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. Sleaford Mods, CCA screening and Q and A
Sleaford Mods – Invisible Britain Wednesday 10 April 2019 7pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Theatre 15+ Book Online / 0141 352 4900 Sleaford Mods – Invisible Britain shows the most relevant and uncompromising British band in years sticking two fingers up to the zeitgeist and articulating the rage and desperation of those without a voice […]
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Kaifinama plus Q & A with Shabana Azmi GFT
10 April, 2019 6 p.m. Kaifinama looks at the life and art of the Urdu progressive poet Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi was both a poet for social change as well as one of the foremost lyricists in the Hindi film industry. Not content to limit himself to fine writing, he worked ceaselessly throughout his life as […]
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Yikes Film Club – Brass Eye Tapes
7 April, 2019, 5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Additional screening 2 p.m. 4 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Plus Q & A with Director Michael Cumming ‘THESE ARE THE HEADLINES… GOD I WISH THEY WEREN’T’ Presented by Yikes Film Club Join us at YiKES FIlm Club on the 7th Of April (Located at The […]
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White Shroud by Antanas Skema – music and words with Merope
Wednesday 17th April, 2019, Doors open 7 PM, event until 9:30 PM Savings Bank, Glasgow An evening of music and words in celebration of cult Lithuanian novel WHITE SHROUD by Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian avant-garde writer from the mid-20th century. Evening is presented in collaboration with Lithuanian Culture Institute and Vagabond Voices. Ask any well-read Lithuanian who […]
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Book launch, readings and music at Avant Garde
The Launch of Glasgow: Justice/Just Is 13 May, 2019 Host Linda Jackson Have you heard this man, Van Vuuren play guitar? Have you heard Magi Gibson read? Now, have you read Charlie Gracie’s new novel? You will. Come on down to Avant Garde. Book launch of new Seahorse publication. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow […]
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Book Event ‘Resurrection Men’ by David Craig
Saturday 6th April, 2019 Good Press Gallery David Craig will be hosting a book event at Good Press to promote his Glasgow-based debut novel, Resurrection Men. He will be discussing the book, Glasgow in the Victorian era, and reading a short extract from his book. Copies will be on sale, signed on requested. ‘Resurrection Men’, […]
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Jimmy Fast Keys – A Tribute
20 April, 2019 1p.m. – 5 p.m. The Clutha Bar Hosted by Declan Hegarty The Clutha, 167 – 169 Stockwell Street, G1 4SP Event on Facebook
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Nick Harper: 58 Fordwych Road
Friday, 12 April, 2019 – 8 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD 58 Fordwych Road is an all new show that centres around a living room in a flat in Kilburn, London in the 1960s . The abode of up and coming singer songwriter Roy Harper and his wife Mocy was an after […]
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
The Pieman Cometh by David Belcher and Bryan Jackson, OranMor
7 June, 2019, 7.30 p.m. OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX The Pieman Cometh A comedy by Bryan Jackson and David Belcher about the addiction and insanity of Scottish Football based on the experiences of being the Administrator of 7 football clubs. Alan Ledger didn’t want the limelight…..he didn’t want the praise. Unfortunately he […]
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Lolita Jackson at The Blue Arrow
30 May, 2019, 7.30 – 10.30 p.m. The Blue Arrow, 323 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3HW Lolita Jackson, a Manhattan-based vocalist, has been a musician since childhood. Originally a classically trained bass clarinetist and tenor saxophone player starting in elementary school, she permanently switched to vocals during her time at the University of Pennsylvania as a […]
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Monday, April 1, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Let Me Entertain You, Fundraiser Kilbryde Hospice
Friday 5th April at 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Rhoderick Dhu To raise money and awareness for Kilbryde Hospice and for our guests to enjoy themselves The night will include singers, games, auctions, an exciting raffle with exclusive prizes and a hot buffet The event is being run by effortless events – Events Group at […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Aye Write 2019! Frank Tallis and Laura Mucha
The Facts of Love 31st Mar 2019 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM The Mitchell, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Love is a great leveller. Everyone wants love, everyone falls in love, everyone loses love, and everyone knows something of love’s madness. In The Incurable Romantic, Psychologist Dr Frank Tallis shares the stories of some of his […]
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write: Emily Cutts with Carol Craig
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY 31st March 2019 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM • In The Dear Wild Place campaigner Emily Cutts recounts her community’s successful David and Goliath struggle against housing development in Glasgow’s North Kelvin Meadow, also known as ‘the Children’s Wood’. Emily talks about the importance of green space […]
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Aye Write 2019! Daniel Smith
The Ardlamont Mystery: The Real-Life Story Behind the Creation of Sherlock Holmes 31st Mar 2019 • 8:00PM – 9:00PM • Mitchell Library In 1893, Alfred Monson is charged with killing a young lieutenant, Cecil Hambrough. In The Ardlamont Mystery, Daniel Smith re-examines the evidence of the case that gripped Victorian Britain. Among the witnesses that […]
Aye Write 2019! Malachy Tallack and Madeline Bunting
Novels from the Edges of Britain 31st Mar 2019 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, of harsh weather, close ties and an age-old way of life. The Valley at the Centre of the World, the debut novel from Malachy Tallack, one of our most exciting new literary […]
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Aye Write 2019! Alice Morrison
My 1001 Nights: Tales and Adventures from Morocco 31st Mar 2019 • 4:45PM – 5:45PM • Mitchell Library TV presenter, writer and adventurer Alice Morrison gives her own unique and personal insight into Morocco, her home for 1001 nights. Despite more than 10 million tourists coming to Morocco each year, there is remarkably little that […]
Aye Write 2019! Walking and Running Through Scotland
Gary Sutherland and Jonny Muir 31st Mar 2019 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Walking and Running Through Scotland Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DN Gary Sutherland could never fathom hillwalkers and had always managed to ignore the West Highland Way despite living on its doorstep. Then one day he decided to tackle the West Highland Way, […]
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Return of the Living Dead Double at The Icebox
Free Movie Night Icebox Arts and Music Centre Thursday, 4th April, 2019 – 6.30 p.m. The Icebox Arts and Music Centre, Unit 2 St Luke’s Business Estate , the Gorbals, G50TS (archways behind Citizen’s Theatre) Not that long open, and you guys have been ruddy great at helping establish Icebox in their new home, so […]
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Saturday, March 30, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Aye Write 2019: Johnny Ball
31st Mar 2019 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library Wonders Beyond Numbers Forty years ago, Johnny Ball wrote his first Think of a Number TV show, which opened the door to a whole new genre of programmes based on maths and science. His latest book, Wonders Beyond Numbers slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built […]
Aye Write: Tribes of Glasgow review by Pat Byrne
I went along to Aye Write at The Mitchell Library to hear Stephen Millar and Alan McCredie talk about their book ‘Tribes of Glasgow’ (Luath Press) The book arose out of the writer Stephen Millar’s quest to rediscover Glasgow and capture its essence. Born in Glasgow but having been brought up in and lived in […]
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At Eternity’s Gate GFT
29 March – 4 April, 2019 An Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe gives an outstanding performance as Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s bold, visceral portrait of the artist. Named after a Van Gogh painting, also known as Sorrowing Old Man, the film focuses on the painter’s productive final years in Arles. Capturing Van Gogh’s visionary approach to painting stroke […]
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Friday, March 29, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, GFT
29 March – 4 April, 2019 Frank Sidebottom is a name familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in the Manchester music scene. A mischievous cult comedy star who took over the airwaves, he was a product of the reclusive artist and comedian Chris Sievey. Chris toiled away for a decade trying to break into the music scene, […]
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Calamity Jane – Mother’s Day Sing-a-Long, GFT
31 March, 2019 – 1 p.m. Join us for a sing-a-long version of this Oscar- winning classic, starring Doris Day as the titular gun-toting, whip-cracking Wild West whirlwind. Experience the much-loved tale of Calamity Jane afresh, as she rolls in on the Deadwood Stage to feud, fight and fall head over heels for Howard Keel’s Wild Bill Hickok. […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Mother's Day Gifts
Aye Write: James Naughtie: Best Scottish Poems
James Naughtie 30th Mar 2019 • 8:00PM – 9:00PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Best Scottish Poems Since 2004, the Scottish Poetry Library’s annual online anthology Best Scottish Poems has collected the finest poetry written by Scots and poets living north of the border. In addition to featuring work by established poets (Don […]
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Clydebuilt Showcase, Aye Write
Clydebuilt 11 Showcase 30th March 2019 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Free Event Mitchell Library Clydebuilt is an innovative mentoring programme in which promising poets are paired with an experienced mentor for a period of 12 months. The programme has been running for over 10 years and is administered by St Mungo’s Mirrorball (https://stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com/clydebuilt/). This year […]
Aye Write: Gina Rippon and Caroline Criado-Perez
Saturday, 30th March 2019 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Data Bias and the Gendered Brain Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging, Gina Rippon unpacks the stereotypes in The Gendered Brain and […]
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Aye Write! Remembering Tom Leonard
(Photography by Carol Peacock: www.carolannpeacock.com/) Friday 29 March, 2019, 6 p.m. 7 p.m The Mitchell, North Street, G3 7DN Jim Carruth, Poet Laureate for Glasgow, and Liz Lochhead (along with some special guests) celebrate the life, work and influence of the poet, writer and critic Tom Leonard. Best known for his poems written in the Glaswegian […]
Urban Voodoo Machine Cottiers
11 Apr 2019 – 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm A collective of shadowy, London based, ne’er do wells, led by Norwegian born songwriter/frontman Paul – Ronney Angel. Featuring up to nine musicians at any given time, The ‘Machine mash – up guitars, twin drummers, fiddle, trumpet, tuba, banjo, washboard, upright bass, gong, mandolin, accordion, harmonicas, saxophone, sousaphone and […]
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Shamanic at Cottiers
5 June, 2019 7.30 – 10 p.m. Cottiers,93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5{U POST PUNK & PAINTING ! “LASCIVIOUS AND MONUMENTAL” “A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR” THE HERALD Part of the Westend Festival 2019. SHAMANIC: Maria Rud, Fay Fife and Martin Metcalfe Tickets £22 Buy online Primarily a painter, acclaimed Russian artist Maria Rud works in […]
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Preview: Last Breath, GFT plus Q & A
4 April, 2019 In 2012, diver Chris Lemons lay trapped under the North Sea. His umbilical cable was completely severed, leaving him without breathing gas or any connection to the dive bell. Alone in the dark waters without any means of communication, his chances of survival were slim. Docu-drama Last Breath recreates his story, placing the viewer at the heart […]
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
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