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..

Love Is Colder Than Death, GFT, 20 and 21 May, 2017

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The debut feature film from Fassbinder, this 1969 film was booed at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, but has since been critically reappraised and is now recognised as an enduring classic from the revered director. Fassbinder himself stars as small-time pimp Franz, whose refusal to join a gangster syndicate turns both he and his […]

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Machines, GFT, until 21 May, 2017

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Director Rahul Jain presents an intimate portrayal of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India. Since the 1960s, western India has undergone unprecedented, unregulated industrialisation, exemplified in its numerous textile factories. Machines examines only one of these factories, while at the same time representing the thousands of labourers working, living and […]

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The Secret Scripture, GFT, until 25 May, 2017

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Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, In America) brings Sebastian Barry’s novel to the screen in an elegantly crafted, unabashedly romantic production. Roseanne McNulty (Vanessa Redgrave) has spent decades in a mental institution. Dr Grene (Eric Bana) is assigned to determine her future and discovers a Bible filled with drawings and memories of […]

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Sharing Learning – Woodlands Community Development Trust & Partick Thistle Community Trust, Monday, 5 June, 2017

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A special, free, event sharing our learning from running Woodlands Community Cafe over the last 3 years. Covering topics such as funding, retaining volunteers and dignity in community food provision. Also exploring options for developing Partick Thistle FC as a community resource. Our programme includes an option to share in an evening meal at Woodlands […]

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Anna Krzystek’s new Untitled Series , The Tramway 5 – 21 May, 2017

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DIG presents Anna Krzystek Untitled #0.5 Film installation, screened on a loop during Tramway opening hours. Upper Foyer Gallery Preview Thursday 4 May Friday 5th May – Sunday 21st May Untitled #0.5 – Who, What And Where Is Anna is part of Anna Krzystek’s new Untitled Series exploring the premise of Nothing. A film installation […]

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Mindhorn directed by Sean Foley – review by Calum Maclean

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Mindhorn Directed by Sean Foley Written by Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby Cast – Julian Barratt, Essie Davis, Russell Tovey, Andrea Riseborough, Simon Farnaby, Steve Coogan It’s always a pleasure to see an idea as brilliantly daft as Mindhorn make it into mainstream cinema, but it’s even more enjoyable when that concept is carried through […]

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Damien Wilkins in conversation with Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh, University of Glasgow, Thursday 25 May, 2017

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Thursday 25th May, 5.30pm Sir Alwyn Williams Building,  18 Lilybank Gardens Distinguished New Zealand novelist and essayist Damien Wilkins is making a rare visit to the UK and will be in conversation with Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh  Thursday 25th May, 5.30pm, Sir Alwyn Williams Building,  18 Lilybank Gardens   Damien Wilkins is the author […]

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Scottish Street Food Festival, 20 and 21 May, 2017 – Riverside Museum

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Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Road, G3 8RS 20 and 21 May, 2017 The Scottish Street Food Festival has been created to bring people together through food and celebrate Scotland’s relatively new Street food culture in a fun festival setting. We envisage it will become an annual event where food trucks, restaurants, food vendors, suppliers & […]

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Mini Manoeuvres, Scottish Street Food Festival, 21 May, 2017

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Sunday, 21 May, 2017 Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS Ahoy there! We are delighted to be asked on board for The Scottish Street Food Festival at the Riverside Museum this weekend! Riverside, next to the Clyde, next to the Tall Ship…can only mean one thing….Pirates and Mermaids! There will be prizes for […]

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Rob Churm: Parasite Rex, Exhibition, CCA, 27 May – 9 July, 2017

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Rob Churm: Parasite Rex CCA Galleries Sat 27 May – Sun 9 July Tue – Sat: 11am – 6pm, Sun: 12noon – 6pm CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Glasgow based artist Rob Churm presents a solo exhibition of drawings, prints, comic strips and digital elements that explore new ways of seeing and describing the […]

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‘Conradh na Gaeilge in Albain agus Aistí Eile’ with Pádraig Ó Baoighill, Scottish Writers, CCA 23 May, 2017

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Tuesday 23 May 2017: CCA Club Room @7pm Scottish Writers CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, G2 3JD Conradh na Gaeilge Glasgow Is delighted to present: ‘Conradh na Gaeilge in Albain agus Aistí Eile’ with Pádraig Ó Baoighill Conradh na Gaeilge Glasgow, in partnership with the Scottish Writers Centre, is delighted to […]

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Loud Poets: Neverhymed, Broadcast, Thursday, 18 May, 2017

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Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LG Thursday, 18 May, 2917 – 7.30 p.m. It’s beginning to smell like teen spirit in Glasgow as the Loud Poets return to Broadcast for ‘Neverrhymed’. Grohl up, Grohl up, come as you are to a night of awesome spoken word and music! If you fancy opening your heart-shaped […]

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Glasgow Science Festival 2017 Events for Secondary Schools

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Glasgow Science Festival is back from June 8th – 18th with a great line-up of FREE interactive STEMM related workshops and talks for secondary schools at venues across Greater Glasgow. Event details and bookings The Science Behind Sex Education – S4-6 This interactive outreach session introduces pupils to the scientific evidence that underpins sex education […]

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Urban Market Interiors, The Drygate, 21 May, 2017

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The Urban Market Interiors is on Sunday 21st May – make sure it’s in your diary! We are jam-packed with traders selling all things home. Think furniture, lighting, textiles, homeware, art, antiques and collectables, we’ve got the lot! If your home is your haven, this one’s for you… And remember, there’s delicious food and tasty […]

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Glasgow Jazz Festival 21 – 25 June, 2017

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Events throughout the city from 21 – 25 June, 2017 Glasgow Jazz Festival announces Scottish Jazz Awards Nominations Glasgow Jazz Festival have today announced nominations for the 5th Scottish Jazz Awards, which will be revived in 2017 in association with Hands Up For Trad, after being absent from the industry for four years. The awards […]

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Speak Easy at South Side Fringe with Scottish Writers, 16 May, 2017

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Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 – 7 p.m. Free event Art Village, Festival Centre, Unit 12, Shawlands Shopping Cenre, 104 Kilmarnock Road, G41 3NN Calling all writers! Dust of those works in progress and put on your best prose for a night of literary readings, and creating. Scottish Writers offer an evening of poetry and prose […]

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The Lions of Lisbon, West End Festival, OranMor, 11 June, 2017

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The Lions of Lisbon: A Play of Two Halves by Ian Auld & Willy Maley OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX Doors open 7 p.m. Show starts 8 p.m. A rehearsed reading with live music Directed by Martin McCardie Musical Director Dave Anderson Get ready to roar for the golden anniversary of the finest […]

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But That Was Then A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor 15 May – 20 May, 2017

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But That Was Then OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 15 May, 2017 — Sat, 20 May, 2017 By Peter McDougall | Directed By Graeme Maley Cast: Bill MacBain and Alison Peebles Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with Ayr Gaiety.  A long time together couple; […]

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Venturefest Scotland 2017 20 September, Glasgow Science Centre

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Venturefest Scotland 2017 20th September 9.00am – 5.00pm Scotland’s business innovation and growth summit, Venturefest Scotland, returns to the Glasgow Science Centre on Wed 20 September 2017.  Designed to help high-growth SMEs and ambitious early-stage companies to grow through innovation, the event connects business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, academics and innovators and provides a platform for […]

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Off The Page, Stirling Libraries Book Festival, May 2017

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Readings, Entertainment, Events, Launches, Poetry , Comics, Kids’ Stuff and Creative Writing Workshops Fabulous programme including Magi Gibson Helen Mackinven James Kelman, Alan Bissett, Craig Robertson Poetry Cafe Comic Kids And much more culturestirling.org/library-events/ http://culturestirling.org/libraries/creative-writing-booklet-launch-adult-learning-team-event/

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Booked! West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words, 8 – 20 May, 2017

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Monday 8 May to Saturday 20 May, 2017 ( 19:30 – 21:00 ) West Dunbartonshire Libraries Festival of Words BOOKED! 2017 is West Dunbartonshire Libraries annual literature festival. It will run over two weeks from 8 May until 20 May 2017 . The festival includes a vibrant and diverse programme of talks and events by […]

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Adam Stafford, Reverse Drift CD Launch, Stereo, 29 June, 2017

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Adam Stafford live, with special guests. Thursday 29 June, 2017 at 7 p.m. Adam Stafford is an experimental pop master. After last year’s Taser Revelations embraced the ‘pop’ end of that spectrum, he’s back at the ‘experimental’ end for his latest project. REVERSE DRIFT is the kind of multimedia experiment he was always meant to […]

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Open the Door: Networking Gathering, Glasgow Women’s Library, Saturday 13th May, 2017

Open the Door: Networking Gathering 13th May at 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Glasgow Women’s Library is a haven for women writers and readers in Scotland. This year, we are hosting a literary festival with a twist, one that revels in the diversity and range of Scotland’s women writers, inviting some of the best to […]

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Frantz, GFT, 12 – 18 May, 2017

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François Ozon breaks fresh ground with this touching, beautifully crafted period drama set in the aftermath of World War One. In a small German town, Anna (Paula Beer) mourns her fiancé Frantz who was killed in combat. She finds comfort in the arrival of Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney), but what does she really know about […]

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GRAMNet/BEMIS Film Series A World Not Ours, CCA Wed 17 May 2017

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Wed 17 May 2017 6pm (doors 5.30pm), Free (unticketed), Cinema All ages 0141 352 4900 A World Not Ours Documentary: Palestine (2012) / Director: Mahdi Fleifel / Running time: 93 mins Arabic and English with English subtitles A World Not Ours is an intimate, humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp […]

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The Sky is Falling, CCA, until Sun 14 May 2017

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CCA Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm // Sun: 12noon-6pm // Free Preview: Fri 31 March, 7pm-9pm 0141 352 4900 Black Audio Film Collective, Laura Oldfield Ford, Clara Ianni, Dora Mejía and Carol Rhodes The Sky is Falling is an exhibition and event programme that presents disparate visual imaginaries, looking at how we organise ourselves in some of the […]

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Fear Eats The Soul, GFT, 13 and 14 May, 2017

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GFT 13 and 14 May, 2017 Inspired by Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows, this quietly powerful story of the unlikely relationship that evolves between an elderly woman and a Moroccan migrant worker in post-war Germany is often considered to be Fassbinder’s masterpiece. First meeting in a bar during a rainstorm, the couple are surprised […]

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UKJF The Last Laugh, CCA Sun 14 May 2017

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CCA Sun 14 May 2017 2.45pm, £8 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events UKJF The New Man Wed 14 June 2017 Mel Brooks, Larry Charles, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Etgar Keret, Joan Rivers and a host of other top comedians star in this […]

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CinemaAttic presents… Resistencia! CCA Sat 13 May 2017

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CCA Sat 13 May 2017 8pm (doors 7.30pm), £5 (£4) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 CinemaAttic promote and distribute independent Spanish and Latin-American cinema in the UK through immersive cinema experiences and networking events. Resistencia! For their May event, CinemaAttic strikes again with a programme in social and […]

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