Check out some exclusive pictures from the recent Sanctuary Launch 2012 event with Darcy Bussell which our Events Production team put together...

In the run up to the Jubilee Weekend we will be running a traditional English Afternoon Tea in the Club... treat yourself  to a scone or two, smoke salmon and all the tea in England!

Menu
Available 3pm to 6pm daily

Tea or Coffee
Homemade Scones with English Jams withCornish Clotted Cream
Cake of the day
Cucumber Sandwiches
Open Smoked Salmon Sandwich on Rye  
13.50

...with a glass of
Nyetimber Classic
Cuvee  
20.50

After the deafening success of the 4th Floor refurb, we're excited to be welcoming Russell Sage back to wave his magic wand around the Ground Floor reception and lifts.  Over the next few weeks you'll start to notice increasing changes which will take place outside of opening hours to cause our members minimum disruption. 

We're very excited about the grand unveiling which we're hoping to give you all polished and shiny and new on the 28th May. 

EXTRA Club Opening Hours:

Friday 27th July – Olympic Games Begins – Opening party the club! - 'Sporting Super Heroes'!

Sunday 29th July – Olympics – 10am to 11pm

Sunday 5th August – Olympics – 10am to 11pm

Friday 10th August – pre-Olympic closing party at the Club - 'Brasil!'

Sunday 12th August – Olympics Closing party – 10am to midnight

Gallery Sunday openings – all 11am to 7pm

29th July

5th August

12th August

19th August

26th August

What’s Happening at The Hospital Club

PARTY NIGHTS!

Olympic Opening Party – Sporting Super Heroes - 27th July
Brazil Olympic Pre Closing Party – 10th August
Olympic Closing Party – 12th August

CLUB ART

Getty Images will be hanging the 2nd Floor, 4th Floors of the Club with some exciting Olympic Images.

HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN': HENDRIX HITS LONDON
THE HOSPITAL CLUB GALLERY
27TH July – 31st August

A world premiere of an extraordinary show! An unmissable opportunity to celebrate Hendrix’s 70th birthday with costumes, video footage, guitars, fan mail, records and all sorts recording Jimi’s stellar rise to fame on the London scene.

Useful Links:

- For detailed daily info on the 2012 Games: http://www.london2012.com/
- Check out the London 2012 Olympic Timetable: http://www.london2012.com/olympic-schedule
- Check out the London 2012 Paralympic Timetable: http://www.london2012.com/paralympic-schedule

Transport for London:

Best current advice: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/london2012/21677.aspx
- General Information: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/london2012/21820.aspx
- Map of the Hot Spot areas: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/london2012/21806.aspx
- Tube Station Impact Map: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/london2012/21787.aspx
- Rail Station Impact Summary: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/london2012/21820.aspx
- Bus Summary of Service Changes: www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/bus-service-alterations- 2012-games.pdf
- Plan your journey to and from the games: http://travel.london2012.com/SJPWeb/Pages/JourneyPlannerInput.aspx

Really nice piece in Variety about Dave Stewart's ideas factory Weapons of Mass Entertainment. In the interview at his Hollywood HQ, Dave explains the process of how his team manufacture great creative ideas into tangible media projects.

"Even in turmoil, you can find a fairytale ending".

Neil Edwards is the winner of our Flash Fiction competition in conjunction with Cicalit.com who represent aspiring screenwriters and authors.

A Pumpkin In The Scatter Zone is a short story describing how two lives were changed for the better in the wake of the 7/7 bombings.

Neil's sense of rhythm and ability to account such a big subject in a limited framework is remarkable. This account will makes your hair stand on end!

Our Poet in Residence Sabrina Mahfouz selected this as her favourite submission and has recorded the story as a podcast. Take a listen below.

 Or you can read the story on Circalit.com

We have a new toy for members to get their hands on. Our new Samsung Tablets, pre-loaded with cool apps will be available for members to use in the Club from the 11th April. There will be a docking station located on the second floor where you can pick a Galaxy tab up and use it as you wish.

COMPETITION: Win Your Very Own Samsung Galaxy 8.9 Tab

For the next three months we will also be running a competition to win your very own Samsung Galaxy 8.9/Samsung Galaxy Note.

All you have to do to enter is complete our members' survey, this will be available for you to fill out on any of the Samsung Galaxy Tabs in the Club.

Thanks to the good people at Samsung.

Internationally acclaimed artist, Dave White, is to unveil a new collection of work, in association with limited edition gallery artrepublic, at The Hospital Club, London in June 2012.

Friday 22nd June to Saturday 7th July

Private View: Thursday 21st June, 6 - 9pm

Public access 10am to 7pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 6pm Saturday

The Natural Selection exhibition will comprise a large scale installation of oil paintings, works on paper and limited editions that will exclusively reveal White’s new subject matter; an exploration of threatened animal species presented in the artist’s trademark dynamic and kinetically charged aesthetic.

White says of this series of work ‘Natural Selection encompasses the beauty, majesty and magnificence of incredibly rare animals. Their threatened existence hangs in the balance, where natural camouflage is no longer a reliable defence, leaving them vulnerable and exposed. The collection explores these dynamics, through the violent, expressive movement and abstracted patination of oil paint and water colour. Large scale installations and contemporary execution will aim to challenge the viewer to reassess this subject matter in our modern world. Where once we would hunt these subjects for display trophies, now we must face the fact that our impact upon them is threatening their very survival.’

Dave White’s energetic brand of contemporary Pop Art enjoys both critical acclaim and commercial success. Selected for the Northern Graduates show at the Royal College of Art, he has since exhibited internationally with highlights including the People’s Square Exhibition Hall (Shanghai), Dia Art Centre (New York), Centre for Arts (Rotterdam) and Liverpool International Biennial of Contemporary Art.

More recently White has exhibited with the 'Project on Creativity' with Chuck Close at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, where he will exhibit again later this year in 'CNNCTD+100' showcasing the 100 most cultural influencers of this generation.

‘... one of Britain’s most feted up and coming painters’ - Stephen Adams, Daily Telegraph

EMP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HOSPITAL CLUB BRING A MAJOR NEW EXHIBITION TO LONDON TO CELEBRATE JIMI HENDRIX’S 70th BIRTHDAY.

Hear My Train a Comin': Hendrix Hits London @ The Hospital Club Gallery: 18 July - 31 August 2012

Summer 2012 sees the arrival of a magical new exhibition in London, to celebrate what would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday. Hear My Train a Comin’: Hendrix Hits London, presented by Seattle’s EMP Museum, will run at in The Hospital Club’s iconic gallery space from 16 July – 31 August 2012.

Hear My Train a Comin’: Hendrix Hits London focuses on Hendrix’s quick rise to prominence in the London music scene, from his arrival in the UK on September 24, 1966 to his brief return to America to play at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 18, 1967. In less than nine months, Hendrix had transitioned from unknown guitar-slinger to darling of the British music press, and was poised on the edge of superstardom.

The exhibition will include over 100 artifacts, some of which have never been exhibited before. They include such gems as Jimi’s original blues records, photographs, fan letters, as well as iconic items of his clothing such as his “Westerner” hat (which he wore frequently in 1967 – 1968 and is wearing on the cover of his 1968 Smash Hits album). Further exhibition videos will incorporate many oral history interviews with myriad musicians and people related to Hendrix’s story, such as Jeff Beck, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Iggy Pop, Al Hendrix, Charles Shaar Murray, Ravi Shankar and Joey Ramone.

The exhibit comes through collaboration of two projects from philanthropist and investor Paul G. Allen. EMP was founded by Allen, the Microsoft co-founder, in his hometown of Seattle in 2000. It is an acclaimed, interactive museum of music, pop culture and science fiction. Allen opened The Hospital Club in 2002 as a new professional and social hub for people working in the creative arts.

Tickets are on sale from Wednesday 28th March via ATG: 0844 871 3039

Free admission to members of The Hospital Club upon presentation of your membership card.

Residents of the Borough of Camden are also entitled ot free admission to the exhibition on Mondays and Tuesday only upon presentation of a valid utility bill or proof of residence and some photo ID (1 ticket per resident).

 Sponsors

Thank you to Marshall Amplification.

Show your support for Breast Cancer Care and celebrate the countdown to the Virgin London Marathon with The Hospital Club.

Whilst the majority of us will be supporting from the sidelines rather than actually running, it’s irrefutable, even in a year which sees us host the Olympics for only the second time, that the London Marathon is a sporting highlight of 2012. It’s also an epic achievement and in April we’ll be giving our support to Breast Cancer Care, one of the many charities involved in this year’s marathon. We’ll be screening Breast Cancer Care’s new promotional advert before every film we screen in our cinema, so pop your head into the cinema between now and 22 April and you’ll get the opportunity to this see this short as well as the usual preview and current release screenings.

We’ll also be supporting Breast Cancer Care by making a commitment to donate £2 from every Cucumber & Elderflower Martini sold in the club in the run up to the big day. This year Breast Cancer Care has teamed up with the Prostate Cancer Charity to be the joint official charity for the race on 22 April. Jointly, they are calling ourselves TeamPB and now have more than 800 runners participating who will raise over £1 million, we think that’s something to celebrate!

So whether it’s by watching the advert in our cinema, sponsoring a friend who’s running, grabbing yourself a Cucumber & Elderflower Martini at the bar, or by shouting at the top of your lungs in support, we encourage you all to get involved with this year’s marathon in whatever way you can.