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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The Reformation – new exhibition at John Rylands Library
The Reformation, a new exhibition exploring a series of events which changed the course of history, is set to launch at Manchester’s John Rylands Library. The exhibition at John Rylands Library marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – A monk who shattered the strength of the Catholic Church, a monarch who wanted to take…
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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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Previewed: Darkness and Light – Exploring Gothic at the John Rylands Library
Manchester’s John Rylands Library is set to house a new exhibition, Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic, revealing how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influences by a literary genre and how its lasting legacy can still be found in art, film and subculture. Appropriately homed within one of Manchester’s most iconic, grand and interesting buildings,…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 19 April – 25 April
Monday 20 April: The Bridgewater Hall – London Philharmonic Orchestra and Alison Balsom: Songs of the Paradise Saloon. Marios Papadopoulos conducts as Classic FM Award Winner Alison Balsom is featured on the trumpet during an evening of American-influenced music including Bramwell Tovey’s Songs of the Paradise Saloon, which was adapted from Tovey’s opera The Inventor about…
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John Rylands Library Launches Aldus Manutius Exhibition
Manutius credited with making literature affordable to the masses Manchester’s John Rylands Library has launched an exhibition on Aldus Manutius, the Italian humanist turned printer and publisher credited with being the first to make literature affordable to the masses. The exhibition, which runs until Sunday 21st June, coincides with the 500th anniversary of his death and…
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Chinese Art to Feature throughout City
A fascinating display of works by 30 Chinese artists is set to feature across Manchester from 27th September until 23rd November in response to the theme of ‘conflict and compassion’ examining the conflicts and harmony of China. The exhibition comes after three decades of change in mainland China which has seen unprecedented political reform, economic…
