Tanju Miah which was
in official selection to the Toronto, Sundance and Amsterdam Film
Festivals brought him to the attention of Artificial Eye. His short
was screened for 2 months at the Curzon Cinemas in 2007.
The Last Thakur will have a special screening at the Geneis Cinema,
Mile End. at 7pm
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Public
Event: Sweatshops, Bangladeshi Workers and the 2006 Labour Law
Wednesday 17 June, 6.30 – 7.45pm
Join War on Want on Wednesday 17 June for a roundtable discussion
on sweatshop labour in Bangladesh. The event marks the launch of
Ignoring the Law, a new briefing paper on the conditions in Bangladeshi
garment sweatshops produced jointly by War on Want and its partner
organisation the National Garment Workers’ Federation (NGWF), a
Bangladeshi trade union that represents thousands of garment workers.
The discussion will feature the following speakers:
Niaz Alam, London Pensions Fund and Unite
Hena Begum, National Garment Workers’ Federation
Amirul Haque Amin, General Secretary, National Garment Workers’
Federation
John Hilary, Executive Director, War on Want
Graciela Romero, Director of International Programmes, War on Want
Following the discussion there will be a Q&A session with the
audience.
War on Want has been working in partnership and solidarity with
the NGWF since 2002, supporting its work to promote the rights and
improve the livelihoods of garment workers in Bangladesh, with a
focus on women workers.
The talk will be held at:
Development House
56-64 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4LT
For details, please email Anna Smith at asmith@waronwant.org
or telephone 020 7549 0578
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BAISHAKI
MELA 2009 – in Bangla Town, Brick Lane
The Baishakhi Mela comes to London's buzzing East End to celebrate
the Bengali New
Year. Food stalls, parades and rickshaw rides invite visitors to
make themselves at
home in Banglatown and join in the festivities. Baishakhi Mela in
Banglatown Brick
Lane takes place on Sunday 10 May in Weavers Fields, Allen Gardens
and Brick Lane
starting at noon.
A spectacular Bangla Queen will lead the mela procession, winding
through the
streets of Banglatown the colourful procession, including musicians,
dancers and
local children, will arrive in Weavers Fields for the start of the
popular community
event which celebrates the Bengali New Year. Streets will fill with
Bangladeshi
sounds, with everything from traditional folk, Baul and Bollywood
to Bengali rock and Bhangra.
BBC Asian Network will for the first time host performance stages
and broadcast all
the key action from the Baishakhi Mela. Asian Network breakfast
presenter Adil Ray,
the Bengali Programme's Shawkat Hashmi, Anwarul Hoque and Mahbub
will host the main
Weaver's Field Stage along with Murtz and Noreen, while DJ Kayper
will be scratching
up a special Bengali mix set on the turntables. The unmissable Asian
Network DJ
Wagon will also be located in Weaver's Field, with DJs dropping
the freshest Bengali
beats and Sylheti selection.
The East End’s latest performing sensation to follow in the footsteps
of chart
topping rapper Dizzy Rascal is Mumzy. The British Bengali MC and
DJ will be on the
main stage in the afternoon and is sure to attract the younger generation.
And Grand Union Bangla, a 20 piece orchestra, fresh from a tour
of Bangladesh will
appear on stage with a host of guest singers and musicians including
Lucy Rahman,
Yousuf Ali Khan, Shahdat Hossain Khan, Kala Miah, Shumi and Meherun
Kanak.
The youth stage in Allen Gardens also boasts a fantastic line-up
which includes
local artists and dance groups performing throughout the
afternoon, alongside rare east London appearances by State of Bengal
(http://stateofbengal.com/)
and Arun Ghosh.
Weblink:
http://www.visitbricklane.com/baishakimela/index.php
About Pahela Baishaki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_calendar
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Brick
Lane Circle - Special Networking Event / Comedy Evening: 9 April
2009
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 6.30pm - 9.00pm
@ Brady Arts Centre, Hanbury Street, London E1 5HU
6.30PM: PRESENTATIONS ON
Including:
- EcoMuslims by Omar Faruk
- BritBangla by Taryn Khanam
- The Writers Block Bangladesh by Samir Rahman
- Iqra International by Islam Uddin
6.50PM: Progress Update on the Battle of Plassey Young People’s
Project
7..00PM: Live Music
7.10PM: ENTERTAINMENT BY MIXT NUTZ [BritBangla member Dishad
Hussain's Comedy group]
C O M E D Y
Including:
MC Sajeela Kershi Prince Abdi Rob Broderick Jay Sodagar
8.30PM: NETWORKING AND LIGHT FOOD / REFRESHMENT
9.00PM: CLOSE
Advance booking only! FREE ENTRY! To book a place please call 07903
671787 or email bricklanecircle@yahoo.co.uk
**40 PLACES RESERVED FOR BRITBANGLAK MEMBERS** Mention 'BritBangla'
when booking.
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Dhaka
City Exhibition in the UK: 14 February - 13 March 2009
Celebrating the City’s history and present day dynamism
14 February - 13 March 2009
Whitechapel idea Store
321 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BU
Curated by Muhammad Ahmedullah
For further details please call 07960 844 117
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Porishôd
- British Bangladeshi Professional Volunteer Programme
BRAC UK are currently accepting applications from British Bangladeshi
professionals and skilled workers to volunteer with BRAC in Bangladesh
in January, April and June 2009. We have organised a wide and exciting
range of short term volunteer placements with BRAC, the largest
non-governmental organisation in Bangladesh, and BRAC University,
and are looking for people with experience in communications, community
radio, education and training, human rights, local governance, IT,
management, policy development, publications, proposal writing and
research to name a few. For more information on Porishôd,
BRAC UK's British Bangladeshi Professional Volunteer Programme,
and how you can offer your skills to the development of Bangladesh,
please contact Jebi Rahman: jebi@bracuk.net
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Ara's
World Exhibition: Sunara Begum
Thursday 4 December 2008 at 6.30-8.30pm
Shoreditch Gallery, 5 Hoxton Market, Shoreditch
London N1 6HG
Chand Aftara in association with Shoreditch Gallery is pleased
to announce an exhibition of photography, film and installation
by the emerging artist Sunara Begum in her debut Solo exhibition
entitled Ara's World. Begum's powerful imagery evokes deep-rooted
feelings of reflection, contemplation and stillness. In her three
short films, accompanying photography and installations she continues
to develop themes of striking imagery that transcends
the confines of form.
*Special performance by Shahanara Begum & Tunde Jegede
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New
Entrepreneurs: Ethical Fashion Forum - Free Workshops - November
2008
New Entrepreneurs aims to help all budding fashion entrepreneurs
learn about sustainable business practices.
A series of two-hour fashion specific workshops will offer you the
opportunity to learn from pioneers in the ethical fashion industry.
The New Entrepreneurs website will feature downloadable resources
to guide you through core elements of the business planning process
and inspiring case studies of successful ethical brands.
Workshops: November 2008 & January 2009
The New Entrepreneurs will explore sustainable practices ranging
from eco design to ethical marketing. The programme will introduce
you to the ways in which businesses can support and benefit the
people behind their products; reduce their impact on the environment
through sustainable manufacturing processes and develop effective
marketing tools to communicate sustainability to consumers.
The workshops will focus on four key areas and will be held at
The Fashion & Textiles Museum in November 2008 and again in
January 2009; each workshop will be facilitated by two fashion industry
leaders, who have particular expertise in the specific area of business
planning.
a.. Funding & finance – 5th November 2008 6.30p.m-8.30p.m
b.. Sustainable products and services – 12th November 2008
6.30p.m-8.30p.m
c.. Sustainable Marketing – 20th November 2008 6.30p.m-8.30p.m
d.. A sustainable supply chain - 26th November 2008 .30p.m-8.30p.m
Participants who complete at least three of the four available
workshops, will be invited to a one to one business planning day
after which a business plan can be submitted to a competition.
Competition winners will be offered a five week summer internship
with a leading fashion business, focusing on gaining experience
in areas ranging from ethical PR and marketing, to design, wholesale
and fashion buyin.
To find out more visit: www.ethicalfashionforum.com
or email info@ethicalfashionforum.com
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Concert
for Human Rights in Bangladesh: Arnob & Friends - 30 October
2008
Concert website: www.drishtipat.org/concert20
08
London ticket purchase online (limited 20% discount for BritBangla
members before 15 September): www.arnobinlondon.eventbrite.
com/
Drishtipat, a global human rights organization focusing on Bangladesh,
has been promoting human rights and social justice for the last
five years worldwide. It marks its fifth anniversary with a grand
benefit musical soiree for the aid of Drishtipat's 2009 projects.
On October 30th, the best of the best of Bangladeshi and British
Bangladeshi contemporary music scene and a unique fusion of eastern
and western sounds awaits at Logan Hall in Bloomsbury. Drishtipat
promotes social enterprises and capacity building projects. The
fund raised will go towards supporting these programs.
Arnob is a star of the Bangladeshi pop scene, whose innovative
blend of traditional instruments, themes and rhythms with contemporary
arrangements and harmonies are truly groundbreaking.
Add to this the jazz-based interpretations of his collaborator Andrew
Morris on soprano sax and you have an extraordinary treat in store.
Arnob comes to London with his band as part of a 5 city World Tour
for Drishtipat. Whether you are an expert on Bengali music or a
newcomer to this world, you will certainly enjoy these accessible
melodies and the sophisticated arrangements of this enchanting cross-cultural
mix. To top it all off Zoe Rahman, the mercury nominated Jazz pianist
and Idris Rahman will perform with Arnob as special guests. This
gala night will be kicked off by performances from top British-Asian
artists. Among them are Sohini Alam and Nobonita Chowdhury from
Drishtipat Creative (Bangla folks, traditional and contemporary)
, Soumik from Samay (Indian classical fusion), Oliver Weeks from
Parapar (jazz fusion), Sajib of After Arts (electronica) and last
but not the least Labik Kamal whose best known through his popular
band Ajob.
This benefit concert is expected to be a sell out one. Tickets have
gone on sale now and you can purchase the tickets online.
BritBangla Discount Tickets:
As a member of BritBangla, we have a great attraction for you. You
can get the early bird 20% discounted tickets if you purchase the
tickets by September 15th. Just enter the coupon code "britbangla"
and the discount will be applied automatically. However, these
tickets are limited.
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4th
London Poetry Festival 2008
4th London Poetry Festival 2008
August 8, 9, 10 & 11 (Friday-Monday) Evenings
Waterloo St John’s Church
Waterloo Road
London SE1
Tickets: £6 Cons £4 (Available Online)
Contact: contact@londonpoetryfestival.com
Website: http://www.londonpoetryfestival.com
Special Offer from Shakespeare’s Globe and London Poetry Festival
1. Shakespeare's Globe and LPF Working Together for Poetre/Verse-play:
Special Offer on Glyn Maxwell's Liberty . 13 Performances only:
31 August – 4 October. Best Available Seats at £15 (Normal
price £33). Come and learn more about The Globe at the 4th
LPF
2. Half Price Festival Tickets for people who have purchased tickets
for any of The Globe shows this season including Liberty’s. Tickets
can be purchased online or at the Festival with proof of purchase
being produced of The Globe Show at the time of the event.
People may begin gathering from six but the Festival will start
at about 7:30 p.m and finish by 10:30 p.m. That's the time for all
the four evening events.
As its signature presentation the 4th London Poetry Festival will
present this year's Five Poets in Residence in all the four of the
evening events. The Residence Poets are: Anjan Saha (Hammersmith,
London), Claire Askew (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh), Helen
Long (Tunbridge Wells), Nnorom Azuonye (Thamesmead, London) and
Sharon Harriot (Wimbledon, London). People may read their works
on Poets’ Letter or on the Festival website.
The Festival is run on a not for profit basis so it is here because
of the support and energy everyone involves offers it for free,
for the love of word.
Tickets are kept at a very low level: £6 full price and cons
£4. Members of the Facebook Groups The London Circle, The
National English Poetre and London Poetry Festival and Poetry Society,
The English PEN, NUJ, Poetry School and Society of Authors are entitled
to concessionary tickets.
There are four slots for music: one every evening. If there are
any musicians/singers/bands among you or someone you know please
let them know of this opportunity for them to get involved.
There is an Open Mic slot every evening for young poets to read.
Poets who are interested to read at the Open Mic slots should send
one poem to contact@londonpoetryfestival.com because the Open Mic
readers are preselected.
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Nowka
Bais in Oxford: 24 August 2008
The river Thames, as it passes though Oxford offers to the people
of the city may delights. People of the city have long walked it
banks observed it wildlife and fished its water. n the nineteen
century it became a place of sport and recreation. Rowing and boating
clubs sprung up from the town and the university.
Event seeks to bring a new type of boating to the Thames, boating
which itself has a long tradition.
In the great river estuaries of Bangladeshi Nowka Bais canoes are
workboats, during the wet seasons, after the harvest, the same boats
have been part of great river celebrations with races for young
and old. Now with the support of the local river communities these
boats have come to Oxford.
Having seen whole families on the water and to have seen the great
skill of the Bangladeshi boatmen a mutual respect has grown between
the Oxford’s traditional users and the watermen and women of Bangladesh.
The Thames has a new colourful and skilled community enjoying it
waters long may they do so.
Two Nowka Bais, Bangladeshi canoes, were part of Oxford millennium
celebrations. Brought to Britain by Aziz. They were received with
terrific enthusiasm.
The determination to acquire the boats and set up a club with an
annual race arose between the Oxfordshire Bangladeshi Association
and Oxford boat clubs.
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A
Magical Season of Bengali Theatre: 5-27th July 2008
Organised by Tower Hamlets Council’s Arts and Events Team, eight
local drama groups will perform over four consecutive weekends starting
from Saturday 5 July. The event is in its sixth year and gives local
people the chance to enjoy and find out more about Bangladeshi theatre.
It also gives local drama groups the opportunity to perform on stage
to a wide audience.
The shows will range from dramatic performances bringing to life
age-old Bengali stories to modern-day tales. The performances will
entertain the audience with a mixture of drama, dance and singing.
Many of the drama groups are using rehearsal space in the council’s
Kobi Nazrul Centre, Hanbury Street in the run up to their performance.
The council provides the venue and the technicians on the night,
and the local drama groups receive the ticket money to pay for things
such as props and costumes.
Performances include:
Saturday 5 July Nakshikathar Math – A dance drama performed by Taal
Taranga
Sunday 6 July Agun Agun Khela – A play performed by Desh Theatre
Saturday 12 July Tahar Namti Ranjana A play performed by Mahua Production
Sunday 13 July Khoab Nama – A play by Soytten Sen School of Performing
Arts & Udichi
Saturday 19 July Triveni – A dance drama performed by Nrityakala
– The Rhythm
Sunday 20 July Chay Kyar Jammen – A play performed by Prism Cultural
Group
Saturday 26 July Valmiki Pratibha – A play performed by The Tagoreans
Sunday 27 July Mukhe Bangalee Buke Bangalee - Performed by KNC Drama
Group
Performances take place at The Brady Arts Centre, 192-196 Hanbury
Street, London E1 5HU and start at 7pm with doors opening at 6.30pm.
The average performances run for one and a half hours.
All performances are ticketed events. Tickets can be booked from
the box office at The Brady Arts Centre on 020 7364 7900. Tickets
cost £5.00 (£3.00 concessions) unless otherwise stated.
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diaspora
london MUSIC VILLAGE: Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 July 2008
FREE ADMISSION FESTIVAL WEEKEND at HYDE PARK
1-9pm each day
The summer Music Village - Europe’s longest-running festival of
world cultures. The festival is organised by arts charity, Cultural
Co-operation. Twenty groups of London-based performers are featured
in two jam-packed days of top class music, dance and spoken word
from all over the world. The line-up includes African, Latin, Jewish,
Asian, Kurdish, East European and Chinese performance styles, to
reflect decades of converging migrations into London from every
corner of the earth.
The artistic line-up will feature around 20 top class performing
groups and soloists from around the world. Confirmed artists include:
Africa Jambo (CONGO); Palenke(LATIN); Anthar Kharana (COLOMBIA);
Harare (ZIMBABWE); Vivi Lachs & the Klezmer Klub (JEWISH); Kathy
Hall/London Uyghur Ensemble/Sin Man Yue (CHINA); Jyotsna Srikanth
(INDIA); Pink n Ruby (SLOVENIA); Jide Chord (NIGERIA); Koma Roji
Nwe (KURDISH); Panache (CARIBBEAN). Full artist line-up and performance
times available from 23rd June: www.culturalco-operation.org
The Diaspora London Music Village festival is organised by Cultural
Co-operation, an independent London-based arts charity that promotes
cross-cultural contact, dialogue and understanding.
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Because
of Hammershoi: 19th & 20th June 2008
The opening exhibition “Because of Hammershoi” is taking place
on 19th/20th.
Sofia Gallery, The Bulgarian Embassy, 186 Queens Gate, London
, SW7 5HL
Opening: 6 -8:00pm
30 female portraits
by
Enamul Hoque - Photographer
Mareta Tsenova - Art Director
A collaboration between photographer Enamul Hoque and art director
Marieta Tsenova.
30 portraits of women, inspired by Eleanor Yule's documentary film
“Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi” (2005).
The inspiration they found in Hammershoi's paintings were the beauty
of proportion, the minimalism of his interior style, the austerity
of his anonymous silhouettes and the concentration of detail, which
all amounts up to unique and strikingly beautiful body of work.
It typically brings forth associations of seclusion, solitude and
nostalgia to something insignificant. The portraits of this exhibition
concentrate on detail. They are a narrative of the beautiful things
around us. These are portraits of contemporary women, each having
her profession, who agreed to model for them. They are talented
and interesting personalities with dynamic lives. They simply showed
them in another light; in a brief moment of concentration in the
style of Vilhelm Hammershoi.
The garments, worn by these women, belong to some of the most creative
names in contemporary fashion design. The set design portrays a
part of our environment, where objects used have been purchased
from shops or come from private collections. They feel that the
modernity of Hammershoi's pictures has been languishing for a long
time in the shadow of oblivion but today this modernity is clearly
visible when projected upon familiar silhouettes, faces, objects
and interior atmosphere.
The added inspiration in these portraits is the diversity of London,
the people they meet every day, the material world, which surrounds
them, the street markets, vintage bazaars and atmosphere of preserved
tradition. They believe that each story told finds its listeners
and the minimalism and exquisiteness of Hammershoi's world, as per
their interpretation, will hopefully find its audience too.
For information contact: info@enamul.co.uk
or Mareta@justaperfectday.com
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Bangladesh
Flood Victim Appeal Fund on Tuesday 27th May 2008
This fundraising event is being organised by the Council of Bangladeshis
in Scotland, Bangladesh Samity, BanglaScot Foundation, Commonwealth
Society, Oceanic Consulting, BBCC Scotland, Action Aid (Bangladesh)
and IAP Scotland
Tues 27th May at 6.30pm for 7pm
at the MacRobert Pavilion
Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh
Book your tickets now! Table (10 people) - £500 Individual
- £60
You can reserve your table online at www.oceanicconsulting.co.uk/bangladeshcycloneappeal
Tickets include a 3-course meal with live entertainment, with special
guests, a Prize Raffle and lots of other fun activities which will
keep you smiling and get you reaching just a little deeper into
your wallets for this extremely deserving cause. Catering staff
will include some of Britannia Spice’s award winning chefs, who
will create a special menu for the event.
On November 15, 2007 the Category 4 Cyclone Sidr, with winds of
up to 135mph ripped through Bangladesh causing 3,447 deaths, with
3,322 people injured, and 1,063 missing as of November 20, 2007.
There was widespread flooding with farmland and countryside devastated.
Officials described it as the worst storm in more than 15 years.
Thousands of homes were destroyed and at least 650,000 people were
evacuated. In the worst affected districts, 90% of homes and 95%
of rice crops were obliterated by the winds.
I have just returned from Bangladesh, where I visited what remains
of Kalapara and Nizampur villages in the badly affected district
of Patuakhali. The people there are struggling to cope with the
aftermath of this terrible event, with makeshift housing and their
livestock gone.
The target is to raise £100,000 for these two villages, for
a cyclone resistant house and a cow for each family. It’s a lot
of money to raise, but with your help it can done. The statistics
for a disaster like Cyclone Sidr can be overwhelming, but by coming
to this event and sending a donation you can make a real difference
to these two villages. Your money will give them the means to rebuild
and develop their own future.
If you cannot come along on the night you can still send a donation.
You can sponsor a complete house for £1500 and a cow for £200,
but all amounts will be very much appreciated. Please use the form
with this letter. You can also book online at Online at www.oceanicconsulting.co.uk/bangladeshcycloneappeal
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BRAC
UK Volunteer Programme Evening: 6 May 2008
BRAC UK is an international NGO working with diaspora communities
in the UK, undertaking advocacy for international development from
a southern perspective and raising funds for BRAC programmes primarily
in Africa. With support from VSO, BRAC UK are undertaking a short
survey to better understand the interest, skills and availability
of British-Bangladeshi professionals to volunteer with BRAC in Bangladesh.
As a part of this survey BRAC UK is organising a Focus Group Discussion
to help us to design the volunteer programme.
Do join the focus group discussion that will be engaging, participatory
and fun. This will give you an opportunity to share your views on
volunteering, meet other British-Bangladesh professionals and learn
more about BRAC UK.
Date: Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Registration and refreshments: 6 .30pm to 7pm
Participatory exercises: 7pm to 8.30pm
Venue: Conference Room, 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EH (nearest
tube stations are Southwark or London Bridge). Please see attached
street map.
Please confirm your participation to:
Sandra M Kabir
Executive Director
BRAC UK Our objectives are to alleviate poverty and empower the
poor
32-36 Loman Street
London SE1 0EE, UK
Phone/fax: 44 (0)207 922 7721
Mobile: 44 (0)7949 161 240
Web site: www.bracuk.net
Donations: www.cafonline.org
(search for BRAC UK)
www.justgiving.com/bracuk/supportus
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ASIANA
PRESENTS FASHION PARTY: Saturday 3rd May 2008
9.30pm – 3am
Alibi Bar, London
Join ASIANA at Alibi bar on Saturday 3rd May Bank Holiday Weekend,
for the most fashionable party in town! Luxuriate in the soft fabrics
and cool leathers of Alibi and then dance the night away in a scintillating
and friendly atmosphere. Music by Diamond Cut - RnB, Hip Hop and
Desi Vibes
Dress Code: Strictly smart, sleek and sophisticated. No caps and
no trainers. This is ASIANA please make the effort
Tickets: Limited tickets available from £15
VIP area with table service: limited tickets available from £25
Alibi Bar Address: 18 Lime Office Court, Hill House, Shoe Lane,
London, EC4A 3BQ. Nearest Underground Chancery Lane or Blackfriars
Bookings and info: 07811 375633 or 07976 771945
www.asianamag.com
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Bangladesh
1971 - Photography Exhibition: 4 April - 31 May 2008
At: Rivington Place, off Rivington Street, London EC2A 3BA
Open Tuesday - Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm
Entry is free. Venue is wheelchair accessible.
A photographic exhibition and film season that focuses on one of
South Asia’s most significant political events: the foundation of
Bangladesh as an independent state.
The Bangladesh war of independence in 1971 was one of the bloodiest
conflicts in living memory. In an attempt to crush forces seeking
independence for what was then East Pakistan, the West Pakistani
military regime unleashed a systematic campaign of violence that
resulted in the deaths of thousands of Bangalis. Many of the photographs
from the unique collection of the Drik archives will be shown in
the UK for the first time.
In 266 days Bangali, hill people and Adivasi resistance fighters
and their allies defeated the military forces of Pakistan. The result
was the birth of a new nation - Bangladesh - and the dismemberment
of Pakistan. It was only after the 16th of December 1971 when Pakistani
troops surrendered in East Pakistan, that Bangladeshis began to
realise the scale of the atrocities committed during the previous
nine months.
1971 was a year of national and international crisis in South Asia.
The history of Bangladesh is implicitly tied to the partition of
India in 1947 and therefore the tragic events of 1971 are linked
to Britain’s colonial past. For Bangladesh, ravaged by the war and
subsequent political turmoil, it has been a difficult task to reconstruct
its own history. It is only during the last few years that this
important Bangladeshi photographic history has begun to emerge.
Now decades after the war, Autograph ABP in collaboration with
Drik presents a historical photographic overview of Bangladesh 1971
at Rivington Place.
A major documentary photographic exhibition of primarily Bangladeshi
photographers that focuses on the independence struggle in 1971.
The exhibition is produced in partnership with Shahidul Alam, Director
of Drik, a media activist and journalist from Bangladesh. This will
be the first comprehensive review in the UK of one of the most important
conflicts in modern history. It is recognised that over a million
people died in 266 days during the struggle for an independent Bangladesh.
Photographers included in the exhibition: Abdul Hamid Raihan, Aftab
Ahmed, BegArt Collection, Golam Mawla, Jalaluddin Haider, Mohammad
Shafi , Naib Uddin Ahmed, Rashid Talukder, Sayeeda Khanom and Bal
Krishnan.
Film makers included in the exhibition: Shohel Mazumder, Zhuntu
Chakman, Khalid Mahmood Mithu and the Rainbow Film Society
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Tasher
Desh - Land of Cards: 15 to 20 April 2008 @ Watermans Theatre
by Rabrindanath Tagore
Tuesday 15 April (Preview) - Sun 20 April @ 7.45pm
Tickets Wed - Thur £10/£8 Fri - Sun £15/£12
(Preview £5 - limited)
Classical
Indian dance collides with Alice in Wonderland and Western opera
in this sumptuous dance opera...
This wonderful show opening here at Watermans - with talented Bangladeshi
dancer, Cid Shaha in the lead - the story is in English with songs
in Bengali & on the Tuesday 15 April tickets are available for
£5.
A Prince, tired of suffocating in his palace, goes in search of
adventure. Accompanied by a far more conventional travelling companion,
a Merchant, the mismatched pair get shipwrecked in the Land of Cards.
Here the inhabitants are playing cards, divided by their suits and
unable to mix. With the wild force of his personality, the Prince
starts to effect change in the Cards and gradually their human qualities
begin to emerge...
Rabrindanath Tagore was India's first Nobel laureate and his writing
is wonderful to behold. His play Tasher Desh - Land of Cards will
provide a visual feast for all the family. Featuring Cid Shaha from
Bangladesh as The Prince and Ash Mukherjee from Calcutta as the
Merchant.
BOX OFFICE: 020 8232 1010
Watermans 40 High St, Brentford London, TW8 0DS
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Safe
Neighbourhood Football Tournament
The event is organised by Stepney FC. Barclays Premiership
Trophy & FA Community Shield.
Sunday
13 April 2008: Victoria Park (summer league pitches)
9.30am - 6.30pm
Monday
14 April 2008:
Mile End Stadium
Kick-off 6.45pm
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Bangladeshi
Film LOHAKHOR / "Ironeaters": 5 April 2008 @ British Museum
London Premiere of the film screening of the Bangladeshi Film LOHAKHOR
/ "Ironeaters" is going to be shown in British Museum.
LOHAKHOR / Ironeaters
At the London International Documentary Film Festival 2008 on Saturday
the 5th April 2008 in BP Theatre / British Museum at 12.20p.m.
There will be a panel discussion after the screening.
Tickets are £3 and can be booked through the British Museum
box office- 0207 323 8181.
Synopsis:
LOHAKHOR
Ironeaters / Eisenfresser
By Shaheen Dill-Riaz
85 min. 35mm, colour, Dolby Digital 5.1(Orig.Bengali with Engl.
Subtitles)
"If you are really hungry, you would be able to eat anything,
even if it is iron " said one of the worker, standing in front
of a 52 thousands tones heavy Oil Tanker on a ship-breaking-yard
in Chittagong, on the southern coast of Bangladesh, during my research
for this film. Like Solayman, a huge number of farmers are forced
by the annual famine in northern part of the country to leave their
homeland and come to the shipyards in the south to work as seasonal
workers. The film follows a group of workers from the north and
accompanies them for four months during their work in the PHP-yard.
PHP stands for "Peace Happiness and Prosperity". This
is one of thirty yards that line the beaches of Chittagong where
the farmers from the North do their deadly jobs. They dismantle
the garbage of the Western World: oil tankers, vast container and
passenger ship. This film became the witness of a cruel system of
exploitation that very few workers can escape from: the seasonal
workers from the north don't only do the hardest physical labour
one can imagine, they are also forced into debt and trapped in the
south.
Awards:
1. First Prize, One-World-Award NRW 2007, Köln, Germany
2. First Prize, Film South Asia International Documentary Film Festival
2007,Katmandu, Nepal
3. GRAND PRIX, Festival International du Film d' Environnement,
Paris 2007
Film Festivals:
Munich International Documentary Film Festival, Germany, May 2007
1. Nürnberg International Humanrights Film Festival, Germany,
September 2007
2. Lissabon International Documentary Film Festival, Portugal, Oktober
2007
3. Film South Asia Documentary Film Festival, Katmandu, Nepal, Oktober
2007
4. Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brasil, Oktober 2007
5. International Environmental Film Festival, Paris, November 2007
6. DOCAVIV International Documentary Film Festival, Tel Aviv 2008
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Let’s
Talk Business Roundtable & Networking Event: April 2008
Title: Supply or Bust! Equality & Diversity
Date: Thursday 3rd April 2008
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm followed by networking
Address: Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN
Description: All sorts of organisations recognise the need
for a strong supply chain. Many are heavily dependant on smaller
businesses and public sector clients recognise the fact. In addition,
their significant contribution to the local economy ensures that
the case for using smaller businesses is being heard loud and clear!
As a result of the buying power of the public sector, prime contractors
are now being quizzed about their supply chains. Fairness and transparency
are key drivers during this assessment. This session will cover
why you need to have an equality policy in place; who has been benefiting
from this development; free advice on how to use supplier diversity
to grow your business and provide you with a draft policy to fine
tune back at your business.
Speakers: Michael Gutierrez and Mary Edwards
Sponsors: Supply London
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Sounds
of the Underground: Thursday 3rd April
Museum in Docklands 6-9pm
The 1990s saw the explosion of Asian underground music in East
London. It’s now been fifteen years since East London rappers, Asian
Dub Foundation, first formed. Join us for a night of live performance,
DJs and chat in celebration of the ‘conscious clubbing scene’. Everyone
knows about the infamous nights at the Blue Note with Talvin Singh
but there's much more to the story than that...we bring together
the key performers, music historians and DJs to reminisce about
the local roots and politics of this global music phenomenon.
Sonia Kumari Mehta, manager of ADFED (the education wing of ADF)
and an outstanding Hindi vocalist in her own right, will perform
an acoustic set accompanied by a tabla player. Then hear classic
1990s tunes courtesy of DJ Tabula Rasa. Performers will be joined
by Julie Begum (of Bengali community group - Swadhinata Trust) and
Ash Sharma (cultural critic and author of Disorientating Rhythms)
for a conversation with the editor of UntoldLondon
about the highs and lows of the Asian underground.
Alongside taking a look at the past we’ll also be looking at the
future of local music. The City Gateway music programme at Limehouse
Youth Club reaches out to young people throughout Tower Hamlets,
providing them with music training and mentoring, from DJing to
MCing. They will be showcasing their own music for the first time
at Museum in Docklands.
As always, the rest of the Museum is staying up late, giving you
time to take in the 2000 years of docklands history and tales of
the river, port and people – including the new London, Sugar &
Slavery gallery. And if you want your Docklands evening to continue,
why not go next door to 1802, the Museum’s bar, for some Soul Food
Tunes and speciality cocktails until 11pm.
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Let’s
Talk Business Roundtable & Networking Event: March 2008
National Black Women’s Network events: To book a place at any of
the above mentioned events pleas e contact the National Black Women’s
Network on 020 7544 1010 / 07956 902 487 or email info@nbwn.org
Title: Supply or Bust! Quality Assurance Workshop
Date: Monday 3rd March 2008
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm followed by networking
Address: Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN
Description: Large organisations require suppliers within
their supply chain to be able to demonstrate and evidence a robust
Quality Management System, so if you have yet to formulate your
quality assurance policy now is the time to do so! This session
will provide an understanding of what Quality is and why it is important;
provide you with a draft policy to fine tune back at your business;
introduce the ISP9001 Quality Management System and provide you
with the basic tools you will need to start putting a QMS in place
in your business.
Speakers: Michael Gutierrez and Mary Edwards
Sponsors: Supply London
Title: Let’s Talk Business Roundtable & Networking
Event
Date: Thursday 6th March 2008
Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm followed by networking until 8:00pm
Address: The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1
1BB
Description: A roundtable event to showcase best practice
in BAME business and empower entrepreneurs to improve competitiveness
and develop new opportunities to improve the business environment
in which they operate.
Speakers: Cllr Alan Rudge (Cabinet Member, Equalities &
Human Resources Birmingham City Council); Caroline Spelman MP (
Chairman, Conservative Party); Bianca Simpson (Re-nu Body Clinic);
Joan Blaney (Director, CETA); Charles Small (Chief Executive, The
Drum Arts Centre) and Charles Barwell (Vice-President, Conservative
Party National Convention)
Sponsors: Conservative Party
Title: An Audience with Boris Johnson, Mayoral
Candidate for London
Date: Monday 10th March 2008
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm followed by networking
Address: Conservative Campaign Headquarters, 30 Millbank,
London SW1P 4DP
Description: An opportunity for Boris Johnson to outline
his strategic vision for London and how he will be working with
the Black Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) community to engage
them in the development and sustainability of this vibrant and diverse
city as well as accessing economic opportunities, especially around
Enterprise development, support and procurement opportunities; Community
cohesion – active strategies to combat gun and knife crime; rising
drug culture and increasing the aspirations of young people and
his proposed strategy around diversity and inclusion.
Speakers: Boris Johnson
Sponsors: Back Boris Campaign
Title: Think Big to Succeed
Date: Thursday 13th March 2008
Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Address: The Holborn Bars, 138-140 Holborn, London EC1
Description: If you are serious about success, don’t take
a chance by missing this event. Attendees can come along and share
the best in motivational principles and concepts over a light buffet
whilst networking with likeminded individuals who are serious about
acquiring the tools and attitude that will take them to where they
want to go in business.
Speakers: Brenda Emmanus (BBC London) Sherry Dixon (Editor,
SHE Magazine); Tarkan Ahmet (Peak Performance Coach); Paulette Bell
(Paulette Bell Image Consultant) and others to be confirmed.
Sponsors: Business Link of London
Title: Let’s Talk Business Roundtable & Networking
Event
Date: Thursday 27th March 2008
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Address: Conservative Campaign Headquarters, 30 Millbank,
London SW1P 4DP
Description: A roundtable event to showcase best practice
in BAME business and empower entrepreneurs to improve competitiveness
and develop new opportunities to improve the business environment
in which they operate.
Speakers: Patrick Fredrick (CEO, Aimex International); Sonja
Scantlebury ( Director, Accredited Services Ltd): Alukemi Atijosan
(Director, Eagles Solutions); and Pinki Llani (Founder, Asian Women
of Achievement)
Sponsors: Conservative Party
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Let’s
Talk Business Roundtable & Networking Event: February 2008
National Black Women’s Network events: To book a place at any of
the above mentioned events pleas e contact the National Black Women’s
Network on 020 7544 1010 / 07956 902 487 or email info@nbwn.org
Date: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Address: Conservative Campaign Headquarters, 30 Millbank,
London SW1P 4DP
Description: A roundtable event to showcase best practice
in BAME business and empower entrepreneurs to improve competitiveness
and develop new opportunities to improve the business environment
in which they operate.
Speakers: Patrick Fredrick (Aimex International); Juliet
Alexander (Juliet Alexander & Associates): Kim Crawford (Open
Doors Estates); Eric Ollerenshaw (LDA Board Member) and Walaaa Idris
(Entrepreneur)
Sponsors: Conservative Party
Title: Think Big to Succeed
Date: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Address: The Holborn Bars, 138-140 Holborn, London EC1
Description: If you are serious about success, don’t take a chance
by missing this event. Attendees can come along and share the best
in motivational principles and concepts over a light buffet whilst
networking with likeminded individuals who are serious about acquiring
the tools and attitude that will take them to where they want to
go in business.
Speakers: Brenda Emmanus (BBC London) Grace Owen (CEO, Grace Owen
Solutions); Feza Sengul (Success University) ; a Andrea Firth-Clark
(www.headgame.co.uk) and Debbii McKoy (www.debbiimckoy.lifesuccessconsultants.com)
Sponsors: Business Link of London
Title: nbwnUncorked
Date: Monday 25th February 2008
Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Address: The Spot Wine Bar, 195 Rushey Green, Catford SE6
Price: £15
Description: The NBWN is bringing a fresh new twist to the
world of wine tasting. For the first time professional women get
an introduction to the world of wine and winemakers learn about
its consumers. The session is designed for newcomers who want to
explore the world of wine for the first time. nbwnUncorked! aims
to teach the fundamentals of wine appreciation through the use of
informative, entertaining and memorable teaching methods that nevertheless
adhere to high standards of professional competence.
Speakers: John Townley (Wine & Spirit Education Trust)
Sponsors: NBWN
Title: Let’s Talk Business Roundtable & Networking
Event
Date: Monday 25th February 2008
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm followed by networking until 8:00pm
Address: The Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff
CF5 1QE
Description: A roundtable event to showcase best practice
in BAME business and empower entrepreneurs to improve competitiveness
and develop new opportunities to improve the business environment
in which they operate.
Speakers: Cheryl Gillan MP (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales);
Marcella Maxwell, (CEO – Priff Weithredydd, Chwaree Teg); Nick Borne
AM, (Leader of the Opposition); Bola Olobisi, (CEO – British Female
Inventors & Innovators Network); Kathryn Williams (Completely
Organised)
Sponsors: Conservative Party
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FRESHLY
SCRATCHED presents: 15 February 2008 - 16 February 2008 at BAC
NO MORE FURY with Sarah Sayeed and Vernon Douglas on February 15th
2008 at 20.30pm
NO MORE FURY is a performance piece which has been devised this
week over four rehearsal sessions. Come to see this and another
four new Freshly Scratched pieces of work. Freshly Scratched runs
over two days.
Directed by Vernon Douglas and performed by Sarah Sayeed
FRESHLY SCRATCHED by Various Artists
Several artists who have never presented work at BAC before show
10 minute try-outs of new work. Scratch enables artists to test
ideas in front of an audience and listen to their feedback. If you’ve
never tried Scratch before then come along and get your first taste,
and feed into ideas for new theatre.
15 February 2008 - 20:30
16 February 2008 - 14.00 and 17.00
£5.00 (Concs £0.00/Pay What You Can )
For directions go to the following link: http://www.bac.org.uk/findus.php
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Brick
Lane Circle Seminars on Bangladesh and Bangladeshis Abroad
7.00 – 9.00 pm, Lab 1&2, Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel
Rd, London E1 1BU
Muhammad Ahmedullah, Secretary, Brick Lane Circle: 07960 844 117
www.bricklanecircle.org
Thursday 20 MARCH: Bangladesh and Bangladeshis Abroad
The current reform programme in Bangladesh and prospects for the
future by Professor Mushtaq Khan, Professor of economics at School
of African and Oriental Studies. He was born in Dhaka in 1961, completed
his undergraduate studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
at the University of Oxford and then won a scholarship for his PhD
studies in Economics at Cambridge. Previously he taught at the universities
of both Oxford and Cambridge. Information about his research interests
and
publications are available on his website: http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/users/mk17/
27 MARCH 08: Bangladesh and Bangladeshis Abroad
Where is the Bangladeshi Community in the London Economy?
by Murad Qureshi, AM, Labour Group, LONDON ASSEMBLY
Having worked in Housing and Regeneration for 15 years, Murad helped
establish Ethnic Housing Associations in the East End. He was a
member Westminster Council from 1998 until 2006. Murad is a Board
Member of BRAC UK, a London based international development organisation
that seeks to alleviate poverty and empower the poor in the UK and
abroad. http://www.muradqureshi.com
28 FEBRUARY - Marginalisation and resistance amongst Bangladesh's
minority adivasis: The Santal
by Dr Fauzia Shariff (Phd Laws), who completed doctoral research
on the Santal of India and Bangladesh in 2006. Currently ESRC Postdoctoral
Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University
of London. Worked as policy adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and Department for International Development as well as for
NGOs and local government.
21 FEBRUARY- A panel discussion on Unleashing the Potentials
of British Bangladeshi Women
1. Tamanna Talukder has a Masters degree in Economics with a career
in banking, specialising in credit risk management. Currently working
for the Financial Services Authority implementing new capital management
framework for the major banking groups in the UK.
2. Sandra Kabir is the Executive Director & Secretary of BRAC
UK. She has worked in development since 1976 with donor agencies
and international/national NGOs, predominantly involving sexual
/ reproductive health & women's development and rights, and
established the Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition in 1979. In
1988 she was awarded the international STIMEZO Prize for her contribution
to making abortion safe worldwide.
3. Rehana Parvin is teacher by profession and has lived in Britain
since arriving with her parents in the late 70's. She is very interested
in issues affecting Bangladeshis as well as the wider Muslim community.
Rehana is a member of Womens' Association of Professionals and appear
regularly on Bangla TV and Islam Channel to discuss topics relevant
to women living in Britain.
4. Rushanara Ali grew up in Tower Hamlets, studied at Mulberry
School and Tower Hamlets College. She is currently an Associate
Director of the Young Foundation and head of research, external
relations and international projects. She has previously worked
at Home Office's Communities Directorate, leading a project in response
to the 2001 riots in the North of England. She has also worked on
human rights issues at various places. Rushanara also worked for
Michael Young on a project, which paved the way for Tower Hamlets
Summer University that has been successfully replicated around London.
She is a Commissioner for the London Child Poverty Commission, Chair
of Tower Hamlets Summer University and SummerUni London, a Board
Member of Tower Hamlets College, a Trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
and a member of the Tate Britain Council. She was a member of the
Home Office Working Group on Preventing Extremism established after
the 7/7 London bombings. Rushanara has a degree in Philosophy, Politics
and Economics from Oxford University. In April 2007, she was selected
as the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow.
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