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A Play, A Pie and A Pint – OranMor Flying with Swans, Until 1st November, 2014

A Play, A Pie and A Pint – OranMor Flying with Swans By Jack DicksonDirected by Alison PeeblesFeaturing Kay Gallie, Anne Kidd and Karen Ramsay Mon 27th Oct – Sat 1st Nov When three old friends get together for the first time in many years, what should be a simple ferry trip to the Isle […]

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Hallowe’en Event The Children’s Wood 31 October, 2014

  Hallowe’en Event  The Children’s Wood 31 October, 2014 Starts at 4 p.m with Lantern Parade Please bring a carved pumpkin (with tea light) along on Friday before 4pm and help decorate the meadow for the Halloween event Puppet Show and Room on the Broom with Tam Dean Burn at 6 p.m. for older chidlren […]

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Hallowe’en Fright Night 31 October 2014, 6:00 p.m. Glasgow Science Centre

Hallowe’en Fright Night 31 October 2014, 6:00 p.m. Glasgow Science Centre A family friendly Hallowe’en treat, with everything from a monster science show to a zombie apocalypse on offer. Scotland’s biggest and best family Halloween Party is back at Glasgow Science Centre on Friday 31st of October. Tricks, treats, friendly fun and scary science guaranteed! […]

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Trick or Treat? Halloween Special Event 30 October, 2014, 7:30 p.m. The Tramway

Trick or Treat? Halloween Special Event 30 October, 2014, 7:30 p.m. The Tramway Trick or treat? Tramway’s in-residence youth companies Junction 25 and BRAVE GENERATION host a very spooky Halloween pre-show event before Mark Bruce’s Dracula performance at 7.30pm… join us for a night of terror! FREE participation activities will include a chance to learn the […]

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Spine tingling horror: The Cabinet of Dr Calligari, 31 Oct, Britannia Panopticon

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Friday 31st October at 7pm Britannia Panopticon World’s Oldest Surviving Music Hall  Spine tingling horror from the age of silent film. 1920 starring Werner Krauss & Conrad Veidt A tale from the distorted world of Dr. Caligari and the sinister somnambulist, Cesare, who awakens to foretell death. A prediction which, […]

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Club Noir – 10 Years of Halloween Burlesque, Saturday 1 November, 2014 O2 Academy Glasgow

Club Noir – 10 Years of Halloween Burlesque    Saturday 1 November, 2014 9:00pm – 3:00am O2 Academy Glasgow       You’ve made our Halloween nights the biggest in the city, nay in Scotland. The wildest audience made up of freaks and uniques, the beautiful people. You’re not alone, many of you are from foreign lands. What […]

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Lil Monsters Halloween Breakfast! Sunday 2nd November, caHard Rock Cafe

Lil Monsters Halloween Breakfast! Sunday 2nd November,9.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Hard Rock Cafe Glasgow We’re so happy we could scream,Because it’s Halloween!Your breakfast is waiting and it’s a scary sight,,Full of food, fun and games t! hat will give you a fright! Join us for our Lil Monsters Halloween Breakfast on Sunday 2nd November […]

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The Rio Cafe Halloween Party Friday 31 October, 2014

The Rio Cafe Halloween Party Friday 31 October, 2014 with DJ Paul Puppet  8:30pm Time to get your freak on at the legendary Rio Halloween party!!!Prizes for best costumes!!! Rio, Cafe, 27 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5QF Facebook event page

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Spoken Word Cafe Rio, Partick Monday 27 October, 2014

Spoken Word – Cafe Rio Monday 27 October, 2014 Headline Act, Stephen Watt. Gig kicks off at 8 Free entry. Stephen Watt Facebook Poetry by Stephen Watt Cafe Rio Facebook Cafe Rio, 27 Hyndland Street, Partick, G11 5QF

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Dracula, Thursday 30 October – Saturday 1 November, 2014, Tramway

Dracula Marc Bruce Company Thu 30 October – Sat 1 November 7:30pm Tramway 1 £15/£12. Book online Or buy tickets from our box office on 0845 330 3501 In association with Tobacco Factory Theatres, Pavilion Dance South West and Wilton’s Music Hal “Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness […]

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Christmas Art and Craft Exhibition, Lillie Gallery, Milngavie, 15 November, 2014

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Glasgow Crafters Co-op, Christmas Arts and Hand-made Fair, 16 November, Hilton Grosvenor

Also 23rd November

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Skierlik, CCA, Thursday 6 November, 2014

Skierlik  – a play exploring the aftermath of a racially motivated shooting on a remote settlement CCA, Thursday 6 November By Phillip Dikotla, revisits the horror of the devastating racially motivated shootings at Skierlik, RSA in 2008. £19 (£10) The performance will be followed by a discussion with the playwright and performer Philip Dikotla. 0141 […]

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Africa in Motion Film Festival October – November, 2014 CCA and GFT

Africa in Motion Film Festival October – November, 2014 CCA and GFT A double-whammy of African arty goodness arrives next week, as Africa in Motion Film Festival roll in for their ninth instalment, along with new pals Afrovibes, a major international South African arts festival which arrives in Scotland for the first time. You can […]

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Southside Fringe Christmas Night Out Wednesday, December 10, 2014, The Glad Cafe

Southside Fringe Christmas Night Out Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 7:30pm – 11:00pm        The Glad Cafe   Come along on the 10th of December to join in the festive celebrations with the Southside Fringe Glasgow! We are extremely excited to be joined by some wonderfully talented performers from the Southside and beyond, including Scottish Comedian […]

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Indigo Cell at St Louis Cafe Bar, Sunday 23 November, 2015

734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD Free

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The Bolshoi Ballet: The Legend of Love GFT Sunday 26 October

The Bolshoi Ballet: The Legend of Love GFT Sunday 26 October The royal apartments of Queen Mekhmene Banu are plunged into mourning – her young sister, Princess Shireen, is dying. The Princess will only be saved if the Queen gives Shireen her beauty. The Queen decides to sacrifice herself, but later regrets her action when […]

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Zabriskie Point GFT Tuesday 28–Wednesday 29 October

Zabriskie Point15 GFT Tuesday 28–Wednesday 29 October The second of three English-language films that Antonioni directed for producer Carlo Ponti – the others being the classics Blow-Up and The Passenger – Zabriskie Point has gained a cult status in the forty-four years following its initial commercial failure. It follows student Daria and dropout Mark (wanted […]

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Nas: Time is Illmatic15 GFT Monday 27–Thursday 30 October

Nas: Time is Illmatic15 GFT Monday 27–Thursday 30 October Nas’ debut album ‘Illmatic’ broke brave new ground twenty years ago. Now, Nas: Time is Illmatic offers a unique account of his evolution from young street poet to visionary MC. Wandering through Nas’ childhood home in Queensbridge, we hear from the inspiring MC himself about his […]

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The Way He Looks, GFT Monday 27–Thursday 30 October

The Way He Looks12A GFT Monday 27–Thursday 30 October The Way He Looks, winner of two awards at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, follows blind teenager Leonardo on his journey towards independence and his first kiss. He is helped on this mission by his best friend Giovanna and new boy in class, Gabriel, whose […]

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire GFT Monday 27 October, Wednesday 29 October

The Day the Earth Caught FirePG GFT Monday 27 October, Wednesday 29 October Val Guest’s 1961 lo-fi yarn tells how, due to a horrifying coincidence where USA and Russia perform nuclear tests at the same time, the earth is knocked out of orbit and begins to hurtle towards the sun. The action plays out as […]

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Björk: Biophilia, GFT Friday 24–Sunday 26 October

Björk: BiophiliaU GFT Friday 24–Sunday 26 October The legendary avant-garde Icelandic artist and musician Björk’s 2012 project Biophilia was unlike any other, released on a series of apps and culminating in a multidimensional concert at London’s Alexandra Palace, filmed by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio). The resulting film catches Björk at her […]

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Glasgay! Festival, GFT From Thursday 23 October GFT

Glasgay! Festival GFC From Thursday 23 October Glasgay!, Scotland’s annual celebration of LGBT culture, kicks off tonight at 6pm with the Scottish premiere of Love Is Strange. Starring Alfred Molina and John Lithgow, and set to a dazzling soundtrack of Chopin piano pieces, this is a compassionate, bittersweet glimpse of life and love in the Big […]

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Mackintosh and Old Glasgow, Until 6th January, 2015 Provand’s Lordship

Mackintosh and Old Glasgow Until 6th January, 2015 Provand’s Lordship “The House on the corner of McLeod Street” is a pencil sketch of Provand’s Lordship drawn by a young Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which has never before been on public display. This and another original drawing by Mackintosh featuring a house of a similar era will […]

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Art from Elsewhere International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries 24 October – 1st February,2014 GOMA

Art from Elsewhere International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries 24 October – 1st February,2014 GOMA Art From Elsewhere is testament to the talent and diversity of artists working across the world today. The exhibition – a collaboration with Art Fund International & Hayward Touring – is being shown at venues across the UK, starting here […]

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Up Close, Scottish Ballet, The Tramway 24 and 25 October

 Up Close Scottish Ballet The Tramway Fri 24 & Sat 25 October 7:30pm Location: Tramway 1 £15/£12 Book online Or buy tickets from our box office on 0845 330 3501Important Booking Information:​ If you are unable to book tickets online then please call our Box Office 0845 330 3501 as they still have tickets available […]

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Black History Month: documentary G.O.D.S.: Dances of the African-Guyanese 25 October

G.O.D.SBlack History Month ProjectScreening – A Celebration of Life: Dances of the African-Guyanese & Steppin Sat 25 October 2014 CCA 5pm, Free, CinemaAll ages, Under 16s must be accompanied by an adultBook online / 0141 352 4900 A celebration of Life: Dances of the African-GuyaneseDir. Kean Gibson, USA 1993, 43m. A Celebration of Life: Dances […]

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Carol Kidd Wild Cabaret, 2nd November, 2014

Carol Kidd 2 November from 6 p.m. Wild Cabaret Wild Cabaret is proud to present an evening with Carol Kidd, one of the world’s best living jazz singers! The evening will take place on 2nd November at 8pm and tickets are already flying out the door for this one. On the night Carol will be […]

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Sunset Song, Kings Theatre until 25 October, 2014

 Sunset Song Chris Guthrie is bound to a harsh farming life by her intense love of the land. She dreams of the seductive yet distant world of books and learning, but when war breaks out, Chris suddenly finds herself facing a very different reality as a widowed, single mother in a land altered beyond recognition. […]

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Live at the Star Club, October – November, 2014

All gigs are held in The Admiral Bar, Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7DA and start at 8.00pm. James Keelaghan     28th October                                                        £10   Called Canada’s finest singer-songwriter, James Keelaghan is an artist who has proven to be a man for […]

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