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Man Con’s food and drink decade round up
Check out Manchester Confidential’s Food and Drink decade roundup. They’ve named Ramsons as Greater Manchester Restaurant of the Decade, and as I STILL haven’t been I’m naming it as my must-eat restaurant of January 2010. Interestingly, Gordo has given his Greater Manchester Restaurant of the Decade to Piccolino, which although isn’t amazingly exquisite food, it [...] -
Manchester Museums get creative
I meant to give Creative Tourist a mention when it launched back in July, but I didn’t get round to it. I should have pretended I needed to read it for over a couple of months to really absorb what it was all about. But really I just forgot. But I’ve been enjoying the latest issue [...] -
Manchester Is Ace goes to Leeds
Manchester Is Ace has been asked to provide a monthly round-up of all the amazing stuff we have here for our cousins in Leeds across the Pennines. Have a look at my post on Culture Vultures and let me know what you think. I decided to stick to only three things otherwise the post would be [...] -
7 Wonders in 7 Days – design competition
Manchester Is Ace is supporting 7 Wonders in 7 Days – not only because it’s a good cause, but because it’s a fantastic idea and I can’t wait to see how it’s done. And also because it’s something I’d love to do – imagine going on one trip and seeing all these sights. Maybe I [...] -
Urbis Creatives launched
Did you know staff at Urbis were such a creative bunch? No, I didn’t either, but a new website has just been launched to showcase the collective creativity of Urbis staff in their outside-work projects. Encouraging creativity and out-of-work interests is a fantastic idea, and of course it promotes Urbis itself because it is supposed to [...] -
Wine tasting at Revolve and Mooch Gallery
I’ve been invited to come along to this wine tasting evening at a new art gallery in the Triangle shopping centre, so thought I would flag it up. Two art galleries called Mooch and Revolve have got together to exhibit in a beautiful very light space at the back of the Triangle. I actually went to [...] -
24-Hour Karaoke People: sing for Forever Manchester
I used to find Frank Sidebottom quite terrifying as a child so I did jump when I opened this jpeg. Too many television characters were quite frightening back in the early 80s – just look at the Krankies. Anyway Frank Sidebottom has made an appearance all for a good cause, so I will try to [...] -
The Best of Manchester Awards are upon us again
Do you want to be crowned Best of Manchester? I love that title, what an accolade. To be the king or queen of Manchester, you have to do something worthy in the categories of art, music or fashion. Now, I have already put forward the suggestion that these awards are re-named the Manchester Is Ace [...] -
A co-operative for Levenshulme?
Levenshulme may soon be emulating that unbearably hip suburb of Manchester called Chorlton. For a group of residents are looking into forming a co-operative to run the local Village Stores. Since it was opened three years ago by Ibrahim al-Caddy, Village Stores on Barlow Road has become a much loved resource for residents of Levenshulme, like myself. As much as I have [...]