I 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. In Conversation with Armando Iannucci GFF2022
6 March, 2022 at 5.45 p.m. At Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Glasgow Film Festival Glasgow-born Armando Iannucci has been the inspirational creative force behind some of our favourite things, from The Day Today to The Thick Of It and The Death Of Stalin, to The Personal History Of David Copperfield. Iannucci’s […]
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Thursday, February 17, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Pat's Home Page Blog
a-ha the movie at Glasgow Film Festival 2022
UK Premiere – 4 and 5 March, 2022 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB a-ha were the first Norwegian stars to break through into international fame. Their iconic synth-pop single ‘Take on Me’ catapulted them onto the world stage and garnered them adoring fans across the globe. With new band interviews and unreleased behind […]
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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – Theatre Royal
1 – 5 March, 2022 Theatre Royal, 282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA Direct from London, the acclaimed production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is coming to Glasgow. Step through the wardrobe into the magical kingdom of Narnia for the most mystical of adventures in a faraway land. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter […]
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| Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Flight of the Dragonfly Open Word
22 February, 2022 at 7.30 – 9.30 pm Online – Free A fabulous evening of poetry and prose Excited to be back in 2022 with a wonderful array of talented readers and amazing guests – Linda Jackson and Andy Breckenridge Register for Event seahorsepublications.com
Big screen talent attending GFF2022
Many famous folk expected in town for this years film festival Walking the red carpet between 2 – 13 March will be: Alan Cumming, Jack Lowden, Martin Compston, Lulu, Armando Iannucci, Sienna Guillory and Anders Danielsen Lie. Directors attending Premieres Directors including Ruth Paxton, Iciar Bollain, Thomas Robsahm and Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic will attend their […]
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2022
Scottish Writers Centre: Flooers fae thi fillin-stayshun
Words from the heart SWC Speakeasy Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 at 7 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD BOOK NOW SWC’s First Speakeasy and Event of 2022. Come and share your work! 12 readers at 5 mins each. Contact John for a slot! or more information. Cunningly avoiding the feasts and frolics of […]
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A Valentine’s Day Poem by Rizwan Akhtar
The Train ever since that day a memory keeps shivering on a white table sheet with a stain of a cup’s bottom discovered a small wish silence swallowed I nabbed your hands like a desperate commuter though the last train is totally empty symptoms pointed paradoxes kept for the rest of the journey a dream […]
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Monday, February 14, 2022 | Filed under: Love Poems, Stories and Tales from Glasgow writers, Poetry, Valentines Day Glasgow
The Carrbridge Rose – Brian Whittingham
A poem about love: THE CARRBRIDGE ROSE The Packhorse Bridge arches its back like a grey stone rainbow over the hard flowing river hurtling past banks of snowy ice. We explore chatting holding hands ever so slight as if young love though we are not. Our pasts ensure we tread warily. Not knowing where these […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Love Poems, Stories and Tales from Glasgow writers, stories and poems, Valentine's Day Glasgow 2016, Valentines Day Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, writers, Writing
On the West Highland Line – Linda Jackson
(Image: Alan Mitchell / A Glasgow – Fort William train climbs onto Rannoch Moor – Wikipedia) A poem about the vulnerability of loving First published Dec 2021 in Wanderlust Women, available from www.seahorsepublications.com On the West Highland Line Linda Jackson Lost, my love there standing, Lochaber light and wildness capturing his rush to know everything. […]
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Mary Irvine’s Blog: What Exactly Is Love?
Go into any good coffee shop today and we are faced with an amazing range of words to describe the specific coffee we require. Gone are the days when black or white sufficed. Cappuccino, espresso, latte, macchiato, au lait, espresso, Turkish, Vienna, frappé, filter (how mundane) instant (ugh) liqueur not to mention all the variants! […]
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Sunday, February 13, 2022 | Filed under: Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene, Pat's Home Page Blog, Valentines Day Glasgow
Balloch Open Mic on Zoom
14 February, 2022 at 7 p.m. Poetry and Prose from various local writers. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 868 5436 9222 Passcode: 9XKffC Reminder – ‘LIVE’ open Mic at Balloch House Hotel first Monday in March. Hugh McMillan is headline act. Check out facebook for further details…
Poetry for Valentine’s Day by Donna Campbell
(Image by Raluca Stoiciu from Pixabay ) Wish you were Here (Paris was built for Lovers) Today I wondered down the banks of the Seine, passed couples chaining love locks inscribed with their name and the date of when they first met before throwing the key into the water so no other could unlock the bond between […]
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Eusebi Italian Deli and Restaurant, Park Road, Kelvinbridge, G4
152 Park Road, Glasgow, G4 9HB 0141 648 9999 www.eusebideli.com Born in Italy – Made in Glasgow Eusebi’s Brunch perfect for Valentine’s Day Keep up to date on Facebook. Eddie, Giovanna Eusebi and their team are clearly in their element offering up the very best pasta, pizza plus wonderful salads and amazing sweets – all […]
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Poetry at Inn Deep
Tuesday, 15 February, 2022 – 8 p.m. 445 Great Western Road, Glasgow West End G12 8HH Three Featured Performers: Gray Crosbie-Kinnaird, Jim Monaghan, Mark Richardson Plus open mic with ten acts Every Tuesday Msg the page to reserve a 5 min spot. Poetry starts at 8PM Free inn Hosted by @samsmallpoetry
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10 Things I Hate About You at GFT
14 February, 2022 at 6.15 p.m. This special Valentine’s Day screening of the classic 1990s romcom will include an introduction from the GFT Youth Board. The Stratford sisters’ father has one rule: popular Bianca can date only when her antisocial and angry sister Kat does. When Bianca recruits school newcomer Cameron to find a date […]
Casablanca at GFT
14 February 2022 at 2.45 p.m. Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the greatest love story ever told with our special Valentine’s screenings of Casablanca. The Second World War, Morocco – a viper’s nest of corrupt French police, spies, fleeing émigrés, gamblers and drinkers. It’s the perfect place for weary American expatriate nightclub owner Rick Blaine to […]
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Punch Drunk Love at GFT
14 February, 2022 – 20.35 p.m. If Licorice Pizza has left you hungry for more big screen Paul Thomas Anderson, consider this 35mm screening of Punch-Drunk Love our Valentine’s Day gift to you. Shifting gears from his more sprawling works, Anderson’s 2002 character drama drew an unlikely career-best performance from Adam Sandler as beleaguered small business-owner Barry Egan. Barry’s lonely life […]
Touched – Cape Collective and Invisible Women at GFT
14 February, 2022 at 8.05 p.m. This screening is followed by a recorded Q&A. Part of LGBT History Month Celebrate the diversity and fluidity of desire with Touched, an alternative Valentine’s Day screening showcasing sensuous short films by female and non-binary filmmakers. Co-curated by collectives T A P E and Invisible Women, this subversive and surprising programme connects filmmakers […]
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Licorice Pizza at Glasgow Film Theatre
13 – 17 February, 2022 Tracking the treacherous navigation of first love, the film tells the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine as they grow up, run around and fall in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. The young couple are played by Alana Haim from the band Haim and Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip […]
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Flee Glasgow Film Theatre
12 – 24 February, 2022 Part of LGBT History Month Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, Flee is a testament to friendship, family and acceptance. This tender interview between film director Jonas and his school friend Amin, years after they first met, blossoms into an extraordinary story of love, […]
Poetry for Valentine’s Day by Finola Scott
long-distance love through dark your voice slips trouble-thick with exams rent partner too far away in miles and years to kiss to make better too far in years and miles I spin a bright cat’s cradle of words to hold you soothe you but […]
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Saturday, February 12, 2022 | Filed under: Love Poems, Stories and Tales from Glasgow writers, Poetry, Valentines Day Glasgow, Writing
Flash Fiction for Valentine’s Day – Leela Soma
Love at First Sight? Smitten, I’ve been hit by the golden tip of Cupid’s arrow. Second date? See you tomorrow, same time, same place? Tom xxx He waited two hours wait. It was midnight, is she going to respond? He tossed and turned in bed. Let him wait a bit, play a little hard to get? […]
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Extinction Rebellion Glasgow University Meeting
16 February, 2022 Extinction Rebellion Glasgow University University of Glasgow Weekly XRGU meeting, always held somewhere on campus on Wednesday evening. The exact time and location will be announced in the coming days, once it’s confirmed. Keep a look out on Facebook See how to get involved and keep up to date. Discussion this week […]
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Glasgow Against Closures – Protest Glasgow CC Budget
Thursday 17 February, 2022 at 10 a.m. Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, City Centre No Cuts. No Closures. No Sell-offs. No Job Losses. Save Our Venues! Join Glasgow Against Closures, UNISON, Unite and GMB for a joint protest at the proposed Glasgow City Council Budget for 2022-23. Glasgow needs investment in our buildings, facilities and […]
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Friday, February 11, 2022 | Filed under: Community event
Scottish Slam Poetry Final 2022
Saturday 12 March, 2022 at 2 pm – 4.30pm Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113 – 117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Buy Tickets Live poetry competition to decide the Scottish Slam Champion of 2022. A dozen winners of slam throughout the past year vie for the chance to become Scottish Champion., scoop the cash prize money […]
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Thursday, February 10, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Compass Gallery: Gary Anderson RSW : Thoughts and Contemplations
Compass Gallery A group of recent works from the artist Gary Anderson. Gary Anderson RSW Thoughts and Contemplations Gary Anderson, born in Glasgow, studied Drawing & Painting at Glasgow School of Art graduating in 1984 with a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art. He had early success, winning the John D Kelly Award in 1981. […]
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Craft and Flea, Makers Market, Glasgow
Saturday 12 February, 2021, 11am – 5pm Briggait, Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZ A wonderful Spring makers market featuring 40 incredible independent traders Shop SMALL and shop LOCAL in our authentic crafty twist on the traditional flea-market with a huge selection of products from illustration to vintage bric-a-brac, plants to jewellery, ceramics to candles and SO […]
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| Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Markets, Shopping
Galas and Premiers Glasgow Film Festival 2022
Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – 2 – 13 March GFF22 will open with the UK premiere of The Outfit a gripping and masterful thriller starring Academy Award winner Mark Rylance. The closing Gala – UK premiere of the Camera d’Or-winning Murina, a tense family drama directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović and executive-produced by Martin Scorsese. […]
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
An Evening with Louise Welsh ‘The Second Cut’
Thursday 17 February, 2022 at 7 pm Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW Thrilling and atmospheric, The Second Cut delves into the dark side of twenty-first century Glasgow. Twenty years on from his appearance in The Cutting Room, Rilke is still walking a moral tightrope between good and bad, saint and sinner. Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd Twenty years […]
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Monday, February 7, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
SCCAN Let’s Talk About Food Online Event
Monday 7 February, 2022 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Scottish Communities Climate Action Network Event by Propagate, Peace & Justice Tickets Register at Eventbrite Interested in Food or working on a food growing project, a community garden, a community fridge, eco-recipes? Join a networking café on Food: Community Fridges, Food Redistribution, Community Gardening / Growing. Share local […]
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