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. Glasgow Film Festival 2018 – Closing Gala: Felipe Bustos Sierra’s Nae Pasaran
Closing Gala Announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2018 Festival will close with World Premiere of the true story of the Scots who defied Pinochet Felipe Bustos Sierra’s Nae Pasaran will have its gala screening Sunday 4 March, 2018 at Glasgow Film Theatre Glasgow Film Festival 2018 will close in resounding fashion on 4 March with […]
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Friday, February 23, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2018, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2018 photographs and review by Pauline Keightley
Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2018 Golden highlights of another memorable festival. The Transatlantic Session are the jewel in the Celtic Connections crown – led by musical maestros Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and US Dubro master Jerry Douglas. We were treated to wonderful music from Phil Cunningham, Russ Barenberg, John McCusker and Michael McGoldrick, backed up […]
Generations Working Together, Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Wednesday 7th March 2018, 10:00am – 4:00pm at University of Strathclyde, The Technology & Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD GWT is delighted to announce the programme for our National Conference being held in March 2018. This year’s theme is “Safer, fairer, more successful communities – Celebrating the Year of Young People 2018” Speakers […]
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Sound and Vision Strand, Glasgow Film Festival 2018
From stunning live sonic cinema events to captivating true stories and unique narratives, Glasgow Film Festival 2018 Sound & Vision strand features the best from the world of music and film. Divas, Despots and Dancing: Assunta Spina with Live Score (N/C 12+) Rare screening of silent Italian drama with new live score Image for Mm […]
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The Valley of Shadows, GFT
Until 23 – 28 February, 2018 A community is rocked by a spate of sheep slaughters during a full moon. While farmers suspect a wolf, the village’s children are convinced something else is going on. Six year-old Aslak (Adam Ekeli) knows better than to venture into the woods alone, especially after the loss of his older […]
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Young Films Foundation, CCA
Meet the successful interviewees–Industry Drinks Event 26 February, 2018 6 p.m. Chris Young is delighted to announce that 17 candidates have been shortlisted from an initial list of over 100 applicants for the Young Films Foundation residence on the Isle of Skye, to be held this year in May, www.youngfilmsfoundation.co.uk Following the interviews at the […]
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Glasgow Film Festival 2018 – Catch Some Amazing Guests
Some stellar guests will attend events at the festival for Q&A sessions. You’ll be able to find out ore about their inspiration, process and future projects. Highlights Include Imogen Poots and Callum Turner, who will attend Mobile Homes; Belgian comedian Nawell Madani, at the hilarious Stand Up, Girl; rising Irish director Rebecca Daly, who will answer questions after the screening of the […]
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Wee Write – Family Days at Aye Write! 3 and 4 March, 2018
Looking for a fun day out for the little bookworms in your life? Celebrate their imagination at the Wee Write! Family Days! It’s an absolute must for the kids. Join us for a weekend of imaginative, literary fun! The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March, 2018 10 a.m. […]
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Dave Arcari, Hug and Pint, Glasgow Saturday 3 March, 2018
The blues troubadour will be promoting is latest album ‘Live at Memorial Gall’ Tickets With guest Hicks, The Hug and Pint and Dave Arcari at The Hug and Pint. Dave Arcari Website
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Ten Writers Telling Lies and M. Litt Creative Writing Open Mic, Gilchrist Centre University of Glasgow
Wednesday 28 February, 2018 – 6 p.m. The Gilchrist, University of Glasgow, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Ten Writers Telling Lies will perform with prose, poetry and music. M.Litt Creative Writing Graduates will be among those performing with music by Jim Byrne. Starts 6 p.m. Free and all welcome Afterwards M.Litt students will perform […]
| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mind and Draw, The Space, Saturdays
Mind and Draw is our weekly art therapy drop-in session in The Living Room at The Space every Saturday 1:30pm – 3:30pm!! Saturday 24 February, 2018 and every Saturday All ages & abilities are welcome to come down for a chat & get creative. We do creative workshops like painting to music, word collaboration, blind […]
Unexploded Ordnances, The Platform, Glasgow 26 May, 2018
26 May, 2018 – 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Platform Glasgow, The Bridge, Glasgow G34 9JW Presented by Take Me Somewhere, National Theatre of Scotland and Platform with support from Luminate and Outspoken Arts Scotland. Take Me Somewhere brings iconic lesbian-feminist theatre company, Split Britches to Platform for the 2018 Take Me Somewhere festival. Combining […]
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GFF 2018 Kinning Park Carnival: Bride and Prejudice, Kinning Park Complex
Saturday 3 March, 2018, 7 p.m. ‘Watch yourself, Darcy, he’s about to transform into the Indian MC Hammer!’ Join us for an evening of Indian festivities at Kinning Park Complex as we celebrate the vibrant world of Gurinder Chadha’s romantic comedy Bride & Prejudice. Watch as Lalita (Aishwarya Rai Bachan) enchants the brooding and arrogant […]
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Good Favour, GFT
Saturday 24 February, 2018 What could be a more Christian act than showing kindness to strangers? When injured, anxious teenager Tom (Vincent Romeo) stumbles from the woods into a secluded Christian village he is welcomed with open arms. The villagers are full of concern and compassion, but what impact will his presence have? The local […]
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2018
Nature Writing Beyond Landscape – Scottish Writers Centre, Glasgow
Writing The World Around Us 13 March,2018 –7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD “The best environmental art, then, is deconstructed from the inside. As theory it retains its fullest existence as questioning—internally fractured by a doubt […]” —Timothy Morton This two-part workshop will have participants discussing a selection of different […]
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Old Kilpatrick Art Club Exhibition, Caulders Garden Centre 22 – 25 February, 2018
Art Exibition – Old Kilpatrick Art Club 22 – 25 February, 2018 Caulders Garden Centre, Bishopton, Erkine Bridge PA7 5PU Donation to Erskine Hospital from proceeds
Roteract Fancy a Cup of Tea with a Refugee, QMU, University of Glasgow
Saturday, 24 February, 2018 – 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow 22 University Gardens, G12 8QN Fancy a Cup of Tea with a Refugee? Everybody loves a cuppa (and a cake). Come join us at the Queen Margaret Union for some quality time and a cuppa. It’s a great opportunity […]
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Linda Jaxson Band, St Louis Cafe Bar, Partick Saturday 24 February, 2018
See the small snow pieces on the poster….well it will be sky blue in St Louis on 24th. Dancing shoes anyone? St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6RD Event on Facebook
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Express Yourself, Women in Poetry at Tell It Slant, Friday 23 February, 2018
Friday, 23 February, 2018 Tell It Slant, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST This is a biggie!! ((IT IS EXPRESS YOURSELF’S 1ST BIRTHDAY)) We are celebrating Woman In Poetry. It’s the year of the woman. A big bunch of us fabulous woman are coming together in an all female poetry lineup to share 5 minutes […]
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The Motherf**cker With The Hat, The Tron, Glasgow
1 – 17 March, 2018 ‘I shot his hat. Dass all. And – BELIEVE ME – the motherf**ker KNEW what that was about! The problem is, the bullet went through his hat, ricko-shayed off his floor, blew out his big screen TV, and put a hole in the guy next door’s apartment who was home […]
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Monday, February 19, 2018 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Dick Gaughan Tribute Concert at Celtic Connections 2018 – photography and review Pauline Keightley
Songs of Defiance and social conscience and an evening of contrast, quality, and sincerity The Old Fruitmarket, Celtic Connections,January,2018 This concert was a celebration of the music that matters to Dick Gaughan. It was hosted by actress Elaine C Smith, who introduced an incomparable line up of Gaughan’s long time friends and collaborators. This included […]
Sunday, February 18, 2018 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2018 Glasgow's winter music festival, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley
Colin Herd, Poet at Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Monday 19 February, 2018 – 1 – 2 PM University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public Colin Herd is a poet and Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow. His first collection of poems “too ok” was published by BlazeVOX in 2011. […]
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Blue Rose Code at Celtic Connections 2018 photos and review Pauline Keightley
Blue Rose Code (aka Ross Wilson) performed at Celtic Connections supporting Beth Orton. Ross commanded the ABC stage as he sang with a full band line up. He performed songs from his new 2017 album Water of Leith, as well as other fan favourites. In some memorable songs he connected to his Scottish roots and […]
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2018 Glasgow's winter music festival, Music Reviews, Pauline Keightley
The Shape of Water, GFT
14 February – 5 March, 2018 From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) comes a stylish other-worldly fairy tale, set in 1960s America at the height of the Cold War. Lonely mute Elisa (Sally Hawkins) lives an isolated life, working in a hidden high-security government laboratory. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia […]
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Friday, February 16, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Valentines Day Glasgow
Soundtracking, Edith Bowman with Lynne Ramsay, GFT
24 February, 2018 Started in 2016, Edith Bowman’s unique podcast features interviews with directors, actors, producers and composers, discussing the music that inspired them and how they use music in their films, from their current release to key moments in their career. For this special live Glasgow Film Festival episode, Bowman will be interviewing celebrated Glasgow-born director Lynne […]
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Sweet Country, Cineworld Glasgow
26 and 27 February, 2018 Director Warwick Thornton attends the screening on Mon 26 Feb Warwick Thornton’s ravishing, agonising western is inspired by true events and set in Australia’s Northern Territory in 1929. Aboriginal stockman Sam (Hamilton Morris) works the land for kindly Christian preacher Fred Smith (Sam Neill). When vicious war veteran Harry Morris (Ewen Leslie) returns […]
The Breadwinner, GFT
23 and 24 February, 2018 Director Nora Twomey attends the screening on Fri 23 Feb Irish animator Nora Twomey (The Secret of Kells) makes her solo feature debut with this exquisite, heartrending adaptation of Deborah Ellis’s beloved novel. When the Taliban rulers of Kabul imprison a teacher, his 11-year-old daughter Parvana (Saara Chaudry) disguises herself as a […]
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Working Girl, GFF 2018
23 February, 2018 ‘I have a head for business and a bod for sin.’ Melanie Griffith dons a sharp suit and climbs the corporate ladder in the cut-throat working world of Manhattan in Mike Nichols’ ‘80s classic. Put on your shoulder pads, backcomb your hair and join us in the Former College of Building and […]
FrightFest, Glasgow Film Festival: challenge to aspiring Scottish filmmakers
Submissions need to be in for 13 February,2018 FrightFest, in association with Glasgow Film Festival, are delighted to announce an exciting new initiative to discover the next wave of emerging Scottish talent. FrightFest has always championed new film-makers since its inception in 2000. Now, for the very first time they are encouraging talent to rise […]
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2018
LGBT History Month, Film Screening and Discussion, STUC
STUC LGBT+ Committee Thursday 22 February, 2018 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. An evening of short films and discussion as part of LGBT+ History Month! Screening some short films (BBC Queer Britain, My Lesbian Mums + TBC) followed by a lively panel discussion on the themes of the film, featuring Kate Adair and others. This […]
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