What's On and When?

Music Art Film Poetry Discussion Workshop
Thursday 31st March - Launch Event
5pm Launch Party
Friday 1st April
Running throughout the day from 11am Pink, Past and Present - An insightful and colourful feature documentary made by pioneers, ground breakers, heroes and sheroes of the Liverpool LGBT community.
1pm Jay Lewis - Frontman of Liverpool band Cracatilla, guitarist in the 2005 reincarnation of The La's and bass player with The John Power Band. With a debut album 'Back to the Fountain' due out soon. This is 'voodoo folk'.
2pm Adam Byrne - Talk about the Diggers, and events on St Georges Hill, Everton, taking place later this year.
3pm - 5pm Do we live in a democracy? Facilitated by Philosophy in Pubs (PiPs)
5pm - 6pm Pink, Past and Present - Meet the producers in a Q&A session.
6pm - 7pm 20Ib Sound - Indy Rock, with bits of all kinds going on.
Saturday 2nd April
11am - 2pm Flashmob Workshop - A theatre workshop, which will result in a performative demonstration, in the centre of Liverpool.
2pm - 3pm Juvekyle - 15 year old Juvey is a hip hop artist from Ellesmere Port. His high caliber, cut-throat rhyme schemes, accompanied by his tongue in cheek attitude, makes for an overall devastating display of verbal massacre.
3pm - 5pm “Open Source” Workshop - The first of two workshops (the 2nd is on Sun 10th). This one deals with open source in general - what it means, how it works, the political and social ideas behind it, as well as its history, implementation and possible problems with the open source.
5pm - 5.30pm Tibi & her Cello - “Lost in the sounds…”
5.30pm David Bateman, poet. "Seriously hysterical poetry." Publications: Curse of the Killer Hedge and From Jellybeans to Reprobration.
6.30pm Shifting Sandz - World folk music from this trio of musicians
7.30pm Jay Lewis - Frontman of Liverpool band Cracatilla, guitarist in the 2005 reincarnation of The La's and bass player with The John Power Band. With a debut album 'Back to the Fountain' due out soon. This is 'voodoo folk'.
Sunday 3rd April
Running throughout the day from 12 Noon Images from the 26th March demonstration in London against the cuts.
12 - 1pm Fun for kids with The Woodcraft Folk
1pm - 2.30pm Discussion - Is there an alternative to cuts?
2.30pm Clare Mooney - Described by Big Issue in the North "A presence worth noting and, in such apathetic times, a force the music world clearly needs".
3pm - 5pm “Open source” software - (Same as Sat) Again dealing with open source in general - what it means, how it works, the political and social ideas behind it as well as its history, implementation and possible problems with the open source approach.
Monday 4th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Images from Nerve Calendars
11am - 12 Fun for kids with The Woodcraft Folk
12 - 2pm Writers Advice Desk - Get advice on your writing from Windows.
2pm - 2.30pm Iris - a 'Multi-disciplinary artist'
2.30pm - 3pm Sue Hunter reads her poetry
3pm - 5pm Philosophy in Pubs (PiPs) discussion. Official figures say more than one third of people in Liverpool live on or below the poverty line, but can we really say people in 2011 live in poverty?
5pm Soundscapes by Paul Robinson from The Vermin Suicides, once of Dutch Porn Thursday
Tuesday 5th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Memories from the ‘Nerve Centre’ 2010
11am - 12 'Internet activist workshop' with Tracey Dunn
1pm - 2pm Mike Field - Utopian, anarchist singer songwriter from Liverpool
2pm Marc Gee, poet. Scripted Al's Lads: feature film set in Chicago and shot in Liverpool. Author of Declaration of Guilt and Autum Kill (Matador)
4pm Limbo, a short film made by Ozgur Karaya - An autobiographical account of his experiences of being locked up and tortured in Turkey.
5pm How to set up a permanent Arts and Culture Centre
Wednesday 6th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Memories of People Not Profit
2.30pm 'Acoustic indie folk by Anne Marie Howard who is recently new to the gigging scene. Ethereal, dreamy landscapes are the basis for her lyrics about love, intuition, desire and ambition.'
3pm - 5pm Philosophy in Pubs (PiPs) discussion - Economic Crises. Should we pay for the bankers crash?
5pm Jam with Stan - Stan the Harper and guests
Thursday 7th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Images from the 26th March demonstration in London Against the cuts.
12 - 1pm Benefits - how the ConDem cuts will affect you and what you can do about it.
1pm Angela Topping, poet. Publications include: The New Generation and I Sing of Bricks, out now from Salt.
2.30pm Val Walsh poetry
3pm “Sad Princesses in Doomed Gardens” - Directed by Angela Biedermann (Austria), this film combines women in frames, mostly Indian princesses of the past, with glimpses of nature and gardens.
3.30pm ‘Enough Rope’ - 10 minute film tells the story of Iris (Vicky McClure), a young activist who tries to stop delegates reaching a G8 summit by hanging from a rope over a bridge.
4pm Pink, Past and Present - An insightful and colourful feature documentary made by pioneers, ground breakers, heroes and sheroes of the Liverpool LGBT community.
Friday 8th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Images from the 1911 Transport Strike
11am Fun for kids with The Woodcraft Folk
2pm Vinny T Spencer - Vinny is a Liverpool based singer songwriter he's a member of Liverpool folk band Rich Man's Ruin. Composer of the song ‘Justice Nowhere to be seen’ a tribute to Ian Tomlinson.
3pm Philosophy in Pubs (PiPs) discussion - The law who makes it, when should we break it?
5.30pm 1911 Transport Strike discussion
7pm Mashemon - The Very Models of Modern Musical Mannequins.
Saturday 9th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Memories from the ‘Nerve Centre’ 2010
11.30am Benefits - how the ConDem cuts will affect you and what you can do about it
1pm Jo Bywater - Acoustic, alternative, dynamic and blues-based. Lyrical poetry and direct honesty. Vocally raw, gentle and powerful. Debut album CYCLE GRACE PULSE BREAK released Dec 2010.
1.30pm Jazamin Sinclair
2pm - 3.30pm Asylum in the UK - The reality! More info
4pm - 6pm Coalition of Resistance Barry Kushner's presentation asking: Is there an economic crisis? Followed by discussion.
6.30pm Shifting Sandz - World folk music from this trio of musicians
7pm Fabian Rothschilde - the unacceptable face of non-linear funk for the iPod generation, and has placed a restraining order on himself.
Sunday 10th April
Running throughout the day from 12 noon Images and film from the Garden Festival Campaign
12pm Fun for kids with The Woodcraft Folk
12 - 2pm Massage Therapy
2.30pm Dave Masson - Formally guitarist in the band The Most Terrifying Thing, he has been writing, recording and performing as a solo artist since 2005. Diverse influences range from Mark Lanegan to Curtis Mayfield and Mazzy Star to Peter Green.
3pm - 5pm Using “Open source” software - Dealing with practical things such as what Linux is, how to install it, how to use it, how to contribute to open source projects and how to use other open source things.
Monday 11th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Artists from Nerve images
11am Fun for kids with The Woodcraft Folk
2pm - 4pm ‘Workshop 24 Artists and Makers’, talk over Skype by Dan Thompson, who is part of the Empty Shops Network setting up Arts Centres down south.
4pm Arts Funding Cuts on Merseyside - What happens now?
Tuesday 12th April
Running throughout the day from 11am Images from the 26th March demonstration in London Against the cuts
2pm - 4pm Philosophy in Pubs (PiPs) discussion. Can we run and police our own communities? Debate
4pm Arthur Adlen - Poetry