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. Tall Tales at The Tron, for tots up to three who can walk independently 30 January, 2016
Tron Participation PresentsTall Tales: Emergency Services 30th January 2016 Tall Tales are fun-filled storytelling sessions, brought to life with props, movement, music, percussion and creative play and all carefully designed to stimulate your little one’s senses. Workshops help with physical, social, emotional and language development while encouraging imaginations to flourish. Best of all you get […]
Thursday, January 28, 2016 | Filed under: Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee: Before Stonewall– 4 February, 2016
STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee: Before Stonewall Thu 4 February 2016 CCA 7.15pm, £3 + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 To celebrate LGBT History Month the STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee presents a screening of Before Stonewall. This film is a decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America from 1920s Harlem […]
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The Revenant GFT 22 January – 4 February, 2016
The Revenant GFT 22 January – 4 February, 2016 Alejandro González Iñárritu follows up his Best Picture winner Birdman with a brutal tale of man versus man, versus nature. Set in the harsh and uncompromising 1820s American wilderness, the film follows frontiersman Hugh Glass (DiCaprio), an explorer and fur trapper who is left for […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Future Shorts Winter Season CCA 29 January, 2016
Future Shorts Glasgow Winter Season Fri 29 January 2016 CCA 7.30pm, £5 + 50p booking fee via WeGotTickets, Cinema Ages 15+ 0141 352 4900 Future Shorts is back this winter with yet another stellar selection of some of the best short films from around the world. This season’s inclusions range from animation to comedy to […]
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Refuweegee Volunteer Event, Tron Theatre, Thursday 4 February, 2016
Tron Theatre, 4 February, 2016, 7 p.m. This is your opportunity to come and find out about how you can further support Refuweegee. Volunteers are needed for a range of project activities. If you fancy getting involved in packing, promoting, event planning and everything else in between, please come along next Thursday. Bring your enthusiasm, […]
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LGBTI+ History Month… How To Survive A Plague Southside United Film Club 5 February, 2016
LGBTI+ History Month… How To Survive A Plague Southside United Film Club Govanhill Baths Community Trust 5 February, 2016 The first screening of the year will be to mark and celebrate LGBTI+ History Month. We will be screening “How To Survive A Plague” by David France. This film charts the early years of the AIDS […]
Submission Opportunity – Scottish Writers Centre
Spring Speakeasy: In Partnership with Aye Write 2016 Thursday 10th March, 2016 6 p.m., The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN ‘Dust off those completed masterpieces and unfinished gems and join us as we toast the written word with readings in English, Gaelic, and Scots from some of the best new talent in Scotland. We’ll be celebrating the original […]
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| Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Tea in the 20s, Fundraiser in aid of Visibility, Sloans, 19 March, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016 12 PM – 4 PM Sloans Ballroom Glasgow 62, Argyll Arcade, 108 Argyle St, Glasgow G2 8BG Tickets Available www.eventbrite.co.uk Get your glad rags on and join us for an afternoon tea with a twist. Step back in time to the roaring 20’s with The Gatsby Club for a […]
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Muriel Spark Lecture, Wednesday 17 February, 2016, The Hunterian
Overtaking on the Inside: Muriel Spark’s ‘The Takeover’ Forty Years down the Line A chance to revisit Muriel Spark’s novel’ The Takeover’, forty years since its publication. Highly criticised upon release, this challenging read led to one reader proclaiming ‘What will Muriel Spark do next?’ The lecture by Willy Maley, Professor of Renaissance Studies at […]
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Spangled Cabaret 8th Birthday Party – 2 special shows 5th and 8th February, 2016
Spangled Cabaret Celebrates It’s 8th Birthday With 2 Special Shows! Friday 5th February, 2016 – 8:30 PM The Rio Cafe ‘We return to our birthplace, and we are very excited about it!’ THE CREATIVE MARTYRSKIM KHAOSGLASGOW GLAM BANGERSTHE GURUTOM HARLOWWILD CARD KITTYMISS INNOCENCE BLISSANNA SECRET POETTHE FABULOUS ARTISANS+ SPECIAL GUESTS The Rio Cafe 27 […]
| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Devil Inside, Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales – review by Pat Byrne
Jim and I had our first night at the opera last night (26 January, 2016), when we went along to the Theatre Royal, Glasgow to the world premiere of ‘The Devil Inside’. The opera, created by Louise Welsh, librettist, and Stuart MacRae, composer, is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story ‘The Bottle Imp’. It […]
Inter-generational Technology Event, Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre Saturday 30 January, 2016
All ages welcome Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre, 64 Balmoral Street, Glasgow G14 0BL Saturday 30 January, 2016 2 – 4 p.m.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Robert Burns: Poems, Songs, Legacy. Free Online Course, University of Glasgow
Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy About the course If you’ve ever welcomed in the New Year with a rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” or enjoyed a whisky and haggis on 25 January, you’re likely to be one of the thousands, nay millions, of fans of Robert Burns around the world. Now you can celebrate […]
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Monday, January 25, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events, Courses, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Cuba: a photographic exhibition by Iain Clark. Jan 30th – Feb 14th, 2016 at The Thistle Gallery
The Thistle Gallery is privileged to be hosting a remarkable exhibition by Glasgow based photographic artist Iain Clark. This unique body of work is the result of Iain’s visit last year to the Caribbean island of Cuba. With the announcement last year that Cuba and the United States are to re-establish Embassies in each other’s […]
Celtic Connections 2016: Lucinda Williams review and photographs by Pauline Keightley
Lucinda Williams rocked at Celtic Connections 2016! One sassy rock on lady! While I had read good reviews of Lucinda Williams, I came to her late. Now aged sixty-two she’s been having more success as she’s got older. As we waited in the packed Glasgow concert hall an enthusiastic man appeared at the side of the […]
Jenna Watt: How You Gonna Live Your Dash – Winter Tour 2016
January 28 – February 13, 2016 7 PM to Feb 13 at 8 PM Platform Glasgow1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow G34 9JW Buy tickets online How You Gonna Live Your Dash by Jenna Watt.A co-production with Platform and in association with Showroom. One of Scotland’s most visionary theatre makers, Jenna Watt, presents her latest performance following the […]
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Sunday, January 24, 2016 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Ashes to Ashes: A Cabaret Tribute to David Bowie, Fundraiser for The Beatson, 10 February, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Riding Room58 Virginia Street, Glasgow G1 1TX For one night only the Glasgow Burlesque and Cabaret scene come together for a stellar cabaret tribute to David Bowie. As well as this show in Glasgow there shall be shows in London and the rest off the UK. […]
Richard Slee: Work and Play, The Tramway 4 Feb– 20 March, 2016.
Richard See Ceramics Drop In – no ticket required Richard Slee (born Carlisle, 1946) has built a reputation as one of Britain’s most important contemporary ceramic artist. His work challenges conventional notions of ceramic art and demonstrates the fluid boundaries of 21st century ceramic practice. This exhibition covers Slee’s most radical work to date produced […]
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Room, GFT – 28 January, 2016
Room GFT 15 – 28 January, 2016 Based on the international bestselling novel by Emma Donoghue, Room is the unforgettable story of a young mother who lives captive in a small room with her 5-year old son Jack. Brie Larson and the young Jacob Tremblay perfectly bring to life one of the most tender and […]
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Saturday, January 23, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema
The Devil Came On Horseback, Sunday 24 January, 2016 GFT
The Devil Came On HorsebackPowerful documentary focusing on the genocide in Darfur. GFT Sunday 24 January (12.15)Running time: 1h25m Assigned as a military observer, Brian Steidle witnessed first hand the tragedy taking place in Darfur and the inaction by the international community. Infuriated with what he had witnessed, Steidle resigned and returned to the US […]
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The Last Diamond, GFT until 25 January, 2015
The Last Diamond GFT Friday 22 – Monday 25 JanuaryRunning time: 1h48m Out on parole, master thief Simon is lured back into his old life of crime by the biggest job he has… More… Director Eric Barbier Cast Yvan Attal, Bérénice Bejo, Jean-François Stévenin, France 2015, 1h48m, subtitles, CTBC Buy tickets online 12 […]
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The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil GFT 25 January, 2015
The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black oil Monday 25 January (18.15) Glasgow Film Theatre This Burns Night, GFT is bringing back one of the most important statements on what it means to live in a modern Scotland. Capitalising on the remarkably popular success of playwright John McGrath’s touring production of the same name, […]
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The Assassin, GFT, until Thursday 28 January, 2016
The Assassin The latest film from master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Friday 22 January – Thursday 28 JanuaryRunning time: 1h46m Named film of the year by Sight & Sound, as well as with receiving the coveted Best Director award a… More… Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien Cast Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Taiwan/China 2015, 1h46m, subtitles, 12A: […]
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Celtic Connections, Peatbog Faeries, 02 ABC 23 January, 2016
Celtic Connections 2016 proudly presents: Peatbog Faeries plus Radio Cos Saturday 23 January, 2016 Doors 7 p.m. O2 ABC Glasgow Almost two decades after bursting onto the scene with their debut album Mellowosity, Skye’s Peatbog Faeries remain “one of the great Scottish festival bands” (Guardian). Staunch traditional roots, via their bagpipes/fiddle frontline, branch into myriad […]
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CCA Alliance Francaise: Steak (R)Evolution 28 January, 2016
Alliance Francaise: Steak (R)Evolution Thu 28 January 2016 CCA 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Cooking Pot Tue 1 September 2015 — Sat 30 April 2016 Steak (R)Evolution travels the world in search of passionate cattle breeders, butchers, and chefs. Far from the intensive cattle […]
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Friday, January 22, 2016 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Fiona Alderman: Easter Dance Course in France, April, 2016.
Contemporary Dance Course (CUNNINGHAM technique) 2nd to 5th April 2016 In the Dordogne (near Sarlat), France Teacher: Fiona Alderman Objectives: The classes are in Cunningham based technique, which has an accent on balance and proportion, using meticulously placed feet , with an upright open torso. The articulation of the back , using a […]
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| Filed under: Dance, Fiona Alderman blogging from The Salignac Foundation France
Celtic Connections: Piaf! The Show, Theatre Royal 27 and 28 January, 2016
Celtic Connections presentsPiaf! The Show Theatre Royal GlasgowWednesday 27 & Thursday 28 January 2016 · Celebrating The Centenary Of Iconic French Singer Edith Piaf For Two Nights At New Celtic Connections Venue: Glasgow’s Theatre Royal · Performed Across Three Continents To Rave Reviews, Piaf! The Story Has Its Uk Premiere This January 27 & 28 · A Unique Audiovisual […]
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Celtic Connections: Just for Gordon, Celebrating a National Treasure 24 January, 2016
24 January 2016 7:30PM Glasgow Royal Concert HallMain Auditorium Tickets: £20-£23 Buy tickets online Or buy tickets from our box office on 0141 353 8000 January 2016 marks just over a decade since Gordon Duncan’s tragic passing, but his inspirational influence still reverberates throughout the Celtic world. Although his instrument was the bagpipes, together with […]
Cirque Berserk! Real Circus Made For Theatre, King’s Theatre Glasgow Friday 22 – Sunday 24 January 2016
King’s Theatre 22 – 24 January, 2016 Direct from five sold-out seasons in London’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, and from two packed-out theatre tours, Britain’s favourite contemporary thrill circus is setting out to thrill and entertain the nation once again. Back by popular demand Cirque Berserk! returns to the King’s Theatre Glasgow for 3 days […]
Thursday, January 21, 2016 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Picture Hooks Conference, CCA, 23 April, 2016
Illustrating Children’s Books CCA Sat 23 April 2016 10am – 4pm, £50 (£25 concessions) + £1 booking fee, Theatre Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Get the hang of illustrating Children’s Books. Leading children’s publishing experts and agents, together with award-winning illustrator Joel Stewart, offer insiders’ view of the industry. Now in its […]
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