I 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. West End in the West End at Websters
An Evening of Show Tunes – 23/24 July, 2021 Websters welcomes you back through their theatre doors for an evening of your favourite show tunes! Tickets Please note tickets are currently very limited so grab yours soon. Buy online. IMPORTANT INFORMATION – To ensure you are seated together, please book tickets in one purchase – […]
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | 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
Scribblers Union Digital Gig Series
Various Dates – July, 2021 The Scribbler’s Union is back for a series of digital gigs showcasing the hottest new voices in spoken word. Join on facebook.com/scribblersunion where they’ll be streaming live from 7pm on each of the following dates: Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Monday 12th July Tuesday 13th July Each show will […]
Websters Youth Theatre Summer School
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 July, 2021 Ages 4 – 6 from 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Ages 7 – 11 from 1.30 p.m. – 4 .30 p.m. Learn to act, sing, dance and most importantly have fun! Work with professional tutors to build your skills in preparation for showcase at the end of the […]
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Monday, June 28, 2021 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The French Dispatch, GFT
Sunday 2 + Wednesday 5 July, 2023 Wes Anderson’s delightful, star-studded homage to journalism and literary magazines is a feast for the eyes and a whip-smart comic delight. The French Dispatch, a high-brow magazine based in the imagined Gallic town of Blasé-sur-Ennui, has reached its end. Its founder (Bill Murray) has died and his beloved creation looks […]
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Merchant City Festival 2021
Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 July, 2021 The Carnival Party will kick the festival off in style on Thursday 8 July with stilt walkers and dancers celebrating Baroque Venetian traditions. Walkabout in Merchant City will have amazing acts around Merchant Square and the surrounding streets across the weekend with performers dressed as limestone creatures, turtles […]
Bloody Scotland – Crime Debut of the Year 2021
Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival are delighted to reveal the shortlist for Crime Debut of 2021. The Silent Daughter by Emma Christie (Wellbeck) No Harm Done by Alistair Liddle (Self Published) Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison (Macmillan) Waking the Tiger by Mark Wightman (Hobeck Books) The winner will be judged by Janice Forysth from BBC Radio […]
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Scottish Climate Action Network – Climate Cafe
Tuesday, 29 June, 2021 at 1 p.m. 1.30 p.m. start with 1pm Induction for new members Community Action Meetup Event by Scottish Communities Climate Action Network Online: networkingclimate.eventbrite.co.uk Price: free Public · Anyone on or off Facebook Join us and other SCCAN members for a virtual café. Come and share your community experience, ideas, challenges questions and cake! Book […]
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 | Filed under: Community event, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Brian Whittingham – Writing Walks in Kelvingrove
Walking, Writing Photography Mindfulness Sessions – facilitated by Brian Whittingham Thursday 26 August, 2021 at 10.30 a.m. Meet at Lord Kelvin’s Statue in Kelvingrove Park. Guided Walk exploring the social fabric of the park. Where you will join in the walk, talk, reading, writing and taking photographs. You will take paths less-travelled that will allow […]
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Lifting The Lid on Whistler at the Hunterian
Whistler: Art and Legacy 9 July – 31 October 2021 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission free and by pre-booked timed ticket A major new exhibition opening at The Hunterian in July explores the art and legacy of American-born artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow is home to one of the world’s […]
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Willie Sutherland – Evolution of Wa at CCA
Wed 23 June — Sat 26 June 2021 CCA, ClubroomNo booking required, 3 people max per entry / All ages Free Sutherland’s stunning, hand bound, limited edition, signed, beautiful packages of books of the phantasmagorical Dolls House arrived at CCA and are now for sale at the exhibition. Cards and prints too. ‘Mon down Books have cardboard […]
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Minari at GFT – big screen release
25 June – 1 July, 2021 The Opening Film of Glasgow Film Festival 2021, Minari has stolen all of our hearts and is finally getting its big screen release at GFT. A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American […]
Sweat, GFT
Friday 25 – Thursday 1 July, 2021 What is the cost of fame? Magnus van Horn’s impressive second feature explores life for an archetypal Instagram star over the course of three eventful days. The resulting film is one of the first to fully engage with the era of social media in a meaningful way. Buy tickets […]
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Nashville at GFT – restored in 4K
Saturday 26 June – Thursday 1 July, 2021 Robert Altman’s masterpiece set in country music’s capital as America approached its bicentennial, is now gloriously restored in 4K. A magnum opus offering a sceptical commentary on modern America, Nashville follows a host of credibly colourful characters – musicians, agents, fans, journalists, politicians, locals – over five […]
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Supernova GFT
Supernova Friday 25 June – Sunday 4 July, 2021 Captions & Audio Description available After 20 years together, Sam and Tusker’s blissful life has been shattered following Tusker’s diagnosis with early onset dementia. Intent on spending as much precious time together as they can, the pair travel across England in their old campervan, visiting loved […]
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Joy Dunlop – Gaelic Live Online Concert and Ceilidh
Thursday 24th June, 2021 from 7pm-9pm An Evening with Joy Dunlop Mod-winning Gaelic singer and step-dancer, TV personality and choir conductor Joy Dunlop, with a combination of singing workshop and ceilidh, with Joy leading the proceedings as tè an taighe. Buy Tickets, priced at £10 per person (£7.50 for members), Joy Dunlop will be leading […]
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Three Lockdown Poets at Avant Garde
26 July, 2021 at 7 p.m. The Muse @ Avant Garde Host Linda Jackson – Featuring Three Seahorse Lockdown Poets: Lesley Benzie, Donna Campbell and George Gibson Sax music from Gordon Dickson Free event. Call to book your table – even if not eating. 0141 552 7123 Books available to buy at Seahorse Publications
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Monday, June 21, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Coming Back Out Ball – National Theatre of Scotland
(Photo of Karen Dunbar credit James Chapelard) A Night of Love, Laughter, Music and Celebration 26 June, 6.30pm, Online Pay What You Wish £10 – £30 – Buy Tickets Booking closes 12 noon on Monday 21 June, so don’t miss your chance to join this truly special event. The Coming Back Out Ball, a fabulous […]
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Saturday, June 19, 2021 | Filed under: LGBT Glasgow, Zoom and online events
Independent Bookshop Week 2021
19 – 26 June, 2021 Celebrate our independent bookshops Check out the range of events, celebrations, reading groups, literary lunches taking place on and offline. Part of the Books Are My Bag campaign and is run by the Booksellers Association, and seeks to celebrate independent bookshops all over the UK and Ireland. SARAH MOSS AND […]
Tell it slant, Glasgow: Book Launch: A Bird Is Not A Stone.
Last week (2 June, 2014) I went along to Tell it slant, Poetry Shop, 134 Renfrew Street, for the launch of A Bird is Not a Stone; an anthology of contemporary Palestinian poetry. The collection features poetry by 25 contemporary Palestinian poets and as many Scots writers, including the makar Liz Lochhead, Costa Award winner […]
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Red Squirrel Press – Launch of Three Publications
22 June, 2021 at 7 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. Red Squirrell Press Launch of Ellen McAteer’s, ‘Honesty Mirror’ also Billy Bonar’s ‘The Stuff of the Earth’ and Elizabeth Rimmer’s ‘The Well of the Moon.’ Red Squirrel Press invites you to the launch of three publications, Ellen McAteer’s debut pamphlet, Honesty Mirror, Billy Bonar’s first full-length […]
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Friday, June 18, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Zoom and online events
#StreamMyStory Children’s Online Events Summer 2021
Scottish Public Libraries host #StreamMyStory author events online for children to enjoy in the summer holidays. Launching 17 June, 2021 Local Public Libraries across Scotland launch a new series of children’s digital events for the end of term and summer holidays, entitled #StreamMyStory, bringing together authors, illustrators, storytellers and libraries from across all 32 local […]
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Women’s Library – In Conversation with Paria Goodarzi
22nd June, 2021 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Free, Online Event Highlighting and Celebrating the work of Paria Goodarzi Part of Series of Events at Women’s Library Glasgow – ‘In Conversation with….’ Women of Colour creatives in Scotland. Talking to emerging and established women creatives about their life, creative practice, key projects and future […]
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Bloody Scotland 2021 McIlvanney Prize Long List Announced
The McIlvanney Prize recognises excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones. Five years ago the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award was renamed the McIlvanney Prize in memory of William McIlvanney. His his final book, The Dark Remains has now been completed with the help […]
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The Owner of the Sea – Richard Price readings and discussion
Wednesday, 23 June, 2021 at 7 p.m. Please join Carcanet Press to celebrate the launch of The Owner of the Sea: Three Inuit Stories Retold, the new collection by Richard Price. Hosting the reading will be fellow Carcanet poet, David Kinloch, joining Richard to discuss the new edition. The event will feature readings and discussion, […]
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Monday, June 14, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall
The National Library at Kelvin Hall, including the Moving Image Archive, is now open with revised opening hours. (May, 2021) Tuesday: 10.00-16.00 Thursday: 10.00-16.00 Saturday: 10.00-16.00 Moving Image Archive Scotland’s Moving Image Archive has been collecting and preserving films since 1976. All of Scots life can be seen: adverts, documentaries, home movies, promotional films, amateur comedies, […]
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Bernard MacLaverty: Glasgow Writer
Bernard MacLaverty, special guest at SCAP (Seahorse Creative Arts and Publications) Summer Festival, Saturday 26 August, 2023. Scottish Writers Over 70 Talking About Creativity in Later Life – part of Book Week Scotland in Association with Aye Write! Mitchell Theatre, Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 Bernard MacLaverty, Book Week Scotland, Kelvin Hall, 2 December, 2017 Bernard […]
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Sunday, June 13, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, writers, Writing
Glasgow Writers: Theresa Talbot
Theresa Talbot is a Glaswegian author and freelance broadcaster/journalist – as Traffic and Travel on BBC Radio Scotland her voice is familiar to many. I met up with her at BBC, Pacific Quay just after her 2 p.m. radio stint and enjoyed chatting about her blossoming career as a writer. Theresa could not be more […]
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, writers
Mandabi, GFT
12 – 17 June, 2021 Ousmane Sembène was once asked if his films were understood in Europe. Sembène’s response? ‘Let’s be clear. Europe is not my centre. Europe is the outskirts.’ With his startlingly funny but clear-eyed satire Mandabi, Sembène made a bid for the world to reorient itself towards Africa as the heart of cinema. […]
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ammonite, GFT
14 – 17 June, 2021 Francis Lee follows up God’s Own Country with a film that is every bit as immersive, tactile and emotionally powerful, aided by the devastatingly good Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. A fictionalised account of the life of the 19th century palaeontologist Mary Anning, Winslet plays the pioneering scientist with Ronan as the […]
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Earwig and the Witch at GFT
11 – 17 June, 2021 Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple take her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the […]
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