Events Around Wirral

with over 15 stalls of craft art and jewellery stalls

Year 10 from Birkenhead School work will be displayed alongside work from the Williamson Art Gallery collection.  The theme of the work is ’The Sea’.

TBC NAOMI AND COLIN

This exhibition is the last event in the Cheshire Artists Network World War 1 Commemorative Project. It began in 2014 and aimed to remember those who took part both in the fighting and in supporting roles.

Our monthly life drawing classes with Pamela Sullivan and Paul Gatenby and a life model.

Owen lived in Birkenhead for many of his formative years. His experiences there shaped his later life and poetry.

Books & Banter is a book club that is not a book club. It’s an opportunity to sit down with other avid readers and talk about books. The discussion is facilitated but not restricted and tangents are welcome. The topic for November is books about war or as a result of war.

An installation by artist, Robyn Woolston and local groups including veterans, taking inspiration from the fifth line of Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est. It’s a deeply evocative description of men exhausted by battle but continuing on.

AS PART OF THE WILFRED OWEN COMMEMORATION 2018, THE WILLIAMSON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM WILL BE HOSTING AN AFTERNOON IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL MORPURGO AND FRANK FIELD MP. MICHAEL AND FRANK WILL DISCUSS WAR HORSE, ALL THINGS WILFRED OWEN

A stimulating day for writers at all levels of experience, including first timers, led by an award-winning published poet and novelist Gladys Mary Coles who currently teaches at University of Liverpool.

Julie Dodd: The Fallen Oak Leaf Project in association with Prenton High School for Girls Artist led community projects 3rd of November until the 22nd of December 2018

Family workshops for free in the Williamson Art Gallery’s dedicated art room, dress to get messy. For the whole family to get creative - a drop in session not a drop off.

An illustrated talk about the creation of ‘A Liverpool Bestiary’, a collection of prints produced by invited international artists on the common theme of actual or imagined animals, by the curators of the project, Hannah Fray and Neil Morris.

Artist Robyn Woolston working with Wirral Military community towards Wilfred Owen installation

Artist Julie Dodd working with Wirral Military community towards Wilfred Owen installation

Artist Julie Dodd working with visitors and the local community towards Wilfred Owen installation of fallen oak leaves and poppies

Always a special service for the Conway Boys and this year commemorates 100 years since Armistice. The Conway Chapel and Museum is situated above the ’Chapter House’ within Birkenhead Priory.

with over 15 stalls of craft art and jewellery stalls

The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship sees the best athletes from across the globe compete in a series of woodchopping challenges utilizing axes and saws.

Stepback - the 80s concert. Artists performing: Tony Hadley, ABC, Bonnie Tyler, Go West, Paul Young, T'Pau, Chesney Hawkes.: Tickets avaiable.

A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening. Through the absorption of the divine power, many people are experiencing the healing of illnesses and pain, that have been declared as "incurable" by the medical profession.

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement block, where curtain-twitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf... is always at the door.

Presented by Make Mend and Do See how the company use puppetry, film, music and live animation to create a story that is both moving and technically stunning in equal measures.

On Saturday 10th November 2018 at 7:30pm, in the heart of Liverpool, the walls of St George’s Hall will resound to the music of Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Liszt played by British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, under the warm flicker of candlelight.

OneTenth Human and The Dukes present ’The Astonishing Vacuum Cleaner Adventure’ A interactive experience for 7-11 year olds and their grown-ups In a dark corner, there’s a machine. It’s old and dusty, full of mysterious tubes. We don’t know who made it.