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:4021@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180824 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180827 DTSTAMP:20180824T091843Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-jacaranda-this-is-our-home-t he-jacaranda-club-1958-2018/ SUMMARY:: The Jacaranda: This is Our Home”: The Jacaranda Club 1958-2018 DESCRIPTION:Exhibition at the Jacaranda\, celebrating 60 years \n\nThe J acaranda Club / Jacaranda Records – Phase One\n24th\, 25th\, 26th Au gust 2018\n\n~ FREE ENTRY ~\n\nThis August Bank Holiday weekend will be fu ll of celebration as the legendary Slater Street club\, The Jacaranda\, turns 60 years old!\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is Our Home”: The Jacaranda Club 1 958-2018 is a new exhibition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Liverp ool’s iconic Jacaranda Club opens Friday 24 August during a celebrator y weekend of events. “This is Our Home”: The Jacaranda Club 1958-20 18 is an exhibition of photographs\, advertisements\, posters\, and ephem era relating to the past and present history of the iconic Slater Street c lub\, curated by Marlie Centawer\, and runs the weekend of 24-26 August 2 018.\n\nPrivate View / Launch - Friday 24th August\, 5.30pm (Please RSVP )\n\nAs one of the first coffee bars in post-war Britain\, The Jacaranda  Club - affectionately known as “The Jac” - was opened byAllan Willi ams in 1958\, featuring a record shop upstairs and live music in its base ment. One of these groups was The Silver Beetles\, featuring art students  John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe\, who Williams employed to paint the w alls and a mural in the basement.\n\nThe exhobition features artefacts and ephemera from the Jac’s legacy and history\; then and now\, and is cura ted by Liverpool-based Marlie Centawer\, a writer\, musician and photogr apher\, as well as an adjunct lecturer with the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture at Brock University\, Canada.\n\nMuch of the exhibition has b een donated from original attendees\, some loaned from galleries and colle c- tors\, and other images extracted from Beatle books and documentaries\, including members-only cards used for entry to the club in the 1960s\, ad vertisements in local Liverpool music newspapers\, and images of the venue s’ interiors and layouts over the years.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis archive materia l has been paired with Centawer’s more recent images\, which document th e energies and aesthetic of ‘the new Jac’ since its re-opening in 2015 \, inspired by the work of photographers Astrid Kirchherr and Nan Goldin . Kirchherr’s iconic images of The Beatles in Hamburg are also featured - and for sale - in the exhibition. Original prints of the posters for The Beatles’ first and last appearances at The Jacaranda\, designed by To ny Booth\, will also be on display. There will be reproductions of the Ja caranda posters available for sale on the evening\, along with the book T ony Booth’s The Beatles in Posters (Histo- ry Press 2017).\n\nCentawer ’s research on 1960s British music and youth culture found her fascinate d with The Jacaranda and she soon realised her experience was part of a much larger tradition in the history of British music and nightclubs: “ Places like The Jacaranda Club make us feel connected to something much larger than ourselves\; The Jacaranda has housed these types of transfor mative experiences for people for sixty years and we want to celebrate its powerful legacy with this exhibition and weekend of events.”\n\nA trip to the newly reopened Jacaranda Club’s open mic on her first night in the city\, and where where she knew no one\, changed everything: “I des cended down those stairs\, on Paul McCartney’s birthday no less\, and a whole new world opened up to me: a community of musicians playing some of the best music I’d ever heard\, in this incredible iconic basement. I fe lt like I was welcomed into and belonged to some new\, exciting cultural m oment\, made amazing new friends at midnight\, and never wanted to leave. ”\n\nThe exhibition continues at Jacaranda Records Phase One\, in asso ciation with RedHouse Originals. Images on display at the new venue inclu de Mike McInnerney’s poster for the ‘14 Hour Technicolor dream’\,  Dudley Edwards’ mural produced for Ringo Starr\, and contemporary works by Thomas James Butler and more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGraham Clarke (Th e Jac's owner since the 80s) explains:\n\n“We’re delighted to be spend ing the weekend drawing together and celebrating values and visions that a re so close to our hearts. We are just as excited to welcome back familiar faces as we are to embrace those whose journeys with us are just beginnin g.”\n\nThe exhibition features an opening reception at 5.30pm on Frida y 24 August\, and runs for The Jacaranda Club’s 60th weekend celebrati ons\, which include live bands\, DJ sets\, and more. \n\nFollowing the op ening\, attendees are invited upstairs to Jacaranda Records for an inspi ring talk about the history of British nightclubs and music venues (includ ing The Jacaranda) and book signing with legendary Hacienda DJ\, music jo urnalist\, writer and cultural critic Dave Haslam\, who discusses The Ja caranda Club in his book “Life After Dark: A History of British Nightcl ubs and Music Venues” (2015). Haslam’s talk will be followed by a book signing of a selection of his titles\, including his most recent memoir “Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor: Music\, Manchester and More” (2018)\, both of which will be available for purchase at the talk and in both Jaca randa Records (Slater Street) and Jacaranda Records: Phase One (Seel St reet) locations. Following the talk\, Haslam will head down to Phase One f or a DJ set.\n\nPlease RSVP to attend the talk\, and gain free entry to hi s DJ set.\n\nhttps://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpool/Jacaranda-Records- Phase-One/Dave-Haslam-QA-and-book-signing/13298749/\n\n\n\n\n\nThe unique history of The Jacaranda is worthy of enormous celebration - as is the p henomenal new music currently emanating from the city.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/08/jacaranda-60.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR