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Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free

Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free: Palestinian Comics Revealed is coming to Levenshulme Old Library, running from 15th May to 14th July 2025. This exhibition offers a unique glimpse into the world of Palestinian comic art, featuring the works of twelve incredible artists who explore personal identity, geopolitics and

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Mini Spirits – Exhibition and Workshops

This half term, Mini Spirits brings together a haunting collection of young people’s ghost stories at Levenshulme Old Library. Created as part of our Ghosts at the Old Library programme, this exhibition showcases eerie tales written by children from two local schools, Alma Park and Chapel Street. The children explored

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Weird Women

This March, to mark International Women’s Day, Weird Women, a creative programme celebrating the strange, the eerie, and the uncanny, is back! This year, you’ll find a range of writing workshops and an electronic music workshop, all led by inspiring female artists and writers. Whatever your level, these sessions provide

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Members’ Meeting – Heritage

We’re excited to invite our members to our next meeting, themed around heritage – specifically that of Levenshulme Old Library. Our historic building has been at the heart of our community for over 120 years. Since reopening in 2018 as a community arts centre, it has become a vibrant space

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Ghosts at the Old Library – the Podcast

Copies of the Ghosts at the Old Library chapbooks have now officially sold out, the Christmas radio broadcasts with ALLFM and North Manchester FM reached hundreds of listeners, and each of the live readings we staged at Levenshulme Old Library was a sell-out success. A huge thanks to everyone who

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Open Call – Scratch Night II

Are you an experimental performer working in music, dance, theatre or another discipline? Do you have a work-in-progress you’re looking to share with a warm and welcoming group of open and interdisciplinary people? We’re thrilled to partner once again with the wonderful experimental music outfit Bonjour Claude to present the

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