Events this month in Bury

With a passing resemblance to our relatives - this exhibition asks if the family is the heart of the community the source of all emotional life; or is it the place where generations are taught how to think, how to work? Continuing the museum practice of putting history alongside the present, the exhibition stretches from the earliest registered births in Bury to the objects of modern family, from a contemporary art response to Darwin to treasured family portraits.

The Home Front exhibition returns to explore civil defence and is part of our schools partnership with the East Lancs Railway. In WWII, soldiers and civilians struggled daily to manage the situation forced upon them by enemy action.

With a passing resemblance to our relatives - this exhibition asks if the family is the heart of the community the source of all emotional life; or is it the place where generations are taught how to think, how to work? Continuing the museum practice of putting history alongside the present, the exhibition stretches from the earliest registered births in Bury to the objects of modern family, from a contemporary art response to Darwin to treasured family portraits.

The Adult learners of Bury have worked hard to provide a varied exhibition of work following the theme of Journeys. The exhibition will include life drawings, drawing and painting, textile art and ceramics. 

Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and Saturdays, 10am to 4.30pm.

Kerry Morrison is an environmental artist who works within the public sphere, engaging with ordinary people. She creates artwork in response to environmental issues within a given locale, relating them to the wider global context. Since 2000 she has worked in collaboration with ecologists, environmental scientists and conservationists. Whether she works in collaboration or independently her approach can be described as a process-led socially engaging, art/ecology practice that investigates the relationship between humans and nature.
She explores the nature of Bury in this exhibition, which, continuing her 'process led' method of working, will evolve over the duration of its run of approximately 16 weeks.

Gallery opening times - Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and Saturdays, 10am to 4.30pm.

As a mark-making act, drawing can simply be represented as (and be representational of) transfering the three or more dimensions of reality down to two - flatness. The irony of flatness is a challenging exhibition of contemporary drawing, which examines the possibilities and power of drawing. Through it, working with shadow, line and gesture, the artists taking part investigate the experience of the act, the space of the act, the moment of the act, and the concept of the act. The internationally renowned artists featured include Marianne Eigenheer, Stefan Gec, Rachel Goodyear, Robert Grenier, Kristian Gudmundson, Alan Johnston, Ulrich Ruckriem and Karin Sander.
Gallery opening times - Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and Saturdays, 10am to 4.30pm.

Steve Miller's work contains language alongside images in the form of conversations, quotes and observations; he wittily juxtaposes different styles, cultures and periods of time. His non-animated film sequences, storyboard formats and single images are concerned with the absurdity of context, and are often employed to ironic effect. They illustrate everyday paradoxes, and the dialogues within the works are usually self-contained. Biographical details can be read as personal ideas that also suggest the commonplace in a wider context, rather than something that is purely self-centred.
Gallery opening times - Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and Saturdays, 10am to 4.30pm.

Ever fancied watching one of those talent competions live on stages well now is your chance. Come and enjoy a night of live music.

This is the Final Of the Powersounds events for the Bands.

First Friday, every month.

Two Rooms - Northern and Modern Soul.
Main Room Northern Classics and Floorfillers.
Room Two Modern Soul.

One of the longest running and best attended Soul nights in the North West.

Part of the national "Heritage Open Days" initiative. Come and explore this stunning Grade II listed church of 1851, by architects Travis & Magnall. The church features splendid Arts & Crafts movement woodcarvings (1899-1920) by Arthur Simpson of Kendal, thought to be the best collection of his ecclesiastical work. Also stained glass by Shrigley & Hunt and Ward & Hughes, and modern glass by Meg Lawrence. Contemporary art by Graeme Willson of Ilkley, and a carved altar and font cover by Dick Reid of York. There will also be an exhibition of embroidery from the church collection, beautiful floral art, music performed at intervals during the weekend, a free guide booklet will be given to all visitors, and children's activities will give something for the whole family to enjoy. All welcome - be prepared to say, "Wow!".