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 aroundtownGIist.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Kirstin Innes.
Glasgow
Workshops
Voicebeat Multicultural Singing Group The Annexe. 9a Stewartville Street. Partick. 357 6747. 7.15 9pm. £3.50. ()pen to all. no experience necessary. The first few notes just happen to be do. re. tni. by the way.
Hip Hop Street Dance (lather 1n (ilasgow. l7pper Floor. 37 Ruthven Lane. ()7967 188513. 7.30pm. (lit up offa that ting! And dance till you feel better?
Workshops
Meditation Class with creche (ilasgow Buddhist (‘entre. 329 Sauchiehall Street. 333 ()524. 11~~10am. £30 (£18). And relax. Six week course in simple meditation techniques for harassed parents. with adjacent creche for young children allowing the creation of a calm space.
Saturday 14
Food & Drink
Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Mansfield Park. Partick. ()1738 449430. 9am -3pm. Free. And on that farm he grew some . . . organic vegetables.
Food & Drink
Institute of Wines and Spirits: wine-pages.com The ( ilasgow Art (‘lub. 185 Bath Street. 248 5210. 7.30pm. £60 annual membership. Witie journalist Tom ('anavan introdues the website www.wine-pages.com. Talks are open to lWSS members: www.iwss.org.uk.
Workshops
Mindful Practices: Tools for Everyday Use (ilasgow Buddhist (‘entre. 329 Sattchiehall Street. 333 (1524.
3.15 5pm. £72 (£52). Workshop to help cope with stress. anxiety and depression. liight week course.
African Dancing (lather In ( ilasgow. l'pper Floor. 37 Rttthven Lane. ()7967 188513. 6.30pm. A chance to learn moves and routines. and relieve stress.
Wednesday 18
Fairs
The Ideal Home 8. Garden Show Sli(‘(‘. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 10am 6pm. £8 (£6; family ticket 28). Find the latest styles and inspiration to get your home and garden looking hot for the summer. L'tttil Sun 22 Apr.
Workshops
Big Knit Out! North Star. 108 Queen Margaret Drive. 576 01 13. 7pm. Free. (‘ardigans are going to be VliRY big for spring.
Fairs
Glasgow Art Fair (ieorge Square. 552 6027. 10.30am 8pm. £5 (£3‘ under 10s free). 'l’welfth year for Scotland's national contemjmrary art fair. bringing together 45 selected galleries frotn throughout liuropc.
Workshops
First Steps in Family history (ilasgow Women's Library. 2nd Floor. 81 Parnie Street. 552 83-15. 2 4pm. £30 for 6 sessions. A six week workshop in unearthing your own family history. ttsing discussion. presentations. handouts. and
28 THE LIST 12- 20 Apr 200/
hands-on computer work. Booking essential.
Activnties & Events
Scottish Socialist Party Party Kirkintilloch Miner‘s Welfare (‘1ub, 'l‘own Head. Kirkintilloch. 578 ()024. 7.45pm midnight. £5 (£2 unwaged). Folk music. quiz. soup and sandwiches. All welcome. call ()141 776 5457 for further info.
Food & Drink Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Queen's Park. 520 Langside Park. 287
7273. 9am-2pm. . . . lii aye ei aye 0111 Workshops
Bust Modelling in Clay liastwood Park 'l’heatre. liastwood Park. Rouken (ilen Road. (iiffnock. 577 4970.
1.30 4pm. £l()9/£90 (for eight classes). llello'.’ ls it tne you're looking for‘.’ Make like Lionel Ritchie‘s mullet-sculpting chutn at this eight-week cottrse.
Tuesday 24
Talks
* Conversation Pieces: Mike Russell 8. Iain McKie Royal (‘oncert Hall: Strathclyde Suite. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. lptn. £4. BB(‘ Radio Scotland's Iain Anderson quiz/es Mike Russell and lain McKie on their recent book. Sltirlev .WcKie.‘ Ille Price of Innocence. about the high-profile dismissal of police officer Shirley McKie following wrongful DNA evidence. See llitlist.
Wednesday 25
Politics
Hustings Meeting on Scottish Environmental Issues llillhead Library. Byres Road. 7.30 pm
Your chance to qui/ candidates from all the parties in the Scottish Parliament atid Local Authority elections on environmental issues: transport. recycling. climate change. housing arid the countryside. (‘haired by Rob lidwards. linvironment correspondent of the Sunday Herald. and jointly organised by Friends of the liarth and the RSPB.
Talks
In Defense of Leon Trotsky (ilasgow l'niversity Boyd ()rr Building. 287 2594. 2pm. Free. Whatever happened to Leon 'l‘rotsky'.’ l)avid North. Marxist writer and editorial board chairman of the World Socialist Web Site. leads a re-examination of the misrepresented October Revolution veteran.
Workshops
The Wee Singing Thing Rentield St Stephen‘s (‘hurch. 260 Bath Street. 332 2826. 7.30 9.30pm. Free. Sing. sing a song. Sing ottt lotid. sing ottt strong . . . Six-week course to discover and exercise your talent for congregational song.
Activities & Events
Thursdays under the Stars (ilasgow Science ('entre. 50 Pacific Qttay. 0871 540 1000. 7pm. £4.95. Stars shining bright above you'.’ Must be the (ilasgow Planetarium. See wwwglasgtiwsciencecentre.org for fttrther information.
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Workshops
Innovation: a Personal View The Lighthouse. l 1 Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. 9.30am— 1.30pm. Free. Learn to measure how innovative you are. with this three- hottr interactive workshop on futures thinking. innovation and entrepreneurship. with Dr (‘hris Yapp of Microsoft. Part of the Lighthouse's new lTrban Learning Space development. For more information. call 0141 225 0103 or check ottt www.urbanlearningspace.com. Getting Your Work Out There (‘ity Halls. ('andleriggs. 353 8000.
1.30 4.30pm. £20. (lot a business idea. but aren’t quite ready to face the Dragon‘s l)en‘.’ This four-session progratntne by the (‘ultural linterprise ()fftce provides tools and techniques 11] goal setting. creative visualisation. marketing and confidence building. To book a place. please call 0844 544 9990 or email
events(u culturalenterpriseofliceco.uk.
Ongoing Glasgow Exhibitions
A Dress to Dye For People‘s Palace & Winter (iardens. (ilasgow (ireen. 271 2962. 1'ntil Sun 15 Apr. 10am 5pm:
1 1am 5pm. Free. Dedicated followers of fashion and impoverished workers alike were affected by the revolutions in the textile industry. Find ottt how and gawp at some pretty dresses too.
Fonn’s Duthchas: Land and Legacy Kelvingrove Att (iallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. t'ntil Sttn 10Jun. 10am 5pm: 11am 5pm. Free. A special touring exhibition celebrating life in the Highlands. See www.fonnisduthcas.cotti. Part of Highland 2()()7.
>1< A Glasgow Story: A snapshot of African and Caribbean life in Glasgow today St Murtgo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 2 ('astle Street. 553 2557. l'ntil Fri 29 Jun. Mott Thu 8; Sat 10am 15pm: Fri 8; Sttn 1 Iain 5pm; llatn 1pm. See llitlist.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Scotland Street School Museum. Museum of liducation. 225 Scotland Street. 2870500. l'ntil Sttn 17 Jun. Mon Thu 61: Sat 10am 5pm; Fri (‘4; Sun 1 Iain 5pm. Free. Lions and tigers and bears and tnore.
Edinburgh
Talks
TiVo - a revolution in home entertainment Royal Museum. 2 (‘hambers Street. ()131 524 9830. 6pm. £7 (£5). But how does it work'.’ Part of the Iz'tlin/nojeli International Science I'es'tival.
Land of Mountain and Flood Dynamic liarth. llolyrood Road. 524 9831). 7pm. £7 (£5). Discover how Scotland was. and is still. being fortned. Rock. and roll. I’art o/‘t/ie Edinburgh International Science I'extit'al.
Conflict and Co-operation: Sexual Conflict Royal Museum Lecture Theatre. 2 (‘hambers Street. 52-1 9830. 8pm. £7 (£5). The science behind the battle of the sexes. l’art o/‘tlte Iz‘ilinlnogh International Science l'es'tit'al. Scottish Trees Trail Royal Botanic (larden. Inverleith Row. 557 5588.
4 5pm. Free. The secrets and folklore of Scotland's native trees. l’art of Iii/inlnirelt International Science I'es‘tii‘al.
Politics
Share and Save the World: The Emergence of Maitreya, the World Teacher Quaker Meeting House. 7 Victoria 'l’errace. 225 4825.
7 9pm. Free. Hear how a group of spiritual teachers are trying to inspire the solution to global problems. For you. and for me. and the entire human race.
Talks
Viruses: Friend or Foe? Museum of Scotland. (‘hambers Street. 524 9830. 6.30- 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Discover why the nasty microbes may actually be crucial to ottr survival. l’art o/‘Iz‘ilinlmrelt International Science I'estit‘al.
Workshops
Saving the World’s Fauna Royal Botanic (iarden ('l'emperate Paltn House). Inverleith Row. 557 5588. noon. £4 (£3.50). Find ottt how the Botanic (iardens' superheroes are helping save endangered species. l’art ol'lz'iIin/noglt Internatirmal Science I'estit'al.
Activities & Events
>1< Belize Live! Royal Botanic (iarden (Inverleith House). 1nverleith Row. 552 7171. 3pm. Free. See llitlist.
The Stem Cell Dream Royal Museum. 2 ('hambers Street. ()131 524 9830. 8pm. £7 (£5). l’art oft/re Edinburgh International Science I'estii‘al.
Saturday 14
Workshops
Animals Behaving Badly l-Ldinburgh Zoo. (‘orstorphine Road. 524 9830. 10am. £20. ('hannel your inner Attenborottgh and observe the animals tip close. I’art ot'lz'tlinlnojeli International SKI-(7160 I'i’SIIl'tIl.
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (‘ounting House. West .\'ico1son Street. 667 0876. 3.30 5.30pm. £7.50 (£5). What good is sketching all alone in your room'.’ (it) watch the burlesque stars play. Art is a cabaret. old chum. and 1 love a cabaret. Renewable Energy: DIY Solar Water Heating System Four Winds lnspiration (‘entre. The Pavilion. Inverleith Park. Arboretum Place. 332 2229. £300 inc materials. Splish splash. build a solar-powered bath. l'ntil Sun 15 .\pt.
Talks
The Internet - Where did it come from, where is it going, and how did it get so darn scary? Royal Museum. 2 ('hamhers Street. 0131 524 9830. 2pm. £7 (£5). (iood question. I’art oft/1e lit/inlnojglt International Science I'es'tit‘al.
The Never Ending Days of Being Dead Royal Museum Lecture Theatre. 2 (’hambers Street. 524 9830. 4pm. £8 (£6). .\'ot the latest etno band on the block. bttt cosmologist. author and broadcaster Marcus (‘hown discussing his book Dispatchesjroin the Front Line of Science. Part oft/1e lat/inlnojgli International Science I'extit'al.
Derek Acorah Playhouse. 18 22 (ireenside Place. 08700601730. 7.30pm. £17.50. ls there sottiething strange in your neighbourhood'.’ Who you gonna call‘.’
Politics
Scotland and the Union: Where stands unionism now? Mcl-Zwan Hall. Bristo Square. 650 4381. 6pm. Free. We may no longer be bought atid sold for linglish gold. btit there's still probably a fair parcel of rogues in the nation. The l'niversity of lidinburgh presents a series of high-profile lectures and debates to mark the Anglo-Scottish ttnion of 1707.
Wednesday 18
Food & Drink
Introduction to Wine : The Classic Grape Varieties Henderson‘s. 94 Hanover Street. 01236 829920. 7pm. £28. (‘ase Studies \Vine Schoool offer clear. simple intrtxluctions to wine tasting. focusing on one popular grape variety a session. liach tasting culminates in a main course dinner specially selected In complement the grape.