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Amy Vreeke: The Year My Vagina Tried to Kill Me - Part of Sick! Festival 2019 (THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT)

20:30 - 21:30 2 October 2019
Stand-up comedian and theatre maker, Amy Vreeke, creates multi-genre, autobiographical work that explores social taboos with candour and comedy. Amy was diagnosed with endometriosis…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 25 September - 13:55 20 November 2019
Back due to popular demand, this autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment.…

Beyond Faith: Muslim Women Artists Today

14 June - 6 October 2019
This exhibition of five contemporary artists presents their work in conversation with pieces selected from the Whitworth’s art collection. It brings together the artworks and stories…

Cézanne at the Whitworth

24 August 2019 - 1 March 2020
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) that has been gifted and placed on long-term loan to the Whitworth by gallerist,…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

Elizabeth Price

25 September 2019 - 1 March 2020
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works - including drawings, sculpture and video - this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and…

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

Gandhi, Amritsar and Darwen: A Journey of Rightful Protest

18:00 - 19:30 2 October 2019
To mark the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth we will be highlighting his visit to Darwen, Lancashire in 1931: Why did he make the visit to the cotton mills, and how did it influence…

GDI Lecture with Prof Rhys Jenkins: How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy

17:00 - 18:30 2 October 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Rhys Jenkins, University of East Anglia to discuss "How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy" China’s growing…

How do you induce a sense of revelation? Wassily Kandinsky’s adaptation of techniques from Persian paintings

17:00 - 18:30 2 October 2019
Emily Christensen, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London How do you induce a sense of revelation? Wassily Kandinsky’s adaptation of techniques from Persian paintings

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege

11 April - 2 October 2019
Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege exhibition, developed in collaboration with The Partition Museum in India. This commemorative exhibit gives voice to the untold stories of…

Li Yuan Chia: Unique Photographs

18 May - 15 December 2019
In his lifetime, Li Yuan Chia (1929-1994) travelled from China, to Taiwan, Bologna and London but found his home in a house that he bought in 1972 from Winifred Nicholson in Banks at…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 2 October 2019
Jan Fuhse, University of Passau Social Networks in Communicative Events Like everything in the social world, seemingly stable networks of social relationships (as on or off) only…

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity

17 August 2019 - 5 July 2020
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production…

Young, Rich & Famous

10:00 1 October 2019 - 17:00 1 January 2020
In this digital age of collecting selfies and more on social media, what does immortality mean? Manchester Museum’s latest installation at Manchester’s Central Library, Young, Rich…

Yuri Sobral - Collapse of immersed granular columns

14:00 - 14:50 2 October 2019
Yuri Dumaresq Sobral (University of Brasilia) joins us for the Physical Applied Mathematics Series. Note the unusual room - 5.210 in University Place. The collapse of granular columns…

Applied Economics Seminar - Stefan Lamp (Toulouse)

13:00 - 14:15 3 October 2019
Title: TBA

Ehrhardt Seminar: Love, Boundaries & Sacred Texts Group Discussion and Planning

14:00 - 16:00 3 October 2019
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Jonathan Aasgaard (cello)

13:10 - 14:00 3 October 2019
Weinberg 24 Preludes for solo cello Op. 100 The Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard returns to the Martin Harris Centre to perform Weinberg’s 24 preludes. This is a one-off opportunity…

Prevention is better than cure - MERI Seminar

13:00 - 14:00 3 October 2019
Professor Ashley Woodcock OBE is a consultant physician and clinical director at the North West Lung Centre and Professor of respiratory medicine and associate dean for clinical affairs…

Toddler Tales

11:00 - 11:45 3 October 2019
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a story world of your own. Free, no need to book, just drop in. Family friendly, children 5 yrs and under.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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