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We create Wood Green and love its soul and vibrancy. We are a creative community of over 200 artists, crafts people, artisan makers and creative companies. Along with our friends at Karamel, Goodness and The All Good Bookshop we create cultural experiences, food and food for thought.

At Collage Arts HQ, we have put together the Winter-Spring season of top quality live music, emerging artists, composers and bands; spoken word and comedy; kids shows; and physical theatre. Visit musicglue.com/karamel for monthly updates.

The All Good Bookshop Writing group meets every 2 weeks in McQueens Theatre, in addition to our Spring edition of Collage Writing Room courses.

Goodness are hosting their family friendly community event on 8th February - We Love Wood Green

Actively learn new skills in Bollywood Dance every Tuesday from 5.30pm-6.30pm in McQueens Theatre. Women of all fitness levels and ages welcome. Email preeti@collage-arts.org to enrol.

COLLAGE VOICES runs term time Saturdays for 8 to 18 year olds. Drama, performing arts, music and film making, creative writing. Only £2 per week!! Email voices@collage-arts.org

HIT - Enabling the VOICES of 14 to 19 year olds to interrupt hate in artistic and creative ways: https://youtu.be/Zx6lIa_RIjA and
https://youtu.be/Yg4_nyoSDn4

CREUS e-platform - Culmination of three years working with experienced arts practitioners and mentors across Europe. An open resource that shares the approach of peer mentoring in unconventional spaces, along with useful tools, resources and know-how. For anyone interested in peer mentoring in youth arts training environments.

Live Music nights to remember @ Karamel

Samuel Eagles Jazz Jam
Wednesday 5th February
Thereafter the 1st Wed of the month
Karamel regular young emerging musician Samuel Eagles brings you the first of his new FREE monthly jam session. After a short set from the house band the stage will open for the jam. Bring your instruments, all levels are welcome. No booking needed, simply turn up.

Sam Leak Trio
Thursday 6th February
'One of the brightest stars in the Jazz piano galaxy, a heavenly improviser, and a brilliant prospect for the future.' JazzFM's Helen Mayhew.

Joined by UK Jazz scene heavyweights Nicholas Costley-White on guitar and Joel Barford on drums. Expect fresh, swinging, lyrical jazz, permeated by the blues. Book here.

Jenny Murphy Jazz Group
Thursday 13th February

It was her life-long love of jazz that inspired her to create The Jenny Murphy Jazz Group, influenced by crooners like Sinatra, virtuosos like Charlie Parker and yes, the sax solo in Careless Whisper.

With a unique sax-vocal set, the Jenny Murphy Jazz Group are perfect for a laid-back lounge set, or a more interactive cabaret-style show to suit any venue, both spanning the early 1920s to modern classics with a vintage twist. Just to get you in the romantic mood. Book here.

Notes from the Underground
Letters to Ophelia
Friday 14th February
Valentine's Day Special Notes from the Underground featuring songs and poems of romance, madness, love and despair from some of the finest acts in The London Alternative Folk and Singer Songwriter scene. Book here

Tristan Mailliot Quartet
Thursday 20th February
Loire Music brings us seasoned musicians - Tom Ridout Saxophones, Rob Barron piano, Flo Moore bass, Tristan Mailliot drums playing two sets of Chick Corea's music. Simply turn up, £10 OTD

Noah Stoneman Jazz Jam
Wednesday 26th February
Thereafter the Last Wed of the month.
Listen and be wow'ed by the emerging young artists and musicians in the room!
Noah hosts his regular FREE monthly event for emerging & experienced musicians to rehearse, jam and hang out in good company as well as rehearse new material with jazz pianist Noah Stoneman at Karamel, held on the last Wednesday of the month. No booking needed simply turn up or RSVP here

Tomorrow's Warriors presents Morgan Wallace
Thursday 27th February

Originally from South London young saxophonist Morgan Wallace takes influence from saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter, but she has also been inspired by Brad Meldhau, Jeff Buckley and Miles Davis. Book here

Tomorrow's Warriors presents is on the last Thursday of the month.

Theatre at Collage

Stars of stage and screen return to Karamel to support young people in the performing arts facing economic challenges. Join the Revolution on 15th February at 7:30pm with some of Britain's most loved performers, singers and musicians in a night of cabaret like you have never seen. Buy tickets here

Performances in McQueens Theatre on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th February from 8pm.
Reve(a)l productions and Haringey Communities Against Violence present a play devised and based on community activists Ken Hinds' and June Tuitt's lives. It connects with historic vibrations impacting on young African Caribbean men and women in Haringey. Exploring themes of family, violence, race and personal redemption. We want to engage audiences in talking about how they can reduce youth conflict in their area. Buy tickets for the 28th or the 29th

CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE EXHIBITION

Opens 14th February and showing throughout Womens History Month in Karamel

Amidst the dealings of Brexit, the Windrush scandal and the forgetting of the Grenfell victims, the sense of what it means to be a Londoner and the feeling of “belonging” can be seen as quite a sensitive topic now more than ever. This is especially the case for young women of colour in London. With statistics reflecting the lack of opportunity and invisibility young BAME women face daily, this exhibition is the final showcase of They Came Before Us: A History of Women of Colour in the UK (TCBU) project.
Visit www.theycamebeforeus.com for the story behind the exhibition.

Business support and skills training

Calling Tottenham Creatives – Businesses and creative people who are working in N17 or N15.

Whether you are working in a creative field or are running a creative business/enterprise in the Mayor of London’s Tottenham Creative Enterprise Zone, Collage Arts can help you to develop and strengthen skills to move ahead in your career, and gain specialist support to grow your business and networks through a new project called N17 Creative Callings supported by the Mayor of London and European Social Fund (ESF). The project is led by Fashion Enter in partnership with Collage Arts.

Contact the Collage Works team to find out more – email office@collage-arts.org or call 07913 112 481. www.collage-arts.org/N17-creative-callings