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1. The gift of knowledge
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007FOR more than 100 years the distinctive Victorian Gothic splendour and Cumbrian stone of the John Rylands Library has dominated Deansgate.
2. ROCK: Motley Crue, Apollo, Tuesday
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 8 June 2007ALTHOUGH Motley Crue are regarded as a rock collective, it's been much easier to mistake them recently as the personal car crash of drummer Tommy Lee.
3. Park revs up for fun
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007TATTON Park is the place for car fans tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday when the 21st Classic and Performance Car Spectacular roars into the famous Cheshire estate.
4. Spinning a yarn
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007TEXTILES helped give Manchester - once known as the Cottonopolis of the world - a rich and vibrant heritage. So it is entirely appropriate that the subject should be celebrated at the city's Museum of Science and Industry in a fascinating week of events called Cotton Connections, which runs until Sunday.
5. MUSIC: Gary Moore - Apollo, Saturday
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007IN RECENT years, Gary Moore has become more distinguished for his voice - he has a twice-weekly specialist blues show on the radio station Planet Rock.
6. PERFORMANCE: Glimpse - Victoria Baths, Sunday
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007THE renovation of much loved landmark Victoria Baths continues apace and, to celebrate, the venue will host a spectacular show of aerial acrobatics and daring bungee stunts courtesy of Wired Aerial Theatre.
7. DRAMA: The Tempest - Royal Exchange, until July
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007AT ONE point during the Royal Exchange's new production of The Tempest, the 'spirits of the island' whisper lines from Shakespeare's plays about love.
8. ROCK: Velvet Revolver, Apollo, Monday
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 8 June 2007SOBER clarity is not exactly what you'd expect from a supergroup who comprise former members of Guns 'N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, but that's exactly what Velvet Revolver have come to symbolise.
9. MUSIC: Burnt to the Ground - Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Sunday
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 1 June 2007ALWAYS trust the Manchester music scene to inject some ripe humour into an impossibly dark situation.
10. Take time out to enjoy cult show
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 8 June 2007MUSICAL: The Rocky Horror Show, Lowry, from Monday