Arts and entertainment news
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16 February 2012
In Translation: Women, Migration and Britishness - Empire Marketing Board Posters
Saturday 25 February 2012 – 23 February 2013 - Free Entry
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2 February 2012
International Women's Day goes for an Un-Conventional style
Could you create an album in a day? That’s the challenge on offer to women in Manchester at this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations.
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24 January 2012
Major new grant funding for three Manchester cultural institutions
The partnership of Manchester City Galleries, Whitworth Art Gallery and The Manchester Museum today received confirmation of three year’s major grant funding from Arts Council England (ACE).
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17 August 2011
Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer
From 24 September 2011, Manchester Art Gallery will stage the first major exhibition of Ford Madox Brown’s work since 1964.
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18 July 2011
Mega Mela returns to south Manchester
The largest celebration of South Asian arts and culture in the north of England is taking place in Manchester next weekend.
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26 May 2011
New display for gallery's entrance hall
A new display exploring how the human form has been depicted over the centuries is going on display at Manchester Art Gallery.
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9 May 2011
Snappers set to make Manchester picture perfect
Aspiring young snappers are invited to enter a photography competition to show Manchester from a new angle.
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25 January 2011
Lubaina Himid named People’s Choice at the Northern Art Prize
The artist Lubaina Himid, who is currently exhibiting at the Gallery of Costume in Platt Hall, has been named the People’s Choice at the Northern Art Prize awards.
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12 January 2011
Gallery of Costume to display new Lubaina Himid exhibition
The Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall will host a new exhibition by artist Lubaina Himid called: Tailor Striker Singer Dandy.
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10 December 2010
Manchester adult learners use art and drama to celebrate International Human Rights Day
A group of young men from The Limes supported housing in Victoria Park have created a stunning piece of artwork to celebrate International Human Rights Day.
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2 December 2010
Red carpet film premiere for Creative and Media Academy pupils
The red carpet will be out on Thursday 2 December, when young stars of a brand new film, made by Manchester Creative and Media Academy, gather for the film's world premiere at the Odeon Printworks.
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2 November 2010
Top names flock to Chorlton Book Festival
Poet Laureate Carol Anne Duffy, playwright Charlotte Keatley and poet and novelist Jackie Kay are some of the top literary names who will be making an appearance at this year's Chorlton Book Festival.
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7 October 2010
Manchester Art Gallery wins top regional tourism award
Manchester Art Gallery was awarded the prestigious title of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2010 at England’s Northwest Tourism Awards.
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7 October 2010
Picture memories of Manchester Day go online
The summer sunshine may be a distant memory but Manchester people are being given the opportunity to relive that scorching day in June when the city celebrated Manchester Day.
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8 September 2010
Telling Fortunes at Gallery of Costume
The Gallery of Costume is the venue for a brand new exhibition, Telling Fortunes by textile artist Alice Kettle, which opens on Wednesday 15 September 2010
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21 June 2010
Stunning success for first ever Manchester Day
At least 75,000 people lined the streets of Manchester to watch a spectacular parade to mark the first-ever Manchester Day.
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21 April 2010
For Manchester and St George
Manchester’s St George’s Parade is taking place this Sunday 25 April 2010 with a cavalcade of floats, bands and performers that will make England’s patron saint proud.
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12 March 2010
Manchester’s cultural ambition
Manchester is a city with cultural ambition, which is set to soar as a result of a new vision that was agreed this week.
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29 December 2009
Get your skates on for last minute festive fun
20,000 attend Christmas light’s switch-on, millions visit Manchester’s biggest ever Christmas Market, more than 20,000 visit Piccadilly Snow Gardens and more than 30,000 on the ice at Spinningfields
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27 August 2009
Manchester City Council is proud to welcome Manchester Pride 2009
Manchester City Council offers a warm welcome to the Manchester Pride festival as the city looks forward to the Big Weekend (28 to 31 August).
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10 August 2009
North Manchester's FieldFest is fun-filled
Young people in North Manchester who want to beat boredom these summer holidays need look no further than the Broadhurst Fieldfest on Thursday 20 August.
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10 August 2009
Festival celebrates lively Longsight
Visitors are being invited to enjoy a taste of one of Manchester's most vibrant districts in a family-friendly festival on Sunday 16 August.
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8 July 2009
Families told - don't waste artistic talents
Manchester City Council is inviting families to show their creative sides and help turn household waste into works of art during an event held this week as part of Manchester International Festival.
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16 June 2009
Shakespeare returns to Heaton Park
Theatre lovers have got their last chance to buy tickets to see Shakespeare’s Globe perform The Comedy Of Errors at Heaton Park.
