Paternity Flute

Two local events taking place today worth knowing about...

Firstly, Lewisham Dads is hosting a party today, starting at 12.30pm. Jane writes:

The fun day is taking place at Ashmead Primary School, SE8 4DX on Saturday from 12.30 - 4.00 and is totally free. No entry cost or charge for activities (unlike most school fairs/fayres), the only cost to families would be food (delicious BBQ and cake stall run by our PTA) and a raffle which has some great prizes including Millwall and Charlton signed kit, footballs etc and a selection of brand new kids bikes amongst other things. 

Other activities include bouncy castles, bow and arrow making workshops (!), Under 5s messy play room, cycling activities, Giant Scalextric and information stalls from Lewisham Libraries, Children's Services and the Pre-School Learning Alliance.

Secondly, Brockley orchestra Harmony Sinfonia is staging a concert this evening:

Tapas fundraiser for Party in the Park

The Other Art Club at The Talbot

Friend of BC, Sarah writes:

Every Wednesday the upstairs dining room at the Talbot transforms into The Other Art Club: a new life drawing class, taught by local artist Perienne Christian. Lured by the promise of free cava, I turned up for the launch night and had so much fun that I returned the following week.

Beginning with a series of short poses, the first half of the class is a warm up, designed to engage the parts of the brain that office jobs don't reach. Perienne suggests exercises and circulates unobtrusively, leaving you to do your own thing if you prefer. Half-time refreshments come in the form of home-baked biscuits and a nice cup of tea (or something stronger from the bar downstairs).

These are billed as life drawing classes with narrative - this really kicks in with the second half of the class. Last week's model took on a despairing pose based on a Titian masterpiece. As an absolute beginner, I was concentrating on giving her the right number of limbs, but I can see how the props would add an element of challenge for people with a bit more talent or experience. Perienne's on hand throughout and at the end of the session there's a chance to compare your efforts in a friendly, supportive atmosphere.

Venue: Upstairs at the Talbot
Time: Wednesdays 4-6pm and 7-9pm
Cost £14 in advance (first class half price)
Charcoal provided, paper available at cost price
https://theotherartclub.squarespace.com/

Brockley Rise built on ancient Indian burial ground

For those who missed the excitement on Twitter earlier, a large hole opened up in the road in Brockley Rise this afternoon. Police are looking into it (with thanks to Dave "Mike" Lowry for the joke, as well as the picture).

Lewisham Way witness sought

Police at Lewisham are appealing for witnesses to a robbery that occurred on 18 June 2013 at approximately 22:00 hours outside the Albertines Public House in Lewisham Way, SE4.

A woman in her 40s was assaulted by two women who took a number of items from her including cash before making off.  Two women both 21 years have been arrested in connection with the incident and have been bailed pending further enquiries

Officers are particularly keen to speak with a customer who was inside the pub at the time and is believed to have witnessed the assault but is yet to make contact with police.

If you have any information on this incident please contact Brockley Safer Neighbourhoods Team on 0208 284 8558 or if you want to provide information anonymously you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Hands-on music session, June 29th

Because Brockley needs more Ukulele players... Corrie from Strings Club writes:

St Peters Church, Brockley - 11am - 1pm.

Join us for two hours of jam-packed musical activities, a mini-music concert plus a free taster session on an instrument of your choice - Simply choose from Ukulele, Guitar, Violin!!

'Meet The Strings Club' Concert
11am - 11.30am.
Performance by Strings Club tutors.
Including a yummy cake stall.

Free 'Hands On' Session - Choose from Ukulele, Guitar or Violin! - 12pm -1pm.
Our 'Hands On' session is designed to help your child decide which instrument is best for them to learn at our upcoming Brockley Strings Club courses.

Suitable for those aged 4-12 children - our 20 mins sessions, led by our Strings Club tutors (all CRB-checked) are not to be missed out on! Instruments provided!

Limited spaces available so please reserve a place today

The Brockley business cluster grows

Is Brockley building a proper small business cluster at last? Local architects Green Tea have picked up a RIBA prize nomination, live/work community Dragonfly Place (formerly Martin's Yard) is starting to attract business tenants and now Harefield Road tech startup Patchwork Present is hiring again. They say:

Patchwork Present is a group gift platform that lets friends come together to fund one gift that’s really wanted – piece by piece.

Our site is launching soon and so we're looking for a new team member (initially offering a three month contract) to bring our site maintenance and development in house. You will be taking over from our external team of developers to manage the site day to day and working with our Tech Director to plan new feature development.

On top of general web knowledge, you will be experienced in Drupal 7, PHP, Javascript, HTML and CSS. You will also be in control of the web hosting and liaison with the hosting company so Linux and SSH experience is helpful.

In the future you may be setting up a development environment using Vagrant, Git and maybe even Chef or Puppet. Future development work will involve elements of Drupal 7 module and theme work and interfacing to external APIs.

On a day to day basis we currently use Podio for project management, feature requests and bug tracking. Other apps used are Google Analytics, MailChimp for newsletter campaigns and Mandrill for transactional emails. An artistic and creative eye is useful as you will be involved with any UX work.

Please email us your CV and a short paragraph about why you would like to work for Patchwork Present hello@patchworkpresent.com. Salary is based on experience - up to £200 a day