Events

A yarn club guided by the moon and seasons. Bring your current project and a notebook. All yarn crafts and levels welcome!

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

In this weekly yoga club we'll be exploring all elements of Yoga from the physical practice & breath to meditation, philosophy & beyond.

All levels of experience are welcome.

Bring a mat & wear something comfy. Every week at Altogether Otherwise.

Hosted by Tam - @tamara.gwen

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Sometime in the early 1400s, a woman named Lady Isabel German stepped through a door into a small room in All Saints Church in Fishergate, York. She never left. Like many women in the middle ages, she had chosen to become an anchoress. Anchoresses lived alone in a small room (or "cell") attached to a parish church and were devoted to lives of pious contemplation. But despite this seemingly quiet and isolated existence, German’s life and impact, like that of other anchoresses, stretched far beyond the boundaries of her cell. The sounds and songs of her devotion stretched simultaneously up towards the divine and out to the people and communities around her, drawing together disparate spiritual and physical realms. From within the narrow confines of her enclosure, German created around her an expansive and reverberating space, a liminal place that transcended earthly containment.

enclosure 1 is the first in a series of works for saxophone and electronics inspired by German’s experience and the performance of sound within her cell. Focussing on interactions between the inherent sounds of the place in which the performance takes place, as well as embodied performance practices, it explores how sound, place and body can weave together to create the types of expansive spaces fostered by anchoresses. The emergence and coalescence of this new environment invite us to gaze for a moment on German’s cell, to imagine the multifaceted spaces she built, and to reach out and hear her experiences.

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Organised by Bothy - Bothy is an organisation that facilitates freelance chamber music making in Manchester. We seek to create space for classical and art music, and to help the people who perform it.

Doors from 7

Starts at 7:30pm

We have a New Club! Every other Friday afternoon we are The Zine Club, here at Altogether Otherwise.

A very informal meet up where we browse, swap, make and chat about zines.

Come along, bring what you are working on or bring nothing at all! Just Join In.

Come along every Tuesday evening to potter around in our community garden.

Anything gardening related - you name it, we probably do it.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen—where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Come and join Laura and Swen from Jot Bookshop to read fragments of contemporary literature together. For novices and buffs. Lovers, not experts. 6pm every second Wednesday of the month.

A yarn club guided by the moon and seasons. Bring your current project and a notebook. All yarn crafts and levels welcome!

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

In this weekly yoga club we'll be exploring all elements of Yoga from the physical practice & breath to meditation, philosophy & beyond.

All levels of experience are welcome.

Bring a mat & wear something comfy. Every week at Altogether Otherwise.

Hosted by Tam - @tamara.gwen

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.

Coyle Studio is an independent knitwear brand founded by Izzy Coyle. With a focus on craftsmanship and conscious design, each piece is created in her Manchester-based studio using deadstock or locally sourced yarns. Her practise is a celebration of colour, process, and thoughtful making.

In the workshop we will cover: threading up the machine, casting on, knitting a row, adding in different colours, increasing + decreasing and casting off. We will then use all the skills you have just learnt to knit your own necktie in a colour of your choosing.

You’ll leave with a portfolio of samples showcasing the skills you have learnt, a finished necktie ready to wear and the foundations of machine knitting to build on further.

No need to bring anything with you - all equipment and materials will be provided. No previous knitting experience is required!

Start time: 10am

Workshop duration: 5-6 hours including a lunch break

Come along every Tuesday evening to potter around in our community garden.

Anything gardening related - you name it, we probably do it.

Altogether Otherwise is a place where things always happen. Where making, doing, and shared endeavour are all part of the fun. We run workshops, create things, and keep the Hobby House buzzing with activity. No end goals, no pressure, just a space to tinker, try, and enjoy the simple joy of doing.