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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..

Mr and Mr Laughton, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor 29 February – 5 March, 2016.

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Mr and Mrs Laughton OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 29 February, 2016 — Sat, 05 March, 2016 By Michael-Alan Read | Directed By Gethin Evans Featuring Abigail McGibbon and Steven McNicoll Produced in Association with the Sherman Cymru Mr. and Mrs. Laughton, a seemingly charming yet candid window into one of the most […]

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Sinéad Morrissey – Prize Winning Poetry Aye Write! Mitchell Library, 18 March, 2016

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Sinéad Morrissey – Prize Winning Poetry 18th Mar 2016  •  6:00PM – 7:00PM   Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Aye Write! welcomes TS Eliot Prize winner, Sinéad Morrissey.Sinéad Morrissey – Prize Winning Poetry Aye Write! welcomes TS Eliot Prize winner, Sinéad Morrissey, to read at the festival. Sinéad’s fifth collection of poems, Parallax, […]

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Jim Carruth Introduces Helen Mort & Rebecca Perry, 17 March 2016 The Mitchell Library

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Jim Carruth Introduces Helen Mort & Rebecca Perry 17th Mar 2016  •  7:30PM – 8:30PM     Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, Jim Carruth, welcomes two distinctive new poetry voices to Aye Write!Jim Carruth Introduces Helen Mort & Rebecca Perry Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, Jim Carruth, welcomes two distinctive new poetry voices […]

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Peace Officer GFT 28 February, 2016

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Winner of the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award at SXSW. GFT / Sun 28 Feb, 2016 (16.00) Winner of the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award at SXSW, Peace Officer couldn’t be a more timely documentary. Despite countless deadly shootings, America remains committed to the right to bear arms and local police […]

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Friday, February 26, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2016

Declaration. Article 26. Right to Education Thur 3 March CCA

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CCA Thu 3 March 2016 2.30pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema, Ages 15+ All day pass for Thursday via Eventbrite / 0141 352 4900 The 2016 Oscar nominee, He Named Me Malala, is a powerful documentary about a young girl’s fight for access to education in Pakistan. Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever recipient of a Nobel […]

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Jewish Film Club, Last Five Years – Wednesday 2 March, 2016

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Wed 2 March 2016 CCA 7:30pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages: 14+ when accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 The Last 5 Years by Tony award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown is a musical deconstruction of a love affair and a marriage taking place over a five […]

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Mustang Glasgow Film Festival Sunday 27 February, 2016

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Mustang (N/C 15+) Golden Globe-nominated drama from a fierce new voice in Turkish cinema. GFT / Sat 27 (20.30) (SOLD OUT) & Sun 28 Feb (11.00) Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s extraordinary multi-award-winning debut, co-written with writer and director of Disorder Alice Winocour, depicts the way female sexuality becomes a challenge in a strict society. Five orphan […]

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Fright Fest Glasgow Film Festival 2016

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FrightFest Passes are £70 and cover all 12 films on Friday 26 & Saturday 27 Feb 2016 ONLY. Tickets for The Forest, Thursday 25 February,  and individual tickets for the Fri/Sat films   Prices: £9.50 / £7.50 concessions. To book tickets: +44 (0)141 332 6535 / Buy tickets online Box Office at GFT 12 Rose Street, […]

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Glasgow Film Festival, Crossing the Line, 17 – 28 February, 2016

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Crossing the Line Part of Glasgow Film Festival February 17 – February 28 Crossing the Line seeks to redefine our expectations, experimenting with form and content to create new ways of understanding and experiencing the moving image. Collaboration between GFF and Glasgow-based organisations MAP, Tramway, and LUX Scotland to showcase the work of artists and […]

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Glasgow Film Festival at Kinning Park Complex, Celebrating Roald Dahl’s Centenary Sat 27 February, 2016

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Celebrate Roald Dahl’s centenary with us at special screenings of Fantastic Mr. Fox and Matilda. Children are invited to help transform into Dahl-world through artist workshops with Sally Hackett and Mariella Verkerk, and enjoy food inspired by Dahl’s books, created by The Project Cafe. Fantastic Mr. Fox Bring the cubs on an underground adventure with […]

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Traders, GFT, 26 and 27 February, 2016

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Traders Set in recession-hit Ireland, this acerbic social satire keeps the audience guessing to the very end. GFT / Fri 26 Feb (18.00) | CCA / Sat 27 Feb, 2916 (15.45) This violent and blackly humorous film deals with ‘econocide’: the act of committing suicide as a result of bad economic conditions. When Vernon (Game […]

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I Am Belfast, Glasgow Film Festival Dunday 28 February, 2015

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  I Am Belfast GFT 28 February, 2016 As a director, Mark Cousins has captured everything from the history of film to the desires of  D H Lawrence. Now he ventures back home with a portrait of his native Belfast, depicted here as a copper-haired woman (Helena Bereen) who has survived times of violence, despair […]

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Truth, Glasgow Film Festival, 25 February, 2016

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Truth A tense political drama with bittersweet echoes of Redford’s All the President’s Men. GFT / Thu 25 Feb, 2016 (18.15) Running time: 2h5m Cate Blanchett is on terrific form in this gripping account of the scandal that caused the downfall of veteran broadcaster Dan Rather (beautifully played by Robert Redford). 60 Minutes had an […]

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Departure, Glasgow Film Festival , 25 and 26 February, 2016 CCA

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Departure A sensitively-handled coming-of-age tale. CCA / Thu 25 (18.00) & Fri 26 Feb (13.00) running time: 1h49m 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 […]

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Home Care Glasgow Film Festival 25 February, 2016

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Home Care Czech Republic’s warm-hearted Oscar candidate. Thu 25 Feb, 2016(16.00) GFT Running time: 1h32m Inspired by stories of his mother’s life, Slávek Horák’s debut feature marks him as a filmmaker with the humour and humanity of a Milo š Forman or Jirí Menzel. Vlasta (Alena Mihulová) is the life and soul of her community […]

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Basement Bar Quiz Night Thursday 25 February, 2016

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Basement Bar Quiz Night! Thursday 25 February, 2015 7:45 PM Thursday night again folks with strange questions and even more eclectic music. Get a team in and see if ye can stop the bunfight between the Priory and The Parliament of Badgers. Assorted prizes for the winners. The Bar opens at 7pm for an 8pm […]

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Glasgow Film Festival – Weepah Way For Now CCA Thursday 25 February, 2015

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Weepah Way For Now   CCA A touching and warm film with two outstanding lead performances. Thu 25 February 2016 1:30pm, £9.50 (£7.50 concessions), CinemaAges: 15+Book online / 0141 332 6535Glasgow Film Festival 2016Wed 17 February — Sun 28 February 2016 Stephen Ringer’s debut feature is a dreamy and hilarious journey following two sisters, Elle and […]

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Hello My Name Is Paul Smith, The Lighthouse, 21 January 20 March, 2015

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The Lighthouse 21 January – 20 March, 2016 Photographs of Exhibition by Jim Byrne ‘We are delighted to announce that ‘Hello My Name is Paul Smith’ Exhibition will be opening at The Lighthouse in January 2016. The exhibition invites you into Paul Smith’s world and offers you a unique insight into his magnificent mind.’ An […]

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Bee Rowlatt – In Search of Mary, Aye Write, The Mitchell 10 March, 2016

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10th Mar 2016  •  6:00PM – 7:00PM  •  Mitchell Library North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Bee Rowlatt’s extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: Mary Wollstonecraft. Toddler in tow, Bee Rowlatt embarked on an extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: […]

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The Doghouse Roses and Joseph Parsons Duo The Hug and Pint 8 April, 2016

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Friday, April 8, 2016  8 PM The Hug and Pint A special double bill featuring Scotland’s Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album ‘Lost is not Losing’, their first in 5 years. This album see’s the duo’s trademark […]

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Tally’s Blood, Glasgow Caledonian University, GCU Celebrates 25 years, Wednesday 24 February, 2016.

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Tally’s BloodGlasgow Caledonian UniversityWednesday, 24 February 2016 from 19:30 to 22:00 GCU celebrates 25 years of classic play with BAFTA-winning actor Juliet Cadzow Playwright Ann Marie Di Mambro’s family’s cafe Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is to celebrate 25 years of the classic Scots play Tally’s Blood, written by GCU Professor Ann Marie Di Mambro, with […]

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Sculptor to create Mary Barbour Statue has been announced.

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(Photo by Eddie Middleton) Andrew Brown is the name of the successful sculptor chosen to create the statue of Mary Barbour. The Remember Mary Barbour Association (RMBA) said: “The successful sculptor was announced from the stage of the hugely successful Gala Concert in Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket, on 21 February.2016. Maria Fyfe, Chair of the Remember […]

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The Winter’s Tale Webster’s Theatre, 24 – 27 February, 2016

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The Winter’s Tale  24/02/2016 – 27/2/20167:30 pm – 10:00 pm Webster’s Theatre, Glasgow West End The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Tickets £10 Adults, £6 Concessions (inc. booking fee).  Schools discount available on request. Strathclyde Theatre Group In a fit of jealousy Leontes orders his wife, Hermione, and baby daughter to be killed. Saved by […]

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Helen MacKinven Glasgow Women’s Library Story Cafe´Special, Thursday 25 February, 2016.

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Story Café Special: Helen MacKinven February 25, 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm    GWL’s Story Café provides a uniquely intimate way of hearing from some of the best Scottish women writers. Helen MacKinven will chat about her fierce and funny debut novel, Talk of the Toun. An uplifting black comedy of love, family life […]

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White: Live at Queen Margaret Union, 20 February, 2016 – review by Calum Maclean

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White live at QMU, University of Glasgow,  20/02/16 For a group embarking on their first headline UK tour, Glaswegian five piece White displayed no nerves during their blistering forty five minute set last night.  I arrived at the show familiar with five songs, Future Pleasures, Private Lives, Blush, Be the Unknown and Living Fiction, but […]

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Just Comedy, Thursday 25 February, 2016 at The Wild Cabaret with Janey Godley

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8:30pm-11pm(reservations from 6:30pm)   Janey Godley curates the best comedy evening in Glasgow. Join her British comedians for a unique night of laughs that will set you up nicely for the weekend.  with Jamie Dalgleish Susan Mccabe Thursday, 25th February, 2016 Comedy and Curry £10  Book online Wild Cabaret 18 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1LD

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The Angel and The Manse, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, 22–27 February, 2016

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THE ANGEL AND THE MANSE Mon, 22 February, 2016 — Sat, 27 February, 2016 Glasgow Lunchtime Theatre, OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 By George Docherty | Directed By Liz Carruthers Featuring Helen Logan, Ewan Petrie and Alan Steele Produced in Association with Aberdeen Performing Arts A stormy night in a manse on the outskirts […]

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Meg Rosoff, Aye Write! 19 March, 2016.

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Meg Rosoff – Jonathan Unleashed 19th Mar 2016  •  4:30PM – 5:30PM    Mitchell Librar, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Her first novel, How I Live Now, sold over one million copies and was recently made into a film. Meg will be discussing her first novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed. Meg Rosoff grew up in (a […]

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