What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Pat ByrneI have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

Mary Irvine’s Blog: What Exactly Is Love?

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Go into any good coffee shop today and we are faced with an amazing range of words to describe the specific coffee we require. Gone are the days when black or white sufficed.  Cappuccino, espresso,  latte, macchiato, au lait, espresso, Turkish, Vienna, frappé, filter (how mundane) instant (ugh) liqueur not to mention all the variants! […]

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Balloch Open Mic on Zoom

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14 February, 2022 at 7 p.m. Poetry and Prose from various local writers. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 868 5436 9222 Passcode: 9XKffC   Reminder – ‘LIVE’ open Mic at Balloch House Hotel first Monday in March.  Hugh McMillan is headline act. Check out facebook for further details…

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Poetry for Valentine’s Day by Donna Campbell

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(Image by Raluca Stoiciu from Pixabay ) Wish you were Here (Paris was built for Lovers) Today I wondered down the banks of the Seine, passed couples chaining love locks inscribed with their name and the date of when they first met before throwing the key into the water so no other could unlock the bond between […]

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Eusebi Italian Deli and Restaurant, Park Road, Kelvinbridge, G4

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152 Park Road, Glasgow, G4 9HB 0141 648 9999 www.eusebideli.com Born in Italy – Made in Glasgow Eusebi’s Brunch perfect for Valentine’s Day Keep up to date on Facebook. Eddie, Giovanna Eusebi and their team are clearly in their element offering up the very best pasta, pizza plus wonderful salads and amazing sweets – all […]

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Poetry at Inn Deep

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Tuesday, 15 February, 2022 – 8 p.m. 445 Great Western Road, Glasgow West End G12 8HH Three Featured Performers: Gray Crosbie-Kinnaird, Jim Monaghan, Mark Richardson Plus open mic with ten acts Every Tuesday Msg the page to reserve a 5 min spot. Poetry starts at 8PM Free inn Hosted by @samsmallpoetry

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10 Things I Hate About You at GFT

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14 February, 2022 at 6.15 p.m. This special Valentine’s Day screening of the classic 1990s romcom will include an introduction from the GFT Youth Board. The Stratford sisters’ father has one rule: popular Bianca can date only when her antisocial and angry sister Kat does. When Bianca recruits school newcomer Cameron to find a date […]

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Casablanca at GFT

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14 February 2022 at 2.45 p.m. Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the greatest love story ever told with our special Valentine’s screenings of Casablanca. The Second World War, Morocco – a viper’s nest of corrupt French police, spies, fleeing émigrés, gamblers and drinkers. It’s the perfect place for weary American expatriate nightclub owner Rick Blaine to […]

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Punch Drunk Love at GFT

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14 February, 2022 – 20.35 p.m. If Licorice Pizza has left you hungry for more big screen Paul Thomas Anderson, consider this 35mm screening of Punch-Drunk Love our Valentine’s Day gift to you. Shifting gears from his more sprawling works, Anderson’s 2002 character drama drew an unlikely career-best performance from Adam Sandler as beleaguered small business-owner Barry Egan. Barry’s lonely life […]

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Touched – Cape Collective and Invisible Women at GFT

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14 February, 2022 at 8.05 p.m. This screening is followed by a recorded Q&A. Part of LGBT History Month  Celebrate the diversity and fluidity of desire with Touched, an alternative Valentine’s Day screening showcasing sensuous short films by female and non-binary filmmakers. Co-curated by collectives T A P E and Invisible Women, this subversive and surprising programme connects filmmakers […]

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Licorice Pizza at Glasgow Film Theatre

13 – 17 February, 2022 Tracking the treacherous navigation of first love, the film tells the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine as they grow up, run around and fall in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. The young couple are played by Alana Haim from the band Haim and Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip […]

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Flee Glasgow Film Theatre

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12 – 24 February, 2022 Part of LGBT History Month Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, Flee is a testament to friendship, family and acceptance. This tender interview between film director Jonas and his school friend Amin, years after they first met, blossoms into an extraordinary story of love, […]

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Poetry for Valentine’s Day by Finola Scott

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long-distance love through    dark      your voice slips trouble-thick with exams rent       partner too far away in miles      and years to kiss      to make better too far in years  and miles I spin a bright cat’s cradle of words      to hold you      soothe you but       […]

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Flash Fiction for Valentine’s Day – Leela Soma

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Love at First Sight?  Smitten, I’ve been hit by the golden tip of Cupid’s arrow. Second date? See you tomorrow, same time, same place?  Tom  xxx He waited two hours wait. It was midnight, is she going to respond? He tossed and turned in bed.  Let him wait a bit, play a little hard to get? […]

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Extinction Rebellion Glasgow University Meeting

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16 February, 2022 Extinction Rebellion Glasgow University University of Glasgow Weekly XRGU meeting, always held somewhere on campus on Wednesday evening. The exact time and location will be announced in the coming days, once it’s confirmed. Keep a look out on Facebook See how to get involved and keep up to date. Discussion this week […]

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Glasgow Against Closures – Protest Glasgow CC Budget

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Thursday 17 February, 2022 at 10 a.m. Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, City Centre No Cuts. No Closures. No Sell-offs. No Job Losses. Save Our Venues! Join Glasgow Against Closures, UNISON, Unite and GMB for a joint protest at the proposed Glasgow City Council Budget for 2022-23. Glasgow needs investment in our buildings, facilities and […]

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Friday, February 11, 2022 | Filed under: Community event

Scottish Slam Poetry Final 2022

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Saturday 12 March, 2022 at 2 pm – 4.30pm Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113 – 117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Buy Tickets Live poetry competition to decide the Scottish Slam Champion of 2022. A dozen winners of slam throughout the past year vie for the chance to become Scottish Champion., scoop the cash prize money […]

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Compass Gallery: Gary Anderson RSW : Thoughts and Contemplations

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Compass Gallery A group of recent works from the artist Gary Anderson. Gary Anderson RSW Thoughts and Contemplations Gary Anderson, born in Glasgow, studied Drawing & Painting at Glasgow School of Art graduating in 1984 with a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art. He had early success, winning the John D Kelly Award in 1981. […]

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Craft and Flea, Makers Market, Glasgow

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Saturday 12 February, 2021, 11am – 5pm Briggait, Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZ A wonderful Spring makers market featuring 40 incredible independent traders Shop SMALL and shop LOCAL in our authentic crafty twist on the traditional flea-market with a huge selection of products from illustration to vintage bric-a-brac, plants to jewellery, ceramics to candles and SO […]

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Galas and Premiers Glasgow Film Festival 2022

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Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – 2 – 13 March GFF22 will open with the UK premiere of The Outfit  a gripping and masterful thriller starring Academy Award winner Mark Rylance. The closing Gala – UK premiere of the Camera d’Or-winning Murina, a tense family drama directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović and executive-produced by Martin Scorsese. […]

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An Evening with Louise Welsh ‘The Second Cut’

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Thursday 17 February, 2022 at 7 pm Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW Thrilling and atmospheric, The Second Cut delves into the dark side of twenty-first century Glasgow. Twenty years on from his appearance in The Cutting Room, Rilke is still walking a moral tightrope between good and bad, saint and sinner. Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd Twenty years […]

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Monday, February 7, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

SCCAN Let’s Talk About Food Online Event

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Monday 7 February, 2022 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Scottish Communities Climate Action Network Event by Propagate, Peace & Justice  Tickets Register at Eventbrite Interested in Food or working on a food growing project, a community garden, a community fridge, eco-recipes? Join a networking café on Food: Community Fridges, Food Redistribution, Community Gardening / Growing. Share local […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – Tickets On Sale

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GFF2022 2 – 13 March The time has finally come – Friday 4 February tickets for Glasgow Film Festival 2022 have gone on sale! As announced last week, from 2 – 13 March, GFF are bringing you 10 World premieres, 4 European premieres, 65 UK premieres, and 13 Scottish premieres, and they’re over the moon that […]

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Beginners Stained Glass Evening Course Glasgow

Starting on Tuesday 8th March, 2022 6 p.m. – 8.15 p.m. The Hidden Lane, 1103 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8ND Full Price: £230 Concession: £180 Book the workshop online at Quatro Manis In this 6 week course you will learn the basics of traditional stained glass making and produce your own panel from start […]

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Wanderlust Women on Zoom

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Wednesday 9 February, 2022 at 7.30 p.m. Event by Fife Writes The next Zoom session will be slightly different with four guest poets, each reading a selection from their recently published collection, Wanderlust Women. The poets are Tracy Patrick, Lesley Benzie, Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson. They said about their book, ‘Finding ourselves limited with […]

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Orphans, National Theatre of Scotland

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SEC, Armadillo 6 – 9 April, 2022 Buy tickets New Scottish Musical, On Tour 1 – 30 April, 2022 Greenock, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness Further details National Theatre of Scotland Glasgow, 1998, one hell of a storm is ripping through the city. The Flynn siblings just need to survive the night and make it to […]

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Company at Websters

31 March – 2 April, 2022 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G3 9HZ On the night of his 35th birthday, Robert struggles to think of a wish to make as he blows out his birthday candles. The lone bachelor surrounded by “those good and crazy people” — his married friends — Robert is […]

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Vivace Theatre School, Annual Junior Theatre Production

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Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February,2022 Tickets and information – 2 shows each day Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Decisions about Vivace showcase are being taken weekly in line with current Scottish Government Guidelines. Websters are working with Vivace to ensure that everyone will get to see their child perform. If […]

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Scottish Opera – Opera Highlights a Websters

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Tuesday, 8th February 2022 – 7.30 p.m. 7.30pm Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G4 8HZ Roll up, roll up! Opera Highlights is coming to town – a night of entertainment like no other! This Spring, join us as we take you through the greatest hits and lesser-known gems of the repertoire – think La […]

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Refugees for Justice, Remembrance Bench Dedication

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Saturday 29th January, 2022 – 12pm at George Square, Glasgow City Centre Refugees for Justice will call for an – End to hotel detention – Change, Accountability and Justice – No to Nationality and Borders Bill. Speakers, poems and music. Bring flowers. Bring poems. The bench in George Square is dedicated to those seeking protection […]

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Glasgow Film Festival Announces 2022 Programme

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2 – 13 March, 2022 GFF 2022 will host 10 World premieres, 4 European premieres, 65 UK premieres, and 13 Scottish premieres. Opening and Closing Films The 18th edition of the annual festival will open with the UK premiere of  The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller starring Academy Award winner Mark Rylance. The festival […]

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