MURMUR No.29

M U R M U R Issue 29 • March 2020

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LISTEN MON 02 03

Nylex/PC World At

Peer Hat

• New Wave post-punkers Nylex from down under and Southerners PC World offering a synth-off into spring wetland. £4, 8 - 11.30pm

• Interior Presents surfy indie dolce vita wrapped in fresh white linen sheets and tiramisu served in bellybuttons. £8.80, 7.30 - 10.30pm

SAT 14 03

Cries & Whispers At

White Hotel

• Manchester Collective's string quartett take hostage light. One hundred minutes layered with existential doubt, last words whispered on the cross, terror of political oppression - and re-emergence into the mists. £8, 7.45 - 10pm

MON 16 03

Waterless Hills At

Gullivers

• HEY! Manchester presents Alternative Folk scoring of an imagined film by talent bundle dbh, C Joynes, Andrew Cheetham, Gavin Clarke. £8, 7.30pm

THU 19 03

FRI 06 03

Ear Katie Pham And The Moon- Curious At Peer Hat bathers + Pomona XV At

Wilderness Records

• Luscious jazzy surf sound transport us to places far from here. Support comes from indie dream pop band Pomona XV and ‘misery rocker’ Jay Plent.

• Improvised Trombone, drums, flute, guitar, percussion. If you like Jazz - this is nothing like it!, but top notch stream of conciousness musicking. £6, 8pm

£3, 6 - 10pm

SUN 08 03

Sweaty Palms/Yossarians At

Peer Hat

• Slap-Heavy Sleaze garage Punk from Glasgow amalgamizes with Manc End of days avant-punk. £5, 7 - 11pm

TUE 10 03

FRI 20 03

The Vernal Equinox At

Kings Arms

• Enlighten in purgatory prep by Louise Woodcock and enter the centre of the sun with uncanny downtempo from Rose and the Diamond Hand, low-fi folk from Pig Legs, The Capoeira Band and Nummo Twin. £6, 7.30 - 11pm

Special Interest/Humint/ Ether Mech

FAIR PLAY FESTIVAL

• Lightning bolts and pounding drum machine fire from New Orleans slating neo-liberal wonderlands and the patriarchy. Manc punk-up for steam control.

• Electro pop heaven opens its gates with choral angels PINS, LA PRIEST, International Teachers of Pop, Las Kellies, The rebel, YANG & POSA.

At

YES

£8.50, 7.30 - 10.30pm

WED 11 03

Julia Bardo At

YES

SAT 28 03

At

St. Philips Church

£16.50, 2 - 11pm

TUE 31 03

Katie Gately At

White Hotel

• Majestic, icicle cool sample layerings from American sound artist and producer Gately will waltz into your subconcious and eat you whole. £8.80/11, 7.30 - 11pm

DA N C E FRI 06 03

Peach/Shanti Celeste/ Club Fitness At

White Hotel

• Bouncy motor town swings rave by and hand you a bowl of energy passion fruit salad. Syncopated Bliss!

SOLD OUT keep an Eye on ReSale tixxx, 11.59pm - 7am

SAT 07 03

Kiss Me Again: CCL At

Soup Kitchen

• Seattle's cowgirl breaks down - chopchop, zipp-zipp, swooooosh - barriers in heads, glass ceilings. Pure electro-collaborateur magnitude. CCL-iberation! £5/6, 11pm - 4am

SAT 14 03

Turkish & Kurdish Folk At

Dulcimer

• Paula Darwish and Serpil Kılıç curate an introduction to traditional Middle Eastern and Mediterranian song book chests. Güle güle kullanin! £8, 7.30 - 10.30pm

SAT 14 03

Making Faces At

White Hotel

• Italo delights arrive in synth chariots with Giovanna, I-F (3 hour set!), and Red laser mongul Il Bosco. Techno bumps sneak in with Conor Thomas (from the other room). Light spectacle provision is served up by the Flasher. £15, 11.59pm - 7am

THU 19 03 & 26 03

Voodoo Hairdo At

Peer Hat

• Your secret mid-week dive that nourishes tired souls, cures blue collar blues and poor artist lethargy with exotica, rhythm and blues, surf and dance-floor obscurities on 45rpm.

FREE, 10pm - 3am

F E AT U R E Wilderness Records

Withington M20 4PN

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SAT 07 03

No Borders Day Festival At

The Klondyke

• A day of workshops, talks, art, poetry, film, food and music to celebrate Manchester’s diverse communities, learn more about the UK immigration system, and get refugee voices heard.

All proceeds go to Manchester Refugee Rights Collective.

PAY AS YOU FEEL, 12pm - 1am

SAT 07 03

Still Life Story At

FREE, Midday - 7pm

TUE 10 03

Treat Yourself Tuesdays The Chorlton Tap

• Support local makers and restock your stationery supplies, rediscover fountain pen writing and get organised with hand-made notebooks and diaries.

FREE, 4.30 - 9.30pm

THU 12 03

Getting Better At

The Portico Library

• Complementing the Portico’s current exhibition ‘Talking Sense: The Changing Vocabulary of Mind and Brain’, this public discussion focuses on how we communicate about mental health and how the language of wellbeing and recovery has been changing over time.

Guest speakers include senior clinical research nurse Miriam Avery, artist Darren Adcock and MURMUR's own Lisa Lorenz, founder and editor of mind culture journal NOUS magazine.

FREE/£4, 6.30 - 8pm

Methodist Central Hall

• Manchester’s independent media platform facilitate a workshop for all aspiring journos out there. Before speaking truth to power you need to learn the ins-and-outs, the do’s-anddont’s of the profession. Dave Toomer, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, is here to help. £5, 6.45 - 8.45pm

SAT 14 03

Anti-Rape Anthem At

Central Library

• El Violador En Tu Camino (The Rapist In Your Path), the Chilean dance protest against sexual violence and violence against women and girls, has spread across countries and continents since December 2019. This International Women’s Week Manchester social justice organisations Women Asylum Seekers Together and Safety 4 Sisters will amplify the chant to break the silence and invite all sisters who self-identify as women to join them.

FREE, 12.30 - 1.30pm practice rehearsal: collier room, the Methodist hall, Fri 13 03, 6pm

The Norah Store

• With free bevvies and tunes by feminist DJ collective All Hands On Deck sustainable homewares brand Still Life Story celebrate their moving in to Norah & invite us to discover slow living.

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The Meteor: Media Ethics & Law Workshop At

• Wilderness has been around for a while now, but has recently had a revamp. Toasties, cakes, beers and wines can all be had whilst you dig or just listen to tunes waving from their top notch sound system. Every Wednesday they hold a big midweek quiz. Win a £50 bar tab AND any vinyl of your choice. Check them out!

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THU 12 03

SAT 14 03

Tshirt & tote bag Screen Printing Workshop At

Partisan

• Learn a new skill with your friendly tutor Holly. No previous knowledge required, all materials provided. bring your own design or create something new during the session.

FREE - £35, 1 - 5pm

SAT 14 03

Worth the Weight Vintage Kilo Sale At

Manchester Cathedral

• Inspect 9 tonnes of handpicked vintage fashion at the UK’s biggest kilo sale! 1 kilo of clothes = 15 British pounds. Roam the place in quietude by getting yourself a £3 early bird ticket (entry at 10am), or arrive with the other plebs at 11am (£1.50 admission). £1.50/3, 10 - 4pm

SUN 15 03

Rare Mags Pop-Up

@ Green Earth, Macclesfield

• Fancy venturing out of Manchester for a day? Do you love locally produced goods made by passionate designers and meeting the makers?

This will be right up your street!

FREE, 12 - 4pm

SAT 21 03

Bicycle Repair Drop-In At

Partisan

• Learn how to get your bike ready for the road - all by yourself! The event will take place in Partisan’s basement.

If you need help lifting your bike down a couple of steps just pop your head in first and the organisers can give you a hand.

DONATION, 2 - 4pm

WED 25 03 Black Girls Get Together At Chuck Gallery

• An evening dedicated to black girl magic! Make new friends, dance and learn about the effects of art on wellbeing, organised by Cultureworld. Artist, writer and performer Chanje Kunda will be making a special appearance.

Kunda is currently touring her show Plant Fetish, which is inspired by the peculiar (yet wholesome?) phenomenon of women marrying trees.

FREE, 6.30 - 9.30pm

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WED 04 03

Artist Talk: Juno Calypso At

Manchester Art Gallery

• During her studies at the London College of Communication, Juno Calypso created herself an alter-ego named Joyce. She has since photographed Joyce in many strange surroundings, from pink honeymoon suites to nuclear bunkers - questioning feminine ideals, youth and beauty. £4/6/8, 6 - 7.15pm

THU 05 03

Print Auction At

YES

• Art School Needs You! MMU's final year Graphic Design students need funds to print their degree show catalogue: so, head down and save yourself a print donated by a crème-de-la-crème designer and enjoy the bidding frenzy.

FREE, 6 - 11pm

THU 05 03

AFE International At

Air Gallery

• Tuning us in for International Women's day, Action for Equality present the work of 8 female artist highlighting issues on femininity, forced displacement and orientalism. FREE, 6 - 9pm SAT 14 03

Absence + Absinthe At

Studio Bee

• How can we visualise air pollution?

A potent symbol of the climate crisis, yet challengingly abstract to illustrate.

See how art can shape our understanding of the atmosphere, at this panel discussion hosted by the Institute of Urban Dreaming.

FREE, 7 - 11pm

FREE, 6 -8pm

SAT 14 03 - SUN 05 04

Thu 26 03

Everything I Know, I Felt

Fantastic Fungi

• For this exhibition Girl Gang Manchester commissioned new work by local aritsts responding to the diverse emotional experiences of womxn. There will be talks, workshops and a teen takeover celebrating the complexities, ups and downs of, and societal expactations on our emotions.

• Haven't you heard? Mushrooms are superheroes! Follow award-winning filmmaker and pioneer of time-lapse photography, Louie Schwartzberg through time and underwood - and get into the fungi zone with Wet Play guru tunes & visual shrooms by the Flasher.

At

The Lowry

FREE, Everyday 11am - 5pm

THU 19 03

Preview: Soft Bodies At

Castlefield Gallery

• Soft Bodies takes its title from Softbody dynamics – computer-generated graphics that simulate soft materials like muscle, vegetation and fabric.

Explore the body concept and its relationship to technology, politics, gender, race and sexuality.

FREE, 6 - 8pm

THU 26 03

Art in Mancunia 2020 At

The White Hotel

• When the government is too busy stripping away our EU rights and cutting arts funding, you’ve got to take matters into your own hands! Students are putting on their own end-of-term exhibition that showcases works by Manchester’s young art community. Expect anything from visual to interactive arts, live performances and DJs. £4.50, 7 - 3am

SAT 28 03

ROOM // INNATE At

Rare Mags

• Join the exhibition and zine launch

by Stockportian visual artist, prolific printmaker and illustrator Luca Shaw.

FREE, 6 - 9pm

WATCH THU 12 03

Art, Airscapes and Anthropocene At

CFCCA

At

Niamos

£12, 5pm - 1am

THU 26 03

Nation, Identity, Diaspora At

CFCCA

• A multi-screening of films exploring diasporic experiences in the UK, also offers the perfect chance to catch Rae-Yen Song's installation May-May Songuu, telling a mythical story of food and sister relationships. £5, 6 - 8pm

THU 05 03 - SAT 07 03

Augmented At

Royal Exchange Theatre

• How does the ability to hear affect your sense of self or your relationships? Self-described cyborg Sophie Woolley explores this question in her intimate, funny and energetic one-person show about having her hearing “switched on” again after years of total deafness. £7-13, 7.30 - 8.45pm

THU 05 03 - SAT 14 03

Little Wimmin At

HOME

• Figs in Wigs’ latest show puts a feminist slant on a literary classic. Expect puns, satire, sarcasm, bright colours and a frozen phallus covered in vodka. £5-12.50, 7.45pm start

SAT 14 03

Rendezvous in Bratislava At

The Lowry

• Upon discovering that her granddad (who has been dead for 39 years) was a theatre maker, Miriam Sherwood has decided to make a cabaret with him!

Featuring original music and her pap's old material, this is a strange and personal exploration of Sherwood’s roots. £10-12, 8 - 10pm

THU 19 03 - SAT 21 03

IDOL At

Royal Exchange Theatre

• Featuring music, storytelling and African diasporic ritual, join Jamal Gerald in his “daring and unapologetic examination of religion, pop culture and black representation”. £6-13, 7.30pm start

WED 25 03 - SAT 28 03

Madame Ovary At

Royal Exchange Theatre

• Just as she resolves to start bettering herself, Rosa Hesmondhalgh is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Rosa opens up about her experience in a brave one-person show that’s heartbreaking, uplifting and cathartic. £7-13, 7.30pm start

w O R D THU 05 03

Tribune Reading Group At

Old Bank NOMA

• An evening of interesting conversation and friendly chats. Readings are taken from the latest issue of Tribune.

Online links can be found via their Facebook event page.

FREE, 7 - 8.30pm

THU 05 03

That's What She* Said At

Tribeca

• This spoken word night for women and non-binary performers makes a comeback with Young Identity director Shirley May, witchy writer Kate Garrett and stage poet Esther Koch. £5/7, 7 - 10pm

SUN 08 03

Erica Lagalisse At

Partisan Occult Features of Anarchism DONATIONS, 3 - 5pm

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Things Palace 3 At

Isca Wines

• This month Isca serve up Lorcan Kan’s third iteration of Things Palace.

Murmur LOVED it last time - go on down and support locally grown, community-minded cuisine. £32 for 6 courses, 6-10pm

Editors Max Abendstern, Olivia Havercroft, Lisa Lorenz, George Odysseos, Nicole Peeters & Huw Spencer Illustration Florence Burns DEsign Alina Jungclaus & Hendrik Schneider Layout Lisa Lorenz Print Team Trident Press

• Absence & Absinthe is a new photography exhibition by Acid Maia, exploring the gruesome parts of human and non-human life in urban and natural spaces. A post-apocalyptic plant wilderness trapping the skeletons of the digital age.