What's On for Adults

Science @Bolton Museum Mon 22 Oct 2012 11am - 3pm Bolton Museum Smart crafts Tue 23 Oct 2012 10am - 12 noon, 2pm - 4pm Bolton Museum Sports rehab: Taping and strapping Wed 24 Oct 2012 1pm - 4pm University of Bolton Robot hackday Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 4pm MadLab Waking the Giant Sat 27 Oct 2012 11am - 12 noon Blackwell's Bookshop The building of Manchester science Sat 27 Oct 2012 11am - 12 noon The Manchester Museum Research through the lens Sat 27 Oct 2012 12 noon - 4pm MMU - John Dalton Building (Manchester Metropolitan University) Science and engineering extravaganza Sat 27 Oct 2012 12 noon - 4.30pm John Dalton Building The Clockwork Universe - FULLY BOOKED Sat 27 Oct 2012 12 noon, 2pm MediaCityUK, University of Salford Computer Says: "Yes!" Sat 27 Oct 2012 12 noon - 2pm Manchester Visitor Information Centre Fireworks: How do they do it? Sat 27 Oct 2012 1pm - 2pm, 3pm - 4pm John Dalton Building Sheep, socks and wire woollies Sat 27 Oct 2012 2pm - 4pm The Manchester Museum The Goldilocks Planet Sat 27 Oct 2012 2pm Blackwell's Bookshop Urban Naturalist: Clouds Sat 27 Oct 2012 2pm - 4pm The Manchester Museum Why Millions Survive Cancer Sat 27 Oct 2012 3.30pm Blackwell's Bookshop Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat Sat 27 Oct 2012 5pm Blackwell's Bookshop Dimensions Sat 27 Oct 2012 6.30pm
Doors open 6.30pm, film 7pm MOSI Catalytic Clothing: On the soap box Sun 28 Oct 2012 2pm - 3.30pm The NQ Launderette The electric tea party - FULLY BOOKED Sun 28 Oct 2012 2pm - 4pm MOSI Spirals count Sun 28 Oct 2012 4pm MOSI Exploring Space: Star gazing or history making? Sun 28 Oct 2012 5.30pm - 8pm
Please arrive by 5.15pm for a prompt 5.30pm start Three Minute Theatre ENIGMA: The life and death of Alan Turing Sun 28 Oct 2012 7.30pm Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama Meteorite day Mon 29 Oct 2012 11am - 4pm The Manchester Museum From birth to death Mon 29 Oct 2012 12 noon - 1pm The Manchester Museum Erasmus Darwin - FULLY BOOKED Mon 29 Oct 2012 3pm - 4.30pm The Midland The Man in the White Suit Mon 29 Oct 2012 6pm Manchester Lecture Theatre, All Saints Building Feeding a growing world Mon 29 Oct 2012 6.30pm
6.30pm for a prompt 6.45pm start Cross Street Chapel GATTACA Mon 29 Oct 2012 6.30pm
Doors 6.30pm, film 7pm MOSI Festival of the Spoken Nerd Mon 29 Oct 2012 8pm The Lowry Science busking with Waters Tue 30 Oct 2012 10.30am - 4.30pm MOSI Brainstorm: Sight and action Tue 30 Oct 2012 11am - 3pm The Manchester Museum Sensored science Tue 30 Oct 2012 5pm - 11pm The Lass O'Gowrie Literature and drugs: Confessions of an English Opium Eater - FULLY BOOKED Tue 30 Oct 2012 6pm - 7.45pm City Library The Wasted conversation Tue 30 Oct 2012 6pm
Doors 6pm, 6.30pm start MOSI Graphene: Miracle made in Manchester Tue 30 Oct 2012 6.30pm
Doors 6.30pm, event starts 7pm MOSI Manchester Greats: John Dalton Tue 30 Oct 2012 6.30pm - 9pm The Portico Girl Geek dinner - FULLY BOOKED Tue 30 Oct 2012 6.30pm
6.30pm for 7pm start, dinner to follow KRO Bar, Oxford Road Sex and lies: The lie detector as a love detector in disguise Tue 30 Oct 2012 7pm - 9pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation Salford scifest - FULLY BOOKED Wed 31 Oct 2012 10am - 4pm The University of Salford The science of fish and chips! FULLY BOOKED Wed 31 Oct 2012 12 noon - 4pm The University of Salford Banner CSI Wed 31 Oct 2012 1.30pm - 3.30pm People's History Museum Science and religion Wed 31 Oct 2012 5pm - 7pm St Phillips Church The hunt for the Higgs boson - FULLY BOOKED Wed 31 Oct 2012 6pm
Doors 6pm, event starts at 6.30pm MOSI The costs of transport Wed 31 Oct 2012 6.30pm - 8.30pm Manchester Conference Centre Werewolf Wed 31 Oct 2012 7pm
7pm til late Islington Mill The Osmosis Machine: Gloop-making workshops - FULLY BOOKED Thu 1 Nov 2012 11am - 12.15pm, 2pm - 3.15pm Royal Exchange Theatre The archaeology of a revolution - FULLY BOOKED Thu 1 Nov 2012 2pm - 4pm Meet outside The Angel Health Centre Louder than bombs - FULLY BOOKED Thu 1 Nov 2012 5pm - 7pm Salford Lads' Club The battle for the internet Thu 1 Nov 2012 6pm - 8.30pm
6pm for a prompt 6.30pm start. John Dalton Building Manchester greats: Ernest Rutherford Thu 1 Nov 2012 6.30pm - 9pm The Portico The City Dark - FULLY BOOKED Thu 1 Nov 2012 6.30pm
Doors 6.30pm, film 7pm MOSI The XXX Files Thu 1 Nov 2012 7pm The Lass O'Gowrie Bright Club Manchester - FULLY BOOKED Thu 1 Nov 2012 7.30pm - 10.15pm
Doors 7.30pm, show 8pm - 10.15pm Gorilla Alan Turing in Manchester: His last years and legacy Fri 2 Nov 2012 11am - 12 noon The Manchester Museum Boyd Dawkins: Ancient worlds cave hunter Fri 2 Nov 2012 1pm - 2pm The Manchester Museum Textile conservation studio tour Fri 2 Nov 2012 2.30pm - 3.15pm People's History Museum Standing on the shoulders of giants Fri 2 Nov 2012 5.30pm - 6.30pm The Manchester Museum Contagion Fri 2 Nov 2012 6.30pm
Doors 6.30pm, film 7pm MOSI Turing text - EVENT CANCELLED Fri 2 Nov 2012 7pm - 9pm The Manchester Museum Home-made 'agar dishes' Sat 3 Nov 2012 10am - 1pm MadLab On Being Sat 3 Nov 2012 11am Blackwell's Bookshop Alan Turing: Tortured genius of the computer age Sat 3 Nov 2012 12 noon - 2pm The Manchester Museum Think, feel, move: The science of movement Sat 3 Nov 2012 1pm - 1.45pm and 3 more MOSI The great debate: Demon drink? Beer v temperance Sat 3 Nov 2012 2pm - 3.30pm People's History Museum DNA: Can it predict your future health? FULLY BOOKED Sat 3 Nov 2012 2pm - 3.30pm The Manchester Museum Why Humans Like to Cry Sat 3 Nov 2012 2pm Blackwell's Bookshop Bacterial painting Sat 3 Nov 2012 2pm - 4pm MadLab John Dalton: Father of science Sat 3 Nov 2012 3pm - 5pm Manchester Visitor Information Centre Higgs: The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle' Sat 3 Nov 2012 3.30pm Blackwell's Bookshop Punk Science Sat 3 Nov 2012 7pm
Doors 7pm. Event starts 7.30pm MOSI USB microscopes Sun 4 Nov 2012 10am - 1pm MadLab The world's first railways Sun 4 Nov 2012 12 noon - 2pm The Midland The Wasted tour Sun 4 Nov 2012 2pm - 3pm MOSI Culturing bioluminescent bacteria Sun 4 Nov 2012 2pm - 6pm MadLab Manchester greats: Alan Turing Sun 4 Nov 2012 2pm - 4.30pm The Portico Massive Sun 4 Nov 2012 2.30pm - 3.30pm John Rylands Library, Deansgate The Wasted tour (audio-described) Sun 4 Nov 2012 3.30pm - 4.30pm MOSI Moon - FULLY BOOKED Sun 4 Nov 2012 6.30pm
Doors 6.30pm, film 7pm MOSI Catalytic Clothing: Small Soap Box Tue 23 Oct 2012 to Mon 12 Nov 2012 and 11 more MOSI Catalytic Clothing: The Soap Box Thu 25 Oct 2012 9am - 5pm and 4 more The NQ Launderette The Osmosis Machine Sat 27 Oct 2012 9.30am - 3.30pm and 8 more Royal Exchange Theatre From semaphore to smartphone Sat 27 Oct 2012 & Sun 28 Oct 2012 at 10am - 4pm MediaCityUK, University of Salford Ancient Worlds Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm and 8 more The Manchester Museum Prehistoric Autopsy Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm and 3 more The Manchester Museum Communications and code-breaking Sat 27 Oct 2012, Sun 28 Oct 2012 & Mon 29 Oct 2012 at 10am - 5pm MOSI Breed: The British and their dogs Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm and 8 more The Manchester Museum Catalyst! Tools for change Sat 27 Oct 2012 & Sat 3 Nov 2012 at 11am - 3pm MOSI The Science Platform Sat 27 Oct 2012 11am - 4pm and 8 more MOSI The Turing Project Sat 27 Oct 2012, Sun 28 Oct 2012 & Mon 29 Oct 2012 at 12 noon - 9pm MOSI Secret science trail Sat 27 Oct 2012, Fri 2 Nov 2012 & Sat 3 Nov 2012 at 2pm - 4pm MOSI Domino computer challenge Sat 27 Oct 2012 & Sun 28 Oct 2012 at 2pm - 4pm MOSI Cracking nature's code Sat 27 Oct 2012 2.30pm - 3pm and 5 more MOSI Hack Manchester Sat 27 Oct 2012 Sat 27 Oct 2012 3pm to Sun 28 Oct 2012 5pm, 7pm - 11.30pm MOSI Together in Electric Dreams Mon 29 Oct 2012 6pm - 7.15pm and 3 more The Lass O'Gowrie What am I worth? Wed 31 Oct 2012, Thu 1 Nov 2012 & Fri 2 Nov 2012 at 7.30pm Contact A closer look: War shapes medicine Thu 1 Nov 2012 & Fri 2 Nov 2012 at 2.15pm IWM North Science Junkie LIVE Fri 2 Nov 2012
Shows start at 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm, Sat 3 Nov 2012
Shows start at 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm & Sun 4 Nov 2012
Shows start at 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm MOSI Images of research photography competition Wed 17 Oct 2012 10am to Sun 4 Nov 2012 5pm
10am - 5pm daily John Rylands Library, Deansgate Growers' gallery Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am to Sun 4 Nov 2012 5pm
10am - 5pm daily MOSI