Arts Group
2015-04-20 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | The Athenaeum Liverpool, Church Alley, Liverpool, L1 3DD, United Kingdom
Monday 20th April – 2pm – Wine Servery
Impressions of Armenia, a short appreciation of its History, Art, Culture and Religion.
An Illustrated talk by Ann Hughes (Proprietor)

Theatre & Cinema Group
2015-04-21 14:00 - 16:00
The group usually meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 1.30pm in the Wine Servery.
On Tuesday 21st April the Group will resume – further details of the showing are to follow.

Innovation Group - Gallipoli Landings Centenary
2015-04-27 14:00 - 16:00

History Group
2015-04-29 14:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 29th April
2pm in the Wine Servery
Donna Young—Curator of Herbarium Science, National Museums Liverpool talks on
‘The herbarium collection of World Museum; its history, use and care’

Edward Rushton: Poetry and Politics in Romantic-Era Liverpool
2015-05-05 17:15 - 20:00
Edward Rushton: Poetry and Politics in Romantic-Era Liverpool

To commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Edward Rushton (1756-1814), Liverpool’s most radical poet and abolitionist, Liverpool University Press (http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/) has published two books which are being launched at the Liverpool Athenaeum on 5 May 2015 at 5.15: The Collected Writings of Edward Rushton, edited by Paul Baines, and Franca Dellarosa, Talking Revolution: Edward Rushton’s Rebellious Poetics, 1782-1814. There will be a round table discussion involving the authors Franca Dellarosa and Paul Baines and local historian Alexandra Robinson, readings from the poetry by the writer and performer John Davies (co-writer of Unsung, a new play about Rushton), and some examples of Rushton’s popular songs. Refreshments will be provided. Copies of the books will be available for sale. The event is free but for catering purposes it would be helpful if those intending to come would contact Alexandra Robinson (lexy@liverpool.ac.uk) or Paul Baines (bainespt@liverpool.ac.uk).

Literature Group
2015-05-06 13:30 - 15:30
Wednesday 6th May – 1:30pm Library
Martin Edwards – The Golden Age of Murder

Literature Group
2015-05-06 13:30 - 15:30
Wednesday 6th May
1:30pm in the Library
Martin Edwards (Proprietor) – The Golden Age of Murder

Architecture & History Group
2015-05-07 14:00 - 16:00
Thursday 7th May
2pm in the Library
Joint meeting of the Architecture and History Groups
Brenda Murray (Proprietor) will talk on
‘Celebrating the Bi-Centenary of the Town of Waterloo’

Music Group - Palm Court Tea Concert
2015-05-08 18:00
Timings to follow

Friday 8th May
Palm Court Tea Concert
Featuring
PORT SUNLIGHT ORCHESTRA STRING QUARTET
Vicky Roberts (violin)/Rod Tann (violin)/Clive Hunt (viola)/Rosie Jones (cello)
MC Mr David Straughan. Conductor The Port Sunlight Orchestra

‘CHAMBER MUSIC FROM TWO CENTURIES’
Gigue from Concerto Grosso in F, Op.6/9 Handel
Romanza, Minuet & Trio from Serenade ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 Mozart
Serenade from String Quartet Op.5/3 Hoffsteitter (attrib. Haydn)
Allegro Vivace from String Quartet in Bb K458 Mozart
Moment Musicaux Op.94/3 Schubert arr. Woodhouse
INTERVAL
O Sole Mio di Capua arr. Thorp
Andante Cantabile from String Quartet in D Op.11 Tchaikovsky
Four Madrigals Sullivan arr. Twinn

Cheap & Cheerful Supper
2015-05-13 18:30 - 21:00
Cheap & Cheerful Supper
Wednesday 13th May
6:30-7:00pm
£10.00 per person

Fishcake, Chips & Peas
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Sticky Toffee Pudding

Light Night
2015-05-15 19:00 - 22:00
A rare chance to step inside this hidden gem, containing 60,000 unique volumes including medieval manuscripts and early printed books alongside maps, pictures and artefacts reflecting Liverpool’s rich heritage.
Tours are scheduled every half hour beginning at 7:00pm, last tour scheduled for 9:00pm.
Tickets can be bought at the Athenaeum, by phone (0151 709 7770), or reserved by email ( reception@theathenaeum.org.uk ). Tickets cost £5.00 per person and payment must be made in advance.
This tour is suitable for 14 years and over.

Arts Group - Tate Gallery Outing
2015-05-18 14:00 - 16:00
Monday 18th May
Visit to the Tate Gallery—2pm at the Gallery
‘Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)’
A Lancashire artist who settled in Mexico in 1941.
This will be a presentation by a Tate Curator
The tour costs £10.00 per person
Afternoon Tea is available at £3.50 per person.
Bookings limited to 20 people, please book in advance to avoid disappointment.

Architecture Group
2015-06-03 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 3rd June
2pm in the Library
‘Mosques from Brougham Terrace (Liverpool) to the Silk Route’ – An Illustrated talk by Jim Bellew

Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: Fuelling Modernity
2015-06-04 09:00 - 2015-06-06 16:00
Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: Fuelling Modernity
Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Workshop
Liverpool Athenaeum
4th – 6th June 2015
Timings to be confirmed, further details to follow.

The annual joint workshop of the Athenaeum and 18th Century Worlds Study Group if to take place on 4 – 6 June 2015. Proprietors and members of the Friends of the Library will be very welcome at the inaugural lecture by Professor Ellis and also to join the workshops.
If you wish to participate please inform Prof Rosenhaft on dan85@liverpool.ac.uk

This two day workshop will be hosted in the Library of the Liverpool Athenaeum, founded in 1797 to provide ‘the conveniences and accommodation for the acquisition of knowledge…in a town of such commercial and national importance as Liverpool’.
This year’s topic is ‘Coffee, tea and chocolate: Fuelling modernity’. The workshop will be introduced by a public lecture delivered by Professor Markman Ellis, entitled ‘A Most Civilizing Juice’: Tea between China and Britain in the eighteenth century.

Given the centrality of these new commodities to the structuring of everyday life, commercial relations and sensory economies in the long eighteenth century, we anticipate and want to encourage a decidedly interdisciplinary conversation. Topics for discussion might include;

The social and cultural manifestations of the consumption of new luxury food products
Their legal regulation
Discourses about danger (physical and moral) and pleasure
The global contexts and impacts of their production, carriage, refinement and marketing
Sweetness and slavery
Material cultures: furniture, ceramics, metal ware
Visual and literary representations
Sociability, conversation and their loci: the coffee house and the tea-table

Case studies are invited from all periods within the long eighteenth century, all disciplines and all national contexts, and papers that offer a global view of a global process will be welcome.

The workshop will include an opportunity to examine the material cultures of consumption in a visit to the Decorative Arts Collection of the National Museums Merseyside, led by Dr Pauline Rushton, as well as chances to explore the built heritage of a premier merchant city of the eighteenth century.

This workshop has been generously funded by the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures at the University of Liverpool, the Social History Society and the Economic History Society. As a result,
WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER FIVE BURSARIES OF £50 EACH TO POSTGRADUATE SPEAKERS.

For further information, or to submit a proposal, please contact Helga Müllneritschhelgamue@liv.ac.uk. Proposals (accompanied as appropriate by a bursary request in the form of a letter that includes the contact details of your supervisor) should be submitted by 1st MAY 2015.

Music Group - Summer Concert
2015-06-10 18:00 - 22:00
The Bentley Operatic Society have agreed to play a concert for the Music Group on the evening of Wednesday 10th June – further details are to follow.
Negotiations are in place for a second concert to take place in November

Antiques Evening with Jeremy Lamond
2015-06-11 19:00 - 22:00
Library Event
Antiques
Supper Evening
11th June 7pm
Bring your small antiques and collectables for appraisal & evaluation. No jewellery or furniture please
With Jeremy Lamond
of Bargain Hunt and many other TV programmes
Director Hall’s Shrewsbury
£28.50

The Battle of Quatre Bras - Bi-Centenary Dinner
2015-06-16 19:00 - 22:00
The Battle of Quatre Bras
Bi-Centenary Dinner
Tuesday 16th June
7:00-7:30pm
£30.00 per person

Fresh Pea Soup
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6oz Beef Wellington, Panache of Vegetables served with Roast Potatoes baked in Marmite
~or~
(V) Lancashire Butter Pie served with Vegetables (V)
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Bread & Butter Pudding served with Marmalade Custard
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Cheese Board

Joint meeting of the Arts & History Interest Groups
2015-06-17 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 17th June – 2pm Wine servery
Joint meeting of the History & Arts Group
‘London, its growth from 54BC to C18th’
An Illustrated talk by Jutta Hesketh
(Proprietor)

Arts Group
2015-06-29 14:00 - 16:00
Monday 29th June 2015 – 2pm – Wine Servery
Italian Renaissance Courts
An Illustrated Talk by Bernadette Hamilton

Arts Group
2015-06-29 14:00 - 16:00
Monday 29th June
2pm in the Wine Servery
‘Italian Renaissance Courts’
An Illustrated talk by Bernadette Hamilton (Guest Speaker)

Presidential Outing - Knowsley Hall
2015-07-14 14:30 - 16:30
Presidential Outing to Knowsley Hall
Thursday 14th July
2:30pm until 4:30pm
£16.50 per person
Limited availability

A special guided tour of Knowsley Hall by our very own Dr Stephen Lloyd.
Please make your own way to the Hall, directions are available at Reception if required.

Arts Group
2015-07-16 14:00 - 16:00
16th July 2015
Joint meeting with the Architecture Group
2pm at St George’s Hall
‘The Inspirational Beauty of St George’s Hall and William Brown Street’ its sculpture and statuary with a break for tea at the Walker Art Gallery.

Arts & Architecture Group
2015-07-16 14:00 - 16:00
Thursday 16th July
Arts & Architecture Group Joint Meeting
A tour commencing at St George’s Hall at 2pm with Hugh Hollinghurst.
‘The Inspirational Beauty of St George’s Hall and William Brown Street’ , its Sculpture and Statuary with a break for Tea at the Walker Art Gallery

Late Summer Songs - Summer Concert
2015-07-24 18:30 - 22:00
‘Late Summer Songs’
Summer Concert
Friday 24th July
6:30—7:00pm
£20.00 per person

A summer performance from the Liverpool Chamber Choir.
6:30pm Arrival
7:00pm Supper Served
8:30pm Concert Commences

Salmon Wellington with Spinach, Summer Salad with Oranges & Raddish served w. New Potatoes (Family Service)
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Strawberry Tart served with Honey Mascarpone

Garden Party at the Bluecoat
2015-08-05 17:30 - 20:00
Garden Party at the Bluecoat
Wednesday 5th August
5:30pm—8:00pm
£22.00 per person

A glass of fizz on arrival at the Bluecoat and a choice of 4 canapés per person, our own Wallace Fields will be tickling the ivories throughout. Following the party vegetable sushi will be available in the Newsroom.

Film Group - The Classic British Comedy
2015-09-11 14:00 - 16:00
Friday 11th September; at 2.00 p.m. The classic British Comedy
GENEVIEVE. (GB 1953)
Directed by Henry Cornelius.
Genevieve is a vintage motor car, and of course is driven to Brighton in the Old Crocks Race. But on the return its owner (John Gregson) bets another driver (Kenneth More) he can get back to London first. There are no holds barred in this battle, to the disgust of their womenfolk (Dinah Sheridan, Kay Kendall). Larry Adler wrote the famous theme tune. In colour.

Architecture Group
2015-09-16 14:00 - 15:30
THE MERSEY GATEWAY (RUNCORN BRIDGE)
A NEW ICONIC STRUCTURE
The largest construction project in Europe! £1.6Billion! And on your doorstep!
The new bridge is an essential link for the Airport & extension to the Liverpool Dock system.
Dr Brian Carr will explain the scope/benefits/design and plans for the old bridge.
A fantastic exciting project on our doorstep with huge implications for Liverpool
WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER – THE LIBRARY 2PM

Troika Presents, with Wallace Fields
2015-09-17 18:30 - 23:00
Troika Presents, with Wallace Fields
Thursday 17th September
6:30-7:00pm
£25.00 per person

A Russian Banquet & Concert.
7:00pm—2 Course Dinner
8:15pm— Concert begins in Newsroom
10:15pm—Fin
11:00pm—Carriages

Chicken Kiev, Kartoshka Potatoes & Green Beans
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Apple & Almond Cake

Arts Group Outing
2015-09-21 10:45 - 14:00
Monday 21st September — 10:45am Outing
“Picturing Venice”
10:45am Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight. Followed by lunch at the Port Sunlight Museum. Booking essential, menu details distributed upon booking.

Artists Talk with Mike Badger (Bluecoat Display Centre)
2015-09-22 13:00 - 16:00
Artists Talk with Mike Badger
Afternoon Tea w. the Bluecoat Display Centre
Tuesday 22nd September
1:00-1:30pm
£12.50 per person
Mike will speak about his career creating sculptures from recycled, brightly-coloured tin containers and other found objects, raising issues dealing with mass production, Western consumerism and greed. Afternoon Tea will follow in the Newsroom.
