Bit MIF-ed? Manchester International Festival’s stellar line-up will make you smile
Damon Albarn, FKA twigs and Björk are just some of the stars announced in a stellar line-up for the July’s 2015 Manchester International Festival.
Lights, culture, action! Manchester’s Chinese New Year celebrations – IN PICS
Revellers are treated to a stunning display of light and fire as animation and art intertwined to kick off the Chinese New Year celebrations at Manchester’s St. Ann’s Square.
The art of love: Whitworth gallery plans Valentine’s Day launch after £15m revamp
After being closed for over a year for a £15million revamp, the Whitworth Art gallery will hold a weekend’s worth of events to celebrate its reopening on Saturday February 14.
Manchester International Festival CEO hunt: Could you fill Poots’ boots in £100K job?
The hunt is on for a new Manchester International Festival CEO after founding artistic director Alex Poots has decided to step down from his 10-year role.
Dad’s Halo Effect: B of the Bang fiasco ‘must not put Manchester off public art’
A giant ‘chess set sculpture for the people of East Manchester’ will not go the way of the disastrous B of the Bang project, the council have promised.
It’s a knockout: Ricky Hatton throws a punch of approval for Mancunian mosaic artist
Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has given his support to a Manchester based mosaicist after retweeting her work on his Twitter account.
Make some NOISE: Festival gives Manchester artists chance in the limelight
NOISE Festival gives the opportunity to artists looking to make their big break.
Salford’s most famous son LS Lowry remembered on 127th birthday
Today marks the 127th anniversary of the famous artist, LS Lowry
Terminally-ill Stockport painter proves there’s ‘life after a stroke’ with inspiring art, despite being paralysed
Keith Gresty, 68, has been creating masterpieces using water colours and tapestry since suffering a massive stroke that paralysed him on the right side of his body.
Geeks on stage: Science Show-off challenges Manchester’s bravest boffins to impress in open mic night
The Science Show-off, to be hosted at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) on October 24, is a science-based open mic night.
The Order of Chaeronea: Salford artist jets off to Texas to study poet behind world’s first secret gay society
Jez Dolan, from Manchester, will visit The University of Texas at Austin later this month to scour through the pages of a rarely accessed journal kept by George Cecil Ives from 1867 – 1950