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SUMMARY:Beating the Bounds: Picton Soundwalk
DESCRIPTION:Meeting at Metal\, Edge Hill Station at 10.30am for an 11.00am start.  \nStep into the stories of Picton and Wavertree this May\, as we gather for Beating the Bounds – a communal Rogation Day walk shaped by memory\, sound and shared experience. \nTogether\, we’ll retrace the route of the Picton Play Soundwalk\, created by sound artist Sara Wolff – an immersive audio journey built from the voices\, poems and lived experiences of local residents. \nThis special event invites you to walk the neighbourhood differently: to listen deeply\, notice the overlooked\, and reconnect with the places and people that make this area home. As we move through familiar streets\, stories will unfold through headphones and conversation alike\, blending past and present in a living map of community memory. \nRooted in the tradition of “beating the bounds\,” this shared walk becomes both a marking of place and a celebration of belonging – echoing Picton Play’s wider mission to bring people together through creativity\, play and collective exploration. \nWhether you joined the original soundwalk or you are discovering it for the first time\, this is an invitation to slow down\, tune in\, and walk together. \nJoin us. Walk\, listen\, and rediscover Picton. \nThe soundwalk will be followed by a light vegetarian lunch back at Metal\, Edge Hill Station\, with artist Sarah Wolff. Please note that tickets are limited. \nAccess\nWe will be walking together for approx. 45 minutes. Please wear comfortable shoes\, and dress for the weather. The soundwalk is accessed via mobile phone. You will need to bring your own device & headphones with you.  \nBook your free place here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/beating-the-bounds-picton-soundwalk/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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SUMMARY:Liverpool Music Improvisors: Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
DESCRIPTION:International music improvisor Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is coming to Liverpool for a performance of his ‘Loopadelica’ project improvising on and processing the electric bass live. Also performing is Phantom Leg\, an eclectic collective mixing ambient\, ethnic\, electroacoustic\, and noise. \nCome along and experience the sounds on Friday 1 May from 7.30pm at Edge Hill Station. \nTickets are £8 / £5 unwaged and you can pay on the door.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/liverpool-music-improvisors-jair-rohm-parker-wells/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260429T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260429T170000
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SUMMARY:Metal Liverpool: Open Advice Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this  April!️ \n \nWant to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? Metal is here to support you. On Wednesday  29 April\, we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work in our local area.  \nThese sessions will be led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss\, which might include:  \n– Talking through your creative practice \n– Developing or sense-checking a project idea \n– Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities \n– Building relationships with organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues \n– Budget development or reading draft applications  \nSessions are available in person from Metal’s home at Edge Hill Station\, or online if you prefer. Each artist can book one session\, and sessions last 1 hour.  \nPlaces are offered on a first come\, first served basis for those who live and/or work in our local area. Book your free place here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-liverpool-open-advice-sessions-2/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260326T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260326T203000
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SUMMARY:Black Girl Watching Film Club: Black Girl
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Black Girl Watching Film Club at Edge Hill Station\, Black Girl is a thought provoking and elegant film that tells the story of Diouana\, a young woman who moves from Senegal to France in the hopes of progressing her career and exploring a new country. However\, when the couple she works for starts to become cruel and more demanding\, her mental health suffers at the feet of ridicule and isolation. Touching on themes of alienation\, colonialism\, racism\, societal and family pressures\, Ousmane Sembene transforms his own short story into a timeless fable about the life of an immigrant. \nOn its 60th Anniversary\, and for International Women’s Day\, Black Girl Watching celebrates this important entry into black film history. \nTickets start from £1 so grab yours now by clicking this link or pay on the door. \nEvent timings\n7pm – Door open\nWe’ll be serving refreshment\n7.30pm – Black Girl begins\n8.30pm – Post screening discussion \nThe film\nYear: 1966\nRuntime: 1 hour\nCertificate: 15\nDirector: Ousmane Sembene\nWriters: Ousmane Sembene\nCountry: France\, Senegal\nLanguages: French\, Wolof\nGenre: Drama\nCast: Mbissine Thérèse Diop\, Anne-Marie Jelinek\, Momar Nar Sene\nSynopsis: A young girl from Senegal moves to France to work as a nanny and experience a new country but soon learns that her racist employers have more sinister motives.\nTrigger Warning: Racism\, self harm\, abuse
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/black-girl-watching-film-club-black-girl/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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SUMMARY:Make Scouse with a Scouser Again with Dora Colquhoun: Disrupting Loneliness in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to share the iconic Liverpool dish with friends old and new\, and enjoy a warm evening of socialising while learning a new skill. \nArtist Dora Colquhoun has lived in Liverpool for 13 years but has never had a home-cooked bowl of Scouse made by a Scouser. Dora calls Liverpool home and wants to uncover the secrets behind what makes this stew so special. \nIs it beef or lamb? Do you add turnips? Things could get controversial! But at the heart of Scouse is a big pot of nutritious\, warming stew designed to bring people together. \nFor this event\, you’ll be joined by experienced chef Alex Mufti\, who has worked at Kensington Children’s Centre for 15 years\, teaching families across Liverpool how to cook affordable\, healthy meals. \nAlex says:\n“Cooking is a fantastic mechanism for engaging communities — something that has been lost in recent years.” \nWhat to expect:\n– A bowl of traditional Scouse with a vegan alternative\n– Come on your own or with friends — you’ll be gently encouraged to meet new people\n– A take-home recipe so you can make Scouse (and a veg version) at home\n– A chance to connect over the city of Liverpool and celebrate what makes it special \nBook your free place here. \nDora is also holding this event on Thursday 26 February\, 6pm – 8pm. If you can’t make this date\, check out the other here. \nAbout Dora Colquhoun\nDora Violet Colquhoun is a theatre-maker and multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans performance\, devising\, writing\, and facilitation. Her work often invites audiences to participate\, blending humour\, music\, and heartfelt storytelling. \nShe is the founder of Violet Arts CIC and has spent the past ten years collaborating with a wide range of artists and communities. Through these projects\, she has developed a toolkit for devising and writing performance\, with a focus on making work that is funny\, moving and memorable. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Liverpool here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/make-scouse-with-a-scouser-again-with-dora-colquhoun-disrupting-loneliness-in-liverpool/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260226T180000
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SUMMARY:Make Scouse with a Scouser with Dora Colquhoun: Disrupting Loneliness in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to share the iconic Liverpool dish with friends old and new\, and enjoy a warm evening of socialising while learning a new skill. \nArtist Dora Colquhoun has lived in Liverpool for 13 years but has never had a home-cooked bowl of Scouse made by a Scouser. Dora calls Liverpool home and wants to uncover the secrets behind what makes this stew so special. \nIs it beef or lamb? Do you add turnips? Things could get controversial! But at the heart of Scouse is a big pot of nutritious\, warming stew designed to bring people together. \nFor this event\, you’ll be joined by experienced chef Alex Mufti\, who has worked at Kensington Children’s Centre for 15 years\, teaching families across Liverpool how to cook affordable\, healthy meals. \nAlex says:\n“Cooking is a fantastic mechanism for engaging communities — something that has been lost in recent years.” \nWhat to expect:\n– A bowl of traditional Scouse with a vegan alternative\n– Come on your own or with friends — you’ll be gently encouraged to meet new people\n– A take-home recipe so you can make Scouse (and a veg version) at home\n– A chance to connect over the city of Liverpool and celebrate what makes it special \nBook your free place here. \nDora is also holding this event on Thursday 19 March. If you can’t make this date\, check out the other here. \nAbout Dora Colquhoun\nDora Violet Colquhoun is a theatre-maker and multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans performance\, devising\, writing\, and facilitation. Her work often invites audiences to participate\, blending humour\, music\, and heartfelt storytelling. \nShe is the founder of Violet Arts CIC and has spent the past ten years collaborating with a wide range of artists and communities. Through these projects\, she has developed a toolkit for devising and writing performance\, with a focus on making work that is funny\, moving and memorable. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Liverpool here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/make-scouse-with-a-scouser-with-dora-colquhoun-disrupting-loneliness-in-liverpool/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260221T203000
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SUMMARY:Spinning Yarns Again with Tool/Toy Project: Disrupting Loneliness in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how sheep’s fur gets made into wool? \nJoin us for an intimate hands-on workshop brining a group of strangers together to do some making blending ancient craft\, sharing stories and spinning yarns after dark. Make your own spindle and learn to spin a yarn! \nHosted at Kitty’s Launderette on Saturday 21 February\, 6.30-8.30pm. Email edgehill@metalculture.com for more details. \nEvents are free and open to anyone. \nAbout Tool/Toy Project \nTool/Toy Project are artist duo Rachel Jones (social researcher and artist based in Norwich) and Maegan Icke (architect and artist based in Liverpool). \nThey explore the objects of work and play\, and create projects with tools and toys that tell us something about their societies of origin. Their work includes themes of degrowth\, play\, domesticity and urban planning with the aim of imagining alternative societal structures that don’t incentivise ecological destruction and social exploitation. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Liverpool here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/spinning-yarns-again-with-tool-toy-project-disrupting-loneliness-in-liverpool/
LOCATION:Kitty’s Launderette\, 77 Grasmere Street\, Liverpool\, L5 6RH
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260220T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260220T200000
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SUMMARY:Spinning Yarns with Tool/Toy Project: Disrupting Loneliness in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how sheep’s fur gets made into wool? \nJoin us for an intimate hands-on workshop brining a group of strangers together to do some making blending ancient craft\, sharing stories and spinning yarns after dark. Make your own spindle and learn to spin a yarn! \nHosted at the Tool Library in Aspen Yard\, off Lodge Lane on Friday 20 February\, 6-8pm. \nCan’t make it? There’s another event on Saturday 21 February. Email edgehill@metalculture.com for more details. \nEvents are free and open to anyone. \nAbout Tool/Toy Project \nTool/Toy Project are artist duo Rachel Jones (social researcher and artist based in Norwich) and Maegan Icke (architect and artist based in Liverpool). \nThey explore the objects of work and play\, and create projects with tools and toys that tell us something about their societies of origin. Their work includes themes of degrowth\, play\, domesticity and urban planning with the aim of imagining alternative societal structures that don’t incentivise ecological destruction and social exploitation. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Liverpool here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/spinning-yarns-with-tool-toy-project-disrupting-loneliness-in-liverpool/
LOCATION:Aspen Yard\, 1 Aspen Grove\, Liverpool\, L8 0SR
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260203T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260203T160000
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SUMMARY:LOOK Climate Lab 2026: Shift Members' Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Shift Members’ Meeting – LOOK Climate Lab 2026 – Tuesday 3 February at 2:30pm – Open Eye Gallery. \nShift is the environmental sustainability network for cultural organisations in Liverpool City Region co-ordinated by Metal Liverpool. February’s Shift meeting will be made open to the public as part of LOOK Climate Lab at Open Eye Gallery. \nThere will be updates from members and a presentation from artist Hwa Young Jung about their Flow.Walk.Drag project and the walking tours that happened in Liverpool and Margate last year\, led by drag artists as microorganisms (cholera & E. coli).  A transdisciplinary artistic response to the climate emergency. \nFor more information see: shiftliverpool.com and fwdrag.art
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/climate-lab-shift-members/
LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, 19 Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251029T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251029T163000
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SUMMARY:Open Advice Sessions for local artists with Metal Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Want to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations?  \nMetal’s Open Advice Sessions for local artists return this Autumn. We want to support you on your creative journey.  \nWe’re offering free one-to-one sessions in-person or online for artists and creatives who live and/or work within our local area. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss\, which might include:  \n\nDiscussing your creative practice \n\n\nTalking through a project idea \n\n\nAdvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities \n\n\nBuilding relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues \n\n\nBudget development or reading sections of draft applications \n\n  \nWho is this for?  \nWe’re offering these sessions for people to discuss their work with us in-person or online. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long. Sessions are free and will be open on a first come first served basis to those who live and/or work in Liverpool City Region where we are based. To ensure we can support as many artists and creatives as possible\, anyone who has previously booked a slot with us in the past 12 months won’t be eligible this time.  \n  \nThings to note  \nOur team will share their experience and backgrounds with the disclaimer that that some things brought into the Open Advice Sessions might be outside of our expertise. In this instance\, we will try our best to help in the session. What you share with us in the session will stay in the meeting. We will not share your ideas outside of the session space.  \n  \nAbout the Metal Liverpool team  \nIn Liverpool we are all practicing artists in our spare time and have various levels of experience developing participatory projects and workshops with clear social and political impacts\, working with people from diverse backgrounds. We have supported a variety of artistic disciplines and support a community of artists in our buildings from theatre\, dance\, film\, music\, writing\, sculpture\, drawing and painting\, as well as arts for health and wellbeing benefits. We have experience applying for Arts Council funding\, as well as smaller locally based trusts and funds. Learn more about our Liverpool site and our access to the building here.  \nOnce you’ve made your appointment\, the Metal team will be in touch over email.  \nBook an Open Advice Session to speak with the Metal Liverpool team. Come along and discuss your ideas – we look forward to meeting you!  \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/open-advice-sessions-for-local-artists-with-metal-liverpool/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250920T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250920T170000
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SUMMARY:Make Time For Love - Celebration Day
DESCRIPTION:Make Time For Love: Celebration Day – Saturday 20 September\, 11am-5pm \nMake Time For Love is a project by arts organisation Metal\, with artists YARA + DAVINA\, commissioned by Culture Liverpool\, Liverpool City Council. Make Time For Love is the finale of a 2-year programme called Picton Play with communities in L15\, to celebrate the creativity that exists in the Wavertree and Picton neighbourhoods as part of Culture Liverpool’s Creative Neighbourhoods programme.   \nEveryone is invited to take part in this week of events from 20 – 28 September. The range of activities and events have been shaped by three commissioned short stories set in Wavertree and Picton. The book\, Stories\, Mystery and Love\, will be shared with all households in the L15 postcode over the course of the week. Copies will also be available in libraries across Liverpool library. Events also take inspiration from James Picton’s Clock Tower (1884)\, created in loving memory to his wife of 50 years\, Sarah Pooley. Make Time for Love celebrates love for families\, neighbours\, community\, and friends.   \nThe programme on Wavertree High Street launches with a day of celebratory events on Saturday 20 September\, and includes a drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop at the Rose Garden\, readings by commissioned writers Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library\, a live musical performance by Capeesh\, and the unveiling of four very special clocks. \n  \nMake Time For Love: Party at Metal! – Saturday 20 September\, 5pm-8pm \nPlease join us for the Make Time For Love celebration evening at Edge Hill Station. Marking the end of Metal’s Picton Play project with a party\, there will be food\, drink\, music – and cake! \nSign up for a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-time-for-love-party-at-metal-tickets-1715023855519 \n  \nCelebration Day Events\, 20 September  \nThere will be a range of free activities and events for everyone:  \n• Drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop with artists YARA + DAVINA in the Rose Garden  \n• Live readings by our three commissioned writers\, Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer\, and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library  \n• A live musical performance of original songs by Capeesh at Wavertree Library  \n• An unveiling of four clocks by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree  \n• A curated playlist of love songs playing in businesses along the High Street  \n• A chance to collect a special edition pin from Love Wavertree  \n• A soundwalk available for download via the free ECHOES app\, through which you can listen\, in specific locations\, to music\, field recordings and spoken word gathered from around the neighbourhood  \n  \nAll activities are free – book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/metal-liverpool-11181838770 \nLet us know you’ll be joining us – use the hashtag #MakeTimeForLove on socials and follow our Eventbrite page for individual events. \nFor more detailed information and venue opening days and times\, visit: metalculture.com/projects/make-time-for-love  \n  \n \nMake Time For Love © by YARA + DAVINA\, 2025. A project by Metal. Commissioned by Culture Liverpool and supported by Arts Council England\, Liverpool City Council\, the University of Liverpool and Art Fund.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mtfl-celebration-day/
LOCATION:Wavertree High Street\, High St\, Liverpool\, Merseyside\, L15 8HF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250929
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SUMMARY:Make Time For Love
DESCRIPTION:Make Time For Love is a project by arts organisation Metal\, with artists YARA + DAVINA\, commissioned by Culture Liverpool\, Liverpool City Council. Make Time For Love is the finale of a 2-year programme called Picton Play with communities in L15\, to celebrate the creativity that exists in the Wavertree and Picton neighbourhoods as part of Culture Liverpool’s Creative Neighbourhoods programme.   \nEveryone is invited to take part in this week of events from 20 – 28 September. The range of activities and events have been shaped by three commissioned short stories set in Wavertree and Picton. The book\, Stories\, Mystery and Love\, will be shared with all households in the L15 postcode over the course of the week. Copies will also be available in libraries across Liverpool library. Events also take inspiration from James Picton’s Clock Tower (1884)\, created in loving memory to his wife of 50 years\, Sarah Pooley. Make Time for Love celebrates love for families\, neighbours\, community\, and friends.   \nThe programme on Wavertree High Street launches with a day of celebratory events on Saturday 20 September\, and includes a drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop at the Rose Garden\, readings by commissioned writers Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library\, a live musical performance by Capeesh\, and the unveiling of four very special clocks. \nTo sign up – follow the free ticket links here to let Metal know you plan on joining us. Walk-ups are welcome all week at all stages. \nActivity continues with Liverpool’s Heritage Day on 21 September; part of a UK wide programme of Heritage Open Days throughout September.   \n  \nWhat’s On  \nCelebration Day Events\, 20 September  \nThere will be a range of free activities and events for everyone:  \n• Drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshop with artists YARA + DAVINA in the Rose Garden at Wavertree Library  \n• Live readings from the recently published book Stories\, Mystery\, and Love by our three commissioned writers\, Hanan Issa\, Sophie Herxheimer\, and Joelle Taylor at Wavertree Library  \n• A live musical performance of original songs by Capeesh at Wavertree Library  \n• An unveiling of four clocks by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree  \n• A curated playlist of love songs playing in businesses along the High Street\, curated by Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree   \n• A chance to collect a special edition pin from Love Wavertree  \n• A soundwalk available for download via the free ECHOES app\, through which you can listen\, in specific locations\, to music\, field recordings and spoken word gathered from around the neighbourhood  \n  \nMake Time For Love: Party at Metal! – Saturday 20 September\, 5pm-8pm \nPlease join us for the Make Time For Love celebration evening at Edge Hill Station. Marking the end of Metal’s Picton Play project with a party\, there will be food\, drink\, music – and cake! \nSign up for a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-time-for-love-party-at-metal-tickets-1715023855519 \n  \n  \nCelebration Week Events\, 20 – 28 September  \nArt installation\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Town Hall\, 89 High Street\, L15 8HF\nFour bespoke clock faces will be on display this week in Wavertree Town Hall\, making statements on love and the passing of time.   \n “The ghosts of Sarah Pooley and James Picton still keep time – they slow it down at bus stops\, run it backwards in junk shops\, speed it up at home.”  Sophie Herxheimer\, excerpt from WIN WIN from the newly published Stories\, Mystery\, and Love.  \nThe clocks have been created by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link\, Capeesh\, Damien John Kelly House\, and Love Wavertree\, featuring four clock faces\, through workshops\, which began in the summer of 2025.\n  \nArchival material\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP \nArchitect Sir James Picton designed many iconic Liverpool buildings including Liverpool’s Corn Exchange\, and was instrumental in the establishment of public libraries\, including Wavertree Library. Over the course of his many travels\, Picton often sent letters to his wife\, Sarah Pooley. Join us at Wavertree Library to see archival material written by the son of James Picton and Sarah Pooley sharing insight into their relationship and love for each other\, alongside a curated selection of books on the theme of love. \n  \nRead-a-long and book discussion\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP \nJoin us for a chance to read together and share thoughts on the newly published book Stories\, Mystery\, and Love which have been shared with all households in the L15 postcode.  \n  \nLessons on Love: drop-in lunchtime community story sharing\, 20 – 28 September\nInvited local people will share stories of how they have fostered love in their lives and for their area.  Speakers are:   \nFozia Choudhry\, founder of Fozia’s Kashmiri Kitchen\nFozia’s Kashmiri Kitchen\, 155 Picton Road\, L15 4LG\nTuesday 23 September\, 19:00 – 21:00 \nSophie Colligan\, a local non-denominational celebrant \nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP\nThursday 25 September\, 14:00 – 15:00 \nPaul Rivera\, a retired Park Ranger\, and resident of Wavertree since the age of 6\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP\nSaturday 27 September\, 10:00 – 11:00 \n  \nDaily Love Mantra and Art Trail Tour\, 20 – 28 September\nWavertree Town Hall\, 89 High Street\, L15 8HF\nAn invitation to meet at the Wavertree Town Hall to hear a love mantra of the day shared by a Make Time For Love facilitator. This event will occur at 11:00 every day.  \n  \nPick up a special edition badge\, 20 – 28 September\nLove Wavertree Community Shop\, 203 Picton Rd\, Wavertree\, Liverpool L15 4LG\nIn collaboration with Love Wavertree staff and volunteers\, artists YARA + DAVINA have designed 500 special edition Make Time For Love enamel pins to encourage people to chat about the love they have for their community and Wavertree High Street. Grab one in exchange for a donation\, or any purchase from the shop. \n  \nMake Time For Love floral tribute\, 20 – 28 September\nOccasions Florist\, Wavertree High Street\,169 Picton Rd\, Liverpool L15 4LG\nA chance to see the completed floral tribute spelling out Make Time For Love\, made during the Rose Garden workshops\, in the shop window.  \n  \nMake Time For Love rug\, Wavertree Library\, 20 September – ongoing\nWavertree Library\, Picton Road\, L15 4LP \nYARA + DAVINA have created a rug for the children’s area of Wavertree Library\, inspired by workshops with the local community\, which celebrates Picton and Wavertree’s history. The rug will be on permanent display from 20 September. \n  \nCurated playlist\, 20 – 28 September\nAudiences will also have the chance to listen to the playlist of love songs in businesses along the High Street curated by members of the community. \n  \nSoundwalk\, ECHOES app\, 20 September – ongoing\nInspired by the stories we tell each other that tie us to where we live. The Soundwalk can be listened to through ECHOES; a free app where you can listen to music\, field recordings and spoken word in specific locations gathered from around the neighbourhood.  \n  \nInformation for visitors:  \nSaturday 20 September 2025 – Saturday 28 September  \nVenues along Wavertree High Street \, Wavertree\, Liverpool L15\n  \nFor more detailed information and venue opening days and times\, visit: metalculture.com/projects/make-time-for-love  \n  \nMake Time For Love © by YARA + DAVINA\, 2025. A project by Metal. Commissioned by Culture Liverpool and supported by Arts Council England\, Liverpool City Council\, the University of Liverpool and Art Fund.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/make-time-for-love/
LOCATION:Wavertree High Street\, High St\, Liverpool\, Merseyside\, L15 8HF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Liverpool
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SUMMARY:Open Advice Sessions with Metal Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Looking to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? \nMetal’s Open Advice Sessions return for the Summer! We want to support you on your creative journey. \nWe’re offering free one-to-one sessions in-person or online for artists and creatives who live and/or work within our local area. These sessions will be led by you and what you would like to discuss\, which might include: \n\nDiscussing your creative practice\nTalking through a project idea\nAdvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities\nBuilding relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\nBudget development or reading sections of draft applications\n\nWho is this for? \nWe’re offering these sessions for people to discuss their work with us in-person or online. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long. Sessions are free and will be open on a first come first served basis to those who live and/or work in Liverpool City Region where we are based. To ensure we can support as many artists and creatives as possible\, anyone who has previously booked a slot with us in the past 12 months won’t be eligible this time. \nThings to note \nOur team will share their experience and backgrounds with the disclaimer that that some things brought into the Open Advice Sessions might be outside of our expertise. In this instance\, we will try our best to help in the session.What you share with us in the session will stay in the meeting. We will not share your ideas outside of the session space. \nAbout the Metal Liverpool team \nIn Liverpool we are all practicing artists in our spare time and have various levels of experience developing participatory projects and workshops with clear social and political impacts\, working with people from diverse backgrounds. We have supported a variety of artistic disciplines and support a community of artists in our buildings from theatre\, dance\, film\, music\, writing\, sculpture\, drawing and painting\, as well as arts for health and wellbeing benefits. We have experience applying for Arts Council funding\, as well as smaller locally based trusts and funds. Learn more about our Liverpool site and our access to the building here. \nOnce you’ve made your appointment\, one of Metal team will be in touch over email. \nBook an Open Advice Session to speak with the Metal Liverpool team by visiting the link here. Come along and discuss your ideas – we look forward to meeting you! \nProject Grants update \nWe realise many artists and creatives will have been affected by Arts Council England’s decision to pause National Lottery Project Grant funding applications until September. \nIf you would like to speak to the Metal team about Project Grants in particular\, please let us know in the email correspondence we’ll share between when you book your place and the date of your Open Advice Session\, then we’ll endeavour to prepare options in advance. For example\, we can share alternative potential funding routes\, or help plan around the delay as best we can.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/open-advice-sessions-liv-aug-25/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250117T193000
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SUMMARY:Hosted at Metal Liverpool: KRAus plus Lick (AMQH/whi music)
DESCRIPTION:Hosted at Metal’s Platform 1 building\, this monthly concert series has built up steam over the past year and a half using the Engine Room in Edge Hill station as its base. Put together by Phil Hargreaves (whi music) and Nick Branton – variously of the Liverpool Gathering Orchestra and myriad other local musical projects – their umbrella for these events is titled ‘AMQH’ and has become an improvised music headquarters; one prong on the city’s vibrant experimental music scene crown. Expect free hot drinks and largely unamplified spontaneous composition. \nOn Friday 17 January\, “two local (ish) trios\, including voice\, sax\, guitars\, clay flutes\, found sounds\, ‘just about music’ and deep listening at all times” will perform. \nKRAus\nRob Harrison – guitar\, Keith Parkins – reeds\, Angela Vowles – voice.\n“An eclectic mix of jazz-flavoured instruments\, boasting avenues of nuances derived from the moment. The presence. Re-imagining the unity of discord\, and mayhem\, they insinuate the possibilities of anti-normalness.\nThis improvisational trio\, Keith Parkins\, Robert Harrison\, and Angela Vowles make music ( most of the time) but don’t know where it’s going. Nor do they know when it will end .\nThey create their own space and time . Draw inspiration from Kraus …” \nLICK\n“are Aous\, Jon and Paula\, using everyday found sounds for ‘just about’ music\, sometimes singing\, sometimes clay flutes. They insist they’re in a band together…” \nDoors open at 7.30pm\, music starts at 8pm. \nTickets are £7\, and £5 concessions \nAdvance tickets for AMQH / whi music events are available here. \nPlease note: This event is ‘hosted at’ Metal Liverpool and as such functions outside of Metal’s core programme. For more information on the organisers\, please visit their website here. For more information about Metal and what we do with our public programme\, click here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/hosted-at-metal-liverpool-kraus-plus-lick/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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