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 aroundtown@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Kirstin lnnes.
Glasgow Friday. 1 1 .-
Fairs
The Vitality Show Scotland Sli(‘(‘. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. Want 6pm. £8 (£5: under 5s freel. All you need to know about health. beauty. healthy eating. fitness and wellbeing. under one. admittedly quite large. roof. There's more to this looking good malarkey than smugly quafling the occasional smoothie. you know. www.theyitality'show.co.uk
Fairs
Miso Funky Market llillhead Library. 348 Byres Road. 33‘) 7223. l lam 4pm. Free. (‘ontemimrary craft fair where you're more likely to find disco ties and charm bracelets than a nice wee knitted dolly for your layatory paper.
Food & Drink
Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Mansfield Park. l’anick. 0l738 449430. 9am 3pm. Free. ()rganic vegetables. hand-made brooms and happy bacon. You can buy anything on Dumbarton Road these days.
Workshops
The Island with Jack Black Royal (‘oncett Hall. 2 Sattchiehall Street. 353 8000. 9am. £1 1‘) (first time Visitors). A two-day course which promises to change your life. with talks and exercises to increase confidence and motivation. We're y/in'rly sure that it's not the gurning Hollywood hilarity-maker. bttt autograph- hunters might want to hang around Buchanan Street just in case. Strictly no under 18s.
Activmes & Events
* The Glasgow Slam Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8pm. £3 to compete £5 spectators. See llitlist.
Workshops
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. 4 7pm. £5 £6. Prick up your pencils and learn to draw by'oodifttl burlesque boy s and girls by an ever-ready bar.
Wednesday 1 6
Spon
UEFA Cup Final llampden l’ark. Letherby Drive. 616 6000. Big proper football! The final two teams in the ['lil'A ('up battle it out. At time of going to press we have no idea who‘s playing. btit we suspect Seyilla might be im'olyed.
Workshops
Big Knit Out! North Star. 108 Queen Margaret l)ri\'e. 576 ()l 13. 7pm. l-‘ree. Knitting. tea and cakes. with likeminded indiyiduals.
Activities & Events
Family History Centre Tour Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 290‘).
6 7.30pm. Free. Find otit about all the sources held in the Mitchell Library that can help you discoyer and explore your family history. Please book in advance.
Talks Sagmeister in Scotland The LighthoUse. l l Mitchell Lane. 22l 6362.
24 THE LIST 10—24 May 2001'
Comeflywithme
5~—6pm. l‘ree but ticketed. Talk with design maverick (and friend of Lou Reed) Stefan Sagmeister. I’ur! oft/re Six ('t'n'm Design I't’s‘lii'al.
Friday 18
Activities & Events
Threads ('he ('amille. 143 Oxford Street. 07862 7202I5. 7pm. Join in with performance artist Kate li I)eeming‘s latest interactive piece part liye theatre. part film screening. part an installation. She's looking for participants to act and spectate. ('all 014] 423 1306 for further information.
Saturday 1 9
Acttvmes & Events
Celebrating Buddhist Culture: Vesak Day The Hidden (iardeus. 'I‘ramw'ay. 25 Albert l)riye. 0845 3303501. I lam-4pm. A day of meditation. poetry. food. arts and crafts to celebrate the Btltldhisl festiyal of \esitix‘.
Food & Drink
Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Queen's Park. 520 l.angside Park. 287 7273. 9am 2pm. Local produce. from local people.
Play it Again The Old l‘ruitmarket. ('andleriggs. 353 8000. [0.30am & 3pm. Free. Accompanying the hit BB(' teleyision show. Play it Again is a series of live eyents taking place across Scotland. where thousands of people has e a chance to sing or play with the BB(' SS() and BB(‘ singers. ()pen to eyeryone over eight years. regardless of musical ability or experience.
Tuesday 22
Talks
Designer Double Bill: Hella Jongerius and Peter Inglis The lighthouse. l I Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. 6.30 8pm. liree. Double bill of talks with the most interesting Scottish and international designers around. I’ur! of the Six (‘ilies Design I-i'slii'ul.
Wednesday 23
Food 8 Drink
Dinner with Billy McNeill and Tommy Gemmell (llasgow 'I'liistle llotel. ('ambridge Street. 332 33l 1. 7pm. £30. liat with the ('eltic legends and Lisbon lions. Not recommended for Rangers fans. Tickets from 0l4l 302 74 l 2.
Thursday 24
Activities & Events
Job Scene Glasgow 2007 Royal (’oncert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. Thu 24 May. 10.30am. Free. A chance to learn about training. careers and starting your own business with exhibitions and seminars galore. One to one adyice is ayailable.
>t< The Luv Trail l.l'\' (iallery. 1220 (im an Road. 445 5l00. liree. See llitlist. l'ntil Wed 30 May.
Activities 8 Events
Che Camille’s Parlour of Design Delights ()8 Saltmarket. U8 Saltmarket. Merchant (‘ity. 0786 27202l5 . Thu l7 May Sun 3 Jun. l0am 5pm; Thu
l0am 7pm: Sun noon 5pm. Showcase of exciting new designers. art and fashion eyents. changing window installations and a chance to watch designers at work in a new shop front for the ultra-hip (ilasgow design showroom. Interior designed by Simon llarlow. l’urt n! [he Six ('ilit's Design l'ihxnrul.
Diamonds and Young Guns Bra/en Studios. 58 Albion Street. Merchant (it). 552 455 l. Thu l7 May Sat 2 Jun tnot Sun/Mont. 10.30am 5pm. A selection of the country 's best. most exciting jewellery designers. who blur the line between art atid fashion accessory. l’url n/ the Six ('iln's Dr's/en I‘t‘.\lfl'(ll.
Glasgow is Made By Us The lighthouse. l I Mitchell lane. 221 6362. Thu [7 May Wed 27 Jun. Mon ix
\Ved Sat 10.30am 5pm; Tue llam 5pm: Sun noon 5pm. Also includes interyentions at St linoch's Square. (ieorge
. . . let’s fly, let’s fly away to a time before the budget flight and the package holiday, when air travel was a magical, exotic, glamorous experience and all first class cabins looked like the Austin Powers’ private jet (see above). As part of the Six Cities Design Festival, Tramway are staging a huge exhibition that traces the role of fashion, architecture, aeronautical and furniture design in the development of air travel and our changing attitudes towards it. I Tramway, Glasgow. tint/l Sun 27 May. For further information on the Six Cit/es Des‘ign Fest/val. see feature. page 16‘.
Square and Argy le Street. See feature. page H). l’url of the Six (‘tlicx Design l'i'stit'ul. A Glasgow Story: A snapshot of African and Caribbean life in Glasgow today St Mttngo Mttseutu of Religious Life and Art. 2 ('ttstle Street. 553 2557. l'ntil iii 2‘) Jun. Mon Thu ck Sat l0am 5pm; l-‘ri ck Sun llam 5pm;
I lam lpm. lixhibition showcasing the work of aw ard-winning documentary photographer Roddy Mackay. who has explored lite day to day experiences of some of the city ’s newer communities and highlights African heritage in Scotland. The exhibition is the first part of the tones [mm Africa project run by the St Mungo Museum of Religiotis life and Art.
Glasgow Tower (ilasgow Science (‘entre. 50 Pacific Quay. 087l 540 I000. 10am 4.30pm. £4.05 (£3.05). Scared of heights‘.’ lx’t’tll/r'.’ (it) on. pros e ll. See some spectacular \ iews of (ilasgow by taking the 2 1/2 minute ride ox er l00m sky ward to the (ilasgow Tower cabin. .\'.B. The tower w ill close in adxerse weather conditions. (‘ttll ()87l 540 |()()() to confirm axailability before \ isiting.
* Postcards from Hitherto llitlierto. McIntyre llogg Building. througlt Tinderbox. l4/l/ lngram Street. 0141 552 5603. Thu [7 May Stilt 3 Jun. See llitlist. l’url ur'I/n' Sit (tiles lh'sien l'i'slirul.
Workshops
The Essentials of Buddhism (ilasgow Buddhist Centre. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. 7.30pm. £54 (£27). A series of classes exploring Btiddhist teachings and how to apply them to exeryday life.
Hip Hop Street Dance (iathcr ln (ilasgow. lil‘l‘er Floor. 37 Rutlwen lane. 07067 l885l3. 7.30pm. I‘m not saying you're a gold diggah. bttt the playahs will tltink you're lulu/Ix cool if you know the moyes. (ict what I'm sayiug'.’ Introduction to Lace Knitting ’l‘heo‘s ('offee and Play. 380 (ireat \Vestern Rd.
7 8pm. The nice people behind
(ilasgow ~s Big Knit ()ul get tricksy on its. liyery second Thursday. (‘all 0|4l 576
0| l3 to book a place.