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Underneath the Arches Wed 30 Apr.
The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 7pm. Artist David ()verend leads a workshop looking at putting together site-specific performance.
Have a Go Longbow Sun 4 May. Mugdock Country Park. Craigallian Road. Milngavie. 956 6100. 2—4pm. £l. We're slightly frightened by the gung-ho title of this event. but then we‘ve been warned not to play with sharp things. Make like William Tell and take a shot at medieval archery with the Green llollow Bowmen. Please try not to hit anyone. All ages welcome. Meet in the Walled Garden.
"E: Words Out Mon 5 May. Scotland Street School Museum. Museum of Education. 225 Scotland Street. 287 0500. l lain-4pm. All manner of wordy fun. from creative writing workshops to storytelling sessions and cookery to music workshops. for children and adults. We're not entirely sure how you cook with words beyond opening a cart of alphabetti spaghetti. but we're always willing to learn new things here in the Around Town section. Part of Show Scotland.
Edinburgh
Activities & Events
Used Bookshop Daily until October. Gladstone‘s Land. 477b Lawnmarket. 226 5856. 10am-5pm. A large book sale of used and nearly new books. All very reasonably priced at either 50p or 5; l. Proceeds will go towards conservation work at the property and book donations are welcome.
Charity Thursdays Thursdays. Bar Diesel. 19 Shore Place. 8pm. £3. Calling all know-it-alls! Love the buzz. of beating down friends and relatives with your superior knowledge'.’ linjoy assuaging your conscience by making a sizeable contribution to the needy'.’ Why
not combine the two. and get a team together for this weekly pub quiz. where the proceeds got to a different charity every Thursday. Weekly pub quiz. with the proceeds going to a different charity every time. FREE Mobility Roadshow Fri 25 Apr. Royal Highland Centre. lngliston. 335 6210. l()am—5pm. Visitors will be able to try out the latest adapted and specialist vehicles from major manufacturers. as well as test the latest wheelchairs. scooters. bikes. cycles and mobility aids front around 100 exhibitors. FREE Exhibition tour: Meet Your Local Heroes Fri 25 Apr. National Library of Scotland. George [V Bridge. 623 4675. 2pm. John Birch delves behind the scenes of the library's current exhibition. Local Heroes: The Art oft/1e Graphic Novel. and takes you with him. lley! Not so fast. John! FREE Celebration Weekend Sat 26- Sun 27 Apr. National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. l()am—5pm. A spectacular weekend of music. dancing. an and history to mark the start of the Royal Museum Project. with a Treasure Trail. special tours. the Royal Museum Ceilidh on Sunday and a special ceremony to mark the closure of part of the museum as building work begins. Ceilidh Club 'I‘uesdays. The Lot. 4 Grassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing. furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps featuring Billy MacPhee Ceilidh Band (29 Apr) and Heeliegoleerie (6 May).
Beltane Fire Festival Wed 30
Apr. Calton llill. Waterloo Place gate. 473 2000. 6.30—8.30pm & 9pm— lam. £5 (under l0s free). See Listpicks. Garden Guides Daily Morning Tours l’rom Thu 1 May. Royal Botanic Garden. 20a lnverleith Row. 552 7171. l lam—noon. £3. Daily moming and afternoon tours of the Botanics start in May and run throughout the summer. Tickets available from the Botanics Shop.
ueue, kid. 0r alternatively, get some hands on experience from the .g. best in the business, as Soma Records’ annual Soma Skool, a day of workshops, demos and talks, all centering on the dance music industry, frugs its way over to your corner of the floor and mutters, ‘Top choon, mate, eh?’ Studio tips and hands on experience from artists, Q&A sessions, business start up ideas and the odd occasional starry, starry guest like house supremo DJ Sneak (pictured).
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VoxBox Thu 1 May. The Mercat. 28 West Maitland Street. 225 3X6l. 8pm. £3. New spoken word and music night. dreamed tip from the fevered brains of lidinburgh performance poets Anita Govan and Kevin Cadwallender and running on the first 'l‘hursday of every month. Look out for slams. guest nights. and new writing sessions.
FREE St Bernard’s Wells Sun 4 May. St Bernard‘s Well. by the Water of Leith. Stockbridge. 529 7902. Noon—3pm. Normally closed to the public. these historical mineral springs will be available to view for a handful of selected days.
FREE Slateford Saunter Sun 4 May. Colinton and Craiglockhan Dell. Lanark Road entrance to the Dells. Slateford Road. 447 7145. 2; 4pm. Walk through the wooded dells. enjoy the wildlife. learn of the industrial heritage. return via the Canal and find out the importance of these waterways on this easy-graded walk. Under 16s must be accompanied. FREE Identity Projects Wed 7 May. National Library of Scotland. George W Bridge. 623 4675. 7pm. The lidinburgh Inter-Faith Association takes a look at being young. male and from a minority religious group in a post 9/l 1 world.
Exhibitions
FREE European Follies: Architectural Extravaganzas Royal Botanic Garden. lnverleith Row. 552 7171. Until Sun 4 May. l()am~4.45pm. Photographs by Nic Barlow that illustrate liuropean follies from the Baroque period to the )resent day.
FREE In a Different Light Scottish Poetry Library. 5 (‘richton's Close. Canongate. 557 2876. L'ntil Sat l9 Jul (not Sun). I lam 6pm; I- 5pm. An exhibition of new works exploring short phrases. comprising hand-bound books. cards and screen-prints from Julie Johnstone's lissence Press imprint.
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