📢 Call Out We’re looking for musicians & performers to take centre stage at #FestivalSquare for #MIF21. Whether you're a spoken word artist, in brass band or a DJ we want to hear from you – help bring back those festival smiles 😁 Apply now: mif.co.uk/get-involved/t…

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Can't emphasize enough, this is a great album and a snip at the price. Buying it will benefit your community

Have you missed Manchester International Festival as much as we have? Read all about their safe return this summer!

This Wednesday, join former Portico librarian Emma Marigliano to discuss these striking illustrations by Gustave Doré. The drama that the French artist brought to Dante’s Inferno has arguably never been surpassed. Tickets and full details here: bit.ly/3uWvBq3

It's World IP Day. Follow this excellent thread from our Business & IP Centre colleagues in the British Library.

We're back this Saturday with another great market lined up for you this bank holiday weekend, full of fun, fresh air and friendly faces. You’ll also find a TON of kid-friendly items this weekend including some personalised prints made while you wait. levymarket.com/saturday-1st-m…

You are cordially invited to celebrate Polish Heritage Days on 3-5 May 2021 with a free screening of the film "In Search of Chopin". Please register in advance. eventbrite.co.uk/e/polish-herit… Manchester Libraries Archives+

Did you know that we have the world's largest collection of manuscripts relating to the founders of Methodism? The Methodist Archives has approximately 5,000 letters, notebooks and other papers and regularly requested by readers. bit.ly/31dyHbH #somethingbig #archive30

Liverpool nans. This was everybody’s nan in 1987.

On this day in 1848, Portico Library member Thomas Jarrold borrowed these editions of Anna Brownwell Jameson’s ‘Sacred and Legendary Art’, full of the striking and dramatic imagery of Christian theology and European mythology.

❓❓Want to find out about Friedrich Engels & his connection to Manchester - and why his statue in the city's First Street has caused controversy? ❓❓ 👀 Check out our latest blogpost, by MA student Gemma, on the stories behind Manchester's statues: ow.ly/wI2N50EyS6B

A painter of ferocious passion though her life was tragically cut short. Joan Eardley was tenacious during the mid 20th century. This work pushes to abstraction which was becoming popular at the time. Here is Tinker's Tents. #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LVW21 ow.ly/JNNj50EAQZU

Mega stoked to have been asked by the wonderful folks at Levenshulme Market to curate the soundtrack for this weekends market! Featuring bangers from our own roster and Melodic European Labels Check it here: levymarket.com/levy-market-mi…

Thinking of paddling this weekend? 1. Wythenshawe Park paddling pool 1955, 2. Three women in sea 1930

On Monday 10th May, we will be taking part in the city-wide ‘Drop everything and read’ organised by the #ReadMCR campaign. Why not do 10 minutes of family reading at home too that evening? Put the date in your diaries! #Take10toRead Manchester Libraries National Literacy Trust

Next week marks 200 years since the Guardian was first published in Manchester. Stay tuned next week as we celebrate the paper's connection to the city. 📆 Join our lunchtime Instagram Live on Wednesday 5 May and explore stories from Guardian archives held here at the Rylands.