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. Indepen-dance Members’ Stories CCA
Fri 30 March 2018 6pm, £5 + £1 Booking fee, Theatre All ages, Book Online / 0141 352 4900 Indepen-dance, Scotland’s leading inclusive dance organisation shares a film telling the stories of some of our members and celebrates dance and disability heritage through a discussion and small publication. Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 […]
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, Dance, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Touch, GFT
1 April, 2018 Described by Bergman himself as his first love story, The Touch follows a seemingly happy Swedish housewife as she embarks on an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist. However the relationship is fraught with difficulty, as the pair must contend with the impact that their romance will have on their lives. A young Elliot Gould turns in an astute performance […]
Glasgow Horror Festival, Bite Size, Blackfriars
1st April, 2018 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. Glasgow Horror Festival is back for 2018! Expanding on a successful Halloween season horror festival, Popcorn Horror is proud to launch Glasgow Horror Festival: BITESIZE in Blackfriars this April. Horror is for life, not just for Halloween! Glasgow Horror Festival: BITESIZE is there to fill the long […]
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Psycho Vertical, GFT
30th and 31st March, 2018 Based on his best-selling autobiography of the same name, Psycho Vertical is a raw and emotional study of the complex life and motivations of British writer, funny-man and unlikely hero-mountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick. The film focuses on his 18-day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite. This unique, raw and intimate portrait of one of climbing’s most unpredictable and celebrated […]
Shiraz: a Romance of India GFT
4 – 5 April, 2018 Based on the romance between 17th-century Mughal ruler Shah Jahan and his queen, this epic silent film is the ravishing, romantic tale behind the creation of one of the world’s most iconic structures: the Taj Mahal. The film is the story of humble potter Shiraz, who follows his childhood sweetheart Selima when slave traders sell her to […]
Nae Pasaran review by Rachelle Atalla
Nae Pasaran: A review by Rachelle Atalla In 2010 I joined a walking tour in Santiago, Chile and was brought to the facade of La Moneda Palace. I’d read a little about the history of the 1973 military coup, of President Allende and his democratic leftist government being brutally overthrown. It was an atrocity before […]
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Have a Nice Day GFT
2 – 5 April, 2018 A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in Southern China. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancée’s failed plastic surgery, Xiao Zhang, a mere driver, steals a bag containing 1 million from his boss. News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of […]
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Pillow Talk, GFT
Celebrate the 96th birthday of Doris Day at Glasgow Film Theatre – 3 April, 2018 To mark the occasion of Doris Day’s 96th birthday GFT screen one of the favourite films from her glittering career. This Oscar-winning comedy of crossed wires and exasperated misunderstandings is the first and best of the Day-Hudson romps. Self-reliant Jan […]
Peter Houghton Art at Eusebi Easter, 2018
Peter Howson Homeless Jesus 2017 showcasing at Eusebi Eusebi on Park Road are helping to raise funds this Easter with the showcasing of Peter Howson’s Homeless Jesus painting. The painting is inspired by a bronze sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a bench. The painting is being showcased in various locations across […]
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Remember Us + Ismail, CCA
30 March, 2018 – 6.30 p.m. Commemorate Land Day with two films from emerging female directors of the Palestinian diaspora. Remember Us is a genre bending documentary and Ismail is a period drama about family. This screening is a fundraising event for an independent Scottish documentary about sport in Palestine. Remember Us (2015) UK Premier […]
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Crossways: The Irish Scottish Cultural & Literary Festival, Glasgow Merchant City
T R A S N Ú ~ COMAR The Irish Scottish Cultural & Literary Festival 9–15 April 2018 The Emigrant Support Fund, of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, has recently awarded Irish Pages a large grant to organize an annual “Irish Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival” in the Merchant City area of Glasgow. It will take place […]
Scottish Writers’ Centre New Writing Showcase at CCA, Glasgow
Tue 27 March 2018 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 6.30 p.m. It takes passion, talent, and craftsmanship to create art with words as a medium, and Glasgow writers and poets are brimming with all three. Partnered with The University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing degree programmes (MFA/DFA), the New Writing Showcase hosts poets and […]
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Still Moving: Films and Photographs of Ulrike Ottinger, The Hunterian
20 April – 29 July 2018 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission free This solo exhibition profiles the influential filmmaker and artist Ulrike Ottinger, whose work has rarely been exhibited in the UK. Still Moving features a range of Ottinger’s photographic prints and some short film works. This is the first solo exhibition of Ulrike Ottinger’s films and […]
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Tammy, The Tannahill Centre, Paisley
The Tannahill Centre 76 Blackstoun Rd, Paisley PA3 1NT 0141 889 2455
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Saturday, March 24, 2018 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Persona, GFT
25 March, 2018 Often regarded as a watershed in Bergman’s career, Persona is considered to be his most important film. Young nurse, Alma, is assigned to care for Swedish actress, Elisabet Vogler, who has been rendered mute following a performance on stage. Whilst caring for her, Alma confides in Elisabet constantly. As the women spend more time alone, […]
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema
Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival In Time to Come, CCA 25 – 29 March
Sunday 25 March 2018 Set in Singapore, In Time to Come follows the ritualistic exhuming of an old state time capsule, and the compilation of another. As enigmatic remnants of life from 25 years ago emerge – a bottle of water from the Singapore River, a copy of the Yellow Pages, a phone charger – […]
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Dark River, GFT
26 – 29 March, 2018 Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there she encounters her older brother Joe (Mark Stanley), a man she barely recognizes, worn down by years of struggling to keep […]
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The Square, Glasgow Film Theatre
16 – 29 March, 2018 Director Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure) won Cannes Film Festival 2017’s Palme d’Or for this original and cutting art-world satire. In The Square, Christian (Claes Bang), the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, unveils an ambitious installation designed to remind the public of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But […]
Nae Pasaran, GFT, Q & A with Felipe Bustos Sierra
25 March, 2018 4 p.m. Director Felipe Bustos Sierra will take part in a Q&A after the screening. In 1974 a group of workers at the Rolls-Royce factory in East Kilbride showed their support for the people of Chile by refusing to carry out vital inspections of engines for Hawker Hunter planes – the fighter […]
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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle, GFT
25 March, 2018 For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. In this new documentary, narrated by Maxine Peake, we see the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain. Focusing on the neglect, demolition and […]
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Cinemasters: Wes Anderson – Glasgow Film Theatre
Wes Anderson is a singular filmmaker; his precise vision, detached humour and particular style are unmistakable. One viewing arguably isn’t enough to take in everything contained across the many layers of his intricately-constructed stories, and their idiosyncratic characters. As his new film Isle of Dogs goes on general release, GFT is delighted to take the […]
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LUX Scotland presents Glare
25 March, 2018 This event explores self-organisation, DIY cultures and the ways in which people resist an ever-increasing demand to professionalise and legitimise their actions. With live musical performances from Alicia Matthews (LAPS and Sue Zuki) and Susannah Stark alongside a programme of moving image including Lucy Thane’s It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill In the […]
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ian Donaldson and Steven G. Leonard at The Bungalow, Paisley
Saturday, 7 April, 2018 The Bungalow, Shuttle St, Paisley PA1 1YD Tickets: http://www.ruthlessartistes.co.uk/ and Robert Williamson – bookings@bungalowlive.co.uk + 0141 889 9976 Ian Donaldson on Facebook
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Women Writers on the Fringe, Carlton Studios, Glasgow
Friday 18 May, 2018 Anti-fracking Fundraiser – £5 on door.
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Queen Mother Women’s Art Group Exhibition at ProjectAbility
‘The Queen Mothers’ group show is a result of Mandy McIntosh coming in to Project Ability to work with the first women only art group comprised of regular artists who use the studio. ProjectAbility, 103 Trongate, G1 5HD Until 29 March, 2018 Using an existing feminist aesthetic vocabulary of textile and collage, the women worked […]
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Unbuilt Mackintosh, The Hunterian
8 March – 3 June 2018 Unbuilt Mackintosh showcases stunning architectural models based on the unbuilt designs of Scottish architect, designer and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Demonstrating Mackintosh’s architectural vision, the models have been crafted by current Scottish model makers, with their precise dimensions meticulously drawn from Mackintosh’s drawings and documentation. The display combines models […]
Kelburn Garden Party 2018
2018 Music Programme – Kelburn Garden Party KELBURN CASTLE, AYRSHIRE 29 June – 2 July, 2018 As always your ears and feet will be treated to a wide range of quality sounds for party people. There will be funk, folk, reggae and jazz. House, techno, hip-hop, disco and world music. And lots of surprises! The […]
Tricky Hat presents The Flames, CCA, Glasgow
Sunday 25 March 2018 3pm + 7pm, £5 (£3.50) + £1 booking fee, Theatre 14+ accompanied by an adult Book Online / 0141 352
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Community ‘drop in’ Information Event: Proposed Community Custody Unit, Maryhill Road Glasgow
Tuesday 3 April, 2018 Maryhill Burgh Halls Vision for the Care of Women in Custody in Scotland The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) are holding a drop in event to provide information on the proposed Community Custody Unit (CCU) due to be located on the former Maryhill Health Centre Site. The event will provide you with […]
Steel Valley Saints at Citizen M
5 April, 2018 60 Citizen M, Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3BW You’re invited to enjoy fresh April grooves by Steel Valley Saints! On Thursday, 5 April, they will be bringing their unique Outlaw Skiffle Rock ‘n’ Roll sound to citizenM Glasgow club room. If you like a fusion of swing, blues, 50s and 60s rock […]
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