Liverpool's Light Night May 2014: Highlights

 

Admiring Liverpool's skyline from new places  

Guessing what glacial art ice sculptors were creating outside the Anglican Cathedral
Sneaking into The Black-E to catch the end of a martial arts performance
Looking (and not finding) our faces at Lu Lowe's exhibition
Pit stop pint and burrito at Camp & Furnace
Feeling like Belle in the old halls at Central Library
Listening to readings from young writers on the library's roof terrace
Soaking up the Brazilian carnival atmosphere at St Peter's Square
Watching the sky darken over Liverpool from the Anglican Cathedral Tower
Hearing Pzyksong through the bell towers as we queued to get to the top
Raising eyebrows with the crowds at the sound battle performance

 

 

 

Liverpool's LightNight 2014

Today is yet another exciting day in Liverpool's cultural calendar. It's Light Night and this galleries, museums and exhibition spaces of beautiful city stays up late, and so do we! Between 5pm and the wee small hours, there's a fantastic program of walks, tours, exhibitions, street performances and light projections.

The tag line: 'Do something different on a Friday night". Love tunnels? Join the Mersey tunnel tour. 

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Rather be high above the city than explore underneath it? Go up to the top of St John's Beaconor join a Twilight Tower Tour at the Anglican Cathedral.

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Fancy trying your hand at screen printing or Chinese fan dancing? Sorted. Hungry? There'll be enough local foodies around to tempt you. Want to admire pretty (pretty wonderful, pretty interesting, pretty weird and confusing)? There's tons at LightNight, and Light Night's organisers have this week released the secret location of two light projections onto two historic buildings: Liverpool's Bluecoat, a Grade I listed building, and our Metropolitan Cathedral  Here's a picture to give you an idea of just how pretty it's going to look!

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Here's some (terrible phone quality) photographs taken at previous Light Nights, including Viennese waltzing in the impressive Town Hall. Look at that ceiling! The effect of the candle lit labyrinth outside the cathedral in 2012 was somewhat scuppered by the pouring rain that night but, from a distance, it still looked pretty impressive!

We normally plan where we want to go but this year, we're a little less organised and it may be a case of enjoying whatever we stumble upon as we walk around. One area we will head towards for at least part of the night is Liverpool's Baltic Triangle, which will be hosting The Liverpool Photobooth Project. We sat for the photographer at last year's Light Night and have been told that our faces may well be part of this exhibition - intriguing and exciting! Wherever we end up, it promises to be a great night exploring our own city. Local to Liverpool and no Friday night plans? You can find out more about Light Night here. So excited for tonight's adventure!

A Little Bit of May

It's been a while, hasn't it! The past few months have been busy and I've had lots to do at work. I cannot believe it's nearly the end of another academic year. Here's a little snapshot of what I got up to between marking coursework scripts!

• A London hen do, cocktail making and dancing induced blisters
• Time with friends and a trip to Bath Thermea Spa
• Liverpool's LightNight, playing Buckaroo at The Brink and posing for a portrait for 2014 exhibition
• Leaving meal and drinks ahead of my best friend's travel adventure
• Celebrating my lovely mother in law's 60th birthday

• A growing obsession with Mad Men
• A roadtrip to London with my husband
• Dinner in Brixton market and discovering creme brulee martinis
• Dancing excitedly in my seat to The Postal Service in London

• Trying on my bridesmaid dress for next year's big W day
• Late night cookie baking
• Taking a scuba diving course with my brother
• Thank you flowers and chocs from lovely students
• Scrabble in the sunshine 
• Ice creams on Crosby beach
• Family BBQs

All in all, a pretty great month. My June highlight will almost definitely be my friend's wedding in Buxton gardens next weekend. Hair appointment needs to be booked, postman brought my fascinator this morning and I'm zumba-ing and aqua running myself a toned back as often as I can! I'm very VERY excited!