This is Goldsmiths: Seven things to do this week

Every day our students, staff and alumni are involved in amazing things. From live music to lectures, and plays to poetry slams, there are countless ways that you can experience what makes Goldsmiths special and celebrate the achievements of our community, and the excitement of our local area. Here's our pick of seven things to do in the coming week.

Eat: Delicious street food at Model Market

Model Market returns to Lewisham this week, with a stellar lineup of street food, craft beer and cocktail traders. From freshly made burgers to steamed Taiwanese shrimp buns, there's something for every palate, and it's only a 10 minute bus ride from campus. The market is open every Friday and Saturday until 25 September.

Dine: In the middle of a disaster

If you like your meal times to be a little more dramatic, then Emergency Provision Dinner: How Do We Want To Eat, If It Happens could be for you. The one-day event, which is being run by Michael Guggenheim from our Sociology department, is going to create a meal based on an emergency situation that's been suggested by guests. The situation could be a natural disaster or even an emotional crisis. The event is analysing the ways in which our food becomes a critical means of survival during disastrous events and what qualities and emotions food should provide during times of emergency. 

Listen: To the Natural History Museum's mineral collection

Research Students from our MA in Research Architecture have designed an audio accompaniment to the Natural History Museum’s mineral collection. This collaboratively composed sound work mimics and subverts the museum audio guide format in order to explore alternative ways of interacting with the display. Download the full track list. 

Stay: Up all night for World Book Night

 

It's probably not the first time you've pulled an all-nighter in the Goldsmiths library, but this time it'll be other people doing the hard work! To celebrate World Book Night on 23 April, the library is hosting a night of talks and readings from authors, poets and academics including Blake Morrison. Register now for free. 

Visit: Yinka Shonibare at William Morris Gallery

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© Copyright Yinka Shonibare. Courtesy the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and The Church of England Record Centre

MA Fine Art graduate and honorary fellow Yinka Shonibare is currently exhibiting his work at the William Morris Gallery in East London. His photographs, which use Waltham Forest residents to help recreate images of Morris’s family, encourage viewers to reflect on inequality in both Morris's time and our own. The results are on display at the gallery until 7 June. 

Read: The Election by Ellie Levenson 

As the 2015 General Election approaches, Ellie Levenson from the Department of Media and Communications has published a fun picture book explaining democracy to young children. The Election tells the story of two children who live on the same street, whose parents support different political parties and display different posters in their windows. Despite their family differences, the children stay friends. It's been designed for parents to read to children as young as 3, and for under 7s to enjoy by themselves. This week Ed Miliband revealed that he'd been reading the book to his kids. 

Become: Librarian of London's smallest library

Lewisham micro-library, a former phone box turned book-swapping service on Lewisham Way, is on the hunt for a new librarian. The position involves tidying the library everyday and giving it the occasional paint. It's unpaid, as this is a project run by volunteers, but "the most rewarding part of the job is seeing the happiness it brings others" according to the advert. Email chair@brockleysociety.org.uk if you're interested in being involved. 

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