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Eastern Boys GFT Monday 8–Thursday 11 December, 2014

Eastern Boys15 GFT Monday 8–Thursday 11 December, 2014 Buy on line The sophomore feature from director Robin Campillo (who wrote and directed the original Les revenants in 2004) is alternately a tense thriller and tender love story. The ‘Eastern Boys’ of the title are the young men who hang around the Gare du Nord train […]

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Tomorrow Is Always Too LongN/C 18+ Sunday 7 December GFT

Tomorrow Is Always Too LongN/C 18+ Sunday 7 December GFT Buy tickets online This new film from artist Phil Collins, specially commissioned for Festival 2014, is a modern day city symphony and a musical love letter to Glasgow, shot on locations ranging from an antenatal class, to Barlinnie prison, and Frampton’s night club. With a […]

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Me, Myself and Mum Friday 5–Thursday 18 December GFT

Me, Myself and Mum15 Friday 5–Thursday 18 December GFT Buy tickets online This cheerful and inventive comic confessional from director Guillaume Gallienne tells the story of his upbringing, his relations with his mother, and his eventual embracing of his inner heterosexual after growing up as a female-identified boy whom everyone assumes is gay. The 41-year-old […]

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence + Jan Harlan in Conversation12 Wednesday 10 December GFT

A.I. Artificial Intelligence + Jan Harlan in Conversation12 Wednesday 10 December GFT Buy tickets online The touching story of an android child who finds himself adrift in a dystopian future longing for the love of his human ‘mother’. Stanley Kubrick started development on this film project in the early 1970s, but unfortunately never saw it […]

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The Homesman Friday 5–Thursday 11 December GFT

The Homesman Friday 5–Thursday 11 December GFT   Buy online The latest directorial outing for veteran actor Tommy Lee Jones (following 2005’s The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and 2011’s The Sunset Limited) is a revisionist western in the model of Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff. Putting the female experience front and centre, the film focuses […]

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The Grandmaster, GFT, 5 – 11 December, 2014

The Grandmaster Friday 5–Thursday 11 December Buy online The latest film from acclaimed auteur Wong Kar-wai (In the Mood for Love, Happy Together ) is a rich, luscious martial arts epic recounting the complicated life of Ip Man – the legendary Wing Chung grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee. Kar-wai reteams with his frequent star Tony […]

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Electric Gardens, 23 Jan – 15 February, 2015 Botanic Gardens

GREEN LIGHT FOR BOTANIC GARDENS EVENT West End Festival organisers have been given the green light to put on a spectacular light and sound experience in the Botanic Gardens next year. The Electric Gardens will run from Friday, 23 January to Sunday, 15 February. Walking Tours with Dramatic Lighting The unusual experience consists of a […]

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Sci Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, GFT, 23 November – 10 December, 2014

Sci Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder The BFI’s season Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder is a three-month celebration of film and television’s original blockbuster genre which arrives at GFT this September. Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder will include screenings of classic and contemporary science fiction films and include exciting special events, kicking […]

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Christmas Market Project Cafe Sunday 14 December, 2014

Christmas Fair Project Cafe Sunday 14th December   134 Renfrew Street, G3 6ST  Christmas market featuring the work of award-winning jewellers Merlin Planterose and Barbara Macleod, as well as some other brilliant makers. Pop along for gorgeous gifts and the usual stellar homebaking,   10am-5pm.  The Project Cafe will be host to several makers who will be selling […]

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Glasgow Clarion Cycling Club, Meeting STUC 11 December, 2014

Formal meeting to allow us to fully constitute, pay subscriptions and plan out rides for 2015. The meeting will take place next Thursday the 11th December, at 6.30pm.at the STUC. Agenda items 1) Constitution (which will be sent in advance) 2) Financial report 3) Forward Planning 2015 Please note Subscriptions can be paid on the […]

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Spinal Tap, The Glad Cafe, Tuesday 9 December 2014

 Spinal Tap   The Glad Cafe  Tuesday 9 December  Southside Film Festival  Finishing The Glad Cafe music season on Tuesday 9 December is a film that needs no introduction: This is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner’s cult mockumentary about the British heavy metal band is interspersed with powerful performances of Tap’s mesmerising music and profound lyrics, as the film candidly […]

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Nights at The Project Cafe, Open Mic and Pizza, 5 December

        Nights at The Project Cafe Friday 5th December 2014 at 5:30pm – 10:00pm Open Mic and Pizza Got that frosty Friday feeling? Come on down to The Project Cafe and bathe in the warmth of the players, performers and poets and sharing their talents. Oh and not forgetting the best pizza in town!!!! […]

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Faiul Better Second Time Around, McChuills, December, 11th

         Fail Better Second Time Around Thursday, December 11 2014 8:00pm McChuills Glasgow A second wind our world spins. Fail Better for another year. An so to celebrate: HOWIE REEVE revealed inside a piano words to tear from ELLEN MCATEER HARRY GILES in firm farm form rhythmic mouthworder CAT HEPBURN something something caberet words […]

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Sangs an Clatter, The Glad Cafe 2nd December

The Village Storytelling Centre presents: Sangs an Clatter – Storytelling Evening Tuesday 2 December- 7.30 p.m. The Glad Cafe, Glasgow Sangs an’ Clatter is a performance night from The Village Storytelling Centre, all about mixing traditional and contemporary forms of storytelling. This December’s Sangs an’ Clatter is guest-curated by storytelling Dada folk band Dangle Manatee […]

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Mother India at Home, Book Launch, Waterstone’s 6 Dec.

Mother India at Home Recipes Pictures Stories Monir Mohammed and Martin Gray Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street Saturday 6 December,  2014 1.00 p.m. Mother India at Westminster Terrace in Glasgow, has been an institution since 1996 and specialises in dishes such as ginger and green chilli fish pakora, seasoned Scottish haddock with Puy lentils, and Delhi-style Scottish […]

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Vagabond Voices Celebrate Christmas CCA, 11 December, 2014

Aye-Aye BooksVagabond Voices Thu 11 December 2014 CCA 7pm, Free Celebrate Christmas with Glasgow Publisher, Vagabond Voices. A chance to meet six Glasgow-based authors – Chris Dolan, Lewis Gordon, Peter Gilmour, Peter Kerr, Gerry Loose and Allan Cameron – for readings, chat and wine. Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD

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Book Works Publication Launch Fri 5 December 2014 CCA

Book WorksNew Work with Sarah Tripp, Isla Leaver-Yap and The Happy Hypocrite Fri 5 December 2014 CCA 7pm, Free, TheatreAges 18+ An evening to launch two new Book Works publications: You are of vital importance by Sarah Tripp and The Happy Hypocrite – Heat Island edited by Isla Leaver-Yap. Performances and presentations by Katrina Palmer, […]

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Mirrorball Showcase, CCA 4 December, 2014

St Mungo’s Mirrorball Mirrorball Showcase 7 Thu 4 December 2014 CCA 7pm, £5 on the door, SMM members free, ClubroomAll ages   An excellent evening of poetry in store with three wonderful poets. Award winning poet Colette Bryce, originally from Northern Ireland, is joined by poet, writer and land artist Gerry Loose and Marion McCready, […]

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Black Hearted Press Christmas Comics Class CCA Sun 14 December

Black Hearted PressChristmas Comics Class CCA Sun 14 December 2014 Sunday 14 December, 2pm,£5 + 60p booking fee, Clubroom, Ages 8 – 14Book online / 0141 352 4900 Comic Making Workshops with BHP and Rossi Gifford Comic Creators Instead of the usual workshops that consist of making Christmas cards or decorations, this class would be […]

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The Southside Souk, 11 December, 2014

          The Southside Souk Thursday, December 11 4:00pm – 9:00pm The Old Barn + Yoga Barn, Glasgow Established this summer, The Southside Souk, is a festival of food, music and crafts that has already earned a reputation as a popular, multicultural, family event in the southside of Glasgow. On Thursday, 11 December (4-9pm), […]

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The Beatroot & Lace Bazaar- 13th & 20th December, 2014

Christmas Vintage 13th & 20th December, 2014 10:30am – 3:30pm Our Christmas specials…get your one off gifts here!13th Dec open from 10.30-3.30pm20th Dec extended opening from 11-6pm. Not your normal of VINTAGE FAIR – everything weird and wonderful from the past & future brought to the present. The Beatroot & Lace Bazaar at The Art […]

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Christmas Craft Fair at Cottiers December 7th 2014

Christmas Craft Fair at Cottiers December 7th 2014. The Glasgow Crafters Co-op returns to Cottiers Theatre in the West End for this  arty, crafty and all round creative event. Head to Glasgow Crafter’s Co-op Fair where you’ll be met with a fantastic line up consisting of the finest artists, crafters and idea makers that Scotland […]

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Glasgow Film (GFT) – St Enoch’s Christmas Showings 2015

Glasgow Film (GFT) – St Enoch’s Christmas Showings 2015 Bringing festive sparkle to Glasgow shopping: St. Enoch’s Xmas Screenings The Christmas season is here once again, and Glasgow Film Festival is excited to partner with St. Enoch to bring you a selection of holiday classics for all the family! Bringing some festive cheer to the […]

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CRABBIE’S ASHTON LANE HOGMANAY STREET PARTY 2014

CRABBIE’S ASHTON LANE HOGMANAY STREET PARTY  Tickets have gone on sale for the biggest Hogmanay street party in Glasgow as Ashton Lane gets ready to bring in the bells at its highly anticipated annual New Year Street Party. Three thousand tickets are available for Crabbie’s Ashton Lane Hogmanay Street Party and are expected to be snapped […]

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Winter Woodstock, Glasgow Wood Recycling, 13 December, 2014

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JJ Gilmour, Crawford Smith, The Glad Cafe, 13 Dec 2014

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Tom Leonard, St Louis Partick, 17 December, 2014

Muse at St Louis, Literary Cafe – Tom Leonard St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD http://www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/

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Slow Train, Michael Simons, 13 December, 2014

Slow Train Saturday, December 13, 8:30pm        “Meet Me at The Corner” Cafe/Bar/Restaurant 44 Main St. Milngavie Come and join me and the band for an evening featuring the music of the late great JJ Cale On Facebook

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Hockney, GFT

Hockney15 GFT Monday 1–Thursday 4 December, 2014 Buy tickets online Using a spectrum of archive material from throughout the artist’s career, director Randall Wright gives a rich portrait of the Bradford born artist. One of the most important artists of his generation, David Hockney allowed the filmmaker unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs […]

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I Am Ali, GFT

 I Am Ali PGm . GFT Friday 28 November – Thursday 4 December, 2014 Buy tickets online A new documentary looking at the life and relationships of the legendary fighter through a mixture of never before seen archive materials and extensive interviews with Ali’s family and close associates. Director Clare Lewins uses an innovative, non-chronological […]

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