BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2271@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170519T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170519T220000 DTSTAMP:20170417T165241Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/lightnight-2017-lightnight-at-ce ntral-library/ SUMMARY:Liverpool Central Library: LightNight 2017: LightNight at Central L ibrary DESCRIPTION:LIGHTNIGHT AT CENTRAL LIBRARY\n17:00 – 23:00 Liverpool Centra l Library\nFamily Friendly\, Participate\, Performance\n\nWilliam Brown St reet\nL3 8EW\n\n0151 233 3069\nliverpool.gov.uk/libraries\n\nMore details here\n\nA packed programme including a live AV set by Sandi Hughes and Re- Dock\, spoken word artistry from Writing on the Wall\, a ten-year retrospe ctive from North End Writers\, a Silent Disco (Silent Disco TBC ) and a wo rkshop from Brouhaha plus special performances from Southport Strings\, In Harmony\, The Holy Ground\, Black Entrails and more. Also includes a BBQ on the café terrace.\n\nNorth End Writers: 10 Years On\, 17:00 – 19:00\ n\nThe grass-roots creative writing charity\, North End Writers\, celebrat es 10 years with readings that incorporate their anniversary and respond  to the theme of Time.  Readings include work from various publications of North End Press including The Accent (2007) magazine through to poems a nd short fiction from the innovative writing and well-being projects Livi ng Room\,  Writing Well-Writing Green\, Liverpool Elegies\, Poet-in-Resid ence project (Mersey Care) and writing and heritage project 100 Pictures-1 00 Pages.  \n\nThe celebration also brings together members of the North End Writers Community group and Mossley Hill Writing group as well as pro fessional writers who have contributed to the charity’s first ten years. \n\n4th Floor\n\nDancing Through the Ages 18:00\, 19:15 &\; 20:15\nTake a 10 minute journey with Sophie Taylor and others through the decades of dance in musicals. All your favourites performed within a microcosm of tim e\, choreographed by Andrew McKay.\n\nA graduate of LIPA\, Andrew is a loc al performer and creative and recently choreographed ‘Shout! The Mod Mus ical’ at the Liverpool Royal Court Theatre. Sophie Taylor\, a graduate o f Merseyside Dance &\; Drama Centre\, has worked across the North of En gland and was a performer during the build up for the Olympics in London.\ n\nGround Floor – Discover\n\nTime Pieces\, 20:00 –­ 21:00\nA perform ance of newly composed and specially selected pieces by Liverpool-based co mposers and musicians around the notion of Time\; exploring the experience of listening\, the memory of melodies\, cultural interpretation of time a nd its relation to scientific definition.\n\nGround Floor – Atrium\n\nMa de Invaders: Race against the Aliens! 20:00 – 22:00\nA live action arcad e style computer game in life size! With 15 light up animated sprite targe ts ready to test your skills. Play alone\, or as a team competing for the highest score of the night.\n\nGround Floor\n\nScottie Road Writers\, 20:0 0 – 22:00\n\nScottie Road Writers will once again entertain and enthral all visitors who would like to take a little time-out. Hear a collection of stories based around the theme of Time\, read by the authors and invite d readers. Join in for a couple of hours of murder\, mirth and magical im aginings.\n\nSecond Floor\n\nLiverpool Sings\, 21:00 – 22:00\nDo you lov e to sing? Join this new initiative spearheaded by Sense of Sound’s Jenn ifer John and learn a new a cappella song with lots of uplifting harmonies in celebration of collective voices. Whether an experienced singer or som eone who is new to singing\, all are invited to join in. There’s no time like the present!\n\nPicton Reading Room\n\nFrom Young to Old\, 18:15 – 19:00 &\; 19:45 – 20:30\n\nStep backwards and forwards in musical time with popular festival regulars Southport Strings Youth Orchestra.\n\ nFirst performance: Ground Floor Discover. Second performance: Hornby Libr ary.\n\nTiempos Flamencos 18:30 – 19:00\,  20:45 – 21:15\n\nPerforma nces by Alandalus dance company exploring the traditions of flamenco as an art form through the centuries.\n\nGround Floor – Discover\n\nTime Trai l – Clock Art\, 19:00 –­ 23:00\n\nSearch for the clock and cog relat ed art work around the library and solve time-related clues to win one of the pictures and a voucher for afternoon tea for two in the library café. There’s 10 in total\, so pick up a sheet from the Library reception and get hunting!\n\nGround Floor – Reception\n\nEmily Dickinson and the Tra p of Time\, 19:00 – 20:00\n\nThe Black Entrails put the poems of Emily Dickinson to music\; taking various elements of avant-garde music and tran sposing it into a new style which encompasses medieval music\, musique con crete and even shades of indie and world music too.\n\nHornby Library\n\nH armonic Half Hour\, 20:00 – 21:00\n\nYoung musicians from Liverpool Phi lharmonic’s In Harmony programme explore the connections between time an d music with some of their favourite pieces.\n\nGround Floor – Discover\ n\nPassed down the Generations\, 20:00 – 21:00\n\nTraditional folk musi c focusing on time from local duo Harper-Dunwoody.\n\nGround Floor – Atr ium\n\nTime to Rhyme\, 20:00 – 22:00\n\nStep up to the mic for a specul ar evening of poetry and spoken word art exploring Liverpool’s past\, pr esent and future with Writing on the Wall. Hosted by Pangaea International Slam winner 2015 Ciarán Hodgers and featuring an exhibition of the libra ry’s amazing archives\, there’s something for everyone.\n\nFourth Floo r\n\nMade Invaders – Race against the Aliens! 20:00 – 22:00\n\nMade I nvaders is a live action arcade style computer game only life size! With 15 light up\, animated sprite targets stand ready for you to test your ski lls. Using foam dart guns see how many targets you can hit in in 30 second s to get the highest score for the night.\n\nUsing mainly Arduino-compatib les and Raspberry Pi’s this is a perfect example of what can be achieved by the maker community and the type of technology that’s now accessible to everyone\, to create their own imaginative project.\n\nGround Floor\n\ nTime for Carnival\, 20:00 – 22:00\n\nExplore the tradition of carnival in these hands on workshops from Brouhaha International. Come and make yo ur own Carnival costume or headdress. All ages welcome!\n\nGround Floor\n\ nRewind Fast Forward\, 20:00 – 22:00\n\nFrom DJ to VJ\, film-maker Sand i Hughes and Sam Meech of Re-Dock perform a live AV set remixing footage f rom Sandi’s own archive of films of Liverpool’s queer scene and black communities in the 1970s and 80s that is then projection mapped onto the i conic and much loved brick tiles on the first floor\, creating a rich audi ovisual collage.\n\nFirst Floor\n\nHoly Ground\, 20:15 – 22:15\n\nTime is an aspect of our lives we all take for granted. The Holy Ground follows a 1950s couple’s journey from the rural west coast of Ireland to the ci ty suburbs of Liverpool in search of work and a better life\; experienced through live music\, hanging placards and pre-recorded\, audio-only verbat im narrative.\n\nThis piece is constructed from personal family stories\, interviews from the Liverpool Irish Centre and the local Irish community.\ n\nCreated by LIPA students Toby Rowland\, Toby Falla and Rachael Rooney.\ n\nHornby Library\n\nLiverpool Sings\, 21:00 – 22:00\n\nDo you love to sing? Then join this new initiative spearheaded by Sense of Sound co-found er\, Jennifer John. The first in an exciting series of mass singing events throughout 2017 and beyond\, this is all about bringing people together i n a spirit of collaboration and joy. Whether an experienced singer or some one who is new to singing\, all are invited to join in. 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