AroundTown
HITLIST BATS, BLOOMS, ZOMBABIES
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 British Art Show 7 Drop-in Tours Thu 4 & 11 Aug, 1pm, 3pm & 6pm. CCA, 352 4900; Tramway, 0845 330 3501; Gallery of Modern Art, 287 3050. Guided tours of the three sites hosting the British Art Show take place each Thursday of the exhibition’s run at 1pm (CCA), 3pm (Tramway) and 6pm (GoMA). Kelvingrove Dancers Thu 4 & 11 Aug, 7–8.30pm. £5. SDTA Studio, 101 Park Rd Kelvinbrige, 564 4824. Learn traditional Scottish step dance at these toe-tapping classes with live music.
✽✽ Batman Live Thu 4 & Fri 5 Aug, 7pm; Sat 6 Aug, 11am, 3pm & 7pm;
✽✽ FREE Unity Cinema Sat 6 Aug, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street,
352 4900. Film club aiming to bring together people living across Glasgow, including those who have sought asylum here. See Hitlist. FREE Bad Boy Musical Bingo Sun 7 Aug, 7pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 229 5270. A loud and interactive night filled with music from the Bad Boy DJs, non-stop laughs and exciting prizes. FREE Blochestra Mon 8 Aug, 9pm. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. All welcome to learn a song or two with Bloc’s pop/rock orchestra. FREE Curator’s Favourites Wed 10 Aug, 12.30–1pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Regular talks on museum staff’s favourite objects from the collection. This week: a 12th century dish from Iran.
✽✽ Tom Leonard at Poetry @ the Ivory Wed 10 Aug, 7pm. £2. The
Ivory, 2–4 Camphill Avenue. Tom Leonard reads from his work and is discusses his life and poetry. See Hitlist. Exhibitions FREE Sadako and the Paper Cranes – A Girl from Hiroshima Until Fri 26 Aug. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. An exhibition of posters, borrowed from the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Museum and relating to the story of Sadako, a young girl who developed leukaemia as a result of the atomic bomb but inspired many with her efforts to fold a thousand paper cranes in the hope of having her wish for health come true. FREE The Glesga That I Used to Know Until Jan 2012. Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Scotland Street School Museum, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. Photographs taken as part of a series of surveys conducted by Partick Camera Club in the 1970s, depicting ordinary Glaswegians at work and play.
Fairs & Markets FREE Merchant Square Craft Fair Sat 6 Aug, 11am; Sun 7 Aug, noon. Merchant Square, 71–73 Albion Street, 552 5908. Crafters and designers showcase their wares. FREE Gin in Teacups Glasgow Style Sat 6 Aug, noon–6pm. Chambre 69, Stock Exchange House, 69 Nelson Mandela Place, info@devilandthedeepbluesea.co.uk.
Craft and vintage fair. We like the name. See Hitlist. FREE Craft Clachan Mon 8–Sun 14 Aug, 9am–10pm. George Square, pipinglive.co.uk A traditional food and craft fair. Part of Piping Live!
Food & Drink Taste of Mal Thu 4 Aug, 6pm. £15. Malmaison, 278 West George Street, 572 1001. Mini food festival with an emphasis on the interactive, including cocktail masterclasses, cooking demos, wine tasting and a cheese masterclass. Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 6 Aug, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road, 287 2500. Local produce, from local people. The Harris Tweed Ride Sun 7 Aug, noon. £10. Blythswood Square Hotel, 11 Blythswood Square, 248 8888. Don your finest plus fours, jackets and caps for a well-attired bike tour of the city taking in some choice tidbits from places including Café Gandolfi, Crabshakk and WEST Brewery, and finishing up with a party at the Blythswood Hotel. All proceeds go to the Linda Norgrove Foundation, which helps women and children affected by the war in Afghanistan. Rijsttafel Tue 9 Aug, 5pm. £16.95. Stravaigin 2, 8 Ruthven Lane, 334 7165. A chance to sample the rich flavours of Indonesian food in tapas-style small portions. The event is named after the Dutch for ‘rice table’, as the Dutch were among the first to discover the amazing fusion of cuisines forged in the melting pot that was Indonesia. FREE Glenfiddich Whisky Tasting Wed 10 & Thu 11 Aug, 4.30pm. George Square, pipinglive.co.uk Taste a selection of whiskies. Booking essential. Part of Piping Live!
Talks FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Thu 4 & 11 Aug, 2.30–3.30pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, Nitshill, 276 9300. Two in a series of weekly tours, this week’s subjects are transport and technology (Thu 4 Aug) and Glasgow museums’ formidable art collection (Thu 11 Aug). Workshops Learn to Knit Fri 5 Aug, 2–5pm. £25. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. A beginners’ intro to basic knitting stitches, hopefully leaving you with a taste of why it’s so addictive. Includes yarn, needles and refreshments.
A new weekly event for those who like to do their chillaxing outside the home. There’s papers, a brunch menu, coffee, tea and beer, table football and DJs to help with your pursuit of Sunday bliss. ■ Mono, Sun 7 Aug, noon.
Sun 7 Aug, 11am & 3pm. £20–£45 (family ticket £79–£99). SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. DC’s iconic comic character comes alive in Glasgow with this stage show featuring stunts, super villains and ‘The Story of Dick Grayson (Robin)’. See Hitlist
✽✽ FREE Gorbals Growers Launch Party Sat 6 Aug,
11am–4pm. Gorbals Rose Garden, Old Rutherglen Road, ghln.co.uk Garden party to celebrate the launch of the Gorbals Growers, a volunteer-run community gardening project. See Hitlist. Bold Souls Presents the Fashion Film Pop Up Sat 6 Aug, 12–6pm. £3 in advance; £4 on the door. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Pop-up fashion and restyling event Bold Souls celebrates its first birthday with all the usual fashion and photography fun courtesy of Les Garçons de Glasgow and Chouchou Couture, plus new designers Bonnie Bling and Obscure Couture and a fashion video special. See feature, page 92. FREE Knit Tech Saturdays Sat 6 Aug, 3–5pm. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Free drop- in session (you only pay for the tea and cakes) with help on offer from Make It Glasgow’s experienced owner for all your knitting knarly bits. Mono Sunday Social
OUTSIDE THE FESTIVALS
Batman Live Holy WTF, Robin! Didn’t manage to score an extra slot on The Dark Knight Rises? This huge-scale stage show promises stunts and supervillians from the DC stable. SECC, Thu 4–Sun 7 Aug, times vary.
Tom Leonard at Poetry @ the Ivory The elder statesman of Glasgow letters reads from his work and discusses his life and poetry. At £2, this is a steal of an event, and we recommend – nay, demand – that you attend. The Ivory, Camphill Ave, Shawlands, Wed 10 Aug, 7pm.
Gorbals Growers Launch Party Garden party to celebrate the launch of the Gorbals Growers, a volunteer-run community gardening project. The fun includes a live pipe and drum performance, gardening and craft workshops and green-fingered games. Sat 6 Aug, 11am–4pm. Gorbals Rose Garden, Old Rutherglen Road.
Summer of Horror Scottish Youth Theatre celebrate 20 years of artistic director Mary McCluskey by dressing up as zombies and scaring the living daylights out of you. See picture, page 99. Tron Theatre and Scottish Youth Theatre, Mon 1–Sat 6 Aug.
Traquair Fair Hurrah! Much- loved annual tradition back again, in one of the most beautiful country houses in the, er, country. There's a fiery theme this year, and an appearance from the terrifing-sounding Explosive Dholi Drummers. Traquair House, Innerleithen, Sat 6 & Sun 7 Aug.
100 THE LIST 4–11 Aug 2011