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. Celtic Connections 2020 – Transatlantic Sessions review and photography Pauline Keightley
Review Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2020 This Celtic Connections Festival concert was under the musical direction of Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and multi-Grammy-winning dobro maestro Jerry Douglas. It was the 17th live Transatlantic Sessions, which commenced in 2003. What a joyous, positive concert exploring a wide range of music, including, upbeat rhythms, perfect harmonies, poignant moments, high […]
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2020, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Fessen/Reared New Poetry Collection by Lesley Benzie, Book Launch
The Muse at Avant Garde Monday, 23 March, 2020 at 7 p.m. Fessen/Reared – a new collection of poetry by Lesley Benzie will be launched at: Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT The evening will be hosted by Linda Jackson. Readers include: Donna Campbell, Danielle Redmond and Christie Williamson. Music by Kirsten Jackson […]
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Writing of Janet Paisley course with Linda Jackson
Examine and discuss Janet Paisley’s plays, poetry and fiction in a series of six classes with Dr Linda Jackson at University of Strathclyde. Thursdays 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. commencing 16 April, 2020 Cost of course: £65 For full details call: 0141 548 2116 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/centreforlifelonglearning
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Don’t Stop Me Now, The Tron
1 April, 2020 “A beautifully warm and moving human connection enabling me to drop more into myself.” Following a successful programme of Flames Guerrilla Sessions, The Flames return with Don’t Stop Me Now – a fully-rehearsed performance which challenges the taboos surrounding ageing. Taking artistic and thematic risks, Don’t Stop Me Now is a celebration of the superb stories […]
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Saturday, February 22, 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
Runner by Chris McQueer
25 March, 2020 The Tron Part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival From the award-winning author of Hings and HWFG comes a brand-new play for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2020. Chris McQueer takes a look at social media celebrity culture with the story of Scotland’s most famous influencer, Agnes Aratoria. Unable to walk down the street without phones being pointed […]
Poetry Slam – Open to All – The Tron
8 March, 2020 at 2 p.m. £6.50 Book tickets Live poetry competition open to everyone who would like to take part. Experienced poets and complete novices are welcome to come along and try their lyrics in a friendly but competitive setting. Contact robin.cairns@btconnect.com if you’d like to take part. Robin Cairns comperes. Tron Theatre Ltd., 63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HB
G20 Festival – U Fix It Cafe and Clothes Swop
Sunday 23 February, 2020 – 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. G20 Festival, Unit 3a The Quadrangle Shuna Street, G20 9PX This is the second in a series of events deigned to support you in fixing broken items. Join the G20 Festival team of volunteer experts who will support you in repairing items. Please get in […]
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Friday, February 21, 2020 | Filed under: Community event, Free Events, Kids and young people
Glasgow Film Festival 2020: Simple Women presented by Femspectives
29 February, 2020 Ambitious yet graceless film director Federica (Jasmine Trinca) has only ever had one obsession: cinema. One film in particular has always proved a particular inspiration: Hal Hartley’s Simple Men, where her obsession with Romanian actor Elina Löwensohn began. So when the opportunity to make a film about Elina, with Elina in the title […]
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Glasgow Film Festival: Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago, CCA
29 February, 2020 CCA, 350 Sauhiehall Street, G2 3JD Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A with director Rob Christopher and producer Michael Glover Smith. Hailed as ‘William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly’ poet, author and screenwriter Barry Gifford has given the world more than forty works […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2020: Jazz On A Summer’s Day
1 March, 2020 – 3 p.m. Considered the greatest jazz concert film ever made, Jazz On A Summer’s Day celebrates one joyous Saturday during the Newport Jazz Festival of 1958. Fashion photographer Bert Stern captures the people, performers and magical atmosphere of a day when the mouthwatering line-up included Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson, Thelonius Monk and […]
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Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance Fundraiser at Murrayfield
“Superheroes Abseil” – BT Murrayfield touchdown will prove a lifesaver 26 March, 2020, 9 a.m. _ 5 p.m. BT Murrayfield has welcomed its fair share of rugby heroes over the years. But superheroes of a very different kind will be aiming to touchdown at Edinburgh’s famous international arena next month. Dozens of fundraising daredevils are […]
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Country Funk Fridays – Reopening Tennent’s Bar Basement
Grand Re-opening Grand Ole Basement 28 February, 2020 – 8 p.m. – 11.59 p.m. Opening weekend night of the newly refurbished Tennent’s Bar and Basement! Celebrate with the return of Guest DJ someblokecalledfuz (Eclectic Mud) and your favorite truckadelic back porch jams! Free Entry! Donations welcome for CHILDREN’S WOOD! Tennent’s Bar, 191 Byres Road, G12 […]
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Moments of Resistance by Femspectives
UK premiere of Jo Schmeiser’s documentary MOMENTS OF RESISTANCE Saturday 22 February, 2020 – 6 p.m. Civic House, 26 Civic Street, Glasgow G4 9RH Jo Schmeiser | Austria 2019 | German, French, Dari w. English subtitles | 98′ | N/C 12+ A journey through time, MOMENTS OF RESISTANCE reflects on the connections between historical resistance […]
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Iberodocs Lisbon Beat CCA
LISBON BEAT (Batida de Lisboa) 15 March, 2020 This film screening is part of the 7th edition of IberoDocs, the Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival Scotland (26 FEB-15 MARCH) and will be introduced by Eirene Houston from Havana Glasgow Film Festival. (See Full Programme Iberodocs) Vasco Viana & Rita Maia • Portugal 2019 • 75 min […]
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Lost Transmissions, Glasgow Film Festival 2020
29 February and 1 March, 2020 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB The screening on Saturday 29 February will be followed by a Q&A with director Katharine O’Brien. Audience Award When a chance meeting at a party brings aspiring songwriter Hannah (Juno Temple ) and music producer Theo (Simon Pegg ) together, a promising partnership seems […]
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2020
Take 2: Spies in Disguise, GFT
Saturday, 22 February, 2020 Super slick spy Lance Sterling is always busy saving the world from the biggest threats. But when bumbling scientist Walter accidentally transforms Lance into a pigeon, can he still save the world? Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G12 0AP
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Dardishi Festival at CCA
Larissa Sansour, Nation Estate (Olive Tree), 2012 21 – 23 February, 2020 Dardishi 2020 Fri 21 February — Sun 23 February 2020 dardishi.com Dardishi Festival is a not-for-profit community venture that showcases Arab and North African womxn’s* contributions to contemporary art and culture. Born out of a zine, the Festival aims to strengthen creative collaboration within our community and […]
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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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
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