Events on Monday, June 9

Sons and Daughters

Music

Sons and Daughters

Monday 9/6 @ Scala

Sons and Daughters are the offspring of Arab Strap, the gloomy Scottish band that successfully married pub-life pessimism to sharp indie-rock... 

The Sleeping Years w/ Sam Kills Two and Catriona Irving

Music

The Sleeping Years

Monday 9/6 @ 12 Bar Club

The Sleeping Years is the solo project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter Dale Grundle, a man with plenty of industry experience —... 

Ongoing Events

Walter Hanlon: <em>Jazz in London</em>

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Monday 9/6 @ National Portrait Gallery

Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in... 

Plant Room

City Gems

Plant Room

Monday 9/6 @ Plant Room

Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 9/6 @ The Science Museum

Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the... 

Mother of All Parties: 3 Faces of Matmos

Festival: Performing Arts

3 Faces of Matmos

Monday 9/6 @ Beaconsfield

Avant-electronic duo Matmos hate following convention, so it's little surprise that the UK leg of their European tour is more festival... 

<em>Street Art</em>

Art

Street Art

Monday 9/6 @ Tate Modern

Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind... 

<em>Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent </em>

Art: Photography

Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent

Monday 9/6 @ Proud Galleries

It's good to see Proud Galleries opening their new Camden home in a suitably rock 'n roll way. Taking an up-close... 

Jim Smith

Art

Jim Smith

Monday 9/6 @ Coningsby Gallery

Though his name lacks an artist's extravagance, Jim Smith has a unique talent of being able to scrawl funny, yet touching... 

<em>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Monday 9/6 @ Imperial War Museum Park

Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at... 

Sprint Festival of Performance Art

Performing Arts

Sprint Festival

Monday 9/6 @ Camden People's Theatre

The jewel-like Camden People's Theatre, loomed over by the Euston Tower block, is the spiritual home of London's experimental-theatre and performance-art... 

<em>Richard Rogers & Architects:</em><em> </em><em>From the House to the City</em> <em> </em>

Art

Richard Rogers & Architects

Monday 9/6 @ Design Museum

Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To... 

<em>The Story of the Supremes</em>

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Monday 9/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the... 

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Monday 9/6 @ ICA

The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,... 

Kew at the British Museum presents <em>China Landscape</em>

City Gems

China Landscape

Monday 9/6 @ British Museum

Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the... 

Rob Ryan

Art

Rob Ryan

Monday 9/6 @ Tatty Devine

Master papercutter Rob Ryan is the king of collaboration — he's produced an accessories collection for Paul Smith, a dress for... 

<em>Pygmalion</em>

Theatre

Pygmalion

Monday 9/6 @ The Old Vic

George Bernard Shaw's rags-to-riches tale was made famous by George Cukor's 1964 film musical My Fair Lady, which starred Rex Harrison... 

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Monday 9/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria & Albert's latest mini-exhibition features a set of Elizabethan flagons that return to the museum after 70 years abroad.... 

David Lean

Film

David Lean

Monday 9/6 @ National Film Theatre

Although best remembered for his star-studded, Oscar-winning epics Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), director... 

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Monday 9/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Celebrating China's return to the graphic-art world stage, China Design Now embarks on a three-part journey along the country's coastline. The... 

<em>The Chalk Garden</em>

Theatre

The Chalk Garden

Monday 9/6 @ Donmar Warehouse

Enid Bagnold's dark comedy The Chalk Garden kicks off tonight at Donmar Warehouse's not-for-profit theatre. Bagnold, best known for penning Elizabeth... 

<em>Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography </em>

Art: Photography

Street & Studio

Monday 9/6 @ Tate Modern

Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the... 

<em>Wildstyles </em>

Art: Photography

Wildstyles

Monday 9/6 @ Bar Vinyl

PYMCA may be the only photo agency in London that specialises exclusively in youth and music culture — small wonder its... 

Damian Elwes: <em>Creative Spaces: The Studio of Dal&iacute;, Kahlo, Picasso and Matisse</em>

Art

Damian Elwes

Monday 9/6 @ Lefevre Fine Art

Damian Elwes presents a series of portraits that do more than just represent a person on canvas. The artist depicts the... 

Ethan Russell: <em>Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour</em>

Art: Photography

The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour

Monday 9/6 @ Proud Central

Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones'... 

Ashington Group: <em>The Pitmen Painters</em>

Theatre

The Pitmen Painters

Monday 9/6 @ National Theatre

In 1934, some enlightened colliery men in Woodhorn, Northumberland, formed an evening class on art appreciation. The group subsequently took up... 

<em>Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture</em>

Art

Skin + Bones

Monday 9/6 @ Somerset House

Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's... 

Liliane Lijn: <em>Stardust</em>

Art

Liliane Lijn

Monday 9/6 @ Riflemaker Gallery

Liliane Lijn's fascination with cosmic forces continues with Stardust. The kinetic artist explores the relationship between space and time by using... 

<em>From Seeing to Showing </em>

Art: Photography

From Seeing to Showing

Monday 9/6 @ Red Gate Gallery

This exhibition is the culmination of a 2007 youth-photography project, for which community-education programme Zoom In encouraged young Londoners to get... 

<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>

City Gems

Amazing Butterflies

Monday 9/6 @ Natural History Museum

Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send... 

In Focus feat. <em>Running Late</em>

Art: Photography

Running Late

Monday 9/6 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Running Late, an unlikely collaboration between the Photographers' Gallery and Cuts hair salon, doesn't include snaps of hair being swept up... 

Free Range 2008

Art

Free Range 2008

Monday 9/6 @ The Old Truman Brewery

Following on the success of last year's Free Range exhibition, the art and design showcase — the largest of its kind... 

<em>Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book</em>

Art

Blood on Paper

Monday 9/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

This new exhibition at the V&A offers visual art reworkings and interpretations of the humble paperback. The works on display range... 

Fernando Casasempere: <em>The Thought-Provoking Machine</em>

City Gems

Fernando Casasempere

Monday 9/6 @ The Economist Plaza

The Economist and the Contemporary Art Society have teamed up to bring sculpture to the heart of the city. For the... 

<em>A Century of Olympic Posters</em>

Art

A Century of Olympic Posters

Monday 9/6 @ Museum of Childhood

After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of... 

Tom Hunter: <em>Are You Being Served?</em>

Art

Tom Hunter

Monday 9/6 @ Museum of Childhood

Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of... 

Art

Tom Milnes

Monday 9/6 @ Ferreira Projects

Tom Milnes uses his residency at the Gallery Studio to cultivate a strange collection of "culturally redundant audio material". Walkmen, new-age... 

Art: Happening

Summer Exhibition 2008

Monday 9/6 @ Royal Academy of Arts

With more than £70,000 up for grabs in prize money, including the £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award, the stakes are high at... 

Michael Samuels: <em>Childstar</em>

Art

Michael Samuels

Monday 9/6 @ Rokeby

Michael Samuels' exhibition at Bloomsbury's Rokeby precedes this year's Jerwood Contemporary Painters tour, for which the artist has been nominated. Taking... 

<em>King Lear </em>

Theatre

King Lear

Monday 9/6 @ Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's most tragic of tragedies was in the limelight last year with the RSC's production starring Sir Ian McKellen. For the...