Bido Lito! Magazine | Issue 118 | December 2021-January 2022

QUIZLETOE AND WINE
After a Covid-enforced break for the Christmas that never was, The
Bido Lito! Christmas Quiz is back on 13th December. Taking place
at Future Yard in association with Liquidation, the event will raise
money for the Whitechapel Centre and MIND charities. Expect the
usual frivolities around the serious business of music trivia and some
top-notch prizes on offer for the teams who come out victorious.
Teams who wish to flex their quiz muscles and put themselves in line
to get their names etched on the famous trophy and into the quiztory
books are invited to enter with tickets on sale now from the Bido
Lito! and Future Yard websites. Spaces are limited so act fast.
BIDO LITO! JOURNAL
The fifth edition of the annual Bido Lito! Journal lands in December.
Looking at 12 extraordinary months in the life of Liverpool’s new
music and creative culture, the premium coffee table magazine
distills features, opinion, images and more. Bido Lito! Members get
the journal as part of their subscriptions, while the book is available
to buy from the Bido Bandcamp page for £15. But hurry, it’s only
available while limited stocks last.
bidolito.bandcamp.com
bidolito.co.uk/whats-on
LIVERPOOL CARES
Baltic Triangle-based charity Liverpool Cares are on the look-out for new volunteers to join their network
of young people helping to reduce loneliness. The organisation run a programme of social clubs taking
place across the city every month, as well as their Love Your Neighbour initiative. Connecting older
and younger neighbours to combat isolation and anonymity, the charity does fantastic work to ensure
relationships flourish in an age of so much disconnection. In March this year volunteer Robyn, 24 was
matched with George, 81, due to their mutual passion for music. Robyn says: “We chatted about how
George met his wife, about the Liverpool music scene in the 60s and how George used to take his
Siamese kitten to Bold Street then into the Jacaranda basement! The cat loved it, apparently.” Find out
more on the charity’s website.
liverpoolcares.org.uk/get-involved
DOT-ART DARKROOM
Responding to the resurgence of interest in analogue mediums,
dot-art have established a new darkroom in Liverpool City Centre.
The space contains everything required to transform black and
white film into sharp negatives and monochrome photographs. The
darkroom will play host to a series of workshops, offering learning
opportunities for everyone; from complete beginners to more
advanced artists, to explore the potential of analogue photography
with the guidance of professional photographers Clare Bailey and
Rachel Brewster-Wright. Dot-art, the Queens Avenue-based gallery
and artist network, will also launch a darkroom membership for those
with significant darkroom experience, offering unlimited access and
expert guidance.
dot-art.co.uk/darkroom
Clare Bailey
Rachel Brewster-Wright
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