Janine Booth Book Launch: The Big J vs The Big C
Meeting Room 1The Big J vs The Big C: Issues, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer With special guest poet Laura Taylor. Poet, author and activist Janine Booth was […]
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Best of Manchester Animation Festival
Performance SpaceCelebrate 5 years of UK's biggest animation festival as they showcase the winners of past years editions in two specially curated screenings. Introduced by the festival team, these two shows […]
Tom Moore & Archie Moss
Performance SpaceAccordion/Viola/Electronics duo debuting brand new material from their upcoming album to be released in 2020. Widely regarded as two of the best players, innovators and performers in traditional folk amongst […]
£10
Capturing the Crescents
Performance SpaceA Photographic Journey through Hulme in the 1980's - 90's, and how I survived and thrived by Richard Davis A talk and book signing by photographer Richard Davis.... 'I arrived […]
Story Selector
Jewish Museum Pop-up SpaceChildren’s storyteller Robin Simpson will be performing the exciting, curious and fascinating stories behind objects in Manchester Jewish Museum’s story selector machine. Come along and help him decide the direction […]
2084 – An Immersive Experience
SORRY, DUE TO HIGH DEMAND ALL PERFORMANCES HAVE NOW SOLD OUT AN IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE INSPIRED BY ORWELL'S CLASSIC The Ministry of Truth is recruiting... Enter the dramatic world of Manchester […]
£15 – £20
Roving Robots Coding Workshop
Media LoungeDo you want to learn how to code? Come along to our new series of coding workshops for all. Families, adults, grandparents, in fact anyone aged 8 years and above […]
Listening Lunch
Performance SpaceGrab a sandwich and head to the Performance Space for a relaxing lunchtime listening to clips from Central Library's sound archives. Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is a new audio preservation […]
Explore your Archive Week
Visit Central Library and help us to create our own cabinet of wonder. In these sessions we will showcase material which you may not normally have the chance to see. […]
Prostheses in Antiquity: Everything You Never Knew You Wanted to Know
Performance SpaceA variety of different types of prostheses were used by the Greeks and Romans to replace various missing body parts. In this talk, we shall consider the following questions: How […]
Junior Jam: Noisy Toys
Children's LibraryJunior Jam - our jam-packed music sessions for 4-8 year olds! With an exciting theme each month - from Space Travel to Loop the Loop - help your little ones […]
Val McDermid & Denise Mina
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Queens of Tartan Noir, Val McDermid and Denise Mina, join us to discuss their brilliant new novels. In How the Dead Speak, Val brings Dr Tony […]
£12
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