Category Archives: Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: “From Tate Modern to Alexandra Park, via Pedal-Power!” Sunday September 30th

“Urs from Mancky” tells MCFly about a fun event in Alexandra Park next weekend… On Sunday September 30th 2012, there will be a free art & film event in Alexandra Park, on the borders of Moss Side and Whalley Range, … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: “Greenspace and communities” conference; Weds 31st October

An all-day conference at Manchester Town Hall… Via Groundwork For the past three decades public, private and voluntary sector organisations – urged on by campaigners and academics – have been collaborating to ensure communities everywhere have access to good quality … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: Northern Activism summit (Oxfam), Sat 29th September

This from Oxfam – “We have great stuff ready for you and managed to arrange interesting and exciting speakers from local food-related organisations including the Kindling trust and climate friendly food. A quick reminder – we will start at 11.00 … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: “Awakening consciousness”, collaborative workshops

Will these be every MCFly reader’s cup of (herbal, fairtrade) tea? No. But then, we’re probably not going to bring about “cultural change” without, um, changing our culture… AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS – Finding our authentic voice Collaborative workshops focussing on the … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: Community Green Deal, Weds 26th September

UPDATE: The event’s happened. Click here for the the MCFly account… You can book your free tickets from here, which is where we’ve got the info below from… Community Green Deal comes to Greater Manchester Carbon Co-op and Manchester City … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: Didsbury Food Trail, 22-23 September, #yummy

Amanda Woodvine of Didsbury Dinners explains what readers can expect if they take a walk on “the Food Trail.” Didsbury’s first celebration of local, seasonal food is almost here, with a weekend of food-related activities at seven venues starting on Saturday … Continue reading

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Action for Sustainable Living: socials, volunteering and secret gardens

Every month we send out an email to lots of different groups about what they’ve done and what they’ve got coming up. Sometimes – for reasons of space or deadlines whooshing by – the information doesn’t go in the print … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: Ballad of the Burning Boy

The immersive audio drama Ballad Of The Burning Boy (broadcast on Radio 3 last week)  follows Miriam as she walks the streets of Preston, desperate to find her son George who has got mixed up with an extreme eco movement, the Pre-Arkwrights. … Continue reading

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Help the Land Army grow organic food for #Manchester, or “what’s up docks?”

Moss Brook Growers, an organic farm that supplies food to Unicorn Grocery in Chorlton, is looking for help from volunteers. The taller half of the MCFly editorial team spent an entirely delightful Saturday helping to pull up docks a couple … Continue reading

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Art Exhibition: “3 Days without water” #Manchester

As you enter the space (a bare ground-floor office opposite Piccadilly Railway Station- MAP) the first thing you see is two buckets dangling just off the floor.  On the ropes suspending them are inverted bottles of water, with nozzles that … Continue reading

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