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. Courted GFT 15 – 20 October, 2016
15 – 20 October, 2016 Michel Racine (Fabrice Luchini) is notorious as a strict judge at Assize Court but behind this façade, Michel hides a divorce and strained personal relationships. One day, a female juror in a murder trial reveals a connection to Michel’s past and everything changes, as he begins to find it increasingly […]
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Saturday, October 15, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Scotland Loves Anime GFT October, 2016 GFT 14 – 16 October, 2016
Scotland Loves Anime returns for a seventh year! Order SLA Weekend Pass Belladonna of Sadness (N/C 18+) Innovative, rarely seen Japanese animation. Friday 14 October (23.00) Order tickets Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (N/C 8+) The UK Premiere of infamous Japanese propaganda film. Saturday 15 October (13.40) Order ticket Pigtails (N/C 15+) A delicate story of hope […]
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The First Monday in May, GFT 15 – 20 October, 2016
15 – 20 October, 2016 Andrew Rossi’s insightful documentary follows the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, the 2015 show China: Through The Looking Glass. With unprecedented access, Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity, as Vogue editor Anna Wintour orchestrates the glitzy fundraiser. Featuring renowned […]
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Baden Baden GFT 25 – 27 October, 2016
Baden Baden 25 – 27 October, 2016 Abandoning a miserable job on a foreign film shoot, 26 year-old Ana (Salomé Richard) spends a hot summer attempting to get her life together. But an ambitious DIY project to replace her grandmother’s bath with a walk-in shower gets derailed by ill-advised affairs with lovers old and new, […]
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Friday, October 14, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Document Libya In Motion CCA Fri 21 October 2016
3.30pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Document Film Festival Thu 20 October — Sun 23 October 2016 A series of short stories from post-revolution Libya, filmed over three years by local emergent filmmakers. In documenting different facets of life in Libya during this turbulent period the […]
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Document Behemoth (Bei xi mo shou) CCA Sat 22 October 2016
Sat 22 October 2016 8pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 A poetic protest against the destructive social and environmental effects of industrialisation in China. Zhao Liang’s visually arresting and meditative film takes us to the heart of the Chinese mining industry, highlighting its toxic impact. Sheep […]
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Document Opening Gala Kings of Nowhere (Los Reyes Del Pueblo Que No Existe) CCA Thu 20 October 2016
Thu 20 October 2016 8pm, £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Theatre 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Document Film Festival Thu 20 October — Sun 23 October 2016 Document Tempestad Fri 21 October 2016 Document Friday Shorts Programme Fri 21 October 2016 Document Closing Gala Plaza de la Soledad Sun […]
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Pio Abad – Notes on Decomposition Tony Manero CCA 18 October, 2016
Tue 18 October 2016 CCA 6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Cities Fri 1 July — Mon 31 October 2016 Pio Abad Notes on Decomposition Fri 16 September — Sun 30 October 2016 The film, with its juxtaposition of disco-infused delusions and the violence of daily life in Pinochet’s […]
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SMHAFF Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw CCA Sunday 16 October, 2016
Sun 16 October 2016 CCA 5pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Mon 10 October — Sun 16 October 2016 UK Premiere Dir. Rick Goldsmith | USA | 2015 | 56m with HULA Dir. Robin Haig […]
SMHAFF A Family Affair CCA 15 October, 2016
CCA Sat 15 October 2016 7pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Mon 10 October — Sun 16 October 2016 Scottish Premiere Dir. Tom Fassaert | Netherlands, Denmark | 2015 | 110m | Dutch & English with […]
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Glasgow’s Radical Independent Bookfair Project not by the book CCA Fri 7 October – Sun 23 October 2016
Fri 7 October – Sun 23 October 2016 Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm, Sun: 12noon-6pm (Closed Mondays) Free An exhibition celebrating ten years of the RIB project – supporting small press publishers and independent producers, circulating radical reading materials and information. Includes a bookstall with titles from AK Press, back issues from Variant magazine and t-shirts by Angry […]
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years – Sunday 30 October, 2016
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever. Thursday 15 September, 2016 (Doors open 18.00, Film starts 19.00) Running time: 2h tbc Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles […]
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Neon Poltergeist, E.P. Launch 27 October, 2016 – New Hellfire Club
Dumbarton based poet Stephen Watt and Different Circle’s in-house producer/engineer Gareth McNicol have collaborated under the banner Neon Poltergeist to produce a macabre themed EP titled 55.862670 -4.231142 for halloween 2016. The EP will be launched with a live event at the New Hellfire Club in Finneston on the 27th of October. New Hellfire […]
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Janey Godley, Wild Cabaret, Sunday 16 October, 2016.
An amazing treat for you Sunday 16 October. Wild Cabaret exclusively presents the Janey Godley monologues! A darkly comic trinity of monologues exploring birth, death and sacrifice from the perspective of three very different women. Written and performed by the brilliant Janey Godley. Tickets: £7 Fish & Chips/Curry & Show: £10. Book: http://wildcabaret.com/book-table or call […]
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One Thinks Of It All As A Dream A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor Mon, 17 October, 2016 — Sat, 22 October, 2016
OranMor, Top of Byres Road G12 part of Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival Mon, 17 October, 2016 — Sat, 22 October, 2016 By Alan Bissett | Directed By Sacha Kyle A Co-Production with Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, presented in association with Traverse Theatre and Aberdeen Performing Arts. Featuring Euan Cuthbertson, […]
Arika Episode 8: Refuse Powers’ Grasp, Tramway 21 – 23 October, 2016
Film, Performance, Participation Friday 21 October – Sunday 23 October Tramway Pay what you can, no booking required Is there a link between how we’re divided into populations that can be caged and exiled by the prison-industrial complex, and the ways people’s bodies are violently categorised and segregated by race, class, gender or ability? Episode 8 celebrates […]
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Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2016
‘Time’ is the theme for the 2016 Festival, the very special 10th year, which will take place in venues across Scotland from 10th – 31st October. The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF) today announced its celebratory 10th annual programme, its most ambitious to date, featuring new theatre, film, music, comedy, visual art […]
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Spooky Movie Night at ProjectAbility 27 October, 2016
ProjectAbility, 103 Trongate, G1 5HD 7 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Join ProjectAbility on Thursday 27 October in your best spooky fancy dress (or not!) for the screening of cult-classic Frankenstein. Each entry includes pizza, a drink and a free raffle ticket. The raffle will be drawn on the night, and as usual you can expect […]
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Document Film Festival Thu 20 October – Sun 23 October 2016 CCA
CCA Glasgow based Human Rights Documentary Film Festival entering its 14 year. Screenings £4 (£3) + £1 booking fee; selected events free. Book online / 0141 352 4900 More information at Document Film Festival Related CCA Events Document Opening Gala Kings of Nowhere (Los Reyes Del Pueblo Que No Existe) Thu 20 October 2016 Document […]
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Thursday, October 13, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ring Time – a new piece for movement by Sally Beamish 100th Anniversary of Dalcroze UK
Ring Time – a new piece for movement by Sally Beamish 100th Anniversary of Dalcroze UK The première, on Thursday 27 October at Drygate Brewery, 85 Drygate, Glasgow G4 0UT As part of the centenary celebrations for Dalcroze UK, Glasgow-based composer Sally Beamish has been commissioned to write a 10-minute piece for three instruments […]
Glasgow St Andrews Day Torchlight Parade, Saturday 26 November, 2016
Another sparkling event from the West End Festival A winter torchlight parade for everyone! Saturday, 26 November, 2016 – 6.30 p.m. This evening celebration of Scotland’s patron Saint will take the form of a torchlight parade passing through the main parts of the west end using a rolling road closure. Samba Ya Bamba and SYB […]
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Music Café, Every Thursday Royal Concert Hall until 15 December, 2016
Music Café is back! Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY Join us on a Thursday afternoon from 1-2pm for tea, coffee, cake & live music! We have a fantastic line-up this year, with some afternoon sessions featuring professional musicians from Live Music Now! See you at the Exhibition Hall at The Glasgow […]
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Magipup Festival, Scottish Mask and Puppet Theatre, 15 – 23 October, 2016
Magipup Festival All Week Long Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre 8-10 Balcarres Avenue Glasgow G12 0QF With Shows, Workshops, Puppets, Magic and Paper/Toy Theatre, to keep everyone entertained and creative, rain or shine through the October School Holidays. Includes: Tom Thumb Ban Yan Theatre, The Three Billy Goats GRUFF and Puppet and Mask Making Open […]
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Red Onions Are Actually Purple, Fundraiser for The Sindigo Foundation, Fail Better, McChuills 20 October, 2016
Celebrating the wonder that was Sarah ‘Sindigo’ Simpson 20 October, 2016– 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. McChuills, 40 High Street G1 1NL She rocked every stage she stood on and was all about making hings happen. The Sindigo Foundation is being set up by friends and family to carry on her spirit and support the […]
The Battle of the Somme, GFT, Sunday 13 November, 2016
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Scotland After Brexit – Lessons From The Nordics, University of Edinburgh 29 October, 2016
Chaired by Lesley Riddoch Website Scotland after Brexit — lessons from the Nordics George Square Theatre, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9LH Saturday October, 29th, 2016 12-5.30 p.m. Are you interested or indeed very worried about life after Brexit? If you are, the next Nordic Horizons event is for you. The Nordic nations manage to co-exist quite happily […]
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Anna Kraay, New Work and Old, The Good Spirits, Glasgow, Thursday 13 October, 2016
Anna Kraay is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art who has had her work exhibited in the UK and Canada, and is one of the main designers for independent Glasgow music label Huntleys & Palmers. Mostly working in collage and print, she will be exhibiting new work at The Good Spirits Co. on Bath […]
Goldenhand Waterstones Glasgow Sauchiehall St Monday 24 October, 2016
Goldenhand Waterstones Glasgow Sauchiehall St Monday 24 October, 2016 Welcoming Garth Nix in celebration of the release of Goldenhand, the long-awaited fifth instalment of the bestselling Old Kingdom series. Garth will be in conversation with Martin Stewart author of Riverkeep. Tickets are £2 and available to buy online, in store or reserved by emailing glasgowsauchallst@waterstones.com […]
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Mary Irvine’s Blog: Music and Literature
Mbira Music Some thirteen years ago a friend, a Chinese doctor of traditional medicine, told me I was never too late to learn. An old adage which in this situation referred to starting tai chi. He was right as I still practice tai chi and have taken up ku fu fan and a couple of […]
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Rare Sunflower Andirons now on display at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
The Hunterian is now (6 October, 2016) home to a pair of exceptionally rare gilded brass andirons designed by English architect and designer Thomas Jeckyll. The Sunflower Andirons were purchased by The Hunterian with the assistance of the Art Fund and National Fund for Acquisitions and are now on display in the Hunterian Art Gallery. […]
Monday, October 10, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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