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

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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Glasgow Style Mile Christmas Carnival 2015

Christmas Carnival Sunday 23rd November, 2014 Free event – 12.00 – 4 p.m. Parade sets off from St Enoch around 2.30 p.m. With dancers, drummers, dancers, dancers, samba bands, angel, fairies and street artists. Santa will be there too, along with his Clydesdale horse and his sleight. Lots of frolics and festive fun with over […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2015, Dates and new programming strands announced

Strewth! Australia, Ingrid Bergman, nerd culture, Glasgow’s cinema history and family cinema celebrated at Glasgow Film Festival as 2015 dates and new programming strands are announced. GFF 2015 Glasgow Film Festival organisers have announced their 2015 dates, as well new programme strands for the upcoming festival. This year the festival stretches out over a wider geographic […]

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Creative Writing Tutor (Temporary Post) University of Glasgow (Deadline 28 Nov 2014)

Great job at Creative Writing at Univ of Glasgow as Temp CW Tutor. Here’s the info. Note the quick application deadline date of 28 Nov! University of Glasgow College of Arts School of Critical Studies Tutor in Creative Writing (Temporary) Ref: 009723 Salary, Grade 6, £27,057 – £30,434 per annum From 1st January 2015 – […]

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Glasgow’s Affordable Vintage Fair, Saturday, December 13, 2014 Wasps Artists’ Studios

Glasgow’s Affordable Vintage Fair     Saturday, December 13at 12:00pm – 5:00pm          Wasps Artists’ Studios  Returning to Glasgow, BRITAIN’S BIGGEST VINTAGE FAIR is back! Heading over to the Wasps Artists’ Studios, expect an incredible troupe of vintage traders bringing sixty years of stock to knock your socks off! Expect new season staples to kick […]

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Palestine: What Hope Peace? CCA A Film by Kerry-anne Mendoza 22 November, 2014

Palestine: What Hope Peace? CCA   A Film by Kerry-anne Mendoza 22 November, 2014 6.30 p.m. This film tells the story of the Israel, and the Palestine, we never see.Independent journalist, author and film maker Kerry-anne Mendoza travelled to Israel and Gaza during the height of Operation Protective Edge. Here she brings you stories from […]

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Felix Champion Album Launch + Teenage Riot DJs Saturday 22nd November, 2014 Bar Bloc

Felix Champion Album Launch + Teenage Riot DJs         Saturday 22nd November, 2014 Bar Bloc The latest addition to our label Bloc+Music – Felix Champion are launching their debut album! Originally from Fife, Scotland, the Glasgow based four-piece are delighted to be releasing their debut full length record where their own brand of elaborate, […]

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F.O.O.S (ITA) + The Ciazarn Affair Bar Bloc 18 November, 2014

F.O.O.S (ITA) + The Ciazarn Affair Bar Bloc 18 November, 2014 F.O.O.S. OfficialThe band develop a hybrid genre of rock with strong electronic elements. In such a short space of time, the band, comprised of members Simone and Fabrizio, have managed to develop a unique sound which has generated significant interest.http://foos-official.com/ The Ciazarn AffairThe Ciazarn […]

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Glasgow Women’s Library, Launch Commonwealth Women Writers Book Section

Commonwealth Women Writers! Thursday 27 November Glasgow Women’s Library A literary party to celebrate the launch of Glasgow Women’s Library’s newly-created section of books by Commonwealth Women Writers! As well as an amazing array of titles for borrowing from the shelves, enjoy short readings from authors and poets with roots in India, South Africa, Malaysia […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint OranMor, 17 – 22 November, 2014 Theatre Uncut

A Play, A Pie and A Pint OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 17 – 22 November, 2014 Theatre Uncut 2014 – New short plays by various writers New short plays by Clara BrennanInua EllamsViv FranzmannAndres LustgartenHayley Squires Performed by Faith Alabi, Ruairi Conaghan, Ruth Gibson and Conor MacNeill Tickets: £8 – £12.50www.ticketweb.co.ukTelephone: 08444 77 […]

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Naomi Mitchinson Lecture: “Writing and the Stranger” University of Glasgow 20 November, 2014

Naomi Mitchinson Lecture: “Writing and the Stranger” Hosted by Scottish PEN 20 November, 2014 5.30 p.m. John McIntyre Bldg, University of Glasgow, University Ave, Glasgow, Glasgow City G12 8QQ         The Naomi Mitchinson Memorial Lecture is hosted annually by Scottish PEN and the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. […]

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St Andrew’s Night, Yes Alliance Fundraiser, Lucky Break Clydebank, 29 November

St Andrew’s Night – Yes Alliance Fundraiser The Lucky Break Clydebank Saturday 29 November, 2014 – 8.30 p.m. Line up includes: Eddie Reid …Red Canyon…Emma Kullander …Scott McDonald …and the Well Green…at the world famous lucky break. Tickets £5 Avaialble from venue or at the door on the night. The Lucky Break, 26-30 Glasgow Rd, […]

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Wednesday Jazz Nights at the Rio, Partick

Allan Mckeown & Friends 19th November, 2014 Chris Clark & friends. 26th November, 2014 Pasta & wine deal- Pasta special and a glass of wine- £7.50 The Rio Csfe, 27 Hyndland Street, Partick, Glasgow G11

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Live at the Star Club, 18 November – 2 December, 2014

All gigs are held in The Admiral Bar, Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7DA and start at 8.00pm. Allan Taylor     18th November                                     For 40 years he has been considered as the consummate performer, a writer of literary gracefulness whose troubadour chronicles encapsulate the realism of otherwise unsung heroes, otherwise uncharted lives. His […]

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The Cry plus Mr and Mrs – Favourites Literary Couples Helen Fitzgerald The Cry Waterstone’s Argyle Street Thursday, 27 November 2014,

Mr and Mrs – Favourites Literary Couples Helen Fitzgerald – The Cry     Waterstone’s Argyle Street Thursday, 27 November 2014, 7:00PM – 8:30PM A panel event with some of our favourite literary couples: Helen Fitzgerald & Sergio Casci, Craig Robertson & Alexandra Sokoloff and Russel McLean & Lesley McDowell; discussing the pros (of which there […]

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Meet the author – Peter Irvine, Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street Sunday, 30 November 2014

Meet the author – Peter Irvine Scotland the Best 100 Places: Extraordinary Places and Where Best to Walk, Eat and Sleep Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street Sunday, 30 November 2014, 3:00PM Peter Irvine, bestselling author of SCOTLAND THE BEST, has selected 100 extraordinary places that epitomize what is truly great about Scotland. This personal and diverse compendium […]

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David Shrigley: An evening of words and images, GFT, Thursday, 27 November 2014

 David Shrigley: An evening of words and images Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto     Glasgow Film Theatre Thursday, 27 November 2014, 8:30PM – 10:30PM Tickets are available via the GFT box office 0141 332 6535 www.glasgowfilm.org David Shrigley will be discussing his new book Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto, along with […]

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Meet the author – Tony Roper Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street Thursday, 27 November 2014

Meet the author – Tony Roper I’ll No Tell You Again: My Autobiography     Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:00PM Tony Roper is one of Scotland’s most recognisable faces. Best known for playing Jamesie Cotter in Rab C. Nesbitt, he is also famed for appearing in much-loved Scottish comedies Scotch & Wry and […]

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Mother India At Home: Recipes Pictures Stories by Monir Mohammed and Martin Gray

Glasgow is passionate about its curries and Monir Mohammed’s award winning restaurant Mother India is an institution, firmly established as one of the city’s best loved restaurants. In his restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh, you can always be sure of enjoying great service and high quality, authentic Indian food. Having made his customers happy in […]

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