The Holiday Inn in Brentford Lock has scooped The Hotel of the Year Award for the third year running.

The 2009 Hotel of the Year award recognises the top hotels in each global region that have achieved the best results in satisfying their owners, customers, employees and communities.

Following the decline of the much loved Brentford and Chiswick Swimming Club four teachers have come together to create a new one.

Starting this evening at Brentford Leisure Centre in Chiswick High Road, swimmers of any age or skill can pop down for lessons from 6pm to 8pm.

Hairy window fitter Marcus Akin is hoping to win Big Brother for Brentford after becoming a contestant on the reality TV show.

The 35-year-old former pupil of Hounslow Manor School was described by host Davina McCall as looking like Wolverine from the X-Men films, to which he rebutted: "He looks like me."

Gunnersbury Park Museum is holding a "Branching Out" exhibition.

From May 9 to 31 they will be showing an exhibition of embroideries by the Isleworth branch of the Embroiderers' Guild.

Sunday June 7 at 7.45pm Comedy and Curry featuring, Pappa's Fun Club with 'FUNERGY'
The If Comedy Nominees, present their latest sketch show - Pappy, the award-winning Fun Club's mysterious benefactor is sending them back on tour this year with a new show filled with post-sketch silliness. Expect historical characters, mythical creatures and battle between good and evil
Will Pappy's Fun Club save the day? If you consider identifying the problem and then singing about it to be saving the day, then yes.
"Extraordinarily fresh and funny...glorious stuff" - The Times

"Turbo-charged...great jokes...an effective combination of intelligence and idiocy" -Guardian
"Ingenious. There is no doubt that the only direction they are heading is up" - Evening Standard
www.pappysfunclub.co.uk
Along with great comedy, audiences can enjoy a superb Curry for just a fiver with the Guru Tandoori's Curry deal. You can eat before the show, at the interval or afterwards and pick from a selection of dishes. For reservations call 020 8232 1011.

Tickets:
Comedy & Curry Sundays at 7.45pm
£10at the door (£8in advance) + £5 for Curry (optional extra)
Box office 020 8232 1010
Open daily from 12 - 9pm
Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford, TW8 ODS www.watermans.org.uk

Literature Lounge, presents The Speed of Sound

Midsummer sees the return of our favourite poet, Anjan Saha, with his eclectic cabaret of musicians, poets, singers and performers. To celebrate Watermans 25th Birthday Anniversary, Literature Lounge presents The Speed of Sound.
Sound is a physical force which in some cultures is thought to have a spiritual force. Sound is a vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a wave. The speed of sound describes the distance such a wave travels in a certain amount of time. In dry air at 20 °C the speed of sound is 343 meters per second. This equates to about one mile in five seconds.
Spoken word artists from Chicago and London come to do justice to the vibration of sounds. Joined by rising star percussionist Taalis from Austria, Hip Hop poet Adam Levin from Chicago and blues from Robert Hokum, along with spoken artist, Coda Quashie.
So come and Sip a cup of Chai and sample some sweet Barfi and let the magic of poetry flow into your life!
Saturday 20 June @7.45pm
Ticket prices £10 on the day £8 advance
Box Office: 020 8232 1010
Watermans
40 High Street, Brentford, TW8 ODS
www.watermans.org.uk

"Blunder" went missing about 5pm. on Saturday 16 May from her regular walk along the Grand Union canal towpath between Brentford and Hanwell.

She is nearly four but is often mistaken for a puppy. She is very friendly and bouncy, loves human company and is terribly greedy for picnics or fishing bait.

Akademi presents Daredevas
Friday 22 May @7.45pm
Running time 70 minutes
Tickets: £8, Conc: £6
Box Office: 020 8232 1010
Watermans
40 High Street
Brentford TW8 ODS
"Bright, young, bold and adventurous"
Daredevas

Akademi has been presenting Daredevas, a showcase for up and coming dancers, around London and the United Kingdom. Daredevas features the brightest young talents in contemporary Indian dance. British-based with international roots, these artists provide a fresh take on traditional Indian dance styles, showing a mix of bold and adventurous choreographies.

The Daredevas format will comprise of a programme of 4 short works performed by four dancers. Styles range from energetic traditional Bharata Natyam and intricate extensions of Kathak to contemporary dance and creative fusions of various Indian and Western dance forms

BOTOWN is a super-tight band of multi-cultural musicians that bring together the classical sounds of India and Bollywood and serves them up with a unique Soul Funk twist.

It's an exciting culture-clash musical experience that takes you on a trip from Memphis to Mumbai. The live performances combine the glamour of Bollywood and the charisma of the Soul legends from a band that is committed to bringing the house down with every performance and then playing on top of the rubble.

SonicRecycler5 is an event showcasing many different strands of eclectic ideas in music, and promoting recycling concepts. With performers, DJ's, films, stalls and interactive presentations, it's q packed evening of radical sounds in a lovely Thameside venue, overlooking Kew Gardens.

Highlights include 27 year old, James Blackshaw, from Bromley who began by playing in punk bands but is now being hailed by the BBC and critics as "as the new master of the 12 string guitar following in the footsteps of composer, John Fahey" and was the subject of a news feature on BBC Radio 4.