Nadia Bolz-Weber at Manchester Cathedral (pictured) | Tue 20 Aug | 7pm - 8.30pm

Manchester Cathedral hosts this very unorthodox reading event from Nadia Bolz-Weber, the heavily-tattooed American evangelical pastor and best-selling writer. Here she’ll be reading from her latest book Shameless, which aims to pull apart traditional relgioious notions of sex as a shameful act, offering a more empowered, progressive view of sexuality that still retains the lens of faith.

Screen Printing Workshop at People’s History Museum | Wed 21 Aug | 1pm - 3pm

On Wednesday, the People’s History Museum hosts this family screen printing workshop. This friendly, inclusive workshop will take you through the basics of printing, whether you’ve tried it before or not. Whilst this event is technically free to attend, a small donation is requested in order to keep the museum funded.

Unruly Subjects at Manchester Museum | Thu 22 Aug | 6pm - 7.30pm

The Manchester Museum hosts this evening event as part of their ongoing Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege exhibition. The exhibition takes its name from the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which hundreds of Punjab citizens were killed by British colonial troops, and explores its causes and legacy. This event features music, discussion and offers both Irish and Indian perspectives on colonial violence.

himHallows Exhibition at 58 Port Street | Thu 22 Aug | 6pm - 8pm

Artist himHallows brings his latest exhibition to Northern Quarter space 58 Port Street this Thursday evening. Infrastructure is a collection of prints that explore the urban interconnectivity through repeated patterns – riffing on everything from shipping containers to pylons. A great little exhibition from one of Manchester’s best contemporary artists.

Mon 19 Aug - Fri 23 Aug
Words:
Jon Whiteley
Published on:
Sun 18 Aug 2019