It Was a Dark and Stormy Night at Castlefield Gallery

The next exhibition in the Launch Pad series takes its title from the often-mocked and parodied line which begins English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 novel Paul Clifford. The phrase has become associated with a melodramatic style of fiction that is also known as purple prose…. Read more »

New British Cinema at HOME

Jason Wood (Artistic Director: Film, HOME and Professor of Film at Manchester Metropolitan University) and Ian Haydn Smith (Editor, Curzon Magazine) will be discussing their book New British Cinema, which features in-depth interviews with the leading film-makers in British cinema today.   Entry is free… Read more »

In Light of Sound at M3 7LW

Slowdancers and Confingo presents In Light of Sound, a night of noisescapes and art at an underground venue near Strangeways. Featuring music by Chicaloyoh, The Swamps, TOOMS , Terrine and achmel vich; and an exhibition of the latest work from Confingo Magazine by Zoe McLean,… Read more »

Doodle Wall at PLY

David Gee is a Manchester-based doodle illustrator and on Thursday the 6th of August, he will be creating art live at PLY in the Northern Quarter. The event starts at 6pm and there will be complimentary cocktails provided by Absolut.

Pub Dogs of Manchester at Kosmonaut

From 7pm on Wednesday the 5th of August, Kosmonaut bar in the Northern Quarter will be hosting an exhibition of all the photographs from Pub Dogs of Manchester by Georgie Glass, set to be released later this year. Pre-Sales of the book will be available… Read more »