Playful and provocative In his new exhibition, Michael Chanarin’s paintings distort illustrations from children’s literature to form new, provocative imagery. Out & about Win family ice-skating tickets THERE’S still time to enjoy a five-star skating experience at Canary Wharf. With nearly 1,110 metres of ice to explore, Ice Rink Canary Wharf is one of the largest in the capital and is open to customers from 10am till late until February 16. The venue features a unique twinkling skate path (pictured right), which leads skaters under trees lit with fairy lights. And with more than 300 bars, restaurants and shops surrounding the space, guests will be spoilt for choice by the range of other activities. Tickets are available from www.icerinkcanarywharf. co.uk priced at £9 for a Cinema Making Tracks: Retrospective – three years of short films and live scores Combines short films by emerging film makers with live music from The Cabinet of Living Cinema, followed by party with DJ sets and live visuals. £8 in advance or £10 on the door. Sun, Jan 11. 8pm. Rich Mix Bar, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1. richmix.org.uk Comedy Knock2Bag Comedy line-up includes Cardinal Burns, Ivo Graham, Barry From Watford, Ben Target, Ed Gamble, Elis James, Romesh Ranganathan and Brendon Burns. £12, £8 in advance. child’s ticket, £13.50 for an adult ticket and family packages from £36.50. Ice Rink Canary Wharf, in partnership with Toggle Mobile, is offering East End Life readers a chance to enjoy a free family skating day out. For a chance to win one of five sets of family tickets (for four people), answer the question, right, and send your answer, including your name, address and Sat Jan 25. 7.30pm. Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1. 7613 7498 www.knock2bag.co.uk Exhibitions Matthew Krishnau & Cara Nahaul: Another Country Exhibition combining two different approaches to painting that look at the themes of travel, dislocation and memory. Matthew Krishanu creates paintings from memory and photographs, while Cara Nahaul’s paintings investigate representation and performance. Free. Thurs, Jan 23-Apr 6. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm. The Nunnery, 181 Bow Road, E3. www.bowarts.org/nunnery details below phone number, on a postcard to Ice Rink Canary Wharf competition, East End Life, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, E14 2BG by 5pm on Monday, January 13. Alternatively, email your entry, with Ice Rink competition in the subject line, to eastendlife.news@ towerhamlets.gov.uk Q. What is unique about Ice Rink Canary Wharf? Illustrated Guide To Wisdom V3.1 Following the success of 2011’s Illustrated Guide for the Confused, Michael Chanarin returns with an exhibition of new work, inspired by the stylized pen-and-ink illustrations used in children’s morality tales of the 1930s to the ’60s. Fri, Jan 17-Feb 28. Mon-Fri, 12- 6pm, Sun by appointment only. 11 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, E1. 7247 1816 www.elevenspitalfields.com Music Ghalia Benali Arabic songstress merges Indian classical and Family Dick Whittington (pictured right) Last week of this classic panto in which Dick has to contend with Olympic, East End mayhem. Until Sat, Jan 11.Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, E15. 8534 0310 www.stratfordeast.com 2 GET A LIFE NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 6 – 12 JANUARY 2014
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