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

Pat ByrneI have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

Love Is Strange Thursday 23 October GFT

Love Is Strange15 Thursday 23 October GFT Buy tickets online Veteran screen actors Alfred Molina and John Lithgow star in this beautifully observed tale of true love in the Big Apple. After nearly four decades together, Ben and George are finally able to tie the knot. However, when George loses his job, the couple are […]

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema

Read, Write and perform? Poetry With Linda Jackson – University of Strathclyde Starts October 8 , 2014

Read, Write and perform? Poetry With Linda Jackson – University of Strathclyde October 8 , 2014 Class begins October 8th 7 to 9pm (10 weeks). For anyone interested in reading, writing and performing poetry (if you wish) For more info on either class call – 0141 548 2116 – no experience required! With Linda Jackson […]

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Monday, October 6, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Glasgow Council on Alcohol, Christmas Craft Fair, 15th of November, Partick Trinity Church

 Christmas Craft Fair 15th of November, 2014 10am-4pm Partick Trinity Church,20 Lawrence Street, G11 5HG. Free entry We know it’s only autumn, but here at the Glasgow Council on Alcohol we love thinking about Christmas presents as early as possible! So we wanted to let you know we’ve prepared a day of treats for you this year. […]

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Get Some Lips, Project Cafe, 10 October, 2014

        Get Some Lips! (Self-Love Edition) October 10   6 pm         The Project Cafe Back for more after a successful International Women’s Day celebration, Get Some Lips brings you another night of words to make all kinds of thoughts happen in your brain.This time the event falls on World Mental Health Day (and […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint Mrs Barbour’s Daughters 6 – 11 October

A Play, A Pie and A Pint Mrs Barbour’s Daughters By A J TaudevinDirected by Emma CallanderFeaturing Anna Hepburn, Libby McArthur and Gail Watson Mon 6th – Sat 11th Oct  12.00 for 12.30 p.m. OranMor, Top of Byres Road In 1915, Mrs Barbour led 20,000 women in the rent strikes with bundles of washing, bread […]

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Glasgow Oxjam 18 October, 2014

Big Takeover Festival!! Everyone get involved right now! get your tickets at www.wegottickets.com/oxjam/event/291985 … there are still early bird tickets available for ONLY £8!!!! Better get in there quick!

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Big Fun Run for Cancer Support Scotland 11 October, 2014 11 a.m. Bellahouston Park

Big Fun Run for Cancer Support Scotland 11 October, 2014  11 a.m. Bellahouston Park Run, jog or walk 5k around Bellahouston Park to help raise funds for Cancer Support Scotland. The registration fee includes a fundraising pack, a Cancer Support Scotland T-shirt or running vest and a goody bag at the finish line. http://cancersupportscotland.org/ Ticket […]

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Aidan Moffat: The Lavender Blue Dress, 10 October, Waterstone’s Argyle St

Aidan Moffat: The Lavender Blue Dress 10 October 2014, 7:00 p.m. Waterstone’s, Argyle Street Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat signs copies of his first book, The Lavender Blue Dress. The little girl who wants nothing more than a beautiful dress to wear to the Christmas ball. Told in rhyme, it’s a heart-warming tale of family, friendship […]

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Malaria Science Showcase Talk 10 Octoer 2014, 1:00 p.m. Hunterian Art Gallery

Malaria Science Showcase Talk 10 Octoer 2014, 1:00 p.m. Hunterian Art Gallery Dr Mhairi Stewart from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology talks about using art to engage both researchers and the public in science outreach. Hunterian Art Gallery University of Glasgow 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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Stars Over the Botanics Glasgow Botanic Gardens Tuesday 7 October, 2014

Stars Over the Botanics Glasgow Botanic Gardens Tuesday 7 October, 2014   A star-gazing session with the Astronomical Society of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. Spaces limited to the first 40 people. Starts 7.15 p.m. http://theasg.org.uk £4, Children £2 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0UE

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Sunset Song, King’s Theatre, 21 – 25 October

Sunset Song On at The King’s Theatre from October 21-25 Kings Theatre, Bath Street, Glasgow 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 […]

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Mackintosh and Europe by Nicky Imrie, University of Glasgow, Wednesday 8 October

Mackintosh and Europe by Nicky Imrie, University of Glasgow Mackintosh Architecture Lunchtime Talk – Mackintosh and Europe Wednesday 8 October 2014 – 1 p.m. Hunterian Art Gallery  http://glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian Admission free. Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. 82 Hillhead Street. Glasgow G12 8QQ

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The Flying Duck, Open Call to Performers

Welcome to The Black Lodge 11 October, 2014 The Flying Duck The wheel is turningChange is coming The Flying Duck is placing an open call to performers, artists, live music acts and DJs to participate, collaborate and contribute to a full day event based around the enigmatic and extraordinary television series, Twin Peaks. Our goal […]

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‘LGBT event’ with Kirsty Logan, Hal Duncan, Elizabeth Reeder and Katherine McMahon CCA Club Room

‘LGBT event’ with Kirsty Logan, Hal Duncan, Elizabeth Reeder and Katherine McMahon CCA  Club Room Tuesday 14th October 2014, 7pm to 8.30pm Scottish Writers’ Centre Our sexuality defines our identity and how we interact with the world, not just our desires and fantasies but also in terms of our insecurities and fears. The perspectives of […]

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GLEAM Norman McLaren Festival University of Glasgow Concert Hall 30 – 31 October 2014

GLEAM Norman McLaren Festival University of Glasgow Concert Hall Thursday 30 October 2014 – Friday 31 October 2014 This year’s GLEAM Festival will honour the centenary of Scottish-Canadian filmmaker and artist Norman McLaren (1914-1987) celebrating his lasting influence, situating contemporary works of ‘visual music’ within the current context of audiovisual practice and providing an insight […]

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Italian Cultural Institute Hotel Meina Sun 5 October 2014 CCA

Italian Cultural InstituteHotel Meina Sun 5 October 2014 CCA 6.30pm, Free, CinemaAges 15+Boo: 0141 352 4900 Based on true events, the final feature from acclaimed Italian filmmaker and historian Carlo Lizzani is a moving drama about the fate of Greek-Italian holidaymakers imprisoned by the Nazi occupiers at a luxury hotel toward the end of the […]

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Friday, October 3, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema

Magic in the Moonlight GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 October

Magic in the Moonlight12A GFT Friday 3–Thursday 9 October Buy tickets online Woody Allen’s latest film signals the director’s return to lighter-hearted territory, with a sharp script, outstanding acting and a luscious period setting. In 1928, sceptical and tired stage magician Stanley (Colin Firth) finds himself enlisted by an old friend to sojourn to the […]

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Richard Attenborough Double Bill: Brighton Rock & 10 Rillington Place15 Sunday 5 October GFT

Richard Attenborough Double Bill: Brighton Rock & 10 Rillington Place15 Sunday 5 October GFT Buy tickets online Richard Attenborough will forever be remembered as one of the most important British actors, producers and directors ever. In tribute to the great screen presence, GFT screens two of his most interesting works – first as the baby-faced […]

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The Last Impresario Saturday 4–Monday 6 October GFT

The Last Impresario15 Saturday 4–Monday 6 October GFT Buy tickets online Glasgow-born producer Michael White appears to know everyone. A legendary social butterfly who impacted upon countless iconic figures in popular culture within his sixty-year career – from partying with The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, to helping form Monty Python and bringing revolutionary performers […]

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Beneath the Blindfold Thursday 9 October GFT

Beneath the BlindfoldN/C 15+ Thursday 9 October GFT Buy tickets online Four torture survivors from around the globe courageously tell the stories of their mistreatment and subsequent attempts to move beyond these horrifying experiences. The film follows them as they build new lives and, despite the continued psychological and physical fallout from their experience, become […]

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Lux Scotland presents selections from Anne Charlotte Robertson’s Five Year DiaryN/C Sunday 5 October GFT

Lux Scotland presents selections from Anne Charlotte Robertson’s Five Year DiaryN/C 15+ Sunday 5 October GFT Buy tickets online Anne Charlotte Robertson’s Five Year Diary stands as one of the major works of diary filmmaking. An intimate chronicle of her life, they describe Robertson’s battles with depression, paranoia, and borderline schizophrenia. The diaries document Robertson’s […]

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Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone in Conversation Thursday 9 October GFT

Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone in Conversation18 Thursday 9 October GFT Buy tickets online Famous for his uncompromising roles in Scum, Sexy Beast and Nil By Mouth, Ray Winstone is the nation’s favourite ‘hard man’. In this exclusive event to launch his autobiography, Young Winstone, he reveals how growing up in the East End of […]

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Gone Girl18 Friday 3–Thursday 23 October GFT

Gone Girl18 Friday 3–Thursday 23 October GFT Buy tickets online Acclaimed director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s global best seller features an all-star cast in a tangled tale of love, lies and deceit in recession-era New York. When Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) missing on the day of their […]

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Book launch: The Land Agent by J David Simons

The Land Agent by J David Simons Set in Palestine in the 1920s, it is the long-awaited (by me) final part of  ‘Glasgow to Galilee’ trilogy. Please note that there are two launches – one in the southside in Giffnock on the 22nd October and the other in Waterstone’s Argyle Street, Glasgow on 23rd October. […]

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Thursday, October 2, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Peaches Christ’s BEAR-BARELLA starring Lady Bear & Peaches ChristN/C 18+ GFT Friday 10 October

Peaches Christ’s BEAR-BARELLA starring Lady Bear & Peaches ChristN/C 18+ GFT Friday 10 October Buy tickets online San Francisco drag superstar, filmmaker, and cult (movie) leader Peaches Christ returns to the UK with an out-of-this world event celebrating the 1968 sci-fi masterpiece Barbarella, directed by Roger Vadim. Jane Fonda got her first workout (sans spacesuit!) […]

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The Spree, Paisley’s National Festival, 2014, 10 – 18 October

Paisley’s national festival is back for 2014! http://www.thespree.co.uk/events/ Now in its third year, The Spree is Paisley’s annual celebration of arts and culture – and is now firmly established as a fixture on the Scottish festival map. The Spiegeltent, County Square is the main venue but there will be events also taking place in many city centre […]

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers

Launch of Magnus Florin’s The Garden Thursday 2nd October, 2014 6.30 pm Waterstone’s in Argyle Street, Glasgow

Launch of Magnus Florin’s The Garden Thursday 2nd October, 2014  6.30 pm  Waterstone’s in Argyle Street, Glasgow Golden Hare Books proudly invites you to an evening in the company of one of Sweden’s leading writers, acclaimed poet, playwright, novelist and critic Magnus Florin. Magnus will be joining us to discuss his most recent novel, The […]

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

The Airdrie Boys, RGI

New Exhibition RGI The Airdrie Boys A Collection Of Work By John Cunningham & Dan Ferguson Exhibition RunsSaturday 4 October – Saturday 1 November 2014 Dan Ferguson and John Cunningham were born in Lanarkshire and educated atAirdrie Academy where their life long friendship was formed. Both studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art […]

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