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. Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love GFT
26 July – 1 August, 2019 The new documentary from Nick Broomfield (Whitney: Can I Be Me) profiles the beautiful yet tragic love story between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Their love began on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in 1960 as part of a bohemian community of foreign artists, writers […]
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Friday, July 26, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Love to Learn Open Day Glasgow Clyde College
Saturday 27 July, 2019 from 10am-2pm Langside Campus. Glasgow Clyde College, 50 Prospecthill Rd, Langside, Glasgow G42 9LB Discover the joy of learning with the college’s programme of evening and weekend leisure classes. Why not take the opportunity to learn a new skill, take up a new hobby, make new friends or just have some […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Courses
Alien 3: The Unfilmed Script
3 – 5 October, 2019 – 7.30 p.m. Presented by Shows on a Shoestring and Scare Scotland… Alien 3 was a notoriously troubled movie production which went through several scripts and directors, even before filming began. This script is the most bizarre of the many they didn’t use and now it’s live on stage! After […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Freed Spirit : The Paintings of Maria Spadoni (1928 – 2014) RGI
RGI Kelly Gallery, 13th July – 10th August 2019 “In the midst of melancholy and solitude, painting began as a release of my being. An unloading of my spirit. Now an endless road leads me in a landscape of changing companions. Children brought to life by a selfless passion, a burning energy driving me to […]
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Grateful Dead Meet Up 2019 GFT
Thursday 1 August, 2019 at 8.15 p.m. Come one, come all! Join Dead Heads in your neighbourhood – and around the world – to celebrate the 9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the movies. This can’t-miss event features the previously unreleased complete June 17, 1991 concert from Giants Stadium. Widely considered one of the greatest […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Merchant City Festival 2019
25 – 28 July, 2019 The Merchant City Festival is a wonderful celebration of creativity which brings carnival to the streets and venues in the heart of Glasgow. A diverse programme with performances by artists, musicians, dancers and all kinds of live entertainers. Enjoy shopping at artisan stalls and find brilliant food and drink on […]
Antony and Cleopatra, Websters Theatre
10/08/2019 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm In this adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic, Antony and Cleopatra, Rebel Cow Theatre challenges tradition with a female Mark Antony and a male Cleopatra. A cast of eight actors tell the story of Mark Antony, one of three rulers of the Roman Empire who neglects her duties in Rome […]
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Loving The Enemy, Websters Theatre
29 – 31 July, 2019 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm Upstairs in The Playhouse Unfortunately this venue is not wheelchair accessible. 12+ Only Hugo’s in No Man’s Land. Born and raised in Scotland, he’s miles away from his family’s Italian roots but Britain has become a hostile place for his community, demonised when Italy sides […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Glasgow Film celebrates record-breaking admissions in another successful year of dynamic growth
Glasgow Film comprises Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Glasgow Film Festival (GFF), Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) and Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF), as well as an extensive range of engagement, outreach and educational programmes that aim to reach people of all ages and backgrounds. In 2018/19, GFT achieved 193,218 admissions, the fourth busiest year on […]
| Filed under: Cinema
Deaf Connections, Fundraiser for Theatre Nemo Glasgow
August 2nd, 2019 – 7.30 p.m. Glasgow Kelvin College’s Musical Theatre Graduates of 2018 will reunite for a night of musical entertainment and fundraising, all in aid of Theatre Nemo – a Glasgow based organisation that exists to support people in recovery from poor mental health. Tickets are £5 (plus booking fee) and all ticket […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
The Blue Arrow 59:60 Celebrating the Year that Changed Jazz
59:60 | A series of very special shows celebrating the 60th anniversary of 1959: the year that changed jazz. Paying tribute to Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chet Baker! Featuring local heros Alan Benzie – Pianist and Composer, Stephen Henderson, Michael Butcher, Adam Jackson, Brodie Jarvie, Dough Hough, Conor Smith, Tom Gibbs, Fergus McCreadie – Pianist,TomPotterDrums, Luca Manning […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019
1 – 26 August, 2019 In an era of contradiction and division the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival invites authors and audiences to find new stories to give meaning to the world. Stories are to society what DNA is to human life – small strings of information which become bound together to make up a shared understanding of […]
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Africa in Motion Film Festival Foreign Body CCA
Saturday 27 July 2019 7pm, £6 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema / 12+ F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 After three highly-acclaimed feature films (Red Satin, Buried Secrets and Tunisian Spring), Foreign Body is Raja Amari’s fourth film. Seeking refuge from her radical Islamist brother, Samia arrives in France illegally. She discovers another world […]
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Series of Creative Writing Masterclasses
Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover, 10 Dumbreck Rd, Glasgow G41 5BW Saturday, 5 October, Saturday 2 November, 2019, Saaturday 7 December, 2019 This series of workshops will explore some of the fundamentals of creative writing, in the special context of the Studio Pavilion as art space. Participants are encouraged to follow the […]
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Classes and Workshops
Stories from the Southside – Govanhill Book Festival
Saturday, 10 August, 2019 – 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ Launch of Stories from the Southside, a new collection of short stories and poems focusing on the fascinating people and places that make South Glasgow. We’ll hear local writers reading from their work, and copies of […]
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Mind and Draw Live Music and Poetry Art Sessions at WEvolution
Various dates in August, 2019 Thursday 8th August, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday 15th August, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday 22nd August, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday 29th August, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m. All sessions from 6pm-8pm. Free – Select Date and Register These sessions will be led by visual artist […]
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Monday, July 22, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Classes and Workshops
G20 Youth Festival – Raising Funds
Background to establishing youth base in Maryhill ‘Having a base will enable us to give young people in Maryhill the chance to learn skills, make friendships and raise aspirations. Let’s support young people to be their best and make Maryhill a great place to grow up in.’ (July, 2019) Please help the G20 Festival to […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, G20 Festival, Kids and young people
Govanhill Carnival Parade 2019
Saturday 3 August, 2019 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Govanhill Park, Coplaw Road, Glasgow G42 A colourful celebration of the unique diversity of Govanhill, the carnival parade will include a pipe band, a brass band, dancers, singers, choirs, Chinese lion dancers, roller skaters, drummers, flags, banners and costumes, community groups, refugee groups, campaigns and performers. […]
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Govanhill International Festival 2019
The third Govanhill International Festival and Carnival will run from 1st to 11th August., 2019, The festival programme is here. With over 50 events, there is something for everyone – including the UK’s first ever Roma film festival, walking tours of food and faith, workshops, plays, films, the first Govanhill Book Festival and of course, […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Mother Courage and Her Children by Tom Leonard
Sunday 11 August, 2019 7 p.m. A rehearsed reading of Brecht’s 1939 antiwar play, in a new translation by Glasgow poet Tom Leonard, who sadly passed away this year. Directed by and featuring Tam Dean Burn, with musical direction by Leo Condie. Full of memorable characters, sardonic humour and wonderful songs, set by Paul Dessau. […]
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Africa in Motion Africa 3.0: Vanity CCA
Saturday 27 July — Sunday 28 July 2019 On loop in CCA foyer / Free (unticketed) Africa in Motion Film Festival | Africa 3.0: Vanity These films are part of Africa 3.0 a touring package of films that shows obsession as represented in cinema from across the African continent and the diaspora, focused on joy, vanity and infatuation. Vanity: In the age […]
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Saturday, July 20, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
My Friend the Polish Girl at GFT plus Q & A
26 July, 2019 at 6.15 p.m. This unique fiction film takes the form of a first-time filmmaker’s documentary told through the eyes (and lens) of amateur filmmaker Katie: an American rich kid following Alicja, an erratic unemployed Polish actress. The film is intentionally provocative, challenging the audience to consider if they are comfortable with what […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Obsession: Double Bill Safe/To Die For GFT
Sunday 28 July, 2019 at 1.45 p.m. This double bill brings together two mid-90s arthouse classics that each centre on very different kinds of obsession, and connect with each other in fascinating ways. In Todd Haynes’ Safe, the main character Carol becomes obsessed with possible (and actual) infection from her surroundings, neighbours and family. Meanwhile in To […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Africa in Motion Film Festival Foreign Body CCA
Saturday, 27 July 2019 7pm, £6(£3) + £1 booking fee, Theatre / 12+ F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 In the fourth feature from acclaimed Tunisian director Raja Amari (Satin Rouge), a young illegal immigrant creates a new life for herself in France while becoming the centre of tangled romantic relationships. Seeking refuge from her radical Islamist […]
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind plus Quiz GFT
28 July, 2-19 6.30 p.m. In the midst of a series of unexplained events, electrical lineman Roy Neary encounters a UFO on a deserted road whilst investigating a large-scale power outage. Roy becomes increasingly obsessed with UFOs and subliminal messaging following his experience, distancing himself from his wife and children but drawing him closer towards […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Only You GFT
19 – 25 July, 2019 Spending Hogmanay in Glasgow is the beginning of a beautiful romance for office worker Elena (Laia Costa) and PhD student Jake (Josh O’Connor). A chance encounter and an instant attraction soon starts to feel like something more meaningful. Is this the real deal? A relationship develops in which the modest age gap […]
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Friday, July 19, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Tell It To The Bees GFT
19 – 25 July, 2019 The Scotland of 1952 is no place for the faint-hearted. When mill worker Lydia (Holliday Grainger) is abandoned by her philandering husband, she struggles to pay the rent and feed herself and son Charlie (Gregor Selkirk). Local doctor Jean (Anna Paquin) is one of the few to help and a friendship develops […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Our Time, GFT
19 – 21 July, 2019 Carlos Reygadas’ Our Time charts the relationship of Juan and Esther, who live on a ranch in the rugged territory of Eastern-central Mexico. Esther runs the ranch with power and grace, while Juan, a world-renowned writer, gives himself to the task of raising the beasts. Reygadas’ most accessible work to date; Our Time is […]
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Varda by Agnes GFT
19- 21 July, 2019 Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Agnès Varda was a visual storyteller who eschewed convention and prescribed approaches to drama. In Varda by Agnès — Varda’s final film — she offers a personal insight into her oeuvre, using excerpts from her work to illustrate her unique artistic visions and ideas. Why We Love […]
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Back to the future: 1979-1989 Film Screenings at Kelvin Hall
Yoof TV – Archive film screening – a 1980s BBC ‘playlist’ you won’t want to miss! Saturday, 20 July, 2019 (1.45pm) 1.30pm: Doors open 1.45pm: Showreel of 80s footage from the Moving Image Archive 2pm: Yoof TV Kids from Greenock and Aberdeen tell it like it is about their lives in the 1980s in this […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
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