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✨NEW EXHIBITION✨ Traces of Displacement, explores the issue of forced displacement in the 20th & 21st centuries through historical and contemporary works. It uncovers stories of persecution, creativity, and resilience. Now on until 7 January 2024. 📸 👉 https://t.co/odbOPf91bx https://t.co/MCo8EftJMi

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Join us at the gallery to hear legendary punk artist Gee Vaucher in conversation with author Rebecca Binns at the launch of her new book Gee Vaucher: Beyond punk, feminism and the avant-garde. Thu 8 Dec, 6-8pm FREE book 🎟️ here: https://t.co/PjFeSlO7XV @ManchesterUP @PunkScholars https://t.co/qxME0pA6Us

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Samuel Palmer was born #OnThisDay in 1805. This work depicts a scene from Book V of Homer's Odyssey in which Ulysses leaves Calypso after seven years stranded on her island. Calypso's Island, Departure of Ulysses, or Farewell to Calypso, Samuel Palmer, 1848-49, D.1937.17 https://t.co/qi0y5ANAb4

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There's still time to read Zadie Smith's White Teeth before our Open House Book Club. Friday the 29th of July, 1-1:45, at The Whitworth. Book your free ticket at Eventbrite: https://t.co/PHdzo3hTqa #WhitworthOpenHouse https://t.co/q2olRPR6pC

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Leave an 🍊 in the comments if you’re excited for our Open House Book Club this Thursday! Meeting in the gallery at 6pm to discuss Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. https://t.co/W6wJNsn5Iq #OpenHouse #BookClub #OrangesAreNotTheOnlyFruit #JeanetteWinterson https://t.co/iVA6b6pK5N

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Today we have another #ThrowbackThursday for you, this time to our Utopias exhibition. What do Thomas More's Utopia and Marxist theory have in common? Find out in this post by Ruby over at #APlaceBetweenTheTrees: https://t.co/ZlEOUa4V7P

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Today we have another #ThrowbackThursday for you, this time to our Utopias exhibition. What do Thomas More's Utopia and Marxist theory have in common? Find out in this post by Ruby over at #APlaceBetweenTheTrees: https://t.co/ZlEOUa4V7P

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📣BOOK NOW for Black Lives Matter: Readings and Conversation, the Manchester launch of Black Lives Matter: Poems For A New World on Thursday 10 June. An excellent evening of conversation presented to you by @comartsnw @CivicLeicester and @McrPoetryLib. http://ow.ly/YYri50EYiJx

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Today is the #QixiFestival! The Tale of the Oxherd and The Weaver Girl is of particular significance to this festival. It tells the story of an oxherd and a heavenly weaver who fall in love but are separated by a goddess. They are reunited once a year with the help of magpies. ❤️ https://t.co/k8RzjHZ7Ua

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Last weekend we hosted ‘Stories From The Woods’, celebrating woodland crafts from pupils and forest school experts @St_Marys_Lev, featuring storytelling from the brilliant @StoryMartin. We look forward to their next outdoor adventures. Read all about it! http://ow.ly/XsiT50JQo5W