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  • Town Hall Artisans, Trades and Treasures Display

    First Floor Display Cases

    Find out more about what’s happening to The Town Hall behind all that scaffolding and building wrap. This display celebrates progress on our Town Hall’s restoration, showing some of the […]

  • Coming in from the Cold: Taking Centre Stage Exhibition

    Lower Ground Floor Link

    An exhibition of Global Majority led community projects exploring stories of identity, loss, creativity, joy, our heritage, togetherness, resilience and journeys. Supported by The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust. Free […]

  • Greater Mancunians Exhibition

    First Floor Exhibition Hall

    The Manchester College presents Greater Mancunians – a student led, landmark photography project, seven years in the making. The exhibition celebrates people born and bred in Greater Manchester, or those […]

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    Crime Central

    Performance Space

    Rob Parker continues to spoil you with another perfect panel of authors!  Joining him in April will be Judith O'Reilly, Charlotte Vassell and F.E. Birch!    Bringing the best from […]

  • Olivia Laing: The Garden Against Time

    Performance Space

    Presented by Manchester Literature Festival. ‘A garden is a time capsule, as well as a portal out of time.’ In her compelling new work of non-fiction The Garden Against Time, Olivia […]

  • Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera and the Chinese New Wave

    Performance Space

    The work of a group of modern Chinese composers known as the ‘New Wave’ generation, including Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, and Chen Yi, has greatly boosted contemporary Chinese music. Po […]

  • An Evening with David Mitchell

    Performance Space

    Manchester Literature Festival, in partnership with Library Live, is thrilled to welcome author David Mitchell to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his epic, polyphonic novel Cloud Atlas. Originally published in […]

  • Blue Peter Book Club Live at Central Library!

    Performance Space

    Manchester Libraries, CBBC and The Reading Agency are excited to announce Blue Peter Book Club Live!  Blue Peter, the BBC’s iconic children's television series, is partnering with The Reading Agency […]

  • French Film Club: Un Homme de Trop

    Performance Space

    Join us and Alliance Française de Manchester for this month’s film, Un Homme de Trop; a WWII rescue drama in which twelve captured French soldiers await their impending executions in […]