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. Mary Irvine review: Polly Clarke – the tiger lady! Booked! Festival
Booked! Festival Alexandria Library Friday, 17th May, 2019 Polly Clarke – the tiger lady! Polly Clarke, born in Toronto, now domiciled in Helensburgh and London (where she does her writing on a houseboat) sashayed down the aisle in a stunning, single-tiger print dress which she later confided had been discovered on the Internet – a […]
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Taking Tea with a Trailblazer, NLS Kelvin Hall
Wednesday 29th May, 2019 2pm – 3.30pm Storyteller Jan Bee Brown leads a celebration of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Scottish explorer and botanist Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982). Spending her childhood on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Isobel went on to take on solo travels across Iceland, Greenland, and Alaska. In this session, discover the stories of […]
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Friday, May 24, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Vice of Hope, GFT
28 May, 2019 5.50 p.m. Edoardo De Angelis’ fourth feature unfolds in the infamous, eerily dilapidated coastal town of Castel Volturno (around 20 miles north of Naples) which has for several years been the site of violent clashes between Italian and migrant crime gangs. The story centres on Maria (Pina Turco), a young woman involved […]
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Tolkein GFT
24 – 30 May, 2019 Tolkien explores the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the […]
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DOCMA DocKlub, CCA
Wednesday 29 May, 2019 CCA DocKlub: Scotland’s Collective of Documentary Filmmakers. Come along and meet your doc peers, share works-in-progress, watch films & make docs together. Established in Edinburgh in 2015, DocKlub has hosted dozens of filmmakers screening their works-in-progress. These have included directors from around Scotland, presenting in person, as well as Skype sessions with filmmakers […]
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Take 2: The Secret of Kells
Saturday, 25 May, 2019 . 11.30 a.m. Celebrate ten years of this beautiful animation about the origin of the famous Book of Kells. Filled with Celtic references, the film follows young Brendan trying to escape the boring life of the monastery by helping Brother Aiden finish the Book of Kells, a task that becomes harder […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Shoplifters GFT
28 May, 2019 8.20 p.m. After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money […]
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Daughter of Mine, GFT
Thursday 30 May, 2019 8.20 p.m. Laura Bispuri’s transgender-themed 2015 feature Sworn Virgin was one of the most ground-breaking Italian debuts of the past decade, and the director makes an eagerly-awaited return with this Sardinian-set film. It follows a 10-year-old girl’s changing relationship with her biological and adoptive mothers as they become rivals for her affections. Bispuri […]
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Cleo from 5 – 7 GFT
25 May, 2019, 3.20 p.m. In celebration of Agnès Varda, pioneering feminist filmmaker of the French New Wave, join us for a screening of Cleo from 5 to 7. Varda skilfully captures Paris at the height of the 1960s in this intriguing tale, expertly presented in real time, about a singer whose life is in turmoil as she awaits […]
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Beats GFT
24 – 30 May, 2019 The much-anticipated screen version of Kieran Hurley’s award-winning play is a gallus, bittersweet coming-of-age rollercoaster: imagine Fellini’s I Vitelloni set to a throbbing techno beat. It is 1994 and new legislation effectively outlaws raves or “public gatherings around amplified music characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”. The party is […]
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Ash Is Purest White GFT
27 – 30 May, 2019 In a bleak industrial city, young dancer Qiao (played by Zhangke’s long-time collaborator, Zhao Tao) falls in love with mobster Bin (Liao Fan). When Bin’s ballroom dancing-obsessed boss is killed, he takes on leadership of the ‘Jianghu’, a brotherhood of honourable criminals. But the old codes of honour are out […]
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Befriending Food Experience Sunday Lunch
Sunday 9 June, 2019 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Sunday Lunch with Board Games at Elderpark Community Centre £3 BYOB and your favourite board game. 82 Elderpark St, Glasgow G51 3ST Please get in touch via Facebook to say if you’ll be coming along to join in the fun. Event on Facebook
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Open Mind Fest – Journalism and Mental Health
Saturday 25 May, 2019 . 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. 15 New Street, Paisley PA1 1EZ Open Mind Fest is a youth-curated strand of SMHAF based in Paisley. The festival explores mental health through everything from music, film and art, to theatre, poetry, and journalism. For ages up to 25. A Workshop that looks at […]
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| Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Samina Chaudry at Avant Garde
Monday 10 June, 2019 Linda Jackson hosts a special evening of music and readings featuring Samina Chaudry, winner of Next Chapter Award 2019, Scottish Book Trust. Also: Maggie Graham, Jim Ferguson and Sean McMenemy and Gordon Dickson on Saxaphone. Avant Garde,34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Starts 7.45 p.m. Food will be served 6.00 p.m. […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn Tour, The Mitchell review Pat Byrne
Lowborn – Poverty in Britain Today It really is absolutely hellish: ‘We live in the world’s sixth-richest economy but one-fifth of us live in poverty’. Kerry Hudson. Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn Tour isn’t your usual book launch – her book ‘Lowborn – Poverty in Britain Today’, alongside tour events, aims to inform people about just what […]
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Electric Frog and Pressure Riverside Festival
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May, 2019 RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL GLASGOW 2019 12noon – 11pm (Subject to licence) 100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow G3 8RS TICKETS SATURDAY: Denis Sulta‘s Sulta Selects & La Cheetah Club 10 (a>z): Denis Sulta, Eclair Fifi, FJAAK (live), HAAi-, Helena Hauff, Job Jobse, Mella Dee, Midland, Nightwave, Objekt b2b DJ Stingray, Omar […]
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Gorbals Fair 2019
Saturday, 1 June, 2019 The Barn Community Centre at 10.45am. (37 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow, G5 9QS) St Francis Community Centre – fun and games, local stalls and entertainment at from 11.45am. (Cumberland St, Glasgow G5 0SE) Gorbals Fair returns on Saturday 1st June this year. This is the biggest event in the Gorbals calendar, so make sure you […]
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
The Dark Carnival: Unplugged
1st June, 2019 VANISHING POINT AND A NEW INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION Newcomers to the afterlife discover that death is not actually the end. THIS PRODUCTION TAKES PLACE AT SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM (225 SCOTLAND STREET, G5 8QB) The Dark Carnival: Unplugged is an intimate music and theatre show: with songs, storytelling and a free (though not compulsory!) glass of […]
Seeds of Thought – Creative Writing
Tuesday, 21 May, 2019, 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Creative writing – a chance to explore the power or fun of words. All welcome beginners and veterans. Free! Look forward to seeing you there! Event on Facebook
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Monday, May 20, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops
Richard Holloway ‘Waiting for the Last Bus’ review Mary Irvine
Tuesday 14th May 2019 Booked! Festival of Words, West Dunbartonshire For several years now the ‘Booked! Booked! West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words has commenced its series of events with the Alistair Pearson Lecture at the Millennium Hall, Gartocharn. This year a tribute to this extraordinary man was given by James Macrea who gave a brief […]
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Electric Honey Records Showcase – OranMor
Artwork: Michael William Hassard Oran Mor Thursday 30 May, 2019 7:00pm £7 subject to booking fee Part of West End Festival Electric Honey Records (now at Glasgow Kelvin College) and Oran Mor proudly present the annual showcase of the world famous student run record label for the West End Festival.The night will include performances from […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, West End Festival Glasgow
Look Who’s Talking Now with Des Dillon
Tuesday 21 May, 2019 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre So you’re a novelist wanting to try poetry or drama. Or a dramatist thinking about short stories. You want to try something else. Or writing for the first time. Des Dillon discusses how he moves from one medium to another and one […]
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Sunday, May 19, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Helen Fitzgerald and Doug Johnstone at Waterstones Sauchiehall St
Thursday, 27 June, 2019 at 7 p.m. Helen Fitzgerald and Doug Johnstone in conversation discussing their new novels ‘Worst Case Scenario’ and ‘Breakers’. This event is free but places are limited so please register via the ticket link on Facebook Page asap. Doors will open at 6:30 PM for a 7 PM start. Helen FitzGerald […]
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Yikes Film Club presents Grand Budapest Hotel
Thursday, 23 May, 2019 The Flying Duck,142 Renfield Street Glasgow G2 3AU ‘Join YiKES! Film Club on the 23rd of May as we check in at The Grand Budapest Hotel (or The Flying Duck in this case) as we explore the mad world of Wes Anderson with a cast filled to brim with talent featuring […]
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Book Launch: ‘this exquisite corpse’ Tawnya Renelle
Tuesday, 28 May, 2019 6pm – 8 pm This exquisite corpse book launch and poetic sexploration Katie’s Bar, 17 John Street, Glasgow G1 1HP Tawnya Renelle launches her new book “this exquisite corpse” in Glasgow. She will be reading from her book and asking you to participate in an interactive second half of the evening […]
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Dialogue: Niven Govinden and Season Butler
Thursday May 23, 209 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. John Smith Book Shop, University of Glasgow, The Fraser Building, 65 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QF Exciting event with Niven Govinden and Season Butler launching new books by Dialogue Books (a publisher of books for, about, by #BAME #LGBTQI+ #disability & #workingclass communities.) Praise for Niven […]
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, LGBT Glasgow
Wild Festival and Gala, Children’s Wood
Saturday, 1 June, 2019 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Children’s Wood, Clouston, Kelbourne, Sanda Street, N. Kelvinside G20 8QW ‘It’s that time of year again when our community comes together for the West End Festival. There will be gardening and planting, a Bioblitz of species with the RSPB, outdoor cooking, street play and our […]
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The Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka Live
19 May, 2019 – 3.45 p.m. Carmen is as sultry as ever, as the passionate and free-spirited woman in this one act ballet. Presented alongside Petrushka, a new creation of the Bolshoi which encapsulate the soul of Russian Ballet. Choreographer / ComposerAlonso / Bizet, Shchedrin Choreographer / ComposerClug / Stravinsky GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy tickets
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Friday, May 17, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Arctic GFT
17 – 23 May, 2019 Stranded in a bleak, unforgiving frozen wilderness would you have what it takes to survive? Joe Penna’s intense, slow-burning adventure yarn tells of endurance against impossible odds and is all the more chilling for virtually dispensing with dialogue. Mads Mikkelsen plays Overgard, the sole survivor of a plane crash who has refused to surrender to despair. […]
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Birds of Passage
17 – 23 May, 2019 A gripping tale of narcos set among Colombia’s Wayúu people, Birds of Passage spans three decades of a family pushed to the brink by the drug trade. Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra follow up their Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent with an unusually clear-eyed and empathetic depiction of indigenous peoples and the impact of outside […]
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