Metquarter are teaming up with Liverpool Bid Company, Open Culture and GPO again this year to offer a series of festive, creative workshops!
Workshop dates:
Sat 3rd December: Make a Silver Ring — Beginners Silversmith Workshop with Noctua Jewellery – SOLD OUT
Learn to create your very own from sterling silver – perfect as a Christmas gift for a loved one, or as a treat for yourself!
Sat 10th & Sun 11th December: Christmas Candle & Melt Workshop with Willow & Blossom Botanicals – SOLD OUT
Make two botanical soy wax candles and one tray of 15 Soy Wax petal melts to take home!
Sat 17th December: Fabric Fairy Lights Workshop with Bluebird Upholstery
Festive fairy light making!
Sun 18th December: Block Printed Table Runner Set Workshop with Red Button Press
Learn how to print your own cotton table runner and napkins!
Places are very limited, so book now to avoid disappointment here.
Meet Snowy, Twinkle, Tinsel and Sue – Chief Nice List Checkers from the North Pole. They have travelled far and wide preparing for Santa’s Nice List ready for the big day; have you been good this year?
From 26th November, you can find them in St Johns Shopping Centre every Saturday & Sunday between 12-4pm where you can snap a selfie with an elfie, add your name to the nice list and receive official elf certification to take away.
Elfie Selfie at St Johns Shopping Centre is a Paperwork Theatre production in partnership with Open Culture. Supported by Liverpool BID Company and St Johns Shopping Centre.
Dates & times
26th & 27th November
3rd & 4th December
10th & 11th December
17th & 18th December
12-4pm every Saturday & Sunday
Want to help uncover Birkenhead’s working class history? Do you have memories, stories and moments that you want to share about the working class history of birkenhead? Do you want to be a part of shaping the people’s history of the area?
Want your story to be told? Head to Birkenhead Market on Saturday 10th December across the day, drop in and chat to their team, share a story and get involved with their history workshops. They will have a stall set up inside the market alongside the craft fair that will be running on the day.
If you have any and would feel comfortable bringing them along please bring objects, images, articles or other items related to a memory, story of family history.
This is part of Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
Want to help uncover Birkenhead’s working class history? Do you have memories, stories and moments that you want to share about the working class history of birkenhead? Do you want to be a part of shaping the people’s history of the area? Want your story to be told?
Head to Christ Church Birkenhead (CH43 5RW) on Tuesday 6th December for a afternoon community history workshop.
This will be a two hour workshop with a range of activities to get involved with.
If you have any and would feel comfortable bringing them along please bring objects, images, articles or other items related to a memory, story of family history.
This is part of Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
Want to help uncover Birkenhead’s working class history? Do you have memories, stories and moments that you want to share about the working class history of Birkenhead? Do you want to be a part of shaping the people’s history of the area? Want your story to be told?
Head to the iconic Stork Hotel on Thursday December 1st for a evening uncovering hidden histories and memory from the last 80 years of Birkenhead’s working-class history.
Please feel free to bring along objects and photos to show and tell.
This is part of Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
Head along and meet scientists from the University of Liverpool at World Museum’s interactive, hands-on science day for all the family.
Follow their treasure map around the stalls and discover more about the human body and the amazing world around us!
There’ll be lots of fun activities for children of all ages and adults too.
Join Bluecoat for their first Business Breakfast.
The morning will start with tea, coffee and pastries in their city centre striking Grade I listed building.
You’ll hear from the Bluecoat team about this award-winning contemporary arts centre, which is a home for artists, and a place where audiences can experience art in new ways. They’ll also let you know about some of the ways businesses can benefit from working with the Bluecoat.
You may be a regular visitor to the Bluecoat, perhaps to the galleries, café or garden, or you may have never had the chance to visit. As part of this event there’ll be an opportunity to join a short tour of the building and see the main features as well as a few peeks behind the scenes.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to network with other businesses, right in the cultural heart of Liverpool!
Sing with Daughter of Arabia, Camille Maalawy
Join Camille Maalawy for a choir performance workshop, which explores Arabic folk song, Andalusian Muwashshah and some well known songs of the great Arabic singers such as Um Kulthum and Fairuz.
This workshop will take place Merseyside Yemeni Community Association in the heart of Toxteth.
No previous knowledge of Arabic or Arabic music is needed. Everything will be transliterated.
Join Bluecoat in this festive session to learn how to print your very own Christmas cards and decorations, whilst enjoying complimentary tea, coffee and mince pies.
Sat 26 Nov
10am – 1pm
1:30pm – 4:30 pm
Sat 3 Dec
10am – 1:00pm
1:30pm – 4:30pm
During the session you’ll be able to learn, socialise and let your creativity flow in the relaxing setting of Bluecoat’s Garden Room as you create a pack of hand-printed Christmas cards and a wooden bauble decoration to take home with you. You can even continue to print at home by taking your hand carved lino block with you after the session.
Your 3 hour session will be led by a local artist and printmaker who will guide you through the process of lino printing.
The session price includes refreshments and all materials needed for you to get creative!
What’s included:
* All materials needed for your printing session
* 5 cards and envelopes to print onto
* MDF bauble decoration to print onto
* Complimentary tea, coffee and mince pies
* Your own lino block to take home and continue printing with
Tickets: £45, available here
Local artists are invited to join in with this public session alongside the The Royal Standard community.
They’ll give you the opportunity to ‘show and tell’ the group about your recent practice or ongoing projects, discuss and share new ideas, and receive encouragement and feedback, and support from the TRS Artist Leads. The session will run from 6-8pm, and they’ll try and fit as many people in as possible!
After this one-off session at FACT, they’ll be hosting Show and Tell at TRS on a monthly basis, with dates to be announced in the near future.
