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FREE Specialist Tour: French Art at GMRC Tue 26 Jun, 2.30pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, 276 9300. A specialist tour taking in French artworks from the museum’s fine art store. The Folk Choir of Glasgow Wed, 6.30pm. £2 per week. Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9681. A new choir dedicated to singing folk songs from a number of countries, including Scots, Americana and Gaelic. No experience in singing or Gaelic necessary. Suitable for both teens and adults. FREE Bad Boy Musical Bingo Sun 8 Jul, 6pm–midnight. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 221 8866. A loud and interactive night filled with music from the Bad Boy DJs, non-stop laughs and exciting prizes. Love Club Mon 9 Jul, 7pm. £4. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Infamous New York performance artist Markus Makavellian (OK, he’s just too outrageous to be real, it’s actually performance poet Drew Taylor) presents a series of relaxed evenings of spoken word, music, knitting, tea and cake, celebrating Good Housekeeping Day. Fairs & Markets Dream Wedding Scotland Sat 23 & Sun 24 Jun, 10am–5pm. £5 in advance; £7 on the door. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 01592 647723. Wedding fair promising to cater to a range of budgets and tastes. FREE Sloans Market Saturdays & Sundays, 11am–5pm. Argyll Arcade, Buchanan Street/Argyll Street, sloansglasgow.com/market Well-heeled weekly outdoor shopping market. FREE Ashton Lane Street Market Sundays, 11am–5pm. Ashton Lane, Weekly market with stalls selling vintage clothing, original jewellery and art work and more. FREE Granny Would Be Proud Sun 24 Jun, noon–5pm. Hillhead Bookclub, 17 Vinicombe Street, 576 1700. Retro vintage market featuring fashion, jewellery, crafts and cakes. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Craft Fair Sat 30 Jun & Sun 1 Jul, 10.30am–4.30pm. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Charity craft fair featuring wooden items, handmade cards, designer jewellery, glass, candles and much more. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 8 Jul, noon–5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 07946 715204. Vintage and design vendors sell clothes, jewellery, handmade, up-cycled furniture, accessories, homewares, food, cakes, millinery, stationery, art and lots more. FREE The Lighthouse Design Markets Sat 14 Jul, 10.30am–5pm. The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5360. An array of wares to buy direct from its designers and makers.
Sport Camp Fitness Run Club! Tue & Thu, 6.30pm, meeting at Glasgow Botanic Gardens main gates; Wed, 6pm, meeting outside City Chambers on George Square. £4; first four sessions £2. facebook.com/CampFitness, 07866 446177. Fun, friendly running group that’s nonetheless serious about getting fit. Radio Lollipop’s Zumbathon Charity Event! Sat 30 Jun, 11am–5pm. £10. Yorkhill Children’s Hospital, Dalnair Street, 07811 329276. Four-hour charity dance fitness event raising money for the volunteer-run radio station at Yorkhill Children’s Hospital. FREE AfroScots United Football Club: Football Tournament Sat 30 Jun, 11am–3pm. Firhill Sports Complex, 87 Hopehill Road, julo006@hotmail.com Men and women from all backgrounds are welcome to take part in this tournament organised by the AfroScots United team. Refugee Week.
Talks FREE Thursday Exchange Thu 21 Jun, 5.30pm. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. An after-work art fix for adults, with tours and talks linked to the gallery’s exhibitions. West End Festival Walks Thu 21 & Fri 22 Jun, 7pm; Sun 24 Jun, 2pm. £7. Various venues, West End, westendfestival.co.uk The WEF’s programme of guided walks finishes up with a wander around the Gibson Street area (Thu), an artist’s view on the West End (Fri) and an historical ramble around the Kelvinside estate (Sat). Tickets and info from Barrets Newsagent, Byres Road. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Talk of the Steamie: Glass, Ceramics and Stained Glass in Glasgow Sat 23 Jun, 2pm. People’s Palace & Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green, 276 0788. The curator of decorative art presents this illustrated talk. FREE Curator’s Talk Wed 27 Jun, 12.30pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. The curator of medieval and renaissance art examines a tapestry featuring the Olympic Games. Cookery Demo with Dale Pinnock Wed 27 Jun, 7pm. £20. Grassroots Organic, 20 Woodlands Road, 353 3278. Medicinal cook Dale Pinnock runs a cookery demo (from which you get to sample the results), answers questions, and talks about his new book, The Clear Skin Cookbook, which introduces recipes aimed at combating the increasingly common phenomenon of adult acne. Ticket price includes a signed copy of the book. FREE Highlights of the Human History Collection Thu 28 Jun, 2.30pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, 276 9300. A themed tour of the museum. A Wild Life: An Audience with Steve Backshall Fri 29 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £19.50 (£16.50). Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. The popular television adventurer talks about his wild encounters with the natural world, featuring film clips and a Q&A. Portraits from the Banana Plantations of Cameroon Wed 4 Jul, 6pm. £3 (free). Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. Preview of Jan Nimmo’s latest film about banana workers, and the chance to find out more about the banana trade. FREE Garden Talk: Allotments Sun 8 Jul, 1pm. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0924. Pollok Country Park Gardener Sean Belshaw dispenses handy tips on how to get the most out of your allotment in the summer months. Workshops A Taste of the Accordion Thu 21 Jun, 7pm. £2. An Leanag, 22 Mansfield Street, westendfestival.co.uk Have a go at ‘the box’. West End Festival. Taigh Ceilidh Ghlaschu Thu, 7.30pm. £2 (£1). Argyll Hotel, 973 Sauchiehall Street, 337 3313. An informal Gaelic night of songs, stories, music, comedy, poetry and craic. FREE The Guesthouse at An Clachan Fri 22 Jun, 11am–4pm. An Clachan, Off La Belle Place, 07846 463614. Drop in to learn about ‘listening through the body with art’ with Tom Binns. Involves ‘playdoh, pastels and some sincere playfulness’. West End Festival. Glasgow Fiddle Workshop: Come & Try Sat 23 Jun, 10am–4pm. £3. Stow College, West Campus 75 Hotspur Street, 01360 551303. Try the full range of instruments taught at GFW: guitar, fiddle, ukulele, accordion or whistle. West End Festival. FREE Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition & Workshop Sat 23 Jun, 1pm. Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington Street, 353 0720. The Scottish Middle
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Eastern Council invites you to learn more about Arabic calligraphy. Refugee Week. A Taste of Bodhran & Whistle (Blasad Bodhran & Fideag) Sat 23 Jun, 2pm. £2. An Leanag, 22 Mansfield Street, westendfestival.co.uk An informal introduction to playing these classic Celtic instruments. West End Festival. FREE Summer Gong Music Workshop Sun 24 Jun, 1.30pm. Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Outdoor sessions workshops in Indonesian gamelan music. West End Festival. Stage to Page Mon 25 Jun, 7pm. £3. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Either join in as an actor, director or writer, or just watch the creative juices flow at these workshopping sessions for playscripts in progress. Belly Dance Classes Wed, 6.30pm. £5.50. The Dance Factory, 142 Calder Street, 07905 674 891. Fun, energetic and informative belly dance classes with Alchemy Dance. John O’ Brien’s Memory Training Workshop Sun 1 Jul, 12.30pm. £15. Kudos Bar Restaurant, 29 Waterloo Street, 07878 437604. Learn some advanced techniques to maximise your memory’s potential. Living Theatre Workshop Wed 4 Jul, 6pm. £5. Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. The Tron, together with the Scottish Psychodrama Network, presents a new type of participatory performance: the public engages with a live theatre event, defining the action around a starting theme. No previous drama training required. This session is based on Cora Bissett’s Glasgow Girls. Fine Art Printmaking Masterclass Sat 7 & Sun 8 Jul, 10am. £75 for the two-day course. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. In response to the exhibition of prints by Philip Reeves, led by Ian MacFadyen of the Glasgow School of
Art. Price includes materials, tuition and a light lunch. Booking essential. FREE The Happiness Club Wed 11 Jul, 7.30pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8866. Find out about positive psychology, NLP, alternative therapies and practical exercises for wellbeing at these regular sessions.
EDINBURGH Activities & Events The Joy of Sex Until Sun 24 Jun, daily noon–7pm. £10 (£7). Sapphire Rooms, 81–83 Lothian Road, 229 6391. Interactive exhibition exploring the lighter, funnier side of sex. Leave that po-face at home, and get well and truly stuck into a naked tea party (socks must be left on), performance exhibits themed on tickling and fetish, and plenty of exhibitions of fruity objects and people. God only knows what’s in the petting zoo. Part of the Festival of Erotic Arts. Edinburgh Zoo Gardens Tour Thu 21 Jun, 6pm. £7 (members £5). Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. The Zoo’s garden manager discusses the site’s horticultural history and the new projects the team is taking on this year. FREE Atmosphere: Belief Thu 21 Jun–Sun 1 Jul, 8.30pm. Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, 650 2750. Video documentary installation or ‘cinematic data visualisation’ comprising a montage of video footage sourced from YouTube, coupled with a floor projection of a map that shows where in the world each clip is from. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival. Theatre Tour Sat 23 Jun, 10.30am. £12.50 (£9.50). The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. See behind the scenes at the country’s largest purpose-built theatre.
Cyril Gerber
Fine Art 19th-21st Century British Drawings,
Paintings & Sculpture
First of the Summer Wine 2012
A season of changing paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works with a touch of summer (cid:193) avour, which will run throughout June & August.
Works include Scottish Colourists, Joan Eardley, Alfred Wolmark, Scottie
Wilson, Margot Sandeman, Hemri Gaudier-Brzeska and a selection of
Scottish Modern Masters.
178 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RL 0141 221 3095
www.gerberfi neart.co.uk Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5.30, Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-4
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