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Performances of 'Ten Tiny Toes' (on till 5 July)

Exhibition - Expect The Unexpected: Curated by HeadSpace (on till 20 July)

Capital, Culture, Power Conference (on till 4 July)

Performances of 'Call Mr Robeson' (on till 5 July)


Upcoming

Sat 5 July

Liverpool Friends of Palestine Vigil

Woman 2 Woman social night

Mini Urban Arts and Crafts Market

North West Older Lesbians Network meeting (Manchester)

Oxfam G8 campaign

AFC Laughterpool - Comedy Benefit

Changing Attitude Liverpool viewing and discussion of 'For the Bible Tells Me So'

Sun 6 July

Girls Go Down - Lesbian Motown Night

Mon 7 July

Open Floor Poetry and Acoustic Music @ The Egg Cafe

Tue 8 July

Liverpool Social Forum Meeting

Liverpool Network Theatre Group - weekly workshop

Meeting of Liverpool Holistic Circle

Wed 9 July

The Originals Poetry Group - monthly meeting

Amnesty International Liverpool Branch Meeting

Liverpool Humanist Group

Thu 10 July

Liverpool Defy ID Meeting

Lesbian Community Project Drop-in (Manchester)

GateCrash08 - They Speak in Swarms, Arcane Demise, Dirty Soul, Vacancy in 305

Your Community Matters - Childwall

Fri 11 July

Critical Mass cycle ride

Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival(on till Sun 27 Jul)

Sat 12 July

Khaled in concert

The Healing Day

Reiki Share

Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival - Performance by Talal

Sun 13 July

Windows for Peace - film screening of Encounter Point (Manchester)

Mon 14 July

Costa Liverpool Poetry Café event

Your Community Matters - Church Ward

Wed 16 July

Liverpool Friends of the Earth meeting

Lesbian Immigration Group meeting (Manchester)

AFC Liverpool vs St Helens Town

Linda Grant @ Liverpool Central Library

Fri 18 July

Lancaster Spotlight event

Shanties 08 Festival(on till Sun 20 Jul)

Mon 21 July

Lesbian Discussion Group meeting (Manchester)

Tue 22 July

Liverpool Indymedia Meeting

Liverpool Social Centre Collective Meeting

Thu 24 July

Performances of Pygmalion(on till Sun 27 Jul)

Sat 26 July

Peace and Ecology Festival

Ranbow Horizons' Gay Day out at Alton Towers

Sun 27 July

Out2Play - new Cheshire based social group for children and their gay parent

Tue 29 July

Book group on Lark Lane

Women's Book Club

Wed 30 July

Critical Mass Bike Ride, Manchester

Thu 31 July

Blackpool LGBT Reading Group Meeting

OUTSIDERS MONTHLY MOVIES: BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER

Tue 5 August

Merseyside Animal Rights meeting

Sun 10 August

prisoner justice day

Liverpool Children's Festival

Thu 28 August

OUTSIDERS MONTHLY MOVIES: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE

Sat 20 September

Rainbow Horizons' Gay Day Out at Alton Towers


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Today's date - Friday 4 July 2008

Fri 13 June to Sat 5 July - Performances of 'Ten Tiny Toes'

When He Left For War He Was Her Little Soldier...
 
Like every mother Gill wants the best for her sons. Raise them well; keep them safe, clean and out of trouble. But for Michael and Chris the choices are few and far between. The only way to have the best is to be the best – join the army.
 
As the brutal business of was unfolds, the boys become men their mother doesn’t recognise and maternal love is put to a gruelling test. Glued to the news and linked to their sofas to the battlefield by satellite, the mothers join forces. As the body count rises they find a political voice that is hard to hear but almost impossible to ignore.
 
Following her work on the multi-award-winning Unprotected, Esther Wilson returns with an uncompromising account of the heart-breaking choices faced by these mothers when a distant war comes home.
 
This is the latest homegrown production in the highly acclaimed Capital of Culture programme at “the thrillingly revitalised Liverpool Everyman” (Independent).
 
Tickets available from the box office on 0151 709 4776 or via www.everymanplayhouse.com

7.45pm and 2pm - The Everyman Theatre, Hope Street, Liverpool
Telephone: 0151 709 4776
Email: info@everymanplayhouse.com
Website: www.everymanplayhouse.com

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Fri 27 June to Sun 20 July - Exhibition - Expect The Unexpected: Curated by HeadSpace

Private View: Thursday 26th June 2008: 7pm - 9pm

Group exhibition of photography & computer generated artwork featuring:

Vitor Azevedo
Rachael Doman
Conal Flaherty
David Griffiths
Richard Proffitt
Simon Sait

Artists still to be confirmed:

Miriam Davies
Giuliana Sommantico.

9am till 10.30pm - 'HeadSpace @ EggSpace', The Egg Cafe, 3rd Floor, 16 - 18 Newington, Liverpool, - location map

Email: headspace@eggspace.org
Website: www.eggspace.org

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Wed 2 July to Fri 4 July - Capital, Culture, Power Conference

A conference hosted by the University of Liverpool & Liverpool John Moores University on behalf of the British-Irish Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control. Open to all - free entry for unwaged/low-waged. Booking essential. Lunch & refreshments included.

Themes: . The social impacts of 'urban renewal' and regeneration . Capital-driven homogenisation and the commodification of 'culture' . Poverty and social marginalisation in the neo-liberal city . Representations of, and official approaches to, urban crime . 'Community' and crime control . The criminalisation of political dissent and spectacles of 'difference' in the city . Local regulation of crimes of the powerful . Migrant workers, casualisation and the urban labour market . The control and colonisation of city spaces . The legacies of slavery and imperialism upon urban crime control and social policy . The conscription of social scientists into the local growth machine . Governance and social regulation of 'race', 'age', 'gender', and 'sexuality' in urban contexts

1.30pm Wed 2nd - 1pm Fri 4th - Eleanor Rathbone Building, Bedford St South, Liverpool University - location map

Telephone: 0151 794 2972
Email: A.Vowles@liverpool.ac.uk
Website: http://www.liv.ac.uk/ssp/news_and_events.htm#Conference

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Fri 4 July to Sat 5 July - Performances of 'Call Mr Robeson'

Winner, Angel Award and Winner, Best Male Performer (Brighton Fringe, May 2008).

Call Mr. Robeson - A Play with songs By Tayo Aluko.

Paul Robeson is a great and famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When over the years he gets progressively too radical and outspoken for the establishment's liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, harassed, and denied opportunities to perform or travel.

Just as physical, emotional and mental stress threaten to push him over the fine line between genius and madness, he is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. A mysterious African spirit woman appears to help him through the most difficult and important performance of his career.

The play is a roller coaster journey through Robeson’s remarkable and eventful life, and highlights how his radical activism caused him to be disowned and disremembered, even by the leaders and descendants of the civil rights movement. It features some of his famous songs and speeches, including a dramatic rendition of Ol’ Man River.

Tickets only £6.

8pm - The Adelphi Studio Theatre, Adelphi Building, The University of Salford, Peru Street, Salford - location map

Telephone: 0151 295 6120
Website: http://www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/robeson/

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Fri 4 July - Heath and Wellbeing Day at the Casa - every Friday

A health-promoting service on offer at an affordable price.

We offer a range of health services including:

Homeopathy...reflexology...Indian head massage...reiki...diet and nutrition...full body massage...hot stones.

Information and advice service. Courses and workshops.

For further information or to arrange an appointment, please contact Yvonne Matthews on 07746 668 258 or Jacqui Richardson on 07736 635 207.

Held every Friday.

Ring for details - The Casa 29 Hope Street, Liverpool City Centre - location map

Telephone: 07746 668 258

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Sat 5 July - Mini Urban Arts and Crafts Market

Local arts, local craft and local gifts! A mini urban market will be held today, and on the first Saturday of each month.

12pm till 5pm - Urban Coffee Lounge, 349 Smithdown Road, Liverpool (by ASDA) - location map

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Sat 5 July - AFC Laughterpool - Comedy Benefit

Stand-up comedy in aid of AFC Liverpool - a new non-league tem, supporting grassroots football, local spirit and Liverpool Football Club. Run by fans, for fans. Free entry - suggested donation £3

8.30pm, (doors at 8) - The Casa, Hope St, Liverpool - location map

Website: www.afcliverpool.org.uk

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Sat 5 July - North West Older Lesbians Network meeting (Manchester)

NWOLN is a social and networking group for older lesbians; older being self-defined. We meet on the first Saturday of every month at various locations - contact Lisa on 0161 273 7128 or mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk for details. Occasionally we meet elsewhere for various activities.
 
For more information please contact the Lesbian Community Project on the phone / email below.

1pm till 4pm - Various locations - see details above.
Telephone: 0161 273 7128
Email: mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk
Website: www.manchesterlcp.org.uk

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Sat 5 July - Oxfam G8 campaign

Campaigning with Oxfam to collect signatures in support of their Action Now initiative. The day will include an information session giving the background to the campaign. Followed by action to collect Tanabata wish cards in Liverpool City Centre. Contact us for more details

10-4 - Gostins building, 32-36 Hanover Street - location map

Telephone: 0151 707 1113
Email: info@vliverpool.org.uk
Website: www.vliverpool.org.uk

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Sat 5 July - Liverpool Friends of Palestine Vigil

Liverpool Friends of Palestine will be holding their monthly vigil on the steps of St Luke's Church (the bombed -out church at the top of Bold Street). Vigils held on the first Saturday of every month.

12pm till 2pm - Steps of St Luke - location map

Email: rosemary@lfop.fsnet.co.uk

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Sat 5 July - Changing Attitude Liverpool viewing and discussion of 'For the Bible Tells Me So'

UK Preview of this award winning documentary looks at the lives and experiences of five Christian families who had to face the reality of realising that someone in the family was gay or lesbian. Through the stories of families, including that of former House Leader Richard Gephart and the parents of Bishop Gene Robinson, Dan Kerslake’s provocative and entertaining film makes a powerful case for reconciling homosexuality and scripture. St Bride’s is on Percy Street/Catharine Street Liverpool L8 8LT and there is plenty of parking in the Church grounds. All welcome. Further details can be found on the St Bride's website www.stbridesliverpool.org.uk

10am - 1pm - St Brides Church, Catherine Street, Liverpool
Telephone: 0151 249 6642
Email: ca.liverpool@btinternet.com
Website: stbridesliverpool.com

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Sat 5 July - Woman 2 Woman social night

Woman 2 Woman are relaunching their women-only social nights!
 
To be held on the first Saturday of each month. Entry: £3

8pm - The Casa, 29 Hope Street, Liverpool City Centre - location map

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Sun 6 July - Girls Go Down - Lesbian Motown Night

Girls Go Down is an established, friendly and fabulous night for girls who like girls, wherever you sit on the rainbow. Playing motown, northern soul, indie and retro pop - come and dance and sing or simply have a few drinks and chat with friends. You can find us at Vinyl Basement Bar on Lark "LESBIAN" Lane, Liverpool! The event runs on the first Sunday of every month and the doors open at 8pm.

8pm till late - Vinyl Basement Bar, 88-90 Lark Lane - location map

Email: mail@girlsgodownevents.com
Website: www.girlsgodownevents.com

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Mon 7 July - Open Floor Poetry and Acoustic Music @ The Egg Cafe

Come Strut Your Stuff - open floor poetry and acoustic music on the first Monday of every month at the Egg Cafe!
 
All performers and listeners welcome. First time readers and performers encouraged. The Cafe normally gets very busy, so avoid disappointment by arriving early to claim a seat and a performance slot.
 
Hosted by Pat, Nick and Graham, and featuring Stan the Harper.

8pm - The Egg Cafe, 2nd Floor, 16-18 Newington, Liverpool City Centre - location map

Telephone: 0151 280 5453
Email: info@comestrutyourstuff.co.uk
Website: www.comestrutyourstuff.co.uk

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Tue 8 July - Liverpool Social Forum Meeting

LSF is a regular meeting where people & groups in & around Liverpool can share ideas, skills, knowledge & resources, and organize events & actions. The agenda is compiled at the start of the meeting, and anyone can contribute to it. Meetings are the second Tuesday of every month - all welcome! (Entrance to the Liverpool Social Centre is next to News From Nowhere Bookshop, ring the bell labelled 'basement')

7.30pm - Liverpool Social Centre, basement of 96 Bold Street, Liverpool - location map

Email: mail@liverpoolsocialforum.org.uk
Website: www.liverpoolsocialforum.org.uk

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Tue 8 July - Meeting of Liverpool Holistic Circle

Liverpool Holistic Circle is a forum for sharing and increasing knowledge of all things holistic.

The group is almost unique: there is no membership, no enrolment and no commitments. Just turn up on any Tuesday evening and join in with the information, inspiration, fun, sharing, tea and biscuits.

There is no formal membership, but to cover costs we request a donation of £3.50 per meeting attended.

Our weekly Tuesday meetings cover a huge range of subjects relating to complementary therapies, holism and spirituality. All like-minded people are welcome to come to join us, either regularly or as a one-off.

See website for details of the weekly talks, events, and activities.

7.30pm - The Rosicrucian Chapter, 19, Dovedale Road, Liverpool - location map

Email: mail@liverpool-holistic-circle.org
Website: www.liverpool-holistic-circle.org

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Tue 8 July - Liverpool Network Theatre Group - weekly workshop

Our ongoing weekly workshops are open to all. We share skills, try out new ideas, and most of all have fun!
 
Network workshops are held every week, including half term and summer breaks.
 
Please feel free to come along to any workshops, whatever amount of experience you have, from beginner to drama student to professional!
 
They are usually self contained in theme, so you don't need to wait until the end of a series to join. Also they continue alongside performance rehearsals, which occur on a different night.
 
Each workshop has a different theme, and are usually led by experienced workshop leaders or interested members of the group. Occasionally we have visiting workshop leaders to bring in different skills. Any member of Network is also welcome to lead workshops, following discussing their plans with the group and workshop organisers.

Members take it in turns to run workshops, on a range of practical skills, drama games and exercises, themes and plays. For information call 0151 733 9606.

We also have a play reading group who meet regularly to discuss ideas for new plays, on a separate evening to the workshops.

Workshops now take place at 13 A Hope Street. The entrance to the building is from the back, via Arrad Street at the back of Everyman Theatre. This is the road next to the Casa pub. Please ring the bell, there is a porter letting people in. It may get cold there, so bring a fleece!

The start time is 7pm, running until 9pm.

Since we will now need to pay venue hire, we have agreed to charge £1.00 per person per workshop. Those who can afford to pay more are invited to do so.We can make special arrangements for those who cannot afford this.

If you decide to join Network there is a yearly subscription fee of £5 waged, £3 unwaged.

Why not come along? Non members also welcome.

7 pm till 9pm - 13a Hope Street,Liverpool City Centre (the entrance is from the back, via Arrad St)
Telephone: 0151 733 9606
Website: www.liverpoolnetworktheatre.org.uk

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Wed 9 July - Amnesty International Liverpool Branch Meeting

Monthly meeting - every second Wednesday of each month. All welcome.

7.30pm - Room AJB022, Alexander Jones Bldg, Liverpool Hope University, Woolton Road
Telephone: 02070 331 675
Email: amnesty@merseymail.com
Website: www.amnesty.org.uk

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Wed 9 July - Liverpool Humanist Group

Open Forum or Pecha-kucha (roughly translates from Japanese as "chit-chat") Come along to our pecha-kucha style night. Bring with you an idea or thought which you'd like to talk about - for a limited period. Ideas can come from anywhere, a newspaper article you've read, a book, a conversation you've had, something you've seen - a piece of art work - bring it along. As long as it's something that has impressed you and lends itself to discussion from a humanist perspective.

7.30 pm - Crown Hotel (upstairs room), 43 Lime Street. Liverpool - location map

Website: www.liverpoolhumanists.co.uk

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Wed 9 July - The Originals Poetry Group - monthly meeting

An evening of poetry - with an open session for up to six poets to read in five minute sets. There will be a small prize for the best poem - voted for by the audience.
£2 or £1 for the unwaged. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month.

7pm - The Originals Cafe, 7a The Quadrant, Hoylake, Wirral
Telephone: 0151 625 0993
Email: m@saunders955.fsnet.co.uk

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Thu 10 July - GateCrash08 - They Speak in Swarms, Arcane Demise, Dirty Soul, Vacancy in 305

Adrenaline Promotions Liverpool Presents... GateCrash08 - They Speak in Swarms, Arcane Demise, Dirty Soul, Vacancy in 305

19:30 - Barfly Liverpool, Seel Street, Liverpool City Centre - location map

Email: adrenalineinfo@googlemail.com
Website: http://www.adrenaline-music.com

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Thu 10 July - Liverpool Defy ID Meeting

Organising against the introduction of compulsory identity cards and the national identity register - the Liverpool Defy ID group meets informally on the second Thursday of every month. (Sign up to our mailing list for news, info & meeting reminders). We plan actions and discuss ID cards and related issues. All welcome! (Entrance to the Liverpool Social Centre is next door to News From Nowhere Bookshop, ring the bell labelled 'basement' & someone will come & let you in)

7pm - Liverpool Social Centre, basement of 96 Bold Street, Liverpool City Centre - location map

Email: mail@liverpool-defy-id.org.uk
Website: www.liverpool-defy-id.org.uk

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Thu 10 July - Your Community Matters - Childwall

Do you live in Childwall? If so, this event is an opportunity for you to meet with your local police Inspector, other public agencies and your local ward councillors to identify, prioritise and resolve issues affecting your community. Refreshments and travel expenses provided. All welcome.

5.30pm - Childwall School, Fiveways, Queens Drive, Liverpool - location map

Telephone: 0151 703 2078
Email: matthew.fox@lcvs.org.uk
Website: www.liverpool-community.org.uk

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Thu 10 July - Lesbian Community Project Drop-in (Manchester)

Social events...discussions...try new things...workshops...meet new friends... The Drop-in takes its direction from the women involved, so come along and bring your ideas!
 
Drop-in sessions are held on the second and fourth Thursday of the month at The Lesbian and Gay Centre, Manchester.
 
For more information, contact Lisa or Naomh at The Lesbian Community Project on 0161 273 7128.

7pm till 9pm - 49-51 Sidney Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester - location map

Telephone: 0161 273 7128
Email: mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk
Website: www.manchesterlcp.org.uk

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Fri 11 July to Sun 27 July - Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival

The Arabic community came first to Liverpool in the 19th century and it is one of the oldest ethnic minority communities in the UK. In 1999 a partnership was founded between Liverpool Arabic Centre and the Bluecoat - Nadey Al Bluecoat - to provide Arabic arts and culture in Liverpool.

Over the years this partnership has grown to include many of the major arts institutions in the city as well as individuals and local community organisations.

The first festival was launched in 2002 and it has run successfully each year since as a celebratory event raising awareness, understanding and appreciation of this rich cultural heritage for non Arabic and Arabic communities in Liverpool and beyond.

On behalf of the festival and its partners we invite you all to enjoy and take part in this year's event which serves as our richest and biggest programme to date.

This year's festival forms part of the city's 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations and whether your interests lie in the visual arts, literature, theatre, film, music, dance, family events or simply food, you will find something of interest.

Various times - - Various venues -see website or brochure for more info!
Telephone: 0151 702 5324
Email: info@thebluecoat.org.uk
Website: http://www.arabicartsfestival.co.uk/

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Fri 11 July - Critical Mass cycle ride

A Critical Mass is a group of cyclists, wheelchair users, rollerskaters, skateboarders, in fact anyone on self-propelled transport is welcome to join. We travel around the city on a random route following whoever is in front with the purpose of celebrating non-polluting transport. Sometimes it's just for fun and sometimes it's to campaign for better transport facilities.

"We aren't blocking traffic - we ARE traffic!

Critical Mass takes place on the every 2nd friday of the month.

6 pm - Meeting point at Chinese Arch on Nelson Street, Liverpool city centre
Email: m.bradman@liv.ac.uk

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Sat 12 July - Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival - Performance by Talal

Sound unheard of on the Middle Eastern music scene...

Talal has been invited to perform at this years Liverpool Arabic Festival.

Thanks to hundreds of thousands of loyal and dedicated fans worldwide, Middle Eastern star Talal has during this past year become the most popular Arabic artist on Myspace. Introducing a new and innovative approach to traditional Arabic pop music, Talal has been considered a leading pioneer in the development of the new Arabic sound, which is rapidly being adopted by other major artists in the industry. The Arabic music of Talal is the first and only ever to actually succeed in Europe among the non-Arabs. His new sound has broken boundaries and brought Arabic music to a new audience.

With roots in Palestine and settlement in Copenhagen Talal is now ready for his UK quest and will be making a guest appearance in support of Khaled at the Liverpool Philharmonic on 12th July 2008 www.myspace.com/talalmusic

7.30pm - Liverpool Philharmonicn Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool - location map

Telephone: 0151 709 3789

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Sat 12 July - Khaled in concert

Khaled, the undisputed King of the modern form of Algerian desert blues known as Raï, comes to the Phil during Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival 2008. On sale March 1st.

19:30 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall - location map

Telephone: 0151 709 3789
Email: boxoffice@liverpoolphil.com
Website: www.liverpoolphil.com

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Sat 12 July - The Healing Day

Sample a range of Holistic Therapies including Massage, Reflexology, Hopi Ear-candling, Crystal Healing, Auricular Acupuncture, Reiki, Metamorphic Technique, Vortex Healing, Universal White Time Healing.

Purchase hand-made jewellery, crystals, artwork, gifts, and products from Holistix (oils, creams and natural bodycare).

11am-6pm second Saturday each month. Admission £1. There will be a charge for holistic treatments.

11.00 - 18.00 - The Hope Centre, West Derby Road, Tuebrook - location map

Telephone: 0151 733 9368

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Sat 12 July - Reiki Share

All are welcome to this monthly Reiki share day which takes place on the second Sunday of each month. Those who are reiki-attuned may join in giving healing - just bring your certificate and lineage - those who are not may receive healing. A donation of £3 per person is requested.

10.00 - 4.00 - The Rosicrucian Chapter, 19 Dovedale Road, Mossley Hill - location map

Telephone: 07962455949
Email: hucrystal53@yahoo.co.uk

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Sun 13 July - Windows for Peace - film screening of Encounter Point (Manchester)

An 85-minute feature documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a non-violent end to the conflict.

Tickets £5 (include refreshments) from BrendaDysch@windowsforpeaceuk.org / 07801 895871

7pm - Shaarei Shalom Synagogue, Whitefield, Manchester
Telephone: 07801 895871
Email: BrendaDysch@windowsforpeaceuk.org
Website: www.windowsforpeaceuk.org

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Mon 14 July - Costa Liverpool Poetry Café event

For the rest of this year, the Costa café at the bottom end of Bold Street will for two evenings each month become Costa Liverpool Poetry Café. From Monday February 11 - the opening night - the Café will open on the second Monday and fourth Thursday each month from 7.00 -9.30pm. Admission will normally be free, though some special events will be ticketed.

For further details contact Alex Scott-Samuel at 724-2777 or alexss@liv.ac.uk

7.00-9.30pm - Costa Cafe, Bold Street, Liverpool City Centre
Telephone: 0151 724 2777
Email: alexss@liv.ac.uk

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Mon 14 July - Your Community Matters - Church Ward

Do you live in Church ward? If so, this event is an opportunity for you to meet with your local police Inspector, other public agencies and your local ward councillors to identify, prioritise and resolve issues affecting your community. Refreshments and travel expenses provided. All welcome.

5.30pm - Calderstones School, 18 Harthill Road, Liverpool - location map

Telephone: 0151 703 2078
Email: matthew.fox@lcvs.org.uk
Website: www.liverpool-community.org.uk

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Wed 16 July - Linda Grant @ Liverpool Central Library

Hear Linda read from & talk about her latest book, "The Clothes on Their Backs", and answer questions about her writing. Linda Grant was born in Liverpool, the child of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants. Her first novel, "The Cast Iron Shore", won the David Higham First Novel Award. Her second novel "When I Lived In Modern Times", won the 2000 Orange Prize for Fiction

Tickets for this event are free, but need to be obtained in advance. Available from News From Nowhere Bookshop on Bold St, or ask at any Liverpool library, or phone the Ticket Reservation line on 233 5829

6.30pm - Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool city centre

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Wed 16 July - Liverpool Friends of the Earth meeting

Friendly, informal meeting of Liverpool's local Friends of the Earth group. Past campaigns have included local regeneration, climate change and transport. Open to all!

6.30pm till 8pm - Green Fish Cafe, 11 Upper Newington, Liverpool City Centre - location map

Telephone: 0151 254 2776
Email: garyfoe@talktalk.net
Website: www.liverpoolfoe.org.uk

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Wed 16 July - Lesbian Immigration Group meeting (Manchester)

A social and support group for lesbian and bisexual women experiencing issues relating to immigration or seeking asylum. You will have the opportunity of talking with other women about your experiences, to have your questions answered by guest speakers with experience in immigration and to enjoy a social 'time out' with women in a similar situation.
 
Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month.
 
For more information, contact Lisa or Naomh at The Lesbian Community Project on 0161 273 7128

6.30pm till 8pm - 49-51 Sidney Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester - location map

Telephone: 0161 273 7128
Email: mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk
Website: www.manchesterlcp.org.uk

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Wed 16 July - AFC Liverpool vs St Helens Town

Historic first match of the new AFC Liverpool team. AFC Liverpool is a new independent football club owned by Liverpool fans and run by Liverpool fans where everyone can buy into it and get an equal vote. A genuine grassroots, not for profit football club.

Tickets for the match and tickets for coach travel from Liverpool to the match are available from News From Nowhere Bookshop, 96 Bold St, L1. Match tickets: adults £5, children £3. Coach tickets: £5 each.

7.45pm - Ashton Town FC, Edge Green St, Ashton in Makerfield - location map

Website: www.afcliverpool.org.uk

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Fri 18 July - Lancaster Spotlight event

Lancaster Spotlight is a monthly live-writing event on the 3rd Friday of every month. A forum for North West writers and musicians to perform and experiment with new work, with an open mic session from 8.45-9.15pm.
 
Read a poem, sing a song, tell a story - Be experimental - Do your own thing!
 
Entrabce: £3. To book your 5 minutes in advance, or for information about Spotlight events call Spotlight on 01524 381642 or e- mail: postmaster@ronbaker.plus.com

8.30pm - Yorkshire House, Parliament St, Lancaster
Telephone: 01524 381642
Email: postmaster@ronbaker.plus.com

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Fri 18 July to Sun 20 July - Shanties 08 Festival

Shanties and sea songs come home to Liverpool!
 
Liverpool is recognised as the spiritual home of shanties and sea songs, like Nashville and country ‘n western, like New Orleans and jazz. And city's annual shanty festival has provided a world-leading showcase of maritime songs and music, entertaining massive audiences of all ages and interests.
 
In this year of European Capital of Culture the event has returned as Shanties 08, running in conjunction with the visit of the Tall Ships Race - 18th to 21st July.
 
Shanties 08 features a wide variety of the very best local, national and international artists, with styles ranging from cajun, Celtic, folk-rock and authentic traditional, performed on ships, stages and indoor venues around the Albert and Wellington Docks and in the city centre.
 
Shanties 08 is run as a non-profit enterprise with assistance from Liverpool City Council and BBC Radio Merseyside.
 
Artists appearing include...
 
Les Souillés de Fond de Cale
La Moresca Antica
QFTRY
Armstrong's Patent
Hughie Jones
Stormalong John
Jacqueline McDonald
Jim Mageean
Johnny Collins
The Boat Band
Scolds Bridle
 
And many more!
 
On the evening of Saturday 19th July, our grand concert will showcase the very best of the festival guests at the stunning new Contemporary Urban Centre in Greenland Street.
 
The concert will feature Hughie Jones and Stormalong John (Liverpool), La Moresca Antica (Italy), Les Souillés de Fond de Cale (Brittany), QFTRY (Poland) and a surprise guest performance.
 
Tickets at £12.50 (£10.00 concessions for unwaged) are now on sale via Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk, phone 08444 77 1000 or on the door on the night, subject to availability. Doors open 7.00, start 7.30pm.

7.30pm - Contemporary Urban Centre, Greenland Street, Liverpool
Telephone: 08444 77 1000
Email: info@shanties08.co.uk
Website: www.shanties08.co.uk/

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Mon 21 July - Lesbian Discussion Group meeting (Manchester)

A discussion group for lesbian and bisexual women only. Discussion topics are set out months in advance. Some of the previous discussions have been: gay parenting, lesbian writing, flirting skills, etc... Meetings are held on the third Monday of every month. For more information, contact Lisa or Naomh at The Lesbian Community Project on 0161 273 7128.

7pm till 8.30pm - 49-51 Sidney Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester - location map

Telephone: 0161 273 7128
Email: mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk
Website: www.manchesterlcp.org.uk

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Tue 22 July - Liverpool Indymedia Meeting

monthly meeting of Liverpool Indymedia collective - volunteers who look after the Liverpool Indymedia - the open publishing news website where you write the news, you take the pictures, & you film the action! Anyone can contribute news to Indymedia, but if you want to get more involved in admin of the site & helping promote it, come to our monthly meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month in the Liverpool Social Centre underneath News From Nowhere Bookshop (entrance next door to the shop, ring the bell labelled basement).

6pm till 7pm - Liverpool Social Centre, in the basement of 96 Bold Street, Liverpool - location map

Email: imc-liverpool@lists.indymedia.org
Website: www.liverpool.indymedia.org.uk

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Tue 22 July - Liverpool Social Centre Collective Meeting

Monthly meeting organising development & use of the Liverpool Social Centre - anyone interested in being involved is welcome. The meeting is on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Entrance to the Liverpool Social Centre is next door to the bookshop, ring the bell labelled 'basement'.

7.30pm - Liverpool Social Centre, in the basement of 96 Bold Street, Liverpool city centre - location map

Email: info@liverpoolsocialcentre.org
Website: www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org

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Thu 24 July to Sun 27 July - Performances of Pygmalion

Liverpool Network Theatre brings you the tale of Professor Higgins who tries to pass off a common flower girl as a duchess by teaching her to speak properly!
 
Thursday 24th July - St. Luke’s Church, Hardman Street, Liverpool 7pm
 
Friday 25th July ‐ Reynolds Park, Woolton 7pm
 
Saturday 26th July ‐ Reynolds Park, Woolton at 2pm
 
Sunday 27th July - Alexander’s Jazz Bar, Rufus Court, Chester
 
An open air production in a delightful setting. Picnics optional. See you there!
 
Tickets: Adults £7, Concessions £5
 
And can be purchased on the door.
 
To reserve tickets call: 0151 733 9606
 
Liverpool Network is a community theatre group with a long history, based in the centre of Liverpool. Workshops run every Tuesday at 7pm. See www.liverpoolnetworktheatre.org.uk for more info, or ring 0151 733 9606.

2pm and 7pm - Various venues
Telephone: 0151 733 9606
Website: www.liverpoolnetworktheatre.org.uk

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Sat 26 July - Peace and Ecology Festival

* Music, dance, poetry and speakers...

* Children's Fun Garden...

* Stalls and more...

Something for everyone! Start the summer with fun and help support peace, ecological and anti-nuclear campaigns. FREE event, open to all.

11am till 7pm - St Luke's (bombed out) Church, Hardman Street, Liverpool City Centre
Telephone: 0151 702 6974
Email: mcnd@care4free.net

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Sat 26 July - Ranbow Horizons' Gay Day out at Alton Towers

TICKETS START FROM JUST £9.99 including Coach and Entrance!!

Come join us at Alton Towers this year for our first Gay Day Out!

We have arranged for coaches from various parts of the UK. We will all arrive at Alton Towers around 10.30am and the coaches won't be departing until the park closes at 6.00pm giving us a full day out to enjoy the great summer weather and have a good scream on the rides!

See website for details - Alton Towers
Telephone: 0207 060 1085
Email: sales@rainbowhorizons.net
Website: http://rainbowhorizons.net/shop/page/1?shop_param=

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Sun 27 July - Out2Play - new Cheshire based social group for children and their gay parent

Out2Play is a new social group for younger children and their gay and lesbian parents.

This is the first meeting and will be based in a play centre. Cost will be £4 per child.

Meetings held on the last Sunday of every month. Contact via email for further details. Organised by a lesbian couple with two children based in Cheshire.

10am - Play Centre, Warrington - exact location on contact
Email: out2play@live.co.uk

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Tue 29 July - Women's Book Club

Book Club for LGBTI women. We meet on the last Tuesday of every month. Check our website for more information. All women welcome!

7.30pm - tbc - check website or add yourself to our mailing list
Email: mail@liverpoolbookclub.com
Website: http://www.liverpoolbookclub.com

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Tue 29 July - Book group on Lark Lane

NEW Book Group to meet at Green Days Cafe on Lark Lane on the last Tuesday of each month.

Future books will be chosen after a group discussion and the venue and time may change to for eg. a bar on the lane in the evening from July.

ALL WELCOME.

3pm - Green Days Cafe, 13a Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool
Email: sriley@merseymail.com

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Wed 30 July - Critical Mass Bike Ride, Manchester

Critical Mass Bike Rides: For anyone who rides a bike... a celebration of getting round the city without polluting it... about every journey being an adventure instead of just sitting on a bus or in a car... cyclists riding together to demand more respect from other road users... a celebration of the bike... All welcome!
 
After the ride the group goes to watch bike movies (e.g. Belleville Rendez-vous, Quicksilver or Breaking Away) and eat nice vegan food.
 
The rides take place on the last Friday of the month, and leave from Central Library.

5pm - Central Library, St. Peters Square, Manchester City Centre - location map

Email: mcr_criticalmass@yahoo.co.uk

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Thu 31 July - Blackpool LGBT Reading Group Meeting

Come and join our LGBT reading group. Meet new friends and read new books!
 
A chance to meet new friends off the scene, have a drink and a laugh and discover new books at the same time.
 
Meetings take place on the last Thursday of every month.

7pm till 8.30pm - Central Library, Queen Street, Blackpool - location map

Telephone: 01253 478 080

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Thu 31 July - OUTSIDERS MONTHLY MOVIES: BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER

But I’m a Cheerleader [15] Dir. Jamie Babbit. USA 1999. 85 mins. Starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Ru Paul, Mink Stole Outsiders screened L Word director Jamie Babbit’s Itty Bitty Titty Committee at the festival last year and we’re back with her hugely under-rated first feature, But I’m a Cheerleader. Natasha Lyonne plays Megan, an all-American High School girl who everyone suspects of being a lesbian - everyone, that is, except herself. Bundled off by her parents to be ‘cured’ of her homosexuality at a bizarre Christian camp, Megan falls in with a bunch of other queer kids, among them the androgynous ‘Graham’ – actually a girl played by the super sexy and talented Clea DuVall (Heroes).

8.30pm - FACT, 88 WOOD STREET, LIVERPOOL - location map

Telephone: 0871 704 2063
Email: matt@outsidersfilmfestival.com
Website: www.outsidersfilmfestival.com/events.html

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Tue 5 August - Merseyside Animal Rights meeting

We are the campaigning body for animal rights in Liverpool. We campaign on a number of issues that involve the abuse and exploitation of animals. We hold regular fundraising stalls in the region and organise transport to national demonstrations.

Come along to a meeting and find out what's happening locally and nationally. We hold friendly informal meetings on the first Tuesday of every month.

7.30pm - Next to Nowhere, 96 Bold St, Liverpool City Centre.
Telephone: 0151 293 2009
Email: kj001f8644@blueyonder.co.uk
Website: www.merseysideanimalrights.org

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Sun 10 August - prisoner justice day

August 10th is prisoner justice day. A day in which those in prison can have a day of mourning & remembrance for others who have died while locked up in prison. Prisoners around the world also use the day for protesting against conditions. This year the No More Prison campaign are asking for activists to join together outside HMP Styal to show solidarity with the women locked up inside and to remember those who have died in women’s prisons all over the country It will also be a tribute to Pauline Campbell, who’s only daughter, Sarah, died in Styal prison. Pauline campaigned fearlessly against deaths in women’s prisons as well as advocating the closure of all women’s prisons.

1pm - 4pm - HMP Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire - location map

Email: pikiebub2000@yahoo.co.uk
Website: alternatives2prison.ik.com

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Sun 10 August - Liverpool Children's Festival

The Imaginary City 2008...

The inhabitants of Liverpool's secret (and mysterious) twin city 'Roopville' who come in all colours, shapes and sizes, have a variety of unusual abilities and think that they are the most fantastic example (in the entire Universe) of how to live together in peace and harmony, will appear in Liverpool City Centre's Museums District on 10th August 2008 for 1 day only.

The Mayor of Roopville - and his bossy wife, will bring their lively and bustling city to life, statues will become animated and other incredible creatures will step out of brick work and up through cracks in the pavement to take Liverpool's children on a journey of experiences that excites and exposes them to a diverse range of creative activity, igniting a passion for the arts and inspiring them to become the artists and audiences of the future - watch out though, some-one may be out to spoil the day, things may not go according to the Mayor's plans and it could be, that its Liverpool's inhabitants who are the ones that eventually shine out in this wonderful and imaginative celebration of uniqueness.

FREE event - all welcome!

11am till 4pm - In the Museum District of the city centre around William Brown Street, Liverpool City Centre
Email: dee@liverpoolchildrensfestival.org.uk
Website: http://www.liverpoolchildrensfestival.org.uk/

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Thu 28 August - OUTSIDERS MONTHLY MOVIES: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE

Probably the most important British gay film of the 1980s, Hanif Kurieshi’s MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE takes a simple premise – the desire of a Pakistani businessman to open the most beautiful laundrette in London – and turns it into a brutal, moving account of racial and sexual politics under Thatcher. Daniel Day Lewis is outstanding - in his only gay role to date - as the bent punk who is torn between his white, racist mates and his love for childhood friend Omar (Warnecke). Watch out for the famous (and wholly improvised) Champagne Kiss…

8.30PM - FACT, 88 WOOD STREET, LIVERPOOL - location map

Telephone: 0871 704 2063
Email: matt@outsidersfilmfestival.com
Website: www.outsidersfilmfestival.com

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Sat 20 September - Rainbow Horizons' Gay Day Out at Alton Towers

TICKETS START FROM JUST £9.99 including Coach and Entrance!! Come join us at Alton Towers this year for our first Gay Day Out! We have arranged for coaches from various parts of the UK. We will all arrive at Alton Towers around 10.30am and the coaches won't be departing until the park closes at 6.00pm giving us a full day out to enjoy the great summer weather and have a good scream on the rides!

See website for details - Alton Towers
Telephone: 0207 060 1085
Email: sales@rainbowhorizons.net
Website: http://rainbowhorizons.net/shop/page/3?shop_param=

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