4 July – 16 September 2017 FREE Fabrications is an exhibition exploring the possibility of using textile materials – and other more unconventional – in every imaginative, amazing and traditional way possible. In memory of the prodigious soft sculptor Harriet Hammel. Fabrications: Meet the Artists 8 July, 11 am – 2pm. Come and meet the […]
Events
FollowThe train now leaving Platform 9 3/4 is for a galaxy far, far away…
We would like to thank volunteers and everyone who came to Star Wars V Harry Potter on 20 May 2017. We hope you enjoyed the event (we did!) which raised almost £400.00!
Enter the Great Millish Bake Off! – Cake baking competition
24 June 2017, 2 – 5pm FREE Enter your best Bake Off creations into the Great Millish Bake Off! The categories are: sponge fruit cake chocolate cake cake cooked by child open choice Please bring your cake(s) along on the day by 1.30 pm. Entry is free The entries will be judged by five local […]
Star Wars vs Harry Potter
Saturday, 20 May 2017 2-5pm £3 per child on the door. Accompanied adults free. The train now leaving Platform 9 3/4 is for a galaxy far, far away. Our popular Star Wars event returns and this time we’re teaming up with Harry Potter! A themed family fun day including crafts, face painting and fun activities […]
Wonder – take part in the 2017 E17 Art Trail at The Mill
The deadline for submitting work is Sunday, 21 May 2017. What makes you wonder? Ferns? Fractals? Snowflakes? Space flight? We are inviting works in all media from local creatives about the curious and the awe-inspiring. This group exhibition will feature as part of the 2017 E17 Art Trail. The theme for this year’s Art Trail […]
Earth Day Plant Sale @ The Mill
Saturday, 22 April 2017, 11 am – 2 pm FREE Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April each year – and The Mill is holding a Family Friendly event for all in the local community to join in this celebration. Come along to find: Locally nurtured plants and seeds for sale to take home for […]
Wonderful Wetlands exhibition
26 April – 27 May 2017 FREE See works by local artists, learn from historical artefacts and look out for swifts overhead. A celebration of the wildlife, history and development of the amazing Walthamstow Wetlands. Events Meet the Artists Thursday, 27 April 2017 6 – 8.30 pm Meet the artists and experts from the […]
FREE Easter Holiday Art Club
Easter Holiday Art Club Thursday 6 April 2017, 2 – 4.30 pm FREE, booking essential Free Easter holiday workshop, led by local artist Michelle Reader. Our junior artists will be making birds out of recycled materials. With strictly limited places, signing up is essential for Holiday Art Club. Children need to be 6+ and under […]
The Mill gets quizzical and raises £200!
Some of Walthamstow’s brightest minds gathered at The Mill on Friday, 24 February 2017, for our twice-yearly quiz. The teams tested themselves against a range of questions set by Mill volunteers, and along the way showed-off impressive expertise on everything from local politics to crown green bowls. The eventual winners included representatives of the Walthamstow […]
Memories of Shops and Shopping around St James Street Exhibition
Tuesday 14 March – Saturday 22 April Public Opening: Thursday, 16 March 2017, 6:30pm – 8pm, All Welcome Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop brings together historic photographs and documents from Vestry House Museum and recorded memories of more than 30 local shoppers, shop owners and stallholders from the First World War to 2017 in an […]