What's on this week?

Whitworth Art Gallery

Friday 12th Oct

5.30pm, Joe Dunthorne, Inua Ellams and Matthew Hollis, £6/£4

7.30pm, Canada, Richard Ford, £10/£8

Saturday 13th Oct

2.30pm, Poets and Players, Leontia Flynn with Paul Caddick, Dave Lim and Michael Rodden, free

7.30-10.30pm, After Hours: Bunford and Kashiwagi, free 

Sunday 14th Oct

2pm, A Rakes Progress: Poetry, Kei Miller, free

Monday 15th Oct

10.30 – 11.30am or 11.30 – 12.30pm, Toddlertastic, free (booking essential)

Tuesday 16th Oct

11am – 12.30pm, Tuesday Talks (an insight into contemporary art practice) free

Wednesday 17th Oct

10.15 – 11.15am, Art Baby, free (booking essential)

1-3pm, Crafternoon Tea, £5 per session (booking essential)

Thursday 18th Oct

8.30 – 9.30am, Yoga, £3 (booking essential)

For more information visit theirwebsite or call 0161 275 7450 to book for an event.

The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

Monday 15th Oct

1.10pm, Stories from West Africa – a performance by Usifu Jalloh, free

6.30pm, Paul Forley and Deryn Rees-Jones, £6/£4

Wednesday 17th Oct

7.30pm, Medea Trio, Swiss Ambassador’s Award Winners 2012, £12

Thursday 18th Oct

1.10pm, Jeremy Young (Piano), free

7.30pm, Medea Trio, Swiss Ambassador’s Award Winners 2012, £12

For more information, visit their website

Manchester Academy 1, 2 and 3

Friday 12th Oct

Hugh Cornwell - £18

Foreign Beggars - £14

Saturday 13th Oct

4Ft Fingers - £8

Hot Chip - £17.50

Toyah - £18

Monday 15th Oct

Reckless Love - £11

Tuesday 16th Oct

Parltones + The Chevin - £12.50

Wednesday 17th Oct

Rick Astley - £15

Impericon Never Say Die! - £14

Thursday 18th Oct

Grizzly Bear - £19.50

Mark Temonti - £16

Big Boy Bloater - £10

Dan Le Sac & Friends - £9

Buy tickets from the Students’ Union, Oxford Road, at easy Internet Café, 0871 2200260 or visit theirwebsite for more details

John Rylands Library (Deansgate)

Exhibitions

Faces and Voices until 25^th November

Fifty Years of a Clockwork Orange until 27^th January

What the Dickens until 21^st December

For more details, click here.

International Society

Saturday 13^th Oct

North Wales visiting Anglesey(with full guided tour)

Saturday 13th-Sunday 14^th Oct

Overnight visit to Edinburgh

Sunday 14^th Oct

Liverpool(with guided tour)

Visit their website for more details

Manchester Museum

Saturday 13th Oct

11am-4pm, Big Saturday: Dogs on Show

2-3pm, Manchester Weekender: Bunford and Kashiwagi... in the mix

12-2pm, Manchester Weekender: Speed Chess

Wednesday 17th Oct

1-2pm, The Confucius Institute talks on China

For more information, click here

Chaplaincies

St Peter’s House Chaplaincy

Mondays 5 - 6pm 

Rush Hour Choir - Open to all staff and students, no singing experience necessary. £1.50 per session

Sunday, 11am Holy Communion

12.45pm Lunch (1st Sun)

Sunday, 6.30pm Evening Worship (term time only)

Wednesdays , 12.15pm Eucharist

Foyer open 10am – 5pm, weekdays

An area where students and staff can relax and meet friends. A tea/coffee machine is available.

Roman Catholic Chaplaincy, Avila House

Mass Times (term-time only)

Sunday, 7pm (Holy Name Church) next door to the Chaplaincy

Mon, Tues, Thurs and Friday, 5.30pm, Chaplaincy Chapel

Weds, 1.05pm, Chaplaincy Chapel

The Jewish Student Centre and Synagogue

Hillel House, Greenheys Lane, 0161 226 1139

rabbikos@mychaplaincy.co.uk

Muslim Chaplaincy

South Campus Mosque, McDougall Centre

Jammaat (Group Prayer) Daily Juma Prayer Friday 1.15pm

Habeebh_chatti@hotmail.com

North Campus Mosque

Basement of Joule Library, Sackville Street Building

Jammaat (Group Prayer) Daily Juma Prayer Friday 12.30pm

The role of Volunteer Muslim Chaplain is to provide pastoral support, guidance and a listening ear to Muslim staff and students.

a.sami99@yahoo.co.uk