What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Mary Irvine’s Blog: Booked! Festival Jimmie Macgregor, 18th May, 2016.

Jimmie Macgregor Millennium Hall, Gartocharn, Wed. 18th May 7.30pm Eighty six! Surely not. No. Mid 70s , even early 70s maybe. That’s all rhetorical and I digress… Not digression actually. I’m just ahead of myself. As usual the ideas come out faster than I can type. I arrived early for this event so had time […]

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Summer Reality – two poems by Brian Whittingham

Hi Ho Hi Ho Trident’s Got To Go and The Boys of The Somme HI HO HI HO, TRIDENT’S GOT TO GO by Brian Whittingham On YouTube a 60’s newsreel. A black and white Dunoon. A smartly dressed Ban the Bomber waves a To Hell with Polaris  placard reminding us that H stands for Hiroshima […]

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Rocky Sunday 10 & Wednesday 13 July, 2016 GFT

Rocky A charming crowdpleaser with a career-defining performance from Sylvester Stallone Sunday 10 (14.15) & Wednesday 13 July, 2016 (17.50) Running time: 1h57m Winner of 3 Oscars and one of the biggest hits of 1976, Rocky is a charming crowdpleaser with a career-defining performance from Sylvester Stallone. Rocky Balboa is a down-on-his-luck boxer working as […]

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Maggie’s Plan Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July, 2016 GFT

Maggie’s Plan A delightfully witty and smart offbeat comedy. Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July Running time: 1h39m A young woman longing to start a family becomes involved in a complicated love triangle. Greta Gerwig is Maggie, an independent New Yorker whose plans to have a baby via artificial insemination are derailed when she meets […]

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The Neon Demon, GFT, 8 – 14 July, 2016

The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film is sure to divide opinion. Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July Running time: 1h57m Following on from Only God Forgives, Nicolas Winding Refn delivers another film that is sure to divide opinion. Elle Fanning plays Jesse, an innocent teen who moves to Los Angeles to crack the […]

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Ponyo, GFT, Tuesday 12 July, 2016

Hayao Miyazaki’s eighth animated feature with Studio Ghibli is a touching story of love and friendship. Tuesday 12 July (18.00) Running time: 1h41m Ponyo is a goldfish princess with the magic of the sea at her disposal. Director Hayao Miyazaki Cast Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Japan 2008, 1h41m, subtitles, U Japan’s renowned animation […]

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British Film Industry 2022 Consultation

BFI 2022 consultation Have your say If you are a filmmaker, or want to enjoy or learn about a wider range of film, television and the moving image, we want your help shaping our next five-year plan. Public consultation closes on 8 September 2016. ‘The UK is one of the most creative nations on earth. […]

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The Mafia Kills Only In Summer GFT Friday 8 – Sunday 10 July, 2016

The Mafia kills Only In Summer An inspired coming of age comedy with a true crime twist. Friday 8 – Sunday 10 July Running time: 1h30m An inspired coming of age comedy that pays heartwarming tribute to all of those who have fallen in the long struggle against the Mafia. Arturo is born in 1970s […]

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Cities & Digital Desperados MAJOR! CCA Wed 13 July 2016

Cities & Digital DesperadosMAJOR!Wed 13 July 2016 7pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema14+ accompanied by an adult0141 352 4900 Related CCA EventsSummer Discussion: Cities  Fri 1 July — Wed 31 August 2016 CCA MAJOR!Dir. Annalise Ophelian, 90 mins, USA 2016 A documentary exploring the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy – a veteran of the Stonewall […]

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Lajee Centre | In the Line of Fire: Journalism in Palestine Mon 11 July 2016

Lajee Centre | In the Line of Fire: Journalism in PalestineMon 11 July 2016 7pm, £3 + £1 booking fee, Cinema14+ accompanied by an adultBook online / 0141 352 4900 CCA Mohammad Al-Azza is a photographer and filmmaker from Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp. His work, which will be screened here, documents life in […]

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UK Jewish Film Mr Gaga Sun 10 July 2016 CCA

UK Jewish Film Mr Gaga Sun 10 July 2016 7.30pm, £8 via Eventzilla, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 CCA Following world-renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company, over a period of eight years, this engaging and insightful documentary introduces us to the world of a remarkably innovative […]

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A Valentine’s Story: Status Update by James Connarty

Status Update On Saturday it will be her birthday, the day before Valentines. I haven’t bought a card in fifteen years. Where would I send it? I posted a Christmas card through the door at the last address I had for her. It was out in the east end, one of those ones with just […]

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Rumple Still-Skint, Summer Panto, OranMor 4 July – 23 July, 2016

Summer Panto 2016| Rumple Still-Skint OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 04 July, 2016 — Sat, 23 July, 2016 By Gary McNair and Dave Anderson Starring Dave Anderson, Juliet Cadzow, George Drennan and Kirstin McLean There’s a miller, he’s skint. Of course he is, he’s a miller. His daughter is beautiful. Of course she […]

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Summer Poem: Eurus/Zephyrus/Notus and Rainbows by K.A.McCafferty

Fallen apples, vine leaves tumble Strawberries bow Like grief stricken women As autumn sends her kiss Eurus carries a child in the white foam Of his sea Zephyrus does not hear the cries Of this tiny refugee Round by the hut a willow- tree weeps,  its trunk sodden ‘n’ soft Pear tree has birthed Black […]

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Just Eat It, South Side Film Festival, 3 July, 2016

  Pollokshields Playhouse, Albert Drive, G41 2PE   Sunday 3 July, 2016 6.30 p.m.   Where is your food going? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions […]

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Christine De Luca, Tuesday 5 July, 2016 CCA Scottish Writers Centre

Trying to Make the Poem ‘Work’ with Edinburgh Makar, Christine De Luca  Tuesday 5th July 2016 7 pm Club Room, CCA                       “Being a Makar means I am asked to write poems to order. The creative process (such as it is) has to start from scratch […]

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Scottish Gardens, Open Day, Glasgow Botanics Gardens 10 July, 2016

  Description Glasgow Botanic Gardens encompasses 19.4 hectares of gardens and an arboretum.The collections have developed since the establishment of the Botanic Gardens in 1817. The Main Range glasshouses and the world renowned Kibble Palace offer a range of environmental conditions and host plants from around the world. The guided tours, led by senior Gardens […]

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Mary Irvine’s blog: Alastair Pearson Lecture, Booked! Festival, 2016

  Conflicted! There are two reviews of the Booked! festival I’m only now writing up. Better late than never springs to mind – although one could argue that is not always the case. The second review is one I thoroughly enjoyed and, in my humble opinion, would have made a great finale, no disrespect to […]

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Elvis and Nixon, GFT 15 – 18 July, 2016

The tall story behind a meet-and-greet between two American icons. Friday 15 – Monday 18 July Running time: 1h26m On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ‘n Roll turns up on the doorstep of the White House to meet the most powerful man in the world with the bizarre request of being […]

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Southside Film presents Wee Green Cinema 2 and 3 July, 2016

Southside Film presents Wee Green Cinema, a bicycle and solar powered cinema tent, that will be poping up at Pollokshields Playhouse (opposite Tramway) 16 Albert Drive. On the corner of Albert Drive and Barrland Street. First weekend in July, 2016 There will be FREE film screenings and events/workshops that explore what it means to be […]

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Queen of Earth GFT 1 and 2 July, 2016

    Queen of Earth GFT 1 and 2 July, 2016 8.30 p.m.  A psychological horror movie with an emphasis on the psyche.  Buy tickets online  GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

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King of Cups, 5 and 6 July, 2016 GFT

  Terrence Malick’s seventh feature film as director Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 July, 2016 Running time: 1h58m Terrence Malick’s seventh feature takes its title from the Tarot card depicting a romantic adventurer guided by his emotions. Rick (Christian Bale) is a writer indulging in all the desires that Las Vegas and Los Angeles have […]

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Beatrice Gibson: Cadenza GFT 3 July, 2016

  Beatrice Gibson: Cadenza (N/C 15+) Curated by internationally renowned and award-winning artist Beatrice Gibson Sunday 3 July (19.45) Running time: 1h11m This programme explores abstraction as subject and form, looking at music, money, numbers and narrat… More… Director various, UK/USA 1976 – 2015, 1h11m, N/C 15+ Buy Tickets    

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Notes On Blindness GFT until 7 July, 2016

A thought-provoking documentary exploring the loss of sight. Friday 1 – Thursday 7 July, 2016 Running time: 1h26m Notes on Blindness is a thought-provoking documentary exploring the loss of sight. As theologian and writer John Hull began to lose his sight, he made a series of audio recordings of his experience. Over three years John […]

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Holding The Man, GFT Wednesday 6 July, 2016

Holding the Man A sensitive and poignant tale of love and loss Wednesday 6 July (20.10) Running time: 2h7m GFT Timothy, an aspiring actor and John, the captain of the football team, fell in love as teenagers at an all-boys high school in Melbourne in the 1970s. Their 15-year romance endured throughout their lives despite […]

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Sebastian Tay and Rebecca Snow, RGI New Graduate Prize, Kelly Gallery 8 – 30 July, 2016

Chromatic Solstice 12 by Sebastian Tay RGI New Graduate Prize The RGI Kelly Gallery for a preview on Friday 8th July 2016 5pm – 7pm The RGI Kelly Gallery is excited to present the work of these two emerging artists from the Glasgow School of Art. Both recipients of last years RGI New Graduate Prize, […]

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Martin Stephenson, Woodend, 2 July, 2016 Sounds in the Suburbs

  This Saturday at Woodend BLTC sees the wonderful Martin Stephenson return to Woodend for some great tunes, some great stories and general merriment. As anyone who has experienced a Martin gig you know you are in for a great night and lord know right now we need that. Supporting Martin with be Nicky Murray […]

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Warren McIntyre and the Starry Skies CD Launch CCA 4 November, 2016

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A Summer Breeze, Thistle Gallery, Kelvinbridge, 30 June – 4 September, 2016

Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com A Summer Breeze……….……. wafts into the spacious Thistle Gallery in Glasgow’s leafy West End throughout July and August, 2016.  Here you will find a vivid array of paintings and objets d’art from some of Scotland’s most popular Contemporary […]

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Elvis & Nixon – film review by Calum Maclean

Elvis & NixonCertificate 15Directed by Liza JohnsonWritten by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary ElwesCast – Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters, Tate Donovan, Sky Ferreira and Johnny Knoxville One of the strangest meetings of twentieth century cultural figures is the inspiration for this slight yet enjoyable film. On December 21 […]

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