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Creative Café – Heritage and Wellbeing

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The importance of creative health is receiving critical and political attention, particularly locally, with Greater Manchester committed to becoming the first creative health city region . Research demonstrates the social […]

Low Carbon Chinatown Talk

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Join Manchester Confucius Institute's public talk to hear Singaporean artist and designer Ling Ta share some of her latest environmental projects that combine data science, Chinese food culture, technology, and community participation. […]

Word Central with special guest Joe Williams

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Word Central open mic poetry and spoken word. Presented by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries. Hosted by Tony Curry. A free event every month at Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s […]

Coming in from the Cold: Taking Centre Stage Exhibition

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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 […]

International Women’s Day: Investing in Women in Business

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Join us for an inspiring afternoon with four outstanding businesswomen. There will be fireside talks, speed-mentoring sessions, and lots of opportunities to network. Light refreshments included. Free - booking required […]

Trailblazers! Women of Greater Manchester

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Trailblazers! Women of Greater Manchester invite you to a fantastic pre-walk celebration! Stalls, films, banners, bunting, singing, poetry, and an open mic slot to celebrate all your stories and share […]

International Women’s Day Celebration

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The Latin American Women’s community in Manchester will commemorate the day through poems and dance. Colibrí Mexican Folkdance UK will perform a traditional dance and a choreography to reflect the […]

Crime Central Returns!

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Crime Central returns on Wednesday 13th March! Our host Rob Parker has been curating some wonderful events over the next few months and he's relaunching Crime Central with a corking […]

VULTURE CAPITALISM – Grace Blakeley Book Launch

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We're thrilled to be welcoming author and jounalist Grace Blakeley to Manchester for the launch of her explosive new book VULTURE CAPITALISM - a fresh look at the problems of […]

French Film Club: Annie Colére

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Alliance Française de Manchester present this month’s film, ‘Annie Colére’, which follows a working mother who meets with the Movement for the Liberation of Abortion and Contraception after becoming accidently […]

Behind the Scenes Tour

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 would you find now […]

Percival Everett in Conversation

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Presented by Manchester Literature Festival ‘With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.’ In James, Percival Everett’s thrilling retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the enslaved Jim is allowed to […]