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Rustic Italian food, wine bars, rave caves, performance art – just your average weekend. Aside from all that, we’ve got our top 5 things to do before the month is out, a new concept store to check out, an Argentinian festival to get excited about and a good ‘ol Sunday knees up. Enjoy!
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| This Weekend’s Picks |
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| • FRI Margot • SAT The Laughing Heart • SUN Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at Phonox |
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| | Top 5 | | | things to do this October | |  | | 1. Move over crazy golf, it’s all about shuffleboard
2. Fabric was the last straw, it’s time to #Saveourculture
3. There’s more to Picasso than his abstract art. See for yourself at Picasso Portraits
4. Red Bull Music Academy is back, but tickets are selling fast. Be quick!
5. A new hedonistic playhouse has opened in Mayfair. Welcome MNKY HSE
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| Guinness and the Wright Brothers
Celebrate Oyster Season with
the Ultimate Beer and Oyster Masterclasses | | | Sponsored Listing | | 
Photo by @jasonjbailey | | | In case you’re not up to speed, this native oyster season it’s all about the classic combo: oysters and Guinness. And after last week’s preview of the ultimate Beer and Oyster Masterclass, with Guinness and the Wright Brothers, UJ is officially a convert. Who knew there were so many different types of Guinness, including blonde varieties? Us neither.
| | | Click here to check out our pics from the night and read all about our experience and why you need to book a spot.
To reserve your place, please email: events@thewrightbrothers.co.uk
The Guinness and Oyster Masterclasses are taking place on Saturdays throughout October: 15th (2.30pm -4.30pm), 22nd (12pm-2pm) and 29th (12-2pm) at Wright Brothers Soho (13 Kingly Street, W1) at a cost of £40 per person. Quote ‘Urban Junkies’ when booking your masterclass and receive £5 off the price of your ticket.
Drink responsibly. Visit drinkaware.co.uk for the facts.
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| | Friday | |  |  |  | | | EAT: | | PARTY: | | Margot | | CLOCK STRIKES 13 AT LN-CC | | | Nothing beats classic Italian food. If you agree, head to Margot, the new Italian restaurant from Paulo De Tarso (previous maitre d’ at Bar Boulud) and Nicolas Jaouën (GM of Mayfair’s La Petite Maison) that rifts on regional classics. Settle in and take your time with the menu of cured meats, carpaccio and tartare dishes, homemade pasta and a range of meat and fish main courses. We like the sound of the beef tartare with black truffle and scrambled eggs.
| | We love a good rave cave BYOB situation. Especially when they happen in unexpected places. Once a month or so, LN-CC moonlights as a disco den, hosting both upcoming and leading musical artists. Tonight, as part of the Clock Strikes 13 autumn series, UK techno brothers Tessela and Truss have teamed up as Overmono. Expect a bit of rave and 90s techno, as the siblings debut their live project in the fashion store turned rave cave.
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Prices vary
45 Great Queen Street,
WC2B 5AA
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£10
18-24 Shacklewell Lane,
E8 2EZ
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| | Calendar Pick | | | East By West at MAIYET | |  | | | An Ayurvedi café, helmed by Jasmine Hemsley, has opened in London’s newest concept store on Conduit Street.
| | | | Click here to read more
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| | Belarus Free Theatre in association with the Albany Present | | | Tomorrow I Was Always a Lion | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | A theatrical investigation into the nature of psychosis and recovery. Based on the controversial memoir by Arnhild Lauveng, this raw and imaginative new production tells a unique personal story of living with and recovering from schizophrenia. Belarus Free Theatre, who are banned in their homeland – Europe’s last dictatorship – have fearlessly continued to use theatre to excavate social taboos including mental health.
“The company has a visceral power, a thrilling necessity-born inventiveness and an urgent topicality that is rare in theatre today.” New York Times
| | | On from 19 – 29 October at the Arcola Theatre and 1 – 12 November at the Albany,
book now
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| | Saturday | |  | |  | | | EAT: | | Drink: | | Little Smoke | | The laughing Heart | | | It seems eating animals whole is à la mode right now. And it’s no better than at Little Smoke, specialising in whole native and rare breed animals, sourced from independent farms and butchered on site at sister restaurant Smokehouse. Even the homemade sauces have meaty twists (aged beef mayo, we’re looking at you). The wine list ticks the trend boxes, with lots of small producer, organic and biodynamic choices and a couple of English sparkling wines, too.
| | Hackney Road is spoilt for choice when it comes to bars (Sager + Wilde, The Marksman, Fanny Nelson) and now joining the fray is The Laughing Heart, a late night wine bar and off license run by a dream team that includes Charlie Mellor (previous stints include P Franco, Elliot’s, Brawn and Primeur), head chef Tom Anglesea (from Chiltern Firehouse) and Cedric Maillard (ex Head Sommelier at Sager + Wilde). Say no more, we’re there.
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Prices vary
City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street,
EC2Y 9AW
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Prices vary
277 Hackney Road,
E2 8NA
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| | CHIVAS REGAL | | | MAKE YOUR OWN SIGNATURE BLEND | | | Sponsored Listing | |  | | | If you haven’t been to the Chivas Regal pop up whisky bar, ‘The Blend’, at the Truman Brewery, then do so now. It’s open to the public so pop in for a dram or two, try some seasonal whisky cocktails, admire the space and hide from the sudden onset of winter. And, if the mood strikes, you can always go one step further and blend your own. And, in case you missed it, check out the pics from London Cocktail Week (pictured above).
| | | | The Blend By Chivas Regal opens in the Truman Brewery on 3rd October until 4th December. Free entry. Experiences start at £15. Book your tickets to The Art of Blending here
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| | BOOK NOW: | | | Barullo | |  | | | If you like all things Argentinian, you’re going to want to book a ticket to Barullo, a four-day festival, by Wine of Argentina, celebrating the Latin American country’s finest music, art, wine, and of course, food. Book now.
| | | | Wines of Argentina presents Barullo, October 25-28, tickets from £30, Unit 17A Perseverance Works, 25-27 Hackney Road, E2 8DD
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| | Sunday | |  | |  | | | PARTY: | | SEE: | | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at Phonox | | Donna Huanca: Scar Cymbals | | | A bit of a Sunday session never hurt anybody. Especially when you can be in bed by midnight. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs heads up today’s Sunday sesh at Phonox – meaning you can expect upbeat electro pop tunes to kick start you into Monday. Get in the mood here.
| | Naked bodies swathed with latex, deep bass, ripped body stockings, and slathers of paint, not your usual Sunday exhibition, then. For her London debut, American artist Donna Huanca has painted on live, nude models and a background of deep, vibrating bass to invite viewers to immerse themselves in thoughts about flesh and skin. Deep.
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£5 + adv tickets | More on the door
418 Brixton Road,
SW9 7AY
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Free entry
176 Prince of Wales Road,
NW5 3PT
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