March’s Last Friday is a Flute and Piano Recital

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

This month's Last Friday features two young musicians called Sarah Parkes Bowen (flute) and Oliver Cuttriss (piano). Sarah Parkes Bowen studied an Mperf at the Royal College of Music, studying flute with Gitte Marcusson, Simon Channing and Rachel Brown, as well as piccolo with Kathleen Stevenson. She was a Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholar and a […]

Trustee Open Evening

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

We are looking for volunteers to join our team of Trustees to lead the library into the next half of the 2020s, due to terms of tenure coming to a natural close. We are particularly looking for people with skills and experience in the following areas: legal facilities management volunteer management small business community engagement […]

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Absolute Beginners Drawing and Painting

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS DRAWING & PAINTING Would you like to learn to draw and paint? If you are a Rusty Returner or have not done any art since schooldays, join our NEW Tuesday sessions. No experience required! Learn the basics from scratch – how to draw items and make them look 3D! Take the mystery out […]

April’s Last Friday is a Guitar and Violin Recital

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

June and Seungyeon have been together since 2022 and recently graduated from the Royal College of Music. Although they are building their careers through various stages, including St Mary le Strand, RCM Museum Concert, Croydon Minster, Bloomsbury Festival, Claremont project series and multiple Lunchtime Concerts, they present a wide range of repertoires and styles, from […]

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS DRAWING & PAINTING

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

Would you like to learn to draw and paint? If you are a Rusty Returner or have not done any art since schooldays, join our NEW Tuesday sessions. No experience required! Learn the basics from scratch – how to draw items and make them look 3D! Take the mystery out of mixing colours  - no […]

May’s Last Friday is Bow Django

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

We are delighted to welcome back the talented and entertaining Bow Django, east London's premier latin-influenced jazz band. Bow Django comprises guitarists Ienne and Chris, bassist Casper, clarinettist Jenny, violinist Peter, and vocalist Annie. The band was formed when a group of friends got together to play gypsy jazz in an African cafe in Bow […]

Monthly Councillor Surgery

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

Your local councillors, Gwen Grahl and Tariq Dar, are available at the library on the first Saturday of every month to listen to your issues and help get them resolved. Please drop in for a chat.

CrickleUkers

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

This is CrickleUkers - our monthly ukulele jam and sing-along. Meet at the library for an hour of plucking, strumming, singing and jamming. Experienced volunteers will guide us through the chords towards the production of beautiful tunes. And we'll have a great old time doing it! We have a few ukuleles on the premises - […]

Babble and Zen – Stay and Play Session

Cricklewood Library 152 Olive Road, London, UK, United Kingdom

Weekly stay and play sessions for babies and toddlers. For babies and toddlers ages 0-2, stay as long or little as you would like during this Stay and Play. Songs, bubbles, parachute, and a different sensory play each week as well as lots of socialising for both adults and babies. Always £10.00 Book on Babble […]

Willesden and Brent Chess Club

Main Library 152 Olive Road, London

We are a small and friendly chess club, that welcomes people of all ages and ability and from all walks of life. We organise chess games for all levels of ability, set up club competitions and provide tuition to juniors. We also enter local chess leagues and members compete in inter-county matches. Every Monday, except […]