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..

Science on the Sofa – Activities for Kids

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Hands On Families – Science on the Sofa Really Small Science Meet the Really Small Science Team from Chemical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. They are bringing you four activities to try at home. Each with an activity sheets of instructions available for you to download. There are also two ‘How-To’ videos for Nanopolymer Bouncy […]

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Breathe Better: Beginners Breathing Workshop

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Wednesday, 21 October, 2020 Workshops at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Hosted by Woodlands Community To book: Book for 1 p.m. workshop Book for 2 p.m. workshop There is a limit to numbers of people per session for this 45 minute workshop, so please book . There will be two sessions 1pm and 2pm. Please make […]

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From Glasgow To Saturn Fall Launch

15 October, 2020 – 9 p.m. From Glasgow To Saturn – A Literary Journal. From Glasgow to Saturn showcases work by the current students and staff of Glasgow University and the Glasgow School of Art.  The journal includes work by both undergraduates and postgraduates plus alumni (of any and all courses, including short and continuing […]

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Deep Dive Workshops Stay at Home Literary Festival

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Tuesday 13 October, 2020, 6 p.m. Zoom Event- Stay At Home Literary Festival Elizabeth Reeder shares with you the complex nature surrounding the conception, execution, and most importantly the process of her decision-making in her writing projects.  About the Event As a writer, Dr. Elizabeth K. Reeder has a total addiction to creating unspoken, embedded […]

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Game On: Queer Disruptions in Sport screening plus Q&A

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Q & A 12 October, 2020 – 6 p.m. Hosted by Scottish Queer International Film Festival and LEAP Sports Scotland Free event Online event – tickets Evenbrite Game on: Queer Disruptions in Sport is a documentary which shines a light on the experiences of those with diverse identities within grassroots sport. The film features the stories of […]

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World Food Day 2020 – Propogate Scotland

Join Propagate Scotland to celebrate World Food Day on Friday 16th of October 2020! Throughout the day, there will be hosting garden tours, cooking demos, how-to videos, a film screening and discussion panel and. of course, digital Gardener’s Question Time! Events will be a mix of livestreamed and pre-recorded events for you to enjoy. There […]

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Black History Month: Scots and Early British Colonialism in Asia

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Wednesday 14 October, 2020 from 1 p.m. Hosted by Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights CRER Scotland Online event – Register at Eventbrite The Other Half of the Empire: Scots and early British colonialism in Asia c. 1690-c.1820. Online talk by Dr Andrew McKillop, Glasgow University, for Black History Month 2020. Debates on the historical […]

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International Day of the Girl Child

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 10TH, 2020 – 13:30 “What is happening to the daughters of the yam? Seem like they just don’t know how to draw up the powers from the deep like before.” – Toni Cade Bambara,The Salt Eaters How to watch and join in the discussion: This will be streamed live to our Facebook page and you […]

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Rose Ruane, Creative Conversations

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Monday 12 October 2020 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Free Zoom Event – Register on Eventbrite You will be sent the link to join once you book. Rose Ruane is an artist and writer. Her debut novel This is Yesterday was published by Corsair books, and she is currently undertaking a PhD at Glasgow university. She […]

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There’s Something in the Water, Femspectives and Take One Action

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Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 October, 2020  Hosted by Femspectives and Take One Action Film Festivals Online event Join  Femspectives Facebook group to access the Zoom link For final screening of #FemspectivesAtHome Femspectives have teamed up with Take One Action Film Festivals for a screening of Ellen Page and Ian Daniel’s THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE WATER. The […]

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Blue Heart – Take One Action Film Festival

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Tuesday 6 October, 2020 7 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Hosted by Take One Action Film Festivals and Transition Stirling Online event Free Tickets at Eventbrite Watch this film at home and join in the discussion afterwards. The synopsis of ‘Blue Heart’ On the Balkan Peninsula, between Slovenia and Albania, more than 3,000 proposed hydro power projects threaten […]

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Glasgow Science Festival 2020

Festival runs until 9 November, 2020 Science on the Sofa   The principal aim of Glasgow Science Festival is to showcase the outstanding contribution Glasgow and Glasgow based researchers make to the worlds of science, technology, engineering, art, maths and social science (STEAM). Working with researchers and partners a varied programme has been produced showcasing  […]

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A.E. Stallings at Creative Conversations

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Monday 05 October 2020 1 .m. – 2 p.m. Zoom Event Register at Eventbrite A. E. Stallings, born in 1968, is an American poet who has lived in Athens, Greece since 1999. She studied Classics at the University of Georgia, and later at Oxford University. She has published three collections of poetry, Archaic Smile (which […]

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SQIFF Programme 2020

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5 – 18 October, 2020 Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2020 will take place online with their film programme available on Vimeo on Demand within the UK.  You can also enjoy online watch parties, workshops, Q&As, discussions, parties, and a closing night quiz. Strands Strands include queer sci-fi from across the world in Every Utopia […]

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Watch Party: Tongues Untied – Black History Month Scotland

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Thursday, October 8, 2020 – 8:30 PM –  10:15 PM Scottish Queer International Film Festival presents TONGUES UNITED In his own words, Marlon Riggs aimed to shatter the “nation’s brutalising silence on matters of sexual and racial difference” with his 1989 film Tongues Untied. A challenging and captivating work, many of Riggs’ key messages still resonate […]

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Black Cowgirls and Cowboys, Real and Imagined

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Black History Month 2020 Presentation on the real history of African-American heroes in the ‘Wild West’ for Black History Month 2020. Thursday, October 15, 2020,  6:00 PM –  7:30 PM About this Event This presentation will cover the real history of African-American heroes in the ‘Wild West’ and their representation on Hollywood movies. In the 60s […]

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CRER Lunchtime Talks – Black History Month

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THE OTHER HALF OF THE EMPIRE: SCOTS AND EARLY BRITISH COLONIALISM IN ASIA. C. 1690-C.1820 14 October, 2020, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Black History Month Scotland 2020 Debates on the historical origins of inequality and racism in Scotland often focus, understandably, on the legacies of involvement in transatlantic slavery. But the British Empire was […]

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Creative Conversations:Roseanne Watt

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Monday 19 October 2020 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Zoom Event – Free Register at Eventbrite  You will be sent the link to join the meeting after booking.. Roseanne Watt is a poet, filmmaker and musician from the Shetland Isles, currently based in Edinburgh. She was the winner of the 2018 Edwin Morgan Poetry […]

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Fly your flag in Woodlands!

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Woodlands Community Garden Please join  in a collective project to create a set of bright flags, reflecting on how the past six months has affected you. Bring a splash of colour and a feeling of solidarity to the community, whether that’s with messages of activism, hope, kindness, sadness or struggle. Come along in your own […]

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Hey – That’s Mine – Museums and Black History Month Glasgow

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Wednesday, 28 October 2020 from 13:00-14:30 Public · Hosted by CRER Scotland FREE Online event – Tickets and information at Eventbrite A talk by Dr. Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum, for Black History Month 2020. How did Black History Month start? How did this affect the Black consciousness movement in the United States, […]

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Jambo – Black History Month Radio Sessions Scotland

Throughout October, starting Friday 2 October, 2020 10 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Tune in to Jambo! Radio throughout the month of October to listen to the Roundtable Cultural Discussion ‘How can we change the consequences of racism when it is rooted in systems and slavery?’  Event will host some of the top Scottish black leaders […]

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Compass Gallery – Gregor Smith Exhibition

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Gregor Smith RSW – Four Points: A Geographical Journey 3 October – 28 November, 2020 Gregor Smith RSW has exhibited with Compass Gallery since the 1970s, a regular exhibitor in their mixed exhibitions and a dear friend of Compass Gallery, this will be his fifth solo show with us.   Four Points: A Geographical Journey […]

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How to Manage Hip and Knee Pain

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 Tuesday 6 October, 2020 6.45 p.m. – 8 p.m. FREE virtual talk with Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mr Drummond Mansbridge on ‘How to manage hip and knee pain from arthritis to sports injuries’. BMI Ross Hall Hospital on Facebook  Mr Mansbridge will be covering the hip and knee joints, the types of pain people experience and […]

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Monday, September 28, 2020 | Filed under: Health and Fitness, Zoom and online events

Truck Art at The Mela

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29 September, 2020 Online 6.50 p.m. Truck Art at the Virtual Glasgow Mela Join film-maker Bash Khan, Glasgow Museums curator of World Cultures Pat Allan, and Nadia Mirza-Saadi to learn about contemporary life on the road in South Asia, focussing on Truck Art culture in Pakistan and India. With workshop. Join Online Virtual Glasgow Mela […]

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In Focus: 16 Years: Gigs in Scotland 1974 – 1990 Online Book Launch

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Thursday 1st October, 2020 6.30 p.m. Street Level Photoworks  Livestreamed through on Street Level Photoworks on Facebook For the fifth in series of In Focus talks with book launch for ’16 Years: Gigs in Scotland 1974 – 1990′, a comprehensive yet accessible photobook on live music in Scotland during a key period. The book is […]

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Tony Singh: Glasgow Mela Food Cooking Demo

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Join Tony on FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER and SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 7.00pm – 7.25pm on glasgowmela.com where he’ll be cooking up a storm! Virtual Glasgow Mela  until 30 September, 2020 Grab your spices and get involved in Tony Singh’s Mela street food cooking demo! A firm favourite on the UK TV cooking circuit, Tony’s flare for quirky […]

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Creative Conversations: Homi K Bhabha

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(Image:Homi_K._Bhabha.jpg: jeanbaptisteparisderivative work: Hidro / CC BY-SA) Thursday 01 October 2020 – 5.30 to 6.3o p.m. Homi K Bhabha on the “Unprepared” Creative Conversations College of Arts Zoom Event Register at Evenbrite (Once you register you will be sent a link) Homi K Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard […]

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World of International Film Festival 2020

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8 – 11 October, 2020 The 7th edition of the World of Film International Festival opens on 8 October 2020, and will run both in cinema and online over 4 days. The Festival aspires to bring more audiences, filmmakers and industry professionals together, creating a platform to exchange ideas, showcase their work and most importantly […]

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Creative Thursdays – Jewish Textile Art

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Thursday 24 September, 2020 – 10 a.m. Jewish Textile Art: with Prof Malcolm Lochhead, Debby Taylor with Marsha Gladstone. Free Event – Registration link: The Giffnock Synagogue Yoni Jesner Memorial Parochet (Curtain) with Malcolm Lochhead, textile artist and designer. Emeritus Professor of Visual Design, Glasgow Caledonian University – in conversation with Marsha Gladstone: a glimpse […]

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Project-Ability, Virtual Exhibition

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Flashback to February 21 September – 21 October, 2020 An exhibition featuring a selection of paintings that were made just before the studios closed due to Coronavirus. These are paintings that might have been forgotten, archived away and left unseen. So many exhibitions have been cancelled, and many of these paintings would have found their […]

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