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SUMMARY:Future Currents
DESCRIPTION:Electrifying guitarists Alex Roth\, Chris Montague and Chris Sharkey exploit the instrument’s full potential to create music of extremes\, using extended techniques and expansive soundscapes. \nAdvance: £8.50 (inc 50p bkg fee) / OTD: £10   \nA Manchester Jazz Festival event
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/future-currents/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170731T160000
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SUMMARY:Jazz North northern line: Early Nite
DESCRIPTION:Otto Willberg (double bass)/Harry Smith (tenor saxophone)/Alexander Tod (drums)\n\nA fiery take on the sax-bass-drums trio format\, favouring short and snappy tunes in the spirit of punk: free improvisation delivered with humour\, melody and fun.\n\n\n\n\n“The band has been described as “Imagine Eric Dolphy playing Stravinsky-esque circus music and you’ll get some inkling of the kind of music that Early Nite make.”\nFree Range\, Canterbury \n“The compositions are all written quickly\, and with no undue preciousness. We then try to learn the music in an equally quick way\, resulting in a high turnaround of material. We like the process of approaching concerts with fresh material each time\, which stops us from falling into the traps of repeating ourselves. A review from our performance at Smugglers Festival said that “Early Nite play rapid-fire off-kilter grooves with invention\, precision and a very dry wit.”  \n“Musically\, some of the influences that we might identify with would be Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time band\, Henry Threadgill’s trio AIR\, Fluxus performance pieces and DADA’s destructive and primal spirit. Perhaps the most integral aspect of Early Nite however\, is the necessity to have extreme amounts of fun during our performances\, and for that to translate to our audience.” \nA Manchester Jazz Festival event  \nFree – please drop in (subject to availability)
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/jazz-north-northern-line-early-nite/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Jazz North northern line: Archipelago
DESCRIPTION:Faye MacCalman (clarinet\, tenor saxophone)/John Pope (electric bass)/Christian Alderson (drums) \nFaye MacCalman fronts Newcastle sax-bass-drums trio\, Archipelago\, drawing on garage rock\, minimalism and free improvisation: riffs\, silence\, noise and grooves create a collage of hard-edged blocks of sound that evolve over the performance. \nA Manchester Jazz Festival event  \nFree – please drop in (subject to availability) \n \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/jazz-north-northern-line/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170724T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170724T200000
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SUMMARY:Manchester Pride Presents...The Mancunian Gay magazine revisited
DESCRIPTION:Hear the stories behind some of the magazine’s featured headlines; \n“Anderton on the rampage” \n“Poppers the price you pay” \n“Gay sauna raid” \n“Job security for lesbian and gay workers” \n“New gay bar in Bolton” \nAmateur yet unashamed\, over its lifespan (1978- 1986) The Mancunian Gay magazine documented the evolution of the LGBT rights movement in the UK. Its front pages shed light on a dynamic and vibrant era for queer community activism during the 1980’s. An era equally defined by homophobia\, police harassment and the AIDS crisis. \nManchester Pride in association with Archives+ at Manchester Central Library are delving into the past to uncover some of Manchester’s LGBT hidden histories. \nJoin us as we hear the fascinating story behind the birth of the magazine from one of the founding members of the Mancunian Gay collective\, Paul Fairweather; including how a magazine produced in a kitchen in Greater Manchester gave dispersed and isolated queer people an outlet for participation and inclusion by offering a voice which resonated with many. \nTo commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act\, Manchester Pride has commissioned a special anniversary edition of the The Mancunian Gay Magazine which attendees will be able to take as a momentum of this historic occasion. \nFollowing an exploration of the magazine and its impact on queer culture in Manchester in the early 80s there will be a panel discussion around it’s lasting legacy and the chance for attendees to carry out a Q&A with the panel. \nTickets to the event are limited but free to all who wish to attend. \nAll guests will recieve a welcome drink and a copy of the special anniversary edition of the Mancunian Gay to take home with them.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-pride-presents-mancunian-gay-magazine-revisted/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Saturday Spectacular - Animal Prints and Book Making Fun!
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for a fun afternoon of free family activities. Have a go at letterpress printing with images from the archives. Create your own wonderful prints to take home. The Architectural School for Children will be visiting to deliver a book-making workshop. \nFree – no need to book – just drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/saturday-spectacular-animal-prints-book-making-fun/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170713T200000
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SUMMARY:Freelance Giggle-oh: The 2nd Thingy from Daniel Hutchings
DESCRIPTION:In 2014 Daniel Hutchings made Django Away! (the j is silent). Now he’s back and he’s on the brink of success beyond his wildest dreams. \nDaniel Hutchings is the self-proclaimed Freelance Giggle-oh and he’s got his big break on Gemma Wilde’s show. Hutchings is introduced to the world with such fascinating facts as his favourite colour (“Denim”) and his favourite food (“Any”). When he is asked how he came to be on the show he takes us back to when he met a theatrical agent called Mr Patient\, the first person he felt really saw his potential to make the world a happier place. \nFrom Mr Patient’s office\, our Freelance Giggle-oh weaves us a movie in and around memories and imagination. Through comedy gigs and door-to-door entertaining\, adverts and trips into comedy history\, fantastical notions and serendipitous acquaintances\, we see Hutchings’ secret fantasies and deepest fears as he remembers the stuff he’s done and imagines the stuff he’d like to do in the continuing adventures of your Freelance Giggle-oh: trying to make the world a happier place\, one laugh at a time. \nSuitable for all ages
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/freelance-giggle-oh-2nd-thingy-daniel-hutchings/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Chameleon Youth FREE Taster Session
DESCRIPTION:We’ll provide the spark – You create the movement. Chameleon Youth is looking for raw dance talent. \nChameleon Youth\, Manchester’s youth dance company based at Central Library\, is calling out for young people with raw dance talent and a big desire to dance and be creative. \nIf you’re age 11 to 18\, this is an incredible opportunity to be part of a dance company that is inspiring and different to the mainstream. It’s an opportunity to develop as a young dance artist where creativity is a big thing\, and it’s an opportunity to get passionate about pushing yourself to develop an original movement style. \nLaunched last year at Central Library\, Chameleon Youth is the first youth dance company of its kind for Manchester. Members of the youth company learn directly from a professional dance company\, which for ten years\, has toured and performed across the world\, giving new meaning to dance and movement. \nAs part of Chameleon Youth\, you’ll learn skills and techniques from a rich mix of dance styles and you’ll develop confidence through self-expression and working with others. And\, as you’re taught a new language through dance and movement\, you’ll be inspired to make and create your own choreography that tells the story you want it to tell. \nFind out more at the FREE TASTER SESSIONS \nAll levels welcome. Dance experience is by no means essential\, what’s most important is a positive attitude\, loads of enthusiasm and a big desire to dance and be creative. \nChameleon Youth Try-Outs (aka auditions) follow on from the Tasters and will be held at Central Library on Sat 8 July.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/chameleon-youth-free-taster-session/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170603T160000
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SUMMARY:Amore!
DESCRIPTION:If music be the food of love…join us and the City of Manchester Opera to hear beautiful\, accessible\, opera. \nConductor: Juan Ortunõ \nAccompanist: Jonathan Ellis \nBook tickets at www.comoperasec@btinternet.com \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/amore/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Just an Ordinary Lawyer
DESCRIPTION:“The British Empire was trying desperately to hold on to its colonial possessions by any means … and the foul would often override the fair.” \nTayo Aluko follows the multi-award winning Call Mr Robeson with another brilliantly put-together history lesson delivered as art\, as we host the first performance in the North West. Nigerian Tunji Sowande quietly breaks through multiple barriers to become Britain’s first Black judge in 1978. Also a fine concert singer and keen cricket lover\, he muses on international politics and history as they affect the Black world from Africa to the USA and Britain\, from the point of view of one who would rather watch sports\, and spread love and peace through the medium of song.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/just-an-ordinary-lawyer/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170508T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170508T203000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Patrick Ness
DESCRIPTION:The bestselling author of The Rest of Us Just Live Here and A Monster Calls (now a major motion picture) will be talking about and signing copies of his new novel\, Release. \nRelease is the most personal and tender novel yet from Patrick Ness\, the twice Carnegie Medal-winning author of A Monster Calls. It’s Saturday\, it’s summer and\, although he doesn’t know it yet\, everything in Adam Thorn’s life is going to fall apart. But maybe\, just maybe\, he’ll find freedom from the release. Time is running out though\, because way across town\, a ghost has risen from the lake… This uplifting coming-of-age novel will remind you what it’s like to fall in love. \nTickets: £7 general admission\, £5 Waterstones cardholder or £17 includes entry and a copy of Release (RRP £12.99). Books will also be available to purchase at the event. \nPlease note: seating is unreserved so will be allocated on a first come\, first served basis. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-patrick-ness/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170506T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170506T200000
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SUMMARY:Henry Normal: Travelling Second Class Through Hope
DESCRIPTION:Better known as co-writer of award-winning TV and film shows such as The Royle Family\, The Mrs Merton Show\, The Parole Officer\, Coogan’s Run and Paul Calf\, and producer of\, amongst many others\, Oscar-nominated Philomena\, Gavin and Stacey\, Moone Boy\, Uncle and Alan Partridge\, Henry Normal started his writing career as a poet. \nBorn in Nottingham\, Henry’s writing career blossomed during his time in Manchester. He set up the Manchester Poetry Festival in the nineties\, which continues to this day having widened to become the Manchester Literature Festival. In 2016 he set up the Nottingham Poetry Festival\, now an annual event. \nIn the early eighties he performed at pop concerts\, cabaret and comedy clubs\, folk clubs\, jazz clubs\, factories\, hospitals\, schools and poetry events. Henry toured with Pulp in their early days and later with Lemn Sissay and I am Kloot’s John Bramwell\, then called Johnny Dangerously. \nHenry performed full runs at the Edinburgh Festival with Hattie Hayridge\, Linda Smith\, and his one man show ‘Encyclopedia Poetica’ – later to become a 4 part BBC Radio 4 series. \nSpotted at Edinburgh\, Henry was given a six episode Channel 4 series called Packet of Three\, co-starring Frank Skinner and Jenny Eclair. He has since worked on over 400 TV and radio shows and films\, as either script editor or producer or both. \nIn 2016 Henry was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Nottingham Trent University. \nSince his first book Is Love Science Fiction? in 1986 he had eight further books published up to 1994. In 2016\, after an absence of 22 years\, Henry published Staring Directly at the Eclipse and has begun performing poetry again at major Literature Festivals. His recent Radio 4 shows A Normal Family and A Normal Life were much acclaimed and a third Radio Show A Normal Love will be transmitted on Valentine’s Day 2018. \nTravelling Second Class Through Hope contains seventy poems personally selected from his early collections. \n“Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit” – Guardian \n“The Alan Bennett of Poetry” – The Scotsman \n“The nerd triumphant” – Manchester Evening News \n“A gentle giant of stand-up poetry” – List \n“In amongst his work lie some of the most tender\, compassionate and moving pieces I have read from a modern poet” – Artful Reporter \n“The enfant terrible of alternative poetry” – Leeds Other paper \n“Witty and uncannily accurate with his observations” – The Stage \n“Distinctly funny” – Time Out \nFREE EVENT. DOORS OPEN AT 5.30PM.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/henry-normal-travelling-second-class-through-hope/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170503T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170503T200000
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SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Night featuring Genevieve Walsh
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry & Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry.\nWith special guest Genevieve L. Walsh.\nWednesday 3rd May 2017\, 6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm]. Free entry.\nManchester Central Library\, St Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD.\nTo book an open mic slot (4 minutes max) – please email mail@flapjackpress.co.uk to get on the reserve list. \nGeneviève L. Walsh’s debut solo collection covers her first five years of performing her punk-song-length poetry about love\, hatred\, aggressive platitudes\, sexual politics\, alienation and inebriation. \nIncludes a Foreword by Henry Normal. \n“A collection full of passion and subversion … keen and urgent with an untamed beauty – like a puma caught under a streetlight. She chooses her language and targets with precision and infuses humour and fight in every verse.” – Henry Normal\, poet \n“Rejecting the beige and embracing the dark\, this collection is a lyrical and defiant hymn to vodka nights and concrete days. Shot through with nostalgia and the fear of losing fellow dancers to normality.” – Kate Fox\, Stand-up Poet \n“A unique and passionately inclusive voice guides us with incredible skill and dexterity through everything that unites us: love\, loss\, and drunk conversations. This book is a brutally affectionate hug and a call to arms for all the losers\, freaks\, and feral lost souls of the world.” – Steve Nash\, Saboteur Awards Performer of the Year
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-featuring-genevieve-walsh/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170502T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170523T170000
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SUMMARY:Hitchcock: Master and Magician
DESCRIPTION:Four week film theory evening course plus a screening \nDelivered at Central Library by HOME\, this course will support participants in getting to know one of the most celebrated and influential film directors of all time. Taking a cue from the film\, The Birds you will examine in some detail what makes Hitchcock so special. Other examples of his work will also be discussed. \nCourse dates are 2nd\, 9th\, 16th\, 23rd May taking place at Central Library\, 6-8pm \nScreening date is Wed 3rd May and will take place at HOME\, 2 Tony Wilson Place\, Manchester\, M15 4FN\nCourse ticket price includes entry to the screening. \nCourse fee: £40 full / £35 concessions\n\nTo book\, call the HOME Box Office on 0161 200 1500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/hitchcock-master-and-magician/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Screening,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170422T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170422T220000
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SUMMARY:Retro Silent Disco
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate World Book Night with a Silent Disco at Central Library! \nJoin DJ John Ryan (Max 80s digital radio\, Girls on Film\, Gaydio) as he tempts you with three mixes to ssssshhhhake your body. Grab your headphones and flip between Classic Hits\, Chart or Manchester Bands! \nStart your Saturday night struttin’ your stuff in one of the most iconic buildings in Manchester! \nLibrarian Fancy Dress optional\, but there will be prizes for the best outfits!
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/retro-silent-disco/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170408T104500
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SUMMARY:Manchester Print Fair
DESCRIPTION:Whilst exploring our iconic building\, enjoy a unique shopping experience with an array of locally made design and craft from over 40 artists and designers. Join our creative workshops from sponsor G.F Smith and get hands on with print and paper fun\, for all the family. \nFree – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-print-fair/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Art
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