John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono has backed the fight against plans to close a children’s centre at the school he went to as a boy. Yoko, who made an emotional visit to the £1m Surestart centre at Dovedale school in Mossley Hill less than a year ago, said she “strongly supported” the campaign to keep [...]
Yoko Ono is awarding £260,000 to Liverpool John Moores University to establish a new fund for disadvantaged students. Aimed at young people who have been in care or become estranged from their families, the John Lennon Imagine Awards will offer support to the students, both financial and practical, to ensure they benefit from their time [...]
Yoko Ono: In Her Life / Shining On After 40 years of being unfairly accused of breaking up the Beatles and harshly mocked for her avant garde art and pop music, Yoko Ono is finally being recognised as a true pioneer. By Sheryl Garratt, Daily Telegraph Soon after I sit down to talk with Yoko [...]
Video – Liverpool Cathedral Bells play Lennon’s Imagine By Ian Jackson, Art in Liverpool.com, 16 May 2009 Actually being there in front of the great cathedral with a crowd of people listening intently was quite an experience. It sounded quite melancholic and moving but it maybe doesn’t translate well onto this bit of video. The [...]
Yoko Ono: FLY from eflux.com Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts Yoko Ono-Fly Nov 23 – Dec 15, 2008 Exhibition Opening: November 22, 2008, 19:00 Kai Xuan Road 613-B, Shanghai, 200051 China http://www.kecenter.org Exhibition Concept and Curator: Yoko Ono Organized by Gunnar Kvaran and Biljana Ciric Presented by Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts Partner: [...]
The National Trust looks after two suburban houses in Merseyside, 20 Forthlin Road and Mendips. These unassuming houses are the childhood homes of two Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Visiting the Beatles houses in Liverpool is an absolute must for fans of the band of any ages. The tours provide a real insight [...]
YOKO ONO: SKYLADDERS Yoko Ono was in Liverpool on Sunday to visit her ‘Skyladders’ installation at St Lukes Church. It’s grown since I first saw it. Essentially the idea is that you drop off a ladder with a personal message on. Ladders aren’t just things for standing on while you remove wallpaper, they are steps [...]
WANTED – LIVERPOOL SKYLADDERS Yoko Ono invites you to donate a step ladder for inclusion in a new work for Liverpool Biennial’s MADE UP exhibition. Over the ten weeks of the Biennial (20 Sept – 30 Nov 2008), with your help, a forest of ladders will grow inside St. Luke’s Church. Skyladders, big and small, metal and [...]
location St. Luke’s Church address Leece Street/Berry Street, Liverpool starts 2008-09-20 ends 2008-11-30 times price tel fax email skyladders@biennial.com website reviews Part of Group Show: Made Up (Liverpool Biennial)
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