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. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, GFT
24 April, 2018 Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew (Team Zissou) set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner, Estaban, during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot who may or […]
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Friday, April 20, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Grease, GFT
19 – 22 April, 2018 Released in the US on 17 June 1978, Grease became the biggest American box office hit of that year. Danny and Sandy’s classic tale of Summer Lovin’ at Rydell High School quickly became a worldwide favourite, with audiences slayed at the sight of John Travolta’s pout and Olivia Newton-John’s leathers. […]
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An Unashamed Claim to Visibility: films about queerness + dis/ability, CCA
Thu 26 April 2018 7pm, Free/ £1/ £3/ £5/ £7 + £1 booking fee, Theatre 18+ / F-rated Book Online / 0141 352 4900 As queer communities strive to embrace intersectional politics, those with a disability or functional diversity are often left behind. Despite the higher prevalence of disability among LGBTQIA+ communities, disabled, D/deaf, visually impaired, learning disabled, […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, LGBT Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Cool Hand Luke, GFT
22 April, 2018 An Oscar-nominated Paul Newman plays the ultimate rebel in this gritty, compelling prison drama. After a drunken spree, Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years on a brutal Florida chain gang. He refuses to accept the authority of his gaolers or the rigid pecking order among his fellow prisoners. Luke endures through physical hardship and […]
Custody, Winner of GFF18 Audience Award at GFT
13 – 26 April, 2018 Xavier Legrand won the Glasgow Film Festival Audience Award for this, his debut feature: a tense, gripping depiction of the fallout from a bitter custody battle. Miriam (Léa Drucker) has left her husband Antoine (Denis Ménochet) and is now seeking sole custody of their son Julien (Thomas Gioria). Both sides seem to be […]
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A Gentle Creature, GFT
20 – 26 April, 2018 Inspired by Dostoevsky’s short story, In the Fog director Sergei Loznitsa takes us into a lawless Russia where crime is often unpunished. A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a Russian village, when one day, she receives a parcel that she sent to her incarcerated husband marked ‘return to […]
Funny Cow at GFT
20 26 April, 2018 Charting the rise to stardom of a female comedian through the 1970s and 1980s, Funny Cow is set against the backdrop of working men’s clubs and the stand-up comedy circuit of the North of England. From her troubled childhood to her turbulent adult relationships, the ‘Funny Cow’ (Maxine Peake) uses the […]
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E. Jane / Hardeep Pandhal Opening GI Festival, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
Opening event for two exhibitions as part of Glasgow International’s Director’s Programme at Kelvin Hall. E.Jane – Lavendra Lavendra is the name given by American artist and sound designer E. Jane to a fantastical brown dwarf star, an imagined planetary cosmos ‘stabilised’ for human presence by the harmonising influence of 1990s black pop divas including […]
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Call for Young Programmers for 10th Anniversary of Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Applications are now open for young people aged 15-19 to become GYFF Young Programmers for Glasgow Youth Film Festival’s 10th Anniversary edition, which returns from 14 – 16 September 2018. Programmed by young people, Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) is one of the most innovative youth film festivals in Europe, annually presenting an outstanding range […]
| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Nnena Kalu, ProjectAbility, Glasgow
Runs until 26 May, 2018 Nnena Kalu is an artist working with ActionSpace, a London based visual arts organisation that supports artists with learning disabilities. To create her work, she binds and layers materials to create large, colourful structures that wrap themselves around the gallery, reacting to the size, shape and environment of each new […]
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| Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Glasgow international, Glasgow International, Glasgow International, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Camilla Grudova, QMU, University of Glasgow
Tuesday 24 April 2018 – 6 p.m. QMU, University Gardens, G12 Free admission – all welcome. If you like your short stories ‘grotesque and very dark please come along and hear Camilla Grudova. Camilla Grudova lives in Toronto. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University. Her fiction has appeared in […]
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Transatlantic connections – Hunterian exhibition brings Harvard’s historic treasures to Glasgow
The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820 Hunterian Art Gallery 17 April – 15 July 2018 A major new exhibition at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, has brought rare items from Harvard University’s extraordinary collections to Scotland for the first time. The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, […]
Aye Write: Archie Macpherson, Adventures in the Golden Age
The Mitchell Library 26th April 2018 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM Archie was the voice of Scottish football, he knew the players, the managers and many of the fans through this halcyon time and his book is a timely reminder of a golden era in Scottish football. Qualification for the World Cup has never been easy, […]
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Woodlands Arts Survey & Artist Network Lunch Woodlands Workspace
Friday 27th April, 12-2pm at Woodlands Workspace 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW Next week Woodlands Workspace will be launching a month long Woodlands Artists survey to capture information about artists living in Woodlands, the type of work they are doing and their access to studio provision across the city. The survey is linked to a refreshing of […]
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Crossmyloof Bread Festival, The Glad Cafe
Saturday, 21 April, 2018 11 am – 4pm. Glasgow’s first ever Bread Festival Crossmyloof Bakery Lane behind the Glad Cafe and Camphill Gate, 968 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HE There will be stalls selling bread and other baking (Baikhous, High Rise Bakers, Freedom Bakery, Wild Flours and others), hot food (Ranjit’s Kitchen), Coffee (Dear Green) […]
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Fresh Work Springs Eternal at Thistle Gallery
www.thistle-gallery.comThistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Just arrived in the Gallery Wednesday, 18 April, 2018 is a remarkable set of fifteen new exhibits by popular contemporary Scottish artists: Ian Rawnsley from Troon, Gregory Moore and Katy Arthur from Glasgow and Louise Turnbull from the […]
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32nd Glasgow Jazz Festival 2018
The 32nd Glasgow Jazz Festival returns from 20-24 June 2018. The Old Fruitmarket shows will be headlined by Mr Jukes on 20 Jun, The Georgie Fame Family Trio on 21 Jun and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo on 22 Jun. Tickets are on sale now from www.jazzfest.co.uk or in person from the venue and Tickets Scotland. Further acts to be […]
Cross-feed Night School with Dr David Luke
Thursday 26 April, 2018, 6.30 p.m. The Reidvale Centre, 13 Whitevale Street, Glasgow G31 1 QW In conjunction with the exhibition Cross-feed, Market Gallery presents a special edition of Night School with Dr David Luke at Reidvale Hall. Dr David Luke will present his scientific research into psychoactive substances and transpersonal experiences. Dr David Luke […]
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‘Spring: the music of open windows’ at Thistle Gallery
Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Blowing away the winter cobwebs and welcoming in a new season with a vibrant new Show ‘Rites of Spring’ which Previews on Saturday, March 31st and runs throughout April and May, 2018. From 18 April,2018 – Fresh Work […]
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‘Growing and Dying’ a tribute to the writer Janet Paisley edited by Linda Jackson
The book is a tribute to the award winning writer Janet Paisley. It is a combination of essays, poems and biography. The writers include, Professor Alan Riach, Tom Leonard, James Robertson, Alan Bissett and Sheila Templeton to name a few. ‘I think of Janet as the sister I never had and when she told me […]
Dr Yupin Chung: Tea Under A Willow Tree, Glasgow Art Club
(Image credit: Courtesy of Thomas Jacobi) Thursday, 27 September, 2018 – 6 p.m. Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, G2 4HU Abstract: Chinese symbols are embodied in daily life. Tea signifies harmony, respect, purity, tranquillity, rejuvenation, refreshment and contentment. There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into the world of the […]
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150th Anniversary Talks: Joanne Laird & Norman Walker Scotland Street School
150th Anniversary Talks: Joanne Laird & Norman Walker: laughs, of course there were Location: Scotland Street School Museum, Scotland Street, Glasgow G6 8QB Wednesday 9 May, 2018 2 p.m. Admission: FREE Drop in, no booking required. Scotland Street School, 225 Scotland St, Glasgow G5 8QB Mackintosh 150 Scotland Street School See also Unbuilt Mackintosh at The […]
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Frostpinni!, The Lighthouse
20 Apr 2018 – 03 Jun Long Gallery This is an exhibition celebrating play, pattern and form using visual inspiration from the everyday. Glasgow based ceramist, Laura Lightbody has produced a series of slip cast ceramics in which she has taken a motif, found during her recent trip to Iceland, in many directions working in […]
The Drake, Unplugged
25 April, 2018 A night of international talent with: Nossa Bossa – Brazilian Grooves from Pete Parisetti and Angela Higney Farzane Zamen – from Iran Elyssa Vulpes – from Italy Music in the raw – no mics, no amps, no PA – just voices and acoustic instruments in a house concert setting – Upstairs at […]
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Stuart Murdoch, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Monday 16th April, 2018 1 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Musician, songwriter and filmmaker Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian in conversation about his work with Colin Herd from the University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Programme. Creative Conversaions […]
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Friday, April 13, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
southern fried festival perth 2018
26 – 29 July, 2018 We’re delighted to announce the lineup of our ticketed shows for #SFried2018. Tickets go onsale at 10am on Mon 16 April from Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre box offices, by phone on 01738 621 031 and online Artists playing our free stages and gigs will be announced in May.
A Fiction Reading. with Sheila Llewellyn and Andrew Meehan, Crossways Festival review by Pat Byrne
Crossways Festival Irish/Scottish, Literary and Cultural Festival, Glasgow, 2018 A Fiction Reading. with Sheila Llewellyn and Andrew Meehan. 11th April 2018 at The Tron Theatre I always enjoy discovering new authors so Crossways Festival provided an excellent opportunity in the intimate and atmospheric Victorian Bar at The Tron Theatre. Sheila Llewellyn ‘Walking Wounded’ First up […]
‘A Rather Remarkable Saturday Soiree with The Madeleine Stewart Trio, The Mackintosh Club
21 April, 2018 – 3 p.m.- 5.0 p.m. The soaring stars are Madeleine Stewart who will perform alongside Rory Matheson on piano and Craig Baxter on bodhran. These three outstanding talented artists met and studied at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow and we are honoured that they have chosen to play at the Mackintosh Club. […]
Thursday, April 12, 2018 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion and Disco
13 – 15 April, 2018 An intimate portrait of Antonio Lopez, the most influential fashion illustrator of the 1970s. Featuring interviews from Grace Coddington, Jessica Lange, Bill Cunningham and many more, we follow Antonio’s rise to fame at a time when fashion designers and their entourages became rock stars. Antonio was known for discovering new […]
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Glasgow Zine Fest SQIFF Presents: Live in DIY Queer Filmmaking Conversation! CCA
Saturday 14 April 2018 SQIFFs Helen Wright presents a screening-performance looking at the work of DIY queer filmmakers Krissy Mahan and Nakshatra Bagwe whilst joined by the filmmakers via the interwebs for a live conversation. Krissy Mahan and her alter ego Faggotgirl – based in New York – have been making movies using humour as a feminist […]
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