Art Preview: Pinta @ Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre
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In Pictures: Carnaval Del Pueblo 2010
The 10th annual Carnaval Del Pueblo attracted around 100,000 people to Walworth yesterday, its parade dancing down from Elephant to Burgess Park. An attempt to break the World Record for simultaneous salsa dancing unfortunately failed, with only 316 couples registered to salsa by 1pm. Which …
Carnaval Del Pueblo Salsa World Record Attempt
By Tanya N The largest Latin American Festival in Europe will attempt to break the Word Record for Salsa dancing this afternoon in Burgess Park. 500 couples are wanted to perform the Big Dance salsa sequence between 1-2pm, to smash the standing record of 451 …
Seven Sisters Market Saved
Ward’s Corner, the indoor market and buildings above Seven Sisters station that Haringey council has spent years trying to scrub away in favour of a retail and residential unit, has been saved. A court of appeal judge decided this week that removing the market, a …
March Against FARC
London’s Latin American community will descend on Trafalgar Square this Monday. As part of a protest that is stretching from Bogotá to cities across the world, they will be marching on the Great World Rally Against FARC. FARC, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, …
Feminist Fightback, This Weekend
It’s time to stand up, speak out and come together for Feminist Fightback, the annual free activist conference taking place at University of East London for it’s second year. Because fighting back is still necessary and feminism is not dead – and sadly, women’s rights …
Londonist Interviews Daddy Donkey, The Burrito Guy
As most Americans (and probably Mexicans) in London will tell you, there aren’t enough Mexican joints in town. 27-year-old Joel Henderson, the proprietor of Daddy Donkey on Leather Lane, is trying to change that, one quesadilla at a time. After studying Spanish at Leeds University …
Culture Crawl
Join the Village Fete at V & A – for tonight, the museum will be taken over by over 30 creative types who will be running stalls, activities and other village fete style stuff. Tombola, fish and chips, freaky vegetable competitions and body painting will …
Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse
All the weeks highlights from our international sister sites. Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid’s Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television …
More Fests and Russian Vamps
Another quick filmy roundup as November is FILLED with just too many flicks. As mentioned yesterday, tonight is the final chance to get along to the Jewish Film Festival, but there’s also a couple more days left of the Latin American Film Festival. If that …
