Lockdown Sessions Love Glasgow Hate Racism
6 June, 2020 8 p.m. In the build up to next week, the very first #LoveGlasgowHateRacism gig will be broadcast with @joesolomusic @TheWakes & @LosFastidios91 in Glasgow QMU back in 2018. Broadcast here
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Saturday, June 6, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
LGBTI Elders Online Social Dance Club
Dust off your dancing shoes, charge your glasses and get ready for ONLINE DANCE CLUB! 7 June 2.00pm – 3.30pm (BST) please email for the link PRIDE FOR ALL LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club – ONLINE We might not be able to meet in person, but we can use the magic of technology to connect, […]
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Friday, June 5, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Dance, LGBT Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Learn How To Use Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland
11 June, 2020 – 3 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. The Moving Image Archive has been collecting and preserving films since 1976. All of Scottish life can be seen in adverts, documentaries, home movies, promotional films, amateur comedies, educational programmes and more. This workshop is designed to introduce you to the archive and guide you through […]
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National Library of Scotland Film Friday
Friday 5 June, 2020 Take in the sunny sights and bustle as National Library of Scotland travels to three different locations in Scotland for this Film Friday. ℎ ℎ ℎ … https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2805 , Get “away, away, away from it all” and sail into the Isle of Bute and Rothesay. In this film narrated by Douglas […]
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Makar to Makar, Jackie Kay with Imtiaz Dharker and Suzanne Bonnar
Series of live-streamed conversation, spoken word and music gigs Thursdays at 7 p.m. Created, curated and hosted by Jackie Kay, the Makar and the National Poet for Scotland, Makar to Makar will showcase a dazzling line-up of established lyrical talent and emerging voices on Thursdays at 7pm. This week Jackie is joined by poet, artist […]
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Life is too short online readings and recorded performances
Sky Above Me Earth Below Me Fire Within Me With Rose Ann Fraser Ritchie 10 June and multiple dates Free Book at EventBrite For email information regarding link to Zoom.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
‘A Handful of Dates’ Africa in Motion Online
Friday 5 June, 2020 In a mythical Sudanese village between the desert and the Nile, a young boy enjoys an idyllic childhood, taking pleasure in the fertile fruits of the land and basking by the river. But the boy’s precious world begins to unravel when he learns the disturbing truth behind his family’s fortune, and […]
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Historic Significance of Ellisland Farm, Centre for Robert Burns
Friday 5 June, 2020, 11 a.m. The Centre for Robert Burns Studies University of Glasgow and Ellisland Farm teams will participate with Prof Gerry Carruthers in online seminar on the historic significance of Ellisland Farm as a Burns site. Join The Talk on The Historical Importance of Ellisland Farm (Home of Rabbie Burns 1788 – […]
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The Atom: A Love Affair GFT watch online
GFT care offering ustomers £1 off the rental price to watch The Atom: A Love Affair. They receive a percentage of profits from each rental using thir discount code, so you can watch a fantastic film and support GFT at the same time. Use the code GFTATOM at checkout, or purchase the film by clicking THE DIRECT […]
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Best of Africa in Motion Shorts – Shoeshine screening online
Available until 12 June, 2020 Some amazing films from Africa and beyond – Pay what you feel Set in a busy street of Dar es Salaam, a shoeshine boy offers us a conscious and subconscious perspective of the space and people of his city ranging from the local politician to University students as well as […]
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BAKOSÓ: AFROBEATS DE CUBA FILM – Africa in Motion
12 June, 2020 at 7 p.m. What does ‘Está Rico’ by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with ‘Made For Now’ by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both hijacked Afrobeats and did not give the genre’s origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de […]
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Create & Connect Showcase. Glasgow Women’s Library
Wednesday 3 June, 2020, 6pm – 7.30pm New writing from the GWL Create and Connect writing group. Hear work from new members of the Glasgow Women’s Library’s Spring Create and Connect group in a magical evening of poetry, prose, storytelling and – most importantly – creating and connecting. Facilitated by Titilayo Farukuoye, this online showcase […]
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Live from a Tenement – Chiara Berardelli
31 May, 2020 at 8 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. ‘I know, I know, just as we start going outside I’m asking you to stay in! Well you don’t want to overdo that sunshine do you? Got to pace yourself.’ Join Chiara Berardelli and hear some new, and old, tunes. Event on Facebook Raising funds for […]
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National Theatre Live Events GFT
Glasgow Film Theatre is temporary closed due to Coronavirus Although NT Live’s Event Cinema programme at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), is no available due to losure during the pandemic you can watch screenings from home. Every Thursday at 7pm a much-loved National Theatre Live play will be made freely available to watch, via the National Theatre’s […]
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus
Fiona Alderman Blogging from Rural France, May 2020
Making Masks. (Photo by Elena Djelil) This last month has been long and strange during the confinement relating to Covid-19. However, we have all rallied round and tried to keep our spirits up. The local hall has been transformed into a hive of industry, making masks for the population in Salignac. People have been asked […]
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Singing with Beth, Live on Facebook
Wednesday 3 June, and 10 June at 12.30 p.m. Govanhill Baths Community Trust Needing a boost?! Join Beth to learn some uplifting songs and connect to your community through video. On Facebook Live every Wednesday from 12.30pm. Singing is a fantastic way to improve your physical and mental health and release some much needed Endorphins […]
Twitter Chat, Little Women at GFT Online Film Club
Friday 29 May, 2020 Join Glasgow Film Theatre’s online film club #AtHomeWithGFT. The film club discussion takes place on Twitter every Friday from 5pm – 6pm. You can find us on Twitter @glasgowfilm This week’s film is Greta Gerwig’s LITTLE WOMEN, available to watch at home on Amazon Prime Video and Google Play. LITTLE WOMEN […]
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Corona Virus Stew – poem by Leela Soma
FiveRings at English Wikipedia / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Recipe May 2020 Ingredients: Shopping list flour, toilet rolls, food, food, Stock pile, no space, greed, look after number 1 Stay home, save lives, save the NHS Watch TV, social distance at 2 metres, daily update Ventilators, nightingale hospital, PPE Care home deaths, scientists graphs, flatten the […]
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Coronavirus stories and poems, Leela Soma writing and blogging, Poetry, stories and poems, Writing
Sounds in the Suburbs Refuweegee Fundraiser
Thursday 29 May, 2020 at 8.10 p.m. on Zoom Support the great Glasgow charity Refuweegee, featuring an array of great artists performing music and spoken word mini-sets. Line Up Boo Hewerdine, Paul Tasker, Yvonne Lyon, Brian McMahon Gallagher, Tam Dean Burn and Carol Laula have all agreed to take part in what will be a […]
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Friday, May 22, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Woodlands Community – Wildlife Friendly Front Gardens
Part of the Woodlands Nature Recovery Project Offering a limited number of Woodlands residents the opportunity to receive advice from experienced staff on how to enhance their front garden. As a response to the stress and isolation of Lockdown goals for this project are to: Help you create an accessible nature space to enjoy while […]
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Nice n Sleazy Big Weekend of Streaming Live
21 – 23 May Big Weekend of Streaming LIVE from the Nice n Sleazy page! Acts and times and more info below and on www.nicensleazy.com New line up each weekend – Watch events and check programmes on Nice n Sleazy on Facebook Click ‘attend’ and tune in to the Nice n Sleazy page at the […]
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Thursday, May 21, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kothel Crow Road – boxes of daily selected fruit and veg
Many in Glasgow’s West End will be missing meeting their friends for coffee or lunch at the fabulous Kothel Restaurants. Look what I got from Kothel – Fairly cheered me up You can also order plants However, Ed and his staff at Kothel have stepped up to the challenge presented by coronavirus and they are […]
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Shopping
Creative Conversations: Iain Maloney, Novelist and Poet – Zoom Event
: Monday 25 May 2020 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Iain Maloney is the author of three novels – The Waves Burn Bright (Freight, 2016), Silma Hill (Freight, 2015) and First Time Solo (Freight, 2014) – and editor of In The Empty Places (2014), a collection of short stories and art. His first collection of poetry, Fractures, was published in 2016 by Tapsalteerie. In 2013 […]
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Monday, May 18, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Stay at Home Literary Fringe Festival
24 April – 17 May, 2020 Join in on Zoom. Taking their cue from internationally renowned author and creative writing tutor, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Glasgow Uni graduate, Glasgow University Creative Writing students have organised a student-oriented FRINGE literary festival for writing in the time of Coronavirus. Much the same as its mother festival, goals are to: […]
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus
Sonnet Youth Social Club
Thursday 14 May, 2020 at 8.05 p.m. (fortnightly event) Every second Thursday at 8:05pm after the clap for the NHS. Sonnet Youth Social Club brings together some of their favourite artists to create that unique SY vibe and stream incredible performances direct to your homes. Hosted by Kevin P. Gilday and Cat Hepburn Write, it […]
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Cake At Number 8: Cupcakes Against Covid
During lockdown Lindsay Nairn has been selling boxes of rainbow cupcakes with all profits going towards the production of face visors for key workers.</p> At first she bought visors from Amy Coyle from Sweet Stamps – an acrylic cake stamp company based in Ireland. Now profits are being donated to another local initiative Vise-UP at […]
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
Jamaica Kincaid: novelist and writer – Creative Conversations ZOOM EVENT
Wednesday 13 May 2020 at 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow An extra-special event with award-winning writer Professor Jamaica Kincaid in conversation with Sophie Collins and Colin Herd. One of the foremost writers in the world, and an urgent voice in fiction and postcolonial studies, Jamaica Kincaid has twice won the Faulkner Pen Award for […]
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Sunday, May 10, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Pat's Home Page Blog
Zoom Event – A reading and Q&A with renowned poet Peter Gizzi
Monday, 11 May 2020 at 5.30 until 7 p.m. Free Event – Register at EventBrite PETER GIZZI is the author of eight collections of poetry, most recently, Sky Burial (Carcanet 2020) Archeophonics (Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award), In Defense of Nothing, and Threshold Songs. His honors include the Lavan Younger Poet Award from […]
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Aye Write – Big Book Weekend Virtual Festival
8 – 10 May, 2020 Aye Write is delighted to be part of Big Book Weekend – a 3 day virtual festival celebrating the best of the cancelled British book festivals. Bringing you a range of events, featuring the authors that would have appeared in Aye Write Festival, 2020, cancelled due to coronavirus. TO TAKE […]
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Friday, May 8, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Woodlands Community Neighbourhood Food Service
Woodlands Community are working in partnership with Maryhill Community Central Halls, Queens Cross Housing Association and Flourish House to offer a shared community response to the Covid-19 crisis. Working together to share expertise, staff and resources including kitchen facilities and transport. Now offering a FREE weekly food delivery service, with freshly cooked meals that are […]
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