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 Innes.
Glasgow Em
Talks
Climbers’ Climbers Lecture Series: Ian Parnell Glasgow University Boyd ()rr Building. 287 259-1. 7.30pm. £6.50. Alpine warrior lan Parnell re-enacts his recent scaling of India‘s Kedar Dome with video. banging tunes and stunning photography. PowerPoint is for squares. This is arnwnv lectureering.
* AL Kennedy Hour Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30—9.30pm. £10. See llitlist.
Fairs
The Scottish Wedding Show SliCC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 (113 2652. Aww. Did you receive a bit of bling on Valentine’s Day‘.’ Find out why sugared almonds are a social no-no and what the fashionable page boy is wearing this year.
Food & Drink
Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Queen’s Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. 9am—2pm. Local produce. from local people.
Sunday 18
Activities & Events
Scotfairs Antique & Collectors Fair Kelvin llall International Sports Arena. 14-15 Argyle Street. 01764 654555 / 65-1340. 10am-4pm. £1 (free for accompanied children). Rummage about in one of the biggest collectables fairs in the country. Be sure to watch out for David Dickinson lurking behind the china figurines.
Monday 1 9
Talks
Will Hutton on China Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 6-—7pm. The re-emergence of China as a superpower constitutes a huge challenge to the global pecking order. Will Hutton. author of The State We '11) In has been studying China for some years and reports on the issue. Part of Aye Write! and just in time for Chinese New Year. Call 0871 230 9887 to book.
Tuesday 20'
Actrvrties & Events
Chinese New Year Royal Concert
Hall: Main Auditorium. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 6.30pm. £3. See caption. right.
Food & Drink
Institute of Wines and Spirits: Burgundy and New Zealand Central Hotel. Central Station. (iordon Street. 221 9680. 7.30pm. £60 annual membership. David Morgan compares and contrasts the wines of Burgundy and New '/.ealand. Talks are open to IWSS members: www.iwss.org.uk.
Wednesday 21 ’
Workshops
Big Knit Out! North Star. 108 Queen Margaret Drive. 576 01 13. 7pm. Free. Stitching. bitching. and some very attractive cardigans. (iet crafty.
The Wee Singing Thing Renlield St Stephen‘s Church. 260 Bath Street. 332 2826. 7.30— 9.30pm. Free. Mi mi mi mi mi mi mil Warm up your vocal chords on this
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Chinese New Year falls on Sunday 18 February this year, and this time it’s the turn of the Pig
(or more properly the Boar). Chinese communities in Edinburgh and
' Glasgow will be celebrating throughout the week - the two biggest and most spectacular events will take place, as ever, at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall and Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, with teams of musicians and acrobats, and the traditional Lion Dance, but you can also take part in calligraphy and acrobatic workshops and watch street parades. The celebrations culminate in a large-scale performance by the Bejing Opera’s International Monkey King Troupe in Glasgow on 23 and 24 February.
Incidentally, prospective parents may be interested to know that children
born in the Year of the Pig are generally honest, straightforward, not that interested in seeking attention, and a little bit shy, much like famous swines Ronald Reagan, Winona Ryder, Elton John and the Dalai Llama. I Various times and venues, Edinburgh and Glasgow. See wwwscotchinaorg for
complete listings.
six-week course helping people uncover their talent for congregational song.
Activities & Events
Critical Mass (ieorge Square. Free. Reclaim the streets of (ilasgow by cycle in this celebration of cco-friendly transport.
Fairs
Model Rail 2007 SIiCC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 1 1am 8pm. L8 (£11— £6: family ticket 201. The annual model railway exhibition fires up its engines for another year of displays. new designs and practical advice. ‘Chuff chuff.‘ said James the Red lingine. Until Sun 25 Feb.
Saturday 24
Fairs
Body and Soul Fair Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. (11368 862717. 1 lam -5.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). l-‘eaturing demonstrations. talks. tarot readers. clairvoyants. astrologers and stalls selling jewellery. candles. aromatherapy products and the like. Willi a (iathering of Angels workshop and a talk by Dr David Hamilton. lintil Sun 25 Feb.
Food & Drink
Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Mansfield Park. Partick. 01738 449—130. 9am~-3pm. Free. ()rganic vegetables. hand-made brooms and happy bacon.
Workshops >l< Club Noir: Advanced Burlesque
7 Workshop The Arches. 253 Argyle
Street. 0870 240 7528. 10.30am~6pm. £75 (includes two tickets to Club Noir). You’ve learnt the basics of burlesque at Club Noir: now take it onto the next level with advice on planning and polishing your act. and how to look like a starlet. Your workshop-ending burlesque performance will be filmed for you. too. limail tina(0‘c1ubnoir.co.uk for more
details. See Ilitlist.
Ongorng Glasgow Activities and Events QuizallicA Nice'n’Slealy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8pm. Nice’n‘Sleazy's classic. hard—rockin’ pub quiz. livery Tuesday.
Workshops
Capoeira Various venues. 07951 716 540. Experience this fantastic. acrobatic Brazilian martial art form. as seen on that BBC ident with the people on the roof. Beginners welcome; visit www.senzalascotland.co.uk for more information.
Dance House Classes Various venues. Times vary. Learn a new way of moving. from boogie woogie to flamenco. taking in rhythm. tap and more. For more information visit www.dancelrouse.org. The Essentials of Meditation (ilasgow Buddhist Centre. 329 Sauchiehall Street. 333 052-1. £12--£5~1 (£6 «£271. Daytime. evening and weekend courses open to anyone who wants to learn about meditation. Times. dates and prices vary. See website for further information. livery Saturday.
Workshops
Mindful Practices: Tools for Everyday Use (ilasgow Buddhist Centre. 329 Sauchiehall Street. 333 052-1. 315- 15pm. £72 (£52). Workshop to help cope with stress. anxiety and depression. liight week course. livery Tuesday.
Edinburgh
Activities & Events
Museum Treasures - Object Handling Sessions Royal Museum. 2 Chambers Street. 247 4219. 1.30-3.30pm. Free. Stuck for something interesting to do during the half-term break‘.’ (iet up close and personal with some Roman artefacts from actual real Romans.
St Valentine’s Storytelling Royal Botanic (iarden. 20a Inverleith Row, 552 7171. 7pm. £3 (£2). An evening of storytelling dedicated to love stories. Try not to rustle the bushes too much.
Politics
What’s it All For? - Journeying Towards a Purposeful Life Napier University. Craiglockhart Campus. 7.15pm. £3. Social entrepreneur. business gum and leadership expert Norman Drummond investigates how we can achieve our full potential. and banish emptiness and division from our lives. Book through the l'sher Hall on 0131 228 l 155. I’m“! oft/Iv Edinburgh Lectures 2006.
Talks
Festival City Theatre Talks: To Kill a Mockingbird Festival Theatre. 13 :29 Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000.
10.30am - 12.30pm. £4 including tea and coffee. Mike Ridings gives an informal talk on the origins of the current production of 72) Kill u .Wm‘kingbinl at the King's.
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Food and Drink
Coco Valentines Day (‘oco of Brunstfreld. Bruntsfreld. 228 4526.