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. Disobedience GFT
30 November – 6 December, 2018 Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Naomi Alderman, Disobedience from Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman) is a timely and emotionally powerful tale set at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, of personal desires and the demands of faith. When her estranged rabbi father suddenly passes away, […]
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Book Week Scotland, Autumn Voices
21st Nov 2018 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow G3 7DN Scottish Writers over 70 talk about creativity in later life Scottish writers over 70 talk about creativity in later life. Featuring Bernard MacLaverty, Carl MacDougall, Sheila Templeton, Sally Evans, Vicky Feaver, and chaired by Robin Lloyd-Jones. This Book Week Scotland event is in […]
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Monday, November 19, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
From Glasgow to Greece, Fundraiser
Greek food, Scottish singing and music and poetry from around the world. Friday 23 November, 2018, 7 p.m. Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington St, Glasgow G4 9AJ Raising funds for two remarkable projects creating community in Glasgow and Athens – Woodlands Community Cafe and Project Elea. Tickets cost £15 adult and £7.50 for children (babies and […]
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Sunday, November 18, 2018 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Routes to Glasgow School of Art from College
Saturday 24 November, 2018, 9.45 p.m. – 1.45 p.m. Glasgow School of Art, Renfrew Street, G3 6RQ Not all incoming GSA students come straight from school. This event explores progression, advanced entry and articulation to GSA from college – from application to induction as a new student. Following a 45 minute talk, you will have […]
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| Filed under: Courses
Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp, Creative Conversations
Monday 19 November 2018 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Television Co-Writers Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Simon Carlyle (Boy Meets Girl, Benidorm, Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (No Holds Bard, Piano Lessons, Fran’s People) are co-writers and creators of BBC […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
University of Glasgow’s got its own wool!
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CREATES ITS OWN WOOL Friday 16 Nov 2018 08:00:00 GMT The University of Glasgow has created its own brand of knitting yarn made with wool from sheep reared on its own farm. Cochno Wool is a luxurious wool available in four colours – natural (un-dyed), University blue, Thistle pink and Slate grey. […]
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Friday, November 16, 2018 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Hidden Lane Christmas Shopping
Three dates Saturdays: 24 November, 1 December and 8 December, 2018 from 11.30 a.m. The Hidden Lane Studios, 103 Argyle Street, G3 8ND Have a wander in this wonderful Hidden Lane, home to some of Glasgow’s most talented artists, crafters and artisans. Find the perfect present this Christmas at The Hidden Lane. Come and discover the […]
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 | Filed under: Cards and Home Accessories, Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Gifts, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
So Long Farewell – The Apollo Players
Adelaides 209 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4HZ Apollo Players – Glasgows Oldest Theatre Company TIickets Contacct Paula Watt, Tickets Secretary 07746 951 570 email: paulawatt@blueyonder.co.uk Performance Prices, Dates and Times Wednesday 14th November – Friday 16 November 7.30 p.m. £18 adult £12 child Saturday 17 November 2.30p.m. £18 adult £12 child SAT 17th NOVEMBER £18 […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Alliance Française & Goethe Institut Glasgow The Trench, CCA
Monday 19 November 2018 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ Book Online / 0141 352 4900 The Trench / William Boyd /1999 From boredom to fear, from panic to restlessness. The Trench gives a deep and emotional insight into the soldier’s minds during the last 48 hours before the Battle of the Somme in 1916. They […]
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
The Unsettled Dust Asian Short Film Festival CCA
Friday 16 November 2018 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 3524900 The permutable phenomenon of the everyday life is usually inherited from the natives of the contemporary past as they attempted to change their “current” situation for a better future. While encompassing many contradictions and conflicts through its evolution, there is […]
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Outlaw King Glasgow Film Theatre
9 – 15 November, 2018 From the director of Hell or High Water comes untold, true story of Robert The Bruce who transformed from defeated nobleman, to reluctant King, to outlaw hero over the course of an extraordinary year. Forced into battle in order to save his family, his people and his country from the oppressive English occupation […]
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Evelyn plus Discussion, GFT
18 November, 2018 Evelyn is a deeply personal documentary from the Oscar winning team behind The White Helmets (2016) and Virunga (2014). The film follows the story of a family overcoming the unthinkable. On a walking odyssey across the United Kingdom, they confront a past they’ve been unable to talk about, whilst simultaneously repairing the fractures in their own relationships. Director Orlando von Einsiedel turns the cameras on […]
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The Workshop, Glasgow Film Theatre
16 – 22 November, 2018 From Laurent Cantet, writer-director of the Palme d’Or-winning The Class, and writer Robin Campillo (120 Beats Per Minute) comes The Workshop, a riveting contemporary drama that blends social commentary with a complex study of the modern world. Set in La Ciotat, France, the film centres around Antoine (Matthieu Lucci), a teenager who […]
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The Unsettled Dust Asian Short Film Festival CCA
Friday 16 November 2018 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 The permutable phenomenon of the everyday life is usually inherited from the natives of the contemporary past as they attempted to change their “current” situation for a better future. While encompassing many contradictions and conflicts through its evolution, there […]
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My Brilliant Friend, GFT
Saturday 17 November, 2018 Episode One and Sunday 18 November, 2018 Episode Two Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, this lushly produced miniseries follows the lives of two girls over six decades of their friendship. Based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling book of the same name, directed by Saverio Costanzo. We are offering you the chance to […]
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Kusama – Infinity, Glasgow Film Theatre
20 – 22 November, 2018 This is the fascinating story of the queen of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama, one of the most popular artists in the world today. The film traces Kusama’s trajectory from a conservative upbringing in Japan to battling sexism and racism in 1960s NYC to her unstoppable rise to international fame. Glasgow […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Glasgow Feminist Arts Festival, CCA
Saturday, 17 November, 2018 1pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ / F-rated Book Online / 0141 3524900 Presented in partnership with Femspectives and sponsored by the University of Glasgow’s School of Culture and Creative Arts ‘Inclusive/Exclusive’series A powerful drama co-directed by eight Māori women directors – Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae […]
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Suspira, Glasgow Film Theatre
16 – 22 November, 2018 From Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino, comes this hotly anticipated homage to Dario Argento’s classic horror Suspiria. Set in Berlin, in 1977 (the year the original was released), Guadagnino reunites A Bigger Splash stars Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson to head up this hypnotic and disorientating thriller, with a haunting soundtrack from […]
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Korean Film Festival Glasgow Film Festival 2018
London Korean Film Festival tour – introducing Korean Cinema to new audiences. Microhabitat (N/C 15+) 16 November An odyssey through Seoul Part of a SeasonLondon Korean Film Festival/tickets The Poet and the Boy (N/C 15+) 24 November Based on Death in Venice Part of a SeasonLondon Korean Film Festival/tickets
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She’s En Scene platform for Glasgow female filmmakers
Thursday 22 November, 2018, 6.30 p.m. The Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema She’s En Scene will be screening short films made by local Glasgow female-identifying filmmakers accompanied by a screening of Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher. This will be an evening of celebration, discussion and connecting. We want She’s En Scene to be a platform for Glasgow female filmmakers […]
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Widows GFT
7 -22 November, 2018 From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. “Widows” is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their […]
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Breaking Boundaries, Bringing Translated Literature to Scotland
Monday 19 November, 2018 The Project Cafe Hosted by Vagabond Voices The current political climate has been defined by border enforcement and wall-building, and geopolitical maps are being sliced and policed with little care for the individual lives affected by it. A similar trend is defining our reading habits: “translation makes up only 2.5% of […]
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Govanhill; no single-ends by Ian R. Mitchell
The Talk Govanhill is almost certainly the most intact area of working-class tenement housing left in Glasgow. Apart from on its north-eastern fringes, very few of the four storey blocks dating from the later nineteenth century have been demolished, and the grid-plan of the streets remains exactly as it was laid out over 100 years […]
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| Filed under: Ian Mitchell, Walks and Tours Glasgow
Frozen Sing-a-long GFT
15 and 16 December, 2018 One of Disney’s most successful animated films returns this Christmas. Join in with the songs as fearless adventurer Anna enlists the help of thrill-seeking Kristoff, reindeer Sven and hapless snowman Olaf, to find her sister, Queen Elsa, and save their kingdom. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy tickets
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Red Squirrel Press, Scottish Writers Centre
Scottish Writers’ Centre Red Squirrel Press writers read from their recent work Tuesday 20 November 2018, 7 p.m. 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Red Squirrel Press invites you to join them in supporting new writing with the launch of three new publications from writers Charlie Gracie, Shelley Day, Colin Will and Lisa […]
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Remembering Glasgow’s Forgotten Women
Wednesday 12 December, 2018 – 6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Ave, Glasgow G20 8YE Hosted by Women’s Support Project You are invited to an informal evening looking at the history behind the “Glasgow System” – a time in our city’s history which saw the collusion of the church, local authorities, […]
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Been So Long GFT
Friday, 23 November, 2018 Presented by Birds’ Eye View’s Reclaim The Frame project; a mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women to build a more balanced film future. This exclusive theatrical one-off is your only chance to see this film on the big screen in Glasgow. Directed by Tinge Krishnan, adapted from Ché Walker’s hit stage play and retaining Arthur Darvill’s […]
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Book Week Scotland 2018
19 – 25 November, 2018 During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life will come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces to share and enjoy books and reading. The celebration will include Scotland’s authors, poets, playwrights, storytellers and illustrators with a fabulous programme of events and projects Full details. Some […]
A Letter to Nan – women-only creative writing workshop
Glasgow Feminist Arts Festival A Letter to Nan Based on the home movies of local filmmaker Nan Taggart. Led by Dr Emily Munro from the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. Friday 16 November 2018 10am, Free but ticketed, Clubroom / 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 A women-only creative writing workshop Home movies are […]
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops
Super November + Q and A GFT
Monday 26 November, 2018, 8.35 p.m. Filmed on the kind of budget that makes shoestring seem extravagant, Super November is a hugely ambitious mixture of mumblecore style romantic comedy and Orwellian dystopia. Clydebank librarian Josie (Josie Long) is all loved up and has found her soulmate in the equally besotted Mikey (Sean Biggerstaff). Six months later, the bubble has burst and things are very […]
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