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Philip Clouts Jazz Quartet, 5 November, Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club

The dancing exuberance of South African Township music, the convivial groove of gospel-influenced soul jazz, the joyful sway of Cuban guaguanco rhythms, the bluesy melodies of middle eastern praise songs and so much more all come together in pianist Philip Clouts’ superbly accomplished quartet. Clouts was born in Cape Town and the music of his […]

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St Louis Partick , Wee Literary Festival, Graham Fulton, 5 November, 2014

  St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD

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Glasgow Girls Wedding Fayre Maryhill Burgh Halls Sunday 9th November

Glasgow Girls Wedding Fayre Maryhill Burgh Halls Sunday 9th November 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. The next Glasgow Girls Wedding Fayre is Sunday 9th November at Maryhill Burgh Halls with FREE ENTRY from 12 – 4pm! There will be LIVE music; stunning Venues to find out about; cakes, cupcakes, cakepops and a candy buffet to […]

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Book Launch Cold City by Cathy Mcsporran, The Libertine, Monday, November 3

Launch Cold City by Cathy Mcsporran The Libertine, Glasgow Monday, November 3 at 7:00pm An outstanding literary debut, Cold City uses speculative fiction to explore one young woman’s mental illness and our darkest feelings about family. Please join us in The Libertine for the launch of this exciting publication. There will be a reading from […]

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Book Week Scotland Monday 24 – Sunday 30 November 2014.

Book Week Scotland  Monday 24 – Sunday 30 November 2014. Book Week Scotland is a week-long celebration of books and reading that takes place every November. During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life will come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces to share and enjoy books and reading. They […]

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Literary Lunchtimes, Bar Gandolfi, October – December, 2014

Literary Lunchtimes Autumn 2014

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Meet the Author – The Liepzig Affair – Fiona RINTOUL Waterstones, Tuesday, November 11

Meet the Author – The Liepzig Affair – Fiona Rintoul Waterstones Sauchiehall St Tuesday, November 11 at 6:00pm Tickets are FREE and available from the Ground Floor tills or by calling 0141 332 9105 The year is 1985. East Germany is in the grip of communism. Magda, a brilliant but disillusioned young linguist, is desperate […]

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Ron Athey in conversation. Gilmorehill, University of Glasgow 13 November

Ron Athey in conversation 13 NOV, 7.30PMGilmorehill CentreUniversity of Glasgow,9 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQTel 0141 330 2892www.gla.ac.ukFree by ticket Following the fourth installation of his Incorruptible Flesh series, ‘Messianic Remains’, Ron Athey explores the performance lineage of his own post-AIDS body. Previous instalments were presented in collaboration with the late Lawrence Steger, who died […]

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Job vacancy: Museum Curator Glasgow Women’s Library

Job vacancy: Museum Curator Glasgow Women’s Library An exciting and challenging post, we require a qualified, experienced and highly motivated Curator to manage, develop and care for the collections held at Glasgow Women’s Library, make items accessible to broad audiences and train volunteers in Museum related skills. You must be a graduate with an appropriate […]

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Children’s Bookshop in Partick

Children’s Bookshop in Partick Open October 2014 Selling English and Foreign Language Books ‘Running our classes all under one roof; you can even have a seat and a coffee while browsing or waiting.  You can find us at 52 Keith Court, G11 6QW info@thelanguagehub.co.uk  www.thelanguagehub.co.uk   0141 258 2700

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Ghost Tours Theatre Royal Weekdays until 7th November, 2014

Ghost Tours Theatre Royal Weekdays until 7th November, 2014 An empty theatre, out of hours and after dark, is full of dark shadows, unexpected noises, and fleeting glimpses of theatre ghosts – or is that just your imagination? The Theatre Royal, as it stands, dates from 1895 and has a chequered history having been replaced […]

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Rev Rev Rev + The Cherry Wave + Musicians Of Bremen 29 October, 2014 Bar Bloc

Rev Rev Rev + The Cherry Wave + Musicians Of Bremen 29 October, 2014 Bar Bloc Rev Rev Rev (Italy) Hailing from Modena, Italy, Rev Rev Rev’s sound is influenced by first-wave shoegaze, as well as psychedelic rock, re-metabolizing these elements into a loud, woozy, fuzz-driven context.Their live sets comprise kaleidoscopic video projections waving with […]

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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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