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. Aye Write: Stuart Cosgrove with Recollective, Barrowland Ballads
13th Mar 2020 • 7:45PM – 8:45PM • Mitchell Library Stuart Cosgrove in conversation with this artists collective about their year-long project on the beloved Barrowland Ballroom. Behind the blinking neon, at the very back of backstage, the artists of Recollective (Chris Leslie, Alison Irvine and Mitch Miller) spoke to musicians, stewards, cleaners, bar tenders, […]
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Filed under: Aye Write 2020, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Aye Write: Ben Stewart and Oliver Knowles. Led By Donkeys
13th Mar 2020 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM • Mitchell Library Led By Donkeys are seeking to highlight the hypocrisy of our politicians on Brexit Four friends armed with nothing more than ladders, roller brushes and a treasure trove of damning statements from our leaders slapped up the politicians’ biggest lies on billboards around the country, […]
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Aye Write 2020: Loved and Lost: Govanhill’s Built Heritage
Bruce Downie and Paula Larkin, Govanhill’s Built Heritage 13th Mar 2020 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM • Mitchell Library Loved and Lost is a journey through the ever-changing landscape of Govanhill Loved and Lost is a journey through the ever-changing landscape of Govanhill. Explore the buildings, streets and places of Govanhill through the decades. From steamies […]
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Discover Family History at Kelvinhall
Discovering your family history at the Moving Image Archive 11 February and 19 March, 2020 2pm-3:30pm Have you discovered the outline of your family history? Do you want to find out more about your ancestors’ lives? National Libraries Workshop at Kelvin Hall will show you how to their our huge range of digital resources. This session […]
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Learn Gaelic – Family Fun Session at NLS Kelvinhall
Buy tickets and select date (Tuesdays) 4 and 18 February, 2020. Seisean spòrsail ag amas air pàrantan/luchd-cùraim agus clann aois 3-5 bliadhna, ag ionnsachadh còmhla tro chleachdadh air filmichean, sgeulachdan agus ceòl. Fun session aimed at parents/carers and children aged 3-5 years, learning together using films, stories and music. Each family ticket admits 1 adult […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Kids and young people
Celtic Connections 2020 Auld Lang Syne Concert review and photos Pauline Keightley
What an excellent concert! This concert had a fantastic line up of singers backed by the wonderful Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Of course a performance with much loved Burns songs, these singers and the orchestra was bound to be a winner and everyone was on top form. Gaelic singer Karen Matheson began the concert with some […]
Friday, January 31, 2020 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Celtic Connections 2020, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Finish Exposure Films from the Arctic
Fri 31 January 2020 CCA 7.30pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema All ages 0141 352 4900Birds in the Earth by Marja Helander and Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest by Katja Gauriloff explore changing Sámi culture and identity. Birds in the Earth In the video we see two ballerinas in white tutus dancing against the backdrop of Lapland’s landscapes. Suddenly their […]
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema
Water Lilies, GFT
2 – 5 February, 2020 Céline Sciamma’s debut is a perceptive coming of age drama that captures all the anguish and yearning of adolescence. Three very different 15-year-old girls, Marie, Floriane and Anne, are all desperate for a place in the local synchronised swimming team. Their paths cross in the corridors at the pool, where […]
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Bugs and Beasts Before the Law
Sat 1 February 2020 CCA 6pm – 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema All ages 0141 352 4900 Bugs and Beasts before the Law is an experimental film that explores the medieval practice of putting animals on trial. This history of colonial law-making forged political and sometimes profane relationships between humans and animals. Bambitchell’s new essayistic work reimagines […]
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Frozen GFT
Saturday 1 February, 2020, 11.30 a.m. We just couldn’t let it go! And now Frozen fever is back along with Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven. Elsa is continuing to rule Arandelle when a mysterious voice starts to call her to an enchanted forest that holds clues to her past. Details and booking – free […]
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Preview: Parasite + Satellite Q&A with Bong Joon-ho-GFT
Monday 3 February, 2020 (18.00) It’s the film we’ve all been waiting for, and you can believe the hype. This story of a family of scammers in South Korea is a darkly twisted comedy that’s up there with the best Coen Brothers movies. The Park family are the picture of aspirational wealth. Sensing a golden opportunity, […]
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Queen and Slim, GFT
31 January – 6 February, 2020 A couple’s first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over. Forced to hit the road, they unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for African Americans across the USA. With a propulsive narrative reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde, Queen & Slim is a chase […]
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Cine(thesia) Coming Out, Kelvin Hall
Wednesday 5 February, 2020 – 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. This screening celebrates LGBT History Month. Hear from Scotland’s queer community – with film from the Moving Image Archive and oral histories from Scotland’s Sounds and OurStory Scotland. Event on Facebook LGBT History Month Scotland
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| Filed under: Cinema, LGBT Glasgow, LGBT History Month
The Personal History of David Copperfield GFT
Until 6 February, 2020 A fresh and distinctive adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic semi-autobiographical novel about a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies, but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. From his unhappy childhood, to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by […]
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Climate Change Poetry: Is it Effective? Scottish Writers Centre
Tuesday 11 February, 2020, 7 p.m. Club Room, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD With Colin Will and Eveline Pye will be leading a discussion and readings on Climate Change. They will introduce the STEM poets and talk about the challenges in writing about Climate Change. Additional readers are John Bolland, Mandy Haggith, Gillian Mellor, […]
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DeepEnd Mural Govanhill Community Baths
Friday 31 January, 2020 . 3.30 p.m. Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, G42 7RA Artist Jem Milton will unveil their mural commissioned to transform the courtyard at The Deep End. Refreshments provided. Funded by Glasgow Life- South East Vibrancy Programme Facebook Event
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Free Events
As I See Cuba (Como Veo Cuba) Photography Exibition
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP 1 – 27 February, 2020 Celebrating 500 years of Havana with an exhibition of photographs taken in Cuba by Roberto Chile (Havana) and Dougie Souness (Glasgow). Free event For more information or to buy prints / catalogues online In November, Cuba celebrated the 500th anniversary of its capital […]
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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Free Events
Glasgow Film Festival – Programme Announced 2020
Glasgow Film Festival 2020 26 February – 8 March, 2020 You’re in for a treat with this year’s film festival Download the GFF 2020 Programme Brochure (PDF) Or pick up programme at Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Star guests including George Mackay, Caitlin Moran, Simon Bird, Cannes Best Actress Award Winner […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Candlelight Spoken Word Open Mic
The Old Toll Bar, 1 -3 Paisley road west G51 1LF Thursdays 7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. kicks off 30 January, 2020 Poets and Spoken Word artists – Welcome! Join the Speakeasy. Candlelight Open Mic provides a cosy atmosphere, in a private bar, where new poets can start out and experienced poets can test new […]
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Monday, January 27, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Flying Dug Quiz Night, Glasgow
Tuesdays The Flying Duck Presented by the man with all the answers Duglas T Stewart. Questions start at 8 p.m. Free to enter – Super Prizes Bring yer teams! The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield St, Glasgow G2 3AU
Wakeful Screening at CCA
7 February, 2020 6 p.m. Hosted by See Red Women’s Workshop CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Glasgow screening of ‘Wakeful’.. back to Clydeside! Artists’ film Wakeful reconstructs the voyage of a Clydeside destroyer following the Bolshevik Revolution, in an expanded screening foregrounding experimental approaches to historical memory. Anne Robinson’s Wakeful concerns a hidden history. […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Free Events
The Siren Awakes by Linda Jackson, West End Launch
Burns Books and Me – Sunday 26 January, 2019 7 p.m. Launch of The Siren Awakes in Glasgow West End at St Louis, Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6RD Linda will read from her memoir. Plus guests. Music from the Linda Jaxson Trio
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Sunday, January 26, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events
Celtic Connections 2020 Hannah Read and Andy Monaghan review by Fionnuala Boyle
Celtic Connections made its way to the CCA on Friday 24th January to welcome singer/fiddler Hannah Read and Frightened Rabbit guitarist Andy Monaghan, with support from singer-songwriter Cara Rose. The musicians were a pleasure to be in the company of and to listen to, with the dimly-lit room providing a real Zen ambience for the […]
Saturday, January 25, 2020 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Celtic Connections 2020, Fionnuala Boyle, blogging about culture, arts and other stuff
Opening and Closing Galas announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2020
Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) will open and close with major features directed by women. The 16th annual festival will open on 26 February with UK premiere of Alice Wincour’s Proxima starring Eva Green The Festival will close on 8 March with UK premiere of the big screen adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s How to Build a […]
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Celine and Julie Go Boating, GFT
26 January, 2020 Jacques Rivette’s 1974 film is an acknowledged masterpiece of avant-garde cinema. Partly co-written by the cast, it centres on the friendship between its eponymous heroines, Céline, a cabaret performer, and the librarian/magician Julie. Following each other around Paris, they become accidental detectives, investigating mysterious, recurrent events in a haunted house. Céline and […]
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Different from Others with Illustrated Talk, GFT
29 January, 2020 First released 100 years ago, almost destroyed in the Nazi era, and once believed lost, silent film Different from the Others is an artistic call for gay liberation. The romance between a musician (Conrad Veidt) and his pupil is complicated by stigma and the attentions of an enigmatic blackmailer (Reinhold Schünzel). Screening as part […]
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Waves GFT
17 – 30 January, 2020 Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family — led by a well-intentioned but domineering father — as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. From acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults, Waves is a heartrending story about […]
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Bombshell GFT
17 – 30 January, 2019 Based on a real scandal, Bombshell is the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man at the helm of the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes resigned in 2016 following sexual assault allegations from several female employees and went on […]
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Chinese Visual Festival 2020
Sat 25 January — Sun 26 January 2020 chinesevisualfestival.org Related CCA Events Chinese Visual Festival Wrath of Silence | 暴裂无声 Sat 25 January 2020 Chinese Visual Festival Black Coal Thin Ice | 白日焰火 Sun 26 January 2020 Chinese Visual Festival The Wild Goose Lake | 南方车站的聚会 Sun 26 January 2020 123 Celebrate Chinese New Year as Chinese […]
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Coastal Connections Festival 2020 review and photography by Pauline Keightley
Celtic Connections 2020 18 January, 2020 Celebrating Coastal Connections This new festival within a festival celebrating Scotland’s vast coastlines and many islands was highly successful and a sold-out event. For the price of a ticket, we were given a wristband to access musical performances of the highest calibre . The festival was held over different […]
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| Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Celtic Connections 2020, Pauline Keightley
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