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

Stations of the Cross GFT

Stations of the Cross15 GFT Friday 28 November – Thursday 4 December, 2014 Buy tickets online Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Script at Berlin Film Festival, Dietrich Brüggemann’s look at the life of a young 14-year-old girl growing up as part of a fundamentalist Catholic family is a distinctive and moving study of […]

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St Andrews Day Festival, 30 November, 2014, SWG3

It’s Street Feastival time again, and this time we’re throwing a St Andrew’s Day party along with event partners Homecoming Scotland 2014 to celebrate Scottish contemporary culture. This special Street Feastival curates the very best in Scottish street food, street art, spoken word and music. We think we should celebrate St Andrew’s Day properly with […]

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Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra

Woodend Bowling Club 30 November, 2014 Doors 8 p.m. £12 Sounds in the Suburbs Woodend bowling and Tennis Club 30 Chamberlain Road, G13 1 QG

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Glasgow Santa Dash 2014

Glasgow Santa Dash 2014 Sunday 7 December  George Square, 9.30 a.m. Entry Fee: £15.00 Adult £5.00 Child (under 16) To take part:  Register online for our 2014 5K Santa Dash on Sunday 7 December. The 2014 nominated charities are: Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow The Sunday Mail Centenary Fund and 17 good causes […]

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Poetry Improvisation Workshop with Robin Vaughan-Williams

Poetry Improvisation Workshop with Robin Vaughan-Williams Scottish Writers Centre, CCA 9th December, 2014 Group improvisation is a method of producing poetry which involves spontaneous, collaborative, and oral composition. Poets work in groups, and engage in a series of games, scenarios, and exercises which encourage the abandonment of desks; instead, writers unite to find where their […]

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Glasgow Loves Christmas Ice Skating St Andrews Day, George Square

Glasgow Loves St Andrew’s Day – Sunday 30 November, 2014 Come together down to Glasgow On Ice this St Andrew’s Day, and enjoy a skate with a Scottish twist. On the ice, the music will be strictly Scotia! Off the ice, and there’s plenty to keep you entertained, with Scottish food and drink, the fairground, […]

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The Observatory, Nancy Smillie Studio

The Observatory, Nancy Smillie Studio, G12   CLOSED New studio in Glasgow’s West End with Kevin Hunter, Artist in Residence and Pop Up Christmas Shop opening 30 November, 3014 Art Studio – Furniture – Artist in Residence Please join us to celebrate our Studio opening with resident artist Kevin Hunter, and peruse our pop up […]

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Imelda May, O2 ABC, 9 December, 2014

Imelda May 02 ABC Glasgow 9 December 7.30 p.m. £25   Buy tickets at ticketmaster        

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REmarket, Glasgow Festivities, 30 Nov – 20 Dec, 2014

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The Imitation Game12A Friday 14 November – Thursday 4 December GFT

The Imitation Game12A Friday 14 November – Thursday 4 December   GFT Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley star in this gripping true-life tale of Alan Turing, the genius British cryptologist who cracked the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win the Second World War. Cumberbatch brilliantly portrays the tortured intellectual, who was prosecuted by […]

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Glasgow Print Studio Presents: Louise Rutkowski, Friday, November 28, 2015 8 p.m.

Glasgow Print Studio Presents: Louise Rutkowski   Friday, November 28 8 p.m. Glasgow Print StudioTrongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD Former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”, accompanied by co-writer/producer and pianist, Irvin Duguid. Funded through direct-to-fan platform PledgeMusic, “Diary of a Lost Girl” has been […]

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SCOTLAND ART – 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition, Opens 27 November, 2014

SCOTLAND ART – 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition Thursday 27th November, 6 – 8pmscotlandart.com193 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4HU showcasing a stunning selection of painting, sculpture, bespoke jewellery by designer Inness Thomson and ceramics. With a dynamic mix of fine artists from across the UK including Scott Naismith, Paul Bennett, Karen Cairns, Lesley McLaren, Tommy Fitchet and many […]

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Project Ability Silent Auction, Saturday, December 13, 2014

Project Ability Silent Auction Saturday, December 13, 2014 6:00pm – 9:00pm Project Ability, Trongate 103, G1 5HD Glasgow, United Kingdom         Project Ability will end the year with a bang! We are holding an event not to be missed on Saturday 13 December, 6pm-9pm: our Christmas Fundraising Auction. For two weeks, begining on the […]

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Tony Benn: A Celebration, The Mitchell Theatre, 30 November, 2014

Stars and family to mark Tony Benn’s life Sunday 30 November, 2014 Tony Benn  a celebration The Mitchell Theatre There are two main performances – Poetry, Performance and Presentation at 16.30. Starring Tom Leonard, Attila the Stockbroker, Elvis MacGonagall and compered by Bruce Morton and the Grand Concert at 19.30 starring Chis Difford (from Squeeze), […]

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The Other Tongues, Launch, Waterstone’s, Argyle St, 28 November, 2014

THE OTHER TONGUES Friday, 28 November 2014, at 7.00 pm, Waterstone’s Argyle Street An Introduction to Writing in Irish, Scots Gaelic and Scotsin Ulster and Scotland IRISH PAGESA Journal of Contemporary Writing in association with Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú cordially invites you to the Glasgow launch of a major anthology  With readings from the book by Tom Leonard […]

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Crohn’s and Colitis UK, Clyde Group, Festive Lunch, 29 November, Renfield Centre

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Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light Exhibition Launch, Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 12th December 2014, 4pm

Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light Exhibition Launch, Glasgow City Heritage Trust  12th December 2014, 4pm 54 Bell Street, Merchant City   Stained Glass Project Officer: Rachael Purse MA (Hons), MSc In September an ambitious three month project began to create an online database of Glasgow’s stained glass in conjunction with the Scottish Stained Glass […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, The King’s Kilt, 24 – 29 November, 2014

This Week’s Play – A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor The King’s Kilt by Rona Munro Directed by Marilyn Imrie Featuring David Mara, Beth Marshall and Alison Peebles Mon 24th – Sat 29th November  In 2014 an American academic finds a lost diary of Walter Scott’s under the floorboards of his Edinburgh bed […]

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Chris Dolan, Readings and Music, Bishopbriggs and Clydebank, November 2014

READINGS AND MUSIC…. MONDAY 24th, November 7pm BISHOPBRIGGS Library. With Paul Cuddihy, of The Celtic View, and many books inc. Read All About It. Chris and Paul reading and … singing!Featuring the world premiere of ‘MADDY’S THEME’, the song to go with Potter’s Field. 170 Kirkintilloch Road Bishopbriggs G64 2LX TUESDAY 25th – same deal […]

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Kathleen Jamie, Literary Lunchtimes, Bar Gandolfi, Wednesday 26 November, 2014.

Kathleen Jamie  Wednesday, 26 November 1 p.m.  Bar Gandolfi, 64 Albion Street, Merchant City, Glasgow. ‘I was raised in Currie, Midlothian, the child of an ordinary, non-literary Scottish background. Writing poetry was an odd thing to do. I don’t know why it began, but it was secretive and liberating and real.’ Please arrive early to […]

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Spangled Cabaret at The Art School!, Monday, December 8, 2014 , The Art School

Spangled Cabaret at The Art School!         Monday, December 8, 2014 8:30pm        The Art School         The eclectic alternative monthly variety night:DR COSMO’S TAPE LABOLIFANT COLLECTIVEWILD CARD KITTYLUNA TIKTOKJOHN CELESTUSKIM KHAOSAMBER SKYLINEKEVIN P GILDAYMISS LEGGY PEE+ SPECIAL GUESTSFREE ENTRY (DONATIONS WELCOMED) The Art School20 Scott Street, Glasgow

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Christmas Market, Milngavie Town Hall, Thursday 27 November, 7 – 9 p.m.

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GIOfest VII Film Screenings CCA Thu 27 November — Sat 29 November 2014

GIOfest VIIFilm Screenings CCA Thu 27 November — Sat 29 November 2014 All day, Free, CinemaAll ages Related CCA Events GIOfest VIIDay OneSteve Beresford, Lemur, Gino Robair & John Butcher Thu 27 November 2014 GIOfest VIIDay TwoMaggie Nicols, Ilan Volkov, Maya Dunietz & GIO Fri 28 November 2014 GIOfest VIIDay ThreeIlan Volkov, GIO Small Groups […]

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Winter Sleep GFT Friday 21–Sunday 30 November, 2014

Winter Sleep15 GFT Friday 21–Sunday 30 Novembe, 2014r Buy tickets Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film is a grand examination of the significant divide between the rich and poor, and the powerful and powerless. Unfolding before the epic backdrop of Turkey’s rural steppes (the same location used for Ceylan’s previous film Once Upon a Time in […]

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Play Poland Film Festival, Glasgow Until 28th November, 2014

      Play Poland Film Festival Until 28th November, 2014 The Play Poland Film Festival is the largest mobile film event in the United Kingdom, aiming at presenting and promoting contemporary Polish cinema. All films are in Polish with subtitles. Kebab & HoroscopeN/C 18+ Wednesday 12 November The debut feature from filmmaker Grzegorz Jaroszuk, […]

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The Children’s Wood Christmas Fair 2014 Saturday 22 November 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hillhead Library

The Children’s Wood Christmas Fair 2014 Saturday 22 November 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hillhead Library, Byres Road, G12 Book Readings, Crafts, Glasgow (Etsy), Food and much more. Enter the drawing competition: Hand in between 10 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.        

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Christmas Fayre Glasgow Bike Station, 6 December, 2014

  Festive fun at the Glasgow Bike Station Saturday the 6th of December 10 am- 6.30 pm Glasgow Bike Station, 65 Haugh Rd, Glasgow G3 8TX With festive craft workshops, refreshments, Christmas promotions and a bicycle powered Christmas tree, as well as cycle training and winter riding advice. There will also be a large range of […]

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Marie’s Story, GFT Monday 24 November, 2014

Marie’s StoryN/C 15+ GFT Monday 24 November Buy tickets Jean-Pierre Améris’ latest production evokes Arthur Penn’s The Miracle Worker and François Truffaut’s The Wild Child, presenting the story of Marie Heurtin (played by Ariana Rivoire), who was born deaf and blind in 1895. Taken to the Larnay Institute near Poitiers by her father, Sister Marguerite […]

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Glow Arts Boo Hewerdine CCA Thursday 20 November

Glow Arts Boo Hewerdine CCA Thursday 20 November 7.30 p.m. Much loved English songwriter Boo Hewerdine releases his first career retrospective My Name In The Brackets (The Best Of) on Monday 3 November via Reveal Records. Featuring many of the greatest songs from Boo’s time leading The Bible in the mid-eighties and his subsequent solo […]

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My Old Lady, GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 November, 2014

My Old Lady12A GFT Friday 21–Thursday 27 November, 2014 Buy tickets The debut feature from veteran playwright Israel Horovitz, this film features effortlessly elegant performances from an all-star cast. Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a failed novelist who arrives in Paris to sell the stately apartment his father has bequeathed him. However, he cannot take […]

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