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Glasgow
Activrtles & Events FREE Adrian Howells: Risk I: Vulnerability Sat 20 Sep, The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 4.30pm. Panel discussion on what it means to take a creative ’risk’ in the theatre for all you taboo—exploding, boundary-pushing mavericks. Part of A rches U VE.’ Glasgow International Highland Cattle Show Sat 20 Sep, Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 636 6920. 10am—4pm. Free. The largest gathering of Scotland’s oldest breed of cattle.
FREE Glasgow Doors Open
Day 2008 Sat 20 & Sun 2| Sep, Various venues, 221 6061. Times vary. Free admission to see hidden gems inside some of Glasgow’s finest buildings.
Merchant City Festival Thu
25—Sun 28 Sep, Various venues, Merchant City, 341 0844. Times and prices vary. A lively four-day programme centred on Glasgow’s vibrant cultural quarter. See preview, page 29.
Stovies and Songs
Thu 25 Sep, Cafe Cossachok, Russian Cultural Centre, 38 Albion Street, 553 0733. 7pm. £20 (inc. two course meal). An evening of storytelling and traditional music. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
Brand New You’re Retro
Catwalk Show Sat 27 Sep. Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 0870 220 1 1 l6. 3-9pm. £10. Slip your oversired shades on for catwalk shows by Scottish designers, boutiques and high street shops. In aid of ChildLine. Book in advance. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
Fairs
FREE Caribbean Carnival
Costume Exhibition In Fashion Show Fri 26 Sep, 66-68 Osborne Street. 7.30pm. Providing a welcome splash of colour on a dour autumn evening, the Carnival Artists' students present Caribbean carnival characters in costume. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Employment Scotland Graduate Training and Recruitment Fair Thu 2 Oct, Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10am. This employment fair is geared towards those new to work, returning to work or lmking for a change.
Food & Drink FREE Soil Association Organic Food Festival Sat 20 & Sun 2| Sep, The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10am. The festival showcases the finest home—grown organic produce Scotland has to offer in a weekend of talks, tastings, stalls and cookery workshops. Scrumptious. Cocktail Training Academy Sun 28 Sep, JT Rochead, 60 Trongate, 4pm. £15 (includes finger food and cocktails). Mixologist Graeme Hosie shows how to make three cocktails whilst listening to the music of the icons they're named after. You'll be shaken and stirred. Part of the Merchant City Festival. Mystic Thpas Sun 28 Sep, Ana, 62 Albion Street. 552 2101. 7.30pm. £15 (includes tapas). Eating tapas whilst being entertained by a posse of psychics is certainly not a normal night out but that's exactly what‘s in store. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
Sport
The Gathering II: A Call to Arms Sat 20 Sep, Kelvin Hall lntemational Sports Arena, 1445 Argyle Street, 08444
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Magnificent Machines
vehicular crop will gather at the National Museum of Flight for ‘Magnificent Machines’ on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September and will welcome car enthusiasts, families and big kids alike. Expect a mouth-watering range of vintage cars, airplanes, traction engines and monster trucks from all over Europe. There’s also the chance to climb aboard Concorde and re-Iive your childhood dreams of becoming a pilot. I National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Sat 27 8. Sun 28 Sep.
771000. 6pm. £8—£ l 5 (concessions available). Professional wrestling stars will gather in Glasgow for this lycra-clad event. Get your foam finger ready for the ‘nations face-00".
Talks David Simon and The WireThu 18 Sep, Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 8128. 8.15—10.15pm. £6 (£4.50). The creator of The Wire is in town for a screening and a talk about the show. He will also launch his novel Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. FREE Mackintosh! Ingram Street Tea Rooms: Past, Present and Future Fn‘ 19 Sep, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street. 276 9599. 1—1.45pm. Alison Brown talks about the future of the dismantled Mackintosh interiors from Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms. Part of Heritage Week and Doors Open Day. FREE The Willow Tea Rooms: Talks Sun 21 & Mon 22 Sep, The Willow Tea Rooms, 217 Sauchiehall Street, 332 0521. Noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. The proprietn'x’s talk will feature the ‘Room de Luxe‘ doors and an original Miss Cranston dress. ()oh la. Booking essential.
Workshops FREE Creative Writing Sat 20 Sep, Scotland Street School Museum, Museum of Education, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. l—3pm. Give voice to your burgeoning Orwell or reticent Roth in this supportive environment. Book in advance. FREE Breath Water Sound Workshop Sat 20 & 27 Sep. University of Glasgow, 0750 486 0618. 10am—1pm. A yoga and meditation workshop held in the Interfaith Room of the University‘s main building.
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School
Sun 21 Sep, The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 4—7pm. £7 (£5). Live music, live girls and live art! The burlesque life drawing class guarantees some old school glamour.
FREE Fun Guitar Challenge
Thu 25 & Fri 26 Sep. Tran Europe Cafe, 25 Pamie Street, 2—4pm. Think you can‘t play guitar? Think again. Learn to play ‘Smoke on the Water‘ in ten minutes. Part of the Merchant City festival.
FREE Parkour Workshop Sat
27 & Sun 28 Sep. Merchant Square, 71—73 Albion Street, off Candleriggs, 552 5908. Sat 1.45pm & 5pm; Sun 1.45pm &
4.15pm. The sport du jour, participants will he jumped through the fundamentals of free-running. Pack a good pair of trainers. Part of the Merchant ( 'ity
Festi val.
Edinburgh
Activities 8 Events
Jerry Hall on Tracey Emin Thu
18 Sep, Weston Link. Hawthomden Lecture Theatre, National Gallery, the Mound, 624 6560. 7—8pm. £10 (£8). Jerry Hall provides a personal insight into Tracey iimin‘s work. Booking essential.
FREE Cleanse the Causeway
Sun 21 Sep. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 247 4422. 12.45pm, 1.45pm & 2.45pm. Living History Scotland re-crcates a gnarly street battle that happened in Edinburgh in 1520. Guld Crack Club Fri 26 Sep, Waverley Bar, 1 St Mary‘s Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. £3 suggested donation. Spin a yam yourself or just kick back and listen at the monthly storytelling club. FREE Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2008 Sat 27 Sep, Various venues, 557 8686. Times vary. Your annual opportunity to explore some of Edinburgh's most interesting buildings for diddly squat.
Magnificent Machines Sat
27—Sun 28 Sep. National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, 01620 897240. l()am--5pm. £6 (£5; members and under 12s free). A beauty pageant of vehicles. See photo above. FREE Take the King‘s Shilling Sun 28 Sep, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 247 4422. 12.45pm, 1.45pm & 2.45pm. Meet the Redcoat soldiers and leam what life was like in King George‘s army.
Fairs
Antique and Collectors Fair Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sep, Royal Highland Centre, lngliston, 335 6210. 9am-5pm. A treasure trove at lngliston ripe for the taking. Scottish Quilt Fair Fri 26—-Sun 28 Sep, Royal Highland Centre, lngliston, 335 6210. Workshops and exhibitors selling a wide range of fabrics and accessories. FREE By Leaves We Live Sat 27 Sep. Scottish Poetry Library. 5 Crichton‘s
C lose, Canongatc, 557 2876. l 1am- 6pm. This one-day fair has stalls and talks on poetry and art magazine publishing.
Food 8 Drink
FREE Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Sat 20 & 27 Sep, Castle Terrace. 652 5940. 9am—2pm. More local, quality, ethical produce than you could shake a stick at.
Jolly Toper Whisky Tastings 'lhu 25 Sep. The Tolbooth 'l'avem, 167 Canongatc. 556 5348. 7.30pm. £17 -£20. Long- running bi-monthly whisky tasting session at one of the best-stocked bars in town. Tickets must be booked in advance: call ()131 556 5864 or email chws(a)wmcadcnhcadcom to reserve.
Politics
FREE Edinburgh Stop the War Thu 2 ()ct. Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace. 7.30pm. Regular meeting of the anti-war organisation featuring guest speakers.
Spon
Auld Alliance Cycle Ride The 23—30 Sep, Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood Road. 10.30am. £400 to enter. A 260-mile cycle ride from Edinburgh to Paris via Dunfcnnlinc. Funds raised will go to Malawi.
Hopetoun House Cancer Research UK 10k Sun 28 Sep, Hopetoun House, Shore Road, South Quecnsfcrry, 0207 242 0200. l 1am-1pm. £tbc. Dust off your trainers and run 10k in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Talks
FREE Understanding Technology Thu 18 Sep, National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4274. 3pm. David Bloor pits British physicists against German engineers in the race to understand how an aircraft wing works. FREE A School for Boys and Girls by Jan Steen Fri 19 Sep, National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. l2.45~ 1.15pm. Amy Horrock, independent art historian, gives a talk on this chaotic schoolroom scene.
FREE Dovecot: a Future for Dovecot Studios and a New Cultural Space in Edinburgh Tue 23 Sep, Weston Link, Hawthomdcn Lecture Theatre, National Gallery, the Mound, 624 6560. 1245— 1.30pm. Director of Dovecot
Studios, David Weir, charts Dovecot‘s
evolution in the 21st century.
Sunset Song 'Ihu 25 Sep. Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 10.30am-12.30pm. £5 (includes tea and coffee). Gail Wylie takes on Lewis Grassic (iibbon's classic.
Academic Symposium: Scotland: 3 Changing Nation Sat 27 Sep, Playfair Library (University of Edinburgh), ()ld College, South Bridge, 225 7534. 10am—5ptn. £25 (£10--£20). A line-up of historians and academics discuss the themes in the National Museum of Scotland's current exhibition, Scotland: (1 Changing Nation.
FREE Tracey Emin: 20 Years - Curator‘s Tour Mon 29 Sep. National Gallery of Modem Art, 75 Belford Road. 624 6200. 12.45 — 1 .30pm. Tour the Tracey limin exhibition with Patrick lilliot, Francis Finlay curator at the Gallery of Modem Art. Places are limited. and an exhibition ticket must be bought.
Workshops
Random Willow Weave Sat 20 Sep, Four Winds Inspiration Centre. The Pavilion, lnvcrleith Park, Arboretum Place. 332 2229. 10.30am—5pm. £45. Anthea Naylor leads this one-day course in weaving techniques. Booking is essential. Beading for Beginners: Bead and Wire Necklace Tue 23, Wed 24. Tue 30 Scp & Wed 1 ()ct. Imagination Workshop, 136 Marchrnont Road, 466 0148. Tue l().30arn--12.30pm; Wed 7~-9pm. £15. Make jewellery pretty enough to fool all your friends into thinking it cost loads with these workshops.
Simple Art of Meditation Sat 27 Sep. Royal Botanic Garden, 2021 lnvcrleith Row. 248 2937. 10am-4pm. £40 (members £36). An introduction to the art of meditation.