What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Pat ByrneI 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. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

Best Before Bed, I’m Not There, Cinema Citizen M, Glasgow

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10 June, 2018 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. In 2007, a truly impressive crowd of actors (including Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale) took on the challenge of portraying different aspects of Bob Dylan’s life and music in the film I’m Not There. A true stand-out among them is Cate Blanchett, who received eight […]

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Friday, June 1, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema

More on Southside Film Festival 2018

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1 – 3 June, 2018 Full programme information is available on  Southside Festival Website or on the festival’s Facebook events Faceboo Events Page and advance tickets are available via WeGotTickets.com/southsidefilm Kinning Park Complex The festival kicks off at Kinning Park Complex with music producer and master turntablist Bunty, a veteran of Glasgow’s hip-hop scene and Sapien -fresh off painting […]

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The Rape of Recy Taylor, GFT

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2 – 7 June, 2018 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose St G3 6RB Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Such an occurrence was common in Jim Crow South, and few women spoke up in fear for their lives. But Recy Taylor bravely identified her rapists, and the NAACP sent […]

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L’amant Double, GFT

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2 – 7 June, 2018 Loosely based on the Joyce Carol Oates novel Lives of the Twins, François Ozon’s gleefully irreverent erotic thriller has distinct shades of Brian de Palma and Alfred Hitchcock. Chloé (Marion Vacth) falls in love with her psychoanalyst Paul (Jérémie Renier), but discovers there’s more to him than meets the eye. […]

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My Friend Dahmer, GFT

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2 – 7 June, 2018 Jeffrey Dahmer was one of America’s most notorious serial killers. As a 17-year-old, misfit Dahmer (Ross Lynch) is awkward and nerdy, his erratic behavior unexpectedly attracting friends at school. At home, his parents navigate a hostile divorce, while Dahmer’s fascination with the macabre begins to grow. Adapted from a best-selling 2012 graphic memoir […]

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A Space Odyssey GFT

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50th Anniversary New Digital Restoration. Until 6th June, 2018 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Stanley Kubrick’s sublime science fiction masterpiece, scripted by both Kubrick and famed writer Arthur C Clarke, is regularly cited not only as one of the greatest pieces of science fiction, but also as one of the finest works […]

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Jane Campion Season, Glasgow Film Theatre June, 2018

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Jane Campion has forged a career around the theme of women on the edge of societal norms, from her feature debut Sweetie in 1989 through to her lauded television series Top of the Lake. She became the first female director to win the Palme d’Or (for The Piano in 1993) and continues to blaze a trail as one of […]

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Edinburgh Film Festival 2018

  20 June – 1 July, 2018 Programme includes: Opening Gala – Puzzle Jaws is back Retrospective – Monteray Pop Closing Gala – Swimming With Men ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE OR FROM FILMHOUSE BOX OFFICE, EITHER IN PERSON OR BY CALLING 0131 623 8030.  

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The Craft – screening Burnt Church Film Club

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Burnt Church Film Club Presents: Thursday 26th July 2018 THE CRAFT Doors 18:30 “We are the weirdos, mister” Entry £5 Buy tickets Burnt Church Film Club, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow Event on Facebook

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Examination Paper, Creative Writing Event/Installation, Scotland Street School

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Friday, June 22nd, 2018,  2 – 4 p.m. Come along and take part in a mock exam – forming part of a future exhibition. To book your space and for more information email: rhonamillar@ymail.com Now as a museum, it tells the story of 100 years of education in Scotland, from the late 19th century to […]

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The Grosvenor Cinema, Ashton Lane, Glasgow G12

The Grosvenor Ashton Lane, G12 Get Cinema Listings To book: 0845 166 6002 Ashton Ln, Glasgow G12 8SJ 0845 166 6002 grosvenorwestend.co.uk/films/    

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Limited Edition Art Sale, The Store Interiors

31 May until 30 June, 2018 Sale of Limited Editions and Original Art on Display. With over 100 different pieces on offer, Store Interiors hope you can make the time to come along to see this fabulous exhibition for yourself. You will be treated to an impressive and extensive display of art. Art will be […]

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Seven for Syria, Scottish Action for Refugees

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‘War has ravaged Syria for 7 years. People have lived through 7 years of chaos, fear, upheaval and heartbreak. For 7 years we have watched the news reports showing chemical attacks on children, towns devastated, people starving, medical facilities destroyed and felt helpless to affect any change. But if we can do something that could […]

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Launch of Autumn Voices 2018

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PLAYSPACE PUBLICATIONS INVITE YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF THE BOOK ‘AUTUMN VOICES’ Autumn Voices: Scottish writers over 70 talk about creativity in later life. Edited by Robin Lloyd-Jones, (PlaySpace Publications, £12.99) EDINBURGH:Thursday 21 June, Blackwell’s Bookshop, 52-63 South Bridge, EH1 1YS,6.00-7.30 pm GLASGOW Thursday 28th June, Waterstones, 351-355 Byres Road, G12 8AU, 7.30-9.00 pm There […]

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Into the Woods Collective, Art and Music Workshops, Children’s Wood

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  2 and 3 June, 2018 Children’s Wood, North Kelvin Meadow Kelbourne St, Glasgow G20 8PR Nature inspired music and art workshops. Another session will take place on the 17th of June culminating in a collective performance and the celebration of the sensory garden and art work. Everyone is welcome. It’s FREE.

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Wilton Street Garden Fete, West End Festival 2018

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Wilton Street Garden Fete  Wilton Street Gardens, G20 6RE Wilton Street, G20 6RE Saturday 02 Jun 1:30pm Wilton Street Garden Fete is back for a fourth year at WEF! Everyone’s welcome for a fun filled afternoon with kids’ entertainment, BBQ, scrumptious cakes, local artists and craft workers, apple juicing, bric-a-brac, massage and music. And this […]

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LGBT University of Glasgow Walking Tour 5 June, 2018

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12 p.m. – 1 p.m. The UofG LGBT+ Staff Network invite you to join them for a stroll as part of LEAP Sports’ Festival Fortnight. Enjoy a walking tour around the campus of the fourth oldest University in the world. Discover more about the contributions of the LGBT+ community to this fixture of the West […]

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Gaelic Sport and Fun Day St Fillans, Glasgow

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Gather the family and come and come along for a fantastic day. Saturday, 9 June, 2018 St Filan’s Primary, 20 Crompton Ave, Glasgow G44 5AF On the day there will be… Bouncy castles 🎉 Barbecue 🍔 Live music 🎤 Come and try gaelic football ⚽️ and hurling. While live games also. Tombola 🎁 Home baking […]

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‘Growing and Dying’ Tribute to Janet Paisley, Event at Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street

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Thursday, 7th June, 2018, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW The event is free but please call Waterstones to book 0141 332 9105. With Tom Leonard, Alan Riach, Anne Donovan and Janice Galloway. Other readers include Pat Byrne, Ann McKinnon and students from Creative Writing Course at University of Strathclyde. Music by Linda Jaxson […]

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Light Stream, Lynn Howarth and Peter McNair, Lillie Gallery

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Light Stream 2 – 28 June, 2018 A joint exhibition exploring light and it’s effect on defining and shaping our world. Artists Peter McNair and Lynn Howarth have studied the effects of light and how it falls, wrapping itself around surfaces creating shadows and reflections. They hope their studies and close observations help reveal the […]

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The Art of Words, Thistle Gallery, 7 June, 2018

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Fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Thursday, June 7th, 2018 – 7 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. Wine / Raffle/ Canapes  – Tickets £15 Part of West End Festival Accomplished author Graeme Macrae Burnet (His Bloody Project) will be reading extracts from […]

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Writers’ Workshop Day at Fruin Farm, Nr. Helensburgh

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Wednesday, 20th June 2018 The venue is the picturesque Fruin Farm at the Cross Keys roundabout on the A818, Helensburgh, G84 9EE (www.fruinfarm.co.uk) Programme 10.15 am Robin Lloyd-Jones   Building a character 11.15 am Coffee 11.30 am Mary Edward  Editing 12.45 pm Lunch                            […]

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Queer Classics Film Festival, CCA, 25– 26 May, 2018

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CCA Fri 25 May — Sat 26 May 2018 Tickets: £4.50 (£2.50) + £1 Booking fee Weekend pass: £30 + £1 Booking fee CCA Events Two days of screenings depicting iconic representations of LGBTQ + people across the decades. From the “gay boys” of Japan’s 1960s trans, sub culture in Funeral Parade of Roses, 1969; to the […]

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Moana Sing a long, GFT

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Monday 28 May, 2018 –  3.20 p.m. The song-packed story of Moana and her adventures comes to GFT for an unmissable one-off event. On the island of Motunui, young Moana lives a sheltered life of ease and contentment. But when an ancient curse threatens the island, Moana breaks with tradition and sets out across the sea to find the trickster demigod Maui […]

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Look Back In Anger GFT

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27 and 29 May, 2018 Richard Burton stars as Jimmy, a disaffected university graduate living in an industrial Midlands town, in Tony Richardson’s classic British social realist film. Jimmy kicks back at the establishment around him and the middle-class aspirations of his wife, Alison. Earning a scant living as a market trader, he grows increasingly […]

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Fortunata, GFT

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Monday, 28 May, 2018 Built around a powerhouse, multi-award-winning central performance by Jasmine Trinca (The Best of Youth), Fortunata is the latest collaboration between writer-director husband and wife team Margaret Mazzantini and Sergio Castellito. Trinca plays a straight-talking single mother who plans to open her own hair salon in Rome. Both Trinca and Castellito have spoken of Anna Magnani’s character in Pier Paolo […]

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Edie, GFT

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25 – 31 May, 2018 British filmmaker Simon Hunter’s touching feature Edie revolves around a powerhouse central performance from Sheila Hancock as the titular character. At the age of 83, newly widowed Edie spontaneously decides to leave home and attempt a long-held ambition: to climb a Scottish mountain. Edie embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, accompanied by local camping shop owner Jonny […]

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Zama GFT

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25 – 31 May, 2018 Lucrecia Martel’s first feature since 2008’s The Headless Woman is a sumptuous adaptation of Antonio Di Benedetto’s classic novel. In 18th century South America, Don Diego de Zama (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is a minor cog in the Spanish rule of what is now Paraguay. Far from home and separated from loved ones, he is shunned by […]

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Marian Keyes at Aye Write, the Mitchell Library

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30th May, 2018 Join international best-seller Marian Keyes at The Mitchell Library She’s so funny – this is bound to be thoroughly entertaining and an absolute hoot. Marian Keyes: talking books, talking life, just talking……The Break, Strictly, scribing, Ailment of the Month, shoes, reading lists, fillums, inspirational celebs, make-up, Sudden Wild Enthusiasms and everything in […]

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Radical Film Network Transit Arts: How to Thrive CCA

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Sun 27 May 2018 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ / F-rated Book Online / 0141 352 4900 ‘How to Thrive’ is a screening event built around three videos spanning forty years which document group formation on the margins. Communities living outside of the law and beyond social acceptance propose tactics for survival and subversion. Groups of […]

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