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90 Degree Citizen

10 October - 17 November 2013
How do museums create our understandings of cultural identities, and does migrant art generate alternative connections which cut across such boundaries? A rare exhibition of work by…

Blood and Guts

12:00 - 13:00 31 October 2013
Not for the faint-hearted! Look through your fingers at some of the Library’s rare medical books in this gory collection encounter.

Captured by Pirates - pop-up book workshops

13:30 - 16:30 31 October 2013
1.30 -2.30 (5-7 year olds) 2.30 - 3.30 (8-10 year olds) 3.30 - 4.30 (11 upwards) Make a pop-up book inspired by a story of pirates and kidnap from Boccaccio’s Decameron. Led by…

Composers’ Masterclass with Edwin Roxburgh

14:30 - 16:00 31 October 2013
A chance to hear Edwin Roxburgh working on new music by composers and ensembles from The University of Manchester and RNCM. This event forms part of the New Music North West Festival,…

Diving into the data pool | Exploring how medical data is shared

18:00 - 19:30 31 October 2013
'''Host:''' NOWGEN '''About the event:''' Nowgen is organising this event during Manchester Science Festival to explore how openly society wants medical data to be shared. We will…

Diving into the data pool: Exploring how medical data is shared.

18:00 - 19:30 31 October 2013
Many everyday activities generate huge amounts of data, which can then be analysed for marketing and research. Most of us accept this as part of modern life, but how do we feel about…

Ensemble 10/10

19:30 - 21:30 31 October 2013
Stephen Pratt Chant de Printemps (world première) Ian Stephens Thea Dances (world première) Anthony Gilbert New work (world première) Edwin Roxburgh…

Fragmentary Ancestors: Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana

25 October 2013 - 4 May 2014
This exhibition at Manchester Museum is the first ever officially approved showing of clay figurines made by a previously little understood people in Koma Land in Ghana in West Africa.…

It’s Alive!!

18:00 - 20:00 31 October 2013
Watch this classic horror from James Whale, starring the iconic Boris Karloff, in the splendidly gothic surroundings of our Historic Reading Room. Doors open at 6.00 – come early to…

Late Night Concert: Sounds of the Engine House

22:00 - 23:30 31 October 2013
Matt Sergeant Bet Merkorios Liza Lim Inguz (fertility) Harrison Birtwistle Pulse Sampler Benjamin Gaunt Revolution Steven Jackson Keeps Spinning…

Locating Boccaccio in 2013

11 July - 20 December 2013
On the 700th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition celebrates the enduring popularity of the works of the Italian medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio. Taking a wide-ranging overview…

Lunchtime Concert: RNCM Brass Band

13:15 - 14:30 31 October 2013
Andy Scott Madiba; Big Red; Salt of the Earth Peter Meechan Fire in the Sky Peter Graham On the Shoulders of Giants This event forms part of the New Music…

Manchester Policy Week 2013

28 October - 1 November 2013
Join your University colleagues, policymakers and influencers for five days of insight and discussion. With 13 events packed into the 5 days with over 30 guest speakers - ranging almost…

Manchester Science Festival - The Bug Hunt

24 October - 3 November 2013
Can you find all the bugs in the library? Follow the trail to find the Library’s hidden bugs – find out what they are and why they are bad for books.

Morbid Micellany

14 October 2013 - 31 January 2014
Behold bizarre bindings! Delight in death! Gaze in awe at aged autographs! Our Morbid Miscellany embraces the darker side of our collections. This selection of individual items, many…

New Music North West Festival

26 October - 2 November 2013
New Music North West Festival Saturday 26 October – Saturday 2 November 2013 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The RNCM and The University of Manchester are delighted to…

Oct half-term

11:00 28 October - 16:00 1 November 2013
Discover more about the science behind the colour of animals and create colourful creatures inspired by our newly opened Nature’s Library & Vivarium (Live Animals) galleries. Part…

Picturing Stories: British and French Romantic Illustrations

9 August 2013 - 9 January 2014
This exhibition explores the development of French and British Romantic illustration during the period 1770-1860. In contrast to earlier allegorical images, Romantic pictures are full…

Platforma Festival

10:00 31 October - 17:00 1 November 2013
Platforma Festival Thursday 31 October 2013– Friday 1 November 2013 venues across the Martin Harris Centre The Platforma arts and refugees network presents a two-day conference…

Platforma Festival: Acoustic Night

19:30 - 21:30 31 October 2013
Platforma Festival: Acoustic Night 7.30pm, Thursday 31st October 2013 An Acoustic Night featuring spoken word from Kayo Chingonyi, Warsan Shire and Haymanot Tesfa. Music from members…

Polari Mission: Bona Eek

16 August 2013 - 2 February 2014
Polari's history is as diverse as the people who have used it. For the Polari Mission project artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson have created a series of innovative visual artworks…

Portrait of a Living Archive

3 October 2013 - 13 January 2014
When people think about libraries they tend to think of them as the ancestral home of written rather than visual culture. The John Rylands Library houses a significant collection of…

Skeletons in the Library’s Closet

13:30 - 14:30 31 October 2013
Find out how bones grow and develop in humans and animals, how they are used in different cultures, and how they suffer through different diseases and traumas. Take a look at some of…

Snowballs in Space!

10:00 21 October - 17:00 1 November 2013
Find out all about comets, asteroids and meteors in this interactive science show. Discover what comets are and where they come from, and watch us make our very own comet for everyone…

The Whitworth closure for major development work

2 September 2013 - 14 February 2015
The Whitworth reopens on Saturday 14 February 2015. The gallery is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century Gallery…

Warriors of the Plains: 200 years of Native North American honour and ritual

25 May - 3 November 2013
Ceremonial shirts, moccasins and tomahawks, alongside photographs of these objects in use, bring to life the world of Native North American warfare and ritual from 1800 to the present…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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