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FREE A Spoonful of Vintage Sun 29 Jul, 11am–5pm. Spoon Café Bistro, 6a Nicolson Street, 623 1752. Stalls selling vintage ceramics, collectables, homewares and fashion, plus vintage hair and make-up styling and high teas to munch on while you ponder that next purchase. Talks FREE Spotlight Tours Thu 19 Jul, Tue 24 Jul, Thu 26 Jul, Tue 31 Jul, & Thu 2 Aug, 11am. Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate, 529 3963. One of the museum’s visitor assistants highlights an object, gallery or display case at these twice-weekly tours. FREE Edinburgh Skeptics in the Pub Thu 19 Jul, 7.30pm. The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 07896 745991. Regular meet-ups of Edinburgh’s most enquiring minds, breaking down doctrine with pints and chat. FREE Concert Party and Fencing Scene: Lord Fortrose, later 1st Earl of Seaforth, at home in Naples by Pietro Fabris 1771 Fri 20 Jul, 12.45–1.15pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Talk examining the visual records that show just how luxurious life was for British people living in 18th-century Italy. FREE National Galleries Highlights Tours Sat 21 Jul, 2–2.45pm & 3–3.45pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. A tour of the National Gallery’s permanent collection, with an introduction to its key pieces. FREE Portrait Gallery Architecture Tours Sat 21 Jul, 2–2.45pm. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6560. Monthly tours of Sir Robert Rowand Anderson’s splendid building.
✽ FREE Life, Love and Death: Edvard Munch and Printmaking
Mon 23 Jul, 12.45–1.30pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Alfons Bytautas gives a talk on the innovative printmaking technique behind Munch’s work, and how it relates to his contemporaries and to printmaking today. FREE The Latitude of Twilight Tue 24 Jul, 12.45–1.30pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Professor Davidson gives a talk on the use of twilight in symbolist landscape painting.
✽ FREE Festival Talk: The Individualism of Gil Evans Wed
25 Jul, 6.30–7.30pm. Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. Musicians discuss one of the most significant arrangers in jazz history. Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. FREE The Devoted and Disgruntled Roadshow Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 10am–7pm. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, 248 4848. Nationally touring talking shop for anyone interested in theatre – whether they make it, produce it or watch it. A Royal Progress Mon 30 Jul, 10.30am. £8. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 529 3963. Robin Barnes presents this illustrated talk about the King of Saxony’s journey through Great Britain in 1844 as recorded in the diary of the King’s friend and physician Dr CG Caru. FREE Art and Conflict: Commissioning War Art Wed 1 Aug, 12.45–1.30pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Talk exploring the varied difficulties of commissioning art on contemporary conflict, with particular discussion of Roderick Buchanan’s film and photographic work Legacy. FREE Books in Focus: Dada Thu 2 Aug, 11.30am–12.30pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, 73 Belford Road, 624 6268. Librarian Kerry Watson gives a talk looking at the history and artists of the Dada movement through their published works. FREE Spotlight On: Introducing Catherine Thu 2 Aug, 2–3pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Exhibition curator Geoffrey Evans introduces you to Catherine the Great: princess, politician, friend of the arts, legend in her own time and sometime opera librettist.
FREE Ross Sinclair: We Love Real Life Scotland Thu 2 Aug, 4–6pm. Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, 225 6671. Artist Sinclair gives a performance and hosts a panel discussion. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Workshops Clarsach: The Music, Folklore and Traditions of the Scottish Harp Fri 20 Jul, 1.30–4.30pm. £18 (£15). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. The story of Scotland’s folk harps, and their place in the nation’s music and traditions.
✽ CircuSkool Sun 22 & 29 Jul, 6–9pm. £4. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Run by Edinburgh-based fire troupe PyroCeltica, these workshops teach modern day circus skills including poi, juggling, diablo and unicycling. Accompanied under 16s welcome. All the Young Nudes Tue 24 Jul, 8pm. £4. The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. A relaxed life drawing club with music and a bar to aid the flow of inspiration. Woodcut Printing inspired by the Work of Edvard Munch Fri 27 Jul, 10.30am–4pm. £30 (£25). Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, 73 Belford Road, 624 6560. Artist Campbell Sandlands leads a workshop in woodcut printing. Materials supplied. Booking essential. A Play in a Day Fri 27 Jul, 11am–7pm. £10 (£8). Counting House, West Nicolson Street, 07986 428722. Whatever aspect of theatrical production you want to get involved with, this is your chance, as Chimaera Productions stage a one-day theatre workshop. Fiddle: The Music, Folklore and Traditions of the Scottish Fiddle Fri 27 Jul, 1.30–4pm. £18. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. A workshop telling the story of the Scottish fiddle and its place in folklore and musical tradition.
✽ FREE Taiko Alba Workshops 31 Jul–15 Aug, Tue & Thu 6.15–7.45pm;
dress rehearsal on Tue 21 Aug. North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 15a Pennywell Court, 01357 522008. Seven free workshops, open to all aged 16–25, in the exciting art of taiko drumming, leading up to a performance at the Edinburgh Mela on the afternoon of Sat 1 Sep. Places are limited and early sign-up recommended.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
Activities & Events ✽ Forest Pitch Sat 21 Jul, 10am–6pm. £5 (£3.50; under 5s free; family £15).
Forest Pitch, Clarilawmuir Plantation, Selkirk, forestpitch.org, 01665 833751. On a football pitch created from trees deep in a forest in the Scottish Borders, two amateur matches are played and local performances are put on all day as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Craig Coulthard is behind this art installation and sporting celebration, building goalposts and a shelter built from commercial trees felled to make room for the pitch. After the matches, the pitch will grow over naturally and be publicly accessible for up to 60 years. Park and ride facilities available from Selkirk – see website for details. Scotland’s Countryside Festival Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 9.30am–6pm. £12 (under 16s £4; under 5s free). Glamis Castle, Glamis, 01250 875712. A weekend of country pursuits in the grounds of Glamis Castle, this year including stunt horse riding, terrier racing, shooting, angling, climbing, vintage vehicles, ferrets, axe- throwing and paintballing.
✽ Scotland’s National Airshow Sat 28 Jul, 10am–5pm. £16 (£14;
under 16s £8; under 5s free; family £38). National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, North Berwick, 0300 123 6789. Hours of high-octane aerial displays ranging from historic warbirds to contemporary military jets, plus family activities and exhibitions.
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