We're thrilled to be collaborating with poet, playwright and theatre-maker Faye Draper on Habitué, a new exhibition opening at Manchester Poetry Library later this month...
The Portico Library
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The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
💍 Next Friday, we'll be launching a very exciting pop-up display to mark the arrival of Manchester Jewellery Week!...
🌙 This Thursday, we'll be hosting a special Relaxed Late in celebration of ESEA Heritage Month...
🔎 Come in. Sit down. Explore. The Unbuilt Room is part performance, part game...an interactive journey where the Portico creates memories. After the success and huge popularity of last year's events, we're thrilled to have The Unbuilt Room back at The Portico this October...
🌙 Kick off your bank holiday weekend early with our penultimate Relaxed Late of the summer tomorrow evening... No need to book; pop in, play some chess, see our latest exhibitions, join a short tour of the library and see some mystery books from our historic collection!
♥️ This is the current stack of postcards that we'll be storing inside the Portico Time Capsule, all featuring memories of the library shared by visitors to our Everything and Nothing exhibition. Look how tall it is! We've got more than 500 so far, and still counting...
Last Saturday afternoon, Matt Stallard from the Global Threads Team led a fascinating and incredibly insightful Peterloo walking tour, setting off from The Portico after a viewing of historic books linked to the massacre...
♟️ Next month, join us for a relaxing night of chess and music beneath The Portico dome... We're super excited to have Jasper Cheng DJing, spinning a soundtrack of bebop jazz, and the wonderfully talented Hattie Kongaunruan will be running a 'Design Your Own Chess Piece' workshop...
Had a fantastic conversation in the museum and found out about this amazing exhibition coming to this October. Managed to go from the Pendle witches to heavy metal and classic civilisations in under 10 minutes :) will make sure I get along.
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social · 4w ago🍃 We're thrilled to unveil some early details of a new exhibition heading to The Portico this autumn... Opening this October, Witches & Healers draws on Rosie Reed Hillman’s groundbreaking project, Something That Was Ours, which explores what it means to be a witch today...
☀️ In the interest of safety, we'll be closing a little earlier today, at 3pm, due to the heat, and reopening tomorrow at 12pm. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.
🍃 We're thrilled to unveil some early details of a new exhibition heading to The Portico this autumn... Opening this October, Witches & Healers draws on Rosie Reed Hillman’s groundbreaking project, Something That Was Ours, which explores what it means to be a witch today...
☀️🌕 Excited about (safely) catching today's solar eclipse? To celebrate the historic event, we brought out a gorgeous 1871 copy of Richard A. Proctor's The Sun: Ruler, Fire, Light and Life of the Planetary System, which explores the eclipse of 1868...
This Saturday, we invite you to join a free Peterloo walking tour beginning at The Portico... The event is inspired by research carried out by Manchester's Global Threads team, supporting the Portico Reunited project, which helps reposition Peterloo in its global context as a Transatlantic Moment.
⚓️ That's right, we're still obsessing over The Odyssey (we were doing it before it was cool, too), so we're hosting another Slow Reading Club inspired by the epic...
Great slow reading with people of Xenia / Zeus’ law in The Odyssey @porticolibrary.bsky.social yesterdays. And a treat to look at and talk about Chapman’s Homer. Thanks all for coming!
💫 Have you had the chance to visit our latest exhibition yet?
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: We’ve just performed emergency surgery on a book suffering from an acute episode of stapled rebinding...
Put together some recommended reading for the #Odyssey & its world: translation, women, a retelling, an archaeologist view, wellbeing, translation, Caribbean, modernist etc Any profits go to support @porticolibrary.bsky.social. Of interest @alexpodyssey.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-ma...
The Many Takes of The Odyssey In Print
The recommended list of the many takes of Homer's The Odyssey by our Creative Producer, Dr Debbie Challis.
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☀️ Heading into town through the summer holidays? We've got plenty to keep readers of all ages entertained!..
Want to actually read it re-read The Odyssey (or bits of it)? Join me in a couple of weeks to read around Xenia / hospitality / Zeus’ law @porticolibrary.bsky.social. I’ll be using Emily Wilson’s translation but we’ll have others available to see at the end. www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
Slow Reading: The Odyssey and Zeus' Law (Xenia) — The Portico Library
A bookclub but with a difference - a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Explore the Odyssey ahead of the film...
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♟️ This September, join us for a relaxing evening of chess under the ambience of the Portico Georgian dome, with a soundtrack of bebop jazz from DJ Jasper Cheng...
🌙 Join us for Relaxed Lates at The Portico... Running every Thursday from 23rd July - 27 August, these after-hours events offer the unique opportunity to explore The Portico and our collection outside of our regular opening hours...
🫖 We had a fabulous time hosting our latest Literary Afternoon Tea on Saturday! Thank you again to our incredible kitchen team, who, as always, put on a splendid spread, and to our wonderful guests who made it such a joyful afternoon!
The obsession with Homer & the #odyssey is nothing new. A 19thC Prime Minister wrote volumes on Homer, arguing that the epics were based on fact. This was one of his pretty volumes. Find out more @porticolibrary.bsky.social www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
✍️ We're delighted to have teamed up with the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social for a special event dedicated to championing the art of writing and publishing...
🏛️ Who needs the film when you can search for Ithaca among the books in the Portico collection? Next Wednesday, take a tour of translations of the Odyssey, from Chapman to Emily Wilson, and discover how the Victorians actually discovered Bronze Age Greece in excavation and text...
We're down to our final few tickets for Saturday! 🔗 Book here: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
DaphneduMaurierAfternoonTea — The Portico Library
We celebrate Rebecca, Daphne du Marier’s gothic classic of love, loss, deceit and betrayal. Enjoy cakes, sandwiches, preserves, sweet treats and more . . .
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The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago🫖 Join the Portico Kitchen team on Saturday 11th July for a literary afternoon tea celebrating Rebecca, Daphne du Marier's gothic classic of love, loss and betrayal...
🎊 A massive congratulations to Marta and Arthur, who tied the knot at The Portico over the weekend!
💕 Closed for a wedding... We apologise for any inconvenience, but the Portico will be closed tomorrow as we have the pleasure of hosting a wedding! Curious about holding your big day at The Portico? Find out more here: www.theportico.org.uk/weddings 📸 Cassandra Lane
