BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:652@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160305T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160308T170000 DTSTAMP:20160302T112142Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/national-museums-liverpool-women -on-the-waterfront-weekend-events/ SUMMARY:Liverpool: National Museums Liverpool: Women on the Waterfront - We ekend Events DESCRIPTION:Weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March 2016\n\nCelebrating lo cal women’s achievements from the past and present\n\nNational Museums L iverpool is hosting a special ‘Women on The Waterfront’ weekend to sho wcase local women’s achievements from the past and present\, ahead of In ternational Women’s Day on Tuesday 8 March.\n\nFrom suffragette performa nces to roller derby demonstrations\, the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March promises special talks\, family friendly craft sessions and infor mation stands to celebrate the achievements of women across National Museu ms Liverpool’s waterfront venues: International Slavery Museum\, Merseys ide Maritime Museum\, Seized! and Museum of Liverpool.\n\nAt Museum of Liv erpool\, one of the highlights is an appearance by the Liverpool Roller Bi rds\, who compete in the city’s first roller derby league. They will be demonstrating their techniques and showing recorded footage of them in act ion to help visitors understand more about this exciting sport. In additio n\, a free trail around the Museum will invite visitors to discover the ma ny stories of inspiring women throughout the venue. MaMa choir will also b e singing.\n\nAt Merseyside Maritime Museum and Seized!\, visitors can fin d out more about mermaids\, early fossil-hunter Mary Anning\, and listen t o special performances from The Choir with No Name.\n\nInternational Slave ry Museum will be holding adult colouring-in sessions designed by illustra tor\, Laura-Kate\, inspired by the stories of women across our waterfront venues.\n\nJulia Bryan\, Senior Education Manager\, National Museums Liver pool\, said: “We are really proud to be celebrating the achievements of women at our waterfront Museums and to promote the social\, economic\, cul tural and political achievement of women around the world.\n\n“There is so much to showcase and celebrate International Women’s Day - it is a re ally packed programme and everyone will find something to engage them.\n\n “As well as the fun\, there is a more serious side too – we’ll have information stands where women can find out more about protecting their he alth and safety. We’re also appealing for visitors to donate new women ’s bras and knickers at Merseyside Maritime Museum for the Smalls for Al l charity which distributes them to girls and women in Africa\, helping to protect them from potential disease and abuse”.\n\nOn International Wom en’s Day\, Tuesday 8 March\, highlights include:\n\nInspirational Women from Liverpool: 2-3pm\, Museum of Liverpool. Lucinda Matthews-Jones\, Lect urer of History at John Moores University\, will be delivering a talk abou t some of the influential women who have left their mark on Liverpool’s history.\n\nFemale Abolitionists: 2- 3pm\, International Slavery Museum. D r Ray Costello will present a talk highlighting the female abolitionists w ho fought to end slavery\, looking at how they were perceived and treated. \n\nInternational Women’s Day: 1pm\, Walker Art Gallery. A talk that cel ebrates the four female winners of the John Moores Painting Prize\; Mary M artin\, Lisa Milroy\, Sarah Pickstone and Rose Wylie.\nOngoing exhibition Poppies: Women and War at Museum of Liverpool (until 5 June 2016) explores the thousands of women who suffer as a result of war\, but whose stories are lost behind the dramatic headlines from the battlefields. Exhibition p hotographer\, Lee Karen Stow will be giving a talk and tour about her insp iration\, on 19 March.\n\nFor more information and full listings\, see: li verpoolmuseums.org.uk/womensday\n\nWomen on the Waterfront/ International Women’s Day listings:\n\nInternational Slavery Museum\n\nAdult colouring \n5\, 6 March 2016\n1-4pm\nDrop in to take part in a fantastic colouring w orkshop for adults with illustrator Laura-Kate Draws. Have a go at colouri ng in our big picture designed by Laura-Kate\, inspired by some of the won derful women that you can learn about in our waterfront venues. We'll also have colouring sheets that you can decorate and take away. See laura-kate draws.co.uk\n\nFemale Abolitionists\n8 March 2016\n2-3pm\nDr Ray Costello will present a talk highlighting the female abolitionists who fought to en d slavery\, looking at how they were perceived and treated.\n\nMerseyside Maritime Museum\n\nInformation Stalls\n5 March 2016\n10.30am-4pm\nAn oppor tunity to talk to members of the Women’s Institute\, Stop the Traffik\, UK Border Force and other services that promote women’s health and safet y\n\nStorytelling\n5 March 2016\n12-12.30pm and 2.45-3.15pm\nMermaid stori es with the Liverpool Players\n\nMermaids in their Element\n5 March 2016\n 1.30-2.15pm\nPresentation with Professor Sarah Paverly and the Liverpool P layers. Illustrated talk for adults and children- looking at mermaids in f olk lore and popular culture\n\nMuseum of Liverpool\n\nLiverpool Roller Bi rds\n5 March 2016\n10am-12pm\nThe Liverpool Roller Birds compete in Liverp ool’s first roller derby league. We welcome the team to the Museum where they will be showing off their skills and talking to visitors about rolle r derby.\n\nTales from the Tent\n5 March 2016\n11.30am\, 12.30\, 2 and 3pm \nCome along to our Tent of Stories and hear some inspiring stories about Mary Anning- an early fossil hunter. Mary played an important part in disc overing many fossils and dinosaurs.\n\nMaMa Choir\n5 March 2016\n1-2pm\nJo in us for a special mixed media performance by local group Migrant Artists Mutual Aid (MaMa)\n\nAdult colouring\n5\, 6 March 2016\n10am-12.30pm\nCol ouring Illustrations have been especially commissioned for the Museum of L iverpool by the local illustrator behind ‘Laura-Kate draws’ as made po pular by the current colouring craze designed for adults.\n\nInternational Women’s Trail\n5\, 6 March 2016\nThroughout the day\nPick up a free tra il from the information desk on the ground floor and discover some of the inspiring women featured in the Museum.\n\nDeeds not Words\n6 March 2016\n 1.30-2.30pm\nDiscover what the ‘Representation of the People Act 1918’ meant for women across Britain\, from a Liverpool working class woman’s perspective.\n\nMagical History Suffragette Special\n6 March 2016\n1.30-2 .30pm\nJoin a member of our education team to discover what lengths women were willing to go to for the right to vote.\n\nCancer Research: informati on stall\n8 March 2016\n10am-5pm\nAn opportunity to talk to Cancer Researc h UK to find out about special women only events to raise money for Cancer Research\n\nInspirational Women from Liverpool\n8 March 2016\n2-3pm\nLuci nda Matthews-Jones\, Lecturer of History at John Moores University\, will be delivering a talk about some of the influential women who have left the ir mark on Liverpool’s history.\n\nSeized!\n\nPantstastic!\n5 March 2016 \n1-4pm\nDesign your own knickers and underpants to hang on our bunting\, a craft inspired by the fact that in some parts of the world women and gir ls have no access to this basic requirement. A collection point will be av ailable for your donations of new pants and bras or clean old bras.\n\nSto rytelling\n6 March 2016\n12.30-1pm\, 2-2.30pm and 3-3.30pm\nCome and liste n to some inspiring stories about Mary Anning- an early fossil hunter. Mar y played an important part in discovering many fossils and dinosaurs. Suit able for children aged 3 and over with their accompanying adult.\n\nThe Ch oir with No Name\n6 March 2016\n1-1.30pm and 3-3.30pm\nThis fabulous choir will entertain you with uplifting contemporary tunes. The Choir with No n ame works with those who have experienced homelessness.\n\nWalker Art Gall ery\n\nInternational Women’s Day\n8 March 2016\n1pm\nDrop in no booking required. A talk that celebrates the four female winners of the John Moore s Painting Prize\; Mary Martin\, Lisa Milroy\, Sarah Pickstone and Rose Wy lie. 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