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. Alasdair Gray: A Life in Progress GFT
22 February, 2020 2.50 p.m. This special screening celebrates the life and work of Alasdair Gray, the novelist, painter, poet, playwright, outspoken political firebrand and irrepressible creative force who passed away in December 2019. Initially premiered at Glasgow Film Festival in 2013, Kevin Cameron’s feature-length documentary offers a colourful mosaic of interviews, vintage archive footage […]
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema
Parasite GFT
7 – 26 February, 2020 Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Okja) brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family, the picture of aspirational wealth, and the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. By a stroke of fate, these two houses are brought together and […]
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National Library of Scotland Kelvin Hall – World Thinking Day
Cine(sthesia) World Thinking Day 22 February, 2020 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St,Glasgow G3 8AW To celebrate World Thinking Day 2020, come along and see a selection of films from the Moving Image Archive featuring Girl Guides and Boy Scouts . This screening shows footage of Girl […]
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Love Sarah, Glasgow Film Festival
29 February and 1 March, 2020 The screening on 29 February will be followed by a Q&A with director Eliza Schroeder and other key members of the cast and crew including Bill Paterson, Celia Imrie and Shannon Tarbet. If you love Bake Off then you will delight in Eliza Schroeder’s bighearted drama where the delicious cakes almost steal the […]
The Public, GFT
21 – 25 February, 2020 Emilio Estevez has created a moving, thought-provoking, state-of-the-nation drama in The Public. Estevez stars as Stuart, a loyal member of staff at a public library in Cincinnati that has become a cherished sanctuary for dozens of the city’s homeless. On the coldest night of the year, with shelters filled to capacity, […]
Little Joe, GFT
21 – 25 February, 2020 Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, […]
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Greed GFT
21 – 26 February, 2020 Steve Coogan stars in this sharp satire as self-made British billionaire Sir Richard “Greedy” McCreadie, whose empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion but after a damaging public inquiry, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back […]
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The Whistlers, Glasgow Film Festival 2020
27 – 28 February, 2020 Director Corneliu Porumboiu moves into film noir territory with the tough, twisty, double-dealing thriller The Whistlers. Corrupt cop Cristi (Vlad Ivanov) is a member of a Bucharest crime syndicate. He travels to the Canary Island of La Gomera as part of a plan to free a Bucharest businessman who might […]
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The IASSIDD Exhibition ProjectAbility
Project Ability introduces second exhibition of the year. ‘The IASSIDD Exhibition’ – 29 February, 2020 – 9 April, 2020 Reception 29 February, 2020 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Project Ability Gallery, 1st Floor, Trongate 103, Glasgow Admission: Free International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Development Disabilities: The Exhibition In August of 2019 Glasgow hosted […]
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Glasgow Film Festival: The County
Friday 28 February, 2020 at 1.15 p.m. Followed by a Q&A with director Grímur Hákonarson. If you loved Woman At War (and who didn’t?), then you will want to see The County. Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir is outstanding as Inga, a careworn dairy farmer struggling to survive in a small Icelandic community. Her husband’s death is […]
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New Works Festival at Websters Theatre
24, 25 and 26 February, 2020 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow G4 9HZ New Works is a festival of brand new writing from Student Theatre at Glasgow (STAG). Each night consists of one short and one long play; written, directed and performed by STAG members. New Works is an opportunity for writers […]
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | 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
International Women’s Day – #EachforEqual: What Difference Does a Decade Make?
8 March, 2020 – 5 p.m. Cafezique, 66 Hyndland St, Partick, Glasgow G11 5PT A Scottish PEN Women Writers Committee event for International Women’s Day 2020 Free Event This year marks the start of another decade. Looking back over the past ten years many women have raised their voices and risked their careers and sometimes […]
East Dunbartonshire Schools Jazz Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble Easter Concert
24 March, 2020, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow, G11 5PU The Jazz Orchestra will perform Standards and Big Band Classics featuring compositions by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon and many more! The Percussion Ensemble will feature a huge array of Tuned and Untuned percussion […]
Monday, February 17, 2020 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Tram Direct presents ‘Islets of Silence’ (The C Word)
TRAM Direct presents “Islets of Silence” (The C Word) in partnership with pancreatic cancer. Written and directed by Isobel Barrett. The Gourley family of four enjoy life. Yes, they have their ups and downs, but their closeness is never in doubt. All this changes when a member of the family is diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. […]
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Roots Festival – An Evening with Wullie, George and Friends
26 February, 2020 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Bianco Nero 27 Gauze St, Paisley PA1 1ES FREE EVENT Sign up quickly as Bianco Nero can seat 30 people plus our lovely poets 🙂 This is a glorious and moving evening of readings by local and gifted writers / friends followed by an Open Mic. Wullie […]
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Evening of Stories and Songs with Kirstin Innes and Outi Smith
13 March, 2020 McKillop Institute, Main Street, Lochwinnoch PA12 4AJ Part of Lochwinnoch Arts Festival – 6 – 29 March, 2020 Join Lochwinnoch-based novelist Kirstin Innes and musician Outi Smith for a special evening of stories and songs. Kirstin Innes Kirstin’s new novel, Scabby Queen, traces the rise and fall of a one-hit-wonder. In this […]
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Aye Write 2020: Memoirs and Confessions – Justified Sinners Speakeasy
18 March, 2020 The Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DN 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Cheeky Besom Productions are Celebrating 250th Anniversary of James Hogg Dr Adrian Hunter, senior lecturer of English Studies at Stirling University said. “James Hogg is one of the great literary geniuses of the 19th century whose work is just as […]
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A Beautiful Day in The Neighbourhood, GFT
7 – 13 February, 2020 Lloyd Vogel is a cynical journalist commissioned to write a short profile of wholesome children’s TV presenter Fred Rogers. Convinced that there must be something dark lurking behind Fred’s kindly persona, Lloyd goes to interview him. But the encounter ends up revealing more about Lloyd’s own inner demons, as he […]
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Friday, February 14, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema
Lavinia Blackwall & Stilton, Lynnie Carson & The Hawking Gimmiks
With new albums apiece come and join Lavinia Blackwall’s band Stilton as they embark on a UK tour and Lynnie Carson as she launches her new album ‘Everything Inbetween’. Two dates, one weekend in back to back gigs Friday 1st May, 2020 at The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HG (£10 Buy Tickets) […]
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Pity Party Film Club Tangerine CCA
Sat 15 February 2020 6pm, £6 + £1.06 booking fee per screening / £15 + £1.76 booking fee for all-day ticket, Cinema / 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Pity Party Film Club Thelma & Louise Sat 15 February 2020 Pity Party Film Club presents a screening of Sean Baker’s incendiary, innovative 2015 comedy Tangerine. It’s […]
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema
Valentine’s Day at GFT 2020
Glassgow Film Theatre has a programme of fabulous films, all day, for Valentine’s Day 14 February, 2020. Parasite 14.00 17.00 and 20.00 Details and booking First Love 12.50 17.55 20.30 Details and Booking A Streetcar Named Desire 14.45 Details and Booking Mr Jones 15.15, 17.45 Details and Booking Preview: Portrait of A Lady on Fire […]
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A Streetcar Named Desire, GFT
14 – 17 February, 2020 In the sticky heat of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Blanche DuBois, a small-town beauty who feels her best years are behind her, arrives at the modest apartment of her sister, Stella, and her explosive husband, Stanley Kowalski. Elia Kazan’s legendary adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play is famed for the brute […]
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True Romance, Late Night Movie at GFT
14 February, 2020 – 11 p.m. What better way to mark Valentine’s Day than with a special late night screening of this star-studded, ultra-violent love story? Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette’s lovers on the run became 1990s icons in this stylish and hugely entertaining tale. Spontaneous newlyweds Clarence and Alabama are thrust into a dangerous […]
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Take 2: StarDog TurboCat GFT
Saturday 15 February, 2020 Buddy the dog has spent much of his life travelling round space as a companion to his astronaut owner. When his ship crash lands he finds Earth is different from how he left it and pets are under threat from the animal hating, Peck. So Buddy recruits cat Felix to take […]
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Preview: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
14 and 25 February, 2020 In late 18th century France, painter Marianne is commissioned by an affluent countess to paint the wedding portrait of her sheltered but headstrong daughter Héloïse, in the hope it will find her a wealthy husband. While posing as her hired companion, Marianne is instructed to complete the portrait in secret, […]
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Pity Party Film Club Clockwatchers CCA
Sat 15 February 2020 3.30pm, £6 + £1.06 booking fee per screening / £15 + £1.76 booking fee for all-day ticket, Cinema / 15+ / F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900Pity Party Film Club presents a screening of Jill Sprecher’s 1997 comedy-drama Clockwatchers. While she tries to determine her career goals, Iris (Toni Collette) becomes a temporary […]
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Pity Party Film Club Thelma & Louise CCA
Sat 15 February 2020 8.30pm, £6 + £1.06 booking fee per screening / £15 + £1.76 booking fee for all-day ticket, Cinema / 15+ / F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900Pity Party Film Club presents a screening of Ridley Scott’s classic road movie Thelma & Louise as part of our Suitable Women: Films of Female Friendship Vol.3 event. Meek […]
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Eminent Torture: A Manual for Modern Horror plus Recorded Introduction
16 February, 2020 In the 1950s the CIA and Canada covertly funded Scottish born psychiatrist Dr Ewen Cameron to embark on the darkest program of psychological experimentation in modern history. Subjecting his “patients” to sensory deprivation, forced comas, LSD injections and extreme physical and mental torture, Cameron’s techniques have since been used in 27 countries […]
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Show Me The Picture: Story of Jim Marshall
17 – 20 February, 2020 Jim Marshall was an outsider with attitude. This new documentary chronicles the infamous photographer’s life behind and beyond the camera. A child of immigrants with a life beset by inner demons, Jim fought his way to become one of the most trusted mavericks behind a lens throughout the 1960s. A […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2020 – Short Film Festival Programme
18 – 22 March, 2020 Glasgow Short Film Festival announces 2020 programme and explores the politics of place Glasgow Short Film Festival, the festival’s first as an independent charitable organisation. GSFF is, of course, a celebration of short film, although in typically contrary fashion. This year’s edition opens with a feature-length live performance, and there […]
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