Martin Harris Centre, The John Rylands Library

Aftermath: 100 years of creativity from conflict

7 February - 29 June 2014
How remarkable is it that, throughout our shared history, some people have been inspired to answer the worst examples of man’s inhumanity with acts of compassion and creativity? Aftermath…

Bus Stop Stories

20 February - 22 June 2014
At the start of 2013, John Shinnick, a Manchester photographer, set out to document the people using a local, city centre bus stop; a quiet stop were people rarely alight. The people…

Explorer tour

15:00 - 16:00 16 March 2014
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. We plan to run additional events like this in the near future. Please email or ring us so we can get in touch when these events are arranged.…

The Space Between: exhibition of artworks by Anthony McCarthy

27 February - 3 August 2014
The concept for the exhibition began as artist, Anthony McCarthy, walked along Chapel Street in Salford heading towards Manchester and The John Rylands Library. Armed with pencil,…

Literature Live: Maureen N. McLane and Glyn Maxwell

18:30 - 20:30 17 March 2014
Maureen N. McLane was educated at Harvard, Oxford, and the University of Chicago. She is the author of World Enough: poems (Farrar, Straus, 2010) and Same Life: poems (FSG, 2008)…

RNCM Monday Recital Series

13:15 - 14:00 17 March 2014
Felix Mendelssohn Zweistimmige Lieder Op 63 Sarah Foubert soprano Richard Moore baritone Tim Kennedy piano Franz Schubert Fantasie in F minor D 940 Chiahu Lee, Shaun Motiani piano

Whimsical Weekday Workshop

11:00 - 16:00 18 March 2014
Learn how to decorate through repetition, using patterns, symbols, letters, numbers... anything you wish. All the art works will be different and personal. Drop in event.

Conservation Studio Tour

11:30 - 12:30 19 March 2014
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. We hope to run additional events like this in the near future. Please email or ring us so we can get in touch when these events are arranged.…

Curator Talk: Bus Stop Stories

11:00 - 11:30 19 March 2014
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE. Join photographer John Shinnick as he talks about the connections he made with people he met and photographed at his local bus stop.

The Michael Kahan Kapelye - Klezmer Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 20 March 2014
Programme to include: Wedding music of the Ashkenazi communities of Eastern Europe Named after the Manchester classical and klezmer violinist tragically killed in June 2008, the…

Tour and treasures

14:00 - 15:00 20 March 2014
Take a closer look at some items from the Library’s magnificent collections and find out more about this historic building.

Cosmo Singers

19:30 - 21:30 21 March 2014
Lullabies, work songs, spirituals and other traditional music from Hungary, Finland, Mexico, Kenya and South Africa brought to life by the Cosmo Singers. Directed by Justin Doyle,…

Tag the Library!

11:00 - 15:00 21 March 2014
Everyone’s used to 'tagging' and 'liking' things online, but how about if you were given real labels and could put them anywhere in the Library? What would you choose to tag and why?

Unusual Views: Library tours for photographers

15:00 - 16:00 21 March 2014
Take the opportunity to photograph the Library building from spectacular viewpoints not normally open to the public!

VAGANZA - Composers’ Showcase Concert

13:10 - 14:00 21 March 2014
Come and join us as Vaganza celebrates the extraordinary diversity and ingenuity of music by our student composers.

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:30 22 March 2014
Marshall Aue! Ticheli Blue Shades Ticheli Sanctuary Matthews Thirty to Tango Laurisden O Magnum Mysterium Whitacre Cloudburst Bonney Chaos Theory (Electric Guitar: Shaun Rimmer)…

Water Day

11:00 - 16:00 22 March 2014
Clean water is an essential part of our life, but not everyone is as lucky as us to have access to it. See examples from our collection relating to water and join us for fun activities.

Voices Manchester

14:00 - 16:00 23 March 2014
We plan to work with a group of young people, allowing them to explore parts of our collection which concern Manchester, make their own connections and decide on their own outcomes.…

Aftermath: Drawing on experience

14:00 - 15:00 24 March 2014
Meet with fine art students from Salford University to discuss how they responded to letters written by Manchester University students of one hundred years ago. How did they feel…

RNCM Monday Recital Series

13:15 - 14:00 24 March 2014
Béla Bartók Piano Sonata BB 88 Ryan Drucker piano Richard Rodney Bennett Excerpts from Soprano Saxophone Sonata Béla Bartók Selection of Romanian Folk Dances…

Featured Artist: Richard Casey (Piano) - ‘Beethoven and … Stockhausen’

13:10 - 14:00 27 March 2014
Beethoven Sonata op. 53 Beethoven Sonata op. 54 Stockhausen Klavierstück VIII Stockhausen Klavierstück IX Beethoven’s famous ‘Waldstein’ Sonata op. 53 is coupled with its…

Thursday Late: Harpist

17:00 - 19:00 27 March 2014
A brand new opportunity to pop in after work, or a day’s shopping, and see the Library in a new light. Join us at 6pm for beautiful music in the Historic Reading Room.

Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 28 March 2014
The University of Manchester’s very own Baroque Orchestra presents a varied programme of well-known concerti grossi by Corelli and Handel interspersed with some gems from the chamber…

Voices Manchester

14:00 - 16:00 29 March 2014
We plan to work with a group of young people, allowing them to explore parts of our collection which concern Manchester, make their own connections and decide on their own outcomes.…

Aftermath: Make Do and Mend

12:00 - 16:00 30 March 2014
Fake fish and fake eggs? See and taste what our families had to cook with in times when they 'made do'. Remember elbow patches, letting down sleeves and hems, darning underwear and…

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