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This annual fair showcases work from over 65 Scottish, British and international galleries, including pieces by Joan Gillchrest, printmaker John Piper, Alexander Millar and Scottish painters John Bellany and Peter Howson OBE. For full details on the galleries involved, visit artedinburgh.com. ■ Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 16–18 Nov.
Saunders Street, Stockbridge, 551 5633. Artisanal food and craft. FREE Out of the Blue Flea Market Sat 27 Oct, 10am–3pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Furniture, clothes and more. FREE Oxfam Buy What You Hear Sun 28 Oct, 4pm. Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. Funk, soul and other lost gems. FREE Morningside Makers Market Sat 3 Nov, 11am–4pm. Columcille Centre, 2 Newbattle Terrace, 447 7404. Craft and design. The Big Scottish Wedding Sale Sun 11 Nov, 12–5pm. £5 (seniors free; under 16s free). Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 237 1828. Wedding essentials. Edinburgh Art Fair Fri 16 Nov, 11am–6pm. £6 (£4). Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 01875 819595. Art collectors hunt for bargains and bespoke pieces at this annual fair. Sport Winter Warmer Edinburgh Sun 21 Oct, 11am–1.30pm. £15–£20. Holyrood Park, 0800 169 3672. A 5k or 10k run around Arthur’s Seat for charity.
FREE Rock’n’Roll Ping Pong Sun 21 Oct, 7pm. The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. Free table tennis club with DJs Ding and Dong providing the music. Bring Back Boxing: Edinburgh V Glasgow Sat 3 Nov, 6.45pm. £10–£20. Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. Olympic-style amateur boxing. Talks FREE Medical Detectives Lecture Series Thu 18 Oct, 6pm. University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, 650 1000. Lecture looking at stress hormones and heart disease. Booking essential. FREE The Politics of International Aid in Israel/Palestine Thu 18 Oct, 7.30pm. The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 220 1677. Discussion on the role of aid in Israel/Palestine. Part of Edinburgh World Justice Festival. FREE Café Scientifique – Pandemics, Globalisation and Digital Media Technologies Tue 23 Oct, 8.30–10pm. Filmhouse Café Bar, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. A look of how global media affects public anxiety about health emergencies.
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EVENTS AroundTown
FREE When Painters Left Their Studios: Giovanni Battista Lusieri and the Origin of Plein-air Painting in Italy Wed 24 Oct, 6–7.30pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Talk on the rise of painting in situ in Italy. FREE RSA Angus Millar Lecture 2012: A Vision for the Future of Science Thu 1 Nov, 5.30–8pm. Royal College Of Surgeons, 9 Hill Square, 07500 885473. Lord Rees discusses the role of science in solving global problems. FREE Towards @earth: 40 Years of Dispatches from an Unofficial War Artist Thu 1 Nov, 6–7.30pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Peter Kennard discusses his photography. FREE Not Old and New Towns! European City versus British Suburb! Sat 10 Nov, 10.30am. Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate, 529 3963. Explore the cultures of Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns. Booking essential. FREE BP Portrait Award Opening Lecture: Thinking Faces Sat 10 Nov, 2–3pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Discussion of changes in portraiture in the last century. Booking essential. The Hairy Bikers: Larger Than Live Sat 10 Nov, 8pm. £25 (£23). The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. See Glasgow, Talks. Shrapnel and Whizzbangs: A Tommy in the Trenches 1914–18 Mon 12 Nov, 10.30am. £8. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 529 3963. Lecture on the story of a British WWI soldier. FREE L’Oreille Musicale: Garage rock Thu 15 Nov, 6pm. Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Discussion about music, held in French.
Workshops Zine Workshop Sat 20 & Sun 21 Oct, 10am–3pm. £40. Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Zine workshop with cartoonist Malcy Duff. Ages 16+. Booking essential. FREE Get into Golf Sun 21 Oct, 10.30am–4.30pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. No experience necessary for this fun day of golf activities, led by Clubgolf. Bookbinding Class – Venetian Style Journals Tue 23 Oct, 6.30–8pm. £15. Owl & Lion, 66 West Port, 221 0818. Create your own hand-bound journal. Cosy Toes Sun 4 Nov, 10.30am– 3.30pm. £18. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 529 3963. Make your own hot water bottle cover. FREE The Drawing Room Thu 8 Nov, 5.30–6.45pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road, 624 6410. Monthly drawing sessions. Materials provided. Booking essential. Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Sun 11 Nov, 3pm. £7 (£6). The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. Cabaret meets life drawing art session. OUTSIDE THE CITIES
Activities & Events The Enchanted Forest Until Sat 27 Oct, 6–9.15pm. £12.50–£15 (under 16s £7.50; under 3s free; family £32–£38). Faskally Wood, Pitlochry, 0871 288 7655. An outdoor sound and light show using the natural surroundings of Faskally Wood.
✽ FREE NEoN Digital Arts Festival Sun 4 Nov–Sat 10 Nov, Times vary. Various venues, Dundee, 01382 322852. Digital arts festival transforming Dundee into an electric playground. See preview, page 31.
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