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GLASGOW Activities & Events Alien Apocalypse: The Final Encounter Thu 21 Mar, 28 Mar, 4 Apr & 11 Apr, 4–9pm. Fri 22 Mar, 29 Mar, 5 Apr & 12 Apr, 4–10pm. Sat 23 Mar, 30 Mar, 6 Apr & 13 Apr, 2–9pm. Sun 24 Mar, 7 Apr & 14 Apr, 2–8pm. £9.50. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Terrifying total reality experience returns to its spiritual home at The Arches. April will be your last chance to get utterly bone-shaking frights in the creepy bowels of the Arches before the show is put to rest for good. See preview, page 38. Black Cat Poker Thu 21 Mar, 28 Mar, 4 Apr, 11 Apr & 18 Apr, 7.30–11pm. £5. The Scaramouche, 140 Elderslie Street, 353 2342. No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker in Glasgow’s West End, with 10k starting stacks, Bad Beat Jackpot and 10% chip bonus if you arrive bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and ready to play at 7.45pm.
Practise those poker faces, everyone. Women’s Heritage Walks Sat 23 Mar, 2–4pm. £7.50. Call for exact meeting location, 248 9969. The Glasgow Women’s Library leads this ‘Women of Merchant City’ walk, which unearths local histories that aren’t commemorated on plaques and celebrates historical figures who aren’t immortalised in statues. Booking essential. FREE Mono Sunday Social Sun 24 Mar, 7 Apr & 14 Apr, 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. FREE Clack and Yak Mon 25 Mar, 1 Apr, 8 Apr & 15 Apr, 11.30am–2pm. Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Weekly drop-in session for those wanting to improve their knitting skills or pick up a pair of sticks for the first time. GFT Film Quiz Tue 26 Mar, 8.45pm. £1.50. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. Test your knowledge against some of Scotland’s most knowledgeable film critics. Come on – we dare you. Alan Anderson’s Gallus Glasgow Comedy Walk Fri 29 Mar & Sun 31 Mar, 5pm. £8 (£6). Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. Seventy minutes of
ARTS FESTIVAL REEL IRAQ Various venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Dumfries, until Mon 25 Mar
It’s ten years this month since American missiles first found their range on Baghdad amid the shock and awe campaign that kicked off the second Iraq war, and as a culture we – Iraqis and Westerners – are still trying to reconcile, piece together what happened and decide where we go from here. This month’s Reel Iraq festival might point us in the right direction, but it isn’t here to rake over and disturb the troubled ground.
‘The Reel festival looks behind the headlines to show the human artists in areas of conflict, and to really celebrate the diversity and resilience of people,’ says Lauren Pyott, co-ordinator of Reel Iraq in Scotland. Occurring in nine locations around the UK this month – four in Scotland – the Reel festival’s five-year existence has seen it previously bring the art of countries like Syria and Afghanistan to these shores, and here it will offer its biggest programme of music, film and poetry yet. Among the Iraq-based highlights will be the UK debut of oud-playing
folk singer Hasan Bressm, the Arabic goth-punk of Lord Erregal and Iraqi-French singer Leila Albayaty appearing with improvised jazz trio City of Salt. There will be film screenings and appearances from PEN award-winning filmmaker and writer Hassan Blasim reading from his short story book The Iraqi Christ, and a poet exchange between Iraq and Scotland organised by the Golden Hour. It is, says Pyott, a celebration rather than a commiseration, albeit one shaped by the reality of contemporary Iraq . ‘We feel that art is a wonderful way of engaging audiences and communities,’ she says, ‘to show that some of our passions and concerns in life are, if not common, then certainly translatable.’ (David Pollock)
banter as the comedian and architectural historian guides you round Glasgow. Wrap up warm, mind. Part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival. FREE Hidden Lane First Fridays Fri 5 Apr, 4–8pm. The Hidden Lane Tearoom, 8 Argyle Court, 1103 Argyle Street, 07791 388983. Monthly open studios event giving you a chance to meet the creative folk in this charming lane, see behind the scenes, buy work directly from the makers, or even commission one-off pieces. The lane’s residents include glass artists, painters, jewellers, designers and modelmakers. Women’s Heritage Walks Sun 7 Apr, 1–3pm. £7.50. Glasgow Necropolis, 50 Cathedral Square, 248 9969. ‘Women of the Necropolis’ walk. See Sat 23 Mar listing for more details. Martin Palmer: Sacred Glasgow Walk Sat 13 Apr, 12.30–1.30pm. £8. Mitchell Library, North Street, 353 8000. The author of Sacred Land leads this tour, decoding not just monumental cathedrals but local street names and neighbourhood oddities. Meet at the Granville Street entrance information desk. Part of Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival. FREE The Obliging, the Obliged: Screening and Discussion Thu 18 Apr, 6.30–8.30pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Artist Katherine MacBride presents a screening of and discussion about artists’ moving image work, with relation to the themes of her exhibition The Obliging, the Obliged. FREE Literally Quizzical Thu 18 Apr, 8–9pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 353 8000. Free quiz in which the winning team gets bragging rights for being the brainiest book worm ever – plus a few prizes. Part of Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival.
Fairs & Markets FREE Blochairn Car Boot Sale Sun 24 Mar, 31 Mar, 7 Apr & 14 Apr, 9am–3pm. Wholesale Fruit, Veg, Flower and Fish Market, 130 Blochairn Road, 287 2500. One of the UK’s largest weekly car boot sales. Over 500 sellers hawk just about anything you could think of, from curtains to cakes. FREE Byres Road Makers Market Sat 30 Mar, 11am–4pm. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. A monthly market featuring handmade crafts and work by Scottish designers, artists and crafters. FREE Bohemia Sat 6 Apr, 11am–4pm. Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, nottycherub@ gmail.com. Hand made art, crafts and goodies with a raffle in aid of Uddingston Dogs Trust. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 14 Apr, 12–5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 07946 715204. A tantalising selection of vintage, craft and design vendors – including clothes, up-cycled furniture, accessories, homewares, millinery, stationery and lots more. Sport McCoy’s Premier League Darts Thu 28 Mar, 7pm. £20–£40. SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Premier League Darts returns as eight of the best players compete for a place in the play- offs including current World Champion Adrian Lewis.
Talks FREE Galilean Society Lectures Sat 23 Mar, 3–5pm. Donations welcome. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. The aim of these spacey meetings are to promote science to the general public (i.e., those of us without PhDs). Tonight’s topic: ‘The Old, the Cold and the Dirty: An Infrared View of the Universe’ by Isaac Rosebloom. The Sunday Herald Presents Joking Apart Sat 30 Mar, 3pm. £5. The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. Iain McWhirter hosts Liz Lochhead, Bruce Morton and Susan Calman in a lively discussion about what independence will do for Scottish
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March WED 20
SOFI’S Clothes swap from 7pm. A popular event. Bring as many items and swap equal amount
FRI 22 HEMMA Scandinavian Night: A networking night for all who likes Scandinavia
SAT 23 VICTORIA Singles Night – speed dating, postman game and a great ambience. Perfect for flirting from 8pm
WED 27 SOFI’S Books don’t buffer in Sofi’s. Book club. 7.30pm
April TUE 2 & TUE 5 SOFI’S Knitting Club with Christele and Kaeli from 8.30pm
WED 3 VICTORIA Exhibition Opening by Ben Sielly
SAT 6 SOFI’S Pugs in Pubs 1-5pm
SUN 14 HEMMA After party for the Rock n Roll Half marathon
Check out the full calendar at bodabar.com
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