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Friends of Blakers Park
Our Contact Details
Our contact details are:
The Friends of Blaker's Park
www.blakerspark.org.uk
friends@blakerspark.org.uk
Phone 07981 490516
77 Chester Terrace
Brighton
BN1 6GD
Blaker's Big Night
Thursday 21st October 2010
A free evening of entertainment and information is being planned by
the Friends of Blaker's Park for Thursday 21st October. Everyone is
invited.
It starts at 6.30 pm by the clock tower in Blaker's Park with a
guided Tour of the Trees by a local expert.
At 7.30 pm the event moves into Stanford Avenue Methodist Church, on
the corner with Southdown Avenue, where a variety of special guests
will be giving short talks all about our community park.
"A leading archaeologist has been asked to tell us about stone age
man in Blaker's Park," says Max Glaskin, chair of the Friends, "Then
there's a five thousand year leap to learn about Victorian parks from
Rose Collis, the editor of the New Encyclopaedia of Brighton. After
that our park ranger Emma Owen will bring us bang up to date with news
of her work."
You, your friends and family may appear in a special slide show
about the park events of 2010. Local musicians are being asked to
perform and there will certainly be free refreshments.
"It's the first time we've organised such an eventful evening," says
Max. "It's got something for everyone – and it will give everyone
another chance to enjoy our special little park."
AUTUMN EVENTS IN BLAKER\'S PARK
Thursday 21st October 6.30pm: A Tour of the Trees – meet by the
clock tower
Thursday 21st October 7.30pm: 5,000 Years in Blaker's Park – from
prehistory to tomorrow, with guest speakers. Stanford Ave Methodist
Church
Sunday 31st October: Halloween party for young people and parents.
All around the café.
Locals enjoying the Friends of Blakers Park Picnic summer 2010 in Fiveways, Brighton and Hove,
East Sussex.
FOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE PARK
Blaker's Park, the community open space near Fiveways, Brighton, is to host two special public events during the Spring.
They happen on Sunday 15th May, beginning with the Open Art Exhibition, when everyone is welcome to bring along their own art and
put it on display – and even to sell it. It starts at 12 noon and ends at 4pm. Artists of all ages are welcomed – it's a friendly, supportive event to encourage everyone to feel good about their own creativity and that of their friends and family. All mediums are welcome – including painting, drawing, collage, photography, prints and etchings. Just bring a hook with which to hang it.
For the first time there will also be workshops, run by artists and teachers, in charcoal drawing. Some art materials will be provided but
all artists are encouraged to bring sketchpads, watercolours, chalks and crayons to turn the park into a giant studio. Tutors will be on hand to give tips and advice. As an extra bonus and to turn Blaker's Park into Montmartre for one afternoon, everyone wearing a beret will get a drinks discount at the café! Smocks are optional!
On the same day, Sunday 15th May, a local arboriculturalist will lead a walking Tour of the Trees. This is back by popular demand after a highly successful guided tour of the park's 106 tree varieties in October. The tour will start at 2pm and last about an hour. If the weather is bad on Sunday 15th may, both of the above events will be postponed for a week, until Sunday 22nd May.
Keep up to date with the news from Blaker's Park at www.BlakersPark.org.uk
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