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Free entry to The Hunterian Scottish Gold Exhibition

Last two weeks of the stunning Scottish Gold exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery. To give more visitors a last chance to see the golden wonders, The Hunterian is offering free entry to the exhibition on the weekends of 7 and 8 and 14 and 15 June. Showcasing beautiful specimens of gold from across Scotland, Scottish Gold […]

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Guide Gods – Claire Cunningham Friday 13 June, 7.30pm Glasgow University Memorial Chapel,

Guide Gods – Claire Cunningham Friday 13 June, 7.30pm Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Guide Gods – a new work created as part of Culture 2014, Glasgow’s cultural programme for the Commonwealth Games.  Combining movement, text and song Guide Gods looks at the perspectives of the majors faiths and religions towards the issue of […]

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John Gordon Sinclair: Blood Whispers Waterstone’s, Argyle Street 4 Jun 2014, 7 p.m.

John Gordon Sinclair: Blood Whispers Waterstone’s, Argyle Street 4 Jun 2014, 7 p.m. Sinclair speaks about his second novel, the Glasgow-set crime thriller Blood Whispers. Waterstone’s 174 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8AH

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Rachel Maclean Happy & Glorious One-day Symposium CCA Sun 15 June 2014

Rachel MacleanHappy & GloriousOne-day Symposium CCA Sun 15 June 2014 12pm, Free but ticketed, CinemaAll agesBook online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Rachel MacleanHappy & Glorious Sat 31 May — Sun 13 July 2014 Speakers: Erden Kosova (Istanbul), David Bailey (London), Jesse Presley Jones (Dublin) and Rachel Maclean (Glasgow) This one-day symposium, organized […]

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Aye-Aye Books: A People’s History of Scotland, CCA Thu 5 June 2014

Aye-Aye Books:A People’s History of Scotland CCA Thu 5 June 2014 18.30, Free on the door, ClubroomAll ages images”> In A People’s History of Scotland, the first socialist history of Scotland in over fifty years, Chris Bambery seizes the opportunity offered by September’s referendum to delve into the nation’s real and oft-forgotten past. His book […]

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Streetland, 7th June, 2014, Govanhill, Glasgow

Oompie ka Doompie by Mandy McIntosh   Great family festival with something for everyone – including: ‘Oompie ka Doompie’ by Mandy McIntosh is the hybrid animated journey of a Scottish family leaving behind a grim 1970’s Glasgow to experience a new life in Johannesburg during apartheid. The film explores segregation through an account of the […]

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Glasgow Mela Kelvingrove Park Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June 2014

Glasgow Mela  Kelvingrove Park    Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June 2014 – Noon – 8pm Glasgow Mela is Scotland’s biggest muticultural festival. This year’s headline acts include the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, the popular drumming band Dhol Foundation and big name Bhangra acts Sukshinder Shinda and Jaz Dhami. The Mela Bazaar with colourful gifts, […]

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Fast Cuts and Snap Shots by Inua Ellams Mon 2nd – Saty 7th June, 2014 OranMor

Fast Cuts and Snap Shots Written by Inua Ellams Monday 2nd – Saturday 7th June OranMor, top of Byres Road Buy tickets online Fuel in partnership with Oran Mor as part of A Play, A Pie and A Pint and the National Theatre of Scotland present Inua Ellams’ Fast Cuts and Snapshots Winston, Emmanuel and Samuel work […]

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GRIT The Martyn Bennett Story Pachamama Production Tramway Tue 3 – Sat 7 June

GRIT The Martyn Bennett Story Pachamama Production Tramway Tue 3 – Sat 7 June 7:30pm (additional 2pm 5th & 7th) Location: Tramway 1 £6 (schools) £8 – £15 Buy tickets from our box office on 0845 330 3501 RSVP for this event on Facebook A co-production between Pachammama productions, Tramway and Comar. Conceived for the […]

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The Face On The Moon, Sonic Dispace, Blood, Fire and Roses + Neon Knights Saturday, May 31 at 7:30pm The Vale Bar

The Face On The Moon, Sonic Dispace, Blood, Fire and Roses + Neon Knights Saturday, May 31 at 7:30pm       The Vale Bar Toxic Rock Presents The Face On The MoonSonic DispaceBlood, Fire and RosesNeon Knights Doors at 7.30 £6 Entry – 18+ Only The Vale Bar,    5 Dundas Street, Glasgow G1 2AH …

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The Grosvenor Cinema Glasgow, Listings from 30th May, 2014

The Grosvenor Cinema, Ashton Lane, Glasgow G12 Cinema Showings from Friday 30th May, 2014 Telephone to book: 0845 166 6002 The Two Faces of January Fri 30 May 2014 14:15 19:00 Sat 31 May 2014 14:15 19:00 Sun 01 Jun 2014 14:15 19:00 Mon 02 Jun 2014 14:15 Tue 03 Jun 2014 13:40 Wed 04 […]

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Clann An Drumma, Lomond Shores, Saturday 31st May, 2014

Clann An Drumma Scotland’s premier tribal band will be bringing more tribal mayhem to Lomond Shores, Balloch, Saturday 31st May  – around 12.30/3.30 pm http://www.clannandrumma.com/ Lomond Shores, , Ben Lomond Way, Balloch G83 8QL

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West End Festival: Gala with Katie Morag Highland Games 1st June

Gala with Katie Morag Highland Games Sunday 1st June –     at 11:00am – 4:00pm     The Children’s Wood,North Kelvin Meadow (Can be accessed via Kelbourne St or Clouston Street, G20 8PR) Free Calling Katie Morag fans everywhere. Announcing the first ever Katie Morag Highland Games! Highlights include Katie Morag storytelling, special guests Tamara Hedderwick. […]

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Jayz Open Mic, Glasgow South Side, Sunday 1st June

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The Resonators, Tea Gardens, Paisley, 1st June, 2014

69 Causeyside St, Paisley PA1 1YT

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Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan) + support The Arches, Tue 15 Jul 2014

Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan) + support The Arches, Tue 15 Jul 2014| 7pm – 10pm  Advance tickets £16 + £1.60 bf from The Arches  14+ (Under-16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+) 253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL

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Big Rock Candy Records Friday 6th June Broadcast

Big Rock Candy Records presents…. Friday 6th June Broadcast We have Dixie Fried , Jamie Flett Music and Ewan Butler Music Tickets will be on a first come basis on the door, for only £5 For details and links for all artists please follow their page http://ewanbutler.co.uk/ http://dixiefried.co.uk/ http://www.jamieflett.co.uk/

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A Nos Amours Chantal Akerman News From Home CCA Wed 4 June 2014

A Nos AmoursChantal AkermanNews From Home CCA Wed 4 June 2014 7pm, Free, CinemaAges 18+Book online / 0141 352 4900 A Nos AmoursChantal AkermanJe, Tu, Il, Elle (I, You, He She) Tue 10 June 2014 Still from News From Home, 1976. La Chambre (The Room, 1) Director: Chantal Akerman.Belgium 1972, 11m. Akerman’s first experimental film […]

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Movies at The Mack, Mackintosh Church, West End Festival 2014

Mackintosh Queen’s Cross Friday 13 Jun 7:00pm Tickets £8 – 0141 946 6600 NB Pre-booking is recommended at www.bookwhen.com/mackintosh with limited availability on the night. See website for details of times and bookings. www.mackintoshchurch.com The first of our “Movies at the Mack” cinema nights. To tie in with the Galloway Artisans exhibition (the best of […]

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Fading Gigolo15 Friday 23 May – Thursday 5 June, 2014 GFT, 12 Rose Street

Fading Gigolo15 Friday 23 May – Thursday 5 June GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets → In this absurdly hilarious film, Woody Allen plays Murray, a bookseller-turned-pimp to middle-aged florist Fioravante, played by John Turturro. With Murray’s bookshop facing closure, the pair decide to try the world’s oldest profession, offering Fioravante to New York’s wealthy […]

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Looking for Light: Jane Bown, Tuesday 3–Wednesday 4 June, 2014 GFT, 12 Rose Street

Looking for Light: Jane BownN/C 12+ Tuesday 3–Wednesday 4 June GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets →   Since her first black and white portrait of Bertrand Russell in 1949, celebrated photographer Jane Bown has captured everyone from John Lennon to Queen Elizabeth II. Her photos have become iconic definitions of many of the great […]

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Musicwood, Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street Wednesday 4 June 2014

MusicwoodN/C 12+ Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street Wednesday 4 June Buy Tickets → The world’s most famous guitar-makers are on a desperate mission to stop Native American loggers from devastating a primeval forest, threatening their own culture and the future of the acoustic guitar. Focusing on the unexpected and incredibly serious threat to the […]

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Driving Miss Daisy, GFT,12 Rose Street, Sunday 25 May, Tuesday 3 June

Driving Miss DaisyN/C 8+ Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street :Sunday 25 May, Tuesday 3 June Buy Tickets → A stunning comedy-drama play based on the 1989 film of the same name starring two of the world’s greatest living actors – Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones. It tells the affecting story of the decades-long […]

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Dragnet Girl, Sunday 1 June GFT, 12 Rose Street

Dragnet GirlPG Sunday 1 June GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets →   Director Yasujirô Ozu’s silent crime masterpiece is a beautifully composed neon-lit melodrama set in the smoky pool halls and boxing clubs of Yokohama. We follow tough-talking good-time gal Tokiko and her small- time hoodlum boyfriend Joji. The film was one of Ozu’s […]

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Jimmy’s Hall, GFT, Friday 30 May – Thursday 12 June, 2014

Jimmy’s Hall12A Friday 30 May – Thursday 12 June GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets → GFT favourite Ken Loach returns with a true-life period drama about Jimmy Gralton, an Irish political activist who returns to Ireland in 1932, after ten years in the United States. Re-opening a dancehall he previously established in a rural […]

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Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgown One Day Starter Course on Chinese Cinema

Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow One Day Starter Course on Chinese Cinema Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose Street, City Centre Monday 30th June 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. The GFT will be running a one-day starter course on Chinese cinema in conjunction with the Centre for Open Studies. Admission includes a special screening of […]

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Glasgow Clyde College: Art Exhibition 2014, West End Festival

Glasgow Clyde College: Art Exhibition 2014 3 – 6 June, 9 – 12 June 9am to 4.30pm (Mon to Fri only) www.glasgowclyde.ac.uk Glasgow Clyde College is showcasing artwork from HND Contemporary Art Practice, HND Visual Communications, NC Portfolio and NQ Advanced portfolio. The work encompasses sculpture, painting, installation, photography, graphics, illustration and much more. You’re […]

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Margaret Watkins Exhibition, West End Festival, Hidden Lane Gallery 1 – 29 June, 2014

Margaret Watkins Exhibition Hidden Lane Gallery Sun 1 – 29 June Tuesday – Saturday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Canadian-born Margaret Watkins lived a recluse in Hyndland for 35 years. A box she gave to a neighbour contained her life-work: a magnificent collection of photographs, many made in New York 1914 – 1928. Now recognised […]

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Fukushima, Hiroshima, Fukushima, West End Festival Film, 10/11/12 June, 2014

Fukushima, Hiroshima, Fukushima Interfaith Room, University of Glasgow, Chaplaincy, West Quadrangle, University Avenue, G12 Tuesday 10 Jun 2:30pm Wednesday 11 Jun 2:30pm Thursday 12 Jun 2:30pm Limited spaces so please book at info@japandescotland.com www.japandeskscotland.com www.gla.ac.uk/services/chaplaincy Join us for a screening of documentaries created by Japan Desk Scotland, Glasgow-based partnership of two Japanese journalists, about the […]

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Comedy, Cocktail & Canapés, OranMor, 11 and 25 June, 2014

Comedy, Cocktail & Canapés Wed 11th and 25th Of Jun 2014 – The Brasserie OranMor, top of Byres Road, G12 An intimate night of Comedy in The Brasserie Restaurant at Oran Mor, featuring some of the most exciting Up and Coming Comedians in the UK. Included in your ticket price are Cocktails and Canapes on […]

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