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Summer Nights at The Bandstand, Kelvingrove Park, 2014

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The Grosvenor Cinema, Listings, from Friday 16th May, 2014

The Grosvenor, Ashton Lane Telephone to book: 0845 166 6002 Listings from Friday 16th May Bad Neighbours Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of BAD NEIGHBOURS, a comedy about a young couple who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby. Fri 16 […]

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Cinema at St Enoch Centre

This May, St. Enoch centre turns 25! To celebrate the Centre is screening some classic family films from the late 80s, in association with Glasgow Film Festival. Big – Saturday 24th May at 2pm This is a fantastic way to revisit your youth or experience some classic family films if you missed them the first […]

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Death Line Monday 19 May GFT

Death Line Monday 19 May GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets → Something grisly is going on in the tunnels of the London Underground in Gary Sherman’s criminally neglected and utterly unique British horror classic Death Line, a compellingly unexpected combination of emotional intensity, cannibalism and violence. With a ferocious cult following, (Guillermo del Toro […]

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Rebel Without a Cause, Sunday 18 May, Tuesday 20 May GFT

Rebel Without a Cause Sunday 18 May, Tuesday 20 May GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets → Almost half a century after his death, James Dean remains a potent symbol of misunderstood adolescence. Rebel Without a Cause features one of his most indelible performances as a youngster frustrated by the timid conformity of his parents’ […]

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Omar, Sunday 18 May GFT

Omar Sunday 18 May GFT, 12 Rose Street The titular Omar (Adam Bakri) is a thoughtful young baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to visit his love, Nadia. When he is captured by the Israeli military for his involvement in the random murder of an Israeli soldier, he is forced to become an […]

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Best of Iris 2013 Sunday 18 May GFT

Best of Iris 2013 Sunday 18 May GFT, 12 Rose Street

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The Boot, Saturday 17 May GFT

The Boot Saturday 17 May GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets → A little girl, Samaneh, pesters her mother to buy her red boots, then loses one, then tries to find it. The story is fairy-tale simple, but the emotions swell, like in Bicycle Thieves. Director Mohammad-Ali Talebi had been working with children for years, […]

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A Touch of Sin Friday 16–Thursday 22 May GFT

A Touch of Sin Friday 16–Thursday 22 May GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy Tickets → Inspired by real-life events, this film constructs a disturbing fresco of injustice and frustration. An ex-miner enraged by corruption, a migrant worker, a sauna receptionist and a youngster working impossibly long hours are the abused, downtrodden citizens who eventually turn […]

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Fred and Horace Collins, A History of Scottish Variety Theatre

Remembering Fred and Horace Collins The Heart of Scottish Variety Theatre for 44 Years by Ross Collins I always thought there was something odd about my surname. Our family name was Collins but the nameplate on our front door read ‘Collins Nelson’. Nelson is my middle name too. As a child growing up in the […]

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Woodlands Community Development Trust, May Events 2014

FUNDRAISING PICNIC SUNDAY 18th MAY, 1-3pmJoin us in the garden this Sunday for a fundraising picnic jointly hosted by Woodlands Garden and West End ACTS. Serving up freshly made seasonal soup, sensational salads, tea and tasty cakes. With the chance to win prizes in a raffle, buy our new hand designed garden T shirts and […]

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The Hellfire Club, Glasgow Because the Night (of the 24 May, 2014)

The Hellfire Club, Glasgow Because the Night (of the 24 May, 2014) With The Hellfire Club returns to The Griffin bar on Saturday 24 May.  This time we are going to be playing some songs by the ‘boss’, Bruce Springsteen, and we will be joined by some great guests. First off, we are very lucky […]

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Rebecca Pronsky, Friday 27 June, CCA, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow with Findlay Napier

Rebecca Pronsky June-July 2014 UK Tour Accompanied by Rich Bennett on guitar www.rebeccapronsky.com   Friday 27  June, CCA, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow with Findlay Napier Rebecca Pronsky is a born and raised Brooklynite whose music is “as urban as it is rural, not afraid to be sophisticated” (Maverick). Her songs are gritty and dark, layered and dreamy, bravely disobeying […]

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Glasgow gigs: Ian Sherwood and Scott MacDonald Woodend Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, Wednesday 14 May

Ian Sherwood and Scott MacDonald Wednesday 14th May Sounds in the Suburbs Woodend Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club One of the great things about putting on gigs at Woodend is being able to put on some of my favourite acts and enjoy their performances at close quarters. The other great thing is finding new acts […]

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A Night at the Opera Saturday May 24th at 7.30pm St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kelvinbridge

A Night at the Opera Saturday May 24th at 7.30pm St. Mary’s Cathedral, Great Western Rd G4 9JB Having performed at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Cheltenham Festival and the Barbican Centre Scottish soprano, Sophie Kochanowska, returns to St Mary’s Cathedral to present this opera gala concert. She will be joined by RCS […]

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CCA Art Politics 9 May Films by Glasgow based artists

Glasgow University Art Politics Subject Area: Artist’s Film Screenings Fri 9 May 2014 6pm, Free on the door, Cinema Ages 16+ 0141 352 4900 A short programme of films by Glasgow-based artists:Tom Varley – Violence. Silence.Maja Borg – On Your Back Woman! (by Wolf Madame)Rachel Sharpe – InterzoneAnne-Marie Copestake – And Under That Introduced by […]

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Bad Neighbours The Grosvenor Ashton Lane 9-15 May

Bad Neighbours 9-15 May 0845 166. 6002

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Blue Rain.The Grosvenor Ashton Lane 9 -13 May

Blue Rain 9 – 13 May 0845 166 6002

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The Wind Rises GFT Glasgow 9 -15 May

Director Hayao Miyazaki’s last film before retirement, and based on a manga of the same name, The Wind Rises is the fictionalised biography of Jiro Horikoshi, a designer of fighter aircraft used by the Empire of Japan in the Second World War. Taking its title from a Paul Valéry poem, the film eloquently moves from […]

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Norman McLaren Centenary Film GFT Glasgow 25 May

Norman McLaren Centenary Film TourPGDates Showing:Sunday 25 May To celebrate McLaren’s incredible catalogue of films and his enduring legacy, McLaren 2014 in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada, present this special screening of classic McLaren short films that will delight and inspire. This screening features films from the National Film Board of Canada […]

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McLaren 2914 GFT Glasgow April to August

McLaren 2014 is a programme celebrating the centenary of pioneering Scottish artist, filmmaker and musician, Norman McLaren. This programme explores McLaren’s life and work through an extensive programme of events, screenings, exhibitions and workshops that will take place across Scotland and the rest of the UK from April to August 2014.

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Frank GFT 9 May

Frank15 GFT Friday 9–Thursday 22 May A down-on-his-luck wannabe musician, spends as much time tweeting about composing music as he does actually trying to create his big hit. One day he finds himself drafted in to play keyboard for an avant-garde music group led by the incredibly enigmatic Frank, a musical virtuoso whose talent is […]

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Before the W inter Chill , GFT, 9 – 22 May

Before the Winter Chill15Dates Showing:Friday 9–Thursday 22 MayShow Times: times vary [ see showings ]Buy Tickets →Share:Philippe Claudel’s intriguing psychological thriller skillfully dissects the comforting familiarity of a middle-class marriage. Life has been good to Paul (Daniel Auteuil), a neurosurgeon who has been married to (Kristin Scott Thomas) for thirty years. However, when Paul starts […]

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Drumchapel Food Bank

Drumchapel Food Bank are taking every precaution possible with regard to Covid-19   See list most needed items FAO VOLUNTEERS. – If you are over the age of 70 and have ANY underlying issues, please remain at home. – Bring your own lunch as lunch will now not be provided – Hands must be sanitised […]

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Marion McCready and Friends, Tell it Slant, 16 May, 2014

Eyewear Publishing   launches Marion McCready’s Melita Hume winning debut Tree Language     Tell It Slant, 134 Renfrew Street, G3 6ST   Friday 16 May 7 p.m.   Just before her launch in London. Marion McCready will be joined by several guest readers.   Other readers: Samuel Tongue, Katherine Sowerby and Ross Wilson.

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Refugee Week Scotland / Welcome / 16 – 22 June 2014

Refugee Week Scotland Refugee Week Scotland / Welcome / 16 – 22 June 2014 This summer Scotland will host the Commonwealth Games, and with visitors coming from all over the world, what better time for Refugee Week Scotland to take on the theme of ‘welcome’. (Photo: Iman Tajik) But it’s not just visitors we want […]

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Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure 21 May 2014, 5:30 p.m. Glasgow Women’s Library

Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure 21 May 2014, 5:30 p.m. Glasgow Women’s Library Join in play reading, featuring some all-women plays. No acting skills required, just sit with a cup of tea and muck in. Or just pop along and listen. £2 Glasgow Women’s Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP

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Tales ‘n Tunes: Ceilidh for Kids Merry Go Round, Strathbungo 18 May 2014, 1:00 p.m.

Tales ‘n Tunes: Ceilidh for Kids Merry Go Round, Strathbungo 18 May 2014, 1:00 p.m. Ceilidh dancing and stories. £5 Merry-Go-Round 32–34 Nithsdale Road Strathbungo, Glasgow, G41 2AN

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Family Garden Collage Day 17th May, 2014 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Family Garden Collage Day 17th May, 2014 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Come and make your very own garden collage with Scottish artist Leo du Feu and RSPB Glasgow at the Kelvingrove! Using the fantastic gardens of the Kelvingrove Park. Learn how to capture the colours and shapes and create a garden of your own.Working […]

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Bookbug Session 15 May 2014, 10:00 a.m. Langside Halls

Bookbug Session 15 May 2014, 10:00 a.m. Langside Halls Rhymes, stories and songs to stimulate and delight wee ones. Suitable for under threes. Langside Halls 5 Langside Avenue Shawlands, Glasgow, G41 2QR

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