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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..

This Way Up 16 Exhibition Innovation Conference, Glasgow Film Theatre 29-30 November, 2016

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Programme & Speakers Announced THIS WAY UP 16 EXHIBITION INNOVATION CONFERENCE 29-30 November, Glasgow Film Theatre www.thiswayupconference.com THIS WAY UP – the film exhibition innovation conference – today announces its 2016 programme and speakers. Held at the newly refurbished Glasgow Film Theatre, the two-day event (29/30 November) will welcome UK and European delegates to an […]

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The Snow Queen, The Apollo Players, Partick Burgh Hall, 8 – 10 December, 2016

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Written and Directed by JOHN-PAUL LIDDLE Choreography by HUGH MOORE in the recently refurbished PARTICK BURGH HALL 8th – 10th December 2016 Evenings at 7-30pm   Saturday Matinee at 2-30pm   Details at Apollo Players Website Tickets £10 – £14 07904683287 Further details tickets and times

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Chocolate Festival, Oban Lane, Queen Margaret Drive, Sunday 27 November, 2016

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 For the Love of Chocolate Sunday 27 November, 2016 – 6 p.m. Chocolate Festival! Featuring beer tasting by Hippo Beers, handmade chocolate stalls, live music, the history of chocolate, food & drink & lots more! All profit goes towards the ‘one for the rd’ fundraising. This is a community project to help make improvements in […]

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Art Exhibition, Glasgow Children’s Hospice, The Lighthouse, 24 – 27 November, 2016

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Thursday 24th November 2016 to Sunday 27th November 2016 Celebrating the best of Scotland’s art scene, while raising money to support the babies, children and young people treated at Scotland’s largest children’s hospital. The Art Exhibition features a wide range of original works and prints from artists including Graham McKean and Peter Howson, with proceeds from […]

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Christmas Concert, Glasgow Phoenix Choir, Glasgow Concert Hall 9 December, 2016

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Glasgow Phoenix Choir returns to The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Friday 9th December for their annual heart-warming Christmas Concert. Joined by their very special guests The Co-op Funeralcare Band (current Scottish Champions) and St Aloysius’ College Choirs, this festive treat will feature a variety of seasonal favourites for all the family including ‘Joy to […]

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London Korean Film Festival, GFT 23 and 24 November, 2016

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Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Wednesday 23 Nov: 6.10 p.m. FACTORY COMPLEX Winner of the Silver Lion at the 56th Venice Biennale, visual artist Im Heung-soon juxtaposes an array of imagery to explore the plight of female workers. Thursday 24 Nov: 20.35 p.m. DONG-JU: PORTRAIT OF A POET A bold black and […]

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Christmas Extravaganza Salvation Army 91 Dumbarton Road, Partick Thursday 24 November, 2016 5 – 8 p.m.

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Christmas Extravaganza Thursday 24 November, 2016 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Fabulous furniture, Toys, Jewellery , Gifts , Christmas Jumpers and Partywear – come along and pick up some fantastic bargains and help support The Salvation Army. 91 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6PW   Salvation Army on Facebook

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Curtains Up on Winter Windows, Thistle Gallery – Exhibition Runs Until 24 December, 2016

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‘CURTAINS UP ON OUR WINTER WINDOWS……. Thistle Gallery, Park Road, G4 9JF Open seven days a week through until Christmas Browse through their eclectic Christmas Show ‘Unwrapped’ which runs until Christmas Eve.’ As well as an exceptional array of original Scottish Contemporary Art hanging the spacious Gallery walls you will also find: JEWELLERY BY : […]

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Sonnet Youth at Book Week Scotland, The Drygate, 23 November, 2016

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Book Week Scotland Special, The Drygate,  85 Drygate Street, G4 0UT This months Sonnet Youth is a Book Week Scotland Special featuring; Scott Tyrrell Viv Gee Rowan McCabe Karen Jones Drew Taylor-Wilson Georgia Bartlett-McNeil – Poetry Adam Greig Megan Mccorquodale Hosted by Kevin P. Gilday – Writer & Spoken Word Artist & Cat Hepburn – […]

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Southside Christmas Party, Beechings, 2 December, 2016

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To celebrate the recent expansion of the Southside Sessions into the Merrylee, Cathcart and Muirend areas, you’re invited to join us at Beechings bar (34 Clarkston Road) for this years Christmas Party! A proper pub with friendly staff and loyal customers, crackin’ prices for the drinks and live music from Howlin Radio 😀 it’s a […]

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Howlin Radio at The Bank, Saturday 26 November, 2016

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Howlin Radio are proud to help launch a new programme of regular live music events at The Bank Cafe Bar in Muirend. Join them on Saturday 26th November for dance floor hits from the 60’s and 70’s with Southside music collective Howlin Radio. The Bank is a crackin’ big venue, with food served all day, […]

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Weyes Blood and Alistair Ogilvie, Hug and Pint, Friday 25 November, 2016

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Hug and Pint, 171 Great Western Road, G4 9AW Friday 25 November, 2016 – 7.30 p.m. The first thing you notice about Weyes Blood’s new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, is its closeness. The music is immediate and warm with intimate feeling. This disarming nearness draws out emotion from the album’s sound in evocative, […]

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Rare Groove Band, Rio Cafe, Saturday 26 November, 2016

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Saturday 26 November, 2016 – 9 p.m. RGB are imbued with the spirit of SOUL/JAZZ/FUNK/DISCO /HIP HOP and will guarantee you a right rollicking time! The Rio Cafe, 27 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5QF

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Rebecca Hosking and Alan Anderson Nova Scotia Folk Club, Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs 23 November, 2016

Wednesday 23 November, 2016 – 7.30 p.m. Nova Scotia Folk Club runs every Wednesday at the Fort Theatre Bishopbriggs with the exception of 30 November and 7 November 2016 with each of these club nights takng place in Victoria Bowling Torrance. Wednesday 23 November as well as the usual floor spots (please book in your […]

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Scotland for Haiti, Fundraiser, Sugar Dumplin Restaurant, 27 November, 2016

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Sunday, November 27, 2016 5:00 PM – 8:00 Sugar Dumplin, Princes Sq, 48 Buchanan St, Glasgow G1 3JN Come and celebrate 50 years of Barbados Independence at this  second fundraiser for Haiti, this time at Sugar Dumplin restaurant in Glasgow. Enjoy a welcome cocktail courtesy of Clayton’s Kola Tonic and Caribbean buffet from Sugar Dumplin. […]

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Creative Conversation with Scottish singer and musician Dave Arcari, Hard Rock Cafe, SMI Wednesday 23 November

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Join the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) on the 23rd of November at Hard Rock Cafe Glasgow for the first in our series of Creative Conversations; a Creative Conversation with Scottish singer and musician Dave Arcari, just back from another successful US tour. Dave will be in conversation with SMIA Chairman Dougal Perman, discussing his […]

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West Dunbartonshire Libraries – Events Book Week Scotland November, 2016

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Welcome to West Dunbartonshire Libraries Book Week Scotland 2016 Events Book Week Scotland is a week-long celebration of books and reading that is taking place this year from Monday 21 – Friday 25 November and West Dunbartonshire Libraries have an excellent line up of literary talent for you to enjoy. During Book Week, people of […]

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Moving Pictures, Play, Pie Pint, OranMor 21 November – 26 November, 2016

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MOVING PICTURES A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 21 November, 2016 — Sat, 26 November, 2016 By Philip Differ | Directed By Ron Bain Produced in Association with Aberdeen Performing Arts. Featuring Matt Costello, Anne Kidd and Billy McBain. Zulu, Where Eagles Dare, The Alamo, Spartacus. Can […]

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Creative Conversations University of Glasgow, Carolyn Jess Cooke, 21 November, 2016

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University Chapel, Monday 21 November, 2016 – 1 p.m. Carolyn Jess Cooke’s books have been published in 23 languages. She has previously received an Eric Gregory Award, a Tyrone Guthrie Award, a Major Arts Council of England Award, and she has twice received a Northern Promise Award. She lives in north-east England with her husband […]

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Glasgow: Invisible Cities Book Launch, La Bodega, 8th and 15 December, 2016

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Launch date on 8th December is full so second event has been arranged for 15th December, 2016 Glasgow: Invisible Cities is a collection of poetry and prose from new writers attending creative writing classes at the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Lifelong Learning. Dr. Linda Jackson , who teaches on the course has edited this […]

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Disappearing Glasgow – Chris Leslie part of Book Week Scotland, CCA Monday 21 November, 2016

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CHRIS LESLIE TALKS ABOUT DISAPPEARING GLASGOW Mon 21st November, 6.30 – 7.30pm CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD Tickets £8 Book online Disappearing Glasgow is the culmination of a 7 year project by artist Chris Leslie to document the destruction of the Glasgow communities built to a modernist vision of the future in the […]

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Sale at By Distinction Art Byres Road, 18 – 20 November, 2016

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Twenty Percent Off All Art Hanging in the Gallery   Weekend Friday 18 – Sunday 20 November, 2016. By Distinction Art, 100 Byres Road, G12 8TB Pre-Christmas Sale to make way for our forthcoming Christmas Show.   So if there’s a painting you have been thinking about for your home or office…now’s the time to grab […]

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Ceòl ‘s Craic A Fagail Mhiughalaidh (Leaving Mingulay) CCA Wed 23 November 2016

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Film with Music by Maggie MacInnes Ceòl ‘s Craic A Fagail Mhiughalaidh (Leaving Mingulay) Wed 23 November 2016 6.30pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema All ages 0141 352 4900 This month Ceol ‘s Craic’s film club will be screening a fascinating BBC ALBA documentary exploring the historic, musical and cultural legacy of the beautiful, deserted Isle of […]

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Los Vampiros en Cuba, CCA, Havana Film Festival 19 November, 2016

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HGFF Los Vampiros en Cuba Sat 19 November 2016 5.30pm, £5.50 + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Havana Glasgow Film Festival Tue 15 November — Sat 19 November 2016 Los Vampiros en Cuba Dir Juan Padron (1985) In this cult animation, a Cuban vampire family […]

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Sir Tony Robinson, Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, GFT, 24 November, 2016

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  Sir Tony Robinson, Blackadder’s Christmas Carol 24 November, 2016 Have you met Baldrick? Tony Robinson will appear at GFT in this one-off event, where he will reminisce about the making of popular parody of the Dickens classic, Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, before a screening of the festive special. Ebenezer Blackadder (the nicest man in England) […]

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Preview: Paterson, GFT, 21 November, 2016

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Preview: Paterson 21 November, 2016 In the latest film from cult auteur Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver stars as Paterson – a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, who spends much of his time in between routes writing observational poetry about his myriad experiences. In the evenings he returns to his loving wife […]

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Gimme Danger, GFT, 18 – 24 November, 2016

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Gimme Danger 18 – 24 November, 2016 Gimme Danger recounts the hard-rocking history of Iggy Pop and his legendary punk band, The Stooges. Emerging out of Michigan in the 1960s, The Stooges brought a powerful and aggressive style of rock-n-roll – blending rock, blues, R&B and jazz – that changed the musical landscape. Jim Jarmusch […]

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Badger and The Loch Mess Mystery, Book Week Scotland, Mitchell Library, Saturday 26 November, 2016

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Badger and the Loch Mess Mystery Saturday 26th Nov 2016  •  11:00AM – 12:00PM  •  Mitchell Library Scotland’s  famous monster meets the world’s most magical mutt. Children aged 5 – 11 years  An Aye Write Event Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Tickets: £5 0141 353 8000  Buy tickets online Part of Book Wee […]

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Four Solos in the Wild, Project Ability, Until 26 November, 2016

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  Project Ability is pleased to present ‘Four Solos in the Wild’, a touring exhibition originating in the Tycanol Woods of Pembrokeshire – a powerful exhibition by four disabled performers featuring short films and photography. The performers, Graham Busby, Mervyn Bradley, Erika Juniper and Andrew Kelly, spent two weeks in atmospheric wild woodland in Pembrokeshire, […]

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The World New Made by Timothy Hyman, Book Launch CCA, Friday 18 November, 2016

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‘The World New Made’ constructs a new and convincing scenario for the history of 20th-century painting – Linda Nochlin Friday lunchtime Glasgow launch of The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century by Timothy Hyman, published by Thames & Hudson. Friday 18 November, 2016 at 1 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD […]

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