FREE Rangers FC Debate Thu 28 Nov, 7pm. Waterstones, 174 Argyle Street, 225 4326. David Edgar, Iain Hislop, William Stewart Franklin, Chris Graham, John DC Gow and Alasdair McKillop ruminate on the team’s fall and possible future rise. FREE GIOfset VI Discussion Forum: Women in Improvisation Sat 30 Nov, 3pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Gail Brand chairs this panel on the role of women in improvisation, debated by Marilyn Crispell, Maggie Nicols, Helen Petts and Johanna Varner. GIOfest. FREE Roundtable Conversation Thu 12 Dec, 6pm. The Common Guild, 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. GOMA curator Ben Harman and artist Dave Sherry discussing the current Roman Ondák exhibition. Booking essential. Workshops FREE Adult Art Workshop Sat 16 Nov, 1–4pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, 276 9300. Today’s hands-on workshop, led by artist Charlie Hammond, focuses on contemporary painting. Booking essential. Samba Drumming Workshops Tue 19 & 26 Nov, 3 & 10 Dec, 7–8.15pm. £5 per class. SambaYaBamba Rehearsal Space, Kilbirnie Street, Tradeston, sambayabamba.com Get tuition in rhythms and different instruments, eventually playing in a large samba band – just like in Rio. FREE Tin Can Warriors Sat 23 Nov, 1–3pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, 276 9300. Use recycled materials to create a sculpture in the vein of artist Tim Deko. Booking essential. Textile Screenprinting with Laura Spring Sun 24 & Sat 30 Nov, 9.30am–4pm. £75. Grey Wolf Studios,
OFFKILTR STREET FEASTIVAL A unique mix of street food and music, the offKILTR Street Feastival is a celebration of the best street food Glasgow has to offer. Expect tasty treats from both the new faces of the city’s cuisine scene as well as established culinary institutions, alongside pop-up bars and DJs. ■ Barras Art and Design Centre, Glasgow, Fri 29 Nov–Sun 1 Dec.
AROUND TOWN | Events Scotland’s National Poet, Liz Lochhead, says a few words on words. FREE Dalrymple Lectures 2013: Stonehenge and British Prehistory Mon 18 Nov, 6.30pm. University of Glasgow, Sir Charles Wilson Building, Kelvin Way, 330 2001. Learn more about the stone circle, which has fascinated countless generations, in this four-part lecture series. Today Professor Mike Parker Pearson talks on ‘The origins and date of Stonehenge’. FREE I Could Eat A Horse: Films about Food Mon 18 Nov, 6.30pm. Free but ticketed. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A Moment’s Peace Theatre Co explore the relationship of us humans to foodstuff in three short films, followed by a discussion. FREE Some Thing: Exhibition Talk Thu 21 Nov, 6pm. The Common Guild, 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Max Andrews and Mariana Cá nepa Luna of Barcelona-based curatorial office Latitudes talk about Roman Ondák’s work. FREE Dalrymple Lectures 2013: Stonehenge and British Prehistory Thu 21 Nov, 7.30pm. University of Glasgow, Sir Charles Wilson Building, Kelvin Way, 330 2001. See above, Mon 18 Nov. Today’s lecture is ‘Stones, ancestors and astronomy: The purpose of Stonehenge’. FREE Illuminated Letters Workshops Tue 26 Nov, noon–2pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, 248 9969. Send missives to favourite characters from Anne of Green Gables to Elizabeth Bennett to Lisbeth Salander. Book Week Scotland. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Learning a Foreign Language (At Any Age) but Were Afraid to Ask Wed 27 Nov, 12.30– 1.30pm. £5. The Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. Get all your questions answered by Dr Liam Kane.
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