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SUMMARY:In the City - Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In The City is a collection of Manchester images taken by photographer Richard Davis over the last 35 Years. The exhibition centres around Richard’s love of art\, music\, culture and football. From the heady days of Madchester\, right through to the dynamism of the present day\, the excitement and diversity of city life helping to inspire and motivate his work. Hulme plays a major role throughout the exhibtion; it’s where Richard set up a studio and darkroom in his Charles Barry Crescent flat during the late 1980’s. The area became a rich source of creativity and a backdrop for many of his photographs. The exhibition also highlights the many books\, records and films that influenced his approach to photography. \nAbout Richard Davis…Richard Davis (born 1965) is a British\, social documentary and portrait photographer\, based in North West England. His work has been promoted and exhibited by the British Culture Archive and renowned photography publishers\, Café Royal Books. A series of Davis’ photographs of Hulme Crescents\, from the 1980’s are currently held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library which is part of the University of Manchester. \nThis exhibition is free\, but please consider making a donation to support our Library Live programme if you can\, either online\, or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/in-the-city-exhibition/
LOCATION:First Floor Display Cases
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:The Streets of Our City: Manchester Town Hall Photographers' Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Town Hall Photographers’ Collection is a large photographic collection held in Archives+ Central Library\, ranging in date from 1956 to 2007. The collection consists of tens of thousands of images\, covering the varied areas of work of Manchester Corporation and latterly\, Manchester City Council. The photographs were taken by staff photographers\, who were tasked to document the work of the Corporation/Council departments and in doing so\, captured many aspects of Manchester life and history\, including significant changes to the Manchester landscape. The collection includes many different formats from glass negatives\, to slides\, prints\, CDs and even a couple of cine films. What is especially exciting is that the majority of these images have never before been available in a digital format and therefore have only ever been seen by a handful of people. A team of dedicated staff\, volunteers and students from Bridge College\, Loreto College\, Manchester College and Pure Innovations are currently working on the systematic digitisation of the negatives held within the collection. This exhibition represents the result of their work to date. \nDo you recognise any of the streets or buildings? Would you like to share a memory you have of visiting somewhere in one of the images? We have limited information about these images and welcome your input to complete the information about each image.  When visiting the exhibition\, please use the book displayed at the beginning of the exhibition to record your memories and knowledge. \nWe are building a new images website. Could you take five minutes to tell us what our local image collection means to you and what features would you like to see on the new site? https://smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ERELJ7/ \nThis exhibition is free\, but please consider making a donation to support our Library Live programme if you can\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-streets-of-our-city-manchester-town-hall-photographers-collection/
LOCATION:First Floor Exhibition Hall
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Legacy of ’67-A voice for Queer Stories
DESCRIPTION:In 1967 the law in England and Wales changed to partially decriminalise homosexual acts between men in private. This was followed by further legislation relating to the age of consent\, the role of LGBTQ+ people in the armed forces\, improved partnership\, inheritance\, and adoption rights\, that have positively affected the lives of LGBTQ+ people. However\, at the same time we’ve also seen the rise and fall of Section 28\, which outlawed the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities and we’re currently seeing the demonisation of trans people and a profound backlash against liberalisation. \nFor the last twelve months IAP:MCR has been capturing the stories of people who have grown up between the ‘60s and the ‘80s to find out how these changes have affected them. This testimony will soon be deposited with Archives+ at Central Library. The IAP:MCR team has also conducted original research of contemporaneous source material to explore the changing attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in general society. \nA display of this original archive material\, ranging from Central Library’s own copy of the Wolfenden Report\, Campaign for Homosexual Equality Manchester branch newsletters and editions of the Mancunian Gay magazine. IAP:MCR has commissioned visual artist Jez Dolan to respond to this project and he has produced a series of eight original works that will soon be on display in the Reading Room alongside the archives. This project has been made possible with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. \nJez Dolan is an artist living and working in Manchester (UK). His practice underlines the intersections between queerness\, sexuality\, identity\, and memory. He works across multiple platforms including drawing\, performance\, printmaking and most recently painting. https://www.jezdolan.com. Jez’s work is held in a number of public and private collection internationally including: the British Museum\, Bury Art Museum\, the (UK) Government Art Collection\, the Leslie Lohman Museum NYC\, the Schwules* Museum Berlin\, the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool and others. \nThis exhibition is free\, but please consider making a donation to support our Library Live programme if you can\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/legacy-of-67-a-voice-for-queer-stories/
LOCATION:Wolfson Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:International Mother Language Day 2023 – Manchester City of Literature Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Throughout February and March\, we are delighted to be working with Manchester City of Literature who have an exhibition available to celebrate International Mother Language Day\, showcasing our international connection to the other UNESCO Cities of Literature and celebrating Manchester’s work at home. Manchester Histories Hub \nThe exhibition is free and is the second exhibition to be situated in the Manchester Histories Hub on the Lower Ground Floor of Central Library. Drop in any time during February and March to see these amazing exhibits… \nAL-USRA WAL-SUFRA: FAMILY AND FEASTS\nThere is an exciting exhibition from Ali Al-Jamri\, Manchester Multilingual City Poet\, who worked with artist Rosie Stanley to create a dollhouse to inspire writing for last summer’s Liverpool Arab Arts Festival. The dollhouse was to provide inspiration for young people from two Arabic Saturday schools to read poetry and write their own in Arabic and English. The poems you will see in the dollhouse at the exhibition are all written by children at the Liverpool Arabic Centre and Manchester Arabic School. \nLA VILLE D’APRÈS: VISIONS ARTISTIQUES DE NOTRE FUTUR URBAIN\nIn 2020\, the hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across the world’s population stimulated discussion about how cities would function post-COVID-19. Angoulême in France\, a sister UNESCO City of Literature with a rich history of celebrating comic books and graphic novels\, launched a competition to find those visions\, hopes and fears of a post-COVID world from other UNESCO cities.  \nFor International Mother Language Day\, ten entries have been collated from other UNESCO Cities of Literature\, along with a brief insight from the artists about their work.  \nMULTILINGUAL FILM EXHIBITION\nA playlist of films from Manchester and other sister UNESCO Cities of Literature will be shown\, including the ‘Made in Manchester’ poem based on Zahid Hussain’s poem\, comprising of 65 languages\, and different translations of Manchester Multilingual Poets\, Anjum Malik’s ‘This Here’ and Ali Al-Jamri’s ‘In Prisms of Knowledge’.  \nOutside of Manchester\, we will be playing films from Nottingham\, Tartu and Reykjavik\, all UNESCO Cities of Literature.  \nWORDS FROM THE CHILDHOOD HOME: A CHAIN POEM FOR INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2023*\n‘Words From the Childhood Home’ is a brand new\, exciting\, multilingual chain poem written by nominated poets representing UNESCO Cities of Literature to celebrate International Mother Language Day 2023.  \nManchester City of Literature invited our fellow UNESCO Cities of Literature to nominate a poet to respond to Anjum Malik\, a Manchester Multilingual City Poet who writes in Urdu and English.  \n*From Monday 20th February \nFor full details of the exhibition\, click here. \nFor the full line up of events for International Mother Language Day 2023\, click here. \nFree Exhibition – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/international-mother-language-day-2023-manchester-city-of-literature-exhibition/
LOCATION:Lwr Ground Floor – Manchester Histories Hub
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Somos Mujeres
DESCRIPTION:This year\, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust and SomosCR are pleased to present SOMOS MUJERES for International Women’s Day. Join us to hear from Latin American women sharing their experiences of migration and living in the UK. Immerse yourself in Latin American culture\, live music from Mestisa\, delicious food from La Bandera\, coffee from The 503 Coffee Roastery\, and an exclusive exhibition of original dolls from numerous Latin American countries. \nFree – but please reserve your place through eventbrite: https://SomosMujeres.eventbrite.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/somos-mujeres/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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