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EDINBURGH Activities & Events The Body in Motion: Damage, Disease and Destruction Thu 2 Aug, 1pm & 3pm. £5 (£3). Surgeons’ Hall Museum, Nicolson Street, 527 1649. Special tours to tie in with those there Olympics. Ages 16+. Booking essential. Festival of Spirituality and Peace Fri 3–Mon 27 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, festivalofspirituality.org. uk Based in St John’s Church on Princes Street, this multi-faith series of events marries creativity and peace-making. Whisky Fringe Fri 3–Sun 5 Aug, Fri 3–7pm, Sat & Sun 2–6pm. Sold out. Mansfield Traquair, 15 Mansfield Place, 524 9380. Celebration of the water of life featuring over 200 whiskies. Tickets sold out in around 20 minutes, if you were lucky enough to get one – sláinte! FREE Harry Hill Book Signing Fri 3 Aug, 3.15pm. Blackwells, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8222. In a break from all that comedy (not to mention art-exhibiting) during the Fringe, Harry Hill drops by to sign copies of some of his books. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Fri 3–Sat 25 Aug (not Sun), Mon–Fri 9pm Sat 7.30pm & 10.30pm. £23–£59. Esplanade, Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, 225 1188. Top of this year’s Jubilee bill are the sensational percussionists of Switzerland’s Top Secret Drum Corps, joined by the Norwegian Armed Forces, performers from Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and closer to home. Truckfest Scotland Sat 4 & Sun 5 Aug, 8am–5pm. £12 (children £5; family £30). Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 01775 768661. Scotland’s largest truck festival with plenty impressive vehicular muscle, as well as myriad activities for adrenalin- seeking kids and adults. FREE Coderace 2012 Sat 4 Aug, 2–4pm. Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, 07947 248158, coderace.co.uk A location-based game where teams equipped with bikes and Android mobile devices compete to ‘claim’ locations across Edinburgh. Scree Magazine Presents Sat 4 Aug, 7–10pm. £4. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Night of experimental electronic music, poetry and spoken word crossover. FREE Rose Street Film Club Wed 8 Aug, 8.30pm. BHS, 64 Princes Street, edinburghartfestival.com On Wed evenings during Edinburgh Art Festival, new films by emerging artists are projected onto the exterior wall of BHS in Rose Street. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival (hereafter referred to as EAF). FREE Edinburgh Interactive Thu 9–Sat 11 Aug, times vary. Delegate ticket prices vary; public element (Sat only) free of charge but registration essential. Radisson Blu Hotel, Royal Mile, edinburghinteractive.co.uk Annual conference for the interactive entertainment and media sectors. Exhibitions FREE Going to the Pictures: Scotland at the Cinema Until Sun 28 Oct, Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. A history of Scotland’s relationship with the cinema. FREE The Olympics in Britain: 1908, 1948 and 2012 Until Sun 12 Aug, Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. Books, brochures and reports relating to the three
times the Games have landed in Britain. The Joy of Sex Fri 3–Sun 26 Aug, Wed–Sun only, noon–4pm. £10 (£7). Sapphire Rooms, 81–83 Lothian Road, 229 6391. Interactive exhibition exploring the funny side of sex (is there another?). Fairs & Markets Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace, 652 5940. More local, quality, ethical produce than you could shake a stick at. FREE Morningside Makers Market Sat 4 Aug, 11am–4pm. Columcille Centre, 2 Newbattle Terrace, 447 7404. Monthly craft and design market. FREE Scottish Independent Music Fair Sat 4 Aug, 12–4pm. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Local labels team up to offer Fringe-goers a taste of the Scottish music scene.
Sport Metafit Thu 2 & 9 Aug, 8.30pm. £3 per class. Edinburgh Studios, 21 Arthur Street, thereisnotomorrow.co.uk High-intensity 30-minute fitness class. Hot Scots FC Football Training Thu 2 & 9 Aug, 8.45pm. £tbc. Saughton Sports Complex, Stevenson Drive, 07585 132595. Weekly training session for players hoping to play in the Gay Football Supporters’ Network’s league. Hot Scots FC 6/7-a-side Kickabout Fri 3 Aug, 8pm. £tbc. Saughton Sports Complex, Stevenson Drive, 07585 132595. Weekly friendlies with Scotland’s LGBT football team. New players welcome – sign up in advance. Auld Reekie Roller Girls Present - Live Roller Derby! Sat 4 Aug, 2–5pm. £5 plus booking fee in advance; £7 on the door (under 14s free). Meadowbank Sports Centre, 139 London Road, 661 5351. Edinburgh’s own Twisted Thistles take on the Tiger Bay Brawlers. FREE Joseph Pearce’s Jogging Club Tue 7 Aug, 7–8.30pm. Joseph Pearce’s, 23 Elm Row, 556 4140. Weekly running club. Talks FREE Spotlight Tour Until Sat 13 Oct, Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 11am, 1pm & 3pm. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Short tours explaining key works in the Scottish Colourists and Leslie Hunter exhibitions. 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 discusses the Dada movement. FREE 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. Booking essential. FREE Ross Sinclair: We Love Real Life Scotland Thu 2 Aug, 4–6pm. Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, 225 6671. Artist Sinclair performs and hosts a panel discussion to celebrate the launch of his new book investigating the heritage of the Gordons. EAF FREE The Ellie & Oliver Show Fri 3 Aug, noon–12.30pm. Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, St Andrew’s Square, edinburghartfestival.com Ellie Harrison and Oliver Braid broadcast their radio show from the Edinburgh Art Pavilion. Listen in at ellieandoliver.co.uk EAF FREE Artist Talk: James Casebere Fri 3 Aug, noon. Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Casebere and Stills’ curator David Grinly discuss construction and post-modernism in photography. EAF Picasso Through the Eyes of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose Fri 3 Aug, 12.45–1.45pm. £5 (£4). Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Antony Penrose, the son of Miller and Penrose, gives a talk on the extraordinary relationship between the three. EAF
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CODERACE
An unusual outdoorsy game involving Android mobile apps and bicycles, where competitors fight to ‘claim’ various locations across Edinburgh. Head to coderace.co.uk for full instructions and details of how to get involved. Bring Your Own Bike. (Lauren Mayberry) ■ Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, 4 Aug
FREE Panel Discussion: Cinema as Primatology Fri 3 Aug, 5–6.30pm. Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. A panel discussion accompanying Rachel Mayeri’s installation Primate Cinema. EAF FREE Curator’s Talk: Cheer Up! It’s Not the End of the World . . . Sat 4 Aug, 2–3pm. Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Co-curator Dr Norman Shaw gives a talk about the works in the current exhibition, expanding on the apocalyptic themes explored. EAF FREE Artists’ Talk: Tim Rollins and KOS members Sat 4 Aug, 2–3pm. Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Artist Tim Rollins describes how an invitation to teach an art class for ‘at risk’ teenagers in the early 1980s resulted in a world- renowned art collective. EAF FREE Artist Talk: Melvin Moti in Conversation Sat 4 Aug, 4–5pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Moti discusses his exhibition with Tamara Trodd of the University of Edinburgh. EAF FREE Artist Talk: Glitching Sun 5 Aug, 2pm. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3962. Artist Beverley Hood discusses Glitching, her new digital dance performance and interactive installation. Booking essential. An Evening with Richard Demarco, CBE Sun 5, Tue 7 & Thu 9 Aug, 5.30– 7pm. £7 (£3). Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. You wanna know about the Fringe, kid? Well you could do no better than to spend an evening with Mr Demarco, who’s been involved since its inception in 1947. FREE The Pleasance Podcast: Shaun Keaveny – The 40 Year Old Edinburgh Virgin Mon 6 Aug–Fri 10 Aug, 12.30–1.30pm. Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square, 556 6550. Join the BBC 6Music presenter as he presents a limited run of podcasts trying to understand what all the fuss is with this festival business. FREE Kandinsky’s Kleine Welten Mon 6 Aug, 12.45–1.15pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Talk on the series of 12 prints that Kandinsky made in 1922 at the Bauhaus. EAF Talkfest One 2012 Mon 6 Aug, 1–2.30pm & 5–6.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50).
Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. Playwrights’ Studio Scotland hosts a panel discussion on the inspirations of theatremakers in this year’s Made in Scotland showcase, the Traverse’s own programme and the Fringe at large. FREE Beyond the Fringe of Reason: Edzard Ernst – Alternative Medicine: Trick or Treatment? Mon 6 Aug, 8.30–9.30pm. The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 07896 745991. A talk by Professor Edzard Ernst, complementary medicine expert. FREE Festival Detours: Joe Dunthorne Tue 7 Aug, 4–4.30pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine, gives a response to Melvin Moti’s exhibition One Thousand Points of Light. EAF Booking essential. FREE Illuminating Objects Wed 8 Aug, 1.30–2.30pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Chat to the museum’s experts about the collections used in the One Thousand Points of Light exhibition. EAF FREE Orchard: Gerry Loose & Donald Urquhart in conversation Thu 9 Aug, 5.30–7pm. Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. Poet Gerry Loose and artist Donald Urquhart talk about the process behind their exhibition Orchard. EAF FREE Olympic Summer Sports Thu 9 Aug, 6–6.30pm. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6560. Talk exploring the history of the 15 current Olympic summer sports featured in Playing for Scotland: the Making of Modern Sport. FREE A Nation Decides – Independence Debate Thu 9 Aug, 7.30–9.30pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Kevin Williamson from the Scottish Independence Convention and Lothian MSP Neil Findlay battle it out. Workshops Whisky Tastings Until Mon 27 Aug, daily, 6pm. £17.50. Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. Daily tastings on different themes. FREE Cult of the Body Beautiful: Life Drawing Workshop Sat 4 Aug, 10am–4pm. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3962. Life drawing workshop featuring the sporting body. Ages 18+.
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