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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..

St Mungo’s Mirrorball, Thursday 29 October, 2015 CCA

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St Mungo’s Mirrorball CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD 29 October, 2015at 7 .m. Another packed wonderful night at St Mungo’s Mirrorball in store this Thursday Thursday 29th October 7pm at The Clubroom, CCA, 350 Sauciehall Street Including headline Jonathan Edwards – one of the UKs leading new poets Jonathan Edwards’s first collection, My […]

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Rhyming Optional with Shaun Moore, Sub City Radio, Thursday 29 October, 2015

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  Rhyming Optional with Kevin Gilday and special guest Shaun Moore Subcity Radio Thursday 29 October, 2015 7:00pm – 8:00pm The next episode of Rhyming Optional features a live performance from poltical firebrand and poetic teddybear, Shaun Moore. He’ll be joining us in the studio to perform a few pieces and have a chat about […]

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Colin’s 10th Anniversary Gathering Sunday 1 November, 2015 GalGael

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        Sunday 1 November, 2015 at 5:00pm GalGael would like to invite you to Colin’s 10th Macleod’s Anniversary Gathering  ‘Ten years on and the memories remain strong. We’d like to invite you to gather for a night of music, poem and story to remember Colin Macleod – dearly loved by many and still a […]

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Leylines Launch 28 October, 2015 The Project Cafe

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Leylines Launch 28 October, 2015 7:00pm – 9:30pm The Project Cafe Greek/Czech actor/poet, Vasso, and Danish playwright and poet, Helene, have formed a brand new theatre company, Leylines. They will be bringing you stories of home, journeys, languages and being caught between different worlds. On the 28th they would just like to raise a glass […]

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Ghost – Louise Welsh Book Launch, 29 October, 2015 Waterstones Sauchiehall St

Louise Welsh – Ghost Book Launch Louise Welsh will be in store on Thursday the 29th at 7pm to launch her new book – Ghost. A collection of 100 hand picked ghost stories. This beautiful collection of 100 ghost stories will delight, unnerve, and entertain any fiction lover brave enough… Glasgow – Sauchiehall Street, 153-157 Sauchiehall […]

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Halloween in Glasgow 2015

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Lots of spooky goings on for all the family. Dress up in your best outfit and go along to some frightening events. What’s On at Hallowe’en at various venues in and around Glasgow. More Halloween Events. Here’s a selection: Streatery Spook Fest 31 October, 2015 The Briggait Free event at The Briggait Saturday 31 October, […]

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The Rio Cafe, Partick, Hallowe’en Party. 31 October, 2015

The legendary Rio Cafe Halloween party with DJ Paul Puppet! Saturday 31 October, 2015 8 p.m. Prizes for best costumes!   The Rio Cafe 27 Hyndland Street, G11 5QF

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Thomas Muir Symposium University of Glasgow, 30 October, 2015

Thomas Muir Symposium – 30 October 2015 Friday 30th October 2015Tea & coffee from 12.15, programme begins at 1 pm.University of Glasgow (in association with the Friends of Thomas Muir) The Centre for Robert Burns Studies, in association with the Friends of Thomas Muir, will host a Thomas Muir Symposium to commemorate the 250th anniversary of […]

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i AM Hallowe’en Party at Stereo with DJ Funk, Stereo, 30 October, 2015

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DJ Funk 11 p.m. – 3 p.m. 30 October, 2015 Stereo Cafe Bar £8/£10 Buy tickets online 20 – 28 Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 6PH  

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The Wakeful Chamber, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor 26 – 31 October, 2015

The Wakeful Chamber Mon, 26 October, 2015 — Sat, 31 October, 2015 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 By Rebecca Sharp | Directed By Emily Reutlinger Composed by Pippa Murphy Featuring Kim Allan and David Rankine  Presented in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts and sound – Scotland’s Festival of New Music A woman’s chronic somniphobia (fear […]

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Breakthrough Productions presents Eden Creek 26 – 28 October 2015

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Breakthrough Productions presents Eden Creek by Dwight Watson is showing at SWG3 Warehouse 26th – 28th October – 45 tickets for this per night! 7.30 p.m. Adults – £10 and £8 for Concession Can buy tickets online now here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/breakthroughproductions “Five women, not unlike quintuplets, born from the same womb, who are very different, and […]

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Sunday, October 25, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

VIP NIGHT at Cancer Research Anniesland Thursday 5 November, 2015

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  VIP Night Cancer Research Shop – 1644 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G13 1HH After Shop Hours (after 5 p.m.) Raffle Prizes Free Gift on Arrival Drinks and Nibbles 25% off  – B.I.G./ cards Lots of new stock just for the night Tickets £2 0141 950 1702 (Call into the shop and buy a band […]

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‘It Wisnae Us’ Exhibition: The Truth about Glasgow and Slavery The Burrell, 1 – 31 October, 2015

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  ‘It Wisnae Us’ Exhibition: The Truth about Glasgow and Slavery ‘It Wisnae Us’ Exhibition: The Truth about Glasgow and Slavery Burrell Collection Pollok Country Park 1st – 31st October, 2015 ‘It Wisnae Us’ exhibition provides an insight into the role of slavery in Glasgow’s past. The story is told through the buildings and streets […]

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Firework Display Glasgow Green 4 November,2015

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  Glasgow Green Firework Display 4 November, 2015 A Spectacular Free Event for all the Family Glasgow’s biggest and best free fireworks display returns to Glasgow Green on Wednesday 4 November 2015! From 5pm you can access the site at Glasgow Green for FREE and enjoy food and drink stalls and the funfair before the […]

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Levengrove Park Dumbarton Firework Display 4 November, 2015

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An exhilarating and spectacular fireworks display, certain to brighten the darkest of November nights. Featuring funfair, food and drink. Fireworks display at 7.30pm. Visitors are warned that many of the surrounding streets are no-parking areas. Levengrove Park, Woodyard Road, Dumbarton, G82

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Dalmuir Park Fireworks Display 5 November, 2015

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Family Fun and Fireworks at Dalmuir Park A spectacular fireworks display to darken the darkest November night. Featuring a funfair, food and drink. Fireworks start at 7.30pm. Dalmuir, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, G81 Firework Displays

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The Thistle Gallery: Charismatic Catalonian artist Miquel Torner de Semir until 8th November, 2015

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Thistle Gallery 56 Park Rd, Glasgow G4 9JF www.thistle-gallery.com/ Charismatic Catalonian artist Miquel Torner de Semir has nine of his extraordinary paintings currently in the Thistle Gallery in Park Road but for a limited two week run only until November 8th. His works are in numerous public collections in Spain including the Museum of the […]

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Cradle of Scotland, 3 September 2015 – 3 January 2016, The Hunterian

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A major exhibition revealing new discoveries in Scottish archaeology will open at the Hunterian Art Gallery this September. Cradle of Scotland explores the results of 10 years work by the University of Glasgow’s Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot Project, known as SERF. Led by a team of archaeologists from the University, the project examines the […]

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Photography exhibition: ‘Ways We Watch Films in Africa’ The Old Hairdressers 23 October – 1 November, 2015

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  Photography exhibition: ‘Ways We Watch Films in Africa’ The Old Hairdressers 27 Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2   23 October – 1 November, 2015 Across Africa local film industries are flourishing, and as commercial and independent cinema spaces slowly begin to cater for African cinema, audiences have found a myriad of innovative ways to watch […]

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Friday, October 23, 2015 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Cinema

For Ailsa – Women in the Workplace, Monday 26 October, 2015 GFT

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For Ailsa – Women in the WorkplaceN/C 12+ Monday 26 October 18:00 Professor Ailsa McKay, Glasgow Caledonian University, was a feminist economist who worked with others to evidence and articulate a radical economic model that recognises all work paid and unpaid. Ailsa died on the 5th March 2014. As part of the film, former First […]

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48 Hour Film Project GFT Wednesday 28–Thursday 29 October, 2015

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48 Hour Film ProjectN/C 18+ GFT Wednesday 28–Thursday 29 October, 2015 8.15 p.m. The worldwide phenomenon that is The 48 Hour Film Project returns to Glasgow to celebrate its fifth birthday! Over the course of one weekend, teams of budding filmmakers will produce a series of all-new short films. These legendary screenings offer audiences the […]

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The Shining GFT Sunday 25 October, Tuesday 27 October, 2015

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The Shining15 GFT Sunday 25 October, Tuesday 27 October, 2015 This Halloween, GFT brings back one of the greatest horror movies of all time: Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of psychological dread, The Shining. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, this tale of a family man and would-be writer going mad as winter caretaker of the cursed […]

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| Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow

Kill Your Friends GFT Friday 30 October, 2015

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Kill Your FriendsN/C 18+ GFT Friday 30 October, 2015 8 p.m. When the road to success is littered with losers and even your closest colleagues are desperate for you to fail, what would you do to make it to the top? In 1997, the British music industry is on a winning streak – Britpop is […]

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Red Army GFT Friday 23–Sunday 25 October, 2015

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Red Army15 GFT Friday 23–Sunday 25 October, 2015 Gabe Polsky’s hugely appealing documentary tells the story of Slava Fetisov, a legendary Russian ice hockey player who became a key figure in the intense rivalry between Soviet Russia and America and Canada. Fetisov paved the way for huge changes in the game, as communism gave way […]

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Listen to Me Marlon15 GFT Friday 23–Thursday 29 October, 2015

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Listen to Me Marlon15 GFT Friday 23–Thursday 29 October, 2015 A fascinatingly original look at one of Hollywood’s most towering figures, the inimitable Marlon Brando. Innovatively utilising archive media and computer generated reconstructions, Brando’s story is told in his own words, reflecting on the demons that plagued him throughout his life. Less a straightforward biography […]

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The Program GFT Friday 16–Thursday 29 October, 2015

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The Program15 GFT   Friday 16–Thursday 29 October, 2015 When an Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is using performance-enhancing substances to fuel his Tour de France victories, he begins hunting for evidence that will take down the legend. Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena, High Fidelity) tackles the now legendary case that […]

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The Lobster GFT Friday 16–Thursday 29 October, 2015

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The Lobster15 GFT Friday 16–Thursday 29 October, 2015 The first English-language film by Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster brings an all-star cast but retains the obscure explorations of humanity seen in the director’s previous work. Set in a dystopian future where single people are forced to The Hotel and must find a romantic partner […]

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Suffragette GFT Monday 12–Thursday 29 October, 2015

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Suffragette12A GFT Monday 12–Thursday 29 October, 2015 At the turn of the century, British women suffered at the hands of the patriarchy – forbidden the right to vote and basic equality. This film tells the story of the select few who stood up to the social norm, working women who radicalised the status quo and […]

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Sweet Aerobics & The Scream Machine All Day Halloween Party! Saturday, October 31, 2015 Saturday Something

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Sweet Aerobics & The Scream Machine All Day Halloween Perty! Saturday, October 31, 2015 Creatures of the day, unite…. at Saturday Something So, we want YOU to come down and get yer freak on for a day of silliness, smiles and games – The perfect warm up dance to get some positive halloween vibes flowing […]

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