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Glasgow Film Festival 2015 First Events Announced

Glasgow Film Festival 2015 First Events Announced Glasgow Film Festival 18 February – 1 March, 2015 Glasgow Film Festival is delighted to announce that tickets are now available for the first six events from its 2015 programme. The festival has grown a reputation for unique screenings in unusual venues – pop-up cinema events that bring the […]

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Death Watch (12A) Southside Film Festival Tues 20th January, 2015

Death Watch (12A) Southside Film Festival Tues 20th January, 2015 The Glad Cafe1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, G41 8pm (doors 7.30pm) £6, £5 conc Buy tickets “the best dystopian sci fi you’ve never seen” -Cine-Vue Before Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror or David Cronenberg entered the Videodrome or Big Brother, Bertrand Tavernier came to Glasgow to film […]

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Nights at The Project Cafe, Friday 16th January, 2015

Nights at The Project Cafe Friday 16th January, 2015 We have an open house tonight – welcome welcome one and all. BYOB! We will be constructing pizzas (£4.50) and wholesome-ness (price varies), and warmth (free), and we just got a new projector so are open to suggestions for our first film screening! The microphone will […]

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Foxcatcher GFT, Friday 9–Thursday 22 January, 2015

Foxcatcher15 GFT, 12 Rose St, G3 6RB Friday 9–Thursday 22 January, 2015 Buy Tickets → This compelling and powerful drama from Capote director Bennett Miller tells the true and tragic story of Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz (played by Channing Tatum), taken under the wing of eccentric millionaire John du Pont (an electrifying Steve Carell). […]

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The Grosvenor Cinema, Listings

The Grosvenor, Hillhead – Cinema Listings 0845 166 6002 Ashton Lane/ Hillhead/ Glasgow West End/ G12 8SJ Cinema Showings From 16 January, 2015 Birdman This wild, savagely funny black comedy is not at all your usual kind of superhero movie. Riggan Thomson (Keaton, BATMAN) is a washed-up actor who made his name starring in an […]

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Butterfly OranMor A Play A Pie and A Pint Mon, 26 January, 2015 — Sat, 31 January, 2015

Butterfly OranMor A Play A Pie and A Pint Mon, 26 January, 2015 — Sat, 31 January, 2015 By Anne Hogg Directed by Stasi Schaeffer Featuring River City stars Paul James Corrigan and Frank Gallagher It’s March 1987 and Jamie Cassidy is facing redundancy. This, in an area already ravaged by factory closures, is bad […]

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Burns Week with Vagabond Voices, 29January, 2015

29 January | CCA Glasgow | An Evening of Film, Music & Words This Burn’s Week the Vagabond invites you to a special evening of film, music and words, featuring VV authors alongside a selection of Scotland’s finest artists and performers. Iain Rankin said it: “Chris Dolan knows crime – Potter’s Field is very good indeed.” […]

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Curlers Rest Burns Supper 24 January, 2015

The Curlers Rest Celebrates Burns Night 24 January, 7.30 p.m. – 8 p.m. starts prompt 256 – 260 Byres Road, G12 8SH £18 Enjoy traditional fare of haggis, neeps  tatties to the tunes of the piper, ‘The Address to a Haggis’ and a dram. Book early.This menu is for bookings only, please book by phone […]

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Burns Celebrations Events for all the Family, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, 17/18 January, 2015

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Argyle Street, Glasgow West End Celebrate the Bard at Kelvingrove With an afternoon of songs, rhymes and craft activities for all the family. Discover the wonderful characters created in the poems of Robert Burns. 1 – 4 p.m. Sat and Sun 17/18 January.

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St Silas Burns Night Family Ceilidh 24 January, 2015

Wear the tartan and bring the kids. All money raised goes to RSPB. £7 adults, £3 in advance from Ticketsource.co.uk Children under five go free. Disco and Broomhill Ceilidh Band Bring your own snacks and drinks. 24 January, 6.30 – 9.30 p.m. St Silas Chruch, Woodlands Road, adjacent to entrance to Kelvingrove Park.

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Burns Night The Ubiquitous Chip, Saturday 26 January, 2015

Burns Supper 25th January, 6:30 pmUbiquitous Chip Ashton Lane, Glasgow G12 8SJ A nicht of cheerful chantin’ and reelin’ Sumptuous 4 course dinner with coffee and sweetmeats and obligatory dram to toast the haggis. View the menu. Piper and Orator, live music and ceilidh with The Last Tram to Auchenshoogle Tickets £49.95 per person Call […]

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Burns Supper Trades Hall, Glasgow. 24 January, 2015

Saturday, 24th January, 2015 – £20  7 p.m. Back with another Burns Night Celebration, Glasgow Young Professionals are hosting a night of feasting, frolicking and darn good dancing at Trades Hall in memory of that radical poet fella, Robert Burns.  Come down for a night to remember and enjoy a meal followed by a traditional […]

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Cottiers Burns Night Ceilidh

The famed night of January is nearly upon us when all Scots and Brits alike unite for a raucous olde romp to commemorate the late, great poet radical Robert Burns. Celebrate Burns Night 2015 in true Scottish fervour at the Cottiers Theatre. There’ll be a 3 course dinner full of traditional treats to nosh and […]

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Big Garden Birdwatch RSPB – 2015

Count the wildlife that’s counting on you Join thousands of others and pick an hour over the weekend to discover the wildlife in your garden. Register now to receive your FREE PACK and exclusive £5 RSPB Shop discount*. Register now

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An Evening with Stuart MacBride Thursday 14th January, 2015 Sloans Grand Ballroom

An Evening with Stuart MacBride Thursday 14th January, 2015 19:00  Sloans Grand Ballroom, 62 Argyll Arcade, Glasgow, G2 8BG Come and meet #1 bestseller Stuart MacBride as he celebrates the launch of his latest book ‘In the Cold Dark Ground’. £3 Tickets are available to purchase instore ar Waterstones www.waterstones.com/bookshops/glasgow-argyle-stree

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Indigo Cell, Danny Kyle Stage, Celtic Connections, 23 January, Royal Concert Hall

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Chuck the Librarian, Charlie Hebdo! by James Christie

I surely hope that despite the slaughter on Rue Nicolas-Appert, publication of Charlie Hebdo shall not cease. The satirical magazine’s raison d’être was to challenge the powers that be, hearkening back to the grand French tradition of taking the piss out of the Establishment via graphically illustrated scandal sheets exposing all the illicit shagging going […]

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Inaugural Herland – Alternative Burns, Glasgow Women’s Library 29 January, 2016

Herland: Alter Native Burns Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street Glasgow, G40 1BP 29th January, 2016 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm    | £7.50 / £10 A new irregular evening at Glasgow Women’s Library’s. Herland distils the essence of GWL; learning, pleasure, the historic and the cutting edge. Sharing ideas and making connections, where established […]

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The Scholarly Life of Robert Burns with Marc R Sherland, CCA 2 February

Scottish Writers’ Centre The Scholarly Life of Robert Burns with Marc R Sherland CCA Tue 2 February 2016 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions) on the door, Free to SWC members, Clubroom Ages 18+ Burns is often referred to as the ‘Heaven taught Ploughman’, a term first used by Henry Mackenzie in 1786. How true is this […]

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Websters – A New Theatre in Glasgow West End, Crowdfunding Project

Websters – A New Glasgow Theatre By pledging a contribution, large or small, you can help us reach the target of £25,000 by January 18th 2015. Websters is a new name for the former Lansdowne Church on Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge,  Glasgow. The Crowdfunding project aims to bring it into use as an arts and […]

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Fail Better: January Blues, Thursday 15 January, McChuills

Fail Better: January Blues Thursday 15 January, 8 p.m. McChuills Glasgow Another turn of the sun, another year done. Come gather round in the cavern of McChuills and let the next year ripple in. JUANA ADCOCK will be poeming come see CALUM RODGER avante-garding squint your ears and you’ll catch JILLIAN musicking then behold ANDREW […]

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Now, what’s that ye call music? Vol 7. 16 January, 2015 The Glad Cafe

Now, what’s that ye call music? Vol 7 16 January, 2015 Music Quiz – The Glad Cafe Glasgow’s leading music quiz returns to break up this dreary January this Friday night! Forget about your resolutions, get your team sorted and let’s see how smart you are…..you could win booze and gig tickets! As usual, maximum […]

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New players welcome at Hillhead Cricket Club 2015

Hillhead Cricket Club Welcomes all new players to the 2015 season. Indoor training commences 18/2/15 at Kelvinside Academy Games Hall (6:30pm to 8pm) . Outdoor season starts mid April. Hillhead CC fields 2 senior teams on Saturdays , a Sunday XI and midweek fixtures. Contact: hillheadcc@mybtinternet.com or visit our website www.hillheadcricket.co.uk

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Oscar Cordoba Band La Bodega Sat 7 February 2015

Oscar Cordoba Band La Bodega Sat 7 February 2015 An evening of jazz/rock/fusion groove in a great venue selling tapas and all for only £5 entry! Support by Jack Ruby La Bodega, South Street, Glasgow

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The Duncan McCrone Band in Concert Saturday, February 7 Fort Theatre Bishopbriggs

The Duncan McCrone Band in Concert Saturday, February 7 at 7:30pm        Fort Theatre Bishopbriggs Duncan, Cy Jack and Jim Yule playing an intimate concert at the delightful Fort Theatre in Kenmure Ave, Bishopbriggs. Admission £8.50 (£8.00 members/concessions). Call 0141 772 7054 for further details.Tickets Availablewww.ticketsource.co.uk Fort Theatre, Kenmure Avenue, Bishopbriggs G64 2DW        

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National Gallery GFT, Sunday 11 January, Tuesday 13 January, 2015

National Gallery12A GFT, 12 Rose St H3 6RB Sunday 11 January, Tuesday 13 January <pBuy Tickets → The National Gallery was founded in 1824; situated in Trafalgar Square in London it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings. Famed director Frederick Wiseman offers a mesmerising and detailed account of the gallery and its inner workings […]

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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness GFT, Frid 9 and Sat 10 January, 2015

The Kingdom of Dreams and MadnessPG GFT, 12 Rose St, G3 6RB Frid 9 and Sat 10 January, 2015 Buy Tickets → Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most important filmmakers ever. Time after time his company Studio Ghibli released films that captured the imaginations of both children and adults alike, inspiring them to dream. […]

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The Theory of Everything GFT Until Thursday 15 January

The Theory of Everything12A GFT 12 Rose Street G3 6RB Until Thursday 15 January Buy Tickets → The true-life story of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde, a brilliant couple who fell in love whilst studying at Cambridge University, then faced some of the greatest challenges imaginable. Generally considered to be one of the world’s sharpest […]

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Birdman Until Thursday 15 January GFT

Birdman15 Until Thursday 15 January GFT Buy Tickets →   Riggan Thomson is looking to make his comeback. Twenty years after he originally starred in the multi-billion-dollar franchise ‘Birdman’, he plans to reinvent his career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway adaptation of a Raymond Carver story. This latest film from Alejandro González […]

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Book Launch – Dead Girl Walking Chris Brookmyre Thursday, 15 January 2015

Book Launch –  Dead Girl Walking Chris Brookmyre  Thursday, 15 January 2015, 7:00PM – 9:00PM Sloan’s, 108 Argyle St Glasgow £3 available from Waterstones Argyle St Come and meet Chris Brookmyre as he launches his latest Jack Parlabane novel. Please note Waterstones cannot be held responsible for any colourful language and dictionaries and smelling salts […]

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