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This weekend we’re getting cultured, starting with a live orchestra on Friday and interior inspo on Saturday before tackling the big events: London Design Festival and Open House on Sunday. In between, we’ve got a wine car boot sale and a new but old rum joint to check out. Plus we’ve rounded up our top 5 things to do before this month is over. Enjoy!
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| • FRI Rum Kitchen Notting Hill • SAT Red Valentino • SUN London Design Festival |
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things to do this September | |  | | 1. For a labyrinth of immersive experiences, head to The Infinite Mix by The Vinyl Factory and Hayward Gallery
2. If you like big butts… head to this year’s Turner Prize at The Tate Britain for a look at Anthea Hamilton’s standout 18-foot buttocks in Project for Door
3. Finally, London has its own Design Biennale. A must do
4. Tickets have all but sold out for the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at Sadler’s Wells
5. Fans of German DJ Loco Dice, good news: he’ll be playing a solo Friday night set at Phonox. Sweaty, upbeat house of the highest order guaranteed
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| | Friday | |  |  |  | | | EAT: | | WATCH: | | Rum Kitchen Notting Hill | | The Little Orchestra at Oval Space | | | No longer just a Caribbean rum kitchen, Rum Kitchen Notting Hill – where it all started – has had a spruce up and it’s all grown up. The re-opened W11 digs includes a new brunch menu with a few health twists, such as build-your-own acai bowls and a smoothie menu. But the biggest change? The downstairs members’ bar, open ‘til 2am. Want in? Apply here and enter URBAN JUNKIES in the “PROPOSER” field.
| | When was the last time you watched a live orchestra on a Friday night? Ok, us neither. But the upcoming concert by The Little Orchestra is changing our tune. They’ll be playing contrasting pieces by Beethoven and Barber back to back: think 19th century German symphonic power meets mid-20th century American fire, so they say. Plus, we love the concept: classical music in an unclassical setting. This one is at Oval Space.
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Prices vary
6-8 All Saints Road,
W11 1HH
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£22.50
29-32 The Oval,
E2 9DT
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| | BOOK NOW | | | Rest & its discontents | | | Sponsored Listing | | 
Ed Prosser, Experience Composite, 2016, still from film | | | Rest matters to everyone. Its presence, absence and quality affects mind, body, culture and society. Rest & its discontents is a major new exhibition exploring the dynamics of rest, stress, sound, noise, work and mind-wandering, in an evolving laboratory of artists’ moving image, performance, drawing, poetry, data, sound, music and debate. Rest & its discontents draws on Hubbub, a two-year residency undertaken by fifty international artists, social scientists, broadcasters, humanities researchers, scientists and mental health experts in The Hub at Wellcome Collection, led by Durham University.
| | | | Rest & its discontents, Sep 30 – Oct 30 (12pm-6pm Tuesday-Sunday, closed Monday), Mile End Art Pavilion, E3 4QY. For more information about the exhibition, visit www.hubbubresearch.org
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| | Saturday | |  | |  | | | SHOP: | | DO: | | Red Valentino | | Wine Car Boot | | | If the fantastical all-pink interior of Sketch gets you excited then you’ll want to head to the new Red Valentino boutique on Sloane Street. Designed by the same designer, India Mahdavi, the interior is swinging sixties: curved walls, Rubik’s cube-like display stands and mod armchairs in a pink and white colour scheme. We like.
| | Taste your way out of the supermarket at the Wine Car Boot Sale. This is your chance to buy directly from London’s best shops and producers from the independent wine scene. Brands include Noble Rot, Maltby & Greek, Berry Bros & Rudd, Craft London, St John and Bubbledogs. Plus, there’ll be a bottle tombola.
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Prices vary
133 Sloane Street,
SW1X 9AX
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Free entry
Greenwich Peninsula,
SE10 0SQ
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| | BOMBAY SAPPHIRE PRESENTS | | | ‘ARTISTRY OF THE ULTIMATE GIN & TONIC’ | | | ARIANA’S GARDEN AT PEG+PATRIOT BY CONSTANCA CORDEIRO | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | Remember the days of running through sprinklers and playing with garden hoses? Well, this take on the G&T, Ariana’s Garden, by Peg+Patriot’s Constanca Cordeiro has us thinking back to those days. The refreshing mix of Bombay Sapphire, Bermondsey Tonic, peashoots, wheatgrass, dill with hints of citrus and salt is as complex as it is refreshing. Bonus points for the soundtrack the cocktail is served with. Yes, really!
| | | Peg + Patriot, Patriot Square, E2 9NF
The ‘Ariana’s Garden’ cocktail will be available at Peg + Patriot until 11th January 2017. Watch this space for further information on ‘Artistry of the Ultimate Gin and Tonic’ serves available in individual partner mixology artists’ bars across London
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| | Sunday | |  | |  | | | DO: | | DO: | | The London Design festival | | Open House | | | Today is all about culture, starting with the London Design Festival. Spanning dozens of locations and hundreds of exhibits, you need a plan of attack – and The Smile is a good start. The hardwood structure created by architect Alison Brooks is designed to look like it could start rocking, but is in fact motionless. So go on and step inside.
| | Or, peek inside some of London’s most famous buildings at the annual Open House London weekend. Our pick? It’s a toss up between 10 Downing Street – if only to hopefully rub some political shoulders – and Vex, the spiral shape home (pictured) with its own soundtrack, integrated within and around the building’s spaces. This we’ve got to hear.
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Free entry
Various venues
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Free entry
Various venues
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#CookForSyria Charity Banquet | | | Curated by Clerkenwell Boy and Suitcase Magazine | |  | | | Kicking off the month long #CookForSyria campaign in November, curated by ClerkenwellBoy in aid of Unicef UK’s Children of Syria Fund, in collaboration with SUITCASE Magazine and NEXTGen London, is the dinner of dinners. Held at 180 The Strand, a stellar list of top chefs will be cooking the feast – Angela Hartnett, Fergus Henderson, José Pizarro, Nuno Mendes, Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi – all serving their signature dishes with a Syrian-inspired twist. Tickets are limited, be quick.
| | | | #CookForSyria Charity Banquet, October 31, Minimum donation of £150pp. 180 The Strand, WC2R 1EA
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