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StitchUp Meetup – Studio session
This is a smaller version of our usual StitchUp meetings, hosted in my studio in Bloomsbury. Made for a smaller group in a more quiet setting. Tea and water, biscuits will be provided.
**Welcome to StitchUp** – a welcoming social group that embraces individuals of all skill levels, providing a shared space for crafting in a social setting.
**Bring your current project**, whether it's knitting, quilting, embroidery, or any other textile craft. Work on your project or piece while having a chat with us. Some people knit, some people mend or just join the conversations. If you are starting new, I’m sure we can give you tips, but generally this is not a class or workshop and you will have to bring your own materials.
Shut Up and Write! in Lewisham
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you're invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
FREE SALSA CLASS THIS THURSDAY & FREE ENTRY @ Metropolis V
\*\*Fadi K & F K Dance team - present
The best Salsa Night the UK has ever seen.
**With FREE INTRO SALSA CLASS at 7:00PM**
& Free Entry All Night !!
Classes
7:00 PM - FREE INTRO TO SALSA CLASS
This Class is an introduction to our regular 2 hours salsa classes run every Thursday 7:30 & 8:30
**CROSS BODY SALSA**
7:30 Level 1 & Level 2/3
8:30 Level 1, Level 2 & level 3/4
Beginners / improvers / intermediate
**Teachers**
▪️Fadi K & Cristina Varga
▪️Camy Marina
▪️Tiffany Salsera
▪️Chris diamond
▪️F K Dance Team & Guests on Rotation
DJs
▪️ Fadi K & Guests on rotation
PRICES
£10 FOR 1 CLASS
£15 FOR 2 CLASS
A night brought & created by dancers to the dancers.
Great dance floor / Happy hour / ultimate location & late party till 11am.
More info
07907945534
Shut Up & Write!® in Angel, Islington, London
**WELCOME**
**This is a supportive, growing community for writers — a quiet space to return to yourself, your words, and the simple rhythm of creating alongside others. I organise and gently hold the space, and it’s been beautiful watching this become a regular place to focus, write, and connect.**
**WHAT TO EXPECT**
**Simply arrive, order your food or drink at the counter, then settle into your writing persona. Together, we’ll share 90 minutes of quiet focused writing — a calm co-working space for writers of all levels.**
**No critiques. No pressure. No one reads your work.**
**Just the quiet companionship of people showing up for their creativity.**
**Afterwards, everyone is welcome to stay, unwind, and socialise with fellow members until closing time.**
**TIME & DATE**
**Focused writing time:**
**Every Thursday, 7pm–8:30pm**
**The venue closes at 10pm.**
**VENUE**
**I’m holding this space at the warm, beautiful, and intimate British Patagonia café, opposite Islington Town Hall on Upper Street.**
**TRANSPORT**
**The venue is situated between Angel Tube Station and Highbury & Islington Station.**
**Closest bus routes: 4, 19, 30, 43.**
**There’s also free street parking after 6:30pm (please check signs).**
**ABOUT ME**
**I create from lived experience — rooted in care, healing, and meaningful connection. I hope to meet you all in time, but if we don’t get the chance to speak, please know you are warmly welcome here.**
**See you soon,**
**Sara x**
LATIN KRAZY SALSA AND BACHATA LESSONS DOWNSTAIRS @ SWAY BAR + PARTY ,
WELCOME TO LATIN KRAZY
Dance class MEETUP GROUP
NOW DOWNSTAIRS AT SWAY BAR
GREAT HAPPY HOURS 4PM - 8PM
WITH UP TO 50% OFF DRINKS
SALSA , AND BACHATA CLASSES
7.30pm – 8.30pm
Salsa = Beginners 1/ Improver 1 and
for Intermediate (Main Room)
Bachata = Beginner / Improver (2nd Room)
8.30pm – 9.30pm
Salsa = Beginners 2 / Improver 2 /Advanced Cali Cross( Main Room)
Bachata = Beginner /Intermediate ( 2nd room )
Come and buy your ticket on the night,
no need for a partner,
no need to have danced before.
MEETUP MEMBERS £7.00 1 HOUR / £10.00 x 2 HOURS
others £8 for 1 hour or £12.00 for the 2 hours,
£7.00 / £10.00 students and NHS workers
( must show I.D)
CLUB NIGHT INCLUDED !
(6.00pm -7.30pm Private Salsa Dance Classes Available,
Corporate and private classes available at this time , for single persons, couples and groups , just call for an estimate and to book.
Dining packages also available..
KARIN ; 07801305059)
Happy Hour 5pm -8pm with Half Price Drinks .
Free Entry before 9pm £5.00 after open until 3.am
OVER 18'2 ONLY PLEASE BRING ID
DRESS CODE , SMART CASUAL,
NO SPORTS WEAR, BASEBALL CAPS !
Club night to follow, hosted by MISS LATIN K and TOP UK
DJ KEVIN GATO AND DJ MAURO EL - CANGRI playing all the best in Salsa , Bachata, Merengue, Reggaeton, Chichoky and More
It's a party night every week.. Latin Krazy the hottest night in the UK.
more info http://www.latinkrazy.com
Yarn Events This Week
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SUNDAY OF TANGO: 3 classes, and a full Milonga in the heart of London!
**ENJOY TANGO WITH US!** Join us at the welcoming and professionally-run weekly classes and Milonga at Los Angelitos, London’s friendliest tango social dancing space.
Start your afternoon with classes:
* first for complete beginners at 2pm for your first steps
* also at 2pm the Improver class for those with a little more experience
* at 3pm by the Intermediate and Advanced class covering more challenging technique and steps
Classes by various professionals with a long experience. After the lesson enjoy the social dancing, with traditional music by different TDJs, the Buenos Aires style with tandas and cortinas.
Our hall features a smooth wooden floor, plenty of space, tables that can be reserved for groups of 6+, and a great atmostphere. Plus with free cakes and drinks on Sunday afternoon to keep you dancing.
**COSTS: PAY BY CASH AT THE TILL**
* Beginner class or improver class (one hour): normally £15 but if it is your first class, RSVP with Meetup and we offer you £5 OFF :-).
* Intermediate and up class at 3pm: £20.
* Milonga: £12 only including free drinks and cakes
A perfect Sunday!
This week's programme and costs: **[https://tanguito.co.uk/sunday/](https://tanguito.co.uk/sunday/)**
A bailar!
The team at Tanguito
Shanty time
**Who does love a shanty singalong. Tom**
Tonight hog eyed men are at the liberal club and will be belting out a few numbers. the hat will go round with a suggested donation of £7 per person. Non members of the club will also be expected to pay a further £1. Not bad for a rip roaring evening. Drinks are very reasonable too and, if you’re interested in that sort of thing, the venue has been awarded something by CAMRA….im a lager and Prosecco girl myself!
Learn to Meditate
An open-eyed technique, Raja Yoga meditation, can help you to learn how to relax, develop concentration and or even start the journey to personal enlightenment. We share the philosophy behind meditation as well as the skill of meditation. Like any skill, meditation requires practice. By doing a little every day, it soon becomes a natural and easy habit.
Explore how to:
* Relax your mind and create moments of calm
* Find inner peace and other qualities within yourself
* Take charge of your thoughts, emotions and responses
* Recharge your energy by connecting to a higher source
This course runs **once a week for 4 weeks on Fridays**. Each lesson is **60 minutes** long and must be **attended on a consecutive basis**.
**If you would like to make a voluntary donation, please click** [here.](https://www.innerspace.org.uk/donations/ "https://www.innerspace.org.uk/donations/")
\* I consent to my submitted data being collected and stored. We will process your personal data in line with the GDPR requirements and always store it securely and use it only for the purpose for which it has been collected. We will not pass on your details to any third parties without your consent.
Folklore Inspired Creative Session
**Do you ever feel the pull to be creative, but don’t know how to start, or even what you want to make?**
**Do you ever get a flash of inspiration, but never have the time or energy to follow it through?**
**Do you worry that you have to become technically skilled before you have the 'right' to make art?**
**If you answered yes to any of the above, then this event is for you!**
As children, we create all the time. We sing, draw and write as part of our normal lessons. We make sandcastles, secret dens, friendship bracelets, invent ball games and make up elaborate storylines for dolls and action figures. We don’t fear failure because the point isn’t to succeed, but to express ourselves and have fun. In fact there’s a whole branch of folklore called childlore!
But as adults, it can become hard to connect with that creative instinct, whether that’s due to time, energy, cost or self-doubt.
So for this event, we’ll be taking time and space to connect with what inspires us and flex our creativity just for the fun of it. Skill and experience levels don’t matter (although those who are skilled or experienced are welcome!)-what matters is remembering what creative inspiration feels like to you personally, and pursuing it to create something authentic to you.
To do this, we’ll be emulating artists across millennia in using folklore as inspiration. A collection of folklore genres will be supplied, each containing a collection of prompts, and you will be picking a piece of folklore that speaks to you on that day and creating a piece of art based on your own interpretation of your prompt.
This art can be anything, from poetry to sketching, sewing to architecture, make up, set design, tattoo art, songwriting, fashion, game design or event planning-whatever your prompt inspires you to create!
You can choose to do several pieces or spend the whole session on one. Paper and pencils will be provided, but please feel free to bring other materials so long as they are not disruptive to the people or environment around us (eg no liquid paints, musical instruments, etc).
Please note: this is not a technical lesson! No specific creative skills will be taught, as the aim is connecting with your own personal creative process. But you are welcome to take your pieces home with you to hone your skills.
If there are specific areas of folklore that you would like to see prompts for we would love to include them! Please feel free to message Kathy with your ideas :)
(This is a free event, so we ask that you please keep RSVPs updated to ensure that as many people as possible who want to come are able to. Cancellations with less than three days’ notice may be removed from the group to prevent wasted spaces in future. Many thanks for your understanding!)
Shut Up and Write! [London/Waterstones Piccadilly]
A chance just to work in company on your writing, be it a book, blog, screenplay, dissertation, poem, song, coursework, memoir, play, journal, travel writing or work stuff. Newcomers always welcome. No one will see what you're writing or give you unsolicited advice.
WE FILL THE ROOM, so you MUST SIGN UP below AND ARRIVE BY 11.40 at the latest, or we can’t guarantee you a seat.
And if you can't make it CHANGE YOUR RSVP to "not going" ASAP to give someone else a chance, thanks.
WHERE? FIFTH FLOOR CAFÉ, Floor 5, Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly, W1J 9LE
TIMINGS:-
11.00 - Café starts serving
11:30 - Host of the day will be there. Say hello, especially if you’re new.
11.40 - Brief introductions for everybody - your name and what you’re working on
11:45 - Timer starts: write for 45 minutes
12:30 – Break, chat to your neighbours if you like
12:45 - Timer starts: write for 45 minutes
13:30 - The End…feel free to stay and keep writing or chat some more.
Bring whatever you need to be able to write. It’s a café, there’s some noise so earbuds/headphones/earplugs are handy. There’s very few mains sockets so charged-up laptops are a good idea too.
And please remember everybody, thank our venue by buying a drink or food, and don’t consume anything from outside while you're here.
IF YOU ARRIVE AFTER 11.45 - everyone will be quiet and writing. If there's no spare places then there's sofas on the sales floors below as well as one cafe at the back of the ground floor and another in the basement. The hosts won't have any other alternatives to offer you. Please feel free to join us for the break and afterwards.
We’re looking forward to writing with you, your hosts, Sarah, Nick, Laura and Anna
Shut Up and Write! SUNDAY at London/Waterstones Piccadilly
Join us at the top of the biggest bookshop in Europe to work in company on your own writing, be it a book, blog, screenplay, dissertation, poem, song, coursework, memoir, play, journal, travel writing, work stuff or anything else. Newcomers always welcome. No one will see what you're writing or give you unsolicited advice.
Now that our regular Saturday events are filling all the seats we're adding some Sundays when we're able to - check Meetup for dates. Same format but an hour later.
WHERE? FIFTH FLOOR CAFÉ, Floor 5, Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly, W1J 9LE
TIMINGS:-
12.00 - Shop and café open
12:30 - Host will be there. Say hello, especially if you’re new.
12.40 - Brief introductions from everybody - your name and what you’re working on
12:45 - Timer starts: write for 45 minutes
13:30 – Break, chat to your neighbours if you like
13:45 - Timer starts: write for 45 minutes
14:30 - The End…feel free to stay and keep writing or chat some more.
Bring whatever you need to be able to write. It’s a café, there’s some noise so earbuds/headphones/earplugs are handy. There’s very few mains sockets so charged-up laptops are a good idea too.
And please remember everybody, thank our venue by buying a drink or food, and don’t consume anything from outside while you're here.
We’re looking forward to writing with you, your hosts, Sarah, Nick, Laura, Anna, Solitaire and John
Yarn Events Near You
Connect with your local Yarn community
Columbus Yarn Club at the Grandview Heights Library
12:45-3:45 in the Meeting Room, Library lowest leve, by the drinking fountain. Bring your yarn projects, meet new friends.
Plenty of parking in the lot, in the overflow lot across the street, and on the street.
See you there!
Columbus Yarn Club at the Grandview Heights Library
5:45-7:45 in Conference Room B, Library lower level. Bring your yarn projects, meet new friends.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP yes. If you can’t attend, please change your RSVP to no. This helps anyone who is waitlisted and it allows me to have an accurate count of attendees as our space is quite limited.
Plenty of parking in the lot, in the overflow lot across the street, and on the street.
See you there!
Shut Up & Write!® East Side Columbus
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 7:00pm on Wednesday, February 11 at Streetlight Guild.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
**SCHEDULE:**
6:45ish - Quick introductions
7:00 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
8:00 - The End
**OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING** happens before and after the writing hour. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
**BEING LATE IS OKAY:** just show up and get settled! If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing & I look forward to seeing you at Streetlight Guild!
**WHAT SHOULD I BRING?**
Whatever you need to be able to write! You're welcome to bring earplugs/headphones if noise will bother you!
**OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:**
* **RSVP:** Please RSVP by 6:00pm the evening of the meeting. This helps me know how many to expect, and if we'll need additional space!
* **COVID:** While masks are not required, please be mindful of the other writers around you and their comfort levels.
* **WIFI/OUTLETS:** Outlets are limited, so please ensure your devices are charged when you come! But Streetlight Guild does have free WiFi! Yay!
* **PARKING:** There is free public parking at Streetlight Guild.
Yarn Social at Delaware Library
If you enjoy knitting, crocheting, working with yarn, this is the group for you. Meet new friends, bring your projects, learn from others.
We will be there all day feel free to join or pop in for a little.
Shut Up & Write!™ Easton Town Center
We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator.
Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking!
• What we'll do
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
SCHEDULE:
10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros.
10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour.
11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing.
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you!
• What to bring
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible.
See you at The Café on Saturday!



















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