A new Live Art installation created by artists living with disabilities takes place on Thursday at Manchester Art Gallery. The new production Affirmations is presented by Proud and Loud Arts and has been developed in partnership with the University of Bolton and Arts Council England. The work offers a perspective on the impact of social…
Club Arvina is set to open in Hale, bringing a new concept in clubbing to the Cheshire area, promising the ultimate in VIP treatment. Founder of Club Arvina Chris Bacon explains “We aim to provide the ultimate VIP clubbing experience, making sure every customer is looked after to the highest of standard. Arvina has 20…
Following a series of UK shows in 2017, Steven Page will return to the UK this August for a series of gigs including two north-west dates at Liverpool Arts Club and Holmefirth Picturedome. Speaking about last year’s tour which included a Manchester gig at the Deaf Institute, the ex-Barenaked Ladies frontman commented “After 10 years…
Gareth Chubb, the promoter behind the hugely successful Micron and Lost In Music club nights, has joined the team at Manchester venue Joshua Brooks X Versions as a managing director. He joins as the venue reverts back to its original moniker of Joshua Brooks and once again becomes a multi-purpose venue with concerts and arts…
American rock stars KISS have donated prizes to be auditioned off at the Red Sea Pedestrians 10th Anniversary Charity ball in aid of Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital at the Lowry Hotel next month. The Charity Ball will be raising funds to support the hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) which cared for many of the…
Paloma Faith has been announced to perform at the 2018 summer season at Haydock Park Racecourse in August 2018. Paloma Faith is currently riding high in the chars following her number 1 album The Architect and scooped a BRIT Award nomination for Best British Female. Paloma Faith returned to the charts in 2017 with ‘The…
A series of multi-coloured, rippling glass sculptures have gone in display at Manchester Craft and Design Centre featuring the determined breaths of a glassblower. Seldom included in the finished product, the newly commissioned sculptures by Manchester-based makers, Jahday Ford and Joseph Hillary use innovative digital design and traditional glassblowing techniques to visualise the blown air…
Three new artworks have been added to Rochdale’s public art collection, after Touchstones Rochdale secured funding from both Art Fund and the James Handley Bequest to acquire new works by artists Susan Collis, Clare Kenny and Jessica Rankin. Rochdale’s collection of artworks has grown to more than 1,600 items. The pieces have been acquired after…
White Cube artist Jessica Rankin’s evocative textile, drawing and printed word work is currently on display at Rochdale’s Touchstones. Reflecting on her relationship with her poet mother, femininity and the colonial plundering of art treasures, her first solo show outside London, Stone/Folding, comes to a conclusion on Saturday 16 December. All newly commissioned pieces, the…
Manchester’s The Whitworth has announced a series of exhibitions and shows for 2018 including internationally acclaimed artists John Stezaker, Alison Wilding and Isaac Julien. 2018’s programme of exhibitions will also include textile shows exploring the gallery’s design traditions, exhibition cloth from the Islamic World to new monumental stitch works by contemporary artist Alice Kettle. The…
