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Following its temporary closure to allow essential repairs, Coombes Croft Library is ready to welcome you back on Saturd...
02/09/2026

Following its temporary closure to allow essential repairs, Coombes Croft Library is ready to welcome you back on Saturday 5 September 2026! We would be delighted if you could join us for this community event to celebrate the library opening its doors again.

Coombes Croft Library, London N17 8AG
Saturday 5 September 2026, 12-2.30pm

The reading agency Summer Reading Challenge is still on! This is the last few weeks to complete the challenge and be e...
26/08/2026

The reading agency Summer Reading Challenge is still on! This is the last few weeks to complete the challenge and be entered into the draw for a Certificate, Medal and win prizes! Hurry along to your local library today or this weekend!

PS : Can you guess where the library is that has this poster?

25/08/2026

Kenneth Tharp CBE dropped by Wood Green Library to check out the Into the Light: Pioneers of Black British Ballet exhibition! Don't miss this amazing exhibition at Wood Green Library - last day is Tuesday 1 September: https://libraries.haringey.gov.uk/events?id=372715

At the same time, a VR version of the exhibition can be experienced at Marcus Garvey Library: https://libraries.haringey.gov.uk/events?id=372717

Black dancers have been present in British ballet from at least the 1940s onwards when two Jamaicans formed Les Ballets Nègres in 1946. However, the presence and contribution of these pioneers has been largely forgotten in Britain.

Into the Light: The Pioneers of Black British Ballet exhibition aims to change this by celebrating the lives of these trailblazers. The exhibition brings together archive photography, film, newspaper articles and posters alongside new video and audio interviews to trace the history of Black British ballet from the 1940s to the present.

This ground-breaking exhibition, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, is brought to you by Libraries Connected and Oxygen Arts’ Black British Ballet project. Visit today to hear the stories of our Black British ballet pioneers, from those who were denied work in the UK to those who finally managed to smash the colour bar in Britain’s biggest companies.

As well as the amazing Black British Ballet exhibition at Wood Green Library, you can also experience the exhibit at Mar...
20/08/2026

As well as the amazing Black British Ballet exhibition at Wood Green Library, you can also experience the exhibit at Marcus Garvey Library through virtual reality. It's a really unique way to see this amazing exhibition: discover the hidden story of black dancers from 1940-to-present in the most 21st century way! Make sure you drop in to Marcus Garvey Library and ask for the Into the Light: Pioneers of Black British Ballet VR Exhibition by Tuesday 1 September (note that headsets are limited and not suitable for children under ten years old).

https://haringey.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=372717
Marcus Garvey Library, London N15 4JA
Until Tuesday 1 September 2026

Wood Green Library is delighted to be hosting 'Into the Light: Pioneers of Black British Ballet' from Thursday! Funded b...
18/08/2026

Wood Green Library is delighted to be hosting 'Into the Light: Pioneers of Black British Ballet' from Thursday!

Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Into the Light: Pioneers of Black British Ballet brings together archive photography, film, newspaper articles and posters alongside new video and audio interviews to trace the history of Black British ballet from the 1940s to the present day.

Don’t miss this landmark exhibition! https://www.blackbritishballet.com/articles/brand-new-dates-for-our-exhibition

Wood Green Library, London N22 6XD.
Thursday 20 August – Tuesday 1 September

Tomorrow at Marcus Garvey Library, join George for the first in his new series of piano recitals!'Souvenirs' is a series...
14/08/2026

Tomorrow at Marcus Garvey Library, join George for the first in his new series of piano recitals!

'Souvenirs' is a series of interconnected recitals which carry the thought in French of 'Remembrances' or 'Recollections' of things past with poignant, nostalgic and evocative works drawn principally from Russian composers such as Scriabin, Blumenfeld, Kalafati, Anton Rubinstein et al, as well other important European composers in sync with them from the middle of the Belle Epoque russe world.

Don't miss this enlightening live performance!

Marcus Garvey Library, London N15 4JA
Saturday 15 August 2026, 3-4.30pm

Have you joined Beat this Summer's yet? Read any 6 books, collect stickers and prizes along the way and be in with a...
12/08/2026

Have you joined Beat this Summer's yet? Read any 6 books, collect stickers and prizes along the way and be in with a chance to enter the Prize Draw!

The shortlist for the has been announced! See the display of the titles at our Muswell Hill Library, N10. Tell us your...
12/08/2026

The shortlist for the has been announced! See the display of the titles at our Muswell Hill Library, N10. Tell us your fave!

This Summer's Reading Challenge is free to join at your local library! Chose one of the amazing suggested titles from ' ...
05/08/2026

This Summer's Reading Challenge is free to join at your local library! Chose one of the amazing suggested titles from ' Put Your Records on ' to ' Marching Band ' - there is something for all ages and ' Read to the Beat ' !

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