The book hunt coming to Manchester for the Festival of Libraries
Manchester’s Festival of Libraries will open again this summer, featuring writers, artists, musicians and poets.
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Festival of Libraries to take over Manchester in June
The Festival of Libraries is set to hit Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries in June and the countdown has started!
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Manchester Jewish Museum to present its first ever Festival of Belonging
Manchester Jewish Museum is set to present its first ever Festival of Belonging at venues across the city including Central Library and The Lowry. The one week event will feature nights of comedy, theatre, storytelling, films and visual arts. The festival will include events at Manchester Central Library where the Jewish Museum is currently housed…
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Young, Rich & Famous: Ancient Egypt in a Social Media World
Manchester Museum’s latest installation at Manchester Central Library, Young, Rich and Famous, looks at how we will be remembered after death. In an age of selfies and, let’s face it, oversharing on social media, the Museum asks what immortality actually means. Images and memories of us could live on forever digitally, but what of the…
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Manchester Jewish Museum moving to Central Library as building work starts
As building work starts on the major extension of Manchester Jewish Museum, the museum is moving temporarily into the basement of Manchester Central Library. Work will start shortly on the major extension of Manchester Jewish Museum’s historic Cheetham Hill building. The museum is currently housed in a former synagogue on the edge of Manchester city…
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Interactive theatre for 7-11 year olds coming to Manchester libraries
A series of Greater Manchester’s libraries will be transformed into performance spaces in a brand new immersive theatre show for local schools. From Monday 4 March, ten libraries will enter the world of Alluriat. The original production from Cheshire theatre company Forest Tribe aims to get local schools and children to engage with their local…
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Free dance shows come to Manchester libraries this week
Three of Manchester’s libraries will swing open after hours to welcome audiences and dancers as Company Chameleon’s Illuminate goes on a tour of Longsight Library, North City Library and Wythenshawe Forum Library. The dance shows follow the huge success of the run packed performances at Manchester’s Central Library. The original full scale performances premiered in…
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Manchester Central Library to host dance, music and light spectacle
Manchester’s Central Library will host Company Chameleon’s site-specific production of new dance, music and light art, Illuminate. The after-hours experience has been commissioned by Library Live and will see the Manchester dance company take audiences to the past, present and future in an exciting and original promenade piece of dance theatre. Beginning outside of the…
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Manchester After Hours to take over the city’s art and music scene
Manchester After Hours returns on Thursday 18 May as the city’s arts and music scene comes alive in the evening. The annual event, part of the UK wide Museums at Night, will witness 15 original, largely free events. The line up is set to include gigs on wheels, video installations projected onto landmark aircraft and…
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Manchester Jazz Festival 2016 – where does it all take place?
With Manchester Jazz Festival 2016 set to launch on Friday 22 July, we take a look at where the action is to be found. As normal, whilst the main hub of Manchester Jazz Festival is being hosted at the Hobgobline Festival Pavilion and Square at Albert Square). MJF 2016 is also spread across several other venues…
