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
Writing Working Class Folk
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 20 April - Saturday 6 July 2024
Join Louis Glazzard for friendly writing workshop exploring class and identity in writing about folk - lore and people....Earthrise: a short history of the whole Earth
The Portico Library, Manchester
Monday 22 April 2024
On Earth Day 2024 historian and author Robert Poole looks back at the famous ?Earthrise' and ?Blue Marble? photos taken by the Apollo astronauts....Tour of the Portico Library and the Streets Around
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Tour of the Streets around the Portico Library and the library...Buried Alive Books Unearthed in Our Time
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 25 April 2024
This lecture tells three stories of extraordinary ancient books that were lost for centuries and then found again...Centenary of the First Labour Government
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 1 May 2024
Ed Glinert tells the story of the election of the first Labour Government in the UK....History Open Mic: With History Lab +
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 2 May 2024
Share your history project in an affirming, friendly atmosphere....Thomas De Quincey: Manchester Man and Expert in Murder
The Portico Library, Manchester
Tuesday 7 May 2024
J.C. Briggs finds the source of De Quincey?s fascination for murder in his Manchester childhood, the deaths of his sisters, and his education by some very eccentric Manchester men....Gothic Reading Group Session 1: The 'Oriental' Gothic
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 9 May 2024
In this opening session of a new reading group on various forms of Gothic literature, Prof Dale Townshend from Manchester Metropolitan University and Dr Natalie Zacek will lead a discussion of pre-circulated fictions that centre on eerie An...Living with Machines
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
An evening of strike and worker Ballads from the Industrial Revolution left forgotten in the British Library, now brought to life with brand new music by folk musicians Alice Jones, Simon Robinson, Katy Ryder and Pete Dilley....Following the Money: Opium and Trade in Manchester
The Portico Library, Manchester
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Industrial archaeologist Steve Little takes us to the Exchanges in Manchester to follow the trail and trade of opium, tea & silk....The Journey of Tea from China to the World on International Tea Day
The Portico Library, Manchester
Tuesday 21 May 2024
A talk on The Journey of Tea from China to the World on 21 May, International Tea Day, by Dr Fang Zong ??, Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester....Murder Mystery Experience at the Portico Library
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 23 May 2024
In this exciting murder mystery workshop, you will not only learn how to solve a thrilling crime, but also immerse yourself in the historic atmosphere of The Portico Library!...Brian Groom in Conversation on Made in Manchester
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 30 May 2024
Brian Groom will talk to Helen Nugent on his new book, Made in Manchester, a rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who have made it....Infamous: A Closing Talk
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 6 June 2024
A closing talk on the main themes of the Infamous exhibition by Professor Yangwen Zheng....What's in a word and what's in a dictionary
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 12 June 2024
Join us for a session looking at the meanings of everyday words and phrases, and how dictionaries define words....Blackout the Jargon
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 14 June 2024
Join us for a session of blackout poetry, where participants can find meaning in a scientific text by creating a work of art....J P Worsfold & The Band of Gold
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 15 June 2024
We welcome JP Worsfold & The Band of Gold to Manchester, supported by Bryony Lloyd, for an evening of folk songs evoking the natural world....Villette V Ruth: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell (Online)
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 26 June 2024
This special partnership event explores the historical reality behind these two iconic women writers and the sexual status of women in Victorian life....Conservation of a Medieval Psalter
