Saturday 21st August at The Nerve Centre.

Following another action packed day at The Nerve Centre is an even more action packed day on Saturday 21st August! Wipe your brow and check out the mammoth day we have lined up tomorrow...

From 12pm to 1pm we have some poetry and stories from Arthur Adlen.

At 1pm we have an origami demonstration with Shinobu Gahan.

From 2pm we have the sure to be brilliant Snappertronics, with their excellent live dub show.

From 3pm Philosophy in Pubs are back with a discussion sure to be heated and as topical as topical can be. That is, the legacy of 2008 and Consumerism or community? Are we losing our community through our obsessional search for materialism? Paul Doran facilitates.

And if that wasn't enough there's more! We have the ever more topical in our city, How to Write a Planning Objection Workshop at 5pm with Nina Edge of the Welsh Street Campaign leading a practical session on how to fight demolition.

Rounding off the day at 6.30pm we have Flaming Maimies, an all girl, six member group who perform Country, Jazz and Blues. 

And don't forget the artwork from our many contributors and friends!

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Artist Profile: Arthur Adlen

The Nerve Center will have many artists appearing during it's four weeks and here we present you a poem by Arthur Adlen, an Anglo-Scouse poet who has lived variously in Skelmersdale, Liverpool and presently the Wirral. He has been an active member of the Trade Union movement for many years and is involved in community politics. Arthur has served his time as a Heating Engineer, worked for the Communist Party, the TUC Unemployed Workers Center's and as a Community Development worker. In between these occupations, he has been, like many, unemployed as well. Alan has been writing for over forty years and is a member of the group we all know and love as Philosophy in Pubs. 

Enjoy his poem 'Morning in the Streets' below. 

Morning in the streets

There it is in black and white,

the stark life of a city

impoverished by the system,

laid waste by the war,

but what doesn’t kill you

makes you laugh even more.

There they are in black and white,

the playgrounds of our day:

bombed houses to explore,

waste ground to build on,

streets to get lost in,

parks to run wild.

There we are in black and white,

framed within the schoolyard walls,

backlit by a sunny day.

The man said, ‘Big boys at the back’,

then we ran at the camera,

full tilt towards tomorrow.

Please check the schedule to see when Arthur will be performing. 

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