45 TUESDAY 11TH Music Sue Denim, O2 Academy, 7pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Harvest Sun Promotions presents... Sleepy Sun, The Kazimier, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk ParrJazz - Dean Masser, Studio2 Parr St, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727. Jazz and open jam session www.parrjazz.co.uk Out of the Bedroom Acoustic Open Mic, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Johnny Sands, welcomes all spoken word artists & acoustic entrepreneurs www.thisisleaf.co.uk Professor Ian Tracey Organ Recital, St George’s Hall, 12.45pm1.30pm, £2.50, 0151 225 6911, www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk
Theatre & Dance Tea Dance amidst the Palms, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm-4pm, £4, 0151 726 2415. Book in advance on 0151 726 9304 www.palmhouse.org.uk
Comedy Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar Hardman St, 8pm, £3, 0870 787 1866. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com
Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st September for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st September for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st September for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st September for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st September for details) Edward Lear: Artist, Explorer and Poet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st September for details) www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st September for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st September for details)
Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st September for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st September for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st September for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st September for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st September for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st September for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st September for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st September for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st September for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk Turning Leaves, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st September for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st September for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st September for details) ‘The New Urban Green’ exhibition, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley (see 1st September for details)
Family Tiny Liverpool, Museum of Liverpool, 10am, FREE. Parent and baby morning, call 0151 478 4329 to book www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Art & Contemporary Craft Classes, ArtHouse, Eastbank St Southport, 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm, £10. Run by artists, suitable for all abilities. Prices include all resources needed, suitable for 8yrs+ www.sefton.gov.uk
SPORT & LEISURE Cycle for Health, Croxteth Country Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet outside Estate Office. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk
Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. A regular opportunity to set out a nursery area in the old Walled Garden. Learn new skills and meet people with an interest in helping with practical conservation - book in with the conservation volunteers www.btcv.org.uk
Other Events Lunchtime Learning, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 1pm, £30-£45 (each series), 0151 709 3789. Join lecturer and composer, Ian Stephens, for a daytime series of inspiring music and relaxed learning. Each series includes three events, a mixture of Lunchtime Concerts, opportunity to experience full orchestra rehearsals and a 45 minute interactive workshop www.liverpoolphil.com Open Hub, LEAF, 9.30am-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Learn some new writing skills and meet some new people www.thisisleaf.co.uk Create & Write with Susi Moore, LEAF, 7pm, £3, 0151 707 7747. All levels welcome, guidance provided www.thisisleaf.co.uk The Old Dock Experience, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm, FREE. Take a tour of Liverpool’s historic Old Dock, prebooking essential on 0151 478 4788 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Philosophy in Pubs, Bluecoat, 1pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. Resident philosophers debate the important questions, all welcome to join in www.thebluecoat.org.uk
WEDNESDAY 12TH Music RLPO: Stravinsky’s Firebird, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Mellowtone Presents...Artmagic, RueRoyale and Silent Sheep, LEAF, 8pm, £6, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Open Mic Night, Stables Wine Bar Heswall, 9pm, FREE. All musicians welcome, especially original material Folk Club, Osqa’s Arena Bar, 8.30pm, FREE (contributions to raffle/collection welcome)
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Theatre & Dance Dirty Dating.Com, Epstein Theatre, 7.30pm, £18-£20, 0844 888 9991. A play about 21st century dating www.epsteinliverpool.co.uk The Good Old Days of Music Hall and Variety, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2.30pm, £11.50-£13.50, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £11-£13, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk The Miller’s Tale with the songs of Bob Dylan, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. A musical comedy of Chaucer’s ‘14th Century Carry-On’ www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk
Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st September for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st September for details) Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st September for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st September for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st September for details) Edward Lear: Artist, Explorer and Poet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st September for details) www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st September for details) Artist in Focus: Stanhope Forbes, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st September for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st September for details) Talk: Albert’s story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Brief history of the Albert Dock, concentrating on the museum building itself, book on 0151 478 4431 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk