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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..

Charlie Gracie’s Testimonial at Scottish Writers

Charlie Gracie's Testimonial

Tuesday 2 May, 2023 at 7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD An evening of celebration and appreciation for former chair Charlie Gracie’s writing and contribution to the writing life of Scotland. Writers Groups: how they work and how they are vital to Scottish Writing. Charlie Gracie, former […]

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Aye Write 2023 tickets now on sale

aye write 2023

PRE-SALE TICKETS OUT NOW First chance to secure your tickets for this year’s event from 27 April, 2023. The much-loved celebration of books and literature makes its highly anticipated return this year with a packed and dynamic programme. More than 120 events will showcase a broad range of both established and emerging writing talent. These […]

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Inaugural Charity Golf Day Glasgow – looking for golfers

inaugural golf day

Glasgow’s Golden Generation is looking for golfers to take part in their inaugural Charity Golf Day, sponsored by Onside Advisory Ltd, taking place at Cawder Golf Club On Friday 15th September 2023. Full details

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Take 2: Winnie the Pooh at GFT

winnie the pooh

Saturday 20 April, 2023 at 11.30 am Three stories inspired by A A Milne add up to a very busy day for Winnie the Pooh and friends. Upon learning that Eeyore has lost his tail, the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood start a contest to see who can find a new one for the melancholy donkey […]

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World Drug Free Powerlifting Championships

world drug free federation

3 – 5 November, 2023 Venue to be confirmed but will be in Glasgow Scotland has been given the honour of hosting theWorld Drug free Powerlifting Championships (WDFPF) which are set to take place between Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th of November. This will be a truly international event bringing together up to 150- 200 […]

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Lids Open Day – Spring 2023

lids open day spring 2023

Friday May 5th 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Recital Room, City Halls, 100 Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1NQ A little known gem of a piano If you have never heard or played the Steinway Concert Grand in the Recital Room, then you are in for a treat. It is 15 yrs since Glasgow […]

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Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green at ByGoneCon

ByGone Con poster

Saturday 29 April, 2023 East Kilbride Library, The Olympia Shopping Centre, Churchill Ave, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 1PG (The Library is located at the Ice rink and Cinema end of the shopping arcade.) Friends of People’s Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green (FPPWGGG) have been invited back to the library by South Lanarkshire Libraries Heritage […]

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CamGlen Presents Warren Starry Skies, Nico Ev, Alannah Moar and Flew The Arrow

no 18 the venue

Friday 28 April, 2023, 7.30 – 11 p.m. Warren Starry Skies will be joined by Nico Ev, Alannah Moar and Flew The Arrow. No 18 Venue, 18 Farmeloan Rd, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 1DL CamGlen Presents the next of their monthly gigs at No. 18 Venue on 28th April 2023. Come along and enjoy a night […]

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The Three Colours Trilogy 4K remastered

the three colours trilogy

21 – 27 April, 2023 Newly remastered in 4K, Krzysztof Kieślowski‘s award-winning trilogy explores the French Revolutionary ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood, and their relevance to the contemporary world. It is a snapshot of European life at a time of reconstruction after the Cold War, reflected through the filmmaker’s moralist view of human nature and […]

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One Fine Morning at Glasgow Film Theatre

one fine morning

14 – 25 April, 2023 Inspired by the death of her father, Mia Hansen-Løve’s deeply personal film is a touching reflection on love and loss and features a luminous Léa Seydoux as interpreter Sandra. A single mother, Sandra is faced with the twin responsibilities of a growing daughter and an ailing father in Georg (Pascal Greggory), a former philosophy […]

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Take 2: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On at Glasgow Film Theatre

Marcel the shell with shoes on

Saturday 22 April, 2023 at 11.30 a.m. When struggling filmmaker Dean (writer-director Dean Fleischer Camp) moves into an Airbnb, he discovers he is not alone. Marcel (Jenny Slate), an adorable one-inch-tall shell, already lives there with his grandmother Connie (Isabella Rossellini) and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, Marcel and […]

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Loving Highsmith at Glasgow Film Theatre

Loving Highsmith

24 – 27 April, 2023 A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith through her diaries, notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family. Focusing on Highsmith’s quest for love and her troubled identity, the film sheds new light on her life and writing. Most of her novels were adapted […]

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Cairo Conspiracy at Glasgow Film Theatre

cairo conspiracy

21 – 27 April, 2023 The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor), follows Adam, a young man who is offered a place to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest-ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam […]

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May Day Glasgow 2023 – Maryhill Integration Network

may day 2023 maryhill integration nerwork

2 May, 2023 – 5 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. Flourish House 23-25 Ashley Street Glasgow G3 6DR Find out about the origins of the famous political slogan “Bread and Roses” and learn how to make bread from across the world. Free event – register at EventBrite ‘Bread for all, and Roses too!’ a bread making workshop […]

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Red Squirrel Press Showcase – Scottish Writers Centre

red squirrell press

Tuesday 18 April, 2023 Scottish Writers presents rich and stimulating poetry from nine vital voices brought to the world by one of Scotland’s most prolific and cherished publishers Come along to the Scottish Writers Centre and celebrate these publications from nine poets published since the pandemic. Ready to enrich your world with poetry. They are: […]

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Friday, April 14, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Mary Quant Fashion Revolutionary at Kelvingrove Art Gallery

Mary Quant Exhibition kelvingrove

(Image:Credit Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) Exhibition open 20 May – 22 October 2023 Our thoughts are with Dame Mary Quant’s family, friends, colleagues and fans. Quant revolutionised the high street with her subversive and playful designs for a younger generation The V&A’s major retrospective of Dame Mary Quant, one of […]

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A Rare Glimpse of Shakespeare’s First Folio at The Hunterian Art Gallery

First Folio

22 and 23 April, 2023 The 400th birthday of The First Folio 2023 marks the 400th birthday of The First Folio, the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. 23 April is celebrated as Shakespeare’s birthday and this year you can celebrate by seeing Shakespeare’s First Folio for yourself at the Hunterian Art Gallery. The […]

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Godland at GFT

godland

14 – 20 April, 2023 Hlynur Pálmason’s (A White, White Day; Winter Brothers) extraordinary third feature follows Danish Lutheran priest, Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove), on his task to establish a parish in the barren wilds of Iceland where the locals are less than receptive to his spiritual advances. However, Lucas remains both in awe of and […]

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Thursday, April 13, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema

SCCAN Stories for Change – PLACE Workshop

sccan stories for change workshop

Tuesday 18 APRIL, 2023, 10 a.m. until 1.30 p.m. – ONLINE Learn how to write about place in this Write Here, Write Now workshop from SCCAN Storyteller Collective! Book a place at Eventbrite Free places for concessions As writers on climate we have the ability to let places, their past, present and possible futures speak […]

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Blue Bag Life plus Q & A with directors at Glasgow Film Theatre

blue bag life

Thursday 13 April, 2023 at 6 p.m. Winner of the Audience Award at BFI London Film Festival and Hainan International Film Festival, Blue Bag Life follows Lisa, whose life since childhood has been devastated by the effects of heroin. The blue ‘baggies’ the drug comes in symbolise the destruction of the relationship between her addict mother and […]

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema

Evil Dead 11 at Glasgow Film Theatre

evil dead 11

Friday, 14 April, 2023 at 11 p.m. Aspecial late night screening of the second — and what many believe to be the best — in the Evil Dead series, on the big screen. Stuck in a wooden cabin, Ash (Bruce Campbell) and some friends find themselves battling for their lives against demons summoned from the dead. Evil […]

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Storm Damage at Glasgow Film Theatre

storm damage

Saturday 15 April, 2023 at 5 p.m. Written by actor and screenwriter Lennie James, and rarely screened since its release in 2000, Storm Damage is an emotionally powerful, imaginative and complex portrayal of the experiences of young people living within a care home in Brixton’s Angel Town. In this culturally significant story, Danny (Adrian Lester) is an idealistic Black […]

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In The Court Of The Crimson King at Glasgow Film Theatre

in the court of the crimson king

14 – 20 April, 2023 A fascinating look at prog-rock giants King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King is a dark, comic film for anyone who wonders whether it is worth sacrificing everything for just a single moment of transcendence. For more than 50 years Robert Fripp, also famous for his work with David Bowie and Brian Eno, has overseen a unique creative environment in which […]

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Decision To Leave at Glasgow Film Theatre

Decision to leave

14 – 19 April, 2023 What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) takes his renowned stylistic flair to dizzying new heights in this seductive thriller. From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his […]

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Raging Bull at Glasgow Film Theatre

raging bull

14 – 19 April, 2023 This eight-time Academy Award-nominated feature from Martin Scorsese stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, the middleweight boxing champion who was known as ‘The Bronx Bull’ and ‘The Raging Bull’ during his brief reign. LaMotta channelled his tough childhood into the ring, where his aggression became a way of tackling deep-seated anxieties and emotional […]

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Suzume (PG) at Glasgow Film Theatre

suzume

14 – 20 April, 2023 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Director Makoto Shinkai is back with another astonishing adventure. Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town when she encounters a young man ‘looking for a door’. Suzume finds a single weathered door, standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was […]

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Spring Into The Wild Escape at The Hunterian

spring into the wild

Hunterian Zoology Museum Graham Kerr Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Free entry, drop-in basis! Bring your little explorers down to ‘The Wild Escape’ at the Hunterian Zoology Museum this spring holiday where you can explore the animals, enjoy arts and crafts, activities and follow the endangered animal children’s trail! With the help of their […]

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Nemo Arts Spring Showcase at Websters Theatre

Nemo Arts Spring Showcase

Monday, 17 April, 2023 Promoting Good Health and Mental Wellbeing Through the Arts Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ. Nemo Arts is a charity that provides free creative classes for adults, and exists to support people in recovery from poor mental health. Our creative workshops have a focus on mental wellbeing, teaching […]

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Yvonne Lyon in Concert at Cottiers

yvonne lyon

Friday, 21 April, 2023 Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Singer/songwriter Yvonne Lyon presents a stunning collection of songs from her most recent album Growing Wild. Tickets: Adults – £17.00 Concessions – £12.00 Children – £10.00 Buy tickets All ticket prices include a £2.00 booking fee. This is applicable to all tickets including those bought […]

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