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! Open Mic with Cheeky Besom Productions
23rd Mar 2019 • 6:00PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library Free Event Mitchell Library All poets, warriors, misfits, dancers, writers, film makers, mystics, artists, troubadours, flaneurs, and musicians. Join Cheeky Besom Productions (a Glasgow based artist collective) in our partnership with Aye Write! Scotland is a land of myth and storytelling, Cheeky Besom Productions are […]
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Sunday, March 24, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write 2019: ‘It’s Not About the Burqa’ Mariam Khan, Amna Saleem’ review Mary Irvine
Aye Write Festival 2019 3 p.m. Sunday, 17th March, Mitchell library It’s Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race – Mariam Khan, Amna Saleem When, in 2016, Mariam Khan read David Cameron’s comment that linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the ‘traditional submissiveness’ of Muslim women, she felt she should […]
Saturday, March 23, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Aye Write 2019: Murray Pittock
Enlightenment in a Smart City 23rd Mar 2019 • 4:45PM – 5:45PM • Mitchell Library Murray Pittock in conversation with Alistair Braidwood. Murray Pittock is Bradley Professor at the University of Glasgow and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Historical Society. His latest book is a study of enlightenment in Edinburgh […]
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Aye Write 2019: Alan Brown
Coast to Coast Across the Heart of the Highlands 23rd Mar 2019 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM • Mitchell Library Seeking a temporary escape from city life and a mad modern world, Alan Brown plotted out a personal challenge: an epic coast-to-coast trip through the wild and lonely interior of the Highlands. Armed with the essentials, […]
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Friday, March 22, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write 2019 Henry Bell and Cat Boyd
Henry Bell & Cat Boyd 23rd Mar 2019 • 11:30AM – 12:30PM • Mitchell Library The Changing Politics of Glasgow It has been 100 years since the Battle of George Square and this session looks at how politics have changed in the city over the past century. Henry Bell is the author of John Maclean: Hero […]
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Womxns Networking Brunch
23 March,2019 Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, Glasgow G4 11AB Come along and enjoy brunch on us! Meet up with fellow Glasgow-based creatives, filmmakers and feminists to chat about your experiences and what you’re working on. Find potential collaborators and create ties across film and feminism. This event is free but ticketed and food […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Community event
Evening of discussion: poetry and film with Sawsan Al-Areeqe
Thursday 28 March 2019 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill Halls, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ An award-winning poet and filmmaker, Al-Areeqe is the recipient of the prestigious Artist Protection Fund Fellowship, hosted by the University of Glasgow in 2018/19. In celebration of her creative work as visiting Fellow, Al-Areeqe will share poetry […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Sauvage, GFT
22 – 24 March, 2019 Leo is a 22-year-old sex worker who yearns for affection. In poor health and with no fixed address, he finds fleeting solace in the arms of the men he meets through his work. The crushing solitude of Leo’s life is tempered when he falls for fellow hustler Ahd. But when […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Minding the Gap, GFT
22 – 28 March, 2019 First-time filmmaker Bing Liu’s documentary Minding the Gap is set in his Rust Belt hometown, hit hard by decades of recession. In his quest to understand why he and his friends all ran away from home when they were younger, Bing follows 23-year-old Zack as he becomes a father and 17-year-old Keire […]
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Tartan Features Beyond Zero, CCA
Tartan Features Beyond Year Zero – Darkness Comes with Q+A Sun 24 March 2019 4:30-7:30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ Book Online via Eventbrite / 0141 352 4900 What was your first time like? For Eddie (Owen Whitelaw) it’s going to be the most memorable night of his life. Waking up to find himself tied to the […]
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The Great Escape with Dan Snow GFT
Gala Screening of the 75th Anniversary 24 March, 2019 5.45 p.m. On the 75th anniversary of the real events on which the film is based, Dan Snow hosts a commemorative evening featuring The D-Day Darlings and special guests, culminating with a gala screening of the remastered 1963 blockbuster film, starring Steve McQueen. The live show from […]
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Femspectives Film Festival Glasgow
22-24 March 2019 Kinning Park Complex, Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow G41 1BA Femspectives is a film series and festival in Glasgow. It provides a platform for films by womxn and safe spaces for conversations about feminisms, social issues, and politics. To find out more, check out Mission Statement, also Equalities & Diversity Policy and Safe Space Policy. Download […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
The White Crow GFT
22 – 28 March, 2019 The extraordinary early life and mercurial brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev are the inspiration for a richly atmospheric true-life biography from actor/director Ralph Fiennes. Ukrainian dancer Oleg Ivenko makes an astonishing debut as the young Nureyev. Arriving in Paris in the early 1960s with the Kirov Ballet, Nureyev devours the cultural life of the city and the chance […]
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Aye Write: The Writing of Janet Paisley with Dr Linda Jackson, University of Strathclyde
23rd Mar 2019 • 12:00PM – 2:00PM • Mitchell Library Janet Paisley was a writer, poet, playwright from Scotland writing in Scots and English. ‘Literature comes from your own doorstep and the voices that you know’ wrote Janet who found inspiration close to her home in Falkirk. Find out more about the works of this widely acclaimed […]
Aye Write 2019 Tom & James Morton
23rd Mar 2019 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DN Shetland: Cooking on the Edge of the World Shetland is where Scotland meets Scandinavia and the North Sea hits the Atlantic Ocean, isolated, unspoilt and rich in history and tradition. James Morton and his father, broadcaster Tom Morton, have written Shetland: Cooking on […]
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Thursday, March 21, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write 2019 Gaelic Reading and Singing (Family Event)
Sunday 24th March, 2019 – 1 p.m. until 1.45 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DN Join a FREE fun-filled Gaelic reading session for families with stories, songs and puppets. Led by Linda MacLeod, star of BBC Alba’s Leugh le Linda. Although primarily in Gaelic, the session will be welcoming to parents who are […]
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Aye Write 2019: Henry VIII and the Men that Made Him Tracy Borman review by Mary Irvine
Aye Write Festival 2019 3 p.m. Saturday, 16th March, Mitchell library On her first visit to Glasgow this accomplished speaker and author of several books on the Tudor period held a sixty plus audience in thrall – in the nicest possible way – as she brought to life a different, more sympathetic, perhaps a better […]
Glasgow Comedy Festival Short Attention Span Theatre
Tuesday, 26 March and Wednesday 27 March 2019 CCA Short Attention Span Theatre have been producing short plays in Glasgow and Edinburgh since 2015. For this show they present four longer pieces created for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The plays are written by Karen Barclay, Tom Brogan, Catriona Duggan and acclaimed author Chris McQueer. £10/£8 Book tickets online 0844 […]
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 | Filed under: Glasgow International Comedy Festival, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Aye Write – celebration of writing from community based literacy and creative writing learners
22 March, 2019 12.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Royal Concert Hall Aye Write festival is celebrating the things in life that make us happy and give us a laugh. Expect a lively event where community-based adult literacy and creative learners from across the city come together to share their writing on the theme of happiness. […]
Neil Oliver at Aye Write 2019 review by Mary Irvine
Aye Write Festival 2019 Neil Oliver 11.30 a.m. -12.30 p.m. Saturday, March 16th Strathclyde Suite Royal Concert Hall Having driven through heavy snow (Alexandria), meeting heavy sleet (Dumbarton), being overcharged by Scotrail, then very cold rain (Glasgow) I finally arrived at the Royal Concert Hall for my first 2019 visit to the prestigious ‘Aye Write’ […]
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Edwyn Collins at Monorail Music
Tuesday 9 April, 2019, 5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Monorail Music We’re thrilled to announce that Edwyn and his band will be joining us on Tuesday April 9th for a short instore performance. Edwyn’s latest album, Badbea, is released on march 29th through his own AED Records label, and is already one of our favourite […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Book Launch: Welcome to the Heady Heights by David Ross
Wednesday 20 March, 2019 Waterstones Welcome back David Ross with his fantastic new novel Welcome to the Heady Heights. This event is free to attend but please register via link. A hilarious, dark and heart-warming drama about the elusivity of stardom, in an age when `making it’ was `having it all’ … `A real new […]
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Woodlands Community Garden’s 9th Birthday Celebration
Sunday 24 March, 2019 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Woodlands Community Garden 91 – 101 West Princes Street G4 9BY Celebrate Woodlands Community Garden’s 9th birthday both in the garden and the Workspace building – expect cake, food, songs, dancing, children’s games, poetry and a photo exhibition. This is a free drop-in event – all […]
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Frank Turner at Aye Write
18th Mar 2019 • 6:30PM – 8:00PM • Mitchell Library Folk-punk icon Frank Turner discusses his new book Songwriter Frank Turner discusses his new book Try this at Home. In Try This at Home, folk-punk icon Frank Turner explores his song-writing process by taking apart 36 songs from his back catalogue. Find out the stories behind the […]
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Monday, March 18, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Lynn Howarth Featured Artist at The Glasgow Gallery
6 – 27 April, 2019 Glasgow Gallery’s Featured Artist for April! Exhibition opens 6th April and runs through until 27th April! The Glasgow Gallery, 182 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4HG 0141 333 1991 glasgowgallery.co.uk www.lynnhowarth.co.uk
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Andrew O’Hagan Creative Conversations
Monday 18 March, 2019 Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ In 2003 Andrew O’Hagan was nominated by Granta magazine as one of 20 ‘Best of Young British Novelists’. In 2004 he edited The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta, a collection of various […]
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Sunday, March 17, 2019 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2019, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Launch of The Blame Game C.J. Cooke
Tuesday 19 March, 2019 John Smith’s Bookshop, University of Glasgow Join us to celebrate the publication of Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s new novel THE BLAME GAME (as CJ Cooke) on Tues 19th March at John Smith’s Bookshop! Chaired by Louise Welsh, Carolyn – who convenes the MLitt Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow – will talk […]
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Saturday, March 16, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Hannah Aldridge and the Goat Roper Band
Friday 26 April 2019, Nice n Sleazy £13 plus booking fee TicketScotland With special guests, The Goat Roper Rodeo Band Sassy, sexy and soulful, and on the way up. Born in Muscle Shoals, the daughter of Alabama/Nashville Hall of Fame writer Walt Aldridge, Hannah is a chip off the old block in terms of talent […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Music Broth Grow With Music Youth Project
Enrolment Session, 24 March, 2019 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Music Broth – Scotland’s 1st Musical Instrument & Equipment Library has secured funding from the GCDT Youth Activity Grant to deliver an 8 week music programme for up to 30 young people aged 12 – 17 years. The programme will offer different music activities (i.e. […]
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| Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Community event, Courses, Kids and young people
Ras Digby (Sir Jessus Soundsystem) The Rum Shack
Saturday, 6 April, 2019 The Rum Shack, 657 – 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2AB Ras Digby, the Revival Champion, returns to the Rum Shack! Bass Warrior are delighted to welcome Ras Digby back to Glasgow – if you missed him last time, don’t make the same mistake twice! This will be a night of […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
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