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. Richard Linklaker’s Before Trilogy, GFT, 28,29,30 July, 2017
A unique collaboration between innovative indie filmmaker Richard Linklater and actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, the Before trilogy follows the relationship of Jesse and Celine, across three 9-year intervals. From their meeting as travelling students in Vienna in 1995, through an unplanned reunion in Paris in 2004, to a key point in their long-term […]
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
A New Byres Road: Public Consultation Design Events, August 2017
There’s a new Byres Road coming… funding of £9m has been allocated through the Glasgow City Region Deal to make Byres Road a great place to be. Work will start on the ground in late 2018. Prior to this design work will be undertaken with input from the public and essential consents put in place. […]
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Summer in the Forrest, GFT, 31 July – 2 August, 2017
Directed by Randall Wright (Hockney), Summer in the Forest beautifully captures the story and the passion of philosopher and Templeton Laureate, Jean Vanier. Vanier inspired a quiet revolution when he established L’Arche in 1964, a new community for those living with disabilities, on the edge of a beautiful forest near Paris. Without his vision, hundreds […]
Read the full article: Summer in the Forrest, GFT, 31 July – 2 August, 2017
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Hounds of Love, GFT, 28 July – 3 August, 2017
In the mid 1980s, 17 year-old Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed serial-killer couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors, Vicki quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. Inspired by real life crimes, this is a superbly acted and powerful […]
Read the full article: Hounds of Love, GFT, 28 July – 3 August, 2017
Water and Sugar, GFT, Carlo Di Palma, The Colours of Life, 28 – 30 July, 2017
The remarkable career of cinematographer Carlo Di Palma included working with legendary directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni and Woody Allen, and his craft on the screen shaped the way that films were made for decades. This loving documentary, produced by Di Palma’s wife, features interviews from the many luminaries who admired his work, from Ken […]
Read the full article: Water and Sugar, GFT, Carlo Di Palma, The Colours of Life, 28 – 30 July, 2017
Wildest of All by P.K. Lynch, Book Launch, The Elphinstone Hotel, Biggar,31 August, 2017
Book Launch for PK Lynch’s second novel Wildest of All The Elphinstone Hotel, 145 High St, Biggar, ML12 6DL Thursday, 31 August, 2017 at 8 p.m. Free – Register for ticket. *Please bring your Eventbrite ticket with you to the book launch Blurb: The Donnelly family are a tight-knit bunch, but when one of their […]
Life Writing Workshop – food and cultural heritage, Milk Cafe, Glasgow 12 August, 2017
LIFE WRITING WORKSHOP – on memories and experiences of food and cultural heritage. 12 August, 2017, 12.00 – 3 p.m This workshop is a playful exploration of the ways in which food intersects with nostalgia, memory and ethnicity. Includes some light nibbles. Delivered by: Ruzbowl Facilitated by: Lynnda Wardle (writer) www.lynndawardle.com/ Milk Cafe, 425 Victoria […]
| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Dove Tales, Wednesday 26 July, 2017, Scotia Bar
Come and meet Dove Tales at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 26th July at the Scotia Bar, 112 – 114 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4LW They will be talking about their aims and activities and about how they organise themselves as a charity. They are interested in hearing your thoughts and ideas. The evening will also feature […]
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Tinker Town Den Building Bowling Harbour, Dates in August, 2017
Tinker Town #TT2 TinkerTown #TT2 is a place-making event through den building for children and families; allowing them to play learn and discover while developing their creativity and shaping out their own space in the city The City Of Play Bowling Harbour 11am – 4pm FREE Bowling Wednesdays and Saturdays 02, 05, 09, 12 August […]
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Sunday, July 23, 2017 | Filed under: Kids and young people
Raging Twilight Album Launch 7July, 2017 – Review by Paul Kerr, Blabber ‘n’ Smoke
‘Jack Law and his henchmen turned in a fine performance to a capacity crowd in the Southside’s Glad Cafe last Friday as they presented their first album to the public. The album, reviewed here, is a fine collection of songs with a definite American bent with many of Law’s lyrics inspired by recent trips to […]
| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music Reviews
Scottish Sculpture Workshop Frontiers in Retreat: Edge Effects, Glasgow, Thu 27 July – Sun 30 July 2017
CCA and at venues across the city Thursday 27 July – Sunday 30 July 2017 Times & venues vary ssw.org.uk Scottish Sculpture Workshop presents Edge Effects; a programme of workshops, walks, sound work, film and performance that explore the complex co-dependencies between ecological, social, economic, and political phenomena. For this programme SSW brings together the […]
Cateran: Southerness Album Launch, Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs , 25 August, 2017
25 August, 2017 p.m. Cateran are delighted to announce that at long last work is finished on our album, Southerness. To celebrate the release there will be a launch on 25th August 2017 at The Fort Theatre, Kenmure Avenue, Bishopbriggs, G64 2DW Event on Facebook
Friday, July 21, 2017 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow’s West End Beer Festival , Cafe Source Too, 21 and 22 July, 2017
Glasgow’s West End Beer Festival returns to Cafe Source Too @ Hillhead Sports Club for its 3rd year! Cafe Source Too, 32 Hughenden Road, G12 9XP Tickets available online 3 sessions packed full of great food, live music sessions and as always, expect only the best in Craft Beer from Scotland and beyond! Confirmed so […]
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Fail Better Alternative Merchant Ciy Festival, McChuills, 3 August, 2017
Wander off the beaten track and into the cavern of McChuills where we’ll be having a special Fail Better as part of the Alternative Merchant City Festival: two weeks including a wee stoat down High St, poetry and music from The Blue Chair and loads of live bands and djs in yer favourite bar. JIM […]
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Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 September, 2017
Saturday, 2nd September 2017 at 7:30pm The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra’s return to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall promises to be a memorable evening filled with lively Scottish jigs and reels, haunting slow airs, combined with stirring pipe music, singing and dancing. Under the baton of Blair Parham, the SFO’s brilliant young conductor, the show will […]
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Anderston Family Fun Day, Saturday, 26 August, 2017
Saturday, 26 August, 2017 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Community Event, open to all. Fun for all the Family. Inflatable Fun with Bouncy Castle, Inflatable Slide and Bungee Trampolines – Unlimited Goes for £5 Stalls BBQ / Cafe Games Raffle Tug of War and many more fun activities. 3 Port Street, G3 6HY Event on […]
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States of Disunion, GFT, 4 – 21 July, 2017
As the US celebrates its Independence Day on 4 July, GFT take the opportunity to present a selection of American films that celebrate, question and confront the virtues and contradictions of the Land of the Free. American History X – 35mm (18) Race divisions remain as pressing an issue in America today as they […]
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Thursday, July 20, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Victim, GFT, 21 – 24 July, 2017
1960s Soho: a world where homosexuality is illegal, gossip spreads through whispered conversations, and compromising photographs circulate in anonymous envelopes. Enter Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde), a top barrister who is drawn into a murder enquiry involving a former acquaintance, putting his career on the line as he refuses to be a victim of blackmailing. Reissued […]
Glasgow’s Food Chain on Film, Merchant City Festival, City Halls, 24 July, 2017
Glasgow’s Food Chain on Film Join us to explore Glasgow’s food chain through the 20th century from the collections of the Moving Image Archive Join us to explore Glasgow’s food chain through the 20th century from the collections of the Moving Image Archive, from grain being unloaded at Meadowside to sausage making in Maryhill, large-scale […]
Team America World Peace GFT 21 July, 2017
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone write, direct and star in a bonkers, hilarious, ridiculous take on the American action movie. A swipe at Hollywood, American foreign policy and the war on terror, Team America is a parody like no other. Complete with cutting dialogue, marionette action and a theme song that everyone […]
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The Beguiled, GFT, 19 – 27 July, 2017
Oscar-winner Sofia Coppola became the second woman in history to win Best Director at Cannes Film Festival for this atmospheric period thriller. Adapted from Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name, The Beguiled unfolds during the American Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school whose sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier […]
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Edge Effects I really don’t feel them Carl Giffney, CCA, Fri 28 July 2017
Fri 28 July 2017 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Scottish Sculpture Workshop Frontiers in Retreat: Edge Effects Thu 27 July — Sun 30 July 2017 I really don’t feel them is a feature length documentary shot in The Netherlands, Scotland and Finland. It documents the […]
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Transition Network Tomorrow, CCA, Tuesday 25 July 2017
Tue 25 July 2017– 6.30 p.m. £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 12+ / F-Rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 Already viewed by over 1.5 million people in France alone, and winner of Best Documentary at the Cesar Awards (the French Oscars), ‘Tomorrow’ has been hugely impactful. Produced by activist and writer Cyril Dion […]
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The Boy and The Beast, GFT, 23 July, 2017
This exquisitely crafted, action-packed fable from Wolf Children director Mamoru Hosoda, one of the true masters of Japanese animation, follows nine-year-old Kyuta. After the death of his mother, Kyuta stumbles into a parallel world inhabited by supernatural creatures. The bear-like warrior Kumatetsu decides to accept Kyuta as his apprentice, and their bond grows as they […]
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Proof, GFT, 24 July, 2017
This screening will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by an accessible and informal post-screening discussion hosted by James Mooney, lecturer in film and philosophy (Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh). Martin (Hugo Weaving) is a blind photographer who uses his camera to attempt to establish that the world really is as […]
A Change In The Weather, GFT, 25 – 27 July, 2017
An investigation into the changing nature of love, this is a finely crafted and compelling drama. In an attempt to revisit a creative collaboration and revive his marriage, a theatre director brings together a group of performers to spend a week with him and his wife in an isolated, mountainous part of southern France. As […]
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Wedding Event Cottier’s, Glasgow, Sunday 23 July 2017
Wedding Venue – Open Event 23 Jul 2017 – 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Next in series of open evenings and open days for prospective wedding clients. You’ll have an opportunity to see the venue, chat to wedding co-ordinator and pick up an information pack about what is on offer to couples for their special […]
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Webster’s Bistro and Bar, A Week-End of First Birthday Celebrations, 28 – 31 July, 2017
Webster’s Bistro & Bar is turning one! What a first year they’ve had with all the lovely people who have popped in to dine, drink and hang out in their fabulous bistro and bar. That’s why the bistro team have decided to celebrate their birthday by giving YOU some lovely birthday presents, as a thank […]
James Nokise, The Stand Glasgow Sunday 23 July, 2017
James Nokise: Britain, Let’s Talk About the Golliwogs – Fringe Preview Let’s chat about your race relations issue. Who better to chat to than a Samoan/Welsh comedian from New Zealand? Focusing on Britain’s unique history with the Golliwog – It’s all about addressing the mixed-race elephant in the room… when the elephant is staring at […]
Read the full article: James Nokise, The Stand Glasgow Sunday 23 July, 2017
Tuesday, July 18, 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
Fox Star at the Tron Outdoor Stage, Merchant City Festival, Saturday 22 July, 2017
Fox Star at the Tron – Outdoor Stage for Merchant City Festival. In collaboration with the Tron Theatre Bar and Restaurant Fox Star is programming two weekends of live music 22/23/29/30. There will be solo acts, bands and lots of entertaining performances – all free. Line up for Saturday 22nd July, 2017 12.00 – 8 […]
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