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:734@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160506T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160508T220000 DTSTAMP:20160503T120534Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/st-lukes-out-of-the-darkness-bli tz-commemoration-event/ SUMMARY:: St Luke's Church: Out of the Darkness - Blitz Commemoration Event DESCRIPTION:Out of the Darkness: The haunting story of the Liverpool Blitz\ , brought to life through sound and light\n\nOut of the Darkness is a trib ute to the victims of the Liverpool Blitz told through one of the city’s most iconic buildings\, St Luke’s Church from 6th – 8th May 2016.\n\n To mark the 75th anniversary of the May Blitz\, St Luke’s Church – kno wn affectionately as ‘The Bombed out Church’ – will be transformed b y a FREE moving light and sound display.\n\nThe story of St Luke’s will be told between 9pm and 10pm each evening as the former church is illumina ted with lights and stunning visuals as projections are beamed on screens placed in the windows. The display will be accompanied with a moving sound scape featuring a ten minute film rolling throughout the hour.\n\nFrom 8pm each evening – prior to the show – thousands of stained-glass lantern s will light up the garden\, signifying the lives that were lost in one of the country’s worst bombing periods of the Second World War.\n\nSt Luke ’s Church was hit on May 6th\, 1941 leaving just a burnt out shell which has since stood as a memorial to the thousands of people who lost their l ives during the Liverpool Blitz.\n\nTo commemorate the 75 years since Mers eyside experienced the Blitz\, Radio Merseyside are presenting a unique ev ening at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral – more information on which\, can be found here – Merseyside Blitz\, An Unconquered People. \n\nOnlin e Gallery\n\nYou can view a selection of archive images of Liverpool in th e Blitz in the digital gallery here. All images have kindly been provided by the Dean and Chapter of Liverpool\, Liverpool Record Office\, Liverpoo l Libraries and MFRS Heritage Centre Collection.\n\nThings to Note\n\n Th ere is no need to purchase tickets\, it is a FREE event open to everyone.\ n The Gardens at St Luke’s Church will be open to view the lantern displ ay from 8.00pm – 10.00pm and the evening show will run from 9.00pm. The show itself will last 10 minutes and will feature on a rolling loop six ti mes per hour.\n From 6.30pm – 11.59pm on 6\, 7 and 8 May there will be r oad closures in place around St Luke’s Church. No vehicles (other than e mergency vehicles) will be able to proceed through Leece Street\, L1\, fro m its junction with Rodney Street to its junction with Berry Street/Ranela gh Street\,  Roscoe Street\, L1\, from its junction with Leece Street to its junction with Mount Pleasant\, &\; St. Luke’s Place\, L1\, for it s entire length and it will not be possible to do a left-turn manoeuvre from Bold Place and Roscoe Lane into Roscoe Street.\n\nSpecial thanks are due to the following organisations who have assisted with research and arc hive images including: BBC Radio Merseyside\, Bombed Out Church (Ambrose Reynolds and the Finest Hour Sound Archive)\, Liverpool Cathedral\, Liv erpool Central Library\, Liverpool Parish Church\, Liverpool Record Offi ce\, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and National Museums Liverpool. Special thanks is also due to R.S Clare &\; Co Ltd\, KPMG\, Meade-Ki ng and Robinson &\; Co. Ltd.\n\nVia http://www.cultureliverpool.co.uk/ liverpoolblitz/\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/05/blitz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR