Featured Events in Oxford in February, 2025 (May Updated)

NetworkRunning Oxford Welcome to NetworkRunning Oxford! Join us for a fun and exciting in-person event at Hoare Lea. Lace up your running shoes and get ready to connect with fellow runners in the beautiful city of Oxford. Whether you're a seasoned runner or just starting out, this event is perfect for all levels. Come enjoy a morning of networking, running, and building connections with like-minded individuals. Don't miss out on this opportunity to combine fitness and networking in one awesome event! Coffee & Pastries will also be supplied after the run aswell at Hoare Lea afterwards. Information Source: eventbrite

We are so excited to welcome Vincenzo Latronico to the shop to discuss his novel PERFECTION, a spare and scathing sociological novel about the emptiness of contemporary existence. Vincenzo will be in conversation with Jess White. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. About the book: Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, affordable, plant-filled apartment. Their life as young digital creatives revolves around slow cooking, Danish furniture, sexual experimentation and the city’s twenty-four-hour party scene – an ideal existence shared by an entire generation and tantalizingly lived out on social media. But beyond the images, dissatisfaction and ennui burgeon. Work becomes repetitive. Friends move back home, have children, grow up. Frustrated that their progressive politics amount to little more in practice than boycotting Uber, tipping in cash, or never eating tuna, Anna and Tom make a fruitless attempt at political activism. Feeling increasingly trapped in their picture-perfect life, the couple takes ever more radical steps in the pursuit of an authenticity and a sense of purpose perennially beyond their grasp. About the author: Vincenzo Latronico was born in Rome in 1984 and currently lives in Berlin. He is an art critic and has translated many books into Italian, by authors such as George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hanif Kureishi.Perfection is his fourth novel, the first to be translated into English. The translator is Sophie Hughes. Perfection is a jewel of a novel: precisely cut, intricately faceted, prismatically dazzling at its heart. - Lauren Groff, author ofThe Vaster Wilds Tickets are £4.00. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events. Information Source: Blackwell's Manchester | eventbrite

We are so excited for the Manchester launch of Adam Farrer's BROKEN BISCUITS; the second essay collection following the acclaimed Cold Fish Soup. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. About the book: In his second collection of candid personal essays, Farrer vividly recounts his struggles to live up to masculine expectations. From the calamity of his first serious relationship, an obsession with Prince that sees everyone questioning his sexuality, the repercussions of his adult circumcision and his doubts about his ability to survive the apocalypse to his morbid fear of physical combat and his brush with Satanic Panic in 1980s rural Suffolk, this is a book about growing up, trying to define yourself as a man but somehow always missing the mark. About the author: Adam Farrer is a writer, a lecturer and the editor of the creative nonfiction journal The Real Story. He has been a photo lab technician, an illustrator, a ceramicist, a musician, a music journalist and currently works at the University of Salford, where he is the Writer in Residence for Peel Park. His first book, Cold Fish Soup, won the Northbound Book Award. Tickets are £4.00. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events. Information Source: Blackwell's Manchester | eventbrite

We are so excited for the Manchester launch of Adam Farrer's BROKEN BISCUITS; the second essay collection following the acclaimed Cold Fish Soup. Adam will be in conversation with comedian Justin Moorhouse. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. About the book: In his second collection of candid personal essays, Farrer vividly recounts his struggles to live up to masculine expectations. From the calamity of his first serious relationship, an obsession with Prince that sees everyone questioning his sexuality, the repercussions of his adult circumcision and his doubts about his ability to survive the apocalypse to his morbid fear of physical combat and his brush with Satanic Panic in 1980s rural Suffolk, this is a book about growing up, trying to define yourself as a man but somehow always missing the mark. About the author: Adam Farrer is a writer, a lecturer and the editor of the creative nonfiction journal The Real Story. He has been a photo lab technician, an illustrator, a ceramicist, a musician, a music journalist and currently works at the University of Salford, where he is the Writer in Residence for Peel Park. His first book, Cold Fish Soup, won the Northbound Book Award. Tickets are £4.00. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events. Information Source: Blackwell's Manchester | eventbrite

44 Poems on Being with Each Other With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us and ourselves. Blending humour with insight, tension with tenderness, complexity with care, this collection articulates the power of poetry itself; it illuminates aspects of the human condition, particularly the ways we are inextricably linked to each other, and provides inspiration for grounded self-reflection. 44 Poems on Being with Each Other features a remarkable and refreshing range of exceptional poems from around the world including contributions from Wendy Cope, Constantine P. Cavafy, Chen Chen, Joy Harjo, Patricia Smith and many more. It is an anthology that will delight readers just as Pádraig's podcast has done for millions around the world. This celebratory anthology explores human connection through forty-four poems carefully curated by the host of the internationally acclaimedPoetry Unboundpodcast. Information Source: Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford | eventbrite

Be the first to experience Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself at our opening night preview party. What’s On: - Explore the powerful work of artist-activist Barbara Steveni in our Upper Galleries. - See In can ta ti on, a live performance by Anne Bean, inspired by Steveni’s renowned project I Am An Archive. (Limited space available - first come, first served.) - Enjoy live music in the Social Space. - Sip drinks and refreshments from our Café, in partnership with Lavazza. - Get creative in the Studio! Build your own structures and assemblages inspired by Steveni’s innovative approach to reimagining materials. Before the preview party join our Curators in Conversation event. Tickets for this must be booked separately here. We offer a range of facilities to ensure we are accessible to visitors. Please click here to find out more about visiting Modern Art Oxford. If you have any questions about your visit, please get in touch at info@modernartoxforg.org.uk. Information Source: Modern Art Oxford | eventbrite

Family conflict, generational guilt and restorative justice come together in ALL OF US, a powerful stage play by Oxford author and playwright Rebecca Abrams. An exciting revisioning of Sophocles’ Electra, the play follows a family fractured by domestic violence and incarceration. As one family member comes to the end of their prison sentence, each of them must confront how to move on and heal. Following the play’s successful premiere and tour in New Zealand in 2023, a special film of the play (produced by Miranda Warner) will be screened at Maison Française d'Oxford on Friday the 28th of February at 7pm. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with playwright Rebecca Abrams, restorative justice practitioner Helen Lord, former criminal barrister and prison chaplain Harry Potter, and others. “A compelling story with…great dramatic writing.” – New Zealand Theatreview “My real hope for this play is that it can help people to connect with a sense of compassion and find hope in dark places.” – Miranda Warner, Producer “It’s the only thing (play, movie, etc) I’ve seen that really explores the complex journey for each person caught in this kind of situation.” – audience member, Nelson NZ Content warning: the play covers themes of family violence and sexual harm. The film screening will be held in the auditorium of Maison Française d'Oxford. Tickets are free, but booking is essential, and we would encourage you to make a donation of £10 to the work of The Mint House if you are able. To find out more about The Mint House please visit https://www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/ Information Source: The Mint House | eventbrite

A musical comedy dream... Wow, wow, wow indeed.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone The musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play The Matchmaker bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain audiences again and again. Hello, Dolly! premiered on Broadway on January 16, 1964 at the St. James Theatre. Opening with Carol Channing in the title role, the show ultimately played for 2,844 performances, making it – at the time – the longest-running Broadway musical in history. The West End production ran for 794 performances at London’s Drury Lane Theatre. The musical has been revived several times on Broadway, most recently in 2017, starring Bette Midler as Dolly Levi. Information Source: Kingswood Oxford | eventbrite