What’s On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more.

Bricks 4 Kidz– Children’s Workshops February Half-term 2015

The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP Ages 5+ To Book: Telephone: 07971515141 email Monday 9th February 2015 – Teenage Brick Turtles Grab your katanas and nunchucks as we prepare to fight crime with the Teenage Brick Turtles! Practice engineering as you build two of the courageous turtles and their wise Japanese rat […]

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Husky Race, Aviemore, 24 and 25th January, 2015

Welcome to the The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain 32nd Aviemore Sled Dog Rally 2015 Every year since 1984, mushers from across the UK have gathered in the forests around Aviemore for the biggest event in the British sled dog racing calendar, The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain Aviemore Sled Dog Rally.   In […]

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Future Shorts Glasgow: Winter Season GFT Fri 30 January 2015

Future Shorts Glasgow:Winter Season GFT Fri 30 January 2015 7.30pm, £5 + 50p booking fee when pre-booking online, tickets via WeGotTickets, CinemaAges 15+ Future Shorts is warming up winter this January with another great programme of some of the best short films around. The winter programme includes selections from South Africa, Switzerland and Japan and […]

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Press Launch, Glasgow Film Festival, 2015

Download Glasgow Film Festival Brochure 18th February – 1st March, 2015 174 events including 11 world premieres I went along tonight to the launch of  for the eleventh Glasgow Film Festival – the programme looks brilliant. Described as ‘an exciting, innovative, audience-focused festival packed with UK, European and World premieres’. The opening gala will show […]

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GRAMNet Shimon’s Returns CCA Wed 28 January 2015

GRAMNetShimon’s Returns CCA Wed 28 January 2015 6pm, Free but ticketed, CinemaAll agesBook online / 0141 352 4900 This documentary, shot in Poland, Ukraine and Israel, tells the story of Shimon Redich, a Holocaust survivor who returns to locations from his traumatic childhood as well as various hiding places used in his struggle to survive. […]

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Atlantic. GFT Saturday 24 January, 2015

International Film Festival Rotterdam Live: Atlantic.N/C 15+ GFT Saturday 24 January – 2.45 p.m. Buy tickets online   Young fisherman Fettah (Fettah Lamara) befriends many of the European windsurfers who visit his tiny village on the Moroccan Atlantic coast every summer. He has eagerly adopted their way of life and has become a talented windsurfer […]

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I Know Where I’m Going! GFT Sunday 25 January, 2015

I Know Where I’m Going!U GFT Sunday 25 January, 2015 – 2.30 p.m. One for Burns Day An eloquent tribute to the enchanting mysteries of the Scottish landscape, this Powell and Pressburger classic follows Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller), a headstrong young girl who travels to Scotland to marry a wealthy elderly man, only to meet […]

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Beyond Clueless, GFT, Friday 23–Thursday 29 January, 2015

Beyond Clueless15 Friday 23–Thursday 29 January, 2015 GFT The hit 1995 cult classic Clueless (screening Fri 23 January) is notable for two things: for being one of the most unique adaptations of a Jane Austen novel and for almost single-handedly reigniting the teen comedy genre (dormant since the halcyon days of John Hughes). In this […]

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A Most Violent Year, GFT Friday 23 January – Thursday 5 Februar, 2015

A Most Violent Year15 GFT Friday 23 January – Thursday 5 February A chilling moral thriller that takes a cynical look at the notion of the American Dream. When immigrant businessman Abel Morales (Inside Llewyn Davis’s Oscar Isaac) tries to make an honest living in 1980s New York, he finds himself tested by the violent […]

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The Electric Gardens at Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Now open – 23rd January until 15 February, 2015. You’ll never have seen the Botanic Gardens quite like this. We went along last night to the preview and it was fabulous. The Electric Gardens is a self-guided evening walk; full of specially designed lighting, sound effects, music and live acts as well as a visit inside […]

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Testament of Youth GFT, Monday 12–Thursday 29 January

Testament of Youth12A GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Monday 12–Thursday 29 January, not 13, 14, 15 Buy Tickets → After being awarded a scholarship to Oxford University, Vera finds herself deeply in love with her brother’s dashing friend Roland, who shares her intellect and passion. However, her life is shattered at the outset of […]

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Whiplash GFT Friday 16 January – Thursday 5 February, 2015

Whiplash15 GFT Friday 16 January – Thursday 5 February A film made up of pure adrenaline, which will leave you catching your breath right up until the last crash of bloodied drumstick meeting sweat-stained cymbal. Anchored around career-defining performances from Miles Teller as young jazz-drummer prodigy Andrew Neyman, and J K Simmons as his relentless […]

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Glasgore! Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group GFT

Glasgore! Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group GFT Dates Showing:Wednesday 4 February 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 Kung […]

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See Glasgow Differently: Glasgow Film Festival celebrates the Cinema City in 2015.

In the 1930s, Glasgow was known as the ‘Cinema City’, as it had the highest ratio of cinemas per head of population anywhere in the world. Back courts behind tenements, former ice-skating rinks and warehouses were converted into picture houses; beautiful, purpose-built cinemas still grace the city’s architecture to this day, although often their glory […]

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An outstanding Opening Concert at Celtic Connections – Review by Pauline Keightley

An innovative, multi-talented orchestra put a smile on my face.  Martyn Bennett’s GRIT, his last celtic fusion album before his untimely death in 2003, was given its live premier with a colourful score by composer Greg Lawson – the concert was one of the best events I’ve ever attended at Celtic Connections. The concert marked the […]

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Shake Appeal, Bar Bloc, Friday 30 January, 2015

    Shake Appeal     Bar Bloc        Friday 30 January, 2015 – 11 p.m. – 3. 00 a.m. BACK FOR 2015! Plugged in, alive tonight and back on the streets, Shake Appeal is here to frazzle your earballs with that high voltage sound! Your trio of bright sparks: Tigermask – Duracell Nobunny goes all night […]

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Preview: Laura Aldridge – California wow! Jan 29, Tramway

Preview: Laura Aldridge – California wow! Thursday, January 29  7:00pm – 9:00pm Tramway Admission free. Exhibition runs until Sun 22 Mar, 2015 Laura Aldridge presents a new installation for Tramway’s main gallery which reflects on her engagement with the relationship between art, craft and performance. Drawing together sculpture, textile, print and ceramics, Aldridge sets up […]

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Clydebank Alliance Burns Night, The Lucky Break, Saturday 24th January

Celebrating the life of the Bard in a “big hoose party atmosphere” with song and satire. The Lucky Break, Clydebank Saturday 24 January, 2015 – 7.30 p.m. A great fun friendly night lined up of live music, comedy sketches, pipes, satire and a chance to dance. Burns themed to celebrate our Bard but with a […]

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In Process Masterclass with Chris Agee Scottish Writers Centre Tuesday 20th January 2015

In Process Masterclass with Chris Agee Scottish Writers Centre Tuesday 20th January 2015; 7pm to 8.30pm, CCA Cinema Room, Glasgow: Chris Agee was born in San Francisco, 1956, and grew up in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. He attended Harvard University and has lived in Ireland since 1979. Chris has authored three poetry collections: […]

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Doris and Dolly, A double D, February, OranMor

OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow, G12

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Rabbie The Man, The Shed 23/24/25 January, 2015

Looking for something more than the traditional Burns supper then come along to The Shed. £8. To book please call Isobel on 0141 637 0778 or email manager@tramdirect.com  

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Janet Paisley: Sang Fur The Wandert, St Louis, Partick, 28 January, 2015

  734 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD

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A Play A Pie and A Pint, Spring– Summer Programme, 2015

Glasgow’s wonderful  lunchtime theatre at OranMor OranMor (Top of Byres Road), G12. Show Times Monday – Saturday 1pm(Doors 12pm/12.30pm on Mondays) Ticket Prices Monday £12.50 Tuesday £12.50 Wednesday £10 Thursday £12.50 Friday £12.50 Saturday £14 Ticket price includes a drink (beer, wine or soft drink) plus a pie or vegetarian quiche. Book online Box Office […]

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Raymond Carver: A tribute night, Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow, Wed 11 Feb, 2015

Raymond Carver: A tribute night Wednesday 11th February, 2015 6.30pm-9pm STUC Building, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG Considered by many critics to be the most important short story writer of the twentieth century, Raymond Carver (1938-1988) continues to influence new generations of writers. Stories such as Cathedral, Will You Please be Quiet, Please? and […]

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Beyond the Rage, Michael J Malone book launch Waterstone’s 4 February, 2015

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Meet the author Stuart MacBride Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street

Meet the author Stuart MacBride The Missing and the Dead – Logan McRae 9 Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street Saturday, 24 January 2015, 7:00PM Tickets are FREE and available by calling 01413329105 The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of CLOSE TO THE BONE and A SONG FOR THE DYING. One mistake can […]

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Mic Clark Open Mic Night – Wednesdays The Pacific, Partick

Mic Clark Open Mic Night – Wednesdays – 9 p.m. The Pacific Bar Restaurant 562 Dumbarton Rd, Partick, Glasgow G11 6RH Phone:0141 334 9000 ‘To be specific it’s gonna b a crackin night, lot of good music, food till 11pm, bar open till midnight with free drinks for performers, loads of sailor jerry for all […]

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Jewish Film Club Carl Lutz: The Forgotten Hero CCA Sun 18 January 2015

Jewish Film ClubCarl Lutz: The Forgotten Hero CCA Sun 18 January 2015 3pm, £5.40 + 60p booking fee, CinemaAges 14+ when accompanied by an adultBook online / 0141 352 4900 A screening of the film telling the story of the Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz, who saved tens of thousands of persecuted Jews in Budapest during […]

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Wednesday 21 January GFT

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas18 Wednesday 21 January GFT Dr Gonzo and his crazed attorney, hell-bent on mayhem and armed with a suitcase chock full of narcotics, head to Vegas in Terry Gilliam’s outrageous, unhinged adaptation of Hunter S Thompson’s infamous 1970s novel. A hilarious, savage and wildly entertaining descent into the dark heart […]

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Paper Souls Friday 16–Thursday 22 January GFT

    Paper SoulsN/C 12 Friday 16–Thursday 22 January GFT A supernaturally festive dramedy about a low-spirited Parisian funeral oration author and former novelist who gets a new lease of life when he meets a young widow who commissions him to write an unusual piece of prose for her eight-year-old son. A tale of death, love […]

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