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Sing Street, GFT 20 May – 2 June, 2016

One of the resounding hits of Glasgow Film Festival returns in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Friday 20 May – Thursday 2 June Running time: 1h48mSing Street is set in Dublin during the 1980s, where 14 year-old Cosmo (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) faces a sea of troubles – unhappy home life, a ne’er-do-well older brother and a new […]

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Love & Mercy GFT Saturday 28 May, 2016

Another chance to see the brilliant Brian Wilson biopic. Saturday 28 May, 2016 (15.55) Running time: 2h1m In 1966, The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds – an avant-garde pop masterpiece that forever changed the sound of popular music. The album was predominately created by Brian Wilson and in 2016 he will be celebrating the album’s 50th […]

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Glasgow Film Annual Review 2015-2016

  Published as submissions open for Glasgow Film Festival 2017 Submissions for Glasgow Film Festival 2017  Glasgow Film, comprising Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, and the Learning and Engagement programme, celebrates a hugely successful year as the call for film submissions for the 2017 festival opens. The last twelve months have […]

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West End Festival 2016: Bard in the Botanics, Coriolanus and Twelth Night

Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Road, G12 8QX Thursday 23 Jun 8:00pm/h4> Friday 24 Jun 8:00pm Saturday 25 Jun 8:00pm Tickets £25 (conc £15) Tickets from 0141 429 0022 or on the day at venue. http://www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk War hero and defender of Rome, Coriolanus is also proud and arrogant and contemptuous of the people. But the […]

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Bush Shock, The Women’s Unit, Art Class, CCA, Wednesday 1 June, 2016

Declare an interest, there’s around twelve places. Get in touch on Facebook While texting the life model “busy” become Bush Shock. APT. Come draw with us, no experience necessary, bring materials, if you’re struggling financially we could share ours. We have Kerry Conquers modelling and it will be a very expressive and experimental approach to […]

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North Hop Glasgow, Saturday 18 June, 2016, SWG3

Saturday 18 June, 2016 SWG3, 100 Eastvale Pl, Glasgow G3 8QG Raise your glasses people of Glasgow – North Hop is coming! Offering up a blend of craft beer, craft spirits, cocktails, street food, live music, and much more, North Hop – Scotland’s biggest celebration of craft beer culture arrives in Glasgow on June 18th […]

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Contemporary Art Degree Show, City of Glasgow College, 10 – 16 June, 2016

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Changing Rooms, Govanhill Baths, Fun for all the Family, Thursday 2 June, 2016

Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, G42 7RA Thursday 2 June, 3 – 8 p.m. Govanhill Bath’s architects, Hall Black Douglas from Belfast, will be revealing their design for the refurbished Baths building. There will be interactive walking tours where you can see the new and the old, a 3D film tour of the Baths, displays […]

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Scotland the Best – 12th edition of Peter Irvine’s Bestselling Guide

Essential reading for all Scottish tourists and handy or locals as well. The true Scot’s insider’s guide to the very best Scotland has to offer. Fully revised and updated in Pete Irvine’s own unique style. Includes over 2000 recommendations for every type of adventure. Trusted for over 20 years, this fully comprehensive and independent guide to […]

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Beach Boys – Many singers many songs Maryhill Community Central Halls Saturday 28 May, 2016

Beach Boys – Many singers many songs Maryhill Community Central Halls Saturday 28 May, 2016 Like all past Maryhill Community Halls fundraiser concerts, this night is about celebrating amazing songwriters. This one will feature the songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Funds raised will be donated to MacMillan Cancer. On the night of […]

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Fail Better: if you close the door, McChuills, 9 June, 2016

McChuills, 40 High Street, G1 1NL the night could last forever. Keep the sunshine out and say hello to never. All the people are dancing and they’re having such fun, I wish it could happen to YOU Come away from the sunshine and join us in the arched neverland of McChuills to hear some of […]

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The University of Glasgow: Friendly Shelves

The first full, and gloriously illustrated, account of the birth and growth of The University of Glasgow Library from the Renaissance and Reformation; through the emerging Enlightenment; Industrial Expansion & Migration; War, Peace & Opportunity and on to New Horizons is being publicly launched at the University in mid June. This new book of 288 […]

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Sing Street – review by Calum Maclean

Sing StreetWritten and Directed by John CarneyCast – Ferdia Walsh–Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aiden Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Ben Carolan, Mark McKenna, Percy Chamburuka, Conor Hamilton, Kelly Thornton, Karl Rice, Ian Kenny and Lydia McGuinessRunning time 105 minutes There is a moment in John Carney’s Sing Street where one character tells another […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre ‘In Process’ Masterclass with John McShane CCA Tue 21 June 2016

7pm, £6/£3 (Free for SWC Members) tickets on the door, CCA Clubroom 18+ Alfred Hitchcock famously stated that three things were needed to make a good movie: the script, the script, and the script. Screenwriting is completely unlike other forms of writing in that the script is not the finished work, but more akin to […]

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SWOU: What do sex workers want? Short movies CCA, 3 June, 2016

> Fri 3 June 2016 7pm, £7(£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages: 14+ accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 For International Sex Workers’ Day, Sex Worker Open University is inviting to a projection of three short movies exploring the diverse realities of sex workers around the world, followed by a […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre ‘In Process’ Masterclass: Gerry Loose Tues 7 June, 2016

Tue 7 June 2016 CCA 7pm, £6/£3 (Free for SWC Members) tickets on the door, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 On Thursday 26 May Gerry will be a featured guest on Pulse Community Radio with Shirley Whiteside, a professional book reviewer.  Shirley will be talking books with Gerry  at 2:00 pm on Pulse 98.4 Radio. […]

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#ArchiAffects Take part in the open-platform photography project

#ArchiAffects is an open-platform photography project part of the Architecture Fringe, exploring how architecture in Scotland affects us in our everyday lives. Architecture surrounds us every day. Whether its your own home, a simple bus shelter on your morning commute, a city street or a different type of space such as a sportsground, art gallery […]

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West End Festival: Fundraising Appeal to Bring Back Festival Sunday

The West End Festival recently announced its annual Festival Sunday wouldn’t take place in 2016 due to increasing costs and reduction for a number of reasons, including increasing costs and reduction in funding. The festival organisers are aware that businesses in the west end, participants and the public were all disappointed at not having this […]

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The Jungle Book – review by Calum Maclean

The Jungle BookDirected by Jon FavreauScreenplay by Justin MarksCast – Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo EspositoRunning Time – 105 minutes I went into this one with a bit of scepticism.  The 1967 Disney animation has always been one of my favourite musicals, with its iconic […]

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St Aloysius Primary School – Bookbug Week 2016

Bookbug Week 16–22 May 2016 Angela Proctor visited St Aloysius Primary  for a book reading with children from classes  P3 – P7 as part of Bookbug Week, 2016. Angela read to them from her book Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist. This is a children’s novel about a wee witch from the magical Isle of Arran […]

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Chris Dolan’s ‘Lies of the Land’ Book Launch, 1 June, 2016, Glasgow Caledonian University

A book launch with a difference…. Lies Of the Land, the second Maddy Shannon mystery by  Chris Dolan Glasgow Caledonian University, 6.30 Wednesday June 1st, 2016. Should be fun, and it would be great if you could come along. Celebrate the first day of summer with a mini, all singin’ all dancin’ (well, mibbe not […]

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La Giubba (The Coat) Fri 20 May 2016, CCA

6.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 La Giubba is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ The Birds which follows the intersections of five drifters as they set out for something better in the Italian south. A young Albanian man and his daughter search for a swimming coach who fled […]

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Visible Cinema: Iona, GFT, Monday 23 May, 2016

Visible Cinema: Iona (15) Scott Graham returns with his second independent film following critical acclaim with debut, Shell. Monday 23 May (18.20) Running time: 1h23m Visible Cinema is for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences, featuring captioned, subtitled or BSL interpreted screenings, followed by a post-film discussion. Iona is a place of escape for director […]

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Departure, GFT, 24 – 26 May, 2016

A sensitively-handled coming-of-age tale. Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 May, 2016 Andrew Steggall’s assured first feature is a sensitively-handled coming-of-age tale set in the Languedoc region of France. English teenager Elliot (Alex Lawther, The Imitation Game) and his mother Beatrice (Juliet Stevenson) arrive to clear their summerhouse in preparation for its sale. An aspiring writer, […]

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Truman, GFT, 20 – 22 May, 2016

A wise and witty buddy movie. Friday 20 – Sunday 22 May, 2016 The brilliant Ricardo Darin (The Secret in Their Eyes) and Almodovar regular Javier Camara are perfectly cast in this bittersweet study of a friendship that endures through all the hardships and heartaches that life provides. Tomas (Câmara) flies from Canada to Madrid […]

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Grave Of The Fireflies, GFT, Tuesday 24 March, 2016

A powerfully moving tale of two children living during the conflict of World War II. Tuesday 24 May (18.20) Running time: 1h29mJapan’s renowned animation house Studio Ghibli has been delighting audiences since 1985 with beautiful hand-drawn feature films. Following the enthusiastic response to our short season of Miyazaki films last summer, GFT is excited to […]

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Ivan’s Childhood, Sunday 22 May, 2016 GFT

  Andrei Tarkovsky’s debut feature is a poignant and powerful story of war and revenge. Sunday 22 May (19.30) Running time: 1h 35m Andrei Tarkovsky’s debut feature is a poignant and powerful story of war and revenge. In World War II, twelve-year-old Ivan loses his parents after Nazis attack his village. Seeking revenge the young […]

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Southside Film Festival, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 21 May, 2016

Southside Film Festival, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Autism Friendly Screening with Chocolate Workshop Chocolate! Roald Dahl! May 21st, 2016 at 12.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Loks Bar, 16 Newlandsfield Road, G43 2 XU Join Southside Film for an autism friendly screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) with a spectacular chocolate making workshop […]

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Mela On Your Doorstep: Dalmarnock, Netherton and East Pollokshields – Summer, 2016

Dalmarnock, Netherton, East Pollokshields We bring the beautiful vibrant colourful Mela to you right in the heart of your local community. Preview the party of the summer before the main event on Sunday 17 July at Kelvingrove Park. Sunday 22 May – 12 noon to 5pm – Dalmarnock Legacy Hub 301 Springfield Road | G40 […]

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Mustang, GFT, 13 – 22 May, 2016

Mustang – Winner of the Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2016 Friday 13 – Sunday 22 May Running time: 1h37m Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s extraordinary debut depicts the way female sexuality becomes a challenge in a … More… Specially commissioned programme notes will be available. Director Deniz Gamze ErgüvenCast Günes Nezihe Sensoy, Dogba Zeynep Doguslu, […]

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