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“The Writer’s Life” with Jennifer Williams, CCA, 17 February

Scottish Writers Centre CCA Club Room, Glasgow. Tuesday 17th February 2015; 7pm to 8.30pm, Jennifer Williams has found publication in journals such as Poetry Wales, The Wolf, Edinburgh Review, Magma, Fulcrum, and Stand. Her poetry has been translated into Greek, French, Spanish and Dutch, and she has translated poetry from Spanish and Greek. Jennifer’s poems […]

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Cinema: The Children’s Wood – From Scotland With Love 1 February

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The Punch Brothers, Celtic Connection 2015, review Pauline Keightley

The Punch Bothers are a hip, modern, suit-and-tie bluegrass band. Their emotive music with its great stories and melodies, foot-tapping banjo and mandolin was warmly applauded by the crowd at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.   The band, consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle/violin), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Paul Kowert (bass), describe themselves as acoustic folk/progressive […]

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Celtic Connections 2015 – festival highlights last few days

Festival highlights from the final few days Celtic Connections Events Blazin’ Fiddles Strings Attached ‘The Next Generation’: a landmark Celtic Connections performance featuring the Highland fiddle supergroup performing with top singer-songwriters including Rachel Sermanni, Adam Holmes and Aoife O’Donovan. A Stor Mo Chroi Featuring the best in Irish talent including Karan Casey, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, […]

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Alex Harvey Day, Audio, Sunday 7 February, 2015

Alex Harvey Day      Saturday, February 7  8:00pm – 11:30pm  Audio Glasgow A gig to celebrate what would have been Alex Harvey’s 80th birthday. A night of nostalgia headlined by The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience, Glasgow’s own tribute to the great man himself and his band. Support by Diamond Dugs (David Bowie Tribute band) Not to be missed. […]

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The Hellfire Club, Single Launch, Cafe Rio, 7 February, 2015

‘Songs for Fallen Stars, which we are going to launch in March.  Beforehand though, and as a taster of things to come, we are excited to announce the release of a single, Sun in the Sky, which will be available as a digital download from all good on-line retail stores from the 7 February. To […]

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Lectures at the Lillie Art Gallery, 28 January, 11 February, 2015

There are 2 evening lectures coming up in the Lillie Art Gallery as part ofour fantastic Alexander Goudie exhibition – Tam O’Shanter – A Tale Told in Paintings. Our speaker is Dr Fred Freeman (a musician, a scholar and a recordproducer). They are free and no booking is required. Wednesday 28 January 7.30pm ‘A Fiddler […]

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Breabach at the Old Fruitmarket Celtic Connections 2015

Review and Photographs by Pauline Keightley Support Horomana Horo and The Alan Kelly Band Horomana Horo New Zealander Horomana Horo arrived in impressive full Maori gear to kick off the concent with his band Waoira. They played an entertaining set of Maori traditional songs a mix of traditional and modern and the bonus of classical […]

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SPANGLED CABARET CELEBRATES IT’S 7TH BIRTHDAY WITH 2 SPECIAL SHOWS!

MONDAY 2ND FEB- THE RIO CAFE 27 Hyndland Street, Partick, G11 5QF We return to out birthplace for the first time in 2 years,and we are very excited about it! THE CREATIVE MARTYRSKIM KHAOSGLASGOW GLAM BANGERSAMBER SKYLINEMIMI FATALE+ SPECIAL GUESTS MONDAY 9TH FEB- THE ART SCHOOL 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ Our new monthly […]

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Suil We Were Haunted, Ghost Alaska, Sophie Rogers, Scot MacDonald, February 6, The Lucky Break

Suil – We Were Haunted, Ghost Alaska, Sophie Rogers, Scot MacDonald         Friday, February 6  at 7:30pm  The Lucky Break Snooker Club The four areas in Scotland that voted ‘Yes’ in this year’s referendum are amongst the poorest in the country. A bunch of like-minded musicians have gotten together to play some music in […]

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Oo an Feddirs by Christie Williamson, Project Cafe, 30 January 2015

 Oo an Feddirs by Christie Williamson Tell it slant Project Cafe        Friday 30 January at 7 p.m. Come celebrate, launch and listen to Christie Williamson read from Oo an Feddirs, his new collection published by Luath Press. All welcome, BYOB. ‘This striking collection of over 70 poems is the result of Williamson’s decade-long period […]

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The Enchanted Wintergarden, Cottiers Theatre, 31 January, 2015

Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland Street G11 5PU www.cottiers.com/events/enchanted-wintergarden/ 0141 357 5825Book tickets online Enter the Enchanted Wintergarden. ‘The King and Queen of the Wintergarden are fed up with silence, the only sound they hear is each others’ voices, and they’ve been married for over a thousand years. One day, on hearing a beautiful sound, they capture […]

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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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