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Trailblazers

We have a series of Festival trailblazers taking place in the run up to the Festival. Join us for a taster of what to expect or come along if you can't wait until the Festival...

 

 

a few suggestions...

Pint of beer

Full of Life: Tavern Tour

Wed 30 Sep 2009 12.00 - 14.00, 14.00 - 16.00 at Urbis

In association with Urbis, MOSI takes you on a special tour of Manchester’s brewing history. Enjoy a stroll around the city centre and learn about some of the unique architecture and legends of the city’s best loved pubs.

binoculars

Trailblazer@IWMN

Thu 24 Sep 2009 14.30 at Imperial War Musum North

Join our Curator for our special edition “A Closer Look” tour and discover the ingenuity and innovation that thrived in Second World War Prisoner of War camps through our exhibition Captured: The Extraordinary Life of Prisoners of War.

Brain sketch

Alzheimer’s Research Trust Talk

Mon 5 Oct 2009 18.00 - 20.00 at MOSI

Join experts as they discuss the latest in Alzheimer's research.

Planets in space

Another Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Thu 15 Oct 2009 20.00 - 21.30 at Contact Theatre

Join acclaimed author of the Artemis Fowl novels, Eoin Colfer, who was given the task of penning a 30th Anniversary sequel to the late, great Douglas Adams’ phenomenally successful series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.