AROUND TOWN | Events
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Activities & Events ✽ Burns Night Whisky Tasting in Conjunction With Piece Fri 25
Jan, 7pm-9pm. £25. The Good Spirits Co. 23 Bath Street, 258 8427. Enjoy some Burns-themed food and sumptuous whiskies in honour of the Baird. FREE Magnificent 7 – Crisp and Fresh Sun 27 Jan, 9am–4pm. Linn Park, Simshill Road, 637 1147. A walk with the rangers over hills, through marshes and up Glasgow’s highest point. Wrap up warm and wear sturdy shoes. Booking essential.
✽ FREE Mono Sunday Social Sun 27 Jan, noon–1am. Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. A weekly event for those who like to do their chillaxing outside of the home. There’s papers, a brunch menu, coffee, tea and beer, table football and DJs David Barbarossa and James Pole in the evening to help with your pursuit of Sunday bliss. SoundRoutes Community Choir Mondays 6–7.30pm. £5 per session. The Piper on the Square, 57 Cochrane Street, 07811 504141. Join your local SoundRoutes choir for weekly practices, learning a mix of pop, folk, world, reggae and blues songs.
✽ FREE Imbolc and Candlemass Gathering Sun 3 Feb, 1–2.30pm.
Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0927. The mid-point between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox is marked with a festive celebration by everyone from Imbolc (pagans) to Christians. Enjoy poetry, fire lighting and herbal insight with a like-minded bunch. Booking essential. FREE Tramway Family Day: The Big Idea Sun 17 Feb, 12–4pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. The Tramway opens its doors for a family-friendly day of workshops, installations and performances. There’s the chance for ages 0–12 to check out new work by a whole host of artists and enjoy a performance of Near and Far, which is a theatre piece looking at new technologies, as well as lots more fun and activities for all ages. Stars Over the Botanics Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm. £4 (children £2). Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 276 1614. A star-gazing session with the Astronomical Society of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. Spaces limited to the first 40 people.
ROUND-UP EDINBURGH IRANIAN FESTIVAL Various venues, Edinburgh, Fri 1–Sat 16 Feb
When you mention Iran in the current climate, most people think of the politics of the country. But there is of course more to the place than what we see in the news – and the 2013 Edinburgh Iranian Festival is our opportunity to learn more about Iranian heritage. ‘I feel like one of the main ways to bring people together and help integration of non-British people into British society is to help them understand each other and each other’s cultures,’ says Sara Kheradmand, who has been coordinating the festival since 2009. ‘In the past, we’ve noticed that the films and lecture series have been really popular, while things like music can seem more alien so we’ve tried to address that in this year’s programme with the Grand Music Concert (Studio 24, Sat 9 Feb) with traditional music, rock bands and DJs.’
The event, presented by Irish-Iranian comedian Patrick Monahan (pictured), winner of ITV’s Show Me The Funny, will feature Kurdish and Persian music, while elsewhere in the festival there is the chance to see Persian opera (St John’s Church, Fri 1 Feb) and Iranian jazz (Art’s Complex, St Margaret’s House, Wed 6 Feb). Other highlights of the programme include a celebration of Iranian cinema at the Filmhouse (Thu 7–Sun 17 Feb), in collaboration with Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. Art from Iran is a day of special events at the National Museum of Scotland (Sun 3 Feb), including a traditional music workshop, an Azadi dance performance piece in the main gallery and a Persian calligraphy workshop, while the festival’s other main art exhibition, Borders (Wed 6–Sat 16 Feb, Art’s Complex, St Margaret’s House) features artists from Iran, Europe, America and South Korea contributing video installations, sculpture, photography and illustration. (Lauren Mayberry)
38 THE LIST 24 Jan–21 Feb 2013
Exhibitions FREE A Whisper, a Tree, a Bridge Thu 24 Jan–Mon 4 Feb, 10am–5pm. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Exhibition of art and creative writing by patients on the Art in Hospital art programme, at the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. FREE Human Race: Inside the History of Sports Medicine Thu 24 Jan–Sun 3 Feb, 11am–3pm. Govanhill Baths, Calder Street, 433 2999. An in-depth look at the human body as it prepares for, and competes in, sport, as well as an examination of how the limits of the body have changed over the years. Fairs & Markets FREE Blochairn Car Boot Sale Sun 27 Jan, 3 Feb, 10 Feb & 17 Feb, 9am–3pm. Wholesale Fruit, Veg, Flower and Fish Market, 130 Blochairn Road, 287 2500. Attracts over 500 sellers every Sunday with just about anything you could think of on sale, from curtains to cakes.