Free things to do in Manchester this week ft. Art Across Technique + more

Last Chance to See Speech Acts at Manchester Art Gallery
This exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery has been running since last May and finally closes its doors on Monday, making this your last chance to check it out. Our full preview has more details.
Until Mon 22 April, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL, Tel: 0161 235 8888, 10am – 5pm, www.manchesterartgallery.org

Art Across Technique at Saul Hay Gallery
Castle Street’s Saul Hay Gallery hosts this free discussion event on Wednesday evening. Art Across Technique accompanies the gallery’s ongoing Technique exhibition, and it aims to provide a window into what artistic technique really is and the variety of forms it can take. Four artists participating in the exhibition will be talking through own processes. This discussion is free to attend, but booking ahead is necessary.
Wed 24 Apr, Saul Hay Gallery, Castle Street, Manchester, M3 4LZ, 6.30pm, www.eventbrite.co.uk

Lo and Behold Screening at CFCCA
The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art hosts this film screening, part of the gallery’s Thursday Latest Series. They will be screening Werner Herzog’s 2016 documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, a broad look at the world and history of the Internet, covering both its positives and its pitfalls, and – through a particularly revealing sequence in the transmission-free zone surrounding a radio telescope – suggests what a world without the Internet might look like.
Thu 25 Apr, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, 13 Thomas Street, Manchester, M4 1EU, 6pm, www.eventbrite.co.uk