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The Midnight Trek, Raising Funds for Action Medical Research for Children

Glasgow-based company taking part in The Midnight Trek PLOD Trossachs 2014 to raise money for Action Medical Research  Four young women, all staff at Glasgow’s famous Ubiquitous Chip, ditching their check pads and donning their walking boots, are taking part in The Midnight Trek PLOD Trossachs 2014organised by children’s charity Action Medical Research. The 50k […]

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Sound-Off for Women! Glasgow Women’s Library August 20 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Sound-Off for Women! Glasgow Women’s Library August 20 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wednesday afternoons, 2.30-4.30pm, from 13th August to 24th September. Free What does the Independence vote mean to you? Come and have a blether about the Referendum in a friendly, relaxed, and impartial environment. Whether you wish to explore different avenues of […]

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Arild Vange and Neil Davidson Thu 21 August 2014 CCA

Aye-Aye Books:Arild Vange and Neil Davidson Thu 21 August 2014 CCA 7pm, Free, CinemaAll ages0141 352 4900 Arild Vange and Neil Davidson have been working together on improvised poetry readings since 2009. Their work also includes the theatre company Dvell. Arild writes poetry in Norwegian. His poetics is deeply connected to listening and his readings […]

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SWC: Book Launch Douglas Thompson & Neil Williamson Tue 2 September 2014 CCA

SWC:Book LaunchDouglas Thompson & Neil Williamson Tue 2 September 2014 CCA 7pm, Free, ClubroomAges 16+ Douglas Thompson’s eighth novel The Rhymer, is a satire on contemporary society, the art world, and a comic-poetic meditation on the nature of life, death and morality. A mysterious tramp wanders from town to town, taking a new name and […]

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GSFF Meet the Programmer: Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival Sun 24 August 2014 CCA

GSFFMeet the Programmer:Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival Sun 24 August 2014 CCA 5pm, Free but ticketed, ClubroomAges 15+Book online London Short Film Festival Artistic Director Philip Ilson is in Glasgow to introduce a Best of LSFF 2014 programme at Glasgow Film Theatre at 7.15pm. Join him beforehand in CCA’s Clubroom for an informal, free […]

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Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival 9th – 30th September, 2014

Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival 9th – 30th September, 2014 Re-connect with the city’s urban green spaces A city-wide Wildlife Garden Festival will offer people in Glasgow the chance to get closer to nature this summer, with a packed calendar of events running between September 9-30. Storytelling, walks, a comedy night and canoe trips will all […]

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Blood Ties GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August, 2014

Blood Ties15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August When Chris (Clive Owen) is released from prison after a stint for a gangland murder, his freedom spells trouble for his police-officer brother Frank (Billy Crudup). Hoping Chris has turned over a new leaf, Frank helps him readjust – providing him with a home, and helping him rebuild […]

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All This Mayhem, GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August, 2014

All This Mayhem15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August Buy tickets online An unflinching never-before-seen look at the dark underbelly of extreme sports, this film explores the lives of brothers Tas and Ben Pappas – who ascended to the top of the skateboarding league in the late 1980s, before their world came crashing down with partying, […]

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Still Life GFT Wednesday 20 August

Still Life15 GFT Wednesday 20 August Buy tickets Weaving in the real-life construction of the Three Gorges Hydro Project with two stories of change, hope and reconciliation, Zhangke Jia’s film explores how a seismic change in geography impacts the people who once called that place home. The project involved flooding the area surrounding the Yangtze […]

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The Congress 15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August, 2014

The Congress 15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August Buy tickets online Voted the European Animated Feature of the Year at the European Film Awards, The Congress is a mind-bending, multi-coloured trip. When fortysomething Hollywood star Robin Wright (played by Wright) accepts a lucrative offer to be scanned for posterity, she agrees to never act in […]

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place, GFT, Friday 15–Thursday 21 August

We Gotta Get Out of This Place 15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August Buy tickets In a remote part of Texas three teen friends find their plans for the future in jeopardy as they slowly become embroiled in the dark criminal underbelly of their small town. When BJ (Logan Huffman) steals from the wrong man, […]

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The Iqons @ King Tuts! Friday, August 22, 2014

The Iqons @ King Tuts! Friday, August 22 Playing at King Tuts next Friday night! Tut’s is always one of the good ones so we’d love you to come along. Tickets from any of us four are £5 but if you get them on the night at the door they’ll be slightly more expensive, so […]

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Grand Week 2014, MCAS, 4 September

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Maya Abu Al Hayyat Glasgow Women’s Library 20 August

Maya Abu Al Hayyat Glasgow Women’s Library 20 August, 2014 – 2 p.m. Please join us for an intimate afternoon of poetry and discussion with Maya Abu al-Hayyat, Magi Gibson, and Abla Oudeh. Maya Abu al Hayyat is a Palestinian writer of novels, poetry and short stories. She was born in 1980 in Lebanon. She […]

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The Muse at St Louis, Laura Marney, Wed 20 August

Laura Marney 20 August, 2014 St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD

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Fail Better: BOYCOTT ISRAEL,Thursday, August 21, McChuills

Fail Better: BOYCOTT ISRAEL        Thursday, August 21 at 8:00pm        McChuills Glasgow This Fail Better is dedicated to the martyrs of Palestine (Gaza, West Bank & Historic Palestine). By answering the call from the Palestinian civillian population for the total Boycott Divestment and Sanction of Israel, we can work to dismantle the Apartheid State. […]

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Evil Edison, Ivory Blacks, Thursday 15 September, 2014

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McGinn meets Seeger and MacColl An evening with The Cameron Bros East Kilbride Village Theatre Saturday 23rd Augu

McGinn meets Seeger and MacColl An evening with The Cameron Bros East Kilbride Village Theatre  Saturday 23rd August 2014 : 8.00pm Tickets from Box Office 01355 261000. £12.00 / £10.00 Johnny and Duncan Cameron are well known in the Scottish music scene. Having enjoyed a long performing career, they continue to run Riverside Studios in […]

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Southside Sessions present Sweeneys in the Park, Thurs 14 August

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Revolving Doors, Ivory Blacks, 21 August, 2014

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The Carousel, The Tron 29th – 30th August 2014

Stellar Quines Theatre Company presents The Carousel By Jennifer Tremblay with Maureen BeattieTranslated by Shelly Tepperman, Directed by Murial Romanes The Tron 29th – 30th August 2014     Description    Dates & Times with MAUREEN BEATTIE Nothing can stop the carousel. While driving to her dying mother’s bedside, a woman calls upon the spirit of her […]

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Singin’ in the Rain Theatre Royal Glasgow 12 – 23 August, 2014

Singin’ in the Rain Theatre Royal Glasgow 12 – 23 August, 2014 Direct from the West End, this critically acclaimed production of Singin’ in the Rain is a smash hit with critics and audiences alike.  It tells the story of the first Hollywood musical, when the silver screen found its voice and left silent movies […]

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Six and a Tanner by Rony Bridges, Websters Theatre, 15 – 20 Sep 2014

Six and a Tanner by Rony Bridges 15 – 20 Sep 2014 – 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Webster’s Theatre Tickets £9 adult/£8 concession (inc. booking fee). PARENTAL ADVISORY – contains strong language, not suitable for children. A middle aged man confronts his dead father in his coffin a day before his funeral that no […]

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Linlithgow Folk Festival 2014, 10 – 14th September

Linlithgow Folk Festival 2014 10 – 14 September, 2014 www.linlithgowfolk.com Another wonderful festival has been lined up for Linlithgow’s 16th Folk Festival, with great concerts, numerous sessions in the local pubs, Nora Devine Outdoor Stage at the Cross plus Workshops, Craft Fair – fun for music lovers, performers and all the family. Friday 12th September […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Autumn/Winter Programme 2014

Twenty-first season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Oran Mor! Lunchtime Theatre, OranMor, (top of Byres Road G12) “We want to thank all of our audience for their support over the past few months. David Maclennan A Play, A Pie and A Pint ten years ago to present audiences in Scotland with […]

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National Collective, Short Film Screening, Monday 11 August

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Citizens Theatre Open Day 23 Aug 2014

Citizens Theatre Open Day 23 Aug 2014 – 11am – 3pm A day of fun, drama, music, arts and crafts – and you’re invited! The Citizens Theatre is proud to have been a part of the Gorbals community for over 130 years, and to celebrate working together they are inviting everybody to their open day. […]

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Drew Taylor and Julia Doogan: HOWL(ing) The Arches Glasgay!, Tue 21 Oct 2014

Drew Taylor and Julia Doogan: HOWL(ing) The Arches Glasgay!, the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival and Drew Taylor present Tue 21 Oct 2014 | 7.30pm £10 / £8 Glasgay!, SMHAFF and Drew Taylor present HOWL(ing) The Arches Concept and Direction by Drew TaylorWritten by Drew Taylor and the Cast Music Composed and Performed […]

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Robert Ormerod: Political Youth The Arches Mon 1 – Fri 19 Sep

The Arches presents Robert Ormerod: Political Youth Exhibition The Arches Mon 1 – Fri 19 Sep 2014 | 11am – late  Free entry  Robert Ormerod on Tumblr Robert Ormerod‘s Political Youth series will be exhibited at The Arches as part of our Referendum Festival. As part of this exhibition, you’ll see a new series of […]

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The Arches Community Choir: rehearsal Thu 14 Aug 2014 | 7 – 9pm Arches, Argyle St

The Arches Community Choir: rehearsal Thu 14 Aug 2014 | 7 – 9pm Arches, Argyle St  Suggested donation £3 After a wee summer break, the choir is back! Initially started as a fun way to get people together to sing some decent tunes, so far they’ve put their own spin on tracks by Blur, Yeah […]

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