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WHAT'S ON AT THE PORTICO LIBRARY, MANCHESTER

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Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portico Library, Manchester

The Portico Kitchen Secret Supper Club

William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester

Echoes - China & Hong Kong. Voicing the collection

The Influence of Kate Greenaway on Illustrations and Illustrators

Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines - The Last Train to Tomorrow

An Introduction to Bookbinding

Named Awards and the Influence of Kate Greenaway on Illustrations and Illustrators

What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester

Brown Wimpenny are an 11-piece folk ensemble based in south Manchester. Described by The Quietus as a source of "energy, eccentricity, communion and joy"; they weave traditional music, from the British Isles and beyond, into a web of jigs, ...

Echoes - China & Hong Kong. Voicing the collection

The Portico Library, Manchester

Friday 24 January 2025

Echoes invites audiences to engage with the collection of the Portico Library and the communities who are reclaiming the colonial narrative written and illustrated in the Library's books. It seeks to navigate Britain's complex colonial rela...

Public opening of Echoes: China & Hong Kong. Voicing the collection 迴音：中港迴響書?--?之聲

The Portico Library, Manchester

Friday 24 January 2025

Echoes invites audiences to engage with the collection of the Portico Library and the communities who are reclaiming the colonial narrative written and illustrated in the Library's books....

Lee Chambers - Momentum

The Portico Library, Manchester

Wednesday 29 January 2025

In conversation on his new book, Momentum, with Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI, leading psychologist and wellbeing expert, Lee Chambers shares his thirteen essential tools to help you unlock your potential. For many of us, our lives hav...

William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 30 January 2025

William Morris was a frequent visitor to Manchester, and the only Morris & Co shop outside London was located on Albert Square. His now famous dictum: Do not have anything in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be bea...

William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester: FULLY BOOKED

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 30 January 2025

Barry Clark explores William Morris's deep and long relationship with Manchester through Morris' art, commercial activity and politics....

Lion Dance for Lunar New Year

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 6 February 2025

Celebrate the Lunar New Year in with a Lion Dance cavorting amongst the books....

An Introduction to Bookbinding

The Portico Library, Manchester

Wednesday 12 February 2025

An introductory workshop for beginners to bookbinding....

An Introduction to Bookbinding FULLY BOOKED

The Portico Library, Manchester

Wednesday 12 February 2025

An introductory workshop for beginners to bookbinding....

Unlocking the love lock: (Almost) Valentine's Day Event

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 13 February 2025

Join us for an early Valentine's treat with folklore and tradition expert Dr Ceri Houlbrook, who shares her research on love-locks....

John Haycock & DBH

The Portico Library, Manchester

Saturday 15 February 2025

Two of Todmorden's finest artists team up for a celestial exploration between light, sound and setting with live music, visuals and talks in a sensory exploration of the historic building. John Haycock (Kora, Clarinet + electronics) and DBH...

The Portico Kitchen Secret Supper Club

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 20 February 2025

Join the Portico Kitchen team for a series of unique dining experiences in one of the city's most extraordinary settings. The Portico Kitchen is Manchester's oldest lunch spot, and expand their offer into dinner service for a limited run of...

The Portico Goes Out . . . to Social Refuge

The Portico Library, Manchester

Wednesday 26 February 2025

To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, we?ll be bringing some books out from our collection to explore Oscar Wilde, Sappho, Chevali?re d'?on and Jeanette Winterson....

Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines - The Last Train to Tomorrow

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 27 February 2025

A talk on the Kindertransport by Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines. Born into a non-observant Jewish family Nov 1929 in Prague, her father was an advertising manager for a medical magazine and her mother doctor and with one sister, 5 yrs younger....

Hidden in Print: International Women's Day Event

The Portico Library, Manchester

Saturday 8 March 2025

On International Women's Day, come and find out about the women in the pages of the Portico's books - the women who are almost forgotten....

The Influence of Kate Greenaway on Illustrations and Illustrators

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 20 March 2025

How did Kate Greenway's art reach and move generations of children? How do named literary prizes influence book sales and the publishing trade? Why does it seem that historical women are erased more often than men? This talk by historian an...

Named Awards and the Influence of Kate Greenaway on Illustrations and Illustrators

The Portico Library, Manchester

Thursday 20 March 2025

How did Kate Greenway?s art reach and move generations of children? How do named literary prizes influence book sales and the publishing trade? Why does?it?seem that historical women are erased more often than men? This talk by historian an...