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#8: Wedding In Blood (with Graeme Macrae Burnet), 20 Aug, 2015

        Thursday, August 20, 2015 7:00pm – 11:00pm        The Old Hairdressers Our August screening, presented in association with Alliance Française Glasgow, is Claude Chabrol’s Wedding in Blood (Les Noces Rouges, 1973). It’s a rare chance to see Chabrol’s classic portrait of an amour fou with deadly consequences in provincial France, starring Stéphane Audran […]

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The Cage – Live From Gaza – Al Qafas Monday 17 August, 2015 Edinburgh Fringe

The Cage – Live From Gaza – Al Qafas Monday 17 August, 2015 – 8 p.m. Edinburgh Fringe       Stand in the Square (Venue 372) St Andrew Square EH2 2AD        Welcome To The Fringe is Delighted to announce that on Mon 17th of August we have a Live satellite broadcast from GAZA of ‘THE […]

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Mistress America GFT Friday 14–Thursday 20 August, 2015

Mistress America15 GFT Friday 14–Thursday 20 August, 2015 Buy tickets online While We’re Young director Noah Baumbach reteams with his Frances Ha writing partner and star Greta Gerwig for this warm, delightful and sharp examination of youthful longing and female friendships. When college freshman Tracy (Lola Kirke) moves to New York, she finds the hip […]

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Fun Day Clydebank, West Thomson Street, Sat 15 August, 2015

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Yorkhill Sponsored Walk – Saturday 5 September, 2015

  Saturday 5th September 2015 Join the fun at the Yorkhill Sponsored Walk! Now in its 3rd year, the Walk is a wonderful opportunity to get the whole family together to raise money to help the babies, children and young people who are treated at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. This year’s walk is […]

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Glasgow Blues Club, Record Factory, Byres Road, Glasgow G12

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FAIL BETTER goes Doune the Rabbit Hole! Thursday 13 August, 2015 – 8 p.m. McChuills

FAIL BETTER goes Doune the Rabbit Hole! Thursday 13 August, 2015 – 8 p.m. McChuills Glasgow On the 21st – 23rd of August amidst the glorious ancient oak trees of the Cardross Estate the yearly phenomenon of DOUNE THE RABBIT HOLE festival takes place. Fail Better will be on all weekend in the Casa Caliente […]

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Linda Jaxson Band, St Louis Cafe Bar, Partick, Saturday 29 August, 2015

St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/  

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Lotte Fisher’s Soupstate @ The Project Cafe August 15 – September 15, 2015

Lotte Fisher’s Soupstate @ The Project Cafe       August 15 – September 15, 2015 Exhibition opening from 7-9 on Saturday the 15th at the Project Cafe on Renfrew Street, Glasgow. The exhibition runs for one month, be sure to have a peek! theprojectcafe.weebly.com/events.html lottefisher.com

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Hyndland Gala Day, Sat 22 August from 12 p.m.

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Urban Creek at The World Famous Lucky Break Sunday 16 August, 2015

  Urban Creek at The World Famous Lucky Break  Sunday 16 August, 2015 4:00pm Lucky-Break Clydebank26 Glasgow Road, Clydebank G81 1SE 

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Alasdair Gray: Sixty Years of Prints, The Hidden Lane Gallery, until end of August 2015

The Hidden Lane Gallery Alasdair Gray Sixty Years of Prints Extended until end August, 2015 Following on from the huge success of Alasdair Gray’s 2014 retrospective at Kelvingrove, this new exhibition covers his prints from his days at Glasgow School of Art in the 1950′s to the present day. Described by Anthony Burgess as ‘the […]

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Lanark : A Life in Three Acts by Alasdair Gray Citizens Theatre, 15 August – 19 September, 2015

(Artwork: Night Street Self-Portrait by Alasdair Gray (1953) )   Citizens Theatre 15 Aug 2015 to 19 Sep 2015 A new adaptation by David Greig of Alasdair Gray‘s seminal novel Lanark, directed by Graham Eatough. Full details and tickets A young man arrives in a dying city with seashells in his pockets. He doesn’t know who […]

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Free Fun Activity Sessions for Glaswegians from Glasgow ParkLives

Glasgow ParkLives has launched hundreds of new free activity sessions, from giant twister to fitness bingo, in local parks including Bellahouston, Kelvingrove and Queens Park. With 17 different activity types to try entirely free of charge, and activities taking place every day, There’s plenty for the whole family to get involved with. Alongside the more […]

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Lifted, work from Glasgow based Playwrights, Free Fringe, Ediburgh Festival 6 – 20 August, 2015

Sara Shaarawi and Henry Bell Lifted    Free Fringe    Aug 6 at 2:30pm to Aug 20 at 3:30pm The Argyle Bar & Cellar Monkey15-17 Argyle Place, Edinburgh EH9 1JJ ,     New work from Glasgow-based playwrights Sara Shaarawi and Henry Bell, starring Ikram Gilani. Lifted is a play about Scotland, identity, immigration, police violence, racism, […]

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Lola in Slacks: Single Release, Friday, August 28, 2015 CCA

 Lola in Slacks,  Single Release  Friday, August 28, 2015  at 7:30pm        CCA Glasgow  tickets-scotland.com In celebration of forthcoming debut single ‘Tramlines’ on Stereogram Recordings (31/08/15), we are pleased to announce a special live performance at the CCA Glasgow on Friday 28th August @ 7.30pm. With special guest: Roy Moller – The Outsider polymath and ‘Bard of […]

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Party: Soul Jazz Sunday 30 August, 2015

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William Bonar and Eveline Pye, Launch of Poetry Pamphlets, The Project Cafe, Wed 12 August, 2015

 Joint launch of “Offering” by William Bonar and “Smoke that Thunders” by Eveline Pye           Wednesday 12 August, 2015 7:00pm The Project Café Offering (Red Squirrel Press) is William Bonar’s second pamphlet, a collection of poems previously published in Gutter, Aesthetica, Anon, Glasgow Review of Books, Northwords Now, The Verb (BBC, Radio 3) and […]

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Piping Live Glasgow 10 – 16 August, 2015

Piping Live Glasgow 10  – 16 August, 2015 Celebrate the international diversity of the bagpipes Artists from all corners of the globe will showcase their traditions and musical heritage in the Glenfiddich Tent at George Square as part of our Music of the Nations series. A range of events to entertain all the family. Artists […]

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Glasgow Street Style Festival, Meet The Locals Thurs 13 Aug, 2015 The Studio

Meet the Locals & The Studio presents Glasgow Street Style Festival Thursday 13 August, 20158 p.m. The Studio8 Dixon Street, Glasgow G1 4AX Meet The Locals night in collaboration with one of the best tattoo studios in Gtown – The Studio. Pop up shops from top of the top brands, born and raised in this […]

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The Mick Tausney Band, The Lucky Break, Clydebank Sunday 9 August, 2015

  The Mick Tausney Band   The World Famous Lucky Break   Sunday 9 August, 2015 4:00pm 26-30 Glasgow Rd, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire G81 1SE

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Glasgow Alternative and Burlesque Fair Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow Uni, 8 August, 2015

8th August, 2015 Noon till 6 p.m. Vintage, Burlesque, Rockabilly, Gothic and Steampunk Jewellery, Artwork, Clothing, Accessories  and Entertainment £5 Watch out for  Lala Manning – retro and vintage jewellery 22 University Gardens, G12 8QN  

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Magners’ Summer Nights Kelvingrove Bandstand 6 – 13 August, 2015

Magners Summer Nights Kelvingrove Bandstand Kelvin Way,  (adjacent to Art Gallery) Highlights of this year’s festival include King Creosote, Echo & the Bunnymen, Roddy Frame and Glasvegas.  More information and buy tickets artists

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Summer Shorts: Rebels & Valiants CCA Thu 13 August 2015

CinemaAttic Summer Shorts: Rebels & Valiants CCA Thu 13 August 2015 7.30pm, £5 (£4) + 60p booking fee, Cinema Ages 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 CinemaAttic is committed to bring you a monthly dose of good stories from emerging Spanish and Latin American talent. Such is its diversity that our selection had to […]

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Josephine Decker: Butter on the Latch GFT Saturday 8 August, 2015

Josephine Decker: Butter on the LatchN/C 18+ Saturday 8 August, 2015 GFT Josephine Decker is one of the most exciting new talents to emerge from recent American independent cinema. Fascinated with the deceptive beauty of the American pastoral landscape, Decker uses her blissful cinematic settings to delve into the mysteries of the female mind and […]

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl GFT Friday 7–Thursday 13 August, 2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl18 GFT Friday 7–Thursday 13 August, 2015 Like all adolescents, Minnie Goetze longs for acceptance from a world that confuses and excites her in equal measures. Her mother Charlotte has very few boundaries when it comes to indulging in her various vices, and encourages her daughter to do the same. […]

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Josephine Decker: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Sunday 9 August, 2015 GFT

Josephine Decker: Thou Wast Mild and LovelyN/C 18+ Sunday 9 August, 2015 7.15 p.m. GFT Josephine Decker’s second feature is an intriguing, troubling and impressionistic thriller inspired by East of Eden. When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job. This is what he expected to find. When Sarah opens her legs, she finds […]

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Evergreen Outdoor Nursery Glasgow North West

Maryhill Mobile Children’s Services (a voluntary organisation based in North West Glasgow providing childcare within the community for 26 years) is about to launch Evergreen Outdoor Nursery – Glasgow’s first voluntary sector outdoor nursery. This service within North Glasgow will appeal to families who are looking for more choice when it comes to affordable childcare, […]

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Gutter No 13 – available from 14 August, 2015

Commissioned writers include Liz Lochhead, Pippa Goldschmidt, Jim Carruth, Christine De Luca, Rodge Glass, Doug Johnstone and Neil Mackay.  There’s also an interview with Liz Lochhead. Particularly good to see the very talented Stephanie Brown contributing to the magazine. Gutter No 13 available from Friday 14 August, 2015. See full list of writers. Subscribe to […]

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The Stray Birds plus The Jellyman’s Daughter, Tues 25th Aug 2015 St Andrew’s In The Square

The Stray Birds plus The Jellyman’s Daughter Tuesday 25th August 2015 St Andrew’s In The Square Glasgow Tickets £14 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Book online The Stray Birds, who went down a storm at two, sell out gigs in Glasgow in 2014, are returning to the city for a […]

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