Liverpool
Grand Civic Event
Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation is set to present it’s ‘Heritage Season’ during a Grand Civic event in the presence of Civic Dignitaries this September, introduced by television legend Anne Robinson. Everyone is welcome to attend and the running order of the afternoon will feature: A welcome to St George’s Hall by the Lord Mayor of...
Tour of Princes Road Synagogue
Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation was established around 1750 in Cumberland Street. As the community grew, it moved to three other locations around Liverpool and finally in 1874 to Princes Road. Princes Road Synagogue is a beautiful A Grade I Listed Building, designed by brothers W & G Audsley and is the oldest synagogue in Liverpool....
PVTV Fringe Flicks: Viy (1967) and Short Films
Join us for a free evening of offbeat cinema at Fringe Flicks, featuring Viy (1967), a Soviet horror classic directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov. Adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s novella, Viy is celebrated for its groundbreaking practical effects and eerie narrative, making it a landmark in Soviet cinema. The film tells the story of...
Body Mapping: Exploring Disability Arts From Indonesia
Join Jogja Disability Arts and DaDa for an exploration into disability arts practice in Indonesia. Jogja Disability Arts is an organisation based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Using art and the cultural model of disability, JDA aims to create space and access for meaningful participation for disability artists in Indonesia. JDA actively advocates models for inclusivity and...
A Polish Virtuoso in Liverpool: The Celebrated Mr Yaniewicz
Among the untold stories in Merseyside’s cultural history, one of the most remarkable is that of Felix Yaniewicz (1762-1848), a Polish-Lithuanian violin virtuoso and composer who arrived in Liverpool in 1799. Born in Vilnius, Yaniewicz had played in the Polish royal chapel from the age of fifteen. In 1785 King Stanisław August Poniatowski paid for...
Ever Forward
An exhibition celebrating the Liverpool Everyman Theatre at 60. In 1964, as the Beatles embarked on their first world tour and the Metropolitan Cathedral was still under construction, Martin Jenkins, Peter James and Terry Hands opened the Everyman. They had no mission statement, no business plan, no carefully prepared marketing material. What they had was...
BlackFest 2024: Book To TV Series at Granby Winter Garden
Join Blackfest 2024 for a film discussion with Ashleigh and Panel Member Yasmin Ali. Meet Award winning Author, playwright, writer, rapper and poet Ashleigh Nugent founder of RiseUpCIC, after being published by Picador for his award-winning debut novel, he also received a TV deal with 2LE media, want to hear more on the process ?...
BlackFest 2024: Granby Residency Visual Arts Exhibition
BlackFest 2024’s grand launch is taking place at Granby Winter Garden with a solo, visual arts exhibition as part of our Granby Artist Residency featuring Oke Ugonna. Oke Ugonna is leading a visual arts workshop exploring the process of creating landscapes and teaching you his methods and techniques. He would categorise his art practice into...
BlackFest 2024: Festival Launch at Granby Market
Join us for a day of networking, creativity and celebration of Black art, businesses and culture! BlackFest 2024 will launch at Granby Market – Liverpool’s most original and friendly community market, run entirely by volunteers. The market is open on the first Saturday of every month from 10am to 3pm, showcasing the talents, spirit and...
Young Blue Room at the Bluecoat
Young Blue Room is the Bluecoat’s new inclusive arts group with young learned disabled and neurodivergent people aged 16-25. Over a series of creative sessions, the young artists uncovered some of the hidden stories of the arts centre by exploring our archive and spaces. This inaugural exhibition shares their experience of spending time observing the...
