A Club Through Time’, with Dr Ian Cubbin Friday 1 March, 6.30 for 7.00pm £35.00pp Chairman of the Library Sub-Committee, Dr Ian Cubbin, will be guiding the audience as they embark on the journey of ‘A Club Through Time’. From the Athenaeum’s inception in 1797 to present day, via a change in premises, the ... Read more
Ceramicist—Attila Ollah. Tuesday 5 March, 1:00 for 1:30pm, £15.00 per person As part of Bluecoat Display Centre’s ongoing programme of exciting artist’s talks, the next event will feature ceramicist Attila Ollah. Attila will speak about his artistic career in ceramics and making but also his involvement in creating ice sculptures. He has recently established his own ... Read more
David Charters on Wilfred Owen. Local writer and proprietor David Charters will talk about the war poet, Wilfred Owen. As part of the recent commemoration of Owen and his association with Birkenhead, David’s play ‘A Dream of Wilfred Owen’ was performed to great acclaim at the Williamson Art Gallery. His entertaining talk will include extracts ... Read more
13th March, 2019 The General (1926) Our classic film from the silent era is directed by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton himself. Johnnie Gray (Keaton), a train engineer, visits his fiancée Annabella (Marion Mack)in Georgia when the Civil War breaks out. Gray hurries to join the Confederate Army, but is rejected, because his job is ... Read more
Angela Samata, In Conversation with Roger Phillips Thursday 14 March, 6:30 for 7:00pm, £25.00 per person Our special guest this evening will be Angela Samata. Angela will be in conversation with Roger Philips who will talk to her about her career in the Arts and TV but also into the sensitive area of the ... Read more
Title is "Female Drunkeness in Victorian Lancashire." Speaker Dr Craig Stafford of the University of Liverpool
Irish Film Night TBC We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. All our films have a suitable intermission and we empty out no later than ten o’clock. 1 Course Supper Menu TBC Tea, coffee & mints Sweeties During Film
Friday 22 March, 6:30 for 7:00pm, £40.00 per person The most prestigious event in the Athenaeum Calendar, the President, David Roscoe, invites you the attend the Annual Dinner. The dinner is over half capacity at present, please book your places early to avoid disappointment. This event is black tie. A reception drink is included in ... Read more
Wednesday 3rd April 2.00.pm-3.30 pm. ‘Translating Foreign Poetry’ with HH Richard Hamilton. Dick Hamilton was nine when he translated a LaFontaine fable from French verse into English verse. Since then he has dabbled in Spanish and Medieval French. He will discuss this while quoting from famous translators who handled Ancient Greek, Chinese, Arabic and even ... Read more
The ‘wandering musician’ is a traditional subject of art and literature. Christian Dietrich’s painting of 1745 characteristically shows a fiddler and a bagpipe player busking in front of an inn. This way not only is the connection between travelling and making a living readily established but also attributed to the musicians no less than their ... Read more