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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..

Hail, Caesar! GFT until 17 March, 2016.

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Hail, Caesar! Glasgow Film Theatre Friday 4 – Thursday 17 March Running time: 1h46m Lights. Camera. Abduction. Nobody loves old Hollywood quite like Joel and Ethan Coen. Hail, Caesar! is their freewheeling, all-star comic extravaganza set during the latter days of the studio system in the early 1950s. ‘Hail, Caesar! A Tale of the Christ’ […]

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Comic Invention – major new exhibition The Hunterian – opens 18 March, 2016

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Comic Invention opening soon! Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow The major new exhibition Comic Invention opens at the Hunterian Art Gallery on Friday 18 March 2016. Featuring works by Lichtenstein, Warhol, Picasso and Rembrandt, the show looks at how we tell stories with pictures, exploring the cultural and historical background of graphic narrative. Comic […]

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AlgoRhythm 004, The Art School, Friday 1 April, 2016

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AlgoRhythm 004 is the last in a series of audio visual events held in Glasgow. Friday, April 1, 2016  7:30 p.m.  The Art School AlgoRhythm is a collaborative art and music happening that will see musicians, artists and DJs come together to perform live music and create visual art in an experimental environment – the nightclub. […]

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Dance of Death, Citizens Theatre, 22 April – 7 May, 2016

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Dance of Death – Candice Edmunds in association with Citizens Theatre presents By Frances PoetAdapted from August StrindbergConceived and Directed by Candice Edmunds Friday 22 April – Saturday 7 May 2016, Citizens Theatre In association with the Citizens Theatre, joint Artistic Director of Vox Motus Candice Edmunds presents a new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Dance […]

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Pete Docherty, Barrowland, Friday 13 May, 2016.

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Peter Doherty Barrowland Friday 13 May, 2016. Doors 7pm £23.00 Over 14 /Under 16 with an adult Tickets Barrowland, 244 GallowgateGlasgowG4 OTS

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Chris Dolan, Vagabond Underground, Yes Bar, 29 March, 2016 (date change from 22nd)

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Chris Dolan Vagabond Underground Moved to 29 March, 2016 Yes Bar Scheduling conflicts have forced us to move our 22 March Vagabond Underground featuring Chris Dolan to Tuesday, 29 March. As before, the event will start at 7 p.m. in the cellar of Glasgow’s Yesbar and is free for all to attend. Chris Dolan is the prizewinning author […]

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Glasgow Short Film Festival Jan Soldat Documentary Masterclass Friday 18 March, 2016

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GSFF 2016 || Jan Soldat Documentary Masterclass Fri 18 March 2016 CCA 12pm, £6 (£5), Clubroom Ages: 18+ Tickets via GSFF / 0141 332 6535 Related CCA Events Glasgow Short Film Festival Thu 17 March — Sun 20 March 2016 This year’s retrospective guest, German filmmaker Jan Soldat, makes documentary portraits capturing the sexual practices […]

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Cottiers Theatre – The Last Laugh, 24 March, 2016

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 24 Mar 2016 – 7:30 pm Tickets £13.50 adult/£11.50 Concession (inc. booking fee). Jay McAllister The Last LaughWhy should you never date a comedian? This hit Fringe 2015 show mixes stand-up, theatre and storytelling in a tale about two people discovering whether being funny is as important as being happy.Not recommended for under 16s due […]

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Academy of Performing Arts Showcase Websters Theatre, Friday 11 March, 2016

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Academy of Performing Arts Showcase Friday 11 Mar 2016 – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Websters Theatre, Tickets £13.50 (inc. booking fee) An evening with the graduating students and full time students of Academy of Performing Arts –Scotland. The night will include solos and production numbers from musical theatre and professional dance students. There is […]

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The Stand, Glasgow Comedy Festival Club 2-4-1 Tickets for The Festival Club Tonight! Thursday 10 March, 2016

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2-4-1 Tickets for The Festival Club Tonight! Thursday 10 March, 2016 The Stand has limited number of 2-4-1 tickets available for The Festival Club Tonight! 2 tickets for just £12 Simply follow this link and enter the discount code FEST and Redeem offer online Late night comedy at its best, right at The Stand Comedy […]

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Aye Write! James Kelman, Kirsty Lusk, Sean Bell – Scotland and the Easter Rising, 17 March, 2016

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  Thursday 17th Mar 2016  •  7:30PM – 8:30PM    Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join this distinguished panel of contributors for a debate about the Scottish contribution to the Easter Rising. Chaired by Professor Willy Maley. £9 Buy tickets online 0141 353 8000

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The Trembling Bells, Wide Majestic Aire, launch mini album at The Glad Cafe, Wed 6 April, 2016

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Trembling Bells – Album Launch The Glad Cafe, GlasgowWednesday 6 April, 2016 – 19:30£9.00 in advance / 11.00 on the door   Entry Requirements: Over 18s only General Admission (e-ticket)£9.00 (+£1.00 S/C) Buy tickets TREMBLING BELLS – WIDE MAJESTIC AIRE ‘Having grown up on a council estate in Leeds, the river Aire became a creative sanctuary […]

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Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Bring your under 2’s to The Glad Cafe, Saturday 19 March, 2016.

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 Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Watch With Baby The Glad Cafe, Glasgow Saturday 19 March, 2016 at 2 p.m. Entry Requirements: Over 18s only Bruce Devlin introduces Andrew Learmonth, Elaine Malcolmson and John Hastings telling jokes for grown ups at a comedy gig you can take your 0-2 year olds to. It’s a gig in the […]

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Rab Noakes at Milngavie Folk Club review by Pauline Keightley

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Noakes was among old friends and new on 20th February, 2016 at Milngavie Folk Club.  Along with his own songs, he included some song gems in his repertoire – some were unexpected such as Cliff Richard’s sing along ‘Dynamite’;  Dylan’s ‘Time Out of Mind’, outtake track ‘Mississippi’ and songs from his 70s radio hit, ‘Branch’. […]

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Steve Orlando – The Midnighter Saturday 19 March, 2016. Outspoken Arts

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Steve Orlando – The Midnighter Saturday 19 March, Mitchell Library, Granville Street, Glasgow G3 7DN 1:30 PM Outspoken Arts Scotland & Unthank Comics presents: STEVE ORLANDO (USA) – THE MIDNIGHTER Steve Orlando’s first book ever was poorly drawn, in a fifth-grade classroom, pencils on Xerox paper, and featured a doughboy with superpowers, and names changed […]

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Get Carter The Citizens Theatre until 12 March, 2016.

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Get Carter The Citizens Theatre 8 Mar 2016 to 12 Mar 2016 Visiting Company A dark and stylish new adaptation of the classic Newcastle-noir thriller. Jack Carter is back home for the first time in years. He’s back to bury a brother who hated him, in a town he swore he was never going to […]

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Alun Cochrane, The Stand Comedy Club, Thursday 10 March, 2016

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Alun Cochrane – A Show With A Man in It The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow Thursday 10th March / Doors Open:18:30 / Show Begins:19:00 Alun kicks off our Glasgow International Comedy Festival this Thursday! A man who has jokes. Jokes about manliness, womanliness, hobbies, ageing, fighting, perfume, beards, snoods, feminism, fundamentalism, and hopefully some profound […]

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Jack & John Sutherland – Stars, Cars & Crystal Meth, 13 March, 2016 Aye Write!

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13th Mar 2016  •  6:00PM – 7:00PM   Mitchell Library,North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join father and son as they discuss this extraordinary book about Jack’s (mis) adventures as a Hollywood PA.Jack & John Sutherland – Stars, Cars & Crystal Meth Jack Sutherland has led a truly remarkable life. A confirmed alcoholic in his early […]

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Sarah Turner & Chitra Ramaswamy – The Lowdown on Motherhood, 19 March, 2016. Aye Write!

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19th Mar 2016  •  12:00PM – 1:00PM   Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Sarah Turner and Chitra Ramaswamy write candidly about motherhood like it really is.Sarah Turner & Chitra Ramaswamy – The Lowdown on Motherhood Sarah Turner (The Unmumsy Mum) writes candidly about motherhood like it really is andhow it is sometimes absolutely […]

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Tom Blass and Donald Murray – North Sea Tales, 13 March, 2016. Aye Write!

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Tom Blass & Donald Murray – North Sea Tales 13th Mar 2016  •  3:00PM – 4:00PM   Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Two books that discuss different aspects of the formidable North Sea. Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is a playground, a theatre of war and a cultural crossing-point, it has […]

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The Bookshop Band, Aye Write! 11 March, 2016.

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The Bookshop Band 11th Mar 2016  •  7:30PM – 8:30PM   Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Performing at Aye Write! for the first time, The Bookshop Band. They are Ben Please and Beth Porter, who write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops and at book festivals. Their performances are inextricably […]

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Woody Pines Gig at Big Sparra Vinyl, 6 March 2016 – review Pat Byrne

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Americana in Ayr We had a great day out in Ayr when, Jim, Jimmy and I headed doon the watter to see Woody Pines play at Ian Wallace and Robert McKain’s Big Sparra Vinyl.  Local fans alongside those who’d travelled from Glasgow and Edinburgh crowded into the record shop on a cold, dreich Sunday afternoon […]

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Some Other Stars, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, 7 – 12 March, 2016

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SOME OTHER STARS Mon, 07 March, 2016 — Sat, 12 March, 2016 A Play, A Pie and A Pint OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 By Clare Duffy | Directed By Nicholas Bone Featuring Kirstin Murray and Martin McCormick Produced in Association with Magnetic North and the Traverse Theatre What if you were buried in […]

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Declaration Festival: CCA Right to Work, Saturday 5 March, 2016

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Declaration | Article 23: Right to Work Sat 5 March 2016 CCA 8pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema Ages 15+ All day pass for Saturday via Eventbrite / 0141 352 4900 Declaration Festival Thu 3 March — Sun 6 March 2016 Winner of an Audience Award at Sheffield’s Doc/Fest, Still the Enemy Within presents first-hand accounts […]

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Time Out of Mind, GFT until 10 March, 2016

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Glasgow Film Theatre Richard Gere in a soulful account of a homeless man in New York. Friday 4 – Thursday 10 March Running time: 1h56m Time Out of Mind offers a soulful account of one man’s life on the streets of New York City. George (Richard Gere) spends his days in search of the next […]

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Freedom from Slavery 18:00 March 06th, 2016 CCA

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Louise Welsh, novelist, and Jude Barber, architect will be joined by poet Dorothea Smartt, theatre maker Cora Bisset and Aidan McQuade, head of the Anti-Slavery Alliance, for an evening of thought-provoking discussion and performance. In 2014, novelist Louise Welsh and architect Jude Barber curated The Empire Café (www.empire-café.org), an exploration of Scotland’s relationship with the […]

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Indepen–dance: Creative Movement Classes, CCA 7 March, 2016

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Indepen-dance: Creative Movement Classes Mon 7 March 2016 11am – 12noon, 1pm – 2pm, £4 (£3), Theatre Ages 18+ Indepen-dance was founded in 1996, as an inclusive dance company which provides creative movement/dance classes, training and performance opportunities for people with learning disabilities, their carers and volunteers. Indepen-dance offers weekly creative movement classes for adults […]

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GRAMnet Film Series: Paddington, CCA Wednesday 9 March, 2016

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GRAMNet Film Series Paddington Wed 9 March 2016 CCA 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life […]

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