Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Motel Bar
Motel Bar is the kind of place one doesn’t simply visit. Motel is, in fact, the kind of place that you experience. The venue is decorated with graphic novel style art work on the walls, as well as neon signs, metal caging, chairs that don’t match and a collection of other things you wouldn’t expect to find in a bar. The neon signs, sporting quotes and slogans, add a layer of fluorescent light, that add to…
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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Baltic Bakehouse; A Warming Experience
Baltic: colloquial adjective used to describe cold or freezing conditions. I’m sure we’re all aware of the word’s more recent meaning in reference to chilly conditions. However, if you put Baltic in front of the word ‘bake house’, you’ve got something that’s enough to warm you up from the inside out. Baltic Bakehouse opened its oven doors earlier this year and its stock has been rising ever since. The bakery is becoming more and more recognisable…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Hidden Liverpool; A Journey Inside Liverpool’s Abandoned Buildings
Hidden Liverpool is a yearlong project that will unlock the history behind Liverpool’s empty and largely underused buildings to create a vision for the future. The Liverpool based Social Enterprise PLACED provides inspiration to young people and aims to increase their knowledge of architecture and the built environment created Hidden Liverpool, bringing an exciting project to Liverpool. The Lottery Funded enterprise will delve into the history of some of Liverpool’s most beautiful, intriguing and historic…
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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Bakchich Restaurant Bold Street; Review
On a particularly wet and mundane Saturday evening, my boyfriend and I decided to venture up Bold Street to sample its latest culinary offering. A street that is both historic and ever changing, it’s become home to a quirky, cultural community of independent businesses – and Lebanese restaurant Bakchich fits right in. On arrival we were greeted by the host who assured us of a table in ten minutes. As it was early Saturday tea…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Enter Hidden Liverpool’s ‘People’s City’ Photography Competition & Exhibition
Hidden Liverpool is inviting entries for its ‘People’s City’ photography competition and is looking for people to submit stunning images that portray people’s relationship with Liverpool’s empty buildings. The competition is the first major event of Hidden Liverpool – a yearlong project which asks people to share memories of empty buildings in Liverpool before thinking how they could be reused. The ‘People’s City’ competition, which is open to everyone, aims to get people looking around…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Miles Kane To Play Intimate Homecoming Shows at Erics
When Miles Kane announced his Autumn tour earlier this year, any scousers would have had to make their way to Manchester (which we did) for the nearest show. Miles hadn’t played a hometown headline gig for a while, however at an exclusive announcement this morning at Eric’s it was revealed he will play two shows at the venue this December. Playing to sold out crowds across the country, Miles is gearing up for two very…
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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Ichi Noodle Food Review
The Liverpool food and drink scene is booming at the moment, with the city centre in particular boasting an abundance of fantastic independent eateries. In this competitive market (I’ve got a list of ‘to-go-to’ food places longer than my arm), restaurants have to be particularly memorable to get me to eat there a second time. It speaks volumes, then, that less than a week after my first dining experience at Ichi Noodle, I found myself…
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Music
Liverpool Music Scene: Ady Suleiman
If you’re looking for a fresh new voice, you should definitely have a listen to Ady Suleiman’s wonderful tracks and demo’s on his Soundcloud page. The first track I heard was the wonderful live acoustic performance of Serious. I’ve always believe that if an artist can sing acoustic, then that is a sign of great talent and this guy definitely has it. Next I made my way to his demo of ‘Why You Running Away’,…
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Activities in Liverpool
Baltic Creative – Liverpool’s Creative Hub
The Baltic Triangle is a part of Liverpool that’s going through a renaissance. With direct links to our city’s docklands and rich maritime heritage, the once drab and crumbling warehouses of the area are getting somewhat of a facelift. As well as undergoing aesthetic changes over the past four to five years, the business interests of the area have been placed into the hands of local steer group; companies that work together collectively to propel…
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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Cafe Tabac
Atmosphere is defined as “an aesthetic quality or effect, especially a distinctive and pleasing one, associated with a particular place” . If you venture up to the top of Bold Street, and walk into Cafe Tabac, that’s exactly what you will find. Tabac manages to create a warm romantic atmosphere by day, and one of a trendy cocktail bar by night. By day you can sit and catch up with friends, catch up on work,…
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Places to Eat in Liverpool
Siren Bistro At 54 St James Street
This cosy bistro had sneaked right under my radar until I had the chance to visit for a spot of Saturday lunch. Tucked away between Liverpool’s trailblazing Baltic Triangle and Chinatown, this café offers a quiet alternative to the hustle and bustle of the city centre, while remaining in walking distance of Liverpool One and other hotspots. Siren @ 54 St James Street is part of a new development; opened in 2011, 54 St James…
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Liverpool Nightlife
81 Ltd Bar – A Little-Known Bar on a Well-Known Street
I received the code for 81 Ltd on Saturday afternoon, a few hours before my visit. I knew as soon as I got the text, this place was going to be cool. Lying in the heart of Liverpool’s nightlife scene, it’s easily one of the most chic places around. To reach the bar, we walked up a set of shady stairs to the forbidden door and typed in our code. On opening the door, there…
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Cafes in Liverpool
Bold Street Coffee
Bold Street Coffee is the sort of coffee shop that you make your regular haunt: it is not just a grab and go place, it is an experience. Listed as one of the top 50 coffee shops in the country by the Independent, it offers a wide range of coffee for every tastebud, along with an extensive loose tea selection and an enviable food menu. Ever the spot for the hardened caffeine addict, 3 different…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Liverpool Girl Geeks: Getting Girls Into Tech Industries
Liverpool Girl Geeks is a project aimed at gathering a community of ladies of all generations in Liverpool engaged with and inspired by Technology, Gaming, Design, Programming and Digital Media. Created by Chelsea Slater and Rebecca Jones, as part of Chelsea’s final project for her Masters degree in Social Media. Chelsea says “One of the things that made us want to create this group is because we feel that there is a lack of community…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Independent Liverpool Card Packed With Local Discounts
Independent Liverpool is set to launch a new loyalty card, designed to support Liverpool’s independent businesses. The project was started by Liverpool born-and-bred graduates, Oliver and David, with the objective of increasing trade in Liverpool’s standalone enterprises. The co-founders want to see the Liverpool they love remain varied and atmospheric.It seems you’re never more than a stone’s throw away from a Costa in this city, and everywhere you turn, a new Tesco appears. The Fat…
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Music
Nokia Lumia Live Session with Lianne La Havas
When an invitation to this exclusive event landed in our inbox two weeks ago, asking if we would like to attend an intimate live session with the wonderful Lianne La Havas, it took us exactly 0.2 seconds to reply, yes. Nokia know how to put on a good show. With only 200 tickets available, by invite only, we were lucky enough to experience such a unique show. The venue at the Rampworx in Aintree, possibly…
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Liverpool Festivals
Sound City 2013 Preview
Sound City gets bigger and better each year and this year we have some particular favourites to share with you. Here’s our Sound City 2013 Preview. Noah And The Whale @ Liverpool Anglican Catherdral. THURS 2nd. Our favourite Folk-Pop band Noah & The Whale will play in one of the coolest venues for this years Sound City at The Anglican Cathedral where they will be showcasing some of their new material from their new album…
