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| Monday, September 15 2003 | |||
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Are DJ bars going the way of Tracey Emin? Bloated, out of touch C-list drunks rehashing their best work from four years ago? Perhaps, perhaps not. But there definitely seems to be a stale whiff about most music venues these days. |
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| The British Art Week starts today with the opening of a Lynn Chadwick exhibition at Tate Britain and several more events during the week. Millbank, SE1. Free. | |||
| Learn a few culinary tricks from Brian Turner, Mark Sargeant, Atul Kochhar and the likes at The Restaurant Show. 10:30am-5:30pm. Olympia Exhibition Centre, W10. Free with registration. | |||
If the cult of the DJ is dead, and the stadium show is the strict reserve of parents who drop £100 to see the Eagles, again, what is left? The answer from Shoreditch would be a restaurant/gallery/club that offers a mixture of visual arts, top Modern English cuisine and live music three nights a week. Usually that business plan would guarantee a three-month lifespan (see Marquee club, Islington), but Spitz has been successfully delivering exactly that for the past three years. How do they do it? Not content with the one-dimensional music policies of many of their neighbours, Spitz delivers a genuinely eclectic booking policy - a blend of electronic, indie, jazz and world music that appeals to any music lover. Think a small Southbank with candles and no pensioners. So diverse is the booking, that Spitz will be involved in three major festivals over the next two months: the London Jazz Festival, Black History Month and Beyond Nashville. Add stunning acoustics, attitude free vibe and great food to the mix and you end up with one of the most enjoyable venues in London. The Spitz CB |
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| The ICA presents the new play The War is Dead Long Live the War from Welsh poet turned playwright and Manic Street Preachers sibling and collaborator, Patrick Jones. 8pm. The Mall, SW1. £9. 020 7930 3647. | |||
| Golden Girls fans will want to see Beatrice "Dorothy" Arthur's West End debut at the Savoy. 8pm. The Strand, WC2. £15-37.50. 0870 164 8787 or online. | |||
| As new work is shown at the White Cube, this is the last week to see the large Damien Hirst retrospective at the Saatchi Gallery. Also the last of week of Tord Bontje's Hermes Wild Silk installation at the Design Museum facade. | |||
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