New Writers Showcase with University of Glasgow Lifelong Learning
Wednesday, 21st June, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Lecture Theatre 639, James McCune Smith Building University Avenue, University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8QW FREE – BOOK TICKET Join the lifelong learners at the University of Glasgow as they share the best of their new creative writing. From poems and short stories to true tales and drama, […]
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mansfield Park Street Festival 2023
Saturday 10 June, 2023, 12,00 – 5 p.m. Come along and enjoy a fun filled gala day where there will be something for everyone! Catch some live music from samba drummers, choirs, cover bands and community groups from across the West End. There will also be the Partick Farmers Market, street theatre, pop-up workshops, face […]
Aye Write 2023: Val McDermid in conversation with Louise Welsh
Saturday, 20 May, 2023 at 6 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY The Queen of Crime writing discusses her latest Allie Burns thriller 1989, set a decade after the bestselling first novel in the ground-breaking, iconic new series. 1989 – The world is on the brink of revolution and journalist Allie […]
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Monday, May 15, 2023 | Filed under: Aye Write 2023, Aye Write Book Festival 2023, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Florence Boyle: Walk from Erskine Ferry to Bowling + historical connections
The Forth and Clyde Canal (opened 1790) Opened in 1790, the Forth & Clyde Canal stretches for 35 miles across central Scotland and terminates at Bowling Harbour. There’s a lot of history packed into the mile and a half stretch between Erskine Ferry Road and Bowling Harbour. Starting at the lockkeeper’s former home and looking […]
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Saturday, May 13, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Clatty Pats – Walk Like A Glaswegian
21 23 July, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Cleopatras – ‘Clatty Pats’ as it was fondly known! Further to its sell out, smash hit run in April, and featured on STV, they are back for some Hot Stuff “Summer” fun due to popular demand! Reuniting student nurses, Sandra, Dawn, Lynn […]
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Friday, May 12, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Aye Write: Janey Godley with Nicola Sturgeon
26 May, 2023 at 7.45 p.m. – 8.45 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY Janey Godley in conversation with former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP. Janey Godley’s Nothing Left Unsaid tells the story of Senga and Sharon spanning Glasgow in 1976 and 2019. Glasgow, 2019. Sharon has rushed home at the news her […]
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 | Filed under: Aye Write 2023, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Take 2: Raining Cats and Frogs
Saturday 13 May, 2023 at 11.30 a.m. The Bauer family live on a farm on a hill and own a zoo. The frogs who live on this farm predict that the Earth will be flooded for 40 days and 40 nights. The flood comes quickly after the prediction and all the zoo animals escape to […]
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final screening at GFT
Saturday 13 May, 2023, 7.30 p.m. For the first time EVER, the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final show will be broadcast live on the big screen! Come together and be united by music, sharing the incredible experience of celebrating the biggest, brightest, boldest music party of the year. Hosted this year in Liverpool by the BBC […]
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Beat 6 – dine out and donate to Beatson Cancer Charity
Scotland’s first restaurant with 100% of profits donated to Beatson Cancer Charity Beat 6, 149 Milngavie Rd, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 3DY (Nearest train station: Hillfoot) The Story Beat 6 is a social enterprise founded by Nico Simeone, the owner of Six by Nico, and his wife, Valentina. Many years ago Valentina was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s […]
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 | Filed under: Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Wullie Davidson Climate Change Blog: Global Ocean Temperature Reaches Record High – El Nino Brewing Up
Second warmest March despite no El Nino Globally, March, 2023 was the second warmest March, since record keeping began in 1850.The warmest March was in 2016 and that temperature was boosted by a very strong El Nino. Currently, the tropical Pacific is ENSO neutral, but the average global sea surface temperature (SST) reached a record […]
Sunday, May 7, 2023 | Filed under: COP26 Glasgow, Climate Change, Save the Planet, Science, Biodiversity Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Young Frankenstein at Websters
23 – 27 May, 2023 Websters – Theatre | Bar | Playhouse 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Pantheon return to Websters with a monstrous production, sure to make you corpse! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius Mel Brooks adapts his legendarily funny film into […]
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Friday, May 5, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Dream Fest – relaunch of the Dream Machine
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May, 2023 The Dream Machine 257 London Road Glasgow G40 1PE The Dream Machine relaunches this May, relighting the community campfire in the East End of Glasgow. The first of many new events showcasing our incredible sensory Dream Room kickstarting with a Saturday evening of live music with a super exciting […]
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Queen Margaret Drive Street Festival
Sunday 25 June, 2023 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. The hugely popular Queen Margaret Drive Festival is back for WestFest this year! Queen Margaret Drive, G20 8PB This colourful, vibrant and accessible street festival has become one of the most popular community events in Glasgow’s West End, attracting over 3000 unique attendees each year. This […]
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Webster’s Family Gala Day
Sunday 7 May, 2023 – 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Come and join the fun. A day of family activities & entertainment on the street outside as well as in and around Websters at Kelvinbridge. . Street Play from Operation Play Outdoors Circus & Dance Performers […]
Charlie Gracie’s Testimonial at Scottish Writers
Tuesday 2 May, 2023 at 7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD An evening of celebration and appreciation for former chair Charlie Gracie’s writing and contribution to the writing life of Scotland. Writers Groups: how they work and how they are vital to Scottish Writing. Charlie Gracie, former […]
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Saturday, April 29, 2023 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write 2023 tickets now on sale
PRE-SALE TICKETS OUT NOW First chance to secure your tickets for this year’s event from 27 April, 2023. The much-loved celebration of books and literature makes its highly anticipated return this year with a packed and dynamic programme. More than 120 events will showcase a broad range of both established and emerging writing talent. These […]
Take 2: Winnie the Pooh at GFT
Saturday 20 April, 2023 at 11.30 am Three stories inspired by A A Milne add up to a very busy day for Winnie the Pooh and friends. Upon learning that Eeyore has lost his tail, the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood start a contest to see who can find a new one for the melancholy donkey […]
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
University of Glasgow Research Project into Healthy Ageing – Participants Sought
Research project looking at new health supplement for healthy ageing Are you an adult over the age of 60? Would you be interested in a study looking at the effects of nutrition and exercise on muscle? The University of Glasgow is running a study looking at the effects of a new supplement made from Krill […]
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Rambles – Elie to Anstruther
Fife Coastal Path – Elie to Anstruther (Tuesday 18 April 2023) With a sunny day expected, I decided to get out and do my first bus pass ramble of the year. This one would take me back to the east neuk of Fife to walk a six mile section of the Fife coastal path from […]
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Mary Quant Fashion Revolutionary at Kelvingrove Art Gallery
(Image:Credit Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) Exhibition open 20 May – 22 October 2023 Our thoughts are with Dame Mary Quant’s family, friends, colleagues and fans. Quant revolutionised the high street with her subversive and playful designs for a younger generation The V&A’s major retrospective of Dame Mary Quant, one of […]
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A Rare Glimpse of Shakespeare’s First Folio at The Hunterian Art Gallery
22 and 23 April, 2023 The 400th birthday of The First Folio 2023 marks the 400th birthday of The First Folio, the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. 23 April is celebrated as Shakespeare’s birthday and this year you can celebrate by seeing Shakespeare’s First Folio for yourself at the Hunterian Art Gallery. The […]
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Bob Law’s Blog: Crookston Castle and Pollok – walking and photography
Unlike Edinburgh Castle or Stirling Castle, both of which are very obvious prominent landmarks for visiting tourists to be drawn towards, Glasgow’s last surviving medieval castle within the city boundaries is much more illusive to find. Crookston Castle sits 5 miles to the south west of the city centre and is not as grand or […]
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| Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
SCCAN Stories for Change – PLACE Workshop
Tuesday 18 APRIL, 2023, 10 a.m. until 1.30 p.m. – ONLINE Learn how to write about place in this Write Here, Write Now workshop from SCCAN Storyteller Collective! Book a place at Eventbrite Free places for concessions As writers on climate we have the ability to let places, their past, present and possible futures speak […]
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Thursday, April 13, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, Pat's Home Page Blog, Writing, Zoom and online events
Spring Into The Wild Escape at The Hunterian
Hunterian Zoology Museum Graham Kerr Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Free entry, drop-in basis! Bring your little explorers down to ‘The Wild Escape’ at the Hunterian Zoology Museum this spring holiday where you can explore the animals, enjoy arts and crafts, activities and follow the endangered animal children’s trail! With the help of their […]
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Nemo Arts Spring Showcase at Websters Theatre
Monday, 17 April, 2023 Promoting Good Health and Mental Wellbeing Through the Arts Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ. Nemo Arts is a charity that provides free creative classes for adults, and exists to support people in recovery from poor mental health. Our creative workshops have a focus on mental wellbeing, teaching […]
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Maryhill is Wonderful – photography exhibition of the people of Maryhill
Closing Celebration Event 14 April, 2023, 6.30 p.m. Free – reserve a spot at EvbentBrite Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10 – 24 Garbraid d Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE Maryhill is Wonderful by Campbell Ramage During the COVID lockdowns, and unable to venture far from home, Campbell Ramage found himself walking the streets of Glasgow taking more […]
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Monday, April 10, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog
International Roma Celebration at The Rum Shack
Friday 7 April, 2023 8 until 11 p.m. A special event for International Roma Day The Rum Shack, 657-659 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2AB Members of the Ukrainian Roma group Rom Som will be performing songs and dances to start off the evening. This group has arrived in the UK as a result of the […]
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ALMEEZAN Takeaway Glasgow
Middle Eastern Street Food to Takeaway 1939 Dumbarton Road, Kingsway, Glasgow G14 0YT To order: Telephone 07311336855 Opening Hours 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. – Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Almeezan has an extensive menu with delicious wraps, grills, small plates, generous family platters, bakery and pastries and drinks. Small Plates Chicken […]
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Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Filed under: Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Pat's Home Page Blog, Takeaway
Spring Fling at The Arc, University of Glasgow
3 – 14 April, 2023 Free Events For All Ages Throughout The Easter Holidays University of Glasgow – See Programme Details on Facebook From sports to song, film to foraging, and games to gardening, this special programme of events speaks to the new season, considering sustainability, climate health and nature in engaging ways. There’s something […]
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Saturday 1 April, 2023 at 11 a.m. Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) is down to his last of nine lives. Puss is extremely worried about this and begins an epic adventure, meeting friends along the way, to locate the magical Wishing Star which could give him the opportunity to regain all of his lives. However, […]
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
