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An after-hours adults-only event is coming to the Science and Industry Museum Manchester

Amazônia: Late has been inspired by Sebastião Salgado's breathtaking photography exhibition.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 21st June 2022

The Science and Industry Museum will be throwing open its doors for a very special after-hours evening next month.

The adults-only Amazônia: Late has been inspired by Sebastião Salgado’s breathtaking photography exhibition, which is currently in place in the museum’s award-winning Special Exhibitions Gallery.

Visitors will be able to celebrate the Amazon region in an evening filled with creative activities, demos, music and special events.

It will take people on a journey of discovery around Amazonia, exploring how scientists are tackling the challenges facing this immense ecosystem – and the mark that’s leaving on the people who live there.

MetMunch will be on hand serving up a taste of the Amazon rainforest, while Peruvian-born musician Tocha will be performing.

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Visitors at the new Amazônia exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester / Credit: The Science Museum Group

You’ll also be able to speak to world-leading experts from the University of Salford to learn how satellite technology is used by the European Space Agency to track forest biomass and changes across Amazonia.

Read more: International photography exhibition Amazônia opens at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum

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Some of the activities at Amazônia: Late have been developed with Festival Brazil Footprint 00, highlights of which include the UK premiere of THEMÔNIAS (a series of four short films) and Amazônia Mapping (a newly-commissioned audio-visual artwork by Roberta Carvalho).

There’ll also be a display of personal objects, crafts and contemporary sustainable designs made in the region, all of which highlight the importance of ‘making’ within spiritual and economic prosperity.

The adults-only Amazônia: Late has been inspired by Sebastião Salgado’s breathtaking photography exhibition / Credit: The Science Museum Group

The acclaimed exhibition Amazônia will also be open throughout the evening, bringing together more than 200 powerful black-and-white photographs, interviews with indigenous leaders, and a soundtrack evoking the sounds of the forest by renowned composer Jean-Michel Jarre.

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It’s the first UK exhibition of this scale outside of London for over 20 years from the world-renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.

Salgado worked in the Amazon for seven years with 12 different indigenous communities to create the exhibition, capturing photographs that show a forest on a crucial tipping point in the fight against climate change.

You can book your ticket for the Late – and remember to add on your free Amazônia ticket too – through Science and Industry Museum’s website here, or by calling 033 0058 0058.

Featured Image – The Science Museum Group

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Travel warning issued as Manchester prepares for big night of music and football

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant Travel advice issued ahead of 'really busy' weekend with Barry Manilow and Manchester City playing next door to each other. Credit: TfGM

Manchester is preparing for one of its busiest nights of the year, as two huge music legends take to the stage and the football season draws to a close.

There’s no denying that Manchester‘s social calendar has been getting busier and the summer starts to arrive, and we all know we’ve got a huge weekend of festivals coming up to celebrate the late May bank holiday, but it actually seems like tonight (20 May) may be one of the busiest nights the city has seen all year so far.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is encouraging people to make the most of public transport and active travel options, as nearly 100,000 people are expected into the city for two huge concerts and a footballing finale tonight.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is set to play to a sold-out Co-op Live, pop icon Kylie Minogue brings her ‘Tension Tour’ to the AO Arena, and Manchester City play their final home game of the season at the Etihad Stadium with an 8pm kick-off.

Manchester is preparing for one of its busiest nights of the year / Credit: TfGM

Not only is it a big deal that two of music‘s biggest names are performing in the city tonight, but over at the Etihad, it will also be legendary midfielder Kevin De Bruyne’s final home game for Manchester City.

At the Etihad Campus, it’s expected that there will be a crossover with City and Springsteen fans arriving at the same time for their respective events, and then with City planning a ‘lap of appreciation’ following the final whistle for De Bruyne’s departure, it’s thought that both the football and music fans could be leaving at a similar time too.

This is why a travel warning has been issued, and as always, it’s advised to ‘plan ahead’.

If possible, TfGM is recommending that it’s best to travel to and from your respective events outside peak times, as this is when the roads and tram network will be at their busiest, so instead, Springsteen fans may wish to take advantage of the 4:30pm early entry at Co-op Live.

Alternatively, there will also be express and shuttle bus services to and from Co-op Live and the Etihad Campus for both Springsteen and City fans, as well as trams – many with ‘double trams’ – operating every six-minutes from the city centre, and several ‘Park & Ride’ options for those wishing to drive.

Those who choose to travel by car, though, it should be noted that there will be a closure on Chapel Street heading towards Salford (westbound), between Blackfriars Road and New Bailey Street, and although a diversion is in place, you may want to plan an alternative route.

For Kylie fans, the AO Arena is served by multiple tram and train lines, and bus networks, all of which will be running throughout the day, as well as being just a 15-minute walk from the heart of Manchester too.

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TfGM says its control room will also be monitoring the transport network during the evening and responding to any incidents as they develop.

For more information and to plan your journey this evening, head to the Bee Network website here.

Featured Image – TfGM

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Floral tributes and minute’s silence confirmed to mark eighth anniversary of Manchester Arena attack

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant The Glade of Light memorial honours the lives lost in the Manchester Arena attack

Manchester City Council has announced its plans to mark the eighth anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack.

This Thursday 22 May 2025, it will be exactly eight years since a terror attack saw 22 people tragically lose their lives, and left thousands more injured and affected, during a bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena back in 2017.

Every year, the city of Manchester comes together and joins the rest of the world in marking the day and remembering those who went to a concert and never returned home.

Manchester City Council has now confirmed how the city plans to mark the day.

As has been the case for the past few years since it opened to the public, the focal point for this year’s personal remembrance and reflection will be the permanent Glade of Light memorial, near Manchester Cathedral.

The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Cllr Carmine Grimshaw, Manchester City Council Leader, Cllr Bev Craig, and Council Chief Executive, Tom Stannard, will each lay floral tributes at the memorial on behalf of the people of the city in memory of those who lost their lives.

The names of those who sadly died will also be read out on 22 May during services at Manchester Cathedral – firstly at 9am (Morning Prayers), then at 1:10pm (Holy Communion), and finally at 5:30pm (Choral Evensong).

The Cathedral will also be open throughout the day for those who wish to light a candle or pray.

Two one-minute silences will take place at Manchester Victoria station during the day too – one at 12 noon, and then one at and 10:31pm, which is the exact anniversary of the attack.

Floral tributes and minute’s silence will mark the eighth anniversary of Manchester Arena attack / Credit: David Dixon (via Geograph)

Cllr Bev Craig called the Arena attack ‘one of the darkest days in Manchester’s history’.

“But its aftermath also showed the city’s remarkable solidarity and Mancunians’ refusal to give in to those who would seek to divide us,” she added.

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“We will never forget those who were lost that day, their loved ones, those who were injured and everyone who was affected. We remember them throughout the year but each anniversary is especially poignant.”

Featured Image – The Manc Group

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