Events over the next eleven days:

• Aged 14-16?  Use the Urban Evolution themes to inspire your own piece of creative writing with help from professional writer Julian Jordan.  Ideal for beginners.  2-4pm, Satuday 14th November, Stockport Story Museum (SK1 1ES).  Free, booking essential (call 0161 474 4453).
• Vintage photography.  What do your clothes say about you?  Happy Goth?  Sad Punk? Angry Rocker? Try dressing in the ‘looks and locks’ of young people from the past and capture it all with some ‘vintage’ photography.  Hat Works Museum (SK3 0EU), 2-4pm, Sunday 15th November, ages 13-25 years.  Free – call 0161 355 7770 to book.
• Design an album cover and have it displayed. Remaster a cover for an album you’ve inherited in your collection.  Finished artwork will be displayed in the Urban Evolution exhibition.  Stockport Story Museum (SK1 1ES), 1-4pm, Saturday 21st November, ages 13-25 years.  Free – call 0161 477 6517 to book.
• Identify Yourself. Give Gok Wan a run for his money.  Design a T-shirt which expresses your unique identity.  Discover the history behind Manchester gangs and learn how Victorian gang members customised their outfits to demonstrate their group identity .  T-shirts supplied, but feel free to bring another item of clothing you’d like to design into.  Stockport Story Museum (SK1 1ES), 2-4pm, Sunday 22nd November, ages 13-25 years.  Free – call to book on 0161 477 6517.