AroundTown
Events are listed by city, then type. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or aroundtown@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW Activities & Events GCU Fashion Show 2011 Thu 26 May, 7pm & 8.30pm. £8. Hamish Wood Building, Caledonian University, 331 8239. Annual show from Caledonian University’s fashionistas. Murder Mystery: The Great Duck Hunt Thu 26 May, 7.30pm. £10. The Solid Rock Cafe, 19 Hope Street, 07766 273745. Interactive fun with Sonic Boom Theatre Company. Thomas Muir Festival Sat 28 & Sun 29 May, times vary. Prices vary. Huntershill Village, 102 Crowhill Road, Bishopbriggs, thomasmuir.co.uk/festival Commemoration of the great 18th-century political reformer, with concerts, readings, lectures and kids’ events. Ceol’s Craic Sat 28 May, 8pm. £8 (£6). CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Monthly platform for Gaelic art and culture. Madam Magpie’s Mayhem Sun 29 May, 8pm. £8–£15. Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 440 1008. Cabaret fundraiser in aid of Starter Packs Glasgow with performances from Dolly Tartan, Hettie Heartache and more. FREE Bussy and Dave’s Ironic Shambolic Monthly Pub Quiz Sun 29 May, 8.30pm. Criterion, 568 Dumbarton Road, 334 1964. Actor Ian Bustard and writer David Belcher stagger through another of their loosely question-based soirées. GFT Film Quiz Tue 31 May, 8.45pm. £1.50. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 8128. Test your knowledge against The Skinny’s film critics. ✽✽ Glasgow Science Festival Wed 1–Sat 18 Jun, times vary. Prices vary (many events free). Various venues, glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk A packed programme of public lectures, family days and educational projects. Selected listings below; see list.co.uk for full listings. FREE Big Science Pub Quiz Wed 1 Jun, 8pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Science quiz with plenty of ‘what happens next’ demonstration rounds. FREE British Art Show 7 Drop-in Tours Thursdays, 2–23 Jun, times vary. Various venues, britishartshow.co.uk. Guided tours of the three sites hosting the show take place on each Thursday of the exhibition’s run at 1pm (CCA), 3pm (Tramway) and 6pm (GoMA). ✽✽ West End Festival Fri 3–Thu 23 Jun, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, West End, westendfestival.co.uk Community festival celebrating Glasgow’s boho quarter. Selected events below; see list.co.uk for full listings. See picture, right, and Music, page 117. Inspire the Attire Fri 3 Jun, 7pm. £7. The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. Charity fashion show themed around inspiration and inspiring people. ✽✽ FREE Meet Malawi Fri 3 Jun, Church, Observatory Road, 334 2788. Explore the culture of Malawi with film, music, food and fairly traded goods for sale. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE Envisage – Annual 11am–3pm; Sun 5 Jun, 1pm & 2pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Designs by the final year students on Cardonald College’s fashion programmes. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE FORK Gala Sat 4 Jun, 11am–4pm. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, fork.org.uk A fun day with stalls, music, food and drink, puppet shows, canoe rides on the river rapids and even a dog show. 7.30pm. Kelvinside Hillhead Parish
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Science Sunday Sun 5 Jun, Part of the West End Festival. FREE C in the Park Sat 4 Jun, noon–3pm. Robroyston Park, Robroyston, 276 0931. A day of informative and fun conservation and biodiversity activities with the Countryside Rangers. ✽✽ FREE Science on the Streets Sat 4 Jun, 2pm. George Square, 330 5370. Walk (recommended ages 14+) around Glasgow covering such topics as James Watt’s steam engine and the attempts of two city scientists to bring an executed murderer back to life using electricity. Part of the Glasgow Science Festival. FREE British Art Show Exhibition Tour Sat 4 Jun, 3pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Francis McKee, CCA director, gives an exhibition tour, focusing on appropriation in the artists’ work. ✽✽ FREE University of Glasgow 10am–4pm. University of Glasgow, Fraser Building, 65 Hillhead Street, glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk Workshops, displays and activities showcasing the scientific research going on within Glasgow University. Part of the Glasgow Science Festival. ✽✽ FREE Festival Sunday Sun 5 Jun, noon–7pm. Kelvingrove Park, Otago Street. The fiesta de resistance of the West End Fest, with the parade (from 3pm) wending its way through Kelvingrove Park in a riot of samba music, dance and colour, with stalls, rides, food and music along the way and all around the park. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE Stitch ’n’ Bitch Tue 7 Jun, 6pm. Wed 8 Jun, 3pm. The Yarn Cake, 148 Queen Margaret Drive, 946 5305. Join in with the knitting of the anatmically correct ‘Mr Stuffy’ and meet knitters and neuroscientists. Part of the Glasgow Science Festival. FREE Highland Hop Wed 8 Jun, 1.30pm. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road. Meet the park’s Heilan
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Coos while they have a wash and go for a walk around the pastures. ✽✽ FREE Bingo Inferno Wed 8, 15 & 22 Jun, 7pm. Hillhead Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe Street, 576 1700. Good old-fashioned fun. Part of the West End Festival.
Adventure Sat 11 Jun, 10am–6pm. ✽✽ FREE Dram! Festival Quiz Night Wed 8 & 15 Jun, 8.30pm. DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. Two nights of tricky posers. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ Burlesque of the Dog Thu 9 Jun, 7pm. Prices vary. Nude, 44 Ashton Lane. Beauty treatments for those who’ve had a bit too much westie festie fun of late. Part of the West End Festival. A Pop Quiz, a Pie and a Pint Thu 9 Jun, 7.30pm. £30 per person. The Brasserie at Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 572 7079. Test your rock and pop trivia in teams of four to six at this charity event in aid of Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy. ✽✽ FREE Lansdowne Art Lansdowne Church, 416 Great Western Road, lansdowneinspires.blogspot.com All-day art extravaganza. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Sat 11 Jun, 12.30pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. A special tour all about beheadings. ✽✽ FREE A Recycled Garden Party Sat 11 Jun, 1pm–5pm. Woodlands Community Garden, 91–111 West Princes Street, Woodlands. Visit this new community garden and see the results of hard work by local children and volunteers. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE Japanese Matsuri Sat 11 Church, 77 Southpark Avenue, 334 0454. Origami making, script sessions, dressing up in kimonos and taiko drumming. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE Knit a Neuron Sun 12–Thu
Jun, 1pm–3.30pm. Wellington
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There’s actually such a mind-bogglingly huge amount of events (over 600!) happening in the 16th annual Glasgow West End Festival that a whole List’s worth of pages wouldn’t be able to do it justice. Suffice to say that should you want to learn about Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s architecture, Alf Webster’s stained glass or Egyptian history, taste tea from around the world, French and German wines or a 40 year old Strathisla, find out how to grow your own veg in the inner city, make a cocktail or meditate, take part in a fundraising film & food night for asylum seekers in Glasgow, wear a bridesmaid frock as you complete a 5K run, watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show from a gigantic outdoor screen in Kelvingrove Park or catch a ride on a vintage bus, you ought to be able to do it this fortnight in the West End. We’re particularly looking forward to the Hidden Lane mini- festival, shining a light on one of Glasgow’s most exciting creative communities on Sat 25 June. For full listings, see westendfestival.co.uk; for music events, see
page 103. ■ Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun.
Tue–Fri 11am–6pm. The Yarn Cake, 148 Queen Margaret Drive, 946 5305. A collaborative artwork created by knitters across the UK, involving hundreds of woolly brain cells. You can download a pattern to make your own from the GSF website and add it to those on display. Part of the Glasgow Science Festival. ✽✽ FREE Gibson Street Gala Sun 12 Jun, noon–6pm. Gibson Street. Street entertainers, live music, stalls and all that jazz. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ Hidden Gems of Garnethill Sun Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. A walking tour telling of the achievements of local women. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE Clothes Recycling Club Mon 13 Jun, 7pm. The Lane, Ashton Lane, 339 8444. A free taster of the Lane’s regular classes. Part of the West End Festival. 12 Jun, 2pm. £7.50. Glasgow
✽✽ Zombie Science 1Z: Night of the Living Dead Tue 14 Jun, 7pm. £5 (£3). CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A screening of George A Romero’s 1968 masterpiece, followed by a lecture from theoretical zombiologist Doctor Austin on the, ahem, ‘real science’ behind the undead. Part of the Glasgow Science Festival. Glasgow’s Gaelic Pub Quiz Wed 15 Jun, 7.30pm. £2. The Park Bar, 1202 Argyle Street, Partick, www.glaschu.org Monthly Gaelic pub quiz. FREE Seeds at the CCA Fri 17 Jun, 7.30pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Acoustic music, African drumming, stand-up comedy and urban poetry. Glasgow Comic Con Sat 18 Jun, 10am–6pm. £7.50 (£5; family ticket £18). Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. Speakers and workshop leaders including Kick Ass creator Mark Millar, David Lloyd, Frank Quitely and metaphrog. ✽✽ FREE Refugee Week Storytelling at the Kelvingrove Sat 18 Jun, 11.30am–12.30pm & 1.30pm– 4pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Music, dance and storytelling event. Part of Refugee Week Scotland. ✽✽ FREE Lobey Dosser Day Sat 18 Jun, 1pm & 2.30pm. Lobey’s Statue, opposite the Halt Bar. A celebration of Bud Neill, cartoonist, poet and ‘boulevardier sans pareil’ with an exhibition, readings, a trumpet piece by John Maxwell Geddes, ‘costumed jollity’ and more. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Glasgow Mela Sat 18 & Sun 19 Jun, noon–8pm. Kelvingrove Park, Otago Street, glasgowmela.com Huge outdoor festival celebrating the traditions of Glasgow's many and varied immigrant communities with a mix of international music, dance, activities and stalls. ✽✽ FREE West End Women’s 2pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Instead of a person with a big umbrella, an mp3 file shows you the way. Walk at your own pace, finishing up at Kelvingrove Art Gallery for coffee and questions with the walk/podcast’s creators at 3.30pm. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ FREE Carnival Club Thu 23 Jun, Street. Launch for Arts Tree Carnival Club, who’ll be meeting regularly in the future to pull together a spectacular fiesta for the West End Festival 2012. Part of the West End Festival. Heritage Silent Walk Sun 19 Jun,
7pm. Woodside Hall, 36 Glenfarg
Exhibitions ✽✽ FREE Life After Iraq Until Sun 17 Jul. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2pm–5pm. Paisley Museum & Art Gallery, High Street, Paisley, 887 1010. Photojournalism by Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs. Part of Refugee Week Scotland. ✽✽ FREE Refugee Stories Sat 28 May–Sat 2 Jul. Daily 10am–5pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Film, newspaper articles and photographs telling the stories