Event type: Other

TreeStory.me website

The brand new TreeStory.me website is now live!

Trees are the perfect vehicle through which to tell a story of the region. Open Eye Gallery and dot-art started inviting the public to create a history of Liverpool through its trees, using personal stories and photography, during the pandemic in 2020, as we all began to value our local green spaces more than ever.

Now they are developing the project further and looking for new TreeStories to collect with a specially dedicated website – TreeStory.me.

This has been funded through a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which saw the team engage schools (Rainhill High School, LIPA Primary, Egremont Primary, Northwood Primary and Wirral Hospitals’ School), community groups (Growing Sudley, Faiths4Change, Rimrose Valley Friends and The Spider Project) and the general public across the Liverpool City Region over the last 12 months, exploring natural heritage by investigating, documenting and celebrating locally and personally significant trees, as well as planting new ones in partnership with the Mersey Forest.

This work has led to a series of fantastic free activity books for families, schools and community groups to download, full of activities and ideas to inspire and stimulate creativity in people of all ages!

Everyone is now invited to celebrate trees that are significant to them, pinning images and stories to a specially commissioned interactive online map. There’s an easy How To Guide to help: make some images of the tree, write or record the story (a history, a poem or just a personal memory), use the map to locate the tree and submit your entry.

The team will review it and publish. There’s also a video guide and FAQs. Get inspired by the existing TreeStories, study the history of Liverpool through its trees and submit your own #TreeStory!

Uploading your TreeStory is a fantastic way of connecting to your neighbourhood and community, of creating your own personal history and of sharing your love and gratitude to nature in the urban areas. It’s also a great opportunity for an early career photographer / writer or photography / creative writing student to get their work seen by not just the general public but also Open Eye Gallery and dot-art.

Share your story here!

Maker Meetup

Attention all makers and doers! The popular Maker Meetup is back and better than ever, and it’s happening at Make!

This informal event is a great opportunity for creatives in the industry to connect, collaborate, and get inspired by their peers.

This time, we’re focusing on the theme of renewal and starting fresh. Whether you’re looking to kick off a new project, refresh your creative practice, or simply meet new people, this event is the perfect place to do it.

The event will run from 6:00PM-8:00 PM at Make North Docks and will include:

– Introduction from the Make team: Find out what they do and hear about their enterprise support program
– 60 second spotlights: Showcase your work or share your ideas with the group (optional)
– Networking: Connect with other makers and doers in the industry

Grab a drink: They’ll have complimentary refreshments available to enjoy while you mingle

Whether you’re a seasoned maker or just starting out, this event is open to anyone who wants to connect with like-minded creatives. So come join them at Make and see what this vibrant community has to offer! They can’t wait to see you there.

2023 Liverpool Year of Reading launch

It’s that time of year again when the Liverpool Literacy Cycle shifts its focus from one skill to another.

They will be launching the Second Liverpool Literacy Cycle at Central Library on Saturday 28th January with a return to Liverpool Year of Reading, following a fruitful Year of Spoken Word in 2022.

They will also be launching the 2022 Liverpool Year of Spoken Word book at the event, highlighting some of the impressive oral literary achievements across Merseyside.

Pre-orders of the book can be made at the link below and it will also be available to purchase on the day:

https://www.beatlesliverpoolandmore.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Scratch: Spoken Word Night

Are you hungry for opportunities to perform? Have you got at least five minutes of polished work ready to scratch?

This is a call out for artists of any discipline with a focus on spoken word. A fun night of Poetry, Comedy and Music by local and featured artists.

Come and scratch it the last Tuesday of every month in The Studio. See you there!

Contact our Spoken Word Artist in Residence, Charlie Staunton for more information charlie.staunton@shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk

Itch: Spoken Word Night

Itch is a spoken word night for anybody looking to dip their toe in.

• Have you always wanted to give it a go?

• Did you used to write/perform a lot and want to get back into it?

• Have you never heard of spoken word and are wondering what it’s all about?

Then come down, listen, share and get the itch. We are primarily looking for poets and spoken word artists but artists of other disciplines are welcome to approach us to discuss how they can get involved. Come and join our community.

Contact our Spoken Word Artist in Residence, Charlie Staunton for more information charlie.staunton@shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk

Baby Bards

Join our resident spoken word artist, Charlie Staunton, for an early years story and language session for pre school children aged 18 months to 4 years old.

Introducing story, letters and phonics through readings and fun activities, your babies will be bards in no time.

Each child attending should be accompanied by an adult – both adults and children will need to buy tickets.

Every Tuesday at 11.15am.

Artist Tour with The Bandidos

Learn more about FACT’s current exhibition from the collaborators themselves! When Our Worlds Meet (2022) is a new work by artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley produced in collaboration with The Bandidos, a group of young people from Liverpool.

Throughout this year-long project, Danielle worked alongside the self-titled Bandidos to discover what the group would want and need in their reimagined worlds. Exploring alternative futures and possibilities, they discussed what their realities might be missing and what they would want to include in new worlds designed by them.

For this tour, join members of the group to hear about their involvement in the project and what it’s like to work closely with an artist. Discover how Danielle built the video game artwork around their imaginative visions and how each young person is represented in the game and exhibition space.

This tour will last between 45-60 minutes.

Bombed Out Church Beer Festival

Bombed Out Church Beer and Cider Festival 2023

St Luke’s Bombed Out Church, Liverpool city centre.

Thursday 20th – Sunday 22nd April 2023

St Luke’s Bombed Out Church are hosting their very own festival featuring a huge array of beers, ciders, real ales, lager, gins, prosecco and more.

St Luke’s Bombed Out Church sits proudly at the top of Bold Street in the city centre, but many have yet to venture inside this magnificent ruin. The church was bombed during WWII in the May Blitz of 1941, leaving just the exterior walls standing surrounded by glorious gardens.

For this weekend, we will install clear roof marquees in order to provide covering for our guests whilst still maintaining a glorious view of the surroundings.

We will have street food vendors on site and live music to add to the festival atmosphere.

We offer discount on tokens for all CAMRA members with a valid card at our Thursday evening and Friday daytime sessions.

Session Times & Prices

– Thursday 20th April 6pm – 10.30pm £8

CAMRA discount available at this session, £2 off a full sheet of tokens

– Friday 21st April 12pm – 4.30pm £8 (no live music at this session)

CAMRA discount is available at this session, £2 off a full sheet of tokens

– Friday 21st April 6pm – 10.30pm £12

– Saturday 22nd April 12pm – 4.30pm £11

– Saturday 22nd April 6pm – 10.30pm £10

– Sunday 23rd April 12pm – 5pm £6

These prices are for advance online tickets only.

If there are any tickets left then tickets purchased on the door will be charged at a slightly higher rate.

All tickets include:

– Entrance to the magnificent ruins and gardens of St Luke’s Bombed Out Church, where we have sourced up to 100 real ales, ciders, craft and draught beers, along with our fabulous gin / alternatives bar.

– Digital programme with taste notes on all the beers to help you with your choice of drink.

– Souvenir glass to use throughout the festival and to take home with you at the end of the festival!

– Entertainment for the session purchased (besides Friday daytime)

*PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of beer festivals and ever-changing tastes we are unable to predict the popularity of the beers before the event. The most popular individual casks will run out as the festival progresses. Our Beer Co-ordinator monitors this at each event and orders accordingly – but because we also like to have a lot of new beers it is nigh on impossible for us to tell which will run out first! We oversupply on beer as a whole by 20% at all of our festivals which means there’s a hefty amount to pour away at the end – and we hate waste! We apologise if you have ever been disappointed by a beer running out, but there is still always ample amounts of real ale to drink throughout the festival!

Please bear this information in mind when selecting a session.

No Under 18s are permitted into the event

If you are lucky enough to look under the age of 25 you will be asked for ID at the door. No refunds will be given to anyone unable to prove their age when asked.

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Booking fees apply to all tickets as per Eventbrite’s Terms and Conditions

For further details please email hello@slboc.com

Digital Projections: The Lunar Rabbit

This free event is part of Chinese New Year 2023, Liverpool’s free festival.

This spectacle invites communities around Liverpool to come together and celebrate, through a modern and stunning projection show and light installation at St Lukes Bombed Out Church. No ticket required for event entry.

For the Year of the Rabbit, Focal Studios are partnering up with artists Eleonora Asparuhova and Laura Sullivan to create a magnificent focus for celebrations at the Bombed Out Church. This will take the form of a 6 minute projection show on the tower inside, and a community light art installation situated in the grounds.

The Lunar Rabbit is a contemporary story about hope developed with Pagoda Arts and the local Chinese community. The story will reflect themes in response to the Rabbit’s personality, such as vigilance, wit, quick-mindedness, and ingenuity; as well as stories and aspirations of community members in the city from other nations that celebrate the lunar new year.

Wong Dumplings will be serving up some delicious dumplings, inspired by Asian & European cuisine and Bombed Out Church Garden Bar & Cafe will have hot & cold drinks available too!

Community workshops will also take place during the day on the 23rd, where the general public is invited to create Chinese zhezhi rabbits containing messages of hope for 2023, details and times to be confirmed.

We look forward to seeing you at the Bombed Out Church this Chinese New Year!

The Heritage Trail at Liverpool ONE

Take a step back in time and discover more than 300 years of Liverpool’s history with The Heritage Trail at Liverpool ONE.

You will journey back to the creation of the world’s first commercial wet dock, discover the port’s role in global events, and meet the people and discover the places that have shaped this maritime powerhouse.

Whether you are a visitor to the city, or born and bred in Liverpool, you will be surprised by the secrets revealed by this free self-guided audio tour.

How to follow the trail

Across Liverpool ONE there are 16 stopping-off points which are marked with a location point sign. Each is the site of an event, a place or a person that helps us tell the fascinating tale of Liverpool’s history.

To follow the trail you can either:

  • Download our free app by searching ‘Liverpool ONE’ in the App Store or Play Store and download MyONE. On it you will find a comprehensive audio guide that directs you to each point on the trail and tells you about the spot’s inspiring people, important places and key events. Remember to bring your headphones!
  • Pick up a free Heritage Trail map from the Information Centre on Wall Street in Liverpool ONE.

This free and fully-accessible trail begins opposite the Hilton Hotel on Thomas Steers Way (by the Liverpool sign) and ends at Chavasse Park, but you can join at any point. The whole tour should take you 60-90 minutes. And because you are in Liverpool ONE there are plenty of opportunities to stop for refreshments on the way!

Warning: this Heritage Trail is really interesting! Please be aware of your surroundings and be extra careful nearby or when crossing roads. Please use the pedestrian crossings.

Schools or groups with children may wish to miss out location 4 which is reached by crossing a main road. Continue your route from location 3 around the back of John Lewis to location 5.

Enjoy the trail, we hope you have a memorable walk. Don’t forget to tag @liverpool_oneofficial along the way.