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  • 50 Windows of Creativity

    50 Windows of Creativity will transform the city’s windows and spaces into an innovative art gallery which takes you on a creative journey around the city. The displays feature multiple […]

  • Family Crafts with Simone: Fantasy Landscapes

    Online

    Fantasy Landscapes with Simone Do you need a change of scene? Simone will help you create a masterpiece today. There is even a sew it yourself tip for those who […]

  • Family Crafts with Simone: Snazzy Bookmarks

    Online

    Snazzy Bookmarks with Simone Everybody needs a fabulous bookmark for some serious reading. Join Simone for some snazzy bookmark making: Watch the Snazzy Bookmarks session with Simone on Manchester Libraries […]

  • The Prostate Gap – Virtual Exhibition

    Online

    The power of photography has been employed to create a direct exploration and challenge to the public’s understanding of prostate cancer within the marginalised communities. This exhibition, The Prostate Gap, […]

  • Reds & K 1000 – Exhibition

    First Floor Display Cases

    ‘Reds’ Andrew Redmond met documentary photographer Karin Albinsson after completing a prison sentence. When ‘Reds’ told Karin of the 1,000 photos he had taken and lost six years ago, this […]

  • Festival of Libraries – Sunday Funday

    Celebrate the Festival of Libraries with a special Sunday opening at Central Library. There will be a special mix of crafts and performance plus a chance to meet some of you […]

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    Manchester Hip Hop Archive Exhibition

    First Floor Exhibition Hall

    Spotlighting the impact of the genre on the region’s community with a free exhibition of Hip Hop memorabilia and materials from the 1980s to present day, marking over 40 years […]

  • I Love You Too

    Wolfson Reading Room

    Kemang Wa Lehulere collaborates with 11 Manchester writers and over 100 residents of the city to create a surprising collection of love letters – a new book for Central Library […]

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    Henry Normal in conversation with…

    Online

    Join Henry Normal as he chats and shares poems with award-winning wordsmiths from Flapjack Press. With audience Q&A. A series of live stream events, 12 - 1pm each Wednesday from […]

  • Hamdel Ensemble Concert

    Performance Space

    See a free LIVE gig by Iranian maestro musician Seyed Ali Jaberi and the Hamdel Ensemble on Saturday 17 July with two COVID safe repeated concerts at 2pm or 3.30pm. […]

  • Northern Publishers Fair

    Performance Space

    Ten cracking northern publishers serving up bookish goodness at the Northern Publishers' Fair! Come see what these innovative Northern Publishers have to offer and celebrate the North after, what we […]

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    I am not Friday

    Performance Space

    Libraries Connected and BBC Novels That Shaped The World bring you... A new humorous and imaginative re-telling of the Robinson Crusoe story. Often regarded as the first English novel, we’re […]