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Glasgow
Activities & Events Alien Wars l'ntrl Tue 31 Mar. The Arches. 3.53 :\rg_\1e Street. 565 1000. 2.30 10pm. £10it'H; 5 1m under low. ’l‘errilyng total realrt) experience down with the lacehuggerx. 11a\e )ou got the. er. guts lor it” Cryptic Nights Thu 5 l-eb. ('('.-\. 350 Sauclirehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £5. Sec prex rew. page 2‘). Smith in Glasgow Thu 5 lieb l'rmerxrt) o1 (iltlxgow. Sir ('harlex \k'ilxon Building. Kelt in Wa}. 330 2001. Timex \ar}. Prices \at‘}. ('onler'ence celebrating the contribution to philmophical thought ol Adam Srrrith. bastion ol the Scottixh lirrlighlerrment. I’uri u/ Hunrei'umme Still/rim] 200‘). FREE Harmony Chinese Music Ensemble Strn 8' Feb. Kelx ingrox e Art (Baller) & Museum. :\r'g)lc Street. 27o 959‘). 1 4pm. .-\ ('hinexe New Year celebration with the Harmon} linxemble in collaboration with the Intercultural Mtrxic and Artx Project and )oung drummers l‘rorn 1pxwich (‘ornniunit_\ Radio. With drumming. music and lilrn.ca11igraph} and arrrrnation per'l'or'rnancex arid wor‘kxhopx. Brainiac Live! Strn 3 Feb. Ro} a1 (‘oncert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 3pm it 7.30pm. £18.50. \‘l'ar'ning: \cience alert. ('oncentr'ate1 The chaotic TV show goes |i\e iii an e\plo\i\‘e \pectacle oi. \ciertce— based l‘un. in which Br'ainiac Joe excapex l'rom Br'ainiac HQ leax ing a trail of w ack) e\perirnentx and e\p1oded h} pothe\e\ along the w a}.
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(‘('.-\. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4000. 7.30pm. £4l£2i.See11itli\t. FREE 1 vs 100 Auditions Thu 12 let». ('it} Centre. 204 4400. The hit BBC qui/ \lltlw holdx open auditionx for new contextantx. limail TV 100- 3(0 endemoluk.com for details of \enue and time.
Exhibitions
FREE Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes Burrell Collection. 2060 Pollokshawx Road. 2S’7 2550. Sat 7 Feb Mon 4 Ma); .\lon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm; 1-‘ri & Sun 1 1am 5pm. With heroex. godx. monsters. athletes. music. drama and philtwoph) rampant. there w ax ne\ er a dull moment in Ancient (ireece. See for _\our\ell' with one ol‘ the largext collectionx ol' (ireek artel’actx ton loan from the British Muxeuml. and loads ol‘ interactixe elernentx.
FREE Darwin 2009 Kelvingroxe .-\r1 (ialler) ct Mtrxeum. Argyle Street. 276 950‘). l'ntil Sun 2‘) Mar. Mon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm; 1-‘ri & Sun 1 1am 75pm. A small exhibition celebrating the big ideax ol‘ (‘harles Darwin.
Fairs
Silent Art Auction l'ntil Sat 21 Mar. Montgomenk (‘ol‘l‘ee House. ‘) Radnor Street. 357 1666. Bid for work b) local artists. and support Yorkhill (‘hildren'x Hospital. (‘Iosing event. Saturday 21 March. (1.30pm.
LUV Fete Sat 14 Feb. 'lotrchBase. Milnpark Street. Kinning Park (between l’ortrnan St & Middlesex St). 42‘) 0294. noon—4pm. Annual fundraiser for Sense Scotland children's services with lace- painting. home baking. a book. (‘1) and DVD sale. and the chance to win prizes.
Talks
Einstein's Universe Fri 6 Feb. City Halls. Carrrdleriggs. 353 3000. 5.15pm. £2.50. A look at the life and work of everyone‘s favourite crazy-haired Marilyn Monroe fan. including the Large Hadron
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Are you one of these new-tangled cyber-punk internet hippy people? Well, you may be
interested to learn that Edinburgh-based users of the young person’s website Twitter, whatever that is, will be gathering together at an event jocularly called a ‘Twestival‘ to listen to live ‘pop' music and raise money for Charity:Water. We'll just stay here in our cave, with our stick, thanks. Keep back, modern devils with your talking boxes! See
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I Edinburgh. Thu 72 Feb. Hire. kc and Hunter.
('ollider at ('liRN. b_\ 1’r‘ol‘exxor' Brian l'oxter‘ ol' ()\lord l'ni\er\it} with accornpaniment b) \‘iolinixt Jack l.iebr'cck. l-‘ollow ed b) a .\lo/art dttet b} 1.iebreck and Foster.
Workshops An Introduction to Aerial Sat 7 Feb. St Silax lipixcopal (lunch. (N Park Road. Woodlandx. 337 227(i. 3pm. £lllt£7i.Seel1itli\t
Edinburgh
Activities & Events Edinburgh Nestival Thu 12 lieb. 11;!“ kc and llnrrter. 12 l’ietri'd) Place. .557 0952. 7pm. 1.7. See picture. FREE Green Volunteers Sat 14 l4eh. llopetoun llouxe. Shore Road. South Queenslerr'}. 331 3‘)5(i. 10am lprn. l.o\e1orn on Valentines Day? Shame. \Vh} not low the em ironment inxtead‘.’ Help the Rangerx car‘r} otrt conxer\ation work in the designed landxcarx' ol‘ llopetoun Home. Free groundx xeaxon ticket il~ )iitr attend 5 \e\\ion\. FREE My Treasure Sat 14 l-‘eb. National Mtrxeurn ol' Scotland. ('harnberx Street. 247 4422. noon 2pm. Look. hobbitxexf Some of the rntrxeum'x rnmt \alued objects can be \ iew ed in the 'I‘rmsured e\hibition. Bring along )our own treasured things to be photographed and draw )our‘ storiex. Preeltlllxxxx.
Wildfire Mon lo Feb. ’l‘raxerxe
Theatre Bar. (‘arnbridge Street. 228 l404.7.30pm.See11it1ixt. Forensics Week Mon lo tn 30 Feb. Surgeonx' Hall .\lu\eum. Ro} a1 (‘ollege or Surgeons ol‘ lidirrburgh. Nicolxon Street. 527 1633. noon~4pm. £5 i£31 accompanied under 16x l‘reei. \‘l'hat'x a lorenxics week. I hear )titi sa} 1’ lilementar). m} dear [,l\l reader. It's a series ol~ trailx. actix itiex and workshops inspired b_\ Sherlock llolrnex. one of the world'\ first fictional lorenxie detectixes. Purl (if-[711' 1,031 World Read.
FREE The Golden Hour wt-a IS l-eb. l"tir'c‘\t(';r1e. 3 Hr'ixto Place. 220 453S Spin. |.oo\e cabaret exerting with wordx. muxic and \ ideo llliltllle\\ w 1111 a [lie /.U\I lliil'li/ lileltle. hoxted it) lite \pletldldl} named R}an Van Winkle.
Exhibitions
FREE Jean Muir: Fashion Icon National .\1u\curn ol Scotland. (‘hamberx Street. 247 4422.1'nti1Sun 15 Mar. 10am 5pm. The creme dc 1a creme ol work b} "the Mr“ Jean Brodie ol laxhron dexign'.
FREE The Bard at the Writers’ Museum \Vr‘itet‘x‘ \ltrxcurn. 1.ad_\ Starr\ ('|o\c. 1.awnmarket. 52‘) 4001. l'ntrl Sat IS Apr inot Strni. .\1on Sat 10am 5pm. (let to know Rabble Burnx w 1111 thrx
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Food and Drink Dine Around Edinburgh l'ntil 1n 2‘ lieb. \lir'ioux \crtuc\ in 12dinburgh and around Your chance to \ ixit lidrnburgh'x lop rextaurantx without the alarming pricetag. Around 30 iii the cit} \ bcxt restaurants w ill be ollering two courxe lunchex and drnncr'x lot" i. | 5. See w w w.edinbtrrghrextaurantxciirn lor ltrll 1l\llng\. Sensory Dining 1-“ o l-eh. Sheraton (irand Hotel. 1 1-'e\tr\a1 Square. 23‘) 9151. Hill. See illlliSl.
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Six Nations: Scotland v Wales (Rugby Union) Sun S 1‘eb. Murra} lield Stadium. Rherxdale ('rexcent. 34“ 51K)”. 3pm. ()oh. .-\re we \till going through that 'being good at \portx' thing we were doing lint ;r w llilc’.’
Talks An Illustrated Talk by Nick Crane Thu 5 Feb. (ieorge Square Theatre.
1 nrxemrx ot 1 drnburgh. (ieorge Square. 730pn1 :10 :5 t" lollowing the l\ \tlcct‘\\c‘\ of ”H," ”on. (Mini. and (in t.'.' li'irfixi': ./i';ii’.‘t \x. rugged te1h tipc \rck ('ranc tracex eight intrepid e\plorer~ through the il|\illl1\ landxcapcw ol liritarn FREE Digital Evolution Sat T lcb t lut (ll lhc lilue llrill Hall 30 3b Ilalrnerw Street. 1 erth. 555 7101 "pm lind otrt abotrt the luturc ol gaining with the 1 Slx‘t~ (icnornrcx l’olrc} and Rexcarch 1 orurn |-\pert\ lll attendance award winning xcrence lictron writer 1\en \lacl cod arid \}lllil\‘l1\ i‘li‘ltlg‘hl llr \ltxlarr 1 link lickeh lrorn 01 ‘1 4o~ loin FR EF Stockhausen Study Day \\ed 11 1eb. \lrxon llouxe. \lkl‘iSt‘11\\|l1.llt‘. 4pm llncol the 211thcentur\\ rno\t radical TTTUSKJIP1l‘11k'k‘1\. karlhein/ Stockhauxen ne\ er larled to \urprrxe. and hr\ rnlluence 11.r\ e\tended lrorn Slta\ rnxk_\ to llrork and the llcatle\ Roll (iehlhaar gr\e\ a talk on the controxerxral ct‘llll‘t'St'l lrorn a lllllxlllt' poxitron ax one 01 lll\ Lilli} collaboratorx. liit't‘lilel \\llll pranrxt Sinron Smith
a FREE Panel Debate: Should
6 Schools Teach Creationism? “ed 11 lcb. \atronal | rbr.u_\ ol Scolialltl. (it‘illg'e l\ iiiltit't‘. (‘3; 1h ‘5 (l illpnr See Hrtlrxt The Animals and Ourselves war 1 l l'eb.\atrona1 \1u\eurn ol Scotland. (‘harnberx Street. 225 "5‘4 7 Spin L5 iUi ()n the we ol ('har lc\ 1).u\\ rn'x brccntenar}. /oologl\l and i‘lll.l\i\.l\l\'1 1’rolmuu \ubre} \lanning c'HllSIdt'h two k|llCSl10l1S do illllll.lll\ ha\ e 1|l\1111cl\ ’ \nd do atrllrrah ha\e intellectx ' Hooking required in! oi l/it Imi lloi/i/ li’rtii/ Lecture: Celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday in l R 1 ch. Riwal Botanic (iarden. 20a ln\er1eith Row. 552 5 3 3‘1. 7. iliprn L5 irnernberx L :. 1)r 1)a\rd|1arrr\ gr\e\ an rlluxlrated talk about wine ol the “ANN” Initiatr\e protectx at the ( iatdcltx. lll celebration ol the llr'itrxh naturalixt'x bicentenau 1’|e.r\e book 111 ad\ancc Tooth and Claw wt-a l.\ I'cb. \apit-i l‘nnerxit}. ('raiglockliart ('anipux. 03452 600040 “ 30pm. t3 \Vrldlrlc author .\lar‘k 1|anrblrn introducex illS nattrre docurnentar) loo/Ii (Ulr/ ( You. a gorgeouxl} photographed lilrn lookrrrg at htrrnan attrtudex to pledaloh lilk ludex drxcuxxrorh on lo\ hunting. brrdx ol pie) pononrng. and the rettrrn ol wo1\e\ to Britain w rldernexxw
Workshops
FREE Writing Historical Fiction Sat 7 l‘eb. \attortal librar} ol Scotland. Gauge 1\' Bridge. 02 3 4o75
10am noon Hodrce ripping noxelrxl Margaret Izlphrnxtonc ollerx ad\ rce on how to ptrt trurll to parchment and write lllSlHl‘lc‘tti licrron Hooking cxxcntral FREE African Drumming Workshop Strrr S I'eb. National .\1u\eurn ol Scotland: Hawthornden ('our't. 2 ('hanrbeh Street. 247-1422. 11am. noon. 2pm. 3pm & 4pm ”me a bash igeddrt’ Hadda boorn' 1)arnn. w e're on iiir toda} i at the .v\lr'rcan drurnx belore e\p1orrng the .'\lr'rcan obrcch in the lll‘rlHlIi’rl. lliiiit/t'i'lii/ I/lIIl;'\_ .illlrl.'lllL’ Slur/m e\hrbrtion. .v\gc\ S+.
FREE Creative Workshop: Love Letters 'luc 101-cb. \atronal labrar} ol Sc‘illlttlltl. (ieiilge 1V Hr‘rdgc.(i23-1(i75. 030 S30prn. .\1ake )our‘ rnlcnded‘x heart go allutter with an lllxplleti \'-1)a} gilt. lxabclle Tlllg and Rachel lid/ell lead the wor‘kxhop. Romantic rnxprratron cornex lrorn lad} (’arohne Lamb. who once sent a clipping ol her ptrbrc hair to Imer' 1.ord BH'on. (iotta adrnrt. that's creatrxe .«\1\o thorough.
FREE See How it Sounds 1'” 13 l'iel‘. The Melting 1’01. .5 Roxe Street. 243 262b, b.30prn. 1’r'ec rnuxrc workxhop teaching .\lac uxerx how to create Slilllltlx with Apple 1.ogrc Studio.
Jazz/Sax Masterclass with Gilad Atzmon Thu 1‘) [ch The Jan Bar. 1 (‘harnberx Street. 220 4298. 3 5pm. £10 i£5i Israeli \a\ \rntiow .-\t/rrron gi\ex adxrce on ran iinprm ixation and technique.