Charity Bridge Drive Wednesday 28 November 2018 2.30pm for 3.00pm ‘til 8.00pm in the Parish Room, St Anne’s Church Kew. Tina Ruygrok, a member of The Friends Executive Committee organised this very successful event which attracted 36 very passionate, enthusiastic Bridge players from around Kew and Richmond. Playing on 9 Bridge Tables kindly lent from...
Summer Art Competition
For all young budding artists at St Anne’s Church The Friends have launched a competition for a new design for the St Anne’s annual charity Christmas cards to be sold in church in the run up to Christmas 2018. We are looking for images of St Anne’s church in a suitably seasonal setting, several designs will...
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Impressionists in London: French Artists in Exile 1870-1904
Saturday 14 April at 11:00 St Anne’s Church, Kew Green Tate Britain curator, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, gave an exclusive talk on her exhibition of works by French artists who sought refuge in 1870s London, when France was ravaged by the Franco-Prussian war and Paris Commune. These artists, although outsiders, transformed the way in which London was...
Piano Recital – Viv McLean
Saturday 16 March 2019 at 19:30 St Anne’s Church, Kew Green A programme of well-known piano music by Chopin and Gershwin played by Viv McLean Programme Beethoven Sonata in C Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight” Chopin Nocturne in G Minor Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne in E Flat Op. 9 No. 2 Scherzo...
From Jerusalem to Clerkenwell
Saturday 24 February 2018 at 11:00 St Anne’s Church, Kew Green Sir David Durie, KCMG, Knight of St. John Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar 2000-2003 gave a fascinating talk on the story of the Hospitaller Knights of St. John. The talk was given to a capacity audience and an enjoyable lunch followed.
Importance of the Kew Collections: Kill or Cure
Saturday 12 May 2018 at 10:30, St Anne’s, Kew Green Lady Neale with our guest speaker, Professor Monique Simmonds A sell out event! Professor Monique S.J. Simmonds, the distinguished Deputy Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, gave us a hugely thought-provoking overview of the unique and diverse collections at Gardens. It was intriguing...
Cello Recital by Candlelight – Jonathan Rees
Thursday 23 November 2017 at 19:30 71 Kew Green, Richmond TW9 3AH Esteemed musician, Jonathan Rees, played Bach’s C minor and D major suites on four-string and five-string cellos. This event was generously hosted by Linda Pethick at her home on Kew Green with all proceeds going to The Friends of St Anne’s Church, Kew.
The Conservation & Restoration of St Anne’s Church
Saturday 18 November 2017 at 10:30 St Anne’s Church, Kew Green Julia Korner, the renowned fine art specialist and conservator, will explained the cleaning and re-gilding of the dome down to the altar, the hatchments, the church furniture and the cross on the dome undertaken in 2014.