AroundTown EVENTS
Ideal Home Show Scotland Sat 2–Tue 5 Jun, 10am–6pm. £10. SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 894 2010. Handy hints and design inspiration. FREE Craft Fair Sat 2 & Sun 3 Jun, 10.30am–4.30pm. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Monthly charity craft fair. ✽✽ FREE Polka Dot Punk Art Sat 9 Jun, 11am–4pm. Hillhead Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe Street, 576 1700. Pop-up art gallery/market. See Realist pick 10, page 5. WEF. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 10 Jun, noon–5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 07946 715204. Vintage, craft and design vendors. FREE Merchants Market Sun 17 Jun, 11am–5pm. Merchant Square, 71–73 Albion Street, 552 5908. Produce, arts and crafts market. Sport Carmunnock International Highland Games Sun 27 May, 12.30pm. £5 (£3). Carmunnock Football Field, Pathhead Road, Carmunnock, 276 0682. Traditional games with strongman challenge, highland dancing, piping and trade stalls. A Question of Sport with Tam Cowan Tue 29 May, 6–10.30pm. £35. The Grill on the Corner, 21–25 Bothwell Street, 248 6262. Evening of quizzing in the name of charity, hosted by journalist and sports fanatic Tam Cowan. Price includes drink, meal, entertainment and a donation to St Andrew’s Hospice.
Camp Fitness Run Club! Tuesdays, 6.30–7.30pm. £2. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 07866 446177. Fun, friendly running group that’s nonetheless serious about getting fit. Yorkhill Euro 2012 Sat 9 Jun, noon–5pm. £100 minimum sponsorship per person. Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Townhead, 201 6917. Charity five-a-side football tournament where each team represents a European country. See yorkhillchildrensfoundation.org for more information. ✽✽ The Kelvin 5k Fun Run Sat 16 Jun, noon. £6 online registration in advance; £8 on the day. Kelvingrove Park, Otago Street, westendfestival.co.uk Fun run for all types of runner (from the fancily dressed to the scarily serious) in aid of Radio Lollipop at Yorkhill Children’s Hospital. WEF.
Philip Glass Thu 24 May, 7.30pm. Talks ✽✽ FREE Inspiring Encounters: The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. The titan of modern music, talks about his life and work. The Mars Society – Building the Martian Nation Sat 26 May, 2–4pm. By donation. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. Find out about the Society’s aims to explore and settle on Mars. FREE Curator’s Talks Wed 30 May, 6 & 13 Jun, 12.30pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Talks on different topics by the Burrell’s team of curators.
PREVIEW AWARENESS-RAISING FESTIVAL REFUGEE WEEK SCOTLAND Various venues across Scotland, Mon 18–Sun 24 Jun
Scotland’s favourite Fence Records chap and Mercury Award nominee King Creosote will kick off seven days of events to promote understanding of the experiences of refugees living in Scotland. The gig, which takes place at the Old Fruitmarket on the festival’s opening
night (Mon 18 Jun), will see big KC play tunes from the critically lauded Diamond Mine, with support from fellow Fifer The Pictish Trail, who will be unveiling material from his upcoming record, Secret Soundz Vol. 2, and local ruffians Randolph’s Leap.
Over 100 events will be taking place across Scotland, including community
celebrations, exhibitions and plays. Edinburgh’s Filmhouse will be showing Colour of the Ocean (Tue 19 Jun), an arty picture looking at issues of immigration. Movie-lovers could also head to a cinema club at Tollcross Centre (Thu 21 Jun), which will also host a World Spirit Forum Theatre show and workshop at the weekend (Sat 23 Jun). In Glasgow, Trongate 103 will host the Spirit Photography Exhibition (Fri 8
Jun–Sun 22 Jul), made up of photographs taken in communities in the 12 weeks running up to the show, exploring the spirit of survival and cultural diversity and focusing on how refugees integrate into local areas.
A special performance of fast-paced creative discussion event Pecha Kucha will take place at Govanhill Baths (Tue 19 Jun) and Glasgow Women’s Library will present the femme-friendly event Stories of Women and War (Thu 21 Jun). Things are busy in the Tron, with a great selection of shows including Some Other Mother (Tue 19 Jun), Glasgow Girls: The Musical (Tue 19 & Wed 20 Jun) and True Colours and the Trouble With Me (Thu 21 Jun), as well as the British Red Cross Refugee Week Comedy Night (Fri 22 Jun). (Lauren Mayberry) ■ Visit refugeeweek.org.uk for details of events happening in your area, or scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk for more information on the organisation.
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Jun, noon–1pm. University of ✽✽ West End Festival Walks Fri weekdays and usually 2pm & 7pm at the weekend, see westendfestival.co.uk for details. £7. Informative guided walks almost every day of the festival, focusing mainly on the architecture and heritage, from a graveyard stroll to a cinema- themed walk taking in the unique Scottish ‘back court’ theatres. Advance tickets – and info on walk start points – from Barrets Newsagent, Byres Road. WEF FREE Talk of the Steamie: Life on the Green Sat 2 Jun, 2pm. People’s Palace & Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green, 276 0788. A tour of Glasgow’s oldest park. ✽✽ In Conversation I: James Davis Sun 3 Jun, 4pm. £9 on the door, £7 if booked in advance (students £5; under 16s free). Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. James MacMillan, Scotland’s most-performed living composer, talks to Prof Robert Davis of the University of Glasgow about music, faith and modern life. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project & WEF. ✽✽ Breathin’ Air with Howard Marks & John Sinclair Tue 5 Jun, 7.30pm. £16.50. Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. Marks, aka best selling author and international drug smuggler Mr Nice, in conversation with US political activist, poet and manager of MC5 Sinclair. WEF. ✽✽ FREE The Glasgow Boys Wed 6 Glasgow, St Andrews Building, 11 Eldon Street, 330 1835. Helen Sutherland introduces the Glasgow Boys and discusses their art and legacy. WEF. ✽✽ FREE Robots That Can Help 7–9pm. University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Building, University Gardens, glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk Find out just how happy we should be to trust robots with our most important tasks. GSF. FREE Climate Change: Melting Glaciers in Bolivia Thu 7 Jun, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Screening of a Guardian documentary about the devastating effects of climate change on poor communities in Bolivia. Followed by an expert panel discussion and audience Q&A. ✽✽ FREE The Life of Corpses: Exhibiting Human Remains Sat 9 Jun, 11am–5pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Arts and science professionals discuss the balance of ethical responsibilities and artistic possibilities when it comes to what’s left of us after death. GSF ✽✽ FREE Meet the Astronauts at Riverside Museum Sun 10 Jun, 2–3.30pm. Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Place, 287 2660. NASA Astronaut Ron Garan, who has logged 178 days in space and completed four spacewalks, is in conversation with NASA Engineer Heather Paul, discussing life in the space shuttle is really like. GSF In Conversation II: Michael Tumelty Sun 10 Jun, 4pm. £9 on the door, £7 in advance (students £5; under 16s free). Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Veteran teacher and Herald music writer takes the stage. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project.
Us and Hurt Us Thu 7 Jun,
Exploring the Ethical Issues of
1–Sun 24 Jun, 7pm on most MacMillan and Prof Robert
Wed 13 Jun, 6.30–8pm. John ✽✽ FREE An Evening with NASA Anderson Building, Strathclyde University, 107 Rottenrow East, 548 3444. Another chance to meet NASA Astronaut Ron Garan (see above). GSF In Conversation III: Tom Service Sun 17 Jun, 4pm. £9 on the door, £7 if booked in advance (students £5; under 16s free). Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Guardian writer and BBC Radio 3 presenter talks about music. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project.
7–9pm. Govanhill Baths, Calder ✽✽ FREE Pecha Kucha Tue 19 Jun, Street, 433 2999. Within the strict structure of the Pecha Kucha format (speakers get to show 20 slides for 20 seconds each) a diverse collection of people explore the Refugee Week theme of ‘spirit’. Refugee Week.
& 19 Jun, 5.30pm. Hillhead
(Blasad Dannsa Ceilidh) Tue 5, Workshops Spirit of Place: Landscape Watercolour Masterclass Sat 26 May, 11am–4.30pm. £40. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Landscape masterclass by artist Carolyn Burchell. Ages 18+. Booking essential. Stage to Page Mon 28 May, 7pm. £3. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Workshopping sessions for play scripts in progress. Listening through the Body with Art Tue 29 May, 6–7.30pm. £2. The Hidden Gardens, Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 07940 224365. Therapeutic art making class. Life Drawing at the Virginia Gallery Tuesdays, 6.30–8.30pm. £8. The Virginia Gallery, 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Life drawing class open to all, held in the LGBT-friendly Virginia Gallery. Belly Dance Classes Wednesdays, 6.30–9pm. £5.50. The Dance Factory, 142 Calder Street, 07905 674 891. Fun and energetic classes. ✽✽ FREE Say It Ain’t Sew Tue 5, 12 Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe Street, 576 1700. Cross-stitch craft with cool projects to make (dinosaurs! turtles!) and added cocktails. WEF ✽✽ A Taste of Ceilidh Dancing 12 & 19, 7pm. £2. An Leanag, 22 Mansfield Street, westendfestival.co.uk Tutor-led ceilidh workshop at the Gaelic cultural centre, even for those with two left feet. WEF ✽✽ FREE Learn a Language in an Hour Wed 6, 13 & 20 Jun, 1pm. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Wonder at the strange noises emanating from your throat as linguist Derek Rogers teaches the basics of some unusual languages over three weekly sessions. WEF Scottish Screenwriters Mon 11 Jun, 6pm. £3. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Open sessions for screenwriters, from the novice to the professional. ✽✽ Lunch and Learn Sun 17 Jun, 1pm. £20. The Bothy, 11 Ruthven Lane, 334 4040. The chefs at the Bothy teach you how to prepare a family meal in record time. At the end, taste what you’ve made and enjoy a glass of wine to boot. WEF ✽✽ FREE Create a Coral Reef Sun 17 Jun, 2–4pm. Glasgow Sculpture Studios, The Whisky Bond, Dawson Street, 07582 698832. Find out about underwater ecosystems and their extraordinary inhabitants, and use clay and plaster to create your own coral reef. GSF Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Sun 17 Jun, 3–5pm. £7 (£5). Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Burlesque art class with a relaxed atmosphere, music, drinks and interesting models. Write Camera Action Mon 18 Jun, 6pm. £5 (members £3). CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Creative workshop for film writers, directors and actors.
EDINBURGH Activities & Events Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show Thu 24 May, 8.30pm; Fri 25 May, 6.30pm & 8.30pm. £15. Old College, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 473 2000. Spot the next Alexander McQueen amid the annual glitz and glam of the ECA fashion show. FREE Spa in the City Sat 26 & Sun 27 May, 9.30am. St Andrew Square, Pamperfest with tons of free treatments,