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Glasgow
Activities & Events
FREE Are You Really Listening? Fri 17 ()ct. Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 10am. Individuals from NHS Health Scotland and The Scottish Storytelling Centre discuss Are You Really Listening". a powerful resource which uses storytelling to explore the stigma. discrimination and resilience surrounding mental health problems amongst minority ethnic communities. Part af'l'lw Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film I-estir'al. FREE Have a Go Taster Sessions Thu 23 ()ct. Glasgow Women‘s Library. 2nd Floor. 81 Pamie Street. 552 8345. Times vary. The library has lined up a series of sessions for the indecisive: Digital Photography. Creative Writing. DlY/thrdwork. Alternative Therapies. Senior Surfers. Confidence Building. Learning Sign Language and Living Life to the Full.
Merchant City Walking Tour Sun 26 ()ct. Glasgow Women‘s Library. 2nd Floor. 81 Pamie Street. 552 8345. 10am—noon. £tbc. Leam about the hidden history of local women and families in the abolition movement around Glasgow‘s Merchant City with Anita Shelton. Booking required. Galleries, Artists and Regeneration: Engage Scotland Networking Meeting Thu 30 ()ct. Gallery of Modern Art. Royal Exchange Square. 229 1996. l-5prn. £15 (members free). Synthia Griffin. Curator. Regeneration and Community Partnerships from Tate Modem. London. will be among the panel members for this half day networking meeting of Engage Scotland. which is open to non-members.
Exhibitions FREE Jerwood Photography Awards 2008 Until Sat 18 Oct. Street Level Photo Works. 48 King Street. 552 2151. noon—5pm. Last chance to catch the winners of the prestigious photography prize. FREE Colours of the Silk Road: Suzani embroideries from Uzbekistan Burrell Collection. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 287 2550. lintil Sun 4 Jan. 10arn—5pm; 11am—5pm. A display of fine embroidered wall hangings from Uzbekistan and an insight into the lives of their female creators and the society in which they lived. FREE Life After Iraq St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. l'ntil Sun 26 ()ct. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam—5pm; 10am—lpm. Award-winning photojoumalist Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs travelled to Syria to document the plight of some of the millions of ordinary lraqis living there who have fled the conflict in their homeland.
FREE My Africa, My Glasgow
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. Thu 16 ()ct—Sun 16 Nov. 10am-5pm: 11am—5pm. See Listpicks FREE Uncovering Industry: The M74 Dig Scotland Street School Museutn.
Museum of Education. 225 Scotland Street.
287 0500. Until Wed 1 Apr. 10am—5prn;
1 lam—5pm. An exhibit of the finds by those archaeologists who have been exploring sites along the route of the M74 Completion. Much has been revealed about the area‘s industrial past.
Fairs
* FREE Made in the Shade Sat 25 Oct. The Lighthouse. l 1 Mitchell
Lane. 221 6362. 10.30am—5pm. See
Listpicks
FREE Energy Efficiency Fair Sat 25
32 THE LIST 16—30 Oct 2008
O|é| Delude yourself into thinking that there was actually a summer
this year with the sun-drenched programme of this year's
Hispanic Festival. Sweaty samba clubs, civilised poetry readings and a
chance to learn flamenco.
I Various venues in Edinburgh, Thu 76-Sun 79 Nov. See www.hispanicleslival .co.uk for full details.
Get. Strathblane Primary School. Strathblane. 01360 771613. 10am ~5prn. Find otrt how to cut your energy costs. Includes talks. stalls. practical demonstrations and ftrn activities.
Festivals
Document 6 CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Times vary. The lntemational Human Rights Documentary Film Festival returns with another strong programme of cutting edge documentaries. Films will draw on diverse issues ranging frotn immigration and asylum to Palestine and lsrael.
Food & Drink
Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 18 ()ct. Queen's Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. 9am— 2pm. Local produce. frorn local people.
FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 25 ()ct. Dowanhill Primary School. Havelock Street. Partick. 9am—3pm. Temporary rehotrsing of the West lind’s favourite farmers' market.
Spon
Royal London Watches Grand Prix Snooker Thu 16 - Sun 19 ()ct. SliCC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 1.30pm & 7pm. £8.50 -£12. Rounds one. two and quarter finals with leading contenders Ronnie ()‘Sullivan. Marco Fu. Stephen Maguire. Graeme Dott. Mark Selby. Shaun Murphy. Ding .lunhui and more. Gymnastics Grand Prix Fri 17 ()ct. Kelvin Hall lntemational Sports Arena. 1445 Argyle Street. ()8444 815787. Times vary. From £4.50. The top gymnasts from around the world converge on Glasgow‘s Kelvin Hall for a weekend of athletic brilliance.
Maggie’s Lite Walks Sat 25 ()ct. Kelvingrove Park. ()tago Street. 330 2601 . 10am. £10 (£5). 10 mile walk around the city of Glasgow. raising funds for your local Maggie's Centre. liach walk will take in some of the city‘s tnost famous landmarks and streets. capturing the true essence of the city. This year‘s event is a double celebration. as we will also be celebrating the 6th Birthday of Maggie's Glasgow. To take part. email lifewalksm‘maggiescentresorg.
Workshops Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Sun 26
Oct. The Arches. 25.3 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 4—7pm. £7 (£5). Live music. live girls arid live art? The burlesque life
drawing classes do things a little differently
in the West. adding a bit of a cafe feel to your Sunday afternoon.
Edinburgh
Activrties & Events FREE High Drama in the Canongate, 1747-1765 Fri 17 ()ct. Weston Link. llawthornden Lecture Theatre. National Gallery. the Mound. 624 6560. 12.45~l.30pm. Dr John Rocks takes a look at [Edinburgh tlieatre's fascinating early history to tie in with the I-imtliglrrs display of drawings and prints. Teannaich Fr 17 ()ct. Pollock Halls. llolyrood Park Road. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Dance to a funky Ceilidh band with mandolin mischief.
A+E Quiz Mon 20 ()ct. Traverse
Theatre. Cambridge Street. 228 1404.
8pm. £l. See Listpicks.
FREE National Galleries Highlights Tours National Gallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200. 3 - 3.45pm. A tour of the National Gallery‘s permanent collection. with an introduction to its key pieces. Meet at the main entrance.
Tracey Emin: 20 Years - Curator’s Tour Mon 27 ()ct National Gallery of Modem An. 75 Belford Road. 624 6200. 12.45 1.30pm. Free (with exhibition ticket). Take a totrr of the Tracey Iimin exhibition with Patrick lilliot. the Francis Finlay Curator at the Gallery of Modern Art. The exhibition features work by the controversial British artist from 1993 to the present day. Places are limited; purchase of an exhibition ticket is required.
Exhibitions
500 Years of Printing: The Popular Press Central Library. George IV Bridge. 242 8000. l'ntil Fri 31 ()ct (not Sun). Mon—Thu l0am—8pm: Fri 10am~5prnz Sat 9am—1pm. As part of the country-wide celebration of printing this exhibition looks more specifically at the history of the popular press.
FREE Scotland: A Changing Nation National Museutn of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. Until Wed 31 Dec. 10am--5pm. A major new permanent exhibition charting Scotland and its people
from WW1 to the present day.
FREE New Scottish Furniture lidinburgh central Conservative Association. 67 Northumberland Street. l'ntil Sun 26 ()ct. l0am—6pm.
An exhibition of furniture by some of Scotland's best designers/makers.
Festivals
Hispanic Festival 2008 Thu
l6-Sun 19 ()ct. Various Venues. 660 9484. Times and prices vary. See Listpicks. Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival Fri l7-~Sun 19 ()ct. Various venues. Times and Prices vary. lidinburgh‘s adventure and mountain sports film festival rettrms for its sixth year. offering talks and films on outdoor sports. Tickets on sale frorn Tiso and Alien Rock I. They can also be ordered online from www.tiso.com. Scottish International Storytelling Festival Scottish Storytelling Centre. 43- 45 High Street. 556 9579. Fri 24 Oct-Sun 2 Nov. Times and prices vary. The festival is Scotland's annual celebration and showcase of storytelling as an art form and a rich part of Scotland‘s cultural heritage. Performance. workshops. talks and children's events follow this year's ‘Northlands and Sagalands' theme.
Food 8 Drink
FREE Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Saturdays. Castle Terrace. 652 5940. 9am-2pm. More local. quality. ethical produce than you could shake a stick at.
Talks
FREE Scott and Stevenson Dissect the Doctors Thu 16 ()ct. Appleton Tower. l'niversity ()f Edinburgh. Crichton Street. 650 8445. 6pm. Caroline McCracken-Flesher gives a lecture on lidinburgh's gruesome scientific history. taking in Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
FREE Who was Caroline Norton and Can her Story be Told? Tue 21 ()et. National Library of Scotland. George 1V Bridge. 623 4675. 7pm. .\'I.S writer in residence Peter Arnott and his assembled actors try to convey the controversial life of Caroline Norton. the trailbla/ing reformer of women‘s rights.
FREE Europe’s Landscape in Flux Wed 22 ()ct. Weston Link. llawthornden Lecture Theatre. National Gallery. the Mound. 624 6560. 12.45— 1 .30pm. The photography of award-winning Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin has taken him all over the globe as he documents the world's ever-changing landscapes. In this illustrated lecture Franklin discusses the challenges of photographing such change and talks about his new book. footprint: ()ur landscape in Flux.
FREE The SSHoP Annual Photographer’s Lecture: Hannah Starkey Fri 24 ()ct. Weston Link. llawthornden Lecture Theatre. National Gallery. the Mound. 624 6560. 6---7.30pm. The Scottiin Society for the History of Photography's annual lecture features llannah Starkey. one of the tnost influential photographic artists working today. Starkey has exhibited internationally and has won several high profile awards. notably the John Kobal Portrait Award.
FREE The Art of Meditation Tue 28 Oct. The Melting Pot. 5 Rose Street. 243 2626. 7pm. An intrtxluction. presented by author Alan Spence. using the poetry. music and artwork of Sri Chinmoy.
Workshops
FREE The Drawing Room Thu 16 ()ct. National Gallery of Modem Art. 75 Belford Road. 624 6410. 5.30 —6.45pm. lixplore different ‘rriar'k-making' processes in these monthly. experimental drawing sessions inspired by the modern collection. liach workshop is led by a contemporary artist atrd all materials are provided. Suitable for adults and young pcople over 15.
The Playwright’s Toolkit Mon 27 ()ct. Traverse Theatre. Cambridge Street. 228 1404. 7»-9pm. £60 (£40). The renowned playwright Zinnie Harris leads workshops for adult writers. For writers aged 26 and over. Book in advance.