Had a splendid loitering filled weekend; thanks to all who came along, great to meet so many new and interesting people. Next Saturday there is more Larkin About - no 'official' LRM presence (what a ridiculous notion that would be) but we do urge you to go out and play 7-11pm at the greenroom. If you are interested in the pro urbis football match please email dandidthis@live.com

This Weekend: secret photographs and plotting

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let you know about a couple of things happening at the weekend which promise to be rather splendid. Be lovely to see you there

Loiterers and friends are invited to take pictures that capture Secret Manchester this Saturday 20th February. Our work will contribute to an exhibition and archive created for Re-Imaging The North West, a project of New Mornings Old Streets – a collaborative media venture exploring what community media means and how the region should be portrayed. see www.new-mornings.co.uk

Everyone is welcome to contribute, regardless of your experience or ability and whatever you want to document. We’ll be meeting in the Cornerhouse café at 12 noon this Saturday before setting off to take pictures. There will be an opportunity to borrow a camera and pick up technical tips and ideas if you need them, and we’ll be back at the Cornerhouse about 3pm if you would like to join us later. If you can’t make it into town but still fancy sharing some photographs please email high res jpegs as soon as possible. If you need a bit of inspiration there are some wonderful images on the LRM flickr group.

The LRM are also creating a Peoples History of Hulme walk as part of Single Cell’s Finding Zion residency. The event will happen on Sunday 7th March and we are looking for help to create something truly spectacular

Do you have any memories, stories, theories or thoughts that you think should be woven into our walking tapestry? Or are you a performer, artist, poet ranter or raver of any kind that would like to be part of the performance? We also need people help make props, rally troops and or act as a steward. You don’t need to be from Hulme and you don’t have to speak in front of anyone if that’s not your cup of tea.

We’ll be meeting to plot the Hulme shenanigans in The Britons Protection on Sunday (21st February) at 3pm, afterwards beer permitting we’ll go on the rather intriguing Hulme Art Trail that I’ve been leant a rather confusing map of. Please do come along and share your thoughts on Hulme and how we can make March’s first Sunday our most marvellous ever.

For more information or to share your thoughts on any of the above please email loiter@hepzombie.co.uk or call 07974929589. Be warned my keyboard is broken so if you text i apologise for replying with a game of hangman.

Take care and hope to see you soon

Love
Morag

the peoples history of hulme - get involved

The LRM are curating a Peoples History of Hulme as part of Single Cell Collectives ‘In Search of Zion’ festival on March 7th. We will create a fantasy map and guide time travellers on a metaphysical treasure hunt discovering performers, musicians, story tellers and random surprises that will help unravel the multiple layers of history, politics, regeneration, myths and daydreams that add up to make Hulme. It’s a tale that stars Roman temples, UFO landing pads, modernist masterpieces, pop heroes, social housing experiments, revolutionary art and more – and we need your help to tell it now, before everything changes again with the advent of MMUs super campus

Do you have any memories, stories, theories or thoughts that you think should be woven into our walking tapestry? Or are you a performer, artist, ranter or raver of any kind that would like to be part of the performance? Perhaps you would like to help make props, rally troops and or act as a steward? If so please don’t be shy and join our merry band. We will be having a meeting for anyone interested at The Zion Centre. Stretford Road, Hulme 6pm on Tuesday 9th February (ie tomorrow) – we need to move sharpish on this) If you can’t come but would still like to be involved in please get in touch as soon as possible by email loiter@hepzombie.co.uk or call 07974929589.

Emotion mapping with manchester womens design group

We are going to be creating an emotion map for manchester city centre with women who live and work in greater manchester. The aim is to identify places which provoke positive or negative responses in women so that in the future we can explore these spaces in more detail to identify if there are ways that positive emotional responses can be designed into spaces.

We have a stall booked for International Women´s Day at the Town Hall - this is Sunday March 7th.
We also have a workshop and lunch with the women at the Pankhurst Centre on Thursday 25th February 12-2pm.
If you are willing to come along as a volunteer to help at either of these events please let me know. We will need to be about 9/10 for IWD and 3/4 for the Pankhurst Centre.
We are also looking at the possibility of taking part in the Manchester Architecture and Design Festival - if you are keen to be involved with this also please let me know.

Our next meeting to finalise where we are with things for the Pankhurst Centre workshop will be this Thursday at Kro2 starting at 6pm, I look forward to seeing you there.
Following that meeting we are meeting again on 25th February at 6pm - venue to be confirmed.

More information from http://womensdesign.blogspot.com/

February News: a celebration, secret pictures and new adventures in Hulme

Dear friends, fairies, flaneurs and threats to civilised society

I hope this finds you in happy times, this month we have a celebration and news of twoother rather splendid events so without further ado….

Please join the LRM this weekend for the third anniversary of our First Sunday Shenanigans

We’ll be meeting on the balcony at Piccadilly station at 1.00pm this Sunday, 7th February and shall start with a celebratory picnic. It would be lovely if you could bring some food to share if you feel like it. Then we’ll go for mooch around Mayfield, relatively unchartered territory for us and the proposed site of a major new regeneration scheme that will bring Whitehall to the oh so lucky North. For now it’s home to abandoned railway stations, urban wildlife, post industrial squalor and – of course – a luxury spa.

Doubtless we’ll conclude with beverages and banter and as we raise an almost birthday glass I shall express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has contributed to the continual success of The LRM. Our (not uncritical) love for the city and the many comrades who have added to the richness of our derives continues to be deeply satisfying and brings new surprises every month. So thank you all - but there is no time to wallow in nostalgia. The city shall never be finished and our quest is about to evolve in marvellous ways.

March’s First Sunday is going to be our most spectacular ever. The LRM are curating an exploration of the seven wonders of Hulme as part of Single Cell Collectives ‘In Search of Zion’ residency. We will create a fantasy map and guide time travellers on a metaphysical treasure hunt discovering performers, musicians, story tellers and random surprises that will help unravel the multiple layers of history, politics, regeneration, myths and daydreams that add up to make Hulme. It’s a tale that stars Roman temples, UFO landing pads, modernist masterpieces, pop heroes, social housing experiments, revolutionary art and more – and we need your help to tell it now, before everything changes again with the advent of MMUs super campus

Do you have any memories, stories, theories or thoughts that you think should be woven into our walking tapestry? Or are you a performer, artist, ranter or raver of any kind that would like to be part of the performance? Perhaps you would like to help make props, rally troops and or act as a steward? If so please don’t be shy and join our merry band. We will be having a meeting for anyone interested at The Zion Centre. Stretford Road, Hulme 6pm on Tuesday 9th February (ie next week – we need to move sharpish on this) If you can’t come but would still like to be involved in please get in touch as soon as possible.

Finally The LRM are taking part in Re-Imaging The North West, a project that forms part of New Mornings Old Streets – a collaborative media venture exploring what community media means and how the region should be portrayed . Loiterers are invited to take pictures that capture Secret Manchester on 20th February 2010. Our work will then form part of an exhibition and archive. Many friends are keen and talented photographers as our flicker group shows, others may wish to document their view of our city but feel they need a little technological knowhow – all are welcome to contribute. There will be a drop-in workshop in the Cornerhouse café at 12 noon on the 20th if you want some guidance or to borrow a camera. More details soon, in the meantime see www.new-mornings.co.uk

For more information or to share your thoughts on any of the the above please email loiter@hepzombie.co.uk or call 07974929589. Be warned my keyborad is broken so if you text i apologise for replying with a game of hangman. Updates will also be posted on www.nowhere-fest.blogspot.com

I hope you can drift into the LRMs orbit soon

Love and thrilling prospects

Morag x