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Aisha Khalid: Larger Than Life

6 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
EXHIBITION Aisha Khalid: Larger Than Life. Exhibition runs until 27 January 2013. Lahore-based Aisha Khalid is one of Pakistan’s leading contemporary artists. She is part of a generation…

Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma

24 March - 18 November 2012
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature: how complex…

Breed: The British & their Dogs

6 October 2012 - 14 April 2013
6 October 2012-14 April 2013 The history of the British Isles and its inhabitants, both human and canine, has long been entwined. Breed reveals the enduring and affectionate relationship…

Building on Things: images of ruin and renewal

6 October 2012 - 6 January 2013
No encounter or engagement with ruins is ever just about the past. Ruins are vehicles for time travel in the imagination. A ruined building is a reminder to the viewer of the passage…

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:45 - 14:30 18 October 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

Hockney to Hogarth: A Rake’s Progress

6 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
EXHIBITION Hockney to Hogarth: A Rake’s Progress. Exhibition runs until 3 February 2013. The Whitworth has been presented with David Hockney’s entire print series A Rake’s Progress…

Jane and Louise Wilson

6 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
EXHIBITION Jane and Louise Wilson. Exhibition runs until 27 January 2013. Bringing together recent works by the acclaimed British artists Jane and Louise Wilson, this exhibition…

Manchester Literature Festival at the Whitworth

7 - 19 October 2012
Manchester Literature Festival at the Whitworth. Dates: 7, 10, 12, 13, 14 & 19 October 2012. Manchester Literature Festival events showcasing work by established and emerging authors,…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Jeremy Young

13:00 - 14:00 18 October 2012
Yang Tsung Hsien Frédéric Chopin – Sonata in B minor Op. 58 Written at the height of his creative powers in 1844, Chopin’s third and final sonata is simultaneously a pianistic…

Psappha Evening Concert

19:30 - 22:00 19 October 2012
Alasdair Nicolson Punch! Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.1 Op.9 (arr. Anton…

Big Draw Luminosity

13:30 20 - 03:30 21 October 2012
Free for children of all ages, their families and carers (Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 October, 1.30 – 3.30pm) World famous artists like Hockney do it, and now so can you! Join our Big Draw…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 20 October 2012
Ligeti – Lontano Mahler – Symphony No. 3 Conductors: Will Hooker, Mark Heron. MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns for its second concert of the year. The mysterious Lontano by…

Genomics in clinical practice: A story about Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy

12:30 - 13:30 22 October 2012
Medical and Human Sciences, Institute of Human Development Speaker : Professor Jim Lupski Through studies of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) peripheral neuropathy and Smith-Magenis syndrome,…

Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with A.M. Homes – Male Me: Imagination and Gender

18:30 - 21:30 22 October 2012
Newly appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, Jeanette Winterson discusses gender and the imagination with acclaimed American…

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:45 - 14:30 23 October 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

What a dog might tell us: on photography, perfectibility, and the aesthetics of breed

18:00 - 20:00 23 October 2012
6-8pm. With artist Jo Longhurst. For several years Jo worked with eminent British Whippet breeders, photographing their dogs by bloodline, exploring their quest for the perfect dog.…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 24 October 2012
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:45 - 14:30 24 October 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 25 October 2012
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:45 - 14:30 25 October 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

How can health psychology make a useful contribution to policy making for public health?

16:00 - 17:30 25 October 2012
Using self-affirmation theory to improve risk communication and change health behaviour? Host: Professor Alison Wearden

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:00 25 October 2012
Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke Op.73 High Wood – Paraphrase on ‘Bird of Paradise’ Op.26 Jean Françaix – Theme and Variations The Martin Harris Centre is pleased to welcome…

Ancient Worlds

26 October 2012
In 2012, to mark the centenary of the first Egypt gallery to be opened at the Museum, we are opening Ancient Worlds - three new galleries highlighting our collections from Manchester…

Magic Carpet: Cats & dogs

10:30 - 12:30 26 October 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Growers' gallery

10:00 27 October - 17:00 4 November 2012
Saturday 27 October-Sunday 4 November, 10am-5pm. From Manchester to Palestine and from Europe to the USA and South America, 11,000 sunflowers were pledged in 13 countries. This media…

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