Saturday 10 September 2pm-4pm Free Learn the basics of mushroom cultivation using various techniques using grain, straw and wood for growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms such as oyster, reishi and shiitake mushrooms. This is a free workshop as part of Cultivate, a nine day festival of urban food growing in Waltham Forest. See website for […]
Fun Palace
The Fun Palace Retrospective
25 November 2014 – 7 February 2015 FREE EXHIBITION Relive the weekend of the 4th – 5th October 2014 and marvel at the Fun Palace that we made! From 25 November 2014 to 2 February 2015, a retrospective exhibition at The Mill will showcase photographs from across the weekend, wall drawings by local artists and […]
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Join us down Memory Lane
Join us down Memory Lane on Saturday 4th October 11- 4 and Sunday 5th October 11-1 at the Fun Palace weekend – Remember days gone by with objects and pictures of Walthamstow from the 40s, 50s and 60s – Chat and share memories over a cup of tea – Help create a wall of memories […]
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We’ll be taking photos of all the action over the weekend, so keep an eye on this space to see all the fun!
Community Sing – Sunday 5 October
Good for the soul and no experience necessary! Join The Mill on Fun Palace Sunday where three community choirs (British Gospel Arts 4 Life, Natural Voices Children’s Choir and Waltham Forest Community Choir) will teach groups new songs and the afternoon will culminate in everyone coming together for a community sing. http://themill-coppermill.org/fun-palace-news/
Plenty for kids over the Fun Palace weekend
Plenty for kids over the Fun Palace weekend at The Mill (4-5 October) – Construct a Giant Elephant – Make shadow puppet jungle animals and try them out, inventing your own stories in the Story Machine. – Come and make costumes for a jungle parade – All creatures big and small. Don’t forget to bring them along for […]
The Fun Palace is for everyone – help make it happen.
Could you be part of our Volunteer team? Help Vanessa and Kate in the Children’s Room – making the Elephant Help artists in the Drawing Room Help the Memory Catchers in the Living Room Help record the weekend, take photos or collect feedback Help by making everyone feel welcome Help decorate The Mill Knitters needed […]
Want to join local artists drawing Walthamstow?
Come to The Mill on Fun Palace weekend (4-5 Oct) to join Tim Reedy, Jason Hawkridge, Anna Alcock, Esther Neslen and more cover the walls of ‘The Drawing Room’. There will be pound-a-bowl and piles of shoes on hand for inspiration http://themill-coppermill.org/fun-palace-news/
Do you want to train as a MEMORY CATCHER?
Age charities report that many people feel isolated and rarely talk to anyone. We are running a series of four sessions to enable people to train as “Memory Catchers”, to engage with older people and encourage them to share memories and reminisce over the Fun Palace weekend (and hopefully beyond at regular social events at […]