Edinburgh Book Festival Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Nick Sharratt
Sat 15 Aug, 2020 10:00 – 10:50 Gruffalos, Conjurors and Teeny Weeny Genies with Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Nick Sharratt Baillie Gifford Children’s Theatre Online Free, online In the first of two bumper Book Festival shows from the award-winning author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson treats you to some lively storytelling from her magical book, The Teeny Weeny […]
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Friday, August 14, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Edinburgh Book Festival, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
James Robertson – Live Author Event
Wednesday 19 August, 2020 at 6 p.m. Online James Robertson with talk about writing historical fiction, taking in the ways that the past lives on in the present, finding connections across different historical eras, and writing about history in the making while living through its events. James Robertson is one of Scotland’s foremost writers, and […]
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
Creative Writing with Marjorie Lofti Gill
Tuesday 18 August, 2020- 6.30-8pm Online Creative Writing Free online session 10 places available Registration and Information This August with Open Book for a shared reading and creative writing workshop led by poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill. Together you will read and discuss passages of fiction and poetry thematically linked to Helen Mirra’s exhibition Acts for […]
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Celebrating Diversity Festival
17 August, 2020 at 18:00 – 23 August, 2020 at 18:00 Hosted by Sheba Arts A week of celebration showcasing original work including: poetry, animation, digital theatre, discussion, visual arts and online crafts for children. Enjoy the festival from your own home. Further information at Sheba Arts at Facebook. including participants including: Parham Ghalamdar (Iranian-born […]
Online launch of new CPO themed short film ‘Something To Lose’
27 August, 2020 at 1 p.m. By Street Cones Free – Register About this Event Hosted by Tom Jackson (Head of Community Justice Glasgow). The film will be shown and then special guests introduced. Please submit your questions live via vimeo, youtube, facebook. Please also share the event using #somethingtolose (so we can give you […]
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Scottish Writers Showcase 3 – Creative Conversations
13 August, 2020, 5.30 p.m. Writing the Ground Beneath Our Feet: Gavin Francis, Mandy Haggith , Kathleen Jamie and Sue Reid Sexton chaired by Elizabeth Reeder Free Event – Register Online About this Event The third in a three event celebration of the best in new Scottish writing, co-organised by Publishing Scotland and University of […]
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Sammy’s Lockdown #5
Sunday, 9 August 2020 from 8 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Hosted by Sammy’s at The Glad and The Glad Cafe Online event At The Glad Cafe’s YouTube channel again bringing you a breathtaking lineup including many of Sammy’s regulars as well as some special turns from Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg, Modern Studies, Duglas T Stewart, Jo […]
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Lockdown Video – Mic Clark
Glasgow Lockdown Video – original music Acoustic Butterfly street art Rebel Bear Scotland end Racism ‘It’s been a bizarre and thought provoking time for everyone during lockdown. As a musician all live work dried up overnight. I found myself trying to keep my mind occupied and at the start of lockdown I fixed up an […]
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Scottish Writers Showcase 2 Creative Conversations
Photo Credits: Claire Armstrong (Armstrong), Cailean Maclean (Campbell) Wednesday 12 August, 2020 – 5.30 p.m. Writing the Past in the Present Angus Peter Campbell, Norman Bissell, and Sarah Armstrong chaired by Colin Herd About this Event The second in a three part celebration of the best in new Scottish writing, co-organised by Publishing Scotland and […]
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Calypso Windrush Caribbean Film Festival
Thursday, 20 August 2020 from 19:00-22:00 A Special Screening of Calypso Dreams & The Glamour Boyz Again Hosted by Women of Colour-Scotland, Windrush Caribbean Film Festival and Patricia Hamazhee and Fraces-Anne Solomon Online event Free via Eventbrite WCFF continues its August INDEPENDENCE SERIES with the films Calypso Dreams and The Glamour Boyz Again, followed by a […]
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Scottish Writers Creative Conversation Showcase
(Photo Credits: Kris Kesiak (Cosgrove), Chris Scott (Jassat), Anna Leader (Nayeri) Tuesday 11 August, 2020 – 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Writing the Personal and the Political: Dina Nayeri, Stuart Cosgrove, Nadine Aisha Jassat and Donald S Murray, chaired by Louise Welsh About this Event The first in a three night series of Creative Conversation […]
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Smokehead Sessions: Dave Arcari – full concert livestream
Monday 17 August, 2020 at 8 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Full length concert livestream…and after show chat brought to you in partnership with Smokehead Islay Single Malt Whisky There will be some exciting news from Smokehead and over-18s based in the UK will have the chance to win something very special during the livestream! Full […]
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Researching Scotland’s Mountain Women: National Library of Scotland
Falling between the cracks: researching Scotland’s mountain women Tuesday 15 September, 2020 5 p.m. Curator Paula Williams explores our collections to find the voices of early women mountaineers and reveal their stories in this webinar. Women’s writing and voices are often hidden and hushed in cultural heritage collections. Vanishing behind their husband’s names, publishing for […]
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Blues ‘n’ Twos with Dave Arcari
Episode 5 with Ismo Haavisto Monday 3 August, 2020 at 8 p.m. Hosted by Dave Arcari Online event Episode five in Dave Arcari’s Blues’n’2s series sees him chat and swap songs with Ismo Haavisto (Finland)…
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Monday, August 3, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Sonnet Youth Social Club #2
Thursday, 6 August 2020 from 20:00-21:30 With Sonnet Youth Kevin P. Gilday The spoken word cabaret night taking the internet by storm! Featuring: One of Scotland’s best known spoken word artists Jenny Lindsay | The world’s first door-to to-door poet Rowan McCabe | comedian Elaine Malcolmson (Breaking the News) | multi-instrumentalist Kapil Seshasayee Supporting artists […]
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Sunday, August 2, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Book Launch: New Shoots Old Roots (2)
6pm Thursday 30th July, 2020 New Shoots Old Roots Vol. II Book Launch Livestreamed on Facebook Street Level Photoworks, in collaboration with the African and Caribbean Women’s Association (ACWA), are delighted to launch the second volume of New Shoots Old Roots – a publication that captures African and Caribbean women’s experiences of coming to and […]
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Duglus T Stewart – Dreaded Light Composer
30 July, July, 7:00 p.m. – 31 July, 2020 8:00 p.m. DREADED LIGHT – NEW INDIE FEATURE FILM #HORROR #PARANORMAL #SPIRITUALISM Live Stream conversation with Dreaded Light Composer Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits and Mark MacNicol Dreaded Light Writer/Director. CROWD FUNDER LINK: https://igg.me/at/dreadedlight/x/4721602#/ STREAM ACCESS LINKS BELOW *SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO DUGLAS OR MARK VIA COMMENTS* FACEBOOK: […]
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
“Monsters, Process and Mayhem” T.L. Huchu in conversation with Chikodili Emelumadu
8pm, Thursday 30th July 2020 Chikodili Emelumadu and T.L. Huchu will be discussing their love of African monsters, the weirD and the craft of writing dope SFF. Hosted by Shoreline Of Infinity Online event Book Tickets – Pay What You Can Event on Facebook
Thursday, July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
Alice – Watch Online GFT
GFT is delighted to be partnering with Eureka Entertainment to offer audiences a 10% discount for ‘virtual cinema’ screenings of Alice Available to watch from 24 July, 2020 GFT will receive a portion of income from any virtual tickets they sell, so you can watch a great film and support GFT at the same time. […]
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
The Traitor Glasgow Film Theatre Online
GFT is delighted to be partnering with Modern Films on ‘virtual cinema’ screenings of The Traitor. Available to watch from 24 July, 2020 The cinema will receive a portion of income from any virtual GFT tickets sold, so you can watch a great film and support GFT at the same time. About the film The Traitor tells the […]
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Her Century – National Library of Scotland
Her Century – Scotland’s Women on Film Premiering on Monday 20 July and then screening for free online, Her Century is a curated collection of archive films telling the stories of Scotland’s women from the past 100 years. A collaboration between the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive and Film Hub Scotland, this is an exciting opportunity to uncover […]
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Scenes for Survival Courier Culture
National Theatre for Scotland 8th July, 2020 – 9 p.m. A rookie fast food bike courier races the clock as he navigates the streets of post-Covid Glasgow. Pondering his new status as a Key Worker – and dreaming of something even bigger – he plots his way across a daunting new landscape, featuring abusive customers, […]
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Monday, July 6, 2020 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy, Zoom and online events
Summer Art Sessions Woodlands Community
Wednesday, 8th July, 2020 at 2 p.m. (And three following Wednesdays at 2) Families and Children Sam Macgregor is a local artist, who offers workshops based around the environment and recycling through her company Funk-yard Arts. She is currently training to become an art therapist with an interest in how making art can impact positively […]
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Saturday, July 4, 2020 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Classes and Workshops, Community event, Coronavirus, Woodlands Community, Zoom and online events
Sonnet Youth Social Club
Thursday 9 July, 2020 Sonnet Youth Social Club brings together some of our favourite artists to create that unique SY vibe and stream incredible performances direct to your homes. LINE-UP: Hannah Lavery Hannah is a short story writer, poet and playwright. Her pamphlet of short fiction, Rocket Girls, was published by Postbox Press (Oct 2018) […]
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Climate Change The Facts David Attenborough Savvy Film
Tuesday 7th July, 2020 BBC documentary from David Attenborough, “Climate Change – The Facts” This one hour documentary looks at the science behind climate change, some of the impacts around the world and some potential solutions. This event will be taking place in collaboration between Arran Eco Savvy and Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council […]
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A Northern Extravaganza with Shetlandic Poets Christie Williamson and Roseann Watt
A Northern Extravaganza in the Land of Zoom 30 June, 2020 – 7 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. Free – For Members of Scottish Writers Centre Email to arrange membership A Northern extravaganza in the Land of Zoom. Join Shetlandic poets Christie Williamson and Roseanne Watt for an evening of poetry and discussion. Roseanne Watt is a poet, […]
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
Sunset Sessions with Alan Frew
Friday 19 June, 2020 at 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. Live Stream – Sunset Acoustic Sessions Alan will be playing some new songs and taking requests. www.facebook.com/alanfrewmusic
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Friday, June 19, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Joan of Arc Glasgow Film Theatre – Virtual Cinema
GFT is partnering with Modern Films on ‘virtual cinema’ screenings of Joan of Arc from 19 June. GFT will receive a portion of income from any virtual GFT tickets sold. Joan of Arc at Glasgow Film Theatre Price £9.99 Watch At Home About the Film Bruno Dumont makes the bold choice of casting a 10 year old […]
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Thursday, June 18, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Coronavirus, Zoom and online events
‘Here Comes The Moon’ – live stream single launch Starry Skies
Thursday, 25 June, 2020 at 8 p.m. Warren McIntyre of Starry Skies will be playing 7 songs to mark the release of new single ‘Here Comes the Moon’. New track is a full tempo garage pop love song produced by Matt Harvey in Maybank Studios, Glasgow and mastered by producer Kramer. The track is a […]
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Black Lives Matter – Anti-Racism Community Reflection on Zoom
Wednesday, 17 June, 2020 5.30 p.m.- 7 p.m. Woodlands Community have been doing a lot reflecting about their response to the current international outcry for racial justice. They realise that though posting on social media can show momentary solidarity for Black Lives, a true commitment to anti-racist work is shown in the days, months and […]
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Saturday, June 13, 2020 | Filed under: Community event, Woodlands Community, Zoom and online events
