Events and activities in libraries
The following are events and activities that are taking place in Lambeth libraries.
We have organised them into three categories, current events, major council events, and other annual events.
If you need any further information, please contact your local library, call 020 7926 1000 or email: libraries@lambeth.gov.uk.
For a full list of other events taking place in Lambeth visit the Explore Lambeth Events Calendar.
Current events
The TV Book Club
Lambeth Libraries readers are currently following the Channel 4 'TV Book Club' with promotions and books available in all Libraries. The TV show is broadcast for 10 weeks from 17 January to 21 March and features Sarah Waters Little Stranger, Nick Hornby's Juliet Naked and Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne, among others.
Why not drop into your local library to pick up a free guide to all the books and of course borrow your favourites. If you'd like more information on the show or wish to join in the discussion visit the TV Book Club website.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2010
Lambeth Libraries are proud to be supporting Holocaust Memorial Day - The Legacy of Hope - on 27 January. All libraries will have book displays promoting the latest titles on the Holocaust as well as some classics. There's something for all ages that helps explain and understand the atrocities of the Holocaust and the legacy for today.
Lambeth HMD2010 will take place on Sunday 24 January 3pm - 5pm Assembly Hall, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill. For further details visit the Faith in Lambeth webpage.
For national information on what's happening on the day visit the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. Lambeth Libraries are committed to celebrate its diversity and that of the society as a whole.
Lambeth LGBT History Month Launch
Date: Monday 1 February
Time: 6.15pm
Venue: Brixton Library
You are invited to a free launch event at Brixton library with poetry from Catherine Brogan, words from author Stella Duffy, live music and guest speakers.
L'Amour-Plated Poets - LGBT Valentines poetry night
Date: Friday 12 February
Time: 7pm
Venue: Clapham Library
Love and Poetry - two words that can get us into all sorts of trouble - It's hard to 
come out as a poet, even to your friends - and these four should know. Join internationally acclaimed spoken-word star Aoife Mannix to hear just what makes her heart race and her brain tick. Also plying their verbs and sharing their angles on the L-word are cut-glass vamp Sophia Blackwell, bilingual charmer Keith Jarrett and incisive monologue-man Dean Atta. Upfront, outspoken, and all for love. Join us for an evening of love in the Library.
Free event
Falling in Love again with Marlene Dietrich - Free Over 60s Film showing
Date: Tuesday 23 February
Time: 7pm
Venue: Nettlefold Hall, West Norwood Library
Marlene Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. She was a fashion icon to the top designers as well as a screen icon that later stars would follow. In November 1972, a version of her Broadway show was filmed in London and broadcast in the UK on the BBC. Although she continued working until 1992 this remains one of her last filmed UK performances.
Join LGBT elders for tea and cakes followed by a film showing of the wonderful Marlene Dietrich in cabaret. Free event
Recording Life Histories: Capture the Hidden Past
A new course is being launched at Lambeth Archives to encourage people from all walks of life to record and preserve the histories and traditions of their families and communities.
The course will be lead by Oral Historian Verusca Calabria and the participants will learn how to capture people’s memories for posterity by building effective interviewing skills and will gain competence to carry out oral history interviews. Participants will also become familiar with digital recording methods and learn about copyright and how to make use of the recordings. There will only be a maximum of 12 people on the course to ensure best results for participants.
Course Dates: From Tuesday 16 February - 6.30-8pm.
(for 6 consecutive weeks).
Course Cost: standard rate: £180, concessions: £140.
Venue: Lambeth Archives, Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road, London. SE5 9QY.
For more information and bookings visit: www.veruscacalabria.co.uk
Email: info@veruscacalabria.co.uk
Author Event - Bobbie Darbyshire - Love, Revenge and Buttered Scones
Date: Saturday 20 February
Time: 7pm
Venue: Clapham Library
Lambeth Libraries are pleased to launch the new novel by local award winning writer Bobbie Darbyshire. In her new novel an innocent meeting of a reading group sparks a series of bizarre events. Three troubled people, driven by loneliness, vanity and revenge, hurl themselves on the Inverness public library to find that nothing is as they expect.
To reserve a place at the book launch please contact Bobbie on bobbie.darbyshire@ntlworld.com
Jewish Book Week 2010
London's Jewish Book Week again hosts a fantastic line-up of writers and literary events from 27 February to 7 March. From football to philosophy, mathematics to literature, queer theory to justice, the economic crisis to the threats to democracy, Jewish revival in Poland to peace in the Middle East there will be something for everyone.
Why not drop into your local library to pick up a free guide to the week, and of course borrow a book or two. If you'd like more information visit the Jewish Book Week website.
Vauxhall: A Little History with Ross Davies
Date: Monday 15 March
Time: 6.45pm
Venue: Durning Library
Who was the hired killer that gave Vauxhall its name and who was the King who forced a teenage widow to marry the brute? Did you know that Vauxhall gave the world the first open-air pop festival, mass audience for art and music? All the history of Vauxhall will be laid bare at Durning Library.
Lambeth journalist, historian and author, Ross Davies, will be reading from his latest title Vauxhall: A Little History. Lambeth Libraries, and the Friends of Durning Library, invite you to an evening of historic things on your doorstep.
Activities
BBC Breathing Places library project
Breathing places is a three-year campaign from BBC Learning, which aims to get 1 million people involved in nature and their local environment. Lambeth Libraries are pleased to be able to join the BBC in this campaign.
Major council events
October
Black history month – Events arranged throughout our libraries, aimed at both young and old.
Celebrating Age – Again a variety of activities throughout the borough's libraries and usually an event in the assembly hall of the town Hall – we work closely preparing this event with Age Concern Lambeth.
Age Concern Lambeth
336 Brixton Road
London
SW9 7AA
Telephone: 020 7733 0528
Email: admin@aclambeth.org.uk
Other annual events