Around Town
Rm fa. Twenty-six miles is a long way to run, especially if your preferred running kit is an m animal costume or antique diving suit. Seasoned marathon runners, first timers and
people dressed up as chickens gather to put their knees through some serious pounding through the streets with more than 50,000 spectators cheering them on. Sadly, entries are now closed. I Edi/1011' go ,’vi.'i.ratlio/i, 72 June. 9am. Starts and finishes in Holyrood Park.
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)1‘ The Big Wheel lidinburgh Quay. 10.30am 2pm. £10 (£5 kids): family ticket £20. Charity cy cle-athon all the way to the Falkirk Wheel. Register by clickitig on
w w w'.thew atcrw ay sti'ust.org.uk/ eyettts/bigw hee1.shtml. See llitlist.
Activities & Events
Filmhouse Movie Quiz Filinhouse Cale Bar. 88 Lothian Road. 229 5932. 9pm. Test your film knowledge at the phenomenally successful and unique monthly lilm quil. 'l‘eams ol tip to eight iiitist be seated by 9pm. btit get there early to actually get a seat.
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The Edinburgh Marathon llolyt‘ood Park. 0901 0201 (100. 9am. lidinburgh .\larathon's second birthday. See photo caption.
Tuesday 1 4
Food 81 Drink
’1‘ Not Haggis Lasagne! Valyona & Crolla. 19 F.1m Row. 5566066.
7.30 9.30pm. £22.50. Calling all loyet‘s ol Scottiin and Italian cuisine. See llitlist.
Politics
Edinburgh GB Alternatives Augustine l'iiited Church. 41 (ieorge 1V Bridge. 7.30pm. Join the campaign in the btiild tip to the summit.
Workshops
The Bongo Social Swing Club The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 llolyrood Road. 558 7(104. 7pm. £4 for one
class £6 for both (£3 for one class- £5 for both). Learn swing dancing with instructors l'roin the award winning
Fly right dance company. The first hour is 1111' beginners. the second for improyers and at 9pm the tutoring ends and social dancing begins. No need to bring a partner.
Wednesday 15
Workshops
Strictly Dance Fever Kirk ()‘l-‘ield Parish Church. Brown Street. Pleasaiice. 07900 215 566. 8.30--10.30pm. £5. Pull your hobby socks on atid get ready to learn this fun dance. absolute beginners welcome. .\'o paitner necessary. Beginners class 8.30pm. improyers at 9.30pm.
32 THE LIST 9—23 Jun 2005
Talks
Paolozzi of the Month Dean Gallery. 73 Behind Road. 624 (1200.
12.45 —1.l5pm. Free. Talk from Daniel lierrinan. the Piitilnlll curator. Fruitmarket Gallery Talk Fruitmarket (ialleiy. 45 Market Street. 225 2383. (1pm. Free. Tracy Morgan. the Fiuitmarket's education manager. explores the link between the works selected by 'l’acita Dean.
Activ1ties & Events
Summer Nights at the Observatory Royal Observatory Visitor Centre. Blackl‘ord “111.668 8404. 7 8.45pm. £3.50 (£2.50): 111111in ticket £9. See Fri 10.
Talks
The Davies Sisters’ Collection of Impressionist Paintings in Context Weston Link. National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. (124 (1560. 12.45-— 1 .30pm. Free. Lunchtime lecture by Ann Sumner. curator of line an at the National Museum and Gallery in Cardiff.
Saturday 18
Activities & Events
Clairvoyant Gathering Brodies Close. High Street. ()150(1 872 750. Noon-7pm. A weekend of clairyoyance. mediumship. tarot. psychometry. palmistty. psychics. tea leal‘ reading. rune reading. aura photography. crystal ball reading and much
* Happy Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi Parliament Square. oil 111in Street. 473 2000. 1.30pm. Free. Rally organised by City of Edinburgh Couticil. Amnesty international Scotland. BliS'l’. Burma Campaign L'K and Scottish Refugee Council. Patt ol' Re/itgee Week 2005. See llitlist.
Fairs The Leith Market Commercial Quay. Ocean Drive. 4(17 9422. See Sat I 1.
Food 81 Drink
Edinburgh Farmer’s Market (‘asile 'l'errace. (152 5940. 9am~2pin. See Sat 1 l. Dewar Rattray Whisky Tasting Valyona & Crolla. 19 [Elm Row. 556 (1066. 1 lamApm. Free. 'l’aste line tiialts from independent bottlers. which are neither coloured with caramel nor liltered. Just pure. natural. malt whisky.
Pol Roger Champagne Tasting Valyona & Crolla. 19 [Elm Row. 556 (1066. l lam—4pm. Free. Taste both White Foil
atid Rich. from one ol‘ \'&("s favourite champagne houses.
ActiVities 81 Events
Clairvoyant Gathering Brodies Close. High Street. 01506872 750. Noon 7pm. See Sat 18.
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The Great Scottish Walk
Meadow bank Sports Centre. 139 London Road. 08702 402 018. 1 lam. £8 t£7).
6 12 mile charity walk for all ages and abilities. (lo to w w w.greatscottish walk.com to enter.
Edinburgh Wolves v Merseyside Nighthawks Jack Katie Sports Centre. 208 Niddrie Mains Road. (1(19 0404. 1pm. Free. American t‘ootball match iii the BSI. league as the home team lace Liverpool's Nighthawks.
Talks
Signed Tour of Monarch of the Glen: Landseer in the Highlands Royal Scottish Academy. The Mound. 07814 751 087. 11am. Tour with Mary Kilpatrick. signed in BS1. by Dayid Suininersgill.
Monday 20
Talks
Guided Tours for National Architecture Week National (iallery ol' Scotland. 'l'he Mound. 624 (1200.
2 2.45pm & 3 3.45pm. Freelance art historian Matthew Wellard gives guided tours ol works from the permanent collections in which buildings play a prominent role.
Activities & Events
Fascist Disneyland Causew ayside Building: National Library of Scotland. 33 Salisbury Place. (122 4807. 7pm. Free. Li/ Lochead. Iain Banks and Sarah Boyack MSP read liom the letters ol imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate .-\ung Sati Suu Kyi on the occasion ol‘ her being given the freedom ol‘ the City of lidiiibui'gh. Call or entail lor tickets: eyentsm nls.uk. Part (11 Refugee Week 2005,
A Scottish Welcome? Encouraging and Enabling Immigration to Scotland 81 (ieoi‘ge's \Vc‘sl Church. .53 Shandwick Place. 7.30pm. Free. immigrants from across the globe describe their potential contribution to a multicultural Scotland and their actual reception. Patt ol‘ Refugee Week 2005.
Politics
Edinburgh G8 Alternatives Augustine l'nited Church. 41 (ieorge l\' Bridge. 7.30pm. See Tue 14.
Talks
Barbara Berkowitz RlAS Gallery. 15 Rutland Square. 229 7545. 7pm. £5. Photographer and artist Barbara Bei'kow'itl. whose work is on display. talks about her inspirations.
The Song Rehearsal: Degas and the Old Masters Weston Link. National (iallety ol‘ Scotland. 'lhe Mound. (124 (1560. 12.45 1.30pm. Free. Lunchtime lecture by Richard 'l‘homsoit. Watson Ciordon pl'olt‘ss’ot' of line an at the l'niyei'sity of Fdinburgh.
Workshops
The Bongo Social Swing Club The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 llolyi'ood Road. 558 7604. 7pm. £4 for one class £6 for botlt (£3 for one class £5 for both). See The 14.
Wednesday 22
Activities & Events
Refugees in Scotland: Human rights issues, ways forward for Scotland lidinburgh Methodist Mission. 2 West 'lollcross. 229 7937. 2 4pm. Free. .1\ panel of speakers talk about recent I'K legislation and the undermining of rights ol‘ refugees and asy luin seekers in Scotland. Discussion groups will include one for those practicing linglish. Part (ll/{(10000 Wee}. 2005.
Talks
Walter Scott, Landscape and Europe National Poiti‘ait (iallery. 1 Queen Street. (124 (1200. 12.45 - 1.15pm. Free. Lunchtime lecture by Tom llubhai'd. honorary research fellow at the Department ol Scottish Literature. l'iiiyersity ol (ilasgow.
Beautiful British Orchids Royal Botanic Ciardens tl.ecture 'l‘heatre). Royal Botanic Gardens. lnyerleitlt Row. 552 7171. 5pm. Free. Illustrated talk by Sidney Clarke. photographer and co-author ol‘ the new book ()I‘r'ltttls‘ oft/1e British Isles. Ross Sinclair and Landseer in the Land that Time Forgot Weston Link. National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. (124 (15(10. 6 7pm. Free. Scottish coiitempoiary aitist Ross Sinclair discusses ltow he sotight to understand the meaning and mythologies til at ‘small. damp. .\'ottliern nation‘.
Workshops
Strictly Dance Fever Kirk ()‘l-‘ield Parish Church. Brown Street. Pleasance. 07900 215 566. 8.31) 10.30pm. £5. See Wed 15.
Activities 8 Events
Celebration Evening Si (leorge‘s West Church. 58 Shandwick Place. 226 1499. 7pm. Free. lidinburgh‘s Relugee Centre's social gathering to celebrate Re/iigee Week 2005 and the first anniversary of the opening of the centre. World music His. lood and an exhibition of artwork created by members 111 lidinburgh’s i'cl'ugee communities.
Fairs
The Royal Highland Show Royal lliglilaitd Centre. litgliston. 335 (1200.
9am (1pm. £18 (£12). Annual agricultural jainhoree which has established itsell‘ as the highlight ol‘ Scotland's countryside calendar.
Celebrating Sanctuary: Celebrating Success Si (ieorge‘s West Church (are. 53 51100th ick Place. 406 (12111). l'lCL‘. :\ photographic exhibition and a collection ol' life stories ol people w ho hayc lied persecution oyer the last 100 years to arriye iti Scotland. Featuring Zigl‘ridis Sapietis tsee prolile). Pait oi Refugee Week 2005. Laid 2(1Juiie.