Join us for a celebration of the poetry of the Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861-65), featuring an exclusive performance by the traditional folk band Faustus, who have set several of the poems to music. The Lancashire Cotton Famine is a fascinating period in British history; largely caused by the Union blockade of Confederacy slave-grown cotton exports […]
What do George V, Gypsy Rose Lee and Bernard Bresslaw have in common? Which musician was once thrown out of the Language and Literature Library? What you would find now in the space where Patrick Stewart and Helen Mirren - amongst many others - played their first roles? All these questions - and many more […]
For an evening like no other - celebrating Muslim heritage, join hosts Dr Emily Spiers and Zahid Hussain for the MACFEST Muslim Writers Bonanza. Showcasing local writers of Pakistani, Turkish, Arab, Somali, Bengali and Iranian background. Writers include: Dr Husam Haj Omar Numan Azmi Asma Elbadawi Waqas Ali
An exhibition from The Architecture School for Children (TASC), celebrating the Connected Cities project, which focused on the heritage of transport and engineering in Manchester over the last 200 years, exploring how these emerging technologies made Manchester a global city, connecting cities worldwide. TASC worked with 150 children from five Manchester Primary Schools. The children […]
Join Manchester Print Fair for a day of shopping from local independent makers, fun and festive workshops for all the family, curated by partners G.F SMITH papers, and sit for 3 Minute Portraits from Fred Aldous!
Gerry Potter presents: Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World: The Rise and Rise of The Bourgeois Zeitgeist. With special guest Dave Viney Part love letter to his adopted home city of Manchester, part critique of the arts and governing bodies (both specific and societal), Gerry’s eighth collection of autobiographical, domestic/fantastic theatre-verse is a […]
The Palestine Book Awards began in 2012 to honour every year the best new books in English about any aspect of Palestine. This award brings Palestinian literature, research and poetry to audiences across continents, and gives a platform for writers to be more widely known and appreciated. Activist-writer Haifa Zangana and international journalist Victoria Brittain […]
Billy and Andy run fun and accessible music activities for people of all ages who have special needs and disabilities. They build their own unique musical instruments that break down the barrier to music making and by using music based activities they can help anyone, regardless of ability, take part in creating music they can […]
A showcase of music and creativity by disabled artists from Manchester to celebrate International Day of Disabled People and kick off UK Disability History Month. Including performances by Manchester's very own Bee Vocal (Manchester Mental Health) Choir and famed disability singer/songwriter Johnny Crescendo. Featuring a mix of Living History interactive characters, comedy, musical performances, plus […]
R. McBerny is a collaborative exhibition organised by Andrew Hunt and Veit Laurent Kurz that explores how contemporary painting, performance and writing might produce overtly emotional and demonstrative forms of discourse between communities of artists and writers in Berlin, New York and Manchester. Free - please drop in
Come and meet Ben Thornley and Gary Neville who will be signing copies of Tackled at Manchester Central Library on Thursday 6th December from 4pm. Who was the standout player when the Class of '92 won the FA Youth Cup? David Beckham? Paul Scholes? Ryan Giggs? Think again. Ben Thornley: The Class of '92 Star […]
Word Central Open Mic Night - hosted by Tony Curry. Our guest poet in December is Laura Taylor, whose latest collection Fault Lines was published this summer by Flapjack Press. Laura was born into a working-class family in the North of England and has challenged arbitrary forms of authority all her life. Now in her […]
From dedicated performance spaces to stairwells, screens, nooks and domes, Central Library might directly inspire your next event or intervention. Contact us to arrange a tour.
