Around Town
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Glasgow
Activities & Events
FREE Gartnavel Royal
Hospital: Celebrating Art in our Hospital Thu 2 Oct. Gartnavel Royal Hospital. 1055 Great Western Road. 232 2001. 5—7pm. An open evening with music. drama and information to raise awareness of the hospital‘s arts projects with an appearance by Donald Urquhart. Book in advance. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film festival. FREE Telling Tall Tales Sat 4 Oct. The Village Storytelling Centre. St James‘ Parish Church. 183 Meiklerig Crescent. 882 3025. l 1am. Grace Banks spins yams from years gone by. different cultures and her imagination. Children must be accompanied. Georgian Weekend Sat 4 & Sun 5 Oct. Pollok House. Pollok Country Park. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 616 6410. 2—4pm. £2. Enjoy a costumed 18th Century dance in the Servants’ Hall of Pollok House. FREE Fungal Foray Sun 5 Oct. Provanhall House. Auchinlea Road. Easterhouse. 276 0931. 1.30—3.30pm. Learn which mushrooms to eat and which to avoid in this informative walk. Booking required. FREE Autumn Magic Walk Sun 5 Oct. Mugdock Country Park. Craigallian Road. Milngavie. 956 6100. 2—4pm. Enjoy the brief but glorious seasonal colours and other signs of autumn on this ranger-led guided walk through the Blane Valley. FREE Alexandra Park Walks Tue 7 & 14 Oct. Alexandra Park. Alexandra Parade. 07734 264765. 7—8pm. Meeting point at main gates on Alexandra Parade. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Appropriate clothing and footwear should be worn. FREE Platinum Paws Fashion Show Thu 9 Oct. The Winchester Club. 49 Bell Street. 333 9241. 7.15—10pm. The first event of its kind in Scotland. come and see these pooches strut their stuff down the catwalk. or should that be dogwalk'.’ A champagne reception and entertainment will be provided. Garden Walk Sat 1 1 Oct. Greenbank Garden. Flenders Road. C larkston. 0844 493 2201. 2.30pm. £5 (£4; members free). Take tips on what to plant in that awkward gardening time between spring and summer. FREE Fungus Amungus Bishopbriggs Sun 12 Oct. Mugdock Country Park. Craigallian Road. Milngavie. 9566100. 2—4pm. Find out more about mushrooms and fungi on this aftemoon walk. Booking essential. FREE Lichens, Liverworts and Fungi, Lennoxtown - No Children Required! Sun 12 Oct. Mugdock Country Park. Craigallian Road. Milngavie. 956 6100. 2—4pm. Sculliongour is a fascinating disused limestone quarry. Iixplore the natural history of the area with the Ranger Service. Not suitable for children. Booking essential.
Relax Ballye: Night of
Enlightenment Sun 12 Oct. Couper Institute. 86 Clarkston Road. 429
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0595. 4—7pm. £5. A ladies' night of entertainment. music. fashion. food and Bollywood dancing. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film I-estii'al. The Glasgow Slam Sun 12 Oct. Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 7.30pm. £3—£5 (£3). A Glasgow poetry competition that‘s open to all with some very tasty cash prizes up for grabs. Sharpen yer patter. and make sure you register with robin.caims(a‘/btconnectcom before the event. DiScOmBoBuLaTe CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Fri 10 Oct. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Ian MacPherson hosts another verbose outing of the literary/comedy evening with readings from Rodge Glass. Iain Heggie. Kirstin lnnes. Alan Bissett. Anna Miles and others. Tickets available at the door. FREE Big Man: A Celebration of Maryhill. its Canal & its People’"2 Maryhill Locks. bigrnanglasgowcom. Sat 4 Oct. 4--8pm. A day of fun land and water activities to celebrate the development of Andy Scott's latest engineering design. The day includes boat trips on the canal and chances to partake in canoeing and kayaking. Shoreside. there will be theatre in the street. exhibitions. arts and crafts and refreshments as well as live music courtesy of Tam White. The Gutty Slippers. Punjabi No l and X -I'a(‘t()r finalist Nikitta.
Found The Sub Club. 22 Jamaica
Street. 248 4600. Tue 14 Oct. 8pm. £tbc. Found. the magazine compiled from notes. pics and other curiosities stumbled across and sent in by readers. crosses the pond for its first Iiuropean tour. Davy Rothbart reads the letters. his brother Peter performs songs. Andrew Cohn provides the beats and sideshow performer Brett Loudermilk is on hand for any sword swallowing that's required.
Fairs
FREE Employmeht Scotland Graduate Training and Recruitment Fair Thu 2 Oct. Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 10am. An employment fair for those new to work. returning to work or looking for a change.
FREE Scotcampus Freshers’ Festival Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct. George Square. 10am—6pm. Entertainment and information for new students. slap hang in the middle of Glasgow. Find out all about work and play with info on clothing. food. health. lifestyle and academic advice as well as live music in the lm-Bru 32 Music entertainment tent from Attic Lights. lsosceles. the Down and Outs. Grace Iimilys and many more bands. Ages 16+.
Antique and Collectors Fair Sun 12 Oct. Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena. 1445 Argyle Street. 357 2525. 10am-430pm. £1 (accompanied children free). With jewellery. pottery. porcelain. coins. pictures. books. carte- de-visites. linen. prints. ceramics and toys there's something for everyone.
Festivals
The Scottish Mental Health
Arts and Film Festival Wed l—Sun 19 Oct. Various Venues. Scotland. 0141 572 0125. Times and prices vary. The 2nd annual festival with film. music. theatre and art events that challenge and explore issues associated with mental health problems.
Food & Drink
The Soup Tours Fri 3 & 10 ()ct. Pollok House. Pollok Country Park. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 616 6410.
l 1.30am—lpm. £10. Tales of Spanish painters and their sitters in the l6th—18th centuries on 3 Oct and The Maxwells of Pollok on 10 Oct. Price includes a light lunch.
FREE Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 4 Oct. Queen‘s Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. 9am—2pm. Local produce. from local people.
Limber up
The cream of the British acrobatic crop are gathering in Glasgow to compete over ten days against stiff
competition from countries including Russia and China. Bring along a Union Jack to wave, and prepare to be amazed, excited or maybe just thoroughly tired out, by energetic aerial and floor displays across ten
different disciplines.
I World International Acrobat/cs Championships. Fr/ 3 Oct-Sun 12 Oct. Kelvrn Hall International Sports Arena, Argyle Street, Glasgow, 0844 Mt 793 7.
FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 1 | Oct. Dowanhill Primary School. llavelock Street. Partick. 9am—3pm. What's this'.’ Mansfield Park Farmers' Market not actually happening in Mansfield Park I” Don't worry. this is just a temporary rehousing while Mansfield Park gets a facelift. I)owanhill Primary School playground still has room for 40+ stalls bursting with everything from happy bacon and spuds with mud on ‘em to Greek delicacies and face painting.
Spon
World Acrobatics Championships Fri 3~Sun 12 Oct. Kelvin Hall lntemational Sports Arena. 1445 Argyle Street. 0844 481 7937. Times and prices vary. British medal hopefuls pit their talents against the leading countries such as China and Russia in the 21st FIG Acrobatic World Championships and 5th lntemational Age Group.
Royal London Watches Grand Prix Snooker Sat 1 l—-Thu 16 Oct. Sli(‘('.
Finnieston Quay. 0870 (H0 4000. Sat noon; Sun 'l‘ue & 'l‘hu 1.30pm & 7pm; Wed 2pm & 7pm. £8.50 £12. Rounds one. two and quarter finals with leading contenders Ronnie ()‘Sullhan. Marco Fu. Stephen Maguire. (iraeme l)ott. Mark Selby. Shaun Murphy. Ding Junhui and more. Scotland v Norway World Cup Qualifier Sat 1 1 Oct. Ilampden l’ark. Letherby Drive. 616 6000. 3pm. £25-£35 (£l0-£181. Watch Scotland haltle it out against the Nordic team in their campaign to reach the 2010 World ('up. British Natural Bodybuilding Federation Championships Sun 12 Oct. SIi(‘(‘. l‘innieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. Noon & 5pm. £16. Male and female bodybuilders and figure girls flex and stretch to see who w Ill be British champion.
Talks You ARE the Cosmos Thu 2 ()ct. (ilasgow l'niversity Boyd ()rr Building.