Thank you to all those who attended and performed at the tribute night to our colleague and friend Paul Blackburn at Bolton Socialist Club. We were able to present the British Heart Foundation with a donation of £350 from ticket sales.
Write out Loud Sunday 7 April
Join us for our next monthly open mic night at Bolton Socialist Club, Wood Street, BL1 1DL when our Guest performer is Dr Nat Clare.
The evening gives up to 14 readers five minutes to perform or talk about their own or someone else’s poetry. Doors 7.30 pm. Sign up at the door.
Admission is £2 and non-readers are very welcome. More info from dave.morgan@livefromworktown.org.uk
Mass Observation Day 12 May
Each year the MO archive at the University of Sussex calls out for diary contributions recorded on MO day to capture a slice of contemporary life. This year we’re getting involved and will be calling out to all our contacts to ensure there’s a good representation from Bolton. We want to use the exercise to plan a bigger project next year with the University of Bolton. We’ll be in touch.
Knife Angel
We were honoured to create an audio-visual record of the Knife Angel display in both Bolton and Bury. The dramatic sculpture elicited a wide range of responses from the general public some of which was captured for posterity by Peter and Julia. More info and links on our facebook page
2nd Friday Cabaret, 12th April
Our next popular cultural cabaret night takes place on Friday at Bolton Socialist Club, Wood Street, BL1 1DY. Admission is £5. Doors are at 7.00pm for an 7.45pm start. Featured artists include jazz duo Joint Effort aka John Smethurst and Donna Morris and singer/guitarist John ’Dylan’ Macfadden. We are particularly honoured to host Casino Improv’s new comedy show prior to its entry at Liverpool Improv Festival and to top the evening we have the eclectic and elastic Grumpy Old Men. Tickets can be reserved through dave.morgan@livefromworktown.org.ukÂ
Live from Worktown is a Community Interest Company. We have vacancies for directors and associates. We have a number of projects on the stocks and we are still regrouping after the loss of our colleagues Dave Burnham and Paul Backburn. If you’re interested in getting involved particularly in reorganising our web-site, newsletter, or if you want to help delivering projects let us know.
Karen Holt
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