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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:30:26 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Cuc To Close Its Doors 3rd January 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Any profits from the venue have always gone towards funding People Can&rsquo;s work. However, cuts to the charity&rsquo;s public sector funding, combined with the uncertainty of the hospitality and entertainment sector, mean that the charity has been forced to close our fantastic building.We are working hard to find alternative arrangements for events booked in for the new year. If you have an event planned you will be contacted soon, but if you need to speak to someone straightaway please don&rsquo;t hesitate to call us on 0151 708 3510.The full press release is attached, and we&rsquo;d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you&nbsp;who have&nbsp;attended the hundreds of amazing events we&rsquo;ve hosted over the years. We&rsquo;re left with happy CUC memories and hope that you have the same.Don&rsquo;t forget we&rsquo;ve still got an amazing Christmas programme so December will be a good way to bow out and on a high. We are all absolutely committed to making this a great final month for the CUC and hope to celebrate with you!Thank youCUC team  ]]></description>
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<title>People Can Lecture</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of the event is to:1.Reflect on the legacy and lessons of the Scarman Report (1981) in the context of riots in some English cities this summer2.To draw lessons for the future as we enter another period of austerity and show how Government policies are taking account of recent events3.To highlight opportunities for people to make a positive difference, and what central and local Government can do to support themThe lecture and panel discussion will be streamed live on the day and it can be viewed in the above feed of People Can TV.Take part through twitter #scarmanlecturePanel DiscussionThe lecture will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Julia Unwin, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with:&bull;Sir Philip Mawer, Secretary to the Scarman Report&bull;Professor Ted Cantle, Chair of the Independent Community Cohesion Review Team which conducted a review of the riots in 2001 and currently Chair of iCoCo&bull;Professor Gus John, educator and researcher on guns and gangs&bull;Ros Griffiths, Lambeth Resident, Co-founder of the Brixton Slash and Director of the Employment Cafecatch it herehttp://www.peoplecan.org.uk/scarman-lecture.aspxRead the latest newshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15868844  ]]></description>
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<title>Liverpool Music Week Press Update</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We&#39;re still finding bottles and empty cans, that night was EPIC! Read all about it here, if you couldn&#39;t make it and if you could...relive it!http://www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk/2011/11/liverpool-music-week-cuc-closi-1.htmlhttp://www.sevenstreets.com/blog/liverpool-music-week-closing-party-at-the-cuc/http://www.liverpool-live.info/festivals/gallery-liverpool-music-week-closing-party-cuc-11-11-11  ]]></description>
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<title>Don't Tell The Bride Featuring The Fabulous Cuc</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We tuned in at 9pm and watched the love story unfold...and by that we mean Sian and Anna&#39;s love story with our beautiful Grade II listed warehouse! Anna picked a winner, choosing our fabulous Mezzanine as the venue for their reception, watch the programme on BBC iPlayer here. And don&#39;t forget, CUC can host wedding ceremonies too! Click to find out the info on our gorgeous Mezzanine  ]]></description>
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<title>People Can Launches At Cuc Liverpool</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People Can works in England and Wales with people with fewer chances in life, helping them to use their abilities and work together for better lives and stronger communities. All of&nbsp;their work centres around the &lsquo;can do&rsquo; principle: ask people what they can do and you get can do people.We hosted the launch of People Can on Tuesday 25th October, an evening of celebration of the great work People Can does. The event was attended by the Lady Mayoress of Liverpool and many of the people who have greatly benefitted from the charity&#39;s work.CUC Liverpool&nbsp;is a big part of People Can&rsquo;s work. As a cultural and commercial hub in Liverpool, we run it as a social business. CUC hosts hundreds of arts, culture and corporate events every year. This means that all the money spent here is continually reinvested into supporting people and communities.Until 4th November, come and visit the Heroes and Heroines exhibition on 5th Gallery, a photography exhibition inspired by the People that can.For more information about People Can and how you can help visit www.peoplecan.org.uk  ]]></description>
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<title>Cleverly - Bellew Weigh In Today</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The weigh-in for World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly and challenger Tony Bellew will be open to the public and free-of-charge to attend Liverpool&rsquo;s Contemporary Urban Centre on Friday (14th October) at 2pm.Only 400 fans will be given entry on a first-come-first-serve basis into the CUC to see bitter rivals Cleverly and Bellew weigh-in for their highly anticipated showdown.The fight takes places tomorrow night at the Liverpool Echo Arena in front of a packed crowd, televised LIVE and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456).Doors at the CUC will open to the public at 1.30pm and the weigh-in will commence at 2pm, with Cleverly and Bellew on the scales first.   ]]></description>
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<title>Thursdays Cinema And Events Cancelled</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Because of events occuring in and around the building tonights CUC Cinema Cult(ure) is cancelled. :o(We&#39;re sorry to cause you any inconvenience and will make sure to screen A Single Man in November to tie in with our Homotopia events at CUC Liverpool.Saturday&#39;s Children&#39;s Cinema, Blackbeards Ghost at 11am is still going ahead as well as Saturday&#39;s AND Festival screening of Finisterrae at 9pm.Sunday Roast and a film is still going ahead with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.Keep checking for the latest cinema listings  ]]></description>
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<title>New Accommodation Service Opens In Liverpool This Week</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not a lot of people know that the work we do at CUC Liverpool helps to fund community support across the Merseyside and North West regions. All the fun stuff we host and put on ensures that every penny we make gets reinvested, helping those with the fewest opportunities.One of the projects we&#39;ve invested in is an accommodation service. Split across 2 properties in the city, the service launches this week, with 3 people expected to move in ASAP. The service offers single homeless men a place to get involved, make a positive contribution, get great support, and take steps towards the future they want. And we&#39;re proud to be part of it.  ]]></description>
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<title>Tell Tale Theatre In The Final 8 Of Starstruck</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A big thanks to all who voted to make sure Tell Tale Theate, one of the fab companies CUC Liverpool supports, because they have made it through to the final eight of the Sky Arts Starstruck competition!The next round sees&nbsp;Tell Tale Theatre&nbsp;battling to be one of the final four theatre groups and will be given a new drama piece to perform. Judges include Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter, Black Adder and Wicked), Quentin Letts (BPA Theatre Critic of the Year 2010) and Bill Kenwright (Producer; Whistle Down the Wind and Blood Brothers).For more information seehttp://www.skyarts.co.uk/theatre-drama/article/stagestruck-the-finalists/http://www.telltaletheatre.co.uk/We wish them the very best of luck!  ]]></description>
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<title>Smiles For Japan Update</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the British Red Cross CUC Liverpool would like to thank you for your support in raising &pound;3450.54 to support those whose lives were devastated by the Japan earthquake and ensuing Tsunami.Measuring a massive 9.0 on the Richter scale. The earthquake struck 250 miles northeast of Tokyo and triggered a devastating tsunami with up to 38 metre waves, which swept away everything in its path. Events were organised across the city and the Smiles for Japan event held here at CUC managed to raise an amazing &pound;3,450.54!This money was vital in helping first aid response teams mobilise and help those most badly affected.Thank you to all who attended!  ]]></description>
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<title>Cuc Cinema Listings</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[September sees the launch of CUC&#39;s NEW Cinema Programme. Our independent cinema shows the very best cult(ure), classics and family films every week. 114 seats, big screen experience and Dolby Digital surround sound CUC Cinema is Liverpool&#39;s alternative cinema venue.CULT(URE)Our Thursday screening is to see cult(ure) landmarks, with the big screen experience.THURS from 7.30pm&pound;4.50CHILDRENSBambino film lovers will enjoy our childrens cinema, classic kids films, popcorn and all the sweets you need.SAT 11am&pound;4.50 / &pound;3.50 ConcessionsCLASSICSundays, The quintessential lazy Sunday. Sunday roast in the Beer House and an afternoon matinee of timeless classics to wind down your weekend in style.SUN 3pm Lunch 5pm FILM&pound;10See our Film section for the latest listings  ]]></description>
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<title>Launch Night Of Zhen Shan Ren Tonight All Welcome</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The international art exhibition has toured more than 40 countries and 200 cities worldwide since 2004.Featured artists all practise Falun Gong and express the nature of the spiritual movement in their work with themes around the practise and also the&nbsp;persecution faced by practitioners in communist China. An Inspiring exhibition not to be missed, it runs until 18th September.Tonight&#39;s event is attended by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and we invite you to join us too for this special celebration.6pm - 8pm with refreshments.  ]]></description>
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<title>Telltale Theatre Makes It To The Final Of Startstruck Competition</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Telltale Theatre, one of the lovely companies supported by CUC Liverpool are through to the final round of the Sky Arts &#39;Stagestruck Competition&#39; for their brilliant interpretation of the prologue to Marlowe&#39;s &#39;Faustus&#39;, filmed right here at CUC Liverpool. Please vote for their entry and show your support. Voting closes on Tuesday morning.  ]]></description>
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<title>Cuc To Host Youth Champions Awards</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 11:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CUC Liverpool&nbsp;is pleased&nbsp;be hosting&nbsp;the Plus Dane Youth Champions Awards on 25th May 2011.Developed and delivered&nbsp;by the Plus Dane Youth Forum&nbsp;in conjunction with Merseysdie Youth Development Service, the event will:&bull; Celebrate the achievements of the Plus Dane Youth Forum &bull; Give young people a platform to champion the work of organisations that have supported them.&bull; Recognise the good practice and achievements of organisations that are supported by and work in Partnership with Plus Dane in the Neighbourhoods&nbsp;they work in.By Invitation only.For further information please contact Julie Tomlinson, Youth Engagement Manager at Enterprising Neighbourhoods.julie.tomlinson@neighbourhoodinvestor.com   ]]></description>
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<title>Threshold Festival A Huge Sucess</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Threshold Festival was a huge sucesss.Our thanks go out to all the Performers and Atendees who made Threshold such a brilliant place to be. Hope you all had a really great time and that we see you again soon.If you couldn&#39;t make it check out this link to see what you missed out on:&nbsp; http://www.sevenstreets.com/events-and-attractions/threshold-in-pictures/  ]]></description>
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<title>Community Choirs And Singing Workshops At The Threshold Festival </title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Come see the Community choirs and singing workshops at the Threshold Festival this Saturday.   ]]></description>
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<title>Threshold Festival Starts Today</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Threshold Festvial starts today at 6pm, If you haven&#39;t already book your ticket now!Threshold Festival starts TODAY  ]]></description>
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<title>Pillbox Vintage Fair At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Remember Pillbox Vintage fair is on Saturday afternoon from 12:00 in the crypt, followed by 2toned Theatre  ]]></description>
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<title>Theshold  Starts Tomorrow</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just a reminder that the Threshold Festival starts tomorrow, Friday the 11th of Feburary.  ]]></description>
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<title>Bbc Introducing Merseyside</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Please that a listen to this BBC radio interview from the 23 minutehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00dcvsy/BBC_Introducing_in_Merseyside_06_02_2011/  ]]></description>
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<title>Louis Barabbas Will Be At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.louisbarabbas.com/  ]]></description>
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<title>Catch Fabian Rothschilde Down At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=540084228  ]]></description>
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<title>Catch Sneakbeats At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://soundcloud.com/sneakbeats  ]]></description>
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<title>Suppercannes Peforming At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.myspace.com/supercannes  ]]></description>
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<title>Hungry Ghosts Performing At The Threshold Fetstival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.hungryghosts.co.uk/Home.html  ]]></description>
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<title>Very Special Guest Playing In The Crypt On The Friday Night</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[YEEEEAAAAHHH! Very special guest to soon be announced playing in the crypt on Friday night. Who do you think it it?  ]]></description>
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<title>Vj Skulpture See Him On Sat On The Fifth Floor From 8 At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX9hD30hkqU  ]]></description>
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<title>Deaf Club Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://deafclub.tumblr.com/  ]]></description>
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<title>Film And Media Production Company Serious Feathers Are On Board For The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.seriousfeather.com/  ]]></description>
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<title>Mellowtone Will Be At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://twitter.com/MELLOWTONEclub  ]]></description>
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<title>Bgt Semi Finalist James Edgington Is Looking Forward To Performing At Threshold Festival</title>
<link>http://www.contemporaryurbancentre.org/liverpool/news/bgt-semi-finalist-james-edgington-is-looking-forward-to-performing-at-threshold-festival</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/9656-0165-2772  ]]></description>
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<title>Musician Matt Swift Excited About Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.myspace.com/mattswift  ]]></description>
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<title>Fonetiksmusic  Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Tj &amp; Murphy Looking Forward To Playing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.myspace.com/thomasjosephandmurphy  ]]></description>
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<title>Dj/producer/remixer Gareth Cheshire Performing At Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Dave O Grady At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Incredibly Proud To Have Our Headline Act Kof At Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Threshold Festival Tto Host Private-public Screening Of Film An Island As Part Of Am Amazing Day </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Craftcreative On Board For Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>2toned Academy At Threshold Festival </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Stuart Anthony's Long Lost Band At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Storm Theatre Living With Macbeth First Performance Will Be Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Skanky Panky Records Are On Board For The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Ogo Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Peter Cunningham Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Punning Clan Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Threshold Festival 3rd Floor Art Social Event </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Caroline Ailin Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Threshold Performance Schedule </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Vise Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fieldhouse Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Inglorious Performing At The  Threshold Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>We Walk In Straight Lines Performing At The Threshold Festival</title>
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<title>Threshold On Bbc Merseyside</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Nordic Events At ‘threshold Festival’ Liverpool</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Threshold&nbsp;Film events: Sunday 13th Feb, 3 pm Introduces &lsquo;About and Island&rsquo; (a film about the Danish band Efterklang) and &lsquo;Iceland-Beyond Sigur-Ros&rsquo; a documentary exploring the contemporary music scene of Iceland, this event will be followed by Q and A with the Production team.ABOUT AN ISLAND In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Efterklang 8 piece-live band met uup on an island off the Danish coast.The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations. Over an intense period of 4 days Efterklang collaborated with more then 200 local musicians, kids and parent, creating new performances and interpretations of songs from their album &lsquo;Magic Chairs&rsquo;ICELAND: Beyond Sigur Ros.The Manchester- based film and video team, Serious Feather, introduce this 30 minute film introducing and exploring the contemporary music scene of Iceland. As well as performances from Hafdis Huld, Berndsen, Mugison, Olafur Arnalds, Lara Runars, Bloodgroup, For A Minor Reflectiono, Seabear, Sykur, Severed Crotch and DJ Musician, it features interviews with Haukur Magnusson, the editor of Reykjavik&rsquo;s Grapevine Magazine, Olafur Arnalds, highly respected composer and producer, and Petur &Uacute;lfur Einarsson and Hafsteinn Gudmundsson, the founders of online music distributors gogoyoko. The Esoteric Gender 7 pm at the CUCThe Esoteric Gender started off with the encounter of Lisa Jamesdaughter, from Manchester, England, and Jean-Christophe Sala&uuml;n, from Caen, Normandy, France in 2007 in a creative writing course at the University of Iceland. As they built a strong friendship, they realized their musical tastes were very similar &ndash; they both had a predilection for highly melodic electronica. For eighteen months following their encounter they shared their personal productions with each other, while working sporadically together on a few songs. It is not until the end of summer 2008 that they considered the option of forming a band and composing new material as well as rearranging older songs.As their portfolio was growing, they met Thomas Brorsen Smidt, a drummer from Denmark, and asked him to join the band to give life to their songs on stage. After a short concert warming up for Irish singer Joanne Kearney in March 2009, for which they received very enthusiastic feedback, they found a new band member in the person of Gabriel Malenfant, from Quebec, who then became their guitarist.They have since worked a lot on improving their live performances and are putting together their first album with the help of sound engineer Justin Stretch from Liverpool. A release is to be expected in the autumn 2010. Each of their concerts has so far brought enthusiasm amongst the audience, charmed by the ecclectic spectrum of their songs, alternating between dark and atmospheric downtempo and psychedelic dance and rock. To put it in one word, trip rock. To Book tickets or find out more about the Threshold Festival&nbsp; CLICK HERE  ]]></description>
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<title>Buddleia Restaurant’s New 3 Course Menu And Ala Carte Menu </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[January 2011 Buddleia Restaurant&rsquo;s new 3 course menu and Ala Carte menu now available!!! Click HereReservations now being taken on 0151 708 3608 / 3510.  ]]></description>
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<title>Cuc Buddleia Restaurant To Get Involved In Liverpool Food And Drink Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Come and see the Catering and Events team and all our offerings at the Liverpool Food and Drink Festival being held in Sefton Park, Liverpool on September 12th 2010 from 10am further details on www.liverpoolfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk  ]]></description>
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<title>The Explanation Of The Extraordinary </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Set against the backdrop of her current exhibition &#39;Extraordinary Drawings&#39; , Laurie Lipton was the focus of a Q&amp;A session at the Contemporary Urban Centre recently.Fresh from her exhibition at Pulse Contemporary Art Fair in New York and a recent stint at The Saatchi Gallery, Laurie Lipton&#39;s unique brand of provocative imagery now sits in the Contemporary Urban Centre, as part of the Homotopia Festival.This exhibition premieres her most recent output, alongside a selection of drawings from her archives to create one of the most comprehensive displays of Lipton&rsquo;s work ever to be seen in the UK.Lipton answered questions about her globetrotting past, her main motivations, the techniques she uses and what her paintings portray about her personality. The session allowed fans and art aficionados develop a better understanding of both the artist and her exhibition. When pressed on her passion for drawing Lipton explained &quot;Ever since I was a little girl, I had the desire to draw. I don&#39;t know why. It&#39;s an urge, a need. I&#39;m happiest when I&#39;m sitting at my drawing table. The rest of life seems like an annoying interruption. I would gladly just draw and never go out or talk to anyone&hellip; but I&#39;m afraid I might disappear up my own whatsit. What a horrible way to go!&quot;With the incredible intricacy and detail of Lipton&#39;s work it was inevitable attendees where going to be interested how long does it takes to complete her remarkable drawings. &quot;If I sit down in front of a ginormous piece of paper and say, &quot;Okay&hellip;. this is going to take me 3 months to complete if I work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week&quot;, I think I would just stare at it in despair and not begin&quot; Lipton explained &quot; They take as long as they take. It&#39;s not the finished drawing but the process that interests me. In fact, once a drawing is &quot;complete&quot;, I immediately lose interest in it. People ask me how I can bear to sell something that took so much time and effort. I reply, &quot;It&#39;s the NEXT one that&#39;s going to be amazing!&quot;I set impossible tasks for myself; a thousand faces, a city with every window showing, a landscape with each blade of grass&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; if I were aware of the time it took, I really wouldn&#39;t bother to put myself through it. I&#39;m not a masochist. I approach each drawing with a &quot;Wow! Can I?&quot; feel, and damn the time and consequences. So&hellip;..when people ask, as they inevitably do, how long a drawing took me, I lie to them and make up a number. I really have no idea.&quot;Lipton&rsquo;s exhibition will be in the third floor gallery at the Contemporary Urban Centre until 7th January 2010. www.laurielipton.comwww.homotopia.net  ]]></description>
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<title>Contemporary Urban Centre Plays Host To Liverpool's Unsung Heroes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Liverpool&rsquo;s unsung heroes were honoured at a moving star-studded ceremony in the city recently at the Contemporary Urban Centre.The three-hour awards bash which celebrates the extraordinary acts of Merseysiders, attracted a celebrity audience. Eighties pop legends Spandau Ballet and boy band JLS performed, while other well-known faces handed out awards to worthy winners.Among the 400 guests at the glitzy gathering were Liverpool FC legend John Aldridge, current assistant manager Sammy Lee, gymnast Beth Tweddle, Hollyoaks favourites Carley Stenson &amp; John Pickard and British super-middleweight champion boxer Paul Smith. The ceremony was organised by Liverpool&rsquo;s Radio City and hosted by their presenters Neil Fitzmaurice and Simon Ross.The annual event is held to honour people in the local communities who inspire and support others. Winners included the Hillsborough Families Support Group, who won the Gold Award. Plucky seven-year-old cancer sufferer Connah Broom picked up the Child of Courage prize whilst Wallasey fundraiser Jayne Hughes was honoured for her work with Amy and Friends, a the charity to help children who, like her 17-year-old daughter Amy, have the rare premature aging disorder Cockayne Syndrome.Spandau Ballet, who performed two tracks, took home the Radio City Local Heroes&rsquo; Music Award and last year&rsquo;s X Factor finalists, JLS, were welcomed by earpiercing screams as they performed hits &#39;Beat Again&#39; and &#39;Everybody In Love&#39;. Beardsmith, who were winners of GMTV&rsquo;s search for a family band, The Christians, Platinum Dance Studio and Huyton comedian John Bishop also performed.  ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) held their 32nd Annual Conference recently at the Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool.The conference, which annually attracts up to 500 delegates from across the globe, gave an opportunity for researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers to discuss and debate the cutting edge research into small business and entrepreneurship. The event also offered a superb opportunity for networking for the delegates. Liverpool was chosen due to its vibrant entrepreneurial and community spirit which has assisted with the fantastic scale of local regeneration, helping the city win the title of &ldquo;European Capital of Culture&rdquo; in 2008. The Contemporary Urban Centre is right in the heart of Liverpool&rsquo;s independent arts quarter and was identified by the ISBE as a creative entrepreneurial case study in its own right.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This week saw the start of black&amp;blue circus skill classes at Contemporary Urban Centre.black&amp;blue who launched in 2003, are a multi-disciplinary theatre company dedicated to devising and telling stories through circus, physical and music theatre, blurring the lines between writer, performer, actor and artist to embrace the skills, apparent and undiscovered, of the collective. After premiering &ldquo;Blue Is My Colour&rdquo; at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004, they entered a period of development in Manchester as an incubated company supported by PANDA and Arts Council England. A new piece of work, &ldquo;Serenade&rdquo;, was performed as work in progress at Contact Theatre in 2005, and the completed show as premiered at the Green Room in 2006. &nbsp;black&amp;blue have since been running skill share and training sessions in Liverpool in partnership with Wired Aerial in Everton and are now the resident company at the Contemporary Urban Centre planning several workshops and skill share sessions for the venue.First beginners/improvers classes are now available and are structured around learning basic skills on the trapeze and for those with previous experience there&#39;s the opportunity for progression onto aerial silks and corde lisse (aerial rope). The tutored lessons will run every Monday in 5 week blocks and cost &pound;50 payable in advance. black&amp;blue will also be running a regular skill share session for experienced aerialists every Wednesday commencing on 25th November from 6.00pm &ndash; 8.00pm. These will be untutored sessions and only suitable for those with previous aerial experience, and will cost &pound;6 per session.black&amp;blue are planning the development of a youth circus and outreach programs which will cover a wider range of circus skills, including stilt walking, juggling and acrobalance as well as aerial skills which we hope be up and running in the New Year.If you&rsquo;re interested in getting involved with any of the black&amp;blue programs, please contact the Contemporary Urban Centre. Email: info[at]contemporaryurbancentre.org or telephone +44 (0)151 708 3510.Alternatively, contact black&amp;blue on email: info@blackandblue.org.uk or telephone Barry Welsh on 0774 249 1300.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not content with providing an active art space in The Wall project, we&#39;ve gone one step further in offering a whole building for you to work on!The owner of the building which sits opposite to the Contemporary Urban Centre has very kindly offered the external wall for the display of artwork. We&#39;re looking at using the opportunity to deliver contemporary art that will represent the diversity and vibrancy of our venue.If you&#39;re a budding artist and would like to showcase your work to the many thousands of visitors to the Contemporary Urban Centre email neil.dring@contemporaryurbancentre.org.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boyband JLS will perform at the Contemporary Urban Centre on 1st December as part of Radio City&#39;s Local Heroes Awards. The band, who finished second on the reality TV show X Factor last year, will play alongside 80&#39;s pop legends Spandau Ballet.The Radio City Local Heroes Awards recognises the unsung people in the North West region, those whose selfless and inspirational acts have helped others. JLS are currently on top spot of the Official UK Singles Chart and are locked in a battle with Robbie Williams for number one in the Albums Chart next week.www.jlsofficial.comwww.radiocity.co.uk  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[oh yes he is ..Mad, bad and dangerous to know, Les Battersby (Bruce Jones) takes on the role of King Rat alongside cute Eton Road boybander David Heath as Dick, in this superb production of Dick Whittington.Bruce received rave reviews last year for his over the top performance as uber baddie &lsquo;Fleshcreep&rsquo; in Jack and the Beanstalk, where he had audiences booing and hissing wildly and excited youngsters leaping out of their seats with his menacing antics&hellip;Come down, have a laugh, bring the kids, throw your popcorn at Les Battersby. You know you want to ..Check out our events link for tickets&nbsp;&nbsp;  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Chartered Institute of Public Relations held its annual Northern Conference on Tuesday at The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. The one day conference, now in its eighth year, was proudly sponsored by the Contemporary Urban Centre and provided the opportunity for our Director of Operations, Dino Moutsopoulos, to present to influential PR figures, event managers and the media. Dino was in great company, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Alastair Campbell, Yasmin Diamond (Director of Communication, Home Office) and Heather McGregor (Columnist, Financial Times) to name but a few of his fellow speakers. The conference placed particular focus on social networking and digital media, offering insight and advice into how their introduction has changed the PR, marketing and events landscape. For more information visit www.cipr.co.uk/northernconference   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The young people of Liverpool were given the chance to quiz the Prime Minister on issues which will affect their future. Gordon Brown attended a Radio City Question Time event which was held in the Mezzanine Bar at Contemporary Urban Centre on Greenland Street. The theme for the discussion was Building Britain&rsquo;s Future and the questions put to the Prime Minister were centred on employment, education and the future prospects of young people. The audience was made up of 50 local 15-25 year olds from a variety of backgrounds. Maria Donoghue- Mills, chief executive of the Novas Scarman Group, the social enterprise which owns the Contemporary Urban Centre said: &ldquo;We are honoured to have hosted this event at our venue. We have a strong local youth engagement policy here at the Contemporary Urban Centre and we are happy that we were able to assist in providing them with a platform from which their voices could be heard.&quot;  ]]></description>
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<title>Aboard The Twitter Bandwagon</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s taken a while but the Contemporary Urban Centre finally has its own Twitter. Find us @CUCLiverpool where we&#39;ll be tweeting about everything artistic, creative and cultural in Liverpool and beyond.... To follow us (and maybe pick up a few free tickets and exclusive promotions along the way) click hereLook forward to tweeting you.  ]]></description>
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