We're taking our panel exhibition, banners and the amazing museum in a box, along to the @Stringupdisound Sound System Culture mini festival at the Northern Quarter in #Huddersfield this coming Sunday. @LKN_Libraries
⚠️Last chance for free tickets! ⚠️
We still have spaces for our Inclusive Libraries conference in Leeds next Wednesday 4 September. #ACESupported
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🎵 There’s only one week left to see the @LKN_Libraries Beyond The Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music exhibition at Leamington Library! 🎵
Let us know your thoughts for the chance to win a £100 National Book token. Complete the survey here: online1.snapsurveys.com/Beyo…
ALT Photos of the Beyond the Bassline exhibition panels at Leamington Library. Logos for: Beyond the Bassline, Warwickshire Libraries, Warwickshire County Council, British Library and Living Knowledge Network
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Join our Inclusive Libraries conference to explore race culture and ethnicity in your library setting. @PenguinUKBooks@LKN_Libraries@BL_Learning
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We are loving having @LKN_Libraries's Beyond The Bassline exhibition at Rugby Library! Did you visit the exhibition? We would really appreciate your thoughts. (and you can enter a prize draw to win a £100 Book token!)
You can complete the survey here: online1.snapsurveys.com/Beyo…
ALT Images of black people and musical instruments. Text reads: Beyond the Bassline. 500 Years of Black British Music
Come and join us @CaterhamLibs on sat 27th July 2pm for a traditional West African Drumming workshop. Part of our @LKN_Libraries#BeyondtheBassLine exhibition. Suitable for Adults and Children over 5. Spaces are limited so don't miss out, book now! ow.ly/HWsQ50SEZTf
The Beyond The Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music exhibition by @LKN_Libraries is now at Leamington Library!
Head on over, take a look and let us know your thoughts for the chance to win a £100 National Book token. Complete the survey here: online1.snapsurveys.com/Beyo…
ALT Three photographs of the Beyond The Bassline exhibition at Leamington Library. Text reads: Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music. There are logos for Warwickshire Libraries, Warwickshire County Council, The British Library, Living Knowledge Network.
Come and join us @CaterhamLibs on sat 27th July 2pm for a traditional West African Drumming workshop. Part of our @LKN_Libraries#BeyondtheBassLine exhibition. Suitable for Adults and Children over 5. Spaces are limited so don't miss out, book now! ow.ly/HWsQ50SEZTf
LET'S TOAST
Engage in creating catchy verses & a chorus over dub beats collaborate on the creation of a soundtrack with lyricist Dee Bo General @ The Chestnut Centre
FREE EVENT | for children aged 8 - 12
Monday 29 July & 5 Aug 9.30-12 ticketsource.co.uk/kirkle...…#BeyondTheBassline
ALT Illustration celebrating Huddersfield's sound system culture by Peter O'Toole, courtesy of Let's Go Yorkshire
For our final Beyond the Bassline event, join journalist Steven Vass as he discusses his book Let the Music Play, which explores how R&B, disco and funk were transformed by the explosion of synths and other music tech in the 1980's.
Reserve your place:
glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/s…
ALT Three combined images featuring headshote of author Steven Vass against a light background, front cover of Steven's book Let the Music Play which features a close up of a young woman wearing bold white sunglasses against a bright blue background, British Library Beyond the Bassline advertising image which includes musicians, music players and musical instruments set against a bright yellow background.
Have you ever been to a party with a librarian? Then you’ll know this is 100% accurate (and we make no apologies for spreading the good word of libraries).
ALT ID: a meme of a male singer singing at International Superstar and Glastonbury headliner Dua Lipa. Text next to the singer reads: librarians at a party telling everyone just how great libraries are and how there are free books and free computers and free WiFi and free events. Text next to Dua Lipa reads: random partygoer minding their own business.
🕊️ Discover the incredible story of the greatest band you’ve likely never heard of… GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE is screening Mon 15 July at Storyhouse Cinema to coincide with the launch of our #BeyondTheBassline exhibition. 🎶🖤
🎟 storyhouse.com/whats-on/gett…
ALT GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE.
"A story of musical survival against all odds" Steve Rose, The Guardian.
BOOK TICKETS.
ALT BEYOND THE BASSLINE: 500 Years of Black British Music.
Living Knowledge Network, British Library.
For our second Beyond the Bassline event, join author, storyteller, musician and laughter coach Chief Chebe for an interactive intergenerational fun family workshop combining traditional African musical instruments and storytelling.
Reserve your place:
glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/c…
ALT Combined image featuring Chief Chebe playing a Djembe drum in an outdoor wooden cabin with trees and blue sky in the background. Also included is a British Library Beyond the Bassline advertising image featuring musicians, musical devices and instruments set against a bright yellow background.
The @LKN_Libraries Beyond The Bassline exhibition will be at Rugby Library for one more week, so head over and catch it before it leaves!
We would appreciate your thoughts. Fill in the survey to enter a prize draw to win a £100 National Book tokens: online1.snapsurveys.com/Beyo…
ALT Images of black people and musical instruments.
Logos for Warwickshire County Council, Warwickshire Libraries, Living Knowledge Network and British Library.
Text reads: Beyond the Bassline. 500 Years of Black British Music.
As part of LKN's Beyond the Bassline exhibition you can use Museum in a Box kits (@_museuminabox)
to listen artists featured in the exhibition! 🎶
You can visit the Beyond the Bassline panel exhibition at our partner libraries across the UK - bit.ly/3tzdbiT