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. A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things at GFT
18 – 24 October, 2024 One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading representative of the modernist St Ives group of artists climbed to the top of […]
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Thursday, October 17, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
Witches and Witchcraft CinemaARC
Wednesday 30 October, 2024, 6 – 8.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre , University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Spooky Halloween screening of the 1990 cult-classic, The Witches (1990). In this Roald Dahl adaptation, a little boy and his kindly grandmother thwart the efforts of a coven of witches to rid Britain of […]
The Apprentice at GFT
18 – 31 October, 2024 The origins of Donald Trump are brought to life in a provocative, electrifying portrait of the man and his mentor, Roy Cohn – a notorious lawyer who will never let the truth get in the way of winning a fight. Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong star as Trump and Cohn […]
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Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands
18 – 24 October, 2024 The screening on Saturday 19 October at 8pm will be followed by a Q&A with co-directors Blair Young and Carla J Easton, hosted by music journalist Nicola Meighan. Popstars, post-punks and pioneers: a new documentary platforming Scotland’s defiant trailblazing girl bands Buy tickets 80s Glasgow girl band Sophisticated Boom Boom […]
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Una Noche con los Rolling Stones / A night with the Rolling Stones
16 November, 2024, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Book tickets – Tickets: £2/4/6/8/10 Patricia Ramos I Cuba I 2023 I 92 mins I Spanish with English subtitles March 2016: Havana is getting ready for the arrival of The Rolling Stones for an outdoor free concert, the first by a rock group since the fall of […]
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Feminist Filmmaking – HGFF
16 November, 2024 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Book tickets Tickets: £2/4/6/8/10 A presentation of films in progress made by women activists in Matanzas and Havana in Cuba, Villanova in Catalunya, Spain and in Glasgow, using low-budget collaborative filmmaking techniques across borders to amplify women’s voices. The final […]
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El Cine Soy Yo / The Moving Picture Man
15 November 2024, 7.15 p.m. CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD Book Tickets Tickets: £2/4/6/8/10 Luis Armando Roche I Venezuela I 1977 I 94 mins I Spanish with English subtitles After being a peddler, street photographer, radio announcer, policeman, and mechanic, Jacinto (Asdrúbal Melendez) decides to become a film projectionist. He aspires […]
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Shaun of the Dead, 20th Anniversary
15 (8.40 p.m.) and 17 (5.30 p.m.) October, 2024 Get ready for a gut-busting, bone-mashing good time in the hilarious horror comedy, Shaun of the Dead. There comes a day in every man’s life when he has to get off the couch…and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to […]
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The Shining, Extended Cut
17 October, 2024, 7.50 p.m. This Halloween GFT is screening two versions of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. This is the 4K restoration of the 144 minute Extended Cut that was produced in 2019, overseen by Steven Spielberg and Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali. Buy tickets Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror is widely considered […]
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Carrie at GFT
18 to 24 October, 2024 An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl’s lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake. Screening as part […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Launch: ‘Breathe In’ by Chris Dolan
Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 7 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Guest Readers Martin Goldie, David Hayman and Donna Matthew Music by John Ross and Kirsten Jackson “My first wee book of poems, bits and pieces from over 30 years of writing. A gallimaufry if ever there was one.” […]
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The Teacher
11 – 17th October, 2024 Inspired by true events, this powerful West Bank-set drama centres on a grieving schoolteacher who is attempting to keep a student out of trouble whilst engaging in his own acts of political resistance. British-Palestinian Farah Nabulsi — who won a BAFTA for her short film The Present — returns to the West […]
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Timestalker
11 – 17 October, 2024 Timestalker is a romantic comedy about the eternal humiliation that is the search for love, spanning the most romantic epochs of history right into the future. The film follows hapless heroine Agnes (Alice Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a […]
Preview: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things- plus Q & A
Wednesday, 16 October, 2024 at 6 p.m. Followed by a Q&A with director Mark Cousins and composer Linda Buckley. One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading […]
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Scotland Loves Anime 2024
1 – 3 November, 2024 The ever-popular Scotland Loves Anime weekend event returns to Glasgow Film Theatre November 1-3! 9, 2024, fantastic anime films round out the programme, with individual titles on sale now, including UK premieres, European premieres, and even a late-night performance. Totto-chan (2023, Shinnosuke Yakuwa) – November 1 The Birth of Kitaro: The […]
Creative Conversations: Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock
Monday, 14 October, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Translation of the Route is the first collection by award-winning Argentine poet Laura Wittner to be available in English translation. In poems that are precise, frank and finely tuned, Wittner explores the specificities of daily life – thunder at night, […]
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Fundraiser Community Meal – Glasgow West End
Sunday October, 13th, 2024 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Would you like to have a lovely dinner with Central and West Integration Network in partnership with Glasgow Community Food Network A special community meal prepared by talented refugee chefs at the Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church Hall, Observatory Road, Glasgow We are organising once again a […]
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Friday, October 11, 2024 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
It’s A Wonderful Life
13 – 24 December, 2024 Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey (James Stewart) finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. Seeing no way out, George considers suicide from the edge of a bridge – but Clarence, his guardian angel, intervenes and shows George what his beloved hometown of […]
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Harder Than The Rock
Saturday 12 October, 2024. 5.45 p.m. Plus recorded Q & A director Mark Warmington in discussion with filmmaker, DJ and musician Don Letts, recorded at the film’s World Premiere during Sheffield Doc Fest. Harder Than The Rock is the fascinating story of Cimarons, the first UK band to embrace the thrilling new sound coming out of […]
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Neil Young: Poetry Collection Launch
Tuesday, 15 October, 2024, 7.00 for 7.30 p.m. Neil Young reads from this essentially intimate collection.on family and community. The Song She Didn’t Sing – Seahorse Publications Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Guest Readers Ðonna Campbell, Linda Jackson, Lesley Benzie, Peter Clive and Hugh Mcmillan Musical Guests Carol Jamnejad and Iman.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Pilates with Fab – Glasgow West End
Pilates with Fabrizio Medinelli – Glasgow West End Pilates with Fab, 37 Otago Street, Glasgow G12 8JJ and Old Scout Hall, Oldhall Road, Paisley PA1 3HL Group Classes Small group classes allow you to practice the Pilates method in a fun and dynamic way with like-minded people. You will work through many of the classical […]
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Courses, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Inside Out 2
Saturday, 12 October, 2024 11.30 a.m. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one free ticket for their accompanying adult. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Additional tickets and/or tickets purchased […]
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Monday, October 7, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Apprenticeship Degrees for young people from Black and Ethnic Minority Community in Glasgow
Monday 14 October 2024, 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm African Challenge Scotland Saracen House, 139 Saracen Street, Possilpark, Glasgow, G22 5AZ Key benefits of Apprenticeship Degrees for young people from Black and Ethnic Minority Community in Glasgow Speakers: 1. Philip Thom, BEng(Hons) PgC MIETSenior Associate Director of Electrical & ICA Engineering | Water Europe Head […]
Black History Month: Snapshot Shorts GFT
Sunday 5 October, 2024, 2.15 p.m. Buy tickets Snapshot Shorts, presented by TAPE, is a series of short coming-of-age films that take us on a rollercoaster of teenage angst, mother & daughter relationships and the sweet liberation of finding your tribe. This screening will be followed by the ‘Snapshots and Snippets Collage Workshop’ with artist […]
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Friday, October 4, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 20th Anniversary
Saturday 5 October, 2024, 11.30 a.m. Buy tickets Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban… and he’s coming for Harry Potter! Harry, Ron and Hermione return as teenagers for a third term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But Harry’s fate, and that of the entire community of wizards, looks bleak when the infamous Sirius […]
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Lara Pawson at Creative Conversations
7 October, 2024, 1 – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Free Tickets at Eventbrite Lara Pawson is the author of three books: Spent Light (CB Editions, 2024), This is the Place to Be (CB Editions 2016), and In the Name of the People: Angola’s Forgotten Massacre (IB Taurus 2014). In 2017, This is the Place to […]
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Nordic Music Days Conference
29 – 30 October, 2024 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Advanced Research Centre (ARC), Room 237C, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Free – Book Tickets The Nordic Music Days Conference is presented in collaboration between Nordic Music Days Festival and Music subject area within the College of Arts & Humanities, University of Glasgow. The conference […]
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Thursday, October 3, 2024 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Sight Unseen – Glasgow Gallery of Photography
3 – 30 October, 2024 International Photography Exhibition High Street Gallery, 279-281 High Street, Glasgow Wed-Sat 12-4 Glassford Street, 57 Glassford Street, Glasgow 12-4 Wed-Sat Opening days/times during exhibitions only Glasgow Gallery of Photography
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Book Launch: Midnight and Blue, Ian Rankin
Tuesday 15 October, 2024, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Aye Write event to celebrate the publication of Midnight and Blue, the brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin. Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals […]
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Duncan McCrone, Cy Jack, Fraser Speirs and Mike Bryan – Arrochar
Saturday 5 October, 2024 at 7.30 p.m. Duncan McCrone, Cy Jack, Fraser Speir and Mike Bryan In Concert Three Villages Hall, Shore Road, Arrochar G83 7AB Duncan, Cy, Fraser and Mike bring their much-acclaimed mix of original, contemporary and traditional folk/blues/roots-based songs to the lovely Three Villages Hall. Expect an evening of great singing, playing, […]
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| Filed under: Community event, Gig Guide plus Club Events
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