The Athenaeum Liverpool

Bluecoat Artist Talk - Alan Phillips
2016-09-20 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | The Athenaeum Liverpool, Church Alley, Liverpool, L1 3DD, United Kingdom
As part of Bluecoat Display Centre’s ongoing programme of exciting artist’s talks, the next event will feature jeweller Alan Phillips. Alan will speak about his artistic career.
During his career as a University lecturer in Design, teaching here and in the USA, Alan has been exposed to many disciplines within the subject area of Art and Design. He therefore has a wide range of influences. Alan uses precious materials but has also incorporated others in past work eg. wood, plastics and glass

£12.50 price includes Afternoon Tea

History Group Meeting
2016-09-28 14:00 - 17:30
Dr Chris Evans on “The History of the Postbox.”

Founding of the Athenaeum's Library
2016-09-29 19:30 - 21:00
Dr Mark Towsey from the University of Liverpool will describe the social, political and economic background of the 18th Century that inspired our Institution’s founders to create a new library in Liverpool.
We will hear about the subscription libraries that came to Britain from the east coast of the USA, as well as the desire to educate and disseminate. Drawing on our own library collection, Dr Towsey’s talk will help us to understand what made it so important for initial Proprietors of the Athenaeum to create a legacy that has lasted over 200 years.

Menu
Starter
Pressed chicken liver and game terrine, pickled mushrooms, beetroot glaze
Main Course
Roast Loin of cod, sun blushed tomato tapenade, herb crumb and lemon butter sauce
(served with a selection of seasonal vegetables and potatoes)
Dessert
Poached red wine and vanilla pear, winter berry compote and Pannacotta

Literature Group Meeting
2016-10-05 14:00 - 15:30
“A Melodramatic Murder Writer”, Wilkie Collins by Michael Byrne.

Athenaeum Film Night - Passport to Pimlico
2016-10-06 18:00 - 21:30
Thursday 6th October, 6:00-6:30pm
Athenaeum Film Nights Present – Passport to Pimlico. £10.00 per person, includes a one course supper and refreshments during the interval.
A charming Ealing comedy with turns from dozens of beloved character actors hilariously sending up English stereotypes when Pimlico declares itself independent to escape dour post-war life.

Film Group Meeting
2016-10-12 14:00 - 15:30
12th October, 2016 – “Hobson’s Choice”: this wonderful tale is of an oafish father (Charles Laughton) whose boot-making business is run by his eldest daughter (Brenda de Banzie) and depends on the skill of his shy boot maker (John Mills). Hobson’s life is thrown into chaos when his daughter decides she has other plans. Made in 1954 by director David Lean and based on Harold Brigstock’s play, the film, remains a delight and a masterpiece. It won the British Academy Award for that year and the outside scenes were shot mainly in Salford. They are a reminder of how stark the industrial landscape of the North West was. (Oh and look out for a very young Prunella Scales.)

'A Letter from America: The US Electoral System from Washington to Trump.'
2016-10-13 19:00 - 22:00
‘A Letter from America: The US Electoral System from Washington to Trump.’ with Professor Terry Schultz from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Professor Terry Schultz will provide an entertaining and enlightened insight into the seeming impenetrable subject of the upcoming US election. From the Primaries and Electoral College to the White House and Senate, and can Donald Trump really succeed? All will be revealed….
£30.00 per person.
Menu
Starter
Clam and sweetcorn chowder
Main Course
Fillet of beef, bordelaise sauce and buttered spinach
(served with seasonal vegetables and potatoes)
Dessert
Warm chocolate brownie with toffee sauce, fudge chunks, whipped cream

£30.00 per person.

History Group Meeting
2016-10-26 14:00 - 15:30
John Edmondson on “The Chesney Expedition.”

New Members Informal Dining
2016-10-27 19:00 - 22:00
Informal Dining evenings are what they say – informal! A perfect opportunity to sign the share register. There are no speakers – just good food, company and wine. You may wish to bring along family and friends with you or join one of our larger club tables, please specify this on booking with Caitlin at reception.
Service between 19:00 – 20:00
Three Course A La Carte Menu.

Literature Group Meeting
2016-11-02 14:00 - 15:30
“George Gissing” by Alan Andrews

Film Group Meeting
2016-11-09 14:00 - 15:30
9th November, 2016 – “Bad Day at Black Rock”: A “modern” western, with an exceptional cast, director John Sturges received his only Oscar nomination for this film. At the end of World War II a disabled soldier (Spencer Tracy) visits a small western town to give a medal to the parents of the man who was killed saving his life, but does not expect the hostile reception he receives. The cast includes Robert Ryan, Dean Jagger and Walter Brennan, but look out for a young Lee Marvin and a youngish Ernest Borgnine.

Athenaeum Film Night - Great Expectations
2016-11-09 18:00 - 21:30
Wednesday 9th November, 6:00-6:30pm
Athenaeum Film Night Presents – Great Expectations. £10.00 per person, includes a one course supper and refreshments served during the interval.
John Mills is the orphan who enters high society in David Lean’s Oscar-winning 1946 adaptation of the great Dickens novel.

Winter Wine Tasting - Call my Bluff
2016-11-11 19:00 - 22:30
Friday 11th November, 7:00-7:30pm
Winter Wine Tasting – Call my Bluff £39.00 per person.
If you have yet to attend one of the Club’s ‘Call My Bluff’ evenings, they come highly recommended! A top class 4 course menu accompanied by 4 wines and a barrel of laughs. A most enjoyable evening.

Remembrance Sunday Lunch
2016-11-13 12:30 - 13:00
Sunday 13th November, 12:30-1:00pm
Remembrance Sunday Lunch. £25.00.
Traditional Sunday lunch following the Civic Remembrance Service at St George’s Plateau.

Menu
Starter
Cream of Vegetable Soup (v) served with a warm bread roll
Main
Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding. Seasonal Vegetables & Roast Potatoes
Dessert
Apple Pie & Custard
Tea & Coffee

History Group Meeting
2016-11-23 14:00 - 15:30
John Pinfold on the founder of Aintree racecourse.

'Joseph Banks - Australia's First Botanist'
2016-11-25 19:00 - 23:00
Andrew Sankey will tell us the fascinating story of Sir Joseph Banks, a Lincolnshire man, has become known as the Father of Australia for his connections with the country. After travelling around the world with Captain Cook he set up a scientific garden at Kew that became the greatest botanical garden in the world and introduced some 7,000 new plants to Britain. He transferred bread fruit to the West Indies, became President of the Royal Society, was a founder member of the Horticultural Society, and even sent plant hunters to China. Joseph Banks was an explorer, botanist and a great man of science who has the Australia family of plants Banksia named after him. It is a remarkable tale of ingenuity, fortitude and new plants, and not without links to our own library collection.
Andrew Sankey went into secondary school teaching and became Head of Graphics before starting a garden design and landscaping business in Lincolnshire. He created a cottage garden open under the NGS and became Chairman of the Lincolnshire branch of the Cottage Garden Society. He also ran a small nursery specialising in plants for dry sun/shade positions. He was asked to give a talk on the history of the cottage garden and since then has lectured widely on a range of gardening subjects, both throughout Britain and the USA

Menu
Main Course
Steamed fillet of Plaice, salmon and tomato mousse, courgette flowers and tarragon cream
Dessert
Tiramisu

Athenaeum Christmas Lunch
2016-12-01 12:30 - 15:00
Thursday 1st December, 12:30-1:00pm
Athenaeum Christmas Lunch, £25.00 per person
We begin the festive period early at the Club with our Annual Christmas Lunch, always a popular addition to the calendar. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Literature Group Meeting
2016-12-07 14:00 - 15:30
The December Literature Group Meeting will consist of Christmas Readings.

The Athenaeum Christmas Debates
2016-12-09 17:30 - 19:30
The Athenaeum Christmas Debate is taking place on the 9th December 2016 at 5:30pm in the Athenaeum Library. The event is a collaboration between the Athenaeum and The University of Liverpool.
The motion is “The UK’s choice to leave the European Union causes a detriment to Higher Education” and is being proposed by Dr Louise Reynolds of the University of Liverpool.
The motion will be opposed by His Honour Nigel Gilmour. The structure follows the traditional competition debate format, comprising two teams of two members. The debate opens with four speeches alternating between proposition and opposition, each of seven minutes’ duration. The floor will be opened for 25 minutes of moderated questions. The debate will draw to a close with a five-minute summary speech on each side. The event is an opportunity to enjoy good debate and rhetoric in an atmosphere of mutual respect, intellectual curiosity, and warm, cordial hospitality. We will of course be ‘de-briefing’ in the Newsroom bar afterward! The event is open to proprietors and guests and is bookable through the Athenaeum on-line booking system. We look forward to seeing and hearing you, on the 9th December.

Athenaeum Christmas Ball
2016-12-10 18:30 - 23:00
Saturday 10th December, 6:30-7:00pm
Athenaeum Christmas Ball.
Come and join our festive extravaganza! Arrival Drinks, Christmas Carvery buffet, table wine, live entertainment and a raffle on the evening with special prizes – all proceeds to the upkeep of the Library. Dress code; Black Tie (Full festive finery also an option!) Maximum of 10 attendees per booking. Bookings to be made via main reception or the Proprietor’s Area of the Website.

Film Group Meeting
2016-12-13 14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday 13th December, 2015 – “The Wizard of Oz”: Nobody sings “Over the Rainbow” like Judy Garland. Made in 1939, it narrowly lost out to “Gone with the Wind” for best picture. Made in early telecolor, over seventy years later the film is still a delight to adults and children alike. Dorothy from Kansas (Garland) is scooped up by a tornado with her dog Toto and set down in a strange new world. To get home again, she embarks on a journey with three companions to the emerald City of Oz to ask the wizard who rules the City for his help. (And for those who have read “Wicked”, the Witch of the West takes on a different aspect.)

History Group Meeting
2016-12-14 14:00 - 15:30
John Tiernan, ‘”Modernise Everything”: Thomas Shelmerdine, Liverpool Architect.’

The Athenaeum Carol Evening
2016-12-15 18:30 - 21:00
Thursday 15th December, 6:30-7:00pm
The Athenaeum Carol Evening with the Liverpool Chamber Choir, £25.00 per person.
After rave reviews at July’s Summer Concert, the Liverpool Chamber Choir return to perform some festive hits following a supper in the dining room. Mince pies and mulled wine will be available during the evening.
Menu to be confirmed.

Athenaeum Film Night - Christmas Films
2016-12-21 18:00 - 21:30
With festivities in full swing, the audience will be given the choice between two classic Christmas films: It’s a Wonderful Life, James Stewart’s Everyman character finally realises that – yes – life is wonderful and worth living in this inspired, inspiring Christmas cracker, or The Shop Around the Corner. Stewart is the man working in a gift shop conducting a love affair by letter with a woman he has never met, while taking an instant dislike to Clerk Sullivan who starts to work there.
£10.00 per person, includes a one course supper and refreshments served during the interval.

Christmas Informal Dining
2016-12-22 19:00 - 23:00
We finish 2016 in relaxing fashion with an ever popular informal dining occasion. There are no speakers – just good food, company and wine. You may wish to bring along family and friends with your or join one of our larger club tables. Please specify this on booking with Caitlin at Reception.

Film Group Meeting
2017-01-11 14:00 - 15:30
Wednesday 11th January, 2017 – “Tokyo Story”
Made in 1953, this film is considered to be one of the greatest ever made. Elderly parents come to visit their children and grandchildren in Tokyo, but the children are busy and the old people upset their routine. The visit goes badly and a few days after the old people return home, the grandmother dies and it is now the turn of the children to make the journey. Directed by Ozu Tasojiro, prepare to have your emotions torn by a simple but very familiar theme.

Cheap and Cheerful Supper
2017-01-13 18:30 - 21:30

Athenaeum Film Night - The Happiest Days of Your Life
2017-01-18 18:00 - 21:30
With a memorable cast of great comedy actors, this preposterously silly farce is elevated even beyond the realms of Dighton’s play, skilfully adapted by him and Launder to the screen. No messages here, just a battle of infuriated sexes as Sim, headmaster of a boys’ school, learns that thanks to Civil Service ineptitude (could that be Richard Wattis?!) his sanctuary is to be invaded by a London girls’ school. It’s wartime, the Blitz is on, and headmistress Rutherford marches her girls into the fortress like an invading regiment.
£10.00 per person, includes a one course supper and refreshments served during the interval.

Burns Night Supper
2017-01-27 19:00 - 23:00
Friday 27th January, 7:00-7:30pm
Burns Night Supper
We will celebrate the life of Robbie Burns, with all his associations to the Athenaeum, at our Black-Tie Event. A piper, the haggis, the Immortal Memory and whisky galore! Further details to follow…

Literature Group Meeting
2017-02-01 02:00 - 15:30
Details to be confirmed.
