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. Edinburgh Film Festival At Home
24 June – 5 July, 2020 Delighted to bring you new releases, including UK premieres, live Q&As and special guests across a 12-day festival! Everyone is missing their frequent visits to beloved cinemas and festivals, and the thrill that comes from watching an exciting new release on the big screen. Edinburgh International Film Festival and […]
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus
A Northern Extravaganza with Shetlandic Poets Christie Williamson and Roseann Watt
A Northern Extravaganza in the Land of Zoom 30 June, 2020 – 7 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. Free – For Members of Scottish Writers Centre Email to arrange membership A Northern extravaganza in the Land of Zoom. Join Shetlandic poets Christie Williamson and Roseanne Watt for an evening of poetry and discussion. Roseanne Watt is a poet, […]
World Refugee Day Saturday 20 June, 2020
Tomorrow is World Refugee Day Kiki K Yoga – Yoga for Kindness, 20 June, 2020 at 6 p.m. Celebrate #WorldRefugeeDay with a gentle Yoga for Kindness practice. This 45-minute practice is based on classes taught to a group of refugee and asylum seeking women who find it hard to access mainstream yoga classes. It is […]
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Friday, June 19, 2020 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Refugee Festival Scotland, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sunset Sessions with Alan Frew
Friday 19 June, 2020 at 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. Live Stream – Sunset Acoustic Sessions Alan will be playing some new songs and taking requests. www.facebook.com/alanfrewmusic
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| Filed under: Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Joan of Arc Glasgow Film Theatre – Virtual Cinema
GFT is partnering with Modern Films on ‘virtual cinema’ screenings of Joan of Arc from 19 June. GFT will receive a portion of income from any virtual GFT tickets sold. Joan of Arc at Glasgow Film Theatre Price £9.99 Watch At Home About the Film Bruno Dumont makes the bold choice of casting a 10 year old […]
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Thursday, June 18, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
French Film Festival UK November – December 2020
French Film Festival UK reveals early programme plans The organisers of the French Film Festival are delighted to announce the current programme for this year’s 28th edition with plans to run the Festival across November and December 2020. The programme, which is still a work in progress, will feature films which include classics like Costa-Gavras’ nailbiting thriller The Sleeping Car Murders, running […]
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Nurture through Nature – one to one support Woodlands Community
Woodlands Community Garden has remained open during the pandemic and they have seen the benefits the garden has brought to its visitors in reducing their stress. This has led to developing a new initiative – their Nature Recovery Project. Over the coming months Woodlands Community will be offering additional opportunities for people to get outdoors, […]
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Health and Fitness, Woodlands Community
Creative Pollination: Exploration and Creative Writing Woodlands Community
Four Week Course – 23 June – 17 July, 2020 As a part of Woodlands Nature Recovery Project, join in a creative journey out of lockdown and into enlivening relationship with the living world! A four-week adventure of experiential herbalism, place-based explorations and creative writing. Combining personal, collaborative and free-flow approaches to writing, the project […]
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‘Here Comes The Moon’ – live stream single launch Starry Skies
Thursday, 25 June, 2020 at 8 p.m. Warren McIntyre of Starry Skies will be playing 7 songs to mark the release of new single ‘Here Comes the Moon’. New track is a full tempo garage pop love song produced by Matt Harvey in Maybank Studios, Glasgow and mastered by producer Kramer. The track is a […]
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‘Doors tae Naewye’ poetry by Christie Williamson
Doors tae Naewye by Christie Williamson (published by Luath Press) £8.99 (Available to buy at Luath Press) Supported by the Scottish Book Trust ‘Doors tae Naewye’ is a book of broken sequences, with nearly three quarters of the poetry being in Shetlandic, and the rest in English. ‘My first collection was the result of over […]
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Monday, June 15, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers
Glasgow Film Festival 2020 – Jazz on a Summer’s Day review by Pat Byrne
On a dreich Glasgow day a perfect movie choice was Jazz On A Summer’s Day, showing at Glasgow Film Festival 2020. Fashion photographer Bert Stern’s film of the Newport Jazz Festival 1958 not only offered an amazing line up of some of the world’s most wonderful jazz musicians but also caught the fashion, atmosphere and […]
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Sunday, June 14, 2020 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2020, Pat's Home Page Blog
Blessed Assurance by Stewart Ennis
Published by Vagabond Voices, November, 2019 Blessed Assurance is a coming of age novel. It is set against the backdrop of a small close-knit evangelical community in the fictional Scottish village of Kilhaugh one fog bound December in the late nineteen sixties when the Cold War was on the brink of turning hot. The […]
Black Lives Matter – Anti-Racism Community Reflection on Zoom
Wednesday, 17 June, 2020 5.30 p.m.- 7 p.m. Woodlands Community have been doing a lot reflecting about their response to the current international outcry for racial justice. They realise that though posting on social media can show momentary solidarity for Black Lives, a true commitment to anti-racist work is shown in the days, months and […]
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Saturday, June 13, 2020 | Filed under: Community event, Woodlands Community, Zoom and online events
Stuck in the Suburbs – Refuweegee
Refuweegee Benefit Gig – June 25, 2020 – 8 p.m. Line Up Dean Owens, Christine Bovill, Tam Dean Burn, Sarah MacDougall and Tim Dowling and chums so please do join on Zoom. The show will run from 8.00 and last for around an hour. https://www.refuweegee.co.uk/ Refuweegee is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Details […]
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Friday, June 12, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
The Poets’ Time – weekly meetings with Linda Jackson on Zoom
Wednesday, 17 June, 2020, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Zoom. The Poets’ Time’ is a series of six weekly meetings run by Linda Jackson via the Zoom platform. A new class for reading, writing and sharing poetry. An opportunity on Zoom to learn, connect and have fun with a vibrant community of writers. ‘Classes […]
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A Celebration of Birds: Sharing stories, memories and hope
Woodlands Community – Zoom Event Thursday, June 11, 2020, 7 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. During Lockdown many of us have spent more time than usual observing nature close to home, including the birds in our gardens, trees and on our street corners. In this informal and interactive session participants will share what they have learnt […]
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Do You Remember Marseilles Charity Single
Raising Funds for G20 Festival – Food From the Woods Do You Remember Marseilles by Jim Byrne You have helped to raise money for the Food from the Wood project, providing food packages and supplies to those who are in desperate need due to the COVID-19 crisis. Dancers, in order of appearance: Basia Palka Pat […]
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Saturday, June 6, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, G20 Festival, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog
Lockdown Sessions Love Glasgow Hate Racism
6 June, 2020 8 p.m. In the build up to next week, the very first #LoveGlasgowHateRacism gig will be broadcast with @joesolomusic @TheWakes & @LosFastidios91 in Glasgow QMU back in 2018. Broadcast here
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LGBTI Elders Online Social Dance Club
Dust off your dancing shoes, charge your glasses and get ready for ONLINE DANCE CLUB! 7 June 2.00pm – 3.30pm (BST) please email for the link PRIDE FOR ALL LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club – ONLINE We might not be able to meet in person, but we can use the magic of technology to connect, […]
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Friday, June 5, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Dance, LGBT Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Learn How To Use Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland
11 June, 2020 – 3 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. The Moving Image Archive has been collecting and preserving films since 1976. All of Scottish life can be seen in adverts, documentaries, home movies, promotional films, amateur comedies, educational programmes and more. This workshop is designed to introduce you to the archive and guide you through […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Classes and Workshops, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
National Library of Scotland Film Friday
Friday 5 June, 2020 Take in the sunny sights and bustle as National Library of Scotland travels to three different locations in Scotland for this Film Friday. ℎ ℎ ℎ … https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2805 , Get “away, away, away from it all” and sail into the Isle of Bute and Rothesay. In this film narrated by Douglas […]
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Makar to Makar, Jackie Kay with Imtiaz Dharker and Suzanne Bonnar
Series of live-streamed conversation, spoken word and music gigs Thursdays at 7 p.m. Created, curated and hosted by Jackie Kay, the Makar and the National Poet for Scotland, Makar to Makar will showcase a dazzling line-up of established lyrical talent and emerging voices on Thursdays at 7pm. This week Jackie is joined by poet, artist […]
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Life is too short online readings and recorded performances
Sky Above Me Earth Below Me Fire Within Me With Rose Ann Fraser Ritchie 10 June and multiple dates Free Book at EventBrite For email information regarding link to Zoom.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
‘A Handful of Dates’ Africa in Motion Online
Friday 5 June, 2020 In a mythical Sudanese village between the desert and the Nile, a young boy enjoys an idyllic childhood, taking pleasure in the fertile fruits of the land and basking by the river. But the boy’s precious world begins to unravel when he learns the disturbing truth behind his family’s fortune, and […]
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Historic Significance of Ellisland Farm, Centre for Robert Burns
Friday 5 June, 2020, 11 a.m. The Centre for Robert Burns Studies University of Glasgow and Ellisland Farm teams will participate with Prof Gerry Carruthers in online seminar on the historic significance of Ellisland Farm as a Burns site. Join The Talk on The Historical Importance of Ellisland Farm (Home of Rabbie Burns 1788 – […]
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The Atom: A Love Affair GFT watch online
GFT care offering ustomers £1 off the rental price to watch The Atom: A Love Affair. They receive a percentage of profits from each rental using thir discount code, so you can watch a fantastic film and support GFT at the same time. Use the code GFTATOM at checkout, or purchase the film by clicking THE DIRECT […]
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Best of Africa in Motion Shorts – Shoeshine screening online
Available until 12 June, 2020 Some amazing films from Africa and beyond – Pay what you feel Set in a busy street of Dar es Salaam, a shoeshine boy offers us a conscious and subconscious perspective of the space and people of his city ranging from the local politician to University students as well as […]
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BAKOSÓ: AFROBEATS DE CUBA FILM – Africa in Motion
12 June, 2020 at 7 p.m. What does ‘Está Rico’ by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with ‘Made For Now’ by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both hijacked Afrobeats and did not give the genre’s origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de […]
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Create & Connect Showcase. Glasgow Women’s Library
Wednesday 3 June, 2020, 6pm – 7.30pm New writing from the GWL Create and Connect writing group. Hear work from new members of the Glasgow Women’s Library’s Spring Create and Connect group in a magical evening of poetry, prose, storytelling and – most importantly – creating and connecting. Facilitated by Titilayo Farukuoye, this online showcase […]
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Live from a Tenement – Chiara Berardelli
31 May, 2020 at 8 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. ‘I know, I know, just as we start going outside I’m asking you to stay in! Well you don’t want to overdo that sunshine do you? Got to pace yourself.’ Join Chiara Berardelli and hear some new, and old, tunes. Event on Facebook Raising funds for […]
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