Urban Junkies London - Thursday April 5, 2007

Easter weekend can be a bit of a chore.

Like Christmas-lite, everyone's generally locked up with family for the long weekend, scoffing chocolate. Not bad, but what if you actually want to do something? Here are three reasons to get off the sofa.

For silly fun, try the Lost & Found Egg Roll on Primrose Hill, where teams (chicken and egg) will come dressed accordingly and compete in old skool games, to decide who came first: Le chicken or la egg. Ridiculously fabulous.
Lost & Found Egg Roll, 2pm Friday April 6. Primrose Hill, NW1. Free.

For posh non-themed times, head just outside of London for some point-to-point racing (horse-racing without the yah-yah crowd). You'll need your wellies and some cash; the event is as much about betting as it is about the beer tent.
Kimble Point-to-Point, Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire, HP17, 1 hour from
London. Follow signs to Aylesbury from the M25 or M40
Saturday April 7. First race 1.30pm. Cars £20, Pedestrians £3.

And for some good old fashioned fun, there's the Easter egg hunt. If you don't want to plan your own, there are hunts all over London. Both Kew Gardens and Battersea Park boast massive Easter egg hunts in their extensive grounds (although we find the child with BIG Kew bunny ad a little creepy). Braver souls should try London Zoo, and for those wanting a majestic setting, Kenwood House is also hosting a hunt.
Kew Gardens, TW9. Sunday 10am2pm. £2.
Battersea Park Zoo, SW11. Friday-Monday 10am4pm. £4.50-5.95+£1.50 hunting fee.

Happy Easter!

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The Flash Monkey presents a lost world Cabaret Casbah edition @Cafe de Paris. 8pm 3-4 Coventry St, W1. £17. 020 7267 8320 or online.

See ICA's The Secret Public and get the curators' insight at this talk. 7pm. The Mall, SW1. £4. 020 7930 3647.

Culture Calendar picks for today: Philippe Parreno at Haunch of Venison & ENO's Satyagraha at Coliseum.

Stellar line-up led by Danny 'Body&Soul' Krivit and Jazzie B: Electrowerkz's SoulBrew. 9pm-5am. 7 Torrens St EC1. £15. 08700 600 100 or here.

For advanced live music, it's happening at Adventures in the Beetroot Field at Fabric. 8:30pm-6am. Charterhouse Street, EC1. £12 adv online.

The talented raconteur Alun Cochrane is @Soho Theatre. 8pm. 21 Dean Street, W1. £10. 0870 429 6883 or here.

Practice your swing dancing skills at Finsbury Town Hall at the Rugcutters' new night. 7-11pm. Rosebery Av, EC1. £8 w/class. 020 8829 0919.



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