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EVENTS AroundTown
Little Birds Market Created as a networking platform for local businesses, entrepreneurs, crafters and designers, this cute monthly market is great for unusual vintage finds and bespoke new items. Mrs Sloan’s Cake Salon serves tea and brunch all day, meaning you can top up your caffeine levels before perusing the stalls of over 25 vendors. Check facebook.com/ littlebirdsmarket for more upcoming dates. (Lauren Mayberry) ■ Sloans, Glasgow, Sun 8 Apr.
FREE Bake Club Tue 10 & 17 Apr, 7pm. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. Share the love, and the cake, at this skill-swapping session. Check bodabar.com to find out this month’s theme. Café Voices Wed 11 Apr, 7–9pm. £5. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song. Spring Flower Show – SRGC Edinburgh & Lothian Group Sat 14 Apr, 10am–4pm. £1. Fairmilehead Parish Church, 1a Frogston Road West,
srgc.org.uk Flower show and plant sale. Theatre Tour Sat 14 Apr, 10.30am. £12.50 (£9.50). The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. Peek behind the scenes. FREE Bruncheon! Featuring The Sound of Muesli Sat 14 Apr, 11am–2.30pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Live music plus your choice of breakfast, traditional or continental. FREE Plantaisons Collectives Sat 21 Apr, 2–4pm; Sun 22 Apr, 11am–1pm. Secret Location, 225 5366. An experience/performance in two parts by Belgian artist Anne-Dolores Marcelis. Organised by the French Institute, via whom bookings and enquiries should be made. Traverse Arts & Entertainment Quiz Mon 23 Apr, 8pm. £1 per person. Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. Perfect for artsy types who always struggle with the sports round. Proceeds go to the Edinburgh Maggie’s Centre. FREE Write Here: End of Festival Party Tue 24 Apr, 9pm. Free with a ticket to any Write Here festival show. Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. A party to round off the Traverse’s new festival of new writing. Part of Write Here. Spring Fling Ceilidh Thu 26 Apr, 7pm. £6 in advance; £8 on the door. The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. Big ol’ ceilidh as The Reel Stramash play live for Purple House Events to raise funds for the homeless. Fairs & Markets Scottish Golf Show Fri 30 Mar–Sun 1 Apr, 9.30am–5pm. £15. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. Try and buy equipment from the big names in golf. St Mary’s Market Saturdays, 9am–2pm. St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Broughton Street, 667 4058. New weekly market offering food, clothes, crafts and household goods.
FREE Positive Thinking – In a Nutshell Mon 2 Apr, 11am–12.30pm. Inner Space Glasgow Meditation Centre, 277 High Street, 552 7446. Workshop on achieving empowering thought . . . yeeeeeah! Listening through the Body with Art Tuesdays, 3 Apr–29 May, 6–7.30pm. £2. The Hidden Gardens, Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 07940 224365. Therapeutic art making class. See lsp-scotland.com for more information. FREE Meditation Course Tuesdays, 3–24 Apr, 7–8.30pm. Inner Space Glasgow Meditation Centre, 277 High Street, 552 7446. Introductory meditation course, offering meditation practice, information and methods. Improv Comedy 1B Tuesdays, 3 Apr–15 May, 7–8.30pm. £80 for the full term. Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 07909 822841. Classes in improvisational comedy for those with a little experience already, from improv troupe To Be Continued . . . There’s a performance at the end of the course to show off your newly-learned skills if you dare. Samba Course Thursdays, 5 Apr–24 May, 7–9pm. £60 for the eight-week course. Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue, 07817 419723. Learn some groovy samba pieces and try out different samba percussion at this fun eight-week drumming course. Suitable for beginners. Ages 12+ to adult (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult).
✽✽ Second City – Pattern Cutting Workshop Fri 6, Sat 7, Mon 9 &
Sat 14 Apr, 10am–5pm. £170 for the four- day course. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Learn how to pattern cut and make a couture-led garment at these workshops. Sewing machine experience would be useful. Scottish Screenwriters Mon 9 Apr, 6pm. £3. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Open session for screenwriters, from the novice to the professional. Ages 16+. Write Camera Action Mon 16 Apr, 6pm. £5 (members £3). CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Creative workshop for film writers, directors and actors on the third Monday of every month. Pre-submitted scripts are matched with a director and actors to workshop together, with observers welcome; the night closes with a performance from each group. Ages 18+. Etching & Screenprinting – Intermediate Wednesdays, 18 Apr–16 May, 6–9pm and Sun 20 May, 11am–5pm. £115 (£95) for the whole course. Glasgow Print Studio, Trongate 103, 552 0704. Two new courses offering a bit more depth on the techniques and processes of etching.
EDINBURGH Activities & Events ✽✽ Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show Thu 29 Mar & Sat 31 Mar,
6.30pm & 8pm, £25–£40. Fri 30 Mar, 7pm, £70. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, edinburghcharityfashionshow.com Accomplished student-run show with a black tie VIP night on Fri. Golden Street-Kart – Tournament Edition Thu 29 Mar, 7–11pm. £10. Constitution Bar, 48 Constitution Street, Leith, 538 9374. A golden joystick awaits the winner of this tournament featuring Streetfighter 2 Turbo, Mario Kart and GoldenEye 007. Proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity who can also claim Gift Aid if you book in advance.
✽✽ Edinburgh International Science Festival Fri 30 Mar–Sun
15 Apr, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, Edinburgh, 553 0322. Brilliant scifest going for 23 years and now one of the largest of its kind in Europe list.co.uk/events/eisf. Public Astronomy Evening Fri 30 Mar, 6.30–7.30pm & 8–9pm. £4 (£3). Royal Observatory Visitor Centre, Blackford Hill, 668 8404. Hear about the history of the Observatory, journey through the solar system, observe the skies (weather permitting) and touch a
real piece of outer space. Booking essential. Neu! Reekie! Fri 30 Mar, 7pm. £5 (£4). Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House Trunks Close 55 High Street, 524 0160. Avant-garde spoken word, film and music night describing itself as ‘playing host to the sinister and the sanguine’. FREE The Anatomical Museum Open Day Sat 31 Mar, 10am–4pm. Anatomical Museum, Doorway 3, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, anatomy.mvm.ed.ac.uk/museum A chance to explore the collections and meet notorious body snatcher Burke (or at least his skeleton).
✽✽ It’s Funtime Sat 31 Mar, 7.30pm. £7. The Bongo Club, Moray House,
37 Holyrood Road, its-funtime.com Razzmatazz game show/pub quiz hybrid. Register your team online. See panel, page 48. FREE A Little April Foolery Sun 1 Apr, at various venues and times around Edinburgh. Closing party, 8pm, The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. A host of live music, spoken word, art installations, poetry readings, film screenings and more, sticking a collective two fingers up at laws coming into effect today that demand all events, however small, apply for a costly license. Due to the spontaneous nature of the event, details are scarce at time of going to press, but keep an eye thisisnotentertainment.wordpress.com for updates. See opinion, page 11. FREE Edinburgh 48 Hour Film Project Preview Party Sun 1 Apr, 4–7pm. The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. The world’s largest timed film competition is back with a party and screening of some of the best entries from previous years. FREE Victoria’s Language Cafe Tuesdays, 7pm. Victoria, 265 Leith Walk, 555 1638. A meet-up for people interested in learning languages – just turn up and see if someone’s got the lingo you want to pick up, then have a chat. FREE Sofi’s Knitting Club Tue 3 Apr, 7.30pm. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. Friendly monthly knitting session for all y’all purlers and garterers out there. The Indulgence Show Sat 7 Apr, 11am–6pm. £5 (£4; under 16s free). Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 01592 647723. A little taste of luxury with live demos, workshops, tastings and an array of top quality exhibitors from the food, drink and leisure industries. FREE Write Shoot Cut Mon 9 Apr, 7–9pm. The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. Monthly short film networking night taking open submissions for screening and discussion.
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