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Preview: Star Wars In Concert

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There are nerds, and there are uber nerds. There’s even a subset above them – the Star Wars nerds. And that top dog in the nerds stakes now gets its very own arena concert... Read more…

Preview: Steve Gullick - Kraak

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Every great picture tells a story, but few have such surreal or hilarious origins as Steve Gullick’s shot of Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce. Rock photographer Gullick photographed Pierce up Mount Etna just as it was erupting. Read more…

Classical highlights: Steven Osborne, Camerata, Chamber Concerts Society

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Steven Osborne came to Manchester from Scotland as a student, aged 17, on the joint course for musicians at the University of Manchester and Royal Northern College of Music. Read more…

Must see: Manchester Irish Festival 2010

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Believe it or not, there are more than 60 free St Patrick’s Day events happening this year across Manchester. Astonishing, we know, but CityLife has it on good authority that this year’s Irish festival (March 5 to 17) can now proudly call itself Europe’s biggest celebration of all things Irish. Read more…

Must see: Cesar Millan - The Dog Whisperer

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It's a curious situation, but despite the arrival of the world's most famous dog handler at the MEN Arena next week (March 9), there will be no admission to the Cesar Millan show for dogs. Read more…

Charlotte Newson's Emmeline Pankhurst - Manchester Art Gallery

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Few women have become an emblem for the battle of the sexes to the extent that the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has become. Manchester born, Emmeline established the Suffragette movement that campaigned for voting rights for women in Britain. Read more…

International Women's Day 2010

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On Monday (March 8), the world will unite to mark International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the achievements of women throughout our history. Read more…

Must see: African Soul Rebels

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The profile of world music in the UK has rarely been at a higher point. The emergence of artists like Amadou and Mariam and the Sahara Desert's band of exiles Tinariwen brought global music to newer, broader audiences. Read more…

Classical highlights: Jaap Van Zweden, Heinz Karl Gruber, William Byrd Singers

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Jaap Van Zweden is the most unlikely-looking figure for an orchestra conductor. Not particularly tall but strongly built in the upper body, he might be a rugby forward . . . or a nightclub bouncer. Read more…

Preview: Kim Rugg, Leo Fitzmaurice - Castlefield Gallery

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Kim Rugg’s work is the kind of deconstructive, artistic play that makes journalists squirm. Her painstaking approach to boiling mass communication down to its essence and subverting the messages it attempts to relay includes cutting up news stories and reassembling the letters into alphabetical order. Read more…

Classical highlights: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Opera North...

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One of the most dynamic new orchestras on the European scene is heading our way – the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic plays the Bridgewater Hall on March 1 (a day before Symphony Hall in Birmingham). Read more…

Exhibition: Nanoq: Flat Out And Bluesome @ Manchester Museum

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Since British zoos stopped keeping polar bears in captivity – there remains only one in the Scottish Highlands – the only place most people will encounter the Arctic beasts is in a mammal gallery at a museum. Read more…

Preview: Lowry Favourites @ The Lowry

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As the definitive museum for all things LS Lowry, The Lowry gallery and theatre is keen to find new and intriguing ways to honour its namesake and Salford’s most famous painter. Read more…

Classical highlights: Halle, Vassily Sinaisky, Michaelangelo String Quartet

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HALLE maestro Sir Mark Elder is back in action this week and next, conducting the Opus One programme on February 10, 11 and 14 at the Bridgewater Hall. Read more…

Must see: Mariza

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IT took the death of fado’s most celebrated interpreter, Amalia Rodrigues, to convince Mariza dos Reis Nunes (left) that she could take over the mantle of keeping the traditional Portuguese music alive. Read more…

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Mancattan to be screened at Salford Film Festival

Colin Warhurst wrote: 3 months 4 weeks ago

Colin Warhurst here; thanks for the article folks! My Mum is soproud forus making into the MEN! Just a few minor points/amendments though; - The house we edited ths film in based in Levenshulme, and so Leve features a little bit in the film. - It's about £1500 (guestimate) for an ENITRE feature, not just four minutes! However, this is still unrealistic for the majority of low budget/new-wave digital film makers, and even without a rating it will soon be illegal to even SHOW your f…

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Preview: Star Wars In Concert

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There are nerds, and there are uber nerds. There’s even a subset above them – the Star Wars nerds. And that top dog in the nerds stakes now gets its very own arena concert...

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