Around Town
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Glasgow
Activmes 8 Events
FREE Job Search Live Thu 4 Sep. Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. Large-scale recruitment event with info about jobs and training.
FREE Greenbank Open Doors Day Sat 6 Sep. Greenbank Garden. Flenders Road. Clarkston. ()844 4932201. 1—4.30pm. Learn the history of Greenbank House. how it came into existence and what’s gone on there since. King Monkey Pub Quiz Tuesdays. The Drawing Room. 1055 Sauchiehall Street. 339 8866. 8.30pm. There's a tenuous simian theme running through this weekly pub quiz. where the prizes are beer or bananas.
FREE Idol 2008 Sat 13 Sep. Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 1.30pm. it's not Pop Idol. it's not Fame Academy. it‘s not the X -Factor and it's not Britain ’5 Got Talent. Sensing a gap in the market. this talent show is for singers and dancers both under and over 18. See www.idoluk.com for your 15 seconds.
Enable Scotland’s Big Apple Ball Sat 13 Sep. The Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7pm. £75. Charity event with music from Divas and Counselled Out. a five-course meal and a prize auction. To book contact Jennifer Niven on ()141 225 1649 or jennifer.niven@enableorguk.
Exhibitions
FREE Life Alter Iraq St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Until Sun 26 Oct. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun
1 lam—5pm; 10am—lpm. Joint exhibition by award-winning photojoumalist Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs. who travelled to Syria to document the plight of some of the millions of ordinary Iraqis living there who have fled the conflict in their homeland. Part of Refugee Week 2008.
FREE Words 2008 Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. Tue 9—Sat 13 Sep. 9am—8pm'. 9am—5pm. An interactive exhibition with free writing workshops. readings. discussions and an art installation by Nicola Atkinson. Phone ()141 287 2999 to book workshop places. See preview. page 31.
Food 8 Drink
Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 6 Sep. Queen‘s Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. 9am—2pm. Local produce. from local people.
FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 13 Sep. Dowanhill Primary School. Havelock Street. Pattick. 9am—3pm. What‘s this? Mansfield Park Farmers‘ Market not actually happening in Mansfield Park? Don‘t worry. this is
' just a temporary rehousing while
Mansfield Park gets a facelift.
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FREE Pedal for Scotland Sat 13 Sep. Glasgow Green. Greendyke Street. ()871 200 3940. Annual display of pedal power as impressively-thighed participants cycle the 50 miles from Glasgow to the finishing line in Edinburgh. Insert gratuitous mention of Chris Hoy here.
Talks 8 Performance
An Audience with Tommy Docherty Thu 4 Sep. Citizens' Theatre. 1 19 Gorbals Street. 429 0022. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Fast-talking and wise-cracking with the fomier Celtic hero turned pundit.
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Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £5. Scottish spoken word/performance/ music/art cabaret night. This evening's line-up includes Martin O‘Connor and live an duo Molly & Me. See Listpicks FREE Seeds of Thought Sat 6 Sep. CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 7.30pm. Ticketed. Live urban poetry and acoustic music. FREE AMI-can Sun 7 Sep. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. l 1am—4pm. A series of fatnin- focused events especially for African and Caribbean families. covering arts and crafts. music and storytelling. DlScOmBoBuLaTe Tue 9 Sep. CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £4 (£2). Special guest Tarn Dean Burn takes time out frotn bestriding Scottish theatre like a colossus to read at the ever—busy literature/comedy night. See Listpicks FREE Artists’ Talk: David Overend Mon 15 Sep.The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 6pm. David ()verend gives a talk on his practice-as-research project. Underneath the Arches. Part of Arches Ll V117.
David Simon and The Wire Thu
18 Sep.Glasgow Film Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 332 8128. 8.15—10. 15pm. £6 (£4.50). The creator of ardently-loved. gritty cop show The Wire is in town for a talk about his creation. to launch his forthcoming true crime novel Hmnir‘ide.‘ a Year on tlte Killing Streets. and for a screening of the TV show. See Listpicks
Edinburgh
Activities 8 Events Assembly Rooms Ceilidh Fri 5 Sep.
Assembly Rooms. 54 George Street. 339
5374. 8pm. £10 (£8 in advance). Ceilidh band Hebrideans and caller Ken Gourlay lead the hooching.
An Oriental Odyssey in the Botanics Royal Botanic Garden. 20a lnverleith Row. 248 1031. 2:30—4pm. £4. A tour led by the Garden Guides about the plants and trees of Chinese origin that now reside in the gardens. Ages 12+.
FREE Craigmillar Castle Park Fun Day and Superidog Event Sun 7 Sep.
, Craigmillar Castle Park. Bridgend Fami é Entrance. Off Old Dalkeith Road. 447
7145. noon—4pm. Fatnily fun day. with Superdogs! .S‘uperdngs.’ Apparently it's a doggy beauty pageant rather than an awesome display of canine strength. btit we bet you get extra points for mutts in capes.
FREE Scottish Traditions of Dance Thist Sun 7 Sep. National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. 1.45pm & 2.45pm. Enjoy the sounds and spectacle of a variety of Scottish traditional dances.
FREE Freak Screen Mondays. The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 8pm—lam. Free film night (taking in everything frorn docs and skate movies to horror) followed by funk- fuelled eclectica from C ommanderson and General B—Battenburg.
The Whiteout Sat 13 Sep. Midlothian Snow Sports Centre. Biggar Road. Hillend. 445 4433. 9am. £1 per activity. Get to grips with the artificial slopes at Hillend. with a whole day of beginners‘ skiing. boarding and tubing sessions. and
g a chance to ride the Chairlift!
FREE River Almond Ramble Sun 14 Sep. River Almond. Outside Cratnond Brig Inn. 447 7145. 11am—4pm. A medium-length hike along the banks of the River Almond. including a tour of Cammo Estate and a visit to historic Cramond. Please bring sturdy footwear. warm clothes. waterproofs and a packed lunch. Under 16s must be accompanied. FREE Favourite Scottish Books Wed 17 Sep. National Library of Scotland. George W Bridge. 623 4675. 7pm. Share your favourite Scottish poems. stories. and books at this informal evening event.
Exhibitions FREE An Electric Shock of Delight:
Sir Walter Scott and the Waverley ; Novels Writers‘ Museum. Lady Stair‘s
Close. Lawnmarket. 529 4901. Until Wed 7 Jan (not Sun). 10am—5pm. An exhibition to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the publication of The C(miplaint of the Black Night. printed on Andrew Myllar and Walter Chepman's press after being granted the first Edinburgh printing patent by King James 1V.
; Bond Bound: ian Fleming and the
Art of Cover Design City Art Centre. 2 Market Street. 529 3993. Until Sat 13 Sep (not Sun). Mon-Sat 10am—5pm. £5 (£3.50). Exshibition charting the role of artistsh and deshignersh in defining the look of the world's rnosht popular shpy.
' Shcintillating.
FREE Extremes: Life in Subarctic
Canada National Museum of Scotland.
Chambers Street. 247 4422. Until Sun 5 ()ct. 10am—5pm. A collection of objects collected by Scottish fur traders in the 1850s and 60s from the tribes living in the Canadian subarctic. and further objects purchased recently.
FREE impnentit: 500 years of the Scottish Printed Word National Library of Scotland. George 1V Bridge. 623 3845. Until Sun 12 ()ct. 10am—8pm: 10am—5pm; 2-5pm. Exhibition celebrating the achievements of 500 years of printing and publishing in Scotland.
Food 8 Drink
FREE Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Saturdays. Castle Terrace. 652 5940.
I 9am—2pm. More local. quality. ethical
produce than you cottld shake a stick at.
Talks 8 Performance Evolution Vs intelligent Design Thu 4 Sep. Edinburgh Zoo. Corstorphine Road. 314 0350. 7.30—8.30pm. £4.50 (members £4). Stuart Ritchie (President of the University of Edinburgh Humanist Society) makes the case for evolutionary theory. ‘Mon the monkest See Listpicks FREE Tales in the Gleaming Fri 5 Sep. Royal Botanic Gardens (East Gate).
Royal Botanic Gardens. lnverleith Row.
552 7171. 7—8pm. Ticketed. Traditional songs and stories as told by the Talking Trees. It takes place outside so wrap up wartn and bring something to sit on. Tickets only available in person frotn the Temperate Palm House. Ages 12+. FREE RCAHMS Centenary Lunchtime Seminars: Life Before Busby Mon 8 Sep. John Sinclair House. 16 Bernard Terrace. RCAHMS. 662 1456. 1—2pin. In honour of their centenary the Royal Commission on the Ancient attd Historical Monuments of Scotland are opening their lunchtime setninar programme to the public. Alex Hale will discuss record revision in the Wild West. FREE Scots: The Mither Tongue Tue 9 Sep. National Library of Scotland. George IV Bridge. 623 4675. 7pm. Writer and broadcaster Billy Kay and traditional singers Rod Paterson celebrate over 500 years of history. literature. humour. story and song in the Scots language. See Listpicks FREE Striking Pages: The History of Gaelic in Print Thu 1 1 Sep. National Library of Scotland. George W Bridge. 623 4675. 7pm. Mark Wringe traces five centuries of Gaelic in print. Scotland and China: Mns or Complete Strangers? Thu 18 Sep. Royal Botanic Garden (Lecture Theatre). 2021 lnverleith Row. 552 7171. 7—8pm. £3 (members £2). Professor Stephen Blacktnorc. Regitts Keeper of the RBGE. talks about the botanics' long-standing relationship with China. Ages 12+. Tickets available on the door. FREE Understanding Technology Thu 18 Sep. National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4274. 3pm. David Bloor pits Britislt Physicists against Gemtan Engineers in the race to understand how an aircraft wing works. Charles Darwin and the Falkland Islands Thu 18 Sep. Edinburgh Zoo.
Corstorphine Road. 314 ()350. 7.30—8.30pm. £4.50 (members £4). Dr Phil Stone of the British Geological Survey explains the influence of Darwin‘s visits to the Falklands in this illustrated lecture.
Workshops
FREE Scots Music Group Session & Enrolment Thu 4 Sep. The Antiquary. 72—78 St Stephen Street. 555 7668. 9pm. Advice and enrolment for a new term of
classes in mandolin. bodhran. fiddle. song
and more. with a session frotn 9pm. Extremes Event: Get Creative: Beading Workshop National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. l 1am & 2pm. £5 (£4). Nina Sleight leads a workshop in decorating bags and scarves with floral bead pattems. just like the Tlicho peoples of sub-arctic Canada. Ages 16+.
FREE Drummers Do Sun 7 Sep. The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 2.30—5pm. Featuring sessions by local drummers. Q&A sessions. demos and technical advice. Sharleen Spiteri‘s drummer Denis Lynch will be demonstrating the new Roland V-l)rums. Absolute Beginner Ceilidh Dance Class Wed 17 Sep. Bruntsl'ield School. 12 Montpelier. Bruntsl'ield. 555 7668. 7—8.55ptn. £7 (£4). No partners necessary for this friendly and relaxed drop-in ceilidh class for absolute beginners. Wear flat and comfortable shoes.
Outside the Cities
Activities and Events
FREE Doors Open Day (Scotland) Weekends throughout September. Various venues. Scotland-wide. ()141 221 1466. Times vary. Stroll around a palace. poke about in the back of a nightclub. tramp all over a fartn or try not to knock things over in a train station. Every weekend this month will have doors opening in a monument. theatre or civic trust near you — see www.doorst)pendaysorg.uk for full info and brush tip on your Lloyd Grosstnan impressions.
Fairs and Festivals
Vahalla Day Sat 6 Sep. Pencil Monument. Largs. ()1294 316463. The week-long Largs Viking Festival. a celebration of everything Scandic (no. really. They've got an ABBA tribute act and everything) comes crashing to a close with a recreation of the Battle of Largs of 1263. when the horny-helmeted pillaging enthusiasts were finally driven out of Scotland. followed by the traditional hunting of a longship. Ug. As the Vikings might have said. See www.largsvikingfestivalcotn for tnore info.
Septembayr: The Ayr Festival Sun 7—-Mon 29 Sep. Various venues. Ayr. 01292 61 1222. Times and prices vary. A month of events in local venues leading tip to music and street entertainment in Ayr Town Centre on Sat 27 September. This year‘s theme is ‘Sea Ayr‘ (I think we all saw what they did there. Saw it attd liked it). meaning that there will be displays of maritime might from the Sea Cadets alongside Beach Boys tribute acts. sirig-along-a-Suuth Pacific and comedy from Rich Hall. Because he's. er. a salty old dog'.’
Food and Drink
Scottish Food Fortnight Sat 6-Sun 21 Sep Various venues. Scotland-wide. Titnes and prices vary. Let's get stuffed! This celebration of everything great about Scottish produce. from the venison to the veg. with a good bit of seafood along the way. manifests itself in stalls. samplings. events. demonstrations and markets all over the country. There are far too many edible events to mention. Around Town finds itself strangely drawn to Tarken Tapas Tuesday in St Fillans. but then we‘ve always been a sucker for a spot of
sassy alliteration. See
www.scottishftmdfortnightcouk for full
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