Don’t miss the chance to see a 10th anniversary screening of Céline Sciamma’s powerful coming-of-age drama Girlhood, on the huge open-air screen on Millennium Square. The film follows Marieme (played brilliantly by Karidja Touré), a young girl navigating the challenges of adolescence in a tough Paris suburb. As she joins a gang of free-spirited girls, Marieme slowly comes out of her shell and experiences moments of shared joy and freedom.

Join professional writer and teacher Chris and explore the world of memoir writing.

A memoir is a narraive written from your perspective, which can be about an important aspect of your life. As well as being an empowering personal journey, writing a memoir can help you share priceless life experiences so that they can inspire others.

In the session you will be looking at where to start and how to structure your memoir.

Chris will be on hand to offer expert writing tips and will guide you through the process of memoir writing.

Step into the streets of sixties Paris with a screening of Agnès Varda’s radical second feature on the big outdoor concert screen on Millennium Square. An exemplary film of the French New Wave, Cléo from 5 to 7 chronicles two hours in the life of pop singer Cléo (an iconic performance by Corrine Marchand), as she anxiously awaits the test results of a biopsy. Aimlessly roaming the Parisian streets, she encounters several friends and strangers, including a soldier on leave from the Algerian war.

an event to celebrate stories about nature!

“Our story is in the land ... it is written in those sacred places.” Bill Neidjie of the Bunitj clan, Australia.

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With current challenges both in England and globally, it feels like stories of anger and confusion dominate our communities. The Story Gathering aims to offer a supportive remix to this narrative by meeting in community with the natural world and co-creating the stories we choose to live with.

Dance the night away this summer with Barbie on the giant outdoor screen at Millenium Square! Hot pink houses, fashionable wardrobes and all the beach-ing off you could wish for, Barbie (Margot Robbie) is living the dream in Barbie Land until an existential crisis, flat feet and thoughts of death hit. When her questions lead her on a path of discovery to the real world, Barbie (and a tag-along Ken) witness the dangers of humanity and learn about their very different places in it.

Brilliantly capturing a remarkable performer near the peak of her prodigious power, Amazing Grace is a thrilling concert film for Aretha Franklin fans and a must-see outdoors on the giant concert stage screen on Millennium Square. In January 1972, Aretha Franklin gave two days of gospel performances at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, recording what would become her bestselling album, Amazing Grace.

Join Ingrid on this beginner friendly crochet workshop where you will be introduced to the world of fibre arts and taught the foundations of crocheting, before working through the individual steps to create a traditional crocheted Granny Square.

You will take your work and skills home, and some inspiration of where your crochet journey may lead next!

Ingrid has been crocheting for several years and recommends it to everyone she meets. Come and join in the crochet addiction!

Join us in the shop for an evening with Manchester author, Dr Natalie Cawley as she introduces her debut book Just About Coping. In honest stories from her own life crises and the experiences of some of her patients as she trains to be a psychotherapist, Dr Natalie Cawley takes us on a journey into the therapy room.