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Aye Write: A Duo of Debut Authors – Sue Lawrence and Kate Tough review Mary Irvine

A duo of debut authors, Sue Lawrence and Kate Tough. Include the literary agent, Jenny Brown, and the trio was complete for the presentation of ‘Female Friendships in Fiction’. Having worked in the Scottish parliament for some years Kate turned her attention to fiction. Is there a connection there?  Her debut novel is ‘Head for […]

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Western Health and Racquets Club Rally For Bally Event 2015 at Western Health & Racquets Club

This image requires an alt attribute. Rally For Bally 2015 Western Tennis Club are delighted to announce they are organising another Celebrity Tennis Event on 6th June 2015. This year they will again be raising money for The Elena Baltacha Tennis Foundation (www.ebatuk.org/elena-baltacha-foundation/) and also for Playlist for Life www.playlistforlife.org.uk. In addition they will be […]

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Terry Reid, CCA, Sat 16 May, 2015

Saturday, May 16  7:30pm CCA Tickets: www.wegottickets.com CCA< 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD         

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The War Hasn’t Started Yet, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, 4 – 9 May, 2015 OranMor

A Play, A Pie and A Pint OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 04 May, 2015 — Sat, 09 May, 2015 By Mikhail Durnenkov | Directed By Davey Anderson | Adapted By Davey Anderson Literal translation by Alexandra Smith Featuring Lewis Howden, Anita Vettesse and  Mark Wood Russian troops enter Ukraine. But the war […]

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Linsey Aitken and Ken Campbell, Mugdock Park Theatre, 14 May, 2015

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Glasgore 6 May, 2015

Glasgore! Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group Wednesday 6 May 6.30 p.m. GFT This group meets on the first Wednesday of each month in GFT’s Learning Room to discuss horror and cult cinema. Meet other genre fans in a friendly atmosphere to exchange thoughts and opinions about your favourite schlocky flicks. Discuss anything from Italian Giallo to […]

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Cryptic Nights Numbercult Articulations: An Evening of Visual Music CCA Thu 7 May 2015

Cryptic Nights Numbercult Articulations: An Evening of Visual Music CCA Thu 7 May 2015 8pm, £7.40 (£4.40) + 60p booking fee, Cinema Ages 14+ when accompanied by an adult Book online / 0141 352 4900 Artist and musician Craig Ritchie Allan (Numbercult) orchestrates a synchronized ballet of geometry and sound. Inspired by the work of […]

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Red Skirts on Clydeside GFT Saturday 2 May, 2015

Red Skirts on ClydesideN/C 12+ GFT Saturday 2 May, 2015 3 p.m. Buy online In 1915, a year into WWI, landlords in Glasgow put up tenement rents. Women in Govan responded with a rent strike. In Red Skirts on Clydeside, directors Jenny Woodley and Christine Bellamy chart the careers of Jean Ferguson, Mary Barbour and […]

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Crossing the Line: White Shadow Sunday 3 May, 2015 GFT

Crossing the Line: White Shadow15 Sunday 3 May, 2015 GFT Buy tickets The feature debut of artist-turned filmmaker Noaz Deshe is a stunning portrait of a young albino on the run from witchdoctors who want to harvest his body parts. Based on true accounts, the underground trade of albino body parts exists today and the […]

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Fruit of Paradise Tuesday 5 May, 2015 GFT

Fruit of Paradise12 Tuesday 5 May, 2015 GFT Buy online Often regarded as a long-lost masterpiece, this 1970 film from Vera Chytilová was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. One of the most experimental films of the Czech New Wave, it starts as a baroque and daring modern retelling […]

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Argerich Friday 1–Thursday 7 May, 2015 GFT

ArgerichPG Friday 1–Thursday 7 May, 2015 GFT Buy tickets Martha Argerich is considered by many to be one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century, with numerous awards and international acclaim. This film, by her daughter Stéphanie Argerich, is an intimate portrait filmed over two decades that reveals the everyday […]

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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence GFT Thursday 7 May, 2015

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence12A GFT Friday 24 April – Thursday 7 May, 2015 Buy tickets Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Roy Andersson’s masterful reflection on the human condition unfolds in thirty nine meticulously composed tableaux vivants. One constant through this magical mystery tour of suffering, indulgence […]

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Samba GFT Friday 1–Thursday 7 May, 2015

Samba15 GFT Friday 1–Thursday 7 May Buy tickets online Samba (Omar Sy) migrated from Senegal to France 10 years ago, and has since been trying to make a life for himself. Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is a timid and burned out chief executive who helps immigrants find work. They each find a kindred spirit in one […]

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The Falling, GFT Friday 24 April – Thursday 7 May, 2015

The Falling15 GFT Friday 24 April – Thursday 7 May, 2015 Buy online Carol Morley’s follow up to Dreams of a Life is a feverish exploration of raging hormones and teenage angst set in a girls school in 1969. Generally ignored by her agoraphobic mother, Lydia (Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones) becomes infatuated with […]

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Glasgow Science Festival 4 – 14 June, 2015

4 – 14 June, 2015  Various Venues and fantastic Programme of Events www.glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk Hunterian Museum: Science Showcase 4-14th June (closed Mondays) Tues-Sat 10:00-17:00, Sun 11:00-16:00 Free Drop-in Glasgow Science Centre on Show Glasgow Science Centre‌ 4th-14th June 10:00-17:00 All ages Drop-in Entry into the science mall £10.50/ £8.50.  Some activities have additional fees. Show times […]

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Open Wednesdays Summer 2015 at The Kelvingrove Bandstand

Open days at the refurbished Kelvingrove Bandstand and Amphitheatre, Kelvin Way, G12 Opening May 6th! 10am – 6pm During May, June and July 2015 there will be free and open access on Wednesdays for anyone to attend the amphitheatre.  Eat your sandwiches, meet your friends, sit and relax in the open air! Local bands will […]

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Photography Course – Rosemount Life Long Learning 18 May – 15 June, 2015

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Southside Film Festival’s Fundraising Film Quiz! Tuesday, May 5, 2015 The Glad Cafe

Southside Film Festival’s Fundraising Film Quiz! Tuesday, May 5, 2015 The Glad Cafe at 8:00pm          £3 per person to enter-all proceeds go directly to support Southside Film Do you know your Big Lebowski from your Big Sleep? Your Hunger Games from your La Règle du jeu? Join your hosts Ruth Marsh and […]

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The Bare Facts – Lifting the Lid on Politics Cottiers, 30 April, 2015

Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland St, G11 5PU  30 Apr 2015 – 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets £6 (inc. booking fee). The Bare Facts.  Lifting the lid on politics. For our final event before the general election we are pulling out all the stops.  Going bigger and better than ever. We’ve taken one of […]

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Aye Write 2015 Competition

Aye Write Customer Survey Win a £100 gift card If you didn’t manage to complete a paper copy of the survey during Aye Write here’s another chance, with the online version. Take a few minutes to let us know what you thought of this year’s festival and you’ll have the opportunity to enter a prize […]

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Dance International Glasgow 24 April – 6 June, 2015

Tramway April 24 – June 6 www.tramway.org Dance International Glasgow (DIG) is the new biennial dance event for Glasgow and Scotland. DIG, produced by Tramway, is a growing collaboration between dance artists, promoters, venues and communities. From the end of April, through May to the first weekend of June DIG will feature new work ranging […]

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Keiran Sinclair, Jayz Bar, 1 May, 2015

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Glasgow Film Theatre Launches Deaf and Hard of Hearing Film Club

Visible Cinema at GFT Glasgow Film Theatre has announced the launch of Visible Cinema, a monthly Film Club for deaf and hard of hearing audiences. The first initiative of its kind in Scotland, Visible Cinema will launch on Tuesday 24 March (18.00) with a captioned screening of Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum […]

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Soul Jazz Sundays May Bank Holiday Party – 3rd May 2015

May 3rd Soul Jazz Sundays May Bank Holiday Party Hosted by Nick Peacock and Mark Robb West of Scotland Cricket Club 40-44 Peel Street, G11 5LU Glasgow

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CD Launch: Fram’s album Against Nature, Old Hairdressers 8 May, 2015

Can you please add this gig to your what’s on section.  It is a launch for Fram’s album ‘Against Nature’ at the Old Hairdresser’s on the 8 May.  We’ll be selling CD copies of the album on the night for a reduced price of £5.

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Aye Write: Showcase of Debut Authors, Sara Baume and Margaret Montgomery

Review by Ciara MacLaverty Tramp Press and Cargo Publishing have enticing names in the world of independent publishers. They sound hip and intriguing, as if they know how to bag a cult novel when they find one. In this Aye Write Showcase their debut authors – Sara Baume (Tramp) and Margaret Montgomery (Cargo) exude a […]

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Booked! Creative Writing Workshops with Allan Wilson

Creative Writing Workshops with Allan Wilson Tuesdays 12th and 19th May Parkhall Library 7:00 pm Allan Wilson is one of the most highly regarded emerging writers in Scotland. His debut short story collection Wasted in Love was described as being ‘a terrific debut anthology’ by Tom Leonard and Alan Bissett said that Allan Wilson ‘might […]

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Scotland’s Midsummer Festival of Arts, Perth 19 – 21 June, 2015

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Abbamania, Paisley Town Hall, Thursday 30 April, 2015

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Glasgow May Day, Glasgow Clarion Cycle 1 May, 2015

Glasgow Clarion Critical Mass May Day Cycle Friday 1 May at 4:30pm – 6:30pm Glasgow Green, Saltmarket Celebrate International Workers Day by cycling together through the city for an hour, wear red make some noise! Cakes and refreshment after. Meet at the car park at the Charlotte Street entrance. See programme Glasgow May Day Events

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