WHAT'S ON AT THE PORTICO LIBRARY, MANCHESTER
What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portico Library, Manchester
What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester
Burned Foil Painting on a Paper Fan: An ESEA Heritage Month Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 27 August 2026
Celebrate East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month with a hands-on burned foil painting workshop, where traditional artistic inspiration meets contemporary design....Relaxed Lates: Thursdays in the Summer
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 27 August - Thursday 1 October 2026
Pop in after work, shopping, on the way to somewhere or shelter from the sun / rain / hail to see the library 5-7pm every Thursday in the school holidays....Slow Reading: Tennyson's Ulysses and The Lotus-Eaters
The Portico Library, Manchester
Tuesday 8 September 2026
A bookclub but with a difference - a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Travel with Ulysses in his head....Umbrella Man and Other Stores: Book Talk with Martin Fitzgerald
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 10 September 2026
A talk followed by a Q & A - based around my new book - The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination...Bound Fabricate Word - Manchester Jewellery Week at the Portico
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 11 September 2026
Launch of pop up display for Manchester Jewellery Week....Bound Fabricate Worn - Manchester Jewellery Week at the Portico
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 11 September 2026
Launch of pop up display for Manchester Jewellery Week....Bookbinding: A multi-section journal / notebook
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 16 September 2026
This attractive A6 notebook/journal features an Italian patterned paper front cover (with a colour co-ordinated book cloth on the rear cover)....Relaxed Lates: Collections Special
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 17 September 2026
A special relaxed late with a tour given by our new Collections Librarian Susana Sanchez-Gonzalez, who will look at the Portico?s book collection from a librarian?s perspective....Chess and DJ Night
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 18 September 2026
Join us for a relaxing chess playing under the ambient of the Portico Georgian dome with Jasper Cheng?s DJ set of bebop jazz music....Life Drawing with HappeningInMCR
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 30 September 2026
For our first immersive life modelling session of 2026, HappeningInMCR are pleased to be working with life model Squid....The Unbuilt Room
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 1 October 2026
This new edition of Kriebel's acclaimed 'Exploration Game' has been written specially for the Portico Library as part of its Lottery Funded Reunited Project. Come in. Sit down. Explore. The Unbuilt Room is part-performance, part-game... an...Witches & Healers. Something that was Ours - New Work by Rosie Reed Hillman: Launch
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Launch of our new exhibition Witches and Healers, which draws on Rosie Reed Hillman?s groundbreaking project Something That Was Ours, which explores what it means to be a witch today....Portico Ubuntu: Diaspora Dine and Discussion - 100 years of Black History Month
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 29 October 2026
Join us for an unforgettable evening as Carol Ann Whitehead, Chair of The Portico Library's Public Programme Committee, welcomes you to the inaugural Diaspora Dine & Discussion in the iconic Reading Room at The Portico Library.?...Bookbinding: Paper Magic
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 11 November 2026
An opportunity to get creative making a variety of ingenious, fun and useful items.?A treat for yourself and an opportunity to make some unique Christmas gifts.?...Imaginary Landscapes: A poetry and harp recital
