From an Easter egg hunt to shadow puppet workshops and storytelling sessions, there’s lots to do for all the family in and around Liverpool libraries during the Easter holidays.
It wouldn’t be Easter without an egg hunt. Culture Liverpool has commissioned Positive Pathways to host a community day at St John’s Gardens on Thursday 17 April between 12-4pm. As well as a chance to win prizes in an egg hunt, there will be lots of activities going on in and around Central Library including Lego building, STEAM Engineers (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) workshops and advice on weight control and diet for young people.
Children can devise their own characters and stories and create their own puppets in a series of shadow puppetry workshops throughout the Easter holidays, culminating in a celebratory puppet showcase at Central Library on 10 May. The sessions take place on the following dates:
- Tuesday 8 April 11am – 3pm at Wavertree Library
- Wednesday 9 April 11am – 3pm at Norris Green Library
- Thursday 10 April 11:30am – 3pm at Spellow Community Hub and Library
- Friday 11 April 11am – 3pm at Sefton Park
- Saturday 12 April 11am – 1pm at Birkenhead Library
- Monday 14 April 2pm – 4pm at Huyton Library
- Tuesday 15 April 11am- 12:15pm and 12:30 – 3pm at Prescot Library
- Wednesday 16 April 11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm at Halewood Library
- Thursday 17 April 11am – 3pm at Fazakerley Community Federation & Library
- Friday 18 April 11am – 3pm at Garston Library
- Saturday 19 April 11am – 3pm at Allerton Library
- Saturday 10 May 11am – 3pm Family Puppet Day at Liverpool Central Library
The 11am – 3pm sessions will include a one-hour break with free healthy food provided. Email artgroupie@outlook.com to reserve a place.
Storytelling sessions include:
- Tuesday 8 April – Jude Lennon reading Little Lamb Tales throughout the day at Central Library. Perfect for ages 3-10.
- Thursday 10 April Tina Freeman running Alice in Wonderland themed stories and crafts 10.30 – 3pm at Central Library.
- Tuesday 15 April – Ma Bailey story sessions 10.30am – 2.30pm and 1.30 – 4pm at Central Library.
- Saturday 19 April – Author Angela Ackah-McIntyre will deliver an interactive book-reading session based on her children’s fun fantasy adventure book Efua’s Magic Stew 1 – 4pm at Central Library.
For theatre lovers, there are two exhibitions running until the end of the month at Central Library: Lights Up on Liverpool in the Hornby Library and Liverpool Empire Theatre 100 in the third-floor archive. The former, a partnership between ArtsGroupie CIC and Liverpool Libraries and Information Services, spotlights Liverpool’s groundbreaking, radical and experimental approaches to theatre and is a response to the decreasing number of working-class professionals in the performing arts. The latter, a collaboration between the theatre and the Liverpool Record Office and Archives, features photographs and artefacts – including programmes, tickets, letters, visitor books, flyers and architect plans – which tell the story of the Grade II listed Lime Street landmark.
Other exhibitions at Central Library include Electrification of the Liverpool and Southport Railway Line in March 1904, a display of illustrations of the original four-car electric train sets and Liverpool Olympia 120, a display of illustrations of the stage machinery, circus ring and lake, and some programme covers marking the anniversary of the opening of Liverpool Olympia, West Derby Road, on 24 April 1905. The former closes on 22 April and the latter opens on 23 April.
For more information about what’s on in Liverpool libraries, visit the libraries pages on Liverpool City Council’s website.
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Health and Wellbeing, Councillor Harry Doyle, said:
“Keeping the kids entertained over the school holidays can be hard work – and expensive – so we have programmed lots of participatory arts projects, which can help young people develop self-confidence, empathy and social skills.”
