TUESDAY 15
The Linton String Quartet The Stakis Grosvenor Hotel. Great Western Road. 339 8811. 2.30—4.30pm. £5.50 (£5). Mix your tea and cakes with the sounds of Gershwin. Leroy Anderson. Richard and Johann Strauss. as well as traditional Scottish and Irish melodies. Gaelic Culture Workshops Kelvinside Hillhead Church. Observatory Road. 339 2865. 7—9pm. £3.50 (from John Smith‘s. Byres Road). Gaelic singing.
Friends Of Glasgow West Meeting place on ticket. 7pm. £5 (from John Smith's. Byres Road). Walking tour of the Park Circus area. described by Lord Esher as the fittest example of Victorian town planning in Great Britain.
Dunbartonshire Concert Band's Summer Concert St. John‘s chfield Church. Beaconsfield Road. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). Performance ranging from 16th through to 19th century Russian classics. as well as Gustav Holst and Duke Ellington‘s Big Band favourites.
WEDNESDAY 16
Sarah Jane Brown Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £7 (£5). The divine soprano returns after her critical triumph in 1998 with a new programme including works by Bernstein. Kurt Weill. Mozart and Richard Strauss.
THURSDAY 17
I Don't Have An Accent - You Do! Kelvinside Hillhead Church. Observatory Road. 1.10—2pm. Local linguist and phonetician Derek Rogers - who can order a cup of tea in seven languages — hosts an interactive tour through ‘funny noises‘ proving that it’s always the other person who has the accent.
Gaelic Culture Workshops Kelvinside Hillhead Church. Observatory Road. 339 2865. 7—9pm. £3.50 (from John Smith‘s. Byres Road). Step dancing. More information on 339 2022.
Friends Of Glasgow West Meeting place on ticket. 7pm. £5 (from John Smiths. Byres Road). Walking tour of tenement design in the West End. Love's Labour's Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library, Byres Road. The unconventional theatre troupe Flexible Deadlock present a promenade-style performance of Shakespeare‘s comedy of romantic confusion.
Mr McFall's Chamber Cottier Theatre, Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £10 (£6). Seven-piece classical group tackle folk. jazz and rock. from Pink Floyd to Kurt Weill to Latin grooves.
FRIDAY 18
Soprano Recital Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. lpm. £4 (£3.50). Sandra Porter and Graeme McNaught have broadcast frequently on the BBC. Today. they play a selection including American folk songs by Aaron Copland and Charles Ives. and Scottish songs by Ronald Stevenson and James MacMillan.
Love's Labour's Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See Thu 17.
Hyndland Hoofers - Simple Country Dancing To Recordings Hyndland Church Hall Community Centre. Novar Drive. 7.30—10.30pm. £4. Not a Ceilidh! Eduardo Niebla Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £8 (£6). The King of Latin guitar teams up with Italian jazz maestro. Giorgio Serci for an extraordinary jazz-flamenco performance. West End Rocks: The Glen Matlock Band Community Central Hall. Maryhill Road. 8pm. £7 (from John Smith’s. Byres Road. Fopp, Missing. Avalanche and Ticketlink 287 551 1). Former Sex Pistols bass player Matlock and his band. including ex-members of The Rich Kids and The Buzzcocks. play punk rock till you drop. Support from local bands. Fraudster and Castillo. See Music preview. page 39.
SATUR l AY 19
Hillhead Strings Matinee The Tryst. Cresswell Street. 339 1588. 10am—1pm. £1.50 (50p). Programme of two short concerts (starting at 10.30am and
l 1.15am) performed by the Hillhead Strings Youth Orchestra. With coffee and home baking.
Holyrood Crescent Garden Fete Holyrood Crescent Gardens. l—4pm. Traditional fete with food selections from around the world. Relax with a shiatsu massage or reflexology and enjoy the soothing live music.
Glasgow University Music Student Concert John McIntyre Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10-2pm. University music department students perform a free lunchtime concert.
West End Youth Guitar Ensemble Wellington Church. University Avenue. 339 0454. 2-3pm. Solos. duos. small and large ensembles — a veritable fiesta of guitar music featuring children from Glas ow's schools.
Survrvors' Poet Scotland - Stories As Building Bloc 30 Cranworth Street. 357 6838. 2—4.30pm. Donations welcome. Workshop with Ewan McVicar on how to build your story.
The Organist Entertains Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. 331 1854. 2.30—4pm. Visitors are once again free to explore the museum to the majestic sounds of organist John Mann.
Alma Flamenca
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Pena Flamenca El Pele bring a real taste of flamenco to Glasgow with their dynamic presentation of music and dance. The phenomenal all- Spanish cast, as seen on Lesley Garrett's Christmas TV special, features Felipe Algeciras and Gemma de la Cruz (dancers) with Manuel de la Malena (cante) and Tito Heredia (guitar). (ME)
Alma Flamenca, Cottier Theatre, 93 Hyndland Street, Sat 12 Jun, 8pm, £ 11
(£9) from Ticketlink, 287 5511.
Dunbartonshire Wind Ensemble Museum of Transport. Bunhouse Road. 2.30pm. The winners of the Scottish National Championships and Glasgow Music Festival perform a range of popular film and stage music from Les Miserables. West Side Story. Braveheart and Ghostbusters.
Glasgow University Chapel Choir Concert The Chapel. University of Glasgow, University Avenue. 330 4095. 6pm. Recital of church and organ music featuring Byrd. Tomkins. Martin Dalby. Graham Hair and Britten.
Love's Labour's Lost Meeting outside Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets from Hillhead Library. Byres Road. See Thu 17.
Eduardo Niebla Cottier Theatre.
Hyndland Street, 357 3868. 8pm. £8 (£6).
See Fri 18.
Sing The Changes Doon In The Wee Room Scotland Russia Society. 339 9706. 7.30pm. £2. Ice Sage present poet Jack Withers and songsters Rob and Wilma Elton plus guests in an evening of
folk. popular song and spoken word.
An Arresting Evening Hillhead Kelvinside Parish Church. Observatory Road. 7.30pm. £5. The Glasgow Phoenix Choir and their guests. the Hereford Police Male Vocal Choir present an evening ranging from Operatic Arias to Scots songs and religious favourites. Survivors' Poetry Scotland The Tryst. Cresswell Street. 339 1588. 7.30—10pm. Donations welcome. Ewan McVicar MCs with presentations from people who attended the workshop earlier in the day. The Perfect Summer Groove Queen Margaret Union. 10pm—4am (subject to license). £12 plus booking fee (from Way Ahead 339 8383. email www.tickets- online.co.uk, Fopp 357 1774. Virgin 204 5151 and Bomba Records 248 8831). Celebration of dance music featuring a fearsome assembly of DJ talent. Special guests 4-Hero are joined by Glasgow‘s finest for a night that will play all styles from breaks through disco. house and techno.
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