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. Stand in Solidarity with the Stansted 15
2 February, 2019 – 7 p.m. The Rum Shack, 657 – 659 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2AB ‘We’re throwing a wee party to show that we stand passionately and steadfast behind the #Stansted15 ahead of their court date. We will be using the money raised to help with their legal fees. Here’s what’s happening: ‘ AN […]
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Saturday, February 2, 2019 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Nelson Mandela The Centenary Exhibition The Lighthouse
Until 2 March, 2019 This exhibition marks the 2018 centenary of iconic leader Nelson Mandela’s birth detailing his life, career, and commitment to equality and justice. Gallery One, The Lighthouse This exhibition explores the life and times of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) and marks the centenary of his birth. It provides insight into Mandela’s journey […]
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Friday, February 1, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
The Wellgreen, Stilton and Big Hogg
Saturday 23 February, 2019 Partick Cricket Club The Barne Society presents on Saturday 23rd February 2019 An Evening of music and madness featuring The Wellgreen, Stilton & friends Dance competition/Disco (DJ Mary) Raffle £10 toll The Wellgreen combine classic sixties songwriting, early powerpop and psychedelia on top of vintage recording techniques to create a familiar […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Sisters and Seamonsters – Chiara Berardelli
8 March, 2019 The Glad Cafe (Glad Cafe drawing by Art by Arjo) A night of story, song, tears and laughter celebrating, honouring and discovering the wonderful people who identify as women. In recognition of International Women’s day musicians, comedians and poets join singer-songwriter Chiara Berardelli who launches her one woman show Seamonster, the Story […]
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Thursday, January 31, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, International Womens Day
Creative Conversations: Mark Cousins
FILMMAKER MARK COUSINS 4 February 2019 – 1 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Mark Cousins programmed the Edinburgh Film Festival (1996-97), hosted BBC2’s Moviedrome (1997-2000) and Scene by Scene (1999-2000), and is the author of The Story of Film […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Monsters and Men, Glasgow Film Theatre
1 – 7 February, 2019 Three parallel storylines interweave around a central incident – the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white cop – in this Brooklyn-set drama. A young father films the shooting on his phone and finds himself targeted by police; a black policeman struggles to deal with the fallout of […]
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Opening and Closing Galas announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2019
The 15th annual festival will open on 20 February with UK premiere of Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s. Festival will close on 3 March with UK premiere of Brian Welsh’s Beats, the film adaptation of Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley’s hit stage show about 90s rave culture, exec produced by Steven Soderbergh. Opening Gala Mid90s 20 […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2019
Capernaum GFT
1 – 7 February, 2019 GFT exclusive preview week – general release 22 February Winner of the Jury Award at Cannes Film Festival 2018, this is a story of gut-wrenching emotion, desperation and ultimately, hope. Set in the slums of Beirut, we meet young Zain, pleading before a judge that he should be allowed to sue […]
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St Mungo’s Mirrorball Mirrorball Poetry Showcase February, 2019
Vahni Capildeo, Gerrie Fellows and Ross Wilson Thursday 7 February 2019 7pm, £7 on the door, Cinema All ages 0141 352 4900 Another wonderful evening in store St Mungo’s Mirrorball Poetry showcasing the work of three leading poets: Vahni Capildeo Vahni Capildeo’s sixth full-length book of poems and tenth publication is Venus as a Bear […]
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Burning, GFT
1 – 7 February, 2019 Burning is the searing examination of an alienated young man, Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a frustrated introvert whose already difficult life is complicated by the appearance of two people into his world: first, Haemi (newcomer Jong-seo Jun), a spirited woman who offers romantic possibility, and then, Ben (Steven Yeun), a wealthy and […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Massaoke at the Movies, CCA
Saturday 9 February 2019 7:30pm, £12.00 + £1.20 (£10 + £1) Via WeGotTickets, Theatre 18+ Book Online / 0141 352<4900 Massaoke is back! For our first singalong of 2019 we are celebrating Oscar season and the Glasgow Film Festival with a silver screen singalong featuring songs from some of the most iconic movies ever made. From […]
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Katherine MacBride – Having Been Breathed Out / Patriarchy Over and Out
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Preview: Friday 8 February, 2019, 7pm-9pm Exhibition runs: Saturday 9 February – Sunday 24 March, 2019 Katherine MacBride’s work explores different forms of hospitality, thinking about how listening and attentiveness can happen in conflicted spaces and times. While Katherine’s interests focus on relational entanglements, listening across difference, and working […]
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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Celtic Connections Grace and Danger, Tribute to John Martyn photographs and review by Pauline Keightley
Grace and Danger Review A troubled soul looking for love… What a glorious concert to celebrate one of Scotland’s best loved singer songwriters, John Martyn. He was born in London, and after his parents divorced when he was five, he returned to live in Glasgow with his father and grandmother. . The tribute concert was […]
The German Revolution at the Hunterian Art Gallery
1 March – 25 August 2019 A new exhibition opening at the Hunterian Art Gallery this March will offer a rare opportunity to see key works from The Hunterian’s pioneering collection of German Expressionist prints. The major exhibition, The German Revolution: Expressionist Prints, focuses on the revolutionary printmaking that emerged in Germany in the years 1906-1926 and […]
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Creative Pathways Designed by Disruption, Impact Arts
Thursday 7 February, 2019 Impact Arts presents… Designed by Disruption Impact Arts, 60 Bank Street, Irvine KA12 0LP An evening showcasing the effectiveness of arts charity Impact Arts’ work with children and young people in North Ayrshire. We will demonstrate how high-quality creative arts combined with educational models are achieving real, tangible results for young […]
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Launch of Calum Rodger’s new poetry pamphlet PORTS
Sunday 3 February, 2019 Super Bario, 7 King Street, G1 5QZ Aarcade Paradise at Super Bario for the launch of Calum Rodger’s PORTS – a selection of classic twentieth century poems reimagined as video game texts. Things will kick off with a reading from SPAM’s own Max Parnell, followed by a reading the man himself Calum […]
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Leonardo 500 Day, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
1 February – 6 May, 2019 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AG Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing opens at Kelvingrove this Friday in partnership with @RCT The display of 12 drawings by Leonardo lent by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection marks the 500th anniversary of the […]
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Kathleen Macinnes at Celtic Connections photos and review by Pauline Keightley
Kathleen MacInnes with amiina at Celtic Connections 2019 What an impressive concert. Kathleen is one of Scotland’s foremost Gaelic singers with her broad range and husky tones. To begin her concert she sang Gaelic songs, after which she was joined by the Icelandic group amiina; the band were the string section of Icelandic avant rock […]
| Filed under: Celtic Connections 2019, Pauline Keightley
Word Jazzology 16 February, 2019
Partickhill Bowling and Community Club, 46 Partickhill Road, Partick G11 5BY Saturday, 16 February, 2019 8 p.m. Cabaret collision of French-style jazz, comedy, poetry and literature. Stand up Ian Macpherson, winner of the first Time Out Award for Comedy, is joined by Alan Bissett, five star Fringe performer, celebrated playwright and novelist. Gypsy jazz music […]
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Launch Glasgow: ‘Where The Bridge Lies’ Frank Woods
Thursday 31 January, 2019 The Iron Horse, 115 West Nile Street, Glasgow G1 2SB Official launch of Frank Woods’ debut novel ‘Where the Bridge Lies’. Celebrate with Frank at the Iron Horse on the 31st January. Admission is free and all are welcome! Frank Woods will read from his novel and a Q&A session will follow. […]
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In Conversation with Rupert Thomson and Graeme Macrae Burnet
Waterstones Sauchiehall Street Glasgow Thursday , 28 February, 2019 Rupert Thomson is one of the UK’s most critically lauded writers. Author of eleven novels, his latest ‘Never Anyone But You’ tells the story of the gender-defying French artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore from their adolescence in Nantes, through their years among the surrealists of […]
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Modern Poetry for Modern People at St Louis Partick
With Sam Small St Louis Cafe/Bar 734 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6RD “NEW ME NEW YEAR NEW POETRY NEW NIGHT “ First Thursday every month 9 – 11 p.m. FREE “Come on down to St. Louis on the first Thursday of the month to hear some poetry, a mix of traditional and modern, from experienced […]
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Creative Conversations: DUB POET D’BI YOUNG ANITAFRIKA
Monday 28 January 2019, 1 – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ D’bi Young Anitafrika is a queer Black feminist artist. Canadian Poet of Honor and YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Arts, she is an internationally celebrated African Jamaican […]
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Sunday, January 27, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Celebrate Burns – Night at the Museum, the Hunterian
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BURNS ON STAGE Sunday 27 January 2019 4.30pm – 7.30pm Hunterian Museum Admission free – booking essential Celebrate Robert Burns at this free public event suitable for all the family! Special fun evening of pop-up activities and entertainment suitable for all the family at the University’s Hunterian Museum. Drop in to experience […]
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Friday, January 25, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Burns Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Queen of Scots
18 – 31 January, 2019 Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart returns to her native Scotland in 1561 to reclaim her rightful throne. But the English Queen Elizabeth I resists and fears Mary’s authority. National Theatre director Josie Rourke makes a confident move to film with this brilliantly-acted portrayal of the […]
I’m Not Running, GFT
31 January, 2019 I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
The Party and The Guests, CCA
Ester Krumbachová Film Programme Sun 27 January 2019 2pm + 3:15pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ Book: The Party and the Guests Book: Witchhammer The Party and the Guests CSR, 1966, 68 min) Direction: Jan Němec Screenplay: Ester Krumbachová and Jan Němec Story, production and costume design: EsterKrumbachová One of the most celebrated titles of […]
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Brigadoon GFT
Saturday 26 January, 2019 12.35 p.m. To mark Burns Night, we’re screening one of Hollywood’s most outlandish musical visions of our fair land. Dismissed in the 1950s as pure tartan kitsch and despised for choosing Hollywood make-believe over location shooting in Scotland, Brigadoon is still a wonderfully romantic musical with some unforgettable numbers in ‘The Heather on the Hill’ and ‘Almost Like Being in Love’. Two […]
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| Filed under: Burns Events, Cinema
1985 Glasgow Film Theatre
26 and 27 January, 2019 Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian (Cory Michael Smith, Gotham) returns to his Texas hometown for the holidays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York City, Adrian looks to reconnect with his preteen brother Andrew (Aidan Langford) while […]
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On Her Shoulders GFT
25 – 27 January, 2019 Twenty-three-year-old activist Nadia Murad’s life is a dizzying array of exhausting undertakings: from giving testimony before the U.N., to visiting refugee camps, to soul-bearing media interviews and one-on-one meetings with top government officials. With deep compassion and a precision and elegance that matches Nadia’s calm and steely demeanor, filmmaker Alexandria […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
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