Around Town
Events are listed by date, then type. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or kirstin.innes@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Kirstin lnnes.
Glasgow
Talks
Conservation in Scotland and the John Muir Wust Mitchell Theatre. (3 (iranville Street. 0845 330 350i. 7.30pm. £6; free for students and RS(iS members. NigeI Hawkins. founder and director of the trust. discusses the value of wild places for people and nature.
Workshops
Detox Your Heart (ilasgow Buddhist (‘entre. 329 Satrchiehall Street. 33.3 0524. 10.30am 4.30pm. £55 (£35). Author Valerie Mason-John leads an intensive two-day cotrrse examining what happens to yotrr heart when yotr experience stress or strong emotion.
Thursday 18
Workshops City Halls Fusion (‘ity Ilalts. (‘andleriggs 353 8000. (rpm. I‘r‘ee. Aged
between I4 arid 20 and interested in I)Jing. recording. trrixirrg. mastering and prxlcasting'.’ ('ourse yotr are. (‘ity' IIaIIs’ state of the art I("l' suite and a host of expert tutors are at your disposal. ('ontact Jacqtti Sharples on 559 (i023 for further info.
Fairs
Holiday and Travel Show Sl{(‘('. I’inniestorr Qtray. 08700404000. I-‘Iy off to the sttn or head for the hills with advice from travel industry experts.
Saturday 20
Activities & Events
City Strolls Pearce institute. 840 (iovan Road. 229 5420. 5pm. I’ree. Take a wander from the Pearce Institute to the (‘('A. and look at the city with fresh eyes. Part of the I’earce Institute’s January (‘Iear ()trt.
Fairs
Radical Independent Book Fair Project (‘('A. 350 Sauchichall Street. 352 4900. I lam 7pm. l‘ree. Supporting small press publishers and independent producers. and circulating radical reading materials and information. this mini fair promises counter-culture publications. exciting visuals. vivid films and stimulating political discourse. January Clear Out Pearce Institute. 840 (iovan Road. 229 5420. Noon 4pm. I’ree. ('hristmas is over. the January sales are dead and the money-grabbers are trying to get you thinking about summer holidays. The l’earce Institute’s January (‘Iear ()ut an all-day event with an anti-consumerist bent encottrages you to start the new year on a thoughtful note. rather than spending notes. Drop in and ottt as you please. See preview, above.
Food & Drink
Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Queen's Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. 9am 2pm. Local produce. from local people.
Workshops
Neuro Linguistic What? (iather in (ilasgow. l'pper Hour. 37 Ruthven Lane (off Byres Road). I0am. ()ne-day workshop exploring neuro linguistic programming and the ways in which it can be used to help focus your life. See wwwgathcringlasgow.eo.trk for further info.
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Alexander Technique with Barbara Harrington (ilasgow Buddhist ('entre. 329 Satrclriehall Street. 333 0524. I lam. £30 (£20). An intrtxluction to Alexander 'I’echnique. involving discussion about its principles and application in practice. Booking essential.
First Cut Kelvingrove Art Gallery a .‘vIuseum. Arger Street. 276 9599. Iprn. liree. Learn about editing and film techniques and how to use music to enhance video film on this two-session course (also Sat 27 Jan) which is part of the programme of events surrounding the museum's ()N(‘Ii exhibition. Booking is essential. call 270 95 I 2 to book.
Workshops
Mindful Practices: Tools for Everyday Use (ilasgow Buddhist ('entre. 329 Sattclrielrall Street. 333 0524. 3.I5 5pm. 1.720252). Iiight-week workshop to help cope with stress. anxiety and depression.
Wednesday 24
Workshops
La Chorale de l’Alliance Alliance l‘rancaise dc (ilastlow. 3 Park ('ir‘cus. 339 428 l. I.30pm. £5. (irab the chance to sing your heart out in French at this choir group for all.
Big Knit Out: Introduction to sock knitting North Star. I08 Queen Margaret Drive, 946 5305. 2 3.30pm. If knitting is the new rock 8; roll then the htrrnble sock is a good solid basslirre. Two sets of fortnightly classes. Knitting in the Round and 'I‘urn 'I‘hat IIeeII. teach you how to keep your toes warm. Instructor is (iSA graduate Sian Shirley. The Wee Singing Thing Renlield St Stephen's Church. 200 Bath Street. 332 2826. 7.30 9.30pm. I‘r'ee. Six-week course to discover artd exercise your taletrt for congregational song.
Talks
Bengal Boats & Rickshaw Roads Renlield St Stephen's ('htrrch. 260 Bath Street. 332 282o. 2.|5pm. co; free for students and RS(iS members. Iiast I.othian artist Kenny Munro describes the recent forging of educational links between Scotland and India.
Activities & Events
* Critical Mass (ieorge Square. l‘ree. Reclaim the streets of ( ilasgow by cycle in tltis celebration of eco-friendly transport. See IIitIist.
Activities & Events
St Kildan Stories Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Mttseurn. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 2 4pm. I-‘r'ee. A weekend of ten mintrte stories about the island of St Kilda will be rk'rforrned in the ('ullural Survival gallery on the first floor of Kelvingrove.
Food & Drink
Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Mansfield Park. I’artick. 0| 738 449430. 9am 3pm. l‘ree. ()rganic vegetables. hand-made brooms and happy bacon. You cart buy anything on Dutnbarton Road these days.
Spon
Norwich Union International Athletics Kelvin IIaII International Sports Arena. I445 Argyle Street. 0870 402 8000. [II (£7; family ticket £29l. Beginning the 2007 athletics season. the Norwich l'nion International is the world's richest indoor meet. The {SA will corrrpete for the lirst time in I3 years against (ireat Britain. Sweden. (iermany and a (‘ornmonwealth Select learn.
COMMUNITY EVENT JANUARY CLEAR OUT
‘I just liked the idea that people could get together and do something for free,’ says Bob Hamilton, organiser of the January Clear Out at the recently refurbished Pearce Institute in Govan. The Clear Out is a whole day of films, discussions, workshops and events aimed at re-establishing the sense of community that the Pearce Institute was set up to encapsulate. There’s a fairly strong anti-consumer impulse underlying most of the day’s events, too. ‘lt’s an alternative to dragging the weans round the shops, that’s for sure,’ says Hamilton. ‘The idea behind the day was to remind people there’s more to life than just spending.’ The Radical Independent Book Fair, Jam74 and lndyMedia Scotland will all have some degree of presence, and there will be workshops on everything from making your own radio to using free, shareable software. Hamilton himself runs two community-based websites - The Glasgow User’s Manual, an interactive guide to the city, which Clear Cut attendees can get involved with, and City Strolls, which encourages people to negotiate the city using different routes. The January Clear Out concludes at 5pm with a Stroll from Govan to the CCA, which will be filmed and displayed at the gallery that evening. Hamilton wants people to look at their city ‘as though they’re Martians just landed on Earth’, in order to rediscover what these bricks and streets
mean to them. (Kirstin Innes)
I January Clear Out. Pearce Inst/lute. Bevan, Glasgow. Sat 20 Jan.
www. citys trolls. com
Ongoing Glasgow
Workshops
Heaven Over Earth: Self Esteem (ilasgow Buddhist (‘entre. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. l0.30am. £20 (£5l. A one-day workshop aitnirtg to open participants tip to ideas and techniques for creating and strengthening a settse of self—esteem.
Tuesday 30
Talks
Barry Moore on Chinese major cities (iarnethill (’ommunity (‘entre. 2| Rose Street. 332 9765. 7.I5pm. Barry Moore discusses tltc social. geographical. cultural and historical interest of ancient and modern ('hina.
Wednesday 31
Talks
Iain Anderson in Conversation Royal ('oncert IIalI: lixhibition Hall. 2 Sattcltiehall Street. 353 8000. 12.30pm. £3.50. Richard IIoIIoway. former Bishop of Iidinburgh and chair of the Scottish Arts (‘ounciL hunkers down for a wee chat.
Workshops
The Essentials of Buddhism (ilasgow Buddhist (‘entt'c. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. 7.30pm. £54 ([27 l. A series of classes exploring Buddhist teachings and Irow to apply them to everyday life.
Exhibitions
A Dress to Dye For People‘s Palace & Winter (iardens. (iIasgovv (ir'een. 27I 295i. I'ntil Sun I5 Apr. I0am 5pm;
I Iain 5pm. I-‘ree. An exhibition examining the impact that the evolution of mass— prodttced fashionable dress had on Scottish people working in the textile industry.
Workshops
Big Knit Out! North Star. I08 Queen Margaret I)rive. 57o 0| l3. 7pm. I‘ree. Stitch and bitch with tea and cakes. livery “ed.
Capoeira Various venues. 0795i 7|(r 540. lixperience this fantastic. acrobatic Bra/ilian martial art form. as seen on that BB(' ident with the people on the roof. Beginners welcome; visit vvww.sen/a|a scotland.co.uk for more information. Dance House Classes \‘arious venues. times vary. learn a new way of mov ing. from boogie woogie to llamenco. taking in rhythm. tap and more. Iior more information visit w w w.dancehrruse.org. Living the Questions Stt'athclyde l'niversity ('haplaincy. John Street. 548 2727. 5.30 8pm. fl donation. 'I'vvelvc- week course examining what faith means in the 2Isl century. Meal provided. Weekly from 'I‘ue 23 .larr
The Essentials of Meditation (ilasgovv Buddhist ('entre. 329 Satrchiehall Street. 333 0524. L‘l2 £54 (to [27). Daytime. evening and weekend courses open to anyone who wants to Iearrr about meditation. 'I'imes. dates and prices vary.