Arty Wednesday in West Ealing and Acton

I only meant to pop in for a moment to hear Matt sing and play at The Orchard Cafe in West Ealing. However, you know what it's like, you meet one friend, then the next one, they introduce you to someone else and there is always something to talk about. I run into Laurie who was volunteering at a tile making and decorating class taught by Corinne. Maybe one day we will visit this young artist and craftswoman at her West Ealing studio! I could tell, the young people who attended the workshop were really enjoying it. It was nice to see their works.
While at the cafe, I was looking through a big and heavy coffee table book of objects displayed at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, Hyde Park. Do you know that Exhibition Road which leads from Cromwell Road towards Hyde Park between the three famous museums is called so because it led to the exhibition venue?
Apart from the familiar Islamic geometry works, I noticed some new items on display. They were poems and illustrations by a talented Hanwell lady: Helen Trevisiol Duff, all to do with the extinct dodo bird!

The evening has settled for good and soon it will be time to go to the George & Dragon pub in Acton High Street if you don't want to miss your chance to listen to Anne-Marie Sanderson.
This is what the publican, Ricardo, has to say about tonight's gig:

'Performing at the George & Dragon this Wednesday is Anne-Marie Sanderson, a British singer-songwriter, recently returned to the UK after five years in America, where she released two EPs and toured up and down the West Coast. Her most recent EP (2015). explores twin-opposite themes of light-dark, mystery-certainty, love-loss, with songs arranged for a luscious chamber-folk ensemble comprised of Sanderson on guitar and vocals, Mirabai Peart (Joanna Newsom) on violin, Anna Fritz (Portland Cello Project) on cello.

Following in the tradition of timeless singer-songwriters, her music is often compared to that of Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, but fans and critics alike recognize that Anne-Marie Sanderson is all her own.

Here is her website: 

 https://www.annemariesanderson.com/ '

I like this idea of live music at the local pubs and cafes, at different times of the day! Never enough of a good thing! :-)