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Dear Green Music Scene at University of Glasgow ARC

Sunday 15th June, 2025 – 12.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. St Mungo’s Square, University of Glasgow ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW The second edition of the Dear Green Music Scene Festival. For 2025, the ARC, the College of Arts and Humanities Sustainability Forum, Doughnut Music Lab, GALLANT, Glasgow Science Festival, Music in the University and WestFest, have all teamed up to create this […]

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Glasgow Science Festival: The Art of Science

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11 June, 2025,  6 – 8 p.m. An adult-focused evening of fun activities, mini-talks and an exhibition to explore the connection between art and science. Join Glasgow Science Festival for an evening at the Advanced Research Centre for activities, mini talks and an exhibition and discover the art of science. Fancy making a medieval manuscript […]

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Ostriches are in the ARC – Glasgow Science Festival

Thursday 05 June 2025, 10:30 – 15:30 Ostriches Are In The ARC University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW Speaker: Prof. Christina Young Ostriches and flowers are in Professor Christina Young’s History of Art lab at the ARC – in paintings and botanical drawings on loan from Argyll & Bute and Kew […]

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Lord Provost’s Glasgow 850 Twin City Concert

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Tuesday, 10 June 2025 , 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Glasgow City Chambers, 82 George Square Glasgow G2 1DU Lord Provost’s Glasgow 850 Twin City Concert Come along to Glasgow City Chambers for a night of celebration and music at the Lord Provost’s Glasgow 850 Twin City Concert! This free event will bring together performers […]

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WATER POLO DEMO at ARLINGTON BATHS CLUB

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Saturday, June 21, 2025, 12.00 – 1 p.m. The Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street Glasgow G3 6DT Experience the thrill and skill of water polo at Arlington Baths Club as expert players from Western Baths Water Polo Club showcase their agility, teamwork, and strategy in an exciting live demonstration. Whether you’re a seasoned swimmer […]

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Free Talks at WestFest

2 – 26 June, 2025  WestFest Kelvin Hall1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW Part of Glasgow 850, join WestFest & Friends of Glasgow West for a series of free and fascinating talks at Kelvin Hall. All talks are fully illustrated and start at 7pm, lasting approx. 1 hour. Please arrive early to be sure of […]

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Mika & Me Optical Studios Glasgow

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56 Park Road, Glasgow, G4 9JF Tel: 0141 413 5393 Email: hello@mikaandme.com Coffee with Cartier – Wednesday 7 May, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Pop in and see tghe complete collection of Cartier sunglasses and glasses At Mika and Me   Pop into Mika and Me and have your sunspecs spruced up or treat yourself to […]

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Glasgow Science Festival 2025 – Starbound: Space in Songs and Science

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Tuesday 10 June, 2025, 6 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW Listen to the sound of space in this immersive out of this world experience. Listen live to Maaike Siegerist from the University of Glasgow perform her new EP Starbound, a series of space themed songs, accompanied […]

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ARC Conversations and Identities Journal: Global Dignity and Seeing Others

Michèle Lamont

Monday, May 12, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Professor Michèle Lamont from Harvard University reflects on how we equip ourselves to think across different levels of analysis. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Global Dignity and Seeing Others How can we equip ourselves to think across different levels […]

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WestFest 2025

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WestFest is back for its third annual festival 1st – 29th June After a hugely successful 2024 festival, comprising 131 events and reaching total audience numbers of 110,000 WestFest – Glasgow’s biggest community led, cultural festival today (Thursday 12 April) launches the programme for its 2025 festival. WestFest captures the imaginations of participants, residents and visitors […]

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Spring Fling – Space and Place

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7 – 18 April, 2025 University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre (ARC), 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Tickets at Eventbrite – Space and Place  What areas do you value in the city where you live? How do you think about yourself in relation to the galaxy? Where do you go to get your body […]

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Spring Fling 2025 at ARC University of Glasgow

Spring Fling 2025

7 – 18 April, 2025 Come to the ARC during the School Holidays for this FREE public programme of events and activities for all ages. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW SPACE AND PLACE ARC SPRING FLING 2025   Spring Fling – Space and Place What areas do you […]

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Vocal Dynamics – Spring Concert

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Thursday 3 April, 2025 at 7 p.m. Carol Jamnejad will be drumming with the choir. Come along and enjoy this free event (donations for charity welcome)  and hear a rally fun selection of songs. Victoria Park Church, 259 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6AB

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Neil Bartlett Creative Conversations

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Monday, April 14, 2025 · 1 – 2pm  University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Neil Bartlett has been making rule-breaking theatre and performance since 1983. After a controversial early career he was appointed Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London in 1994; since leaving the Lyric in 2005 major cultural […]

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Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr

Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr

Wednesday 9 April, 2025, 12pm, 1 pm and 2 pm Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Join storyteller Anna Lehr for tales from all over the world and beyond! Telling and listening to stories makes us human and we all have […]

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My Dog Max with Alan Dapré- Spring Fling – University of Glasgow

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Saturday 12 April, 2025,  11 a.m.- noon and 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Alan Dapré shares My dog Max, his latest picture book about a determined girl who really wants a dog! A hilarious story of hope, home […]

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CinemARC The Wild Robot

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 5 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. A screening of the Oscar nominated animation The Wild Robot and the chance to interact with robots in real life! Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The ARC is excited to present a free, family friendly screening of The Wild Robot […]

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ARC Conversations – Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology

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Tuesday 25 March, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW ARC Conversations – Why I’ll never be photographed in a lab coat Hear Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology, discuss pivotal career moments and the role of human experience as a driver of innovation […]

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Glasgow Literary and Music Lounge

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Tuesday 25 March, 2025, 7.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Run collectively with Carol Jamnejad, Jim Ferguson, Louise Malone and Brian McFall Host: Jim Ferguson House Band: Carole Jamnejad, Brian McFall Featuring: Chris Tait, John Gee, Brian & Jim, Ray Eans, Rhona Franklin and Friends, Peter A, Richard Lala, Carol Jamnejad, Tuesday 25, February 2025 – […]

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Field Arts at CinemaARC University of Glasgow

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Monday, 7 April, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Last year, FieldARTS brought together a dozen artists and researchers for a week of collaborative fieldwork along the Clyde River Corridor, tracing the sedimentary, infrastructural, and colonial lineaments of a manufactured waterway once recognised as the […]

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Seed Swop Glasgow

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Saturday 29 March, 2025, 12 noon – 2 p.m. Gathering Ground, Old Basin House, 5-7 Applecross St, Glasgow G4 9SP Getting ready to sow this Spring? Looking for seeds or have some you’d like to swap? Pop into Gathering Ground, where you’ll find a wide variety of free open-pollinated vegetable, herb and flower seeds to […]

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Jessie Stephen, Maryhill’s Suffragette

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11 March – 13 June, 2025 Exhibition: Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow, G20 8YE, This exhibition brings to light the remarkable story and achievements of Jessie Stephen (1892-1979), a working-class woman who became a powerful force of social change. Born in 1893, Jessie Stephen was a fearless campaigner and one of the few […]

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The Tenementals: Popular Music as Academic Research + Drinks Reception

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Friday, March 14, 2025, 6.00-7.20pm (Drinks Reception 7.30-9.00pm)  Popular Music as Academic Research: Four Papers on The Tenementals Advanced Research Centre, Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow G11 6EW The Tenementals is a wild research project which has one foot in the university sector and one foot in Glasgow’s vibrant music scene. It runs on the […]

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CinemARC Gipsy Queen

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Thursday 20 March, 2025 – 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Film Screening and Concert Advanced , Research Centre,University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane (Off Byres Road), Glasgow G11 6EW Free – Reserve a Spot at Eventbrite The ARC is excited to be partnering with CineRoma, the UK’s first Roma film festival, for a screening of Gipsy […]

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Community event, Free Events, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre

ProjectAbiility: Express Collaborations Exhibition

Project Ability - Express Collaborations - artwork by Corrine

1 March – 12 April, 2025 Reception 6 March, 6pm – 8pm Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD The exhibition is free to visit. Express Collaborations is a group exhibition built over many months and devised by artist Tanya Raabe-Webber. The artwork in this exhibition covers a variety of themes, and much of […]

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Guided Bike Rides: Clydeside Cycle

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Friday 14 February, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Bike for Good – Glasgow West, 65 Haugh Road, Glasgow G3 8TX Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team Come along to guided group cycles on the 14th of February, Friday afternoon between 1 and 3pm. No need to bring your own bike as Bike for Good can […]

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Designing Future Experiences Exhibition – University of Glasgow ARC

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University of Glasgow ARC – 6 until 13 February 2025 Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Designing Future Experiences Exhibition Design speculations for the year 2035 by Product Design Students from the School of Innovation and Technology at the Glasgow School of Art in partnership with the University of Glasgow. See Review […]

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Big Community Birdwatch – Springburn Winter Gardens

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7th of February, 2025 between 11am and 12pm. Springburn Winter Gardens, Springburn Park, Mosesfield St, Glasgow G21 3UD Wander, record and identify the birds of the gardens and park. Visual aids and binoculars will be provided. Stephanie Whitelaw, Community Engagement Artist will share more about the project and how you can get involved. Look forward […]

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The Nature of Distance – Film Screening – ARC

the nature distance screening

Wednesday 29 Januaary 2025, 6 p.m. Atrium, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW As with any start to a new year there is an unspoken universal rule to look ahead, to visualize and plan in hope for change, new memories and adventure. Yet, many of us are bound to […]

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Thursday, January 16, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Free Events

Winter Wander Springburn Winter Gardens

winter wander springburn winter gardens

Friday 17 January, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Creative Wander around Springburn Winter Gardens and Park with Stephanie Whitelaw, Community Engagement Artist. Springburn Park, Mosesfield St, Glasgow G21 3UD Stephanie is developing a creative engagement project with Springburn Winter Gardens Trust with a focus on walking, eco-therapy and exploring local ecology. The walk will […]

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