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Celebration by Faith Bebbington
A new recycled sculpture by Faith Bebbingon will take pride of place at Liverpool Central Library for Black History Month. The paper sculpture titled ‘Celebration’ features a life size figure wearing a robe adorned with a roll call of names acknowledging just some of the many black people who have contributed so much to Liverpool,...
Life Line: Photographs by Jonathan Cooper
Join photographer Jonathan Cooper to find out more about his exhibition Life Line and the process behind it. Discover how Cooper uses magic realism and unique printing techniques to construct and capture his photographs of the West Kirby waterfront – turning this popular location and its inhabitants into a dreamlike world. About the artist: Jonathan...
Movema’s Big Union Celebration for Black History Month
Join Movema for a spectacular event celebrating Black History Month! Movema’s Big Union is a gathering of diverse individuals who are passionate about honouring and embracing the rich cultural heritage of the Black community. Get ready to immerse yourself in a day filled with interactive performances and engaging workshops for the whole family. This event...
Harmonies Of Heritage
Get ready for an unforgettable celebration right in the heart of the Granby Four Streets at Granby Winter Garden! Come along for ‘Harmonies of Heritage,’ a Black History Month special inspired by ‘The Jazz Project’, celebrating our individual and shared Black histories and creating space for us to thrive together. This space is about celebrating...
Tate Liverpool: Past, Present and Future
Join us to celebrate Tate Liverpool before we start our transformation project. Enjoy our free displays, talks, activities and music across the weekend plus there will be the chance to leave your own mark on our walls. We’ll be taking inspiration from previous Tate Liverpool exhibitions including Keith Haring and Andy Warhol and looking ahead...
The Truffle Hunters (2020) plus short film by Jane Lawson
Continuing our celebration of UK Fungus Day, join us for a free screening of Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s acclaimed feature length documentary The Truffle Hunters, plus a short film by Jane Lawson. Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years old, hunt for the rare and expensive...
Kirushan Sivagnanam: Nightmares
Kirushan’s process begins with the questions “who am I?” and “am I changing my identity or are my surrounding changing it?”. His work is a search for identity within changing physical, psychological and ideological landscapes. He also focuses on compassion, and how important this quality has been to him since his arrival in the UK....
Slavery & St George’s: Who Lies Here?
During Black History Month, St George’s Hall is excited to welcome Malik Al Nasir to deliver a public lecture about Sandbach, Tinne & Company and those who are buried at St George’s Everton. Malik Al Nasir is an author, poet and academic from Liverpool. His memoir ‘Letters to Gil’ is a compelling account of his...
Leroy Through The Lens
Leroy Cooper’s photography exhibition, Liverpool Through a Lens, currently on display in The Museum of Liverpool, is a love letter to the city and an evocative and insightful depiction of life in the Liverpool 8 community. Accompanied by Leroy’s text, the images reflect on themes including racism, justice, the transatlantic slave trade, community, inequality, empire,...
Flash Fiction Competition Final
Join dub poet Levi Tafari, who’ll announce the winners of Flashback, Writing on The Wall and National Museum Liverpool’s flash fiction competition, on Saturday 28th October at The Museum of Liverpool! Come along to hear readings of some of the amazing entries creatively exploring the past, present, and future of Canning Dock and Liverpool’s Waterfront...