A brand new edition to the East End bar scene for thinkers and drinkers /
Cocktails / Art / Brunch / Fashion / Lunch / Film / Nibbles / Music / Beer / Poetry / Wine / Talks / Reading / Workshops / Dancing / Storytelling / Pool / Newspapers /
Monday to Wednesday 8am - 12am /
Thursday & Friday 8am - 2am /
Saturdays 10am - 2am /
Sundays 10am - 12am /
Date: Friday 15th January
Event: SECRETWARS
DJs: Secret wars residents
Music policy: Hip hop,
Door: Free before 10pm, £5 after
Time: 8pm – 2am
Blurb: Secret Wars is the World’s premier live art battle – working in similar ways to Fight Club, Secret Wars battles are set up / promoted through word of mouth.
These live art battles are being hosted in the darkest corners of each city, sometimes you might stumble across one in the basement of a bar in the East end of London or even in a deserted meat factory in Malmo Sweden...
This creative battle network grows bigger by the day, every month or so we add more battle locations while new and very exciting artists enter the frame...
Secret Wars is on a global mission to turn live art into a recognised sport – with your help we can slowly make this happen!
Date: Saturday 16th January
Event: THE ELECTRO SWING CLUB presents WHITE MINK BLACK COTTON ALBUM LAUNCH
DJs: Nicky Hollywood, El Nino & Lady Kamikaze and Chris Tofu
Live: The Correspondence
Music policy: Electro swing
Door: £5 before 10pm, £10 after
Time: 8pm – 2am
Blurb: Hot jazz sounds from the 78s era get a dance floor make over. Speak easy style.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Date: Thursday 21st January
Event: “Memorie dell’Abbandono” - photography Exhibition by: Alessandra Di Consoli
Time: 6pm - 2am
Door: Free entry
Blurb: Following the success of the launch of her book “Memorie Dell’Abbandono” and the showcase of her images in SuperStudioPiù, contemporary Art, Milan (2008), Alessandra is arriving in London and is ready to share with us the memories of the abandoned National Linificio and Canapificio (hemp factory) of Cassano d’Adda. Access to this enormous bank of memories reveals a dialogue between the images that comprise it, uncovering the genus of the work: the investigation into the stratification of time.
The impact of deterioration and devastation fascinated the artist, fascinated by the impact of deterioration and devastation, decided to unearth these memories and identify through them the layers and lives that tell the story of the factory. Discovering a unique workplace in the process, both home and 'city' for the workers, she found a dangerous and exciting playground, a shelter for homeless, a hidden spot for illegal moments, or simply for people who looked for loneliness.
The portraits show some of the people who graced the Linificio, through which are revealed objects as the private memories of their encounters.
www.alessandradiconsoli.com
Date: Friday 22nd January
Event: ROOTS MANUVA presents GO BANANA: Dub College: essays in evolution
DJs: Roots Manuva, MK (Kiss)& bPm (Soul Jazz / Brownswood)
Live: Dawn Penn
Music policy: Mutant bashment, raga, hip hop, disco dub, electro ghetto & jazz crunk
Door: £7
Time: 8pm – 2am
Blurb: Roots Manuva presents Go Bananas: Dub college: essays in evolution.
Further more to the Dub Mutation of our times THE BANANA KLAN ENTOURAGE convene for the purpose extensive skank worthy actuality. Hosted by ROOTS MANUVA and The Banana Skins Bashment ensemble. Live dub mutation and Heavy poetry plus a live set from DAWN PENN.
The first of 4 exclusive Go Bananas events for 2010 at The Book Club.
Standard is issue Banana Klan mayhem: klan lords and ladies on rotation on the ever evolving banana page: connie bell, hylton goshington, ricky ranking, ahmos, daddy kope, ellie mae, dj jawa, ollie b, wagga man and more. Live magic, comedy, palm reading, speakers corner and live media installations.
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Event: ARRIBA LA CUMBIA
DJs: Russ Jones (Hackney Globetrotter), Corin Latin Dub & Roc Hunter
Music policy: non stop hot tropical party dance music all night long from folkloric and old school classics to up to the minute future dance floor bombs
Door: Free before 9pm, £5 after
Time: 8pm – 2am
Blurb: DJ Russ Jones aka The Hackney Globe Trotter is taking his night Arriba La Cumbia for a one off residency at the excellent and much talked about Book Club. ALC represents all that is cutting edge about contemporary latin and latin inspired music. With the traditional and now reinvented and very hip Cumbia rhythm as its foundation (currently being championed by the likes of Sinden, Diplo, Rob Da Bank and beyond) its is all about non stop hot tropical party dance music all night long from folkloric and old school classics to up to the minute future dance floor bombs. In less than a year from its inauguration ALC has stepped up to hosting the final party at Bestival had a top ten tope ten listing in Time Out for NYE.and sell out nights at Passing Clouds. Alongside Russ Jones stepping up to the decks will be ALC regualrs and latino dons, Corin Latin Dub http://www.myspace.com/latindubsoundsystem and Roc Hunter (Rockit Productions http://www.myspace.com/rochunter). So if you want to check out a Latin, flokloric, cumbia rave up without travelling to Colombia then reach to the heart of the east end club land and the Book Club for some arriba arriba arriba la Cumbiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Date: Sunday 24th January
Night: Last Night a Speed Date Changed My Life
Host: Jo Adams
Door: £8 with a glass of wine
Time: 5pm -10pm
Blurb: The Book Club hosts a fun and informal evening for single, like-minded individuals looking to meet other people who are interested in meeting other people! Speed dating is quick, clever and painless. There’s just enough time between each potential couple to chat and find out whether or not you would like to see them again, and afterward, we only put you in contact with the people who want to meet you again as well. The night includes a free glass of wine (to help lubricate your larynx). Limited places available. Please contact 020 7684 8618 to book your place.
Date: Monday 25th January
Night: THINKING & DRINKING
Host: RART
Topic: Life Drawing
Door: £8 with a glass of wine
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Blurb: RART are a novel socially aware collective of emerging and established artists, flautists and writers based in East London and beyond. We share an aim to push new progressive sustainable artistic inventions and empower people through the medium of Art. Across exhibitions, open forums, art Rants, performances and happenings we are currently creating a rolling manifesto. “Sexy, creative, captivating and enthralling … You’ ll want to be there!” Jerome Dion SKY ONE.
http://rart-rart.blogspot.com/
Date: Tuesday 26th January
Night: THINKING & DRINKING
Host: Alex Marshall and Connor J Curran
Topic: "Whoopee Dots" - Visual Music (Part Two)
Door: Free entry
Time: 7pm – 12pm
Blurb: "Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn. But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature." - Norman McLaren. Further experiments in the visual sonic aesthetic. A night of films and live music; sound and image 'merging' through the physical touch of light - let our eyes have teeth, let us consume the image!
Date: Friday 29th January
Event: LOVE T.K.O_love total knock out
DJs: A Love Supreme djs, Elles, Yes Jess!, Fats Hraib
Music policy: funk, soul, 80's rare groove, disco & classic hip hop
Door: Free before 9pm, £5 after
Time: 9pm – 2am
Blurb: A Love Supreme collective kick start their 2010 monthly right here at TBC. Expect to hear Fresh funk, sweet soul, 80's rare groove, disco, r&b, classic hip hop and pretty much anything else that makes the hips swing rather than the head bang.
Date: Saturday 30th January
Event: BABYSTARR & SPECIAL GUEST
DJs: BabyStarr & H-Bomb
Music policy: Hip-hop, disco, dubstep & motown
Door: Free entry
Time: 8pm – 2am
Blurb: BabyStarr takes time out of his busy schedule to fly in and play an exclusive laptop set with his glamorous assistant, H-Bomb. Interesting mix of hip-hop, disco, dubstep, motown and other fun dancing genres. Expect nothing, get everything!
(read less)A brand new edition to the East End bar scene for thinkers and drinkers.
