AroundTown
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 Dye Your Own Skein of Milla Mia Fri 22 Oct, 1–4pm & Sun 31 Oct, 10am–1pm. £35. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Learn all about dyeing and colour relationships. Booking essential. FREE Yangzhou Storytelling of Yesterday and Today Fri 22 Oct, 3pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Learn about storytelling from the important cultural city of Yangzhou. Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival on Tour. Anodised Aluminium Jewellery Class Sat 23 Oct, 6–9pm. £45. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Learn how to make pretty and professional-looking pieces of jewellery. Booking essential. FREE Autumnal Treats Sat 23 Oct, 10am–5pm. People’s Palace & Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green, 773 1895. Forage for foods along the banks of the Clyde. Walk begins outside the People’s Palace. Booking essential.
✽✽ FREE Glasgow PicKnitters Hallowe’en Special Sun 24 Oct,
11am–6pm. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Queen Margaret Drive, 334 2422. Specially spooky edition of the friendly group for knitters of all stripes, from novices to nerds. There are free pumpkin patterns and there’ll be guerrilla knitting guising. . . head along to find out what that is. Bring something to knit, something to eat and something to sit on. Hallowe’en Clinic Tue 26 Oct, 10am–1pm. £10. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. The place to bring your weeping witch’s warts, vampire bites and partially dismembered undead friends and family. . . oh wait, we seem to have got the wrong end of the stake (boom boom). It seems this is in fact a drop-in craft and sewing session for those needing a bit of extra help or inspiration for their Hallowe’en costumes. Less gruesome then, but more useful. Hallowe’en 121 Tue 26 Oct, 2–6pm. £15. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Get some one-to-one help on your costume from a master crafter. Sessions last one hour. FREE Tour of the Mitchell Tue 26 Oct, 2.30pm. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. Behind the scenes of Glasgow’s famous library. Meet at Granville Street. Student Cushion Cover Class Wed 27 Oct, 2–4pm. £25 (with matric card £20; groups of six £15 each). The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Brighten up dowdy digs with a new hand- made cushion cover. Booking essential. The Ramayana: Storytelling with Traditional Gamelan Music Thu 28 & Fri 29 Oct, 10.30am & 1.30pm. £3. Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Epic tales, the famous Balinese monkey chant and live Indonesian gamelan music. Part of SISF on Tour. FREE The Better Crack Club Fri 29 Oct, 8pm. Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. Regular storytelling club for adults. Cathcart Model Railway Exhibition Sat 30 & Sun 31 Oct, 10am–5pm. £4 (£3; children £2; family ticket £10). Couper Institute, 86 Clarkston Road, 620 1585. Model railway show. FREE Advertising Legends Hallowe’en Party Sat 30 Oct, 8.30pm–2am. SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Massive Hallowe’en party hosted by Nation1 30 THE LIST 21 Oct–4 Nov 2010
where guests are asked to come as their favourite advert (interpret that how you want!), with live entertainment, prizes for the best dressed and free drinks on offer. FREE The Ramayana: Storytelling with Traditional Gamelan Music Sun 31 Oct, 2–4pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. See above.
✽✽ FREE Glasgow Zombie Walk Sun 31 Oct, 3pm. Kelvingrove Park, www.glasgowzombiewalk.co.uk. Dress as a corpse, then stumble down Byres Road, arms outstretched. We’re not sure why, but it sounds like fun. Meet at the Park Road/Eldon Street entrance to the park. Big Band Dance Night Sun 31 Oct, 7–10.30pm. £8. Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. Jazz and swing social dancing session. Understanding Commercial Patterns Wed 3 Nov, 6–9pm. £100. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. A five-week course in making sense of knitting patterns. FREE Bratchy and The Wee Man’s Comedy Pub Quiz Thu 4 Nov, 8pm. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Monthly pub quiz with a difference. Expect comedy, tomfoolery and prizes.
Fairs ✽✽ FREE Supermercado Sat 23 Oct & Sat 30 Oct, 10.30am–5pm. Barras
Market, Gallowgate, www.wearemadeintheshade.com. Weekly indie marketplace from Glasgow craft collective Made in the Shade. FREE Circa 72 @ Merchant Square Sat 23 & Sun 24 Oct, Sat 30 & Sun 31 Oct, 11am. Merchant Square, 71–73 Albion Street, Craft stall selling jewellery from Circa 72. FREE Arta Wedding Show Sat 23 Oct, noon–4pm. Arta, 62 Albion Street, 552 2101. Hints and advice on making your special day extra special, with live entertainment into the bargain. West End Wedding Show Sun 24 Oct, noon–5pm. £5. Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. Makeovers, tips, and decoration inspiration. FREE Merchant City Wedding Show Sun 24 Oct, noon. Arta, 62 Albion Street, 552 2101. Big Day bonanza with helpful ideas for all aspects of getting hitched.
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Talks FREE Minority Languages Thu 21 Oct, 7pm. Goethe Institut, 3 Park Circus, 332 2555. A talk comparing minority languages and dialects in Germany, Switzerland and Scotland. Portrait of the Composer: The Bach Lecture with Dr John Butt Sat 23 Oct, 4pm. £3. City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. Baroque music specialist Dr John Butt gives an illustrated talk on Bach’s years at Cöthen, joined onstage by cellist Philip Higham performing extracts from the Cello Suites. FREE How to Start Making Games Mon 25 Oct, 6.30pm. Hamish Wood Building, Caledonian University, Sophie Houlden hosts this enlightening free talk on how to get started in game design. FREE Beyond the Basics Family History Course Tuesdays 26 Oct–30 Nov, 5.45–7.30pm. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. A six-week course in researching your genealogy. Mark Beaumont Tue 26 Oct, 7.30pm. £10. Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. The living legend – who not only cycled around the world in record time but also biked the length of the Americas and summitted both of their highest peaks – pedals into town to tell his tales, with footage and photos from the trips too. Workshops Marimba Masterclass Fri 22 Oct, 2.30pm. £4 (£3). RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. World-leading marimbist Eric Sammut shares insights and advice. Silk Painting Classes Saturdays 23 Oct–27 Nov, 10am–1pm. £60 for six weeks. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. Create your own beautiful works of art on silk. Booking essential. Introduction to Knitting Class Wed 27 Oct, 6–9pm. £25. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Learn how to cast on, knit, purl, and, crucially, understand knitting patterns. Price includes wool and needles. Suitable for beginners. Tuba Masterclass Thu 28 Oct, 4pm. £4 (£3). RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Masterclass with internationally acclaimed tuba player Alessandro Fossi.
Introduction to Sewing Class Fri 29 Oct, 3–4pm. £10. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Suitable for absolute beginners, this class teaches the basics of using a sewing machine. Irish Family History Workshop Sat 30 Oct, 10am–1pm. £10. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. An introduction to Irish family history. FREE Hannah Frank Poetry Workshop Sat 30 Oct, 2–4pm. Hidden Lane Gallery, 1081 Argyle Street, 204 3139. To coincide with the current exhibition of work by the Glasgow artist, the Gallery presents a workshop on poems inspired by Frank’s art.
✽✽ Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art Class Sun 31 Oct, 4pm. £7 (£5). Tron
Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Burlesque art class with a relaxed atmosphere, music, drinks and interesting models. EDINBURGH
Activities & Events ✽✽ FREE The Edinburgh World Justice Festival Until Sat 23 Oct, times vary. St Augustine’s, 41 George IV Bridge, 510 0022. A week of speakers and events based in St Augustine’s debating climate change, politics, debt and economics. See website for full event listings. FREE Plants of Afghanistan Fri 22 & Wed 27 Oct, 1.30–3pm. John Hope Gateway Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Arboretum Place, 552 7171. Jane Corrie discusses the work of RBGE staff on the plants of Afghanistan. Gothic and Dark Speed Dating Fri 22 Oct, 7pm. £3. The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, thebansheelabyrinth@gmail.com. Speed dating for those with a taste for the alternative in Scotland’s most haunted pub. Scottish International Storytelling Festival Fri 22–Sat 30 Oct, times vary. Prices vary. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Scotland’s annual celebration and showcase of storytelling as a contemporary art form and a rich part of Scotland’s cultural heritage. Performance, workshops, talks and children’s events this year are based around the theme of ‘Eastern Routes’. See
As a nation with some deeply pagan roots, we love any excuse to set fire to things while bashing away at drums. Thank goodness, then, for the Beltane Fire Society, which not only shares these passions, but manages to foreground them twice a year. This month it’s Samhuinn, commemorating the death of the Green Man (summer) and the rise of the Horned God (winter). Head along to catch the epic symbolic battle, accompanied, naturally, by drums and fire. ■ Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Sun 31 Oct.