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 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 […]
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
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 […]
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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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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
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
Laurel and Hardy, Best Before Bed Cinema
31 March, 2019, 6.30 PM – 8.30 PM Free Event – register Eventbrite – via Facebook Silent Film with live music by Gladstone’s Bag Orchestra CitizenM, 60 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3BW CitizenM Glasgow has been planning a Laurel & Hardy night for a while … at last, the timing is perfect! With the fabulous Stan […]
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Us, Glasgow Film Theatre
22nd March – 4th April, 2019 After setting a new standard for provocative, socially-conscious horror films with his directorial debut Get Out, visionary Jordan Peele returns with another original nightmare that he has written, directed and produced. Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband Gabe […]
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Out of Blue, GFT
29 March – 4 April, 2019 Carol Morley’s intriguing adaptation of the Martin Amis novel Night Train follows veteran New Orleans homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Patricia Clarkson) as she investigates the grisly death of an astrophysicist. The case is complex, the clues don’t quite fit together and the victim’s family may not be entirely trustworthy. Key items seem to have […]
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Rae Armantrout and Jay G Ying, The Poetry Club
27 May, 2018 Very special evening of poetry with Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award – winning poet Rae Armantrout and Jay G Ying Please book tickets on Eventbrite Rae Armantrout’s most recent books, Versed, Money Shot, Just Saying, Itself, Partly: New and Selected Poems, Entanglements,(a chapbook selection of poems in conversation with […]
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write 2019 : Beerjacket, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Friday 29 March, 2019 7.45 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY Musician & writer Beerjacket will be talking about his book and album of the same name, ‘Silver Cords’ with Alistair Braidwood, (Scots Whay Hae!) ’12 songs & 12 short stories intertwine, the combination of sound and print creating an ethereal tone […]
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Save Otago Lane Family Festival
Saturday 30 March, 2019 A fun all-day festival, hosted by the residents and businesses of Otago Lane for the family – that is you: customers, supporters and wellwishers. All are welcome, children, adults, pets and everything in between. Musical Line Up Tom McGuire & The Brassholes – an eclectic, modern-soul-funk, 8 piece band from Glasgow. […]
T.Rex is in Town, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
18 April – 31 July, 2019 The Kelvin Hall T. Rex in Town is an experience for the whole family! Meet Trix, a 66 million year old fossil, design your own T. rex, dig for fossils and even dance like a Dino! Book your tickets. Information for Schools This unique exhibition provides an opportunity for […]
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Martha L. Healy, Flew the Arrow, Rosie Bans Seven Song Club
Friday 29 March, 2019 The Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, G1 5HG Martha L. Healy was raised on a diet of The Eagles, The Traveling Wilburys and folk heroes, The Dubliners. These were – and still are – staples of the Healy family vinyl collection. Her current album “Keep The Flame Alight” was recorded in Nashville […]
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Aye Write 2019, Tom Shields review by Mary Irvine
Aye Write Festival 2019 Tom Shields Mitchell Library Sunday, 24th March 1.15 p.m. One of the many things I love about Glasgow and its people is the humour, the banter and, at the above event, I was not disappointed. Tom Shields is perhaps best known for the humorous ‘Tom Shields’ Diary’ which appeared in ‘The […]
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Spangled Cabaret at The Blue Arrow
Monday, 1 April, 2019 The Blue Arrow, 323 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3HW SPANGLED CABARET (This month brought to you by the letter ‘L’) LOUISE RUTKOWSKI LILY LAVEY LUKI LACY RAIN WILD CARD KITTY IMOGEN STIRLING THE THRILLUSIONIST- MAGIC DAVE AND MORE! £6. Doors 8:30pm, show starts at 9pm. Tickets available here: Buy tickets Spangled […]
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Aye Write: Kamal Ahmed: The Life and Times of a Very British Man review Mary Irvine
Aye Write Festival Friday, 22nd March, 2019 Royal Concert Hall The main theme of Kamal’s presentation was the notion of being British. What is it that makes anyone British? What is identity? Kamal’s mother was white English, his father Sudanese, making Kamal mixed race or half-caste in the parlance of the70s/80s when mixed marriages were […]
Spring Chinese Craft Fair, M Gallery Glasgow
Saturday 13 April, 2019 – 12 – 4 p.m. M Gallery, 7 Keith Street, Glasgow G11 6QQ Spring is here! Warmer weather, lighter days and bursts of daffodils. Join Ricefield Arts at M Gallery Glasgow to celebrate with an afternoon of multi-cultural crafts. – Buy authentic Chinese crafts, art supplies & toys – Meet local […]
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Linda Jaxson at Avant Garde
Monday 25 March, 2019 – 7.30 p.m. Music from Linda Jaxson and Peter Parisetti. With Poetry from Graeme Fulton. If you want to dine at Avant Garde from 6.30 p.m. Telephone 0141 552 7143 Avant Garde Music Bar and Restaurant, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT
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Sunday, March 24, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events
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