Corinne showcases cultural offerings from around the World. From the Italian Renaissance to Mick Jagger, Space and Beyond! There's something for everyone this month. Here's hoping that you get some 'Satisfaction' :)
Here are the links -
2 August 7.00 pm
Join historian Dr Lillian Cespedes Gonzalez for a virtual journey back in time to explore the wonders of the Italian Renaissance. In this interactive online event, we will delve into the development of art in Italy besides the great masters of this period.
August 3 at 3.00 pm UK time
Have you ever looked up at the sky and been inspired to create art? Daytime, Nightime, Starlight? Amazing pictures from the Webb Telescope have been making the news. Training has begun for Artemis II crew to orbit the moon. There is a lot to inspire!
Join us for this unguided art event where you can create art in the medium of your choice inspired by the Stars, Skies, and Beyond!
5 August 6.00
We're used to seeing photos on Instagram of magical-looking woodlands, with sunlight gently drifting between knotted trunks to spill across the forest floor. When we're encouraged to "get out into nature", we often picture enchanting scenes of paths between the trees, or disappearing across a rolling moor into a mysterious copse. Yet individually, trees themselves have various links with magic, witchcraft and fairies. Some trees are believed to be able to ward off witches or the Devil, while others shelter fairies beneath their branches. Yet others make excellent brooms, dowsing rods, and magic wands. This talk will explore the folklore and legends associated with elder, hawthorn, rowan, and hazel.
6 August 1.00
Join us for a rich webinar with Jasvir Singh (CBE) hosted by the Manchester Metropolitan University Race Staff Network to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month. This event acknowledges the profound contributions of our South Asian communities to Great Britain. Jasvir navigates the treacherous terrain that is the present landscape of the collective as steeped in historical adversities and triumphs, hopes and trepidations, opportunities and barriers, low ceilings and high possibilities and the promise of a rising of the phoenix of possible futures arising from the contradictory glitter of the ashes of past wrongs.
South Asian Heritage in the United Kingdom: A Tapestry Tickets, Tue 6 Aug 2024 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
10 August at 9.00 pm British time
Let’s travel back in time to the 1960’s to see and hear the distinctive Rock & Roll music of the Rolling Stones.
This will be part 1 of a 2-part program on the Rolling Stones covering the 1960's / Brian Jones era.
In part 2, at a later date, we’ll cover the Rolling Stones 1970’s - present.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rolling-stones-the-1960s-brian-jones-era-music-history-livestream-tickets-931650209857?
August 17 4.30 UK time
August theme: Paintings and Poetry. Join us as we learn of famous artworks that inspired writers to create. The talk will also include creating our own guided poetry inspired by these works!
(Image source: Bedroom in Arles (first version, 1888). Oil on canvas, 72 × 90 cm (28.3 × 35.4 in). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.)
23 August at 1.00 pm
The Famous, the Infamous and the Ludicrous : The UK Census 1841-1921
The UK Census has been taken every 10 years since 1801. The first three decades were basically a head count, but from 1841 onwards they contain a wealth of information for family historians.
Join library assistant and amateur genealogist Nadine Licence online as she takes a look at the census and some of the delights that can be found there.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-famous-the-infamous-and-the-ludicrous-an-online-talk-tickets-932276954467?
August 24 at 3.00 UK TIME
According to https://GreatBarrierReef.org The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world, and pulling away from it, and viewing it from a greater distance, you can understand why. It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.
Let's create art exploring the beauty of Australia's Great Barrier Reef - flora, fauna, islands, and ocean.
Lastly two interesting sites about Liverpool you can tap into as you want
An interesting site about Liverpool
Also Old Merseytimes
Many thanks
Corinne