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Events are listed by city, then type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or aroundtown@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Glasgow Activities & Events FREE Aspects of Scottish Art Ten- Minute Talks Tue 31 Aug & 7 Sep, 12.45–12.55pm. Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Get a wee shot of culture in your lunch break with ten- minute talks on the current exhibition. FREE Tour of the Mitchell Thu 26 Aug, 2.30pm. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. Behind the scenes at Glasgow’s famous library. Meet at Granville Street. FREE Pollok Heritage Walk Fri 27 Aug, 11am–12.30pm. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0924. Find out about the natural and cultural heritage of Pollok Park with a series of themed walks. Startup Weekend Fri 27–Sun 29 Aug, Fri 6–10pm; Sat 9am–9pm; Sun 9am–6pm. £50 (students £40). Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, glasgow.startupweekend.org. Got an idea for a business? Is it a good one? Then bring it to this event for budding Scotland-based entrepreneurs, with professional advisers and hands-on experience available. To register, see website. FREE Get Your Hands Dirty – Pathwork Sat 28 Aug, 10am–noon. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6586 . Join the ranger and bring Mugdock’s path network back to life with a little bit of hard graft. Ages 16+. Booking is essential. FREE Glasgow and District Fuchsia Society Show Sat 28 & Sun 29 Aug, 10am–6pm. Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. A competitive show for fuchsia fanciers. FREE Glasgow Green Games Sun 29 Aug, 2–4pm. The Ashoka Car Park, Corselet Road, off Nitshill Road, 577 4053. Races and challenges for all the family to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity. Booking required. Theatre Organ Show Sun 29 Aug, 2.45pm. £6 (children free). Pollokshaws Burgh Halls, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, 632 5811. Light entertainment from Dr Kevin Morgan on the mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. FREE The Histories of Glasgow Wed 1 Sep, 6.30pm. Glasgow Sculpture Studios, 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, 204 1740. Ranald MacInnes from Historic Scotland delivers a talk about how Jimmie Durham has explored, used and represented Glasgow in his work created during a residency at the Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Booking essential.
✽✽ Cryptic Nights: Anna Meredith and Oliver Coates Thu 2 Sep, 8pm. £5. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. This month features composer Anna Meredith and cellist Oliver Coates, performing live against a backdrop of visuals from artist and filmmaker Eleanor Meredith. See Hitlist.
✽✽ Words Per Minute 5 Sun 5 Sep, 3.30pm–6pm, £3. Creation Studios,
16 Trongate, Glasgow There’s life in Glasgow again, as the spoken word, film, music and performance event goes for broke with an all-lady lineup. Zorras, Eilidh MacAskill (of Eilidh’s Daily Ukulele Ceilidh fame) and Kirsty Logan are all present and correct. See picture, above. FREE A Text-Based Response to Universal Miniature Golf (The Promised Land) Wed 8 Sep, 6.30pm. Glasgow Sculpture Studios, 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, 204 1740. Various
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Words Per Minute 5 Daily Ukulele Ceilidh fame, pictured) and Kirsty Logan are all present and correct – look out as well for a showcase from the Arches’ performance festival, Arches Live. ■ Sun 5 Sep, 3.30pm–6pm, £3. Creation Studios, 16 Trongate, Glasgow. There’s life in Glasgow again, as the spoken word, film, music and performance event goes for broke with an all-lady line-up. Zorras, Eilidh MacAskill (of Eilidh’s
contributors, led by GSS member JD Hollingshead, discuss their responses to the current Jimmie Durham exhibition and present their thoughts in an exhibition format. Booking essential. Books FREE The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How George Heffley went Hollywood Sat 28 Aug, 11am–noon. Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. A behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of Wimpy Kid cartoon George Heffley on his journey to the big screen. FREE Poetry Discussion Group Thu 2 Sep, 6pm. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. Lively and informal discussions of poetry on the first Thursday of every month.
Exhibitions Wallace and Gromit Present . . . A World of Cracking Ideas Until Tue 30 Nov, 10am–5pm. Included in admission: £9.95 (£7.95). Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Visit Wallace and Gromit’s home, 62 West Wallaby Street, and see some of their wacky inventions. FREE Pong to Playstation Sat 28 Aug–Sat 2 Oct (not Sun/Mon), 10am–1pm. Auld Kirk Museum, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, 578 0144. Exhibition exploring videogame culture, design and history from the 1970s to the present day.
Fairs Homes & Interiors Scotland Fri 27–Sun 29 Aug, 10am. £7. SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Talks, demos, seminars and plenty of exhibitors to satisfy all your DIY needs. Scotland’s Exclusive Wedding Event Sat 28 Aug, 10am–4.30pm. £8.50–£9.50. Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. The 20th year for this showcase of bridal fashions and everything else you need for a wedding. FREE End of Summer Fair Sat 28 Aug, 2pm. Summerfield Centre, 21 Smith Street, 07899 791505. That’s it folks. Put away your sunglasses, short shorts and buckets and spades, because summer is officially over from here on in. Enjoy your last gasp of sweet summer air with
stalls and activities from West Glasgow New Church. FREE The St Andrew’s in the Square Wedding Fayre Sun 29 Aug, noon–4pm. St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 07525 539052. Everything you need to help organise the big day, including a catwalk show.
Food & Drink Gourmet Glasgow Until Tue 31 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various restaurants, see www.graonline.co.uk. Themed and fixed price menus, wine tastings and demonstrations all across the city. See website for details of participating restaurants and bookings. FREE Enjoy The Taste of Scotland Sat 28 Aug, 10am–6.30pm. Tesco, Silverburn, Barrhead Road, 0845 026 9545. A giant exhibition of food, with plenty of samples for tasting, plus demonstrations from top chefs and restaurateurs. FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 28 Aug, 10am. Mansfield Park, Partick, 287 2500. Over 40 stalls of local produce, direct from the manufacturers.
✽✽ FREE Glasgow Harvest Sat 28 Aug, noon–6pm. The Hidden
Gardens, Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Activities for the budding urban farmer from environmental arts charity NVA. Learn about growing your own and join in with the fun, which includes a jam wall, giant vegetable sculpture and edible mohicans. At the end of the day a communal open-air meal will be prepared using home-grown produce brought along by attendees. See preview, page 72. FREE Silverburn Farmers’ Market Sun 29 Aug, 10am. Silverburn, Barrhead Road, 287 2500. Fresh Scottish produce and crafts direct from local farmers and producers. FREE Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 4 Sep, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Park, 287 5108. A chance to sample fresh local produce. Bread Baking at Heart Buchanan Tue 7 Sep, 7–9pm. £45. Heart Buchanan, 380 Byres Road, 334 7626. A hands-on lesson in the basics of breadmaking led by master baker Andrew Wilson of differentbreid. Collect your own home- made loaf in the morning.
Grassroots Organic Cookery Classes Tue 7 Sep, 7–9pm. £35. Grassroots Organic, 20 Woodlands Road, 353 3278. The last in the series of cookery classes is on how to get the most from an organic fruit and veg box. Sport Scottish Cup Final Sat 4 Sep, noon. £tbc. Hamilton Crescent, West Of Scotland Cricket Club, Peel Street, 339 0688. Stirling take on Uddingston in the final of the national cricket championships. The Great Scottish Run Sun 5 Sep, 9.30am & 10.30am. Race entry £24–£29. Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 0845 2700 166. Your chance to take part in Scotland’s largest mass participation sporting event – either a 10k or half marathon.
Talks FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Thu 26 Aug, 11am. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Dina Ward gives a tour of the Burrell’s tapestries. FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Tue 31 Aug, 2.30pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Jim Turle gives a tour on the subject of the rules of art. FREE Curators’ Favourites Wed 1 Sep, 12.30–1pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. The University of Glasgow’s Elizabeth Hancock gives a talk on a floral carpet from Mughal India. This talk complements this month’s Adult Art Workshop (Wed 8 Sep), which focuses on creative textiles and embroidery. FREE Wildlife Wednesday Talk Wed 1 Sep, 1.30–2pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 311 0993. A talk on the rare white-tailed sea eagle. Dine with an Apollo Moonwalker Thu 9 Sep, 7pm. £50. Glasgow Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle Street, 226 5577. Wine reception and dinner with Charlie Duke, who walked on the Moon on the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. See Hitlist. Workshops FREE Tigerstyle Thu 26 Aug, Thu 2 & 9 Sep, 6–8pm. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 07811 097821. Creative music
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