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. Lost Mansions and Houses of Lanarkshire by Dan Sweeney
Dan Sweeney’s new book chronicles and describes one hundred mansions and houses which have been lost to the landscape of Lanarkshire. Details of the houses are interwoven with snapshots of the people who occupied them to provide a readable record of Lanarkshire’s past. With over 130 photographs and drawings the book will appeal to those […]
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Saturday, November 18, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Good Time, GFT
18 – 23 November, 2017 Josh and Benny Safdie (Heaven Knows What) return with a hypnotic crime thriller that explores the tragic sway of family and fate. After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine “Connie” Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted journey through the city’s underworld in an increasingly […]
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Friday, November 17, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema
Fargo, GFT
18 and 20 November, 2017 By the mid-nineties, the Coen brothers were well known on the indie cinema scene, but it was this dark thriller that made them household names. When car salesman Jerry Lundegaard gets himself into debt, he hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife, planning to collect the ransom from her wealthy father. The scheme collapses quickly when […]
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Argentine Film Festival, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, 30 October – 20 November, 2017
All screenings are free. 6 p.m. each evening at Screenings will take place in the Lecture Theatre Kelvin Hall, 1417 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AN Programme Monday 30th October: Kriptonita (Nicanor Loreti, 2015) – book via eventbrite Monday 6th November: Historias de cronopios y de famas (Julio Ludueña, 2013) – book via eventbrite Monday 13th November: Cassandra (Inés de Oliveira Cézar, 2012) […]
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End of the Game, Southside Film Club, The Glad Cafe, 22 November, 2017
Q&A with director Wednesday 22nd November, 2017 The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG 8pm (Doors 7.30pm) Join us on a bizarre journey to Africa with a vegan filmmaker and a big game hunter! Committed vegan, David Graham Scott, follows old colonial relic Guy Wallace as he prepares to go on his last big […]
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The End of the Game, Southside Film Club, The Glad Cafe, 22 November 2017
The End of the Game (Cert 18, 70mins, 2017) with director Q&A The Glad Cafe, 8pm (doors 7.30pm), £8/£6 Buy tickets The End of the Game is a film about a bizarre journey to Africa with a vegan filmmaker and a big game hunter. Committed vegan, David Graham Scott, follows old colonial relic Guy […]
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CinemaAttic Focus on Cuba: Short Films from the EICTV Film School, CCA
Fri 17 November 2017 7.30pm (doors 7pm), £5 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Following the Havana Glasgow Film Festival, Cinemaattic take the opportunity to bring to Glasgow a focus on one of the most remarkable film school around the world: EICTV San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. Rarely before have the […]
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Vahni Capildeo, Creative Conversations
Poet Vahni Capildeo Vahni Capildeo Monday 4 December 1 – 2 PM University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public Vahni Capildeo is an award-winning poet born in Trinidad and living in the UK. Her poetry collections include No Traveller Returns (2003), Undraining Sea (2009), Dark and Unaccustomed Words (2012), Utter (2013), Simple […]
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The Florida Project, GFT, 10 – 23 November, 2017
The Florida Project Friday 10 – Thursday 23 November, 201 From the acclaimed director of Tangerine, The Florida Project tells the story of precocious six-year-old Moonee (newcomer Brooklynn Prince). Living in pastel-coloured motel The Magic Castle, in Florida, Moonee and her friends’ summer break is filled with childhood wonder and a sense of adventure, while their parents and […]
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Linda Jaxson Trio, St Louis Cafe Bar
10 December, 2017 St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6RD www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Winter Words at Woodlands Community
7th December, 2017, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Woodlands Workspace, 66 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6HW Poetry, Performance and Possibilities Featuring Viv Gee and Kevin P. Gilday Join us in the beautiful and intimate venue of Woodlands Workspace for a special seasonal event. 6.45 Doors Open 7.00 Tea, coffe and mince pies 7.15 In Conversation […]
Book Week Scotland 2017
Book Week Scotland 2017 is taking place from Monday 27 November – Sunday 3 December. Book Week Scotland 2017 a week-long celebration of books and reading 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. They […]
Book Week Scotland 2017 , West Dunbartonshire Libraries
27 November – 3 December, 2017 Various Libraries throughout West Dunbartonshire Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading throughout Scotland. This year’s theme is ‘Nourish’ so be kind to yourself and join in the celebration as people of all ages and walks of life come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces […]
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Edinburgh Film Festival 2018 – call for submissions
Edinburgh Film Festival 72nd edition takes place in Edinburgh from 20 June to 1 July 2018, You can be a part of it! Full details on submissions. In 2017, EIFF screened many exceptional films received through open submissions, including Edie, London Sympony,Romans, London Symphony, Story of A Girl, Access All Areas and The Marker, as well as Just Charlie (pictured), which went […]
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema
Temporary Closure of Mackintosh House
The Hunterian’s Mackintosh House will close for a short period of refurbishment from Tuesday 21 November 2017. The Mackintosh House, part of the Hunterian Art Gallery on the University of Glasgow campus, is one of Glasgow’s most popular tourist attractions, welcoming visitors from around the world. The refurbishment works will include the […]
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‘This World that We Seem to Inherit’: Readings and Music for Remembrance, University of Glasgow
15 November, 2017 – 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. University Glasgow Chapel, G12 8QQ by University of Glasgow First World War Commemoration Group Come and listen to a selection of First World War writing from Scottish authors and poets in the stunning University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. Readers will include include the University of Glasgow’s Alan Riach and Zoe […]
Monday, November 13, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Coughlan Sounds in the Suburbs
Friday 7 November, 2017 The Accies Cricket Club, 21 Helensburgh Dr, Glasgow G13 1RR One of the great privileges of putting on gigs is that you get to promote shows by really outstanding artists and see them up close in intimate venues. Sounds in the Suburbs are absolutely delighted that the wonderful Mary Coughlan will be […]
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ProjectAbility at Mono
10 November, 2017 – 14 January, 2018 Project Ability is excited to be exhibiting with Mono once again! There will be a brilliant selection of artworks on display throughout the festive period into the New Year. Big thanks to Mono for welcoming Project Ability and hosting the exhibition. Opening event on November 9th from 7-9pm… […]
Louise Welsh, Arlington Baths Club, Book Week Scotland, Thursday 30 November,2017
What would it be like to survive the plague? Could you make a good life in a brutal new future? That’s the fate of the few survivors of a worldwide epidemic that wipes out billons of lives in Louise Welsh’s terrifying Plague Times trilogy. In No Dominion, the third and final book published this year, former TV […]
Ten Slavonic Dances with Tom Hubbard, Scottish Writers Centre
Ten Feet Tall: Celebrating 10 Years of Contributions to Arts & Culture 16 January, 2018 CCA, Scottish Writers Centre Club Room, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Ten Slavonic Dances with Tom Hubbard, Scottish Writers Centre, 16 January, 2018. Tom Hubbard will be performing short extracts from his book of three short stories / novellas Slavonic […]
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Book Week Scotland – Story on Page and Film with Bernard MacLaverty, Kelvin Hall, 2 December, 2017
2 December, 2017 3 p.m. 4 p.m. How do we tell and hear stories both in writing and images? Is there a difference in how we feel about the stories we love depending on how they are told? Come along and hear Bernard MacLaverty in conversation – not only a highly acclaimed author but has […]
Bahookie’s Big Christmas Rock Ceilidh Bash, Cottiers
Bahookie’s Big Christmas Rock Ceilidh Bash at Cottiers 8 December 2017 – 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Start your Christmas with a bang! (And a jig, and a rocking guitar lick). Join Cottiers and Bahookie for a fantastic dinner and Christmas Rock Ceilidh Bash. Dinner will be served […]
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Kind Stranger, Play, Pie and Pint, OranMor
Kind Stranger, Play, Pie and Pint, OranMor, Glasgow – Monday, 13 November, 2017 — Saturday, 18 November, 2017 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 By Matthew McVarish | Directed By Maggie Kinloch Cast: Tom Urie When a man is found unconscious near railway lines, Police Scotland appeal for any information that might help identify him […]
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Sunday, November 12, 2017 | 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
Swing Sensation Big Band Night, Glasgow University Union, 3 December, 2017
3rd December, 2017 – 7.30 p.m. University Union, University of Glasgow, 32 University Avenue, G12 8LX Grab your partner and join Glasgow’s record-breaking dance band, Jon Ritchie’s That Swing Sensation, for a great night of fun social dancing. Lindy, Jive, foxtrot, quickstep and waltz the night away or just sit back and listen to big […]
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Christopher Priest, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow, 13 November, 2017
Monday 13 November, 2017, 1 – 2 PM University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public Christopher Priest is a novelist and science fiction writer. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island, Inverted World, The Affirmation, The Glamour, The Prestige and The Separation. He has been strongly influenced by the science […]
Glasgow Dynamic City book launch La Bodega,Friday 8 December, 2017
Linda Jackson hosts another book launch at La Bodega, with readings, dance performance and live music. This is Free Entry and will no doubt be booked to the gunnels folks like the last one so please book a place and let the restaurant know if you want to have dinner as well. This will be […]
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Saturday, November 11, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Dance, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Have Yourself A Literary Christmas with Jim Ferguson, CCA, 19 December, 2017
Tuesday 19, December 2017: CCA: Club Room at 7:00pm CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, G2 3JD ‘Have Yourself A Literary Christmas’ with Guest Writer, Jim Ferguson It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And, at the SWC we’re getting ready to rock around the Christmas tree with the spotlight on […]
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Thursday, November 9, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Christmas in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Jean Rafferty: The Dark Side of Reality, Scottish Writers CCA 5 December, 2017
Tuesday 5, December 2017: CCA: Club Room at 7:00pm CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, G2 3JD ‘The Dark Side of Reality’ with Jean Rafferty The true artist is interested in the art object as an art process, the thing in being, the being of the thing, the struggle, the excitement, the […]
Scannáin Inbhear Atlantic, CCA, Sat 11 November 2017
Sat 11 November 2017 7pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Brendan Gleeson, Atlantic follows the fortunes of three small fishing communities – in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland – as they struggle to maintain their way of life in the face of mounting […]
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema
Before Summer Ends, GFT, 10 November, 2017
After five years in Paris, Arash has decided to return home to Iran, but his fellow Iranian natives convince him to take one last trip through the south of France. As the friends drive, drink lots of beer, and meet a pair of female French musicians, they enjoy a road trip permeated with a wistful longing for home. This artfully photographed documentary beautifully […]
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