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breakfast well and get on your walking shoes for a morning of art, nudity and "degenerates." we are off from GLOUCESTER ROAD tube lobby for a trip back to the TATE MODERN at 9:30; our first gallery will be the exhibit on European Degenerate Artists; after that gallery we scurry to the NUDE/ACTION/BODY gallery for a Museum-guided tour. 4  for the flaneurtrek; 6  if you also do a two-page close reading of ONE of the works of arts from the mornings gallery tour--include sketch, photo or postcard with the critique.

natural born quizzers pub night! we will test our trivia, cinema and otherwise, with a 9pm quiz at YE OLDE WHITE BEAR, a famous hampstead pub! we will leave GLOUCESTER ROAD TUBE LOBBY at 7:00pm to get there early enough for a good table. They have a decent menu with delicious sandwiches. 3 /no writing necessary. If there are enough of us we should try to get two tables AND to enlist a local or two to help us with UK trivia!

free. an easy and free day of culture and art. we will leave the steps of hyde park gate at 10 am for a walk over to the V&A for their amazing PENGUIN BY DESIGN exhibit--cinematic in its scope, this display shows you can judge a book by its cover.

from the V&A we will hop on the tube back to our favorite barrio, BRICKLANE, for the BACK TO BLACK exhibit at Whitechapel Gallery.  After the gallery, we will walk to that open air market area for lunch and a brief discussion; stay for the discussion and you get your 4 with no writing necessary.

3pm. OUT ON A LIMB--special film screening with discussion at Ewen McGregor's EVERYMAN CINEMA CLUB in Hampsted. INFO and advanced tickets here. Hampstead is a stop off the western branch of the two pronged northern line--this is an independent study trek without a group meeting place. 5  for the trek. NO WRITING NECESSARY. A tad pricey at £10!

you DO NOT have to attend both films; 3  for ONE movie; 6  for both.  Brief one paragraph entries on your favorite scenes from each film in you online collective diary will be fine.

Ebert Review

FINAL BLC CLASS; 10:30 FIE; BLC FIELD TRIP AS WELL AFTER LUNCH w/farewell pub gala.

You asked for it! You demanded it! Your wish is my command. A NO WRITING NECESSARY flaneurtrek worth 4 !!!  It's the JACK THE RIPPER TOUR with the one and only DONALD RUMBELOW, who LITERALLY wrote the book on dastardly JACK.  We will leave the Gloucester Tube Lobby at 6:30 sharp for our trip out to TOWER HILL. Click the canvas below for a related story.

Great news for Theatre & Cinema maniacs--right after our JACK THE RIPPER tour, we will be meeting Nick Hutchison, our amazing Globe Theatre guru, at the 10 Bells pub, for tales from his life in movies and theatre--thrill as he enchants us with the inside scoop on HUGH GRANT; marvel as he reveals what actors are up to before the curtain goes up. A mandatory treat of a flaneurtrek; note: if the TEN BELLS gets too loud, we will retire to an other area watering hole for gossip and conversation. 3if you hang out with Nick all night. 2 if you leave early. 1if you stayed but opted to ignore our talented guest.

free! Classic cinema at the French Institute, aka CINE LUMIEREE (where we saw DERRIDA). We will leave the GLOUCESTER TUBE lobby at 11:50am SHARP for a screening of Buster Keaton's THE NAVIGATOR. 

2 for the trek AND a two paragraph entry in your online collective diary.

From 3:30 to 6:30 they are having free concerts in their Bistrot. 2 additional  if you imbibe some of this as well--no writing necessary for this second part.

Mandatory class; 2; FIE from 10 to noon. Come to class prepared to begin to give your initial final finding with regard to the function of film in the UK--remember to THINK like anthropologist; less important than whether or not your LIKE a film is whether or not you can describe how it reflects or aims to change the peoples from which it springs.  Bring print outs of your favorite DIARY entry, online or in your journals, that you would like to share with your colleagues; in-class writing challenge a distinct possibility.
 

LIVE JAZZ/Latin Jazz! @ the CRYPT of St. Martin's. ONLY £3 before 9pm.  We will leave at 7:45 sharp from the Gloucester Tube Lobby.  More info? go here.  If you want to get a table, the St. Martin's web site recommends getting there at 6:30; blister-footed students covetous of the 3 for this flaneurtrek and a critical, cultural anthropological review of this site in your   may want to leave earlier.

Shakespeare! Holy Bard, Batman, what does HE have to do with film?  Well, some might argue we would not have film without Shakespeare!!!! This performance of PERICLES is cinematic and over the top!  You will have to buy advance tickets for it here--or risk going there and the GLOBE selling out. Standing tickets are £5.

5  for your trek to the GLOBE on the Southbank and a careful critique/review of the work in your online collective diary.  We will leave Gloucester Tube Lobby at 12:45pm  sharp for the ride over to the house the bard built!

We will leave Gloucester Road Station Lobby @ 12:15pm SHARP for another splendid FREE concert at St. Martin's in the Fields; the concert is at 1:00; 2 for the trip to the concert and an entry in your online  in your online collective diary that explores a place you have seen in LONDON that one of the pieces of music perfectly renders.

4 for a trek to the Victoria and Albert Museum for an experimental night of fun. FREE. Go here or click the icon below for more details.  We will leave the FIE steps at 6:30 for our walk over to this gorgeous museum.

no group flaneurtrek; enjoy the morning matins service at St. Paul's cathedral; whether you are faithful or atheist, the pageantry is bound to move you.

no group flaneurtrek. try out the London Zoo! or walk over to the V&A design museum, right by your house, and walk in, go right past the info-desk, past the china/japan rooms to the CASTINGS room. WOW

no group flaneurtrek; why not spend the day prowling the chic/edgy offerings of Islington or the hardcore diaspora of Camden Town.

no group flaneurtreks--why not head down to the prince charles cinema for a £3.50 movie? the sean penn NIXON flick is worth the price of admission. or, a little pricier, see Chris Marker's famous SANS SOLEIL at the French Institute; or test out the HOLLY BUSH pub in Hampstead for good eats and a nice selection of ales, bitters, and lager.

Date: Thursday June 30 - show at 9.30pm (but let's be civilized - drinks at 8?) Tickets: £9.00 (possible discount - Robin Prior will let you know)

  satire (sàt´ìr´) noun

  1. a. A literary work in which human vice or folly is
attacked  through irony, derision, or witb. The branch of literature constituting such works. See synonyms at caricature.2. Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose  folly, vice, or stupidity. Bag a few CineSnack points with an evening of biting and hilarious
cultural satire beside the Grand Union canal in London's Little Venice.

Be warned though, this is not Mary Poppins. If you are likely to take
offence at colourful language, sexual humour, or excoriating political attacks (I expect Blair, Chirac, Bush, etc, will come in for a lot of stick), stay away.

Directions and more details at: http://www.newsrevue.com/

TBA

goodbye picnic @ primrose hill farewell party; details to follow.