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

Rue End Street Event Wed 25th June, Clydebank Library Heritage Centre

Rue End Street Event  Wednesday 25th June,    7:00pm – 8:00pm  Clydebank Library Heritage Centre Ever wondered what happened to Lenny Gillespie after the end of Mavis’s Shoe? Sue Reid Sexton will be talking about and reading from Rue End Street, the sequel. There will also be a teeny mini-dramatisation. Please come! Clydebank Library Heritage Centre, […]

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West End Festival: Literary Event, Partners in Crime at Cottiers 29 June

Partners in Crime – West End Festival Literary Event Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 3:00pm  Cottiers    Partners in Crime. A heady mix of top Scottish crime writers at Cottier’s Theatre Sunday 29 June 3pm -featuring Caro Ramsay. Craig Robertson, Russel D McLean. Free West End Festival closing event. Cottiers, 93/95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PX […]

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Woodlands Community Garden – School Holiday Programme, 2014

Looking for something to do over the school holidays?  Starting 26 June: our Bio-diverse project is bringing you a month long programme of walks and cycle trips. These free, family friendly events will help you get out and celebrate the nature on your doorstep…. Fossil Grove Walk Thursday 26th June 2-4pm Meeting at Jordanhill train […]

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iPhoneography Workshops, Riel Noir, Summer 2014

Places still available for Friday 25th July and Monday  28th July. The iPhone photography workshop has been included in both Glasgow and Strathclyde University summer programme.  See page 13 of the Strathclyde University Lifelong Learning summer brochure, Summer Brochure (PDF) or phone tel: 0141 548 2116/4287 for hard copy. iPhone photography workshops Mobile phones have […]

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Bring Your Own Seat Cinema: Chariots of Fire, University of Glasgow, Saturday 28 Jun 9:30pm

Bring Your Own Seat Cinema: Chariots of Fire University of Glasgow, east Quadrangle, University Avenue Saturday 28 Jun 9:30pm After the success of last year’s BYOS at Hillhead Library, the Grosvenor Cinema takes over the University of Glasgow to bring you the most epic screening of “Chariots of Fire” you are ever likely to see. […]

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Braveheart Monday 23 June 2014 GFT

Braveheart15 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Monday 23 June, 2014 Buy Tickets → Re-released to mark the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn, historical epic Braveheart returns to our screens this June. Directed by and starring Mel Gibson as the13th-century heartthrob William Wallace, Braveheart tells the tale of a Scottish commoner who leads a revolt against […]

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Camille Claudel 1915 Friday 20–Thursday 26 June GFT

Camille Claudel 1915PG Friday 20–Thursday 26 June GFT, 12 Rose Street, D3 6 RB Buy Tickets → Director Bruno Dumont tackles the later life and times of the tragically gifted turn-of-the-century sculptress, whose long affair with Auguste Rodin eventually drove her to the madhouse. Inspired by correspondence between the artist and her younger brother, Paul […]

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Beyond the EdgeTuesday 24–Wednesday 25 June GFT

Beyond the EdgePG Tuesday 24–Wednesday 25 June GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy Tickets → The Topp Twins director Leanne Pooley turns her attention to another remarkable duo in this awe-inspiring 3D docu-drama. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay captured the imagination of the world when they conquered Mount Everest. A blend of […]

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Miss Violence GFT, Friday 20–Thursday 26 June, 2014

Miss Violence18 GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Friday 20–Thursday 26 June Buy Tickets → Following in the wake of Dogtooth and Alps , Miss Violence offers further evidence of the power and assurance in a new wave of Greek cinema. Director Alexandros Avranas tackles a shocking tale of domestic abuse with a cool command […]

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Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Sunday 22 June

Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Sunday 22 June Buy Tickets →

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Chinese Puzzle Friday 20 June – Thursday 3 July GFT

Chinese Puzzle15 Friday 20 June – Thursday 3 July GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy Tickets → The third film in director Cédric Klapisch’s ‘Spanish Apartment trilogy’, this film follows 2002’s Pot Luck and 2005’s Russian Dolls and picks up as the characters are in their forties, finding life every bit as complicated as it […]

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Franco-German Film Series Le combat dans l’ile Fire and Ice CCA Thu 19 June 2014

Franco-German Film SeriesLe combat dans l’ileFire and Ice CCA Thu 19 June 2014 7pm, £3 (£2 for students and members of Alliance Française and Goethe-Institut), CinemaAll agesBook online / 0141 352 4900 Le combat dans l’île (Fire and ice)France 1962, 104 minsDir: Alain Cavalier. Cast: Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre.French with English subtitles Alain […]

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Screening: The Devil’s Plantation & Arild Tveito Publication Launch, CCA, 20 June

Screening: The Devil’s Plantation & Arild Tveito Publication Launch CCA Fri 20 June 2014 6pm, Free, CinemaAll ages Join us for a screening of The Devil’s Plantation by May Miles Thomas and the launch of Tveito’s new publication Elucidations produced as a result of his HIGHNORTH residency in Glasgow. The Devil’s Plantation is a haunting […]

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Holiday Activity Programme, Glasgow, 30 June – 9 August, 2014

Summer Holiday Sports Children and Family Activities Programme 30th June – 9th August, 204 Things to do in the school holidays at various Venues throughout Glasgow Further details: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/sport/HolidayActivityProgramme/Pages/default.aspx Multi Activity Programmes Club 511 Family Extravaganza Days (Wee Sports Sites) Glasgow Kids Club Pool Activities Pre 5 Activities Gymnastics – Pre School & Play Gym […]

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Commonwealth Cultural Progamme, Tales of the Empire Cafe, 24 July, The Briggait

Tales of the Empire Café 24 Jul 2014 – 19:00 – 20:30 Empire Café, The Briggait 141 Bridgegate Glasgow G1 5HZ Authors Fred D’Aguiar and James Robertson discuss slavery stories and their place in literature with Alan Riach. Empire Café project, part of the Commonwealth 2014 Cultural programme will explore Scotland’s involvement with the North […]

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The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce, 24 June 2014 – 4 January 2015, Hunterian Museum

Hunterian to reveal the lost tomb of Robert the Bruce The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce 24 June 2014 – 4 January 2015 Hunterian Museum, University Avenue, G12 Admission free A special new exhibition at The Hunterian will present the first complete 3D digital model of the long lost tomb of Robert the Bruce […]

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A Drawing Adventure, RGI, July Workshops

A Drawing Adventure Join us this July for a series of drawing workshops led by RGI artistsin the Kelly Gallery.    Investigate your creativity through mark making, observation, interpretationand experimentation. Thursday 3 July With Jim Dunbar Rsw Arws Rgi 1.30 – 3.30pm ‘plant Forms’  Tuesday 8 July With Jacqueline Orr Rsw Rgi 10am – 12pm‘looking […]

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Gerry Creen, Live at the Star, Glasgow, 24th June, 2014

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The Bluefields plus support, Stereo, 18 July, 2014

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Cycle Glasgow 2014

Cycle Glasgow 2014 Takes place on Sunday 17 August starting at 10.00am.   The route will start and finish in Kelvingrove Park, heading to Clydebank on the Kelvin Walkway and returning via the Cycle Path on the Forth and Clyde Canal.  Cyclists will have the option to cover 13 or 26 miles. We are offering […]

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Southside Film Festival, Films at The Glad Cafe, 17 June 2014

TONIGHT, Tuesday 17 June, 2014  The Glad Cafe for 8pm to watch three great short films from Spain, Brazil & Red Road, Glasgow. With a Q&A with filmmaker hChris Leslie in association with: Document – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival https://www.facebook.com/events/288854997942614/   The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands.

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A Century of Chinese Cinema, Glasgow Film Theatre, Summer 2014

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The Southside Souk, Refugee Week Glasgow, 21st June, 2014

 The Southside Souk       Saturday 21st June  12:00pm – 5:00pm Part of Refugee Week People make Glasgow. And people from around the world make Glasgow even better. In this new monthly market – founded by Claire (a South African now living in Glasgow) and Mel (who is from an immigrant family) – we will be […]

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Project Ability: Volunteering Opportunities

New volunteer opportunities at Project Ability! For the first time since our volunteering programme began, we would like to make these opportunities available for both graduate and undergraduate artists, looking to gain experience within the specialist field of arts and disability. Looking for artists with experience in ceramics or printmaking to support the‘Aspire’ participants (people […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Classic Cuts: The Misanthrope, 16 – 21 June, 2014

Sol Classic Cuts: The Misanthrope Written by Moliere, Adapted by Frances Poet Directed by Danielle McIlven OranMor, top of Byres Road, G12 Mon 16th – Sat 21st June Buy tickets online Featuring Andy Clark, Helen MacKay and Rosalind Sydney SOL SUMMER SEASON OF CLASSIC CUTS 2014 at ÒRAN MÓR “Friendship is cheap, it’s all just […]

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Freight Books: A House Called Askival Launch, Monday 16th June, Glasgow

Freight Books: A House Called Askival Launch Glasgow Monday 16th June, 2014 – 6.30 p.m. Cup Tea Lounge/Gin 71 ‘We’re excited to launch Merryn Glover’s stunning debut novel, A House Called Askival, at Cup Tea Lounge/ Gin71 on Monday the 16th of June at 6.30pm. You are all very welcome to come along and join […]

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Sweeneys on the Park, Southside Sessions, 19 Thursday, 2014

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Alan Grant, Weegie Wednesday, Wednesday 18th June

Alan Grant Weegie Wednesday Wednesday 18th June from 7.30pm Saramago, CCA Alan Grant, comic book scriptwriter, novelist, screenwriter, graphic novel publisher, will join us at the CCA on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow in the Terrace Bar on Weds to talk about his life, writing, and other stuff CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD

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West End Festival: Spotlight on Cinemas, Partick Library 17 June 6.30 p.m.

Spotlight on Cinemas Partick Library 305 Dumbarton Road, G11 6AB Tuesday 17 Jun 6:30pm No advance booking. For more information call 0141 334 6361 www.fgw.org.uk Gordon Barr, editor of ScottishCinemas.org highlights the architectural history of cinema, including converted roller-skating rinks, the earliest purpose-built halls, and the peculiarly Scottish “back court” theatres, with a focus on […]

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Glasgow Cinema: The Grosvenor, Listings from 13 June, 2014

The Grosvenor, Ashton Lane, G12 8SJ Cinema Listings Telephone: 0845 166 6002 Maleficent “Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty” and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which […]

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