Around Town
Events are listed by date, then type. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or kirstin.innes@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Kirstin lnnes.
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Talks
Climbers’ Climbers Lecture Series: Andy Cave Glasgow L'niversity Boyd ()rr Building. 287 2594. 7.30pm. £6.50. Prize-winning writer and climber Andy Cave lectures and displays stunning photography from his clitnbing career.
Mediumship Demonstration L'niversity ol‘ (ilasgovv'. Boyd ()rr Building. 33‘) 8855. 7.30pm. £4 non- members. Helen Cuthill and Tom Johnston. ol' the Scottish Society for Psychical Research. get in contact with the spirit world.
Workshops
City Halls Fusion City llalls. Candleriggs. bpm. l’ree. Aged between 14 and 20'.’ Interested in l)Jing. recording. mixing. remixing. mastering and podcasting‘.’ Aren't we all. A panel of expert tutors is on hand. as is City llalls' state ol~ the an lCT suite. Contact Jacqui Shaiples on 55‘) 6023 for further into.
Fears
The Best Scottish Weddings Exhibition Brachead Arena. Kings Inch Road. 886 8300. £6. Inspiration and advice for planning your big day.
Food & Drink
Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Queen's Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. ‘)am-—2pm. Proper spuds. with t‘muck still on ‘em.
Workshops
Your Sound King Tut's Wah Wah llut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘).
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Leaving the Enchanted Forest Glasgow Buddhist Centre. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. (v.30pm. £60 (£20). An eight-week women-only group which aims to uncover potentially destructive patterns in relationships with a little breathing space.
Tuesday 6
Activities & Events
Book Club (ioethe lnstitut. 3 Park Circus. 332 2555. (v.30 -8pm. Free. A discussion of t'we Timin's novel. R()'I‘ (Red) conducted in (ierman.
Workshops
Mindful Practices: Tools for Everyday Use (ilusgovv Buddhist Centre. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. 3.15~-5pni. £72 (£52). Workshop to help cope with stress. anxiety and depression. liight week course.
Wednesday 7
Workshops
La Chorale de l’Alliance Alliance Francaise de (ilasgow. 3 Park Circus. 33‘) 428l. l.30pm. £5. t'nleash your inner Pial' — everyone's got one somewhere ~ at this lirench choir group open to all.
Big Knit Out: Introduction to sock knitting North Star. l08 Queen Margaret Drive. 0l4l 576 ()l 13. 2—3.30pm. ll' knitting is the new rock‘n'roll then the humble sock is a good solid bassline. Two sets of
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CONFERENCE STOP THE WAR SCOTLAND Glasgow University, Sat 10 Feb
and whose battle to bring the soldiers home from Iraq and for an inquiry into the circumstances of invasion
Rival MPs, senior citizens, human rights activists, students, artists, prisoners, religious leaders, journalists, aid workers, members of the Armed Forces and ordinary single mothers from Glasgow. The Stop the War Coalition has forged strange alliances between unlikely individuals and groups of people up and down the country, with more voice and presence than any other campaigned-upon issue in recent memory.
This is possibly because the range of concerns that can now be brought under the campaign’s umbrella impact on so many different segments of the population. ‘We certainly do have a diverse range of speakers,’ says Coalition member Pat Smith about the annual conference, which takes place in Glasgow this fortnight. At the time of going to press, 27 speakers have been confirmed, including human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar, journalist and former Taliban hostage Yvonne Ridley and J Hutto, a serving US Marine who is making a flying visit from the US on his day off. lnevitably, certain voices aligned with the coalition have attracted more public attention than others. Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in Basra in 2004
was captured in the Camcorder Guerillas documentary Dear Mrs Blair (pictured), will be speaking on behalf of the organisation Military Families Against the War. Former aid worker Moazzam Begg, one of the four British citizens held in Guantanamo Bay without charge, has been the subject of films and articles on both sides of the Atlantic and is now publishing a book based on his experiences. They’ve both got very different agendas, but agree on the fact that there’s a need for large-scale events of this kind to maintain discussion and ensure that people have access to information. ‘What we want to let people know is what conditions are like out there for the boys, because I don’t think people realise,’ says Gentle. ‘There’s a lot happening in Iraq that doesn’t make the papers, that people just don’t hear about, and that’s why it’s so important to keep on talking about it until they do.’
‘I want to talk about the effects that the war on terror has had on Muslim communities both here and abroad,’ says Begg. ‘So much has changed in this country as a direct result of foreign policy, and there have been profound repercussions in all communities.’ (Kirstin lnnes)
I See Wit/try.Sl()[)‘.t‘t/(I/Z()l'gt/k for fu/l fists of speakers.
fortnightly classes. [viii/ling in I/It’ Round and Turn I/iul llt't‘l.’ teach you how to keep your toes warm.
The Essentials of Buddhism (ilasgow Buddhist Centre. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. 7.30pm. £54 (£27). The lirst in a series ol’ weekly classes exploring Buddhist teachings and how to apply them to everyday lite.
Thursday 8
Activities & Events
Scottish Caravan 8. Outdoor Leisure Show Sl-ICC. l‘innieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. l0am (vpm. L‘b.50-l.'8.50 (L'o £7.50: children l'rec). Wagons roll as the exhibition l'or holiday nomads and l'resh air lovers arrives in (ilasgovv.
Saturday 10
Food & Drink
Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Mansfield Park. l’artick. 01738 449430. 921111 3pm. l-‘rce. ()rganic vegetables. hand-made brooms and happy bacon. You can buy anything on Dumbarton Road these days.
Politics
Scottish Stop the War Conference l'niv'ersity ol' (ilasgovv. Sir Charles \Vilson Building. Kelvin Way. 330 200l.
l0am 5pm. l‘rec. Sec lcaturc. above.
Workshops
Heaven Over Earth: Happily Ever After? (ilasgovv Buddhist Centre. 32‘) Sauchiehall Street. 333 0524. 10am. £20 (£5 l. A one—day workshop on romantic love and the myths that muck it tip. Just in time l‘or Valentine’s Day.
First Cut ls'elv ingrovc Art (iallery & .\ltiseum. Argyle Street. 276 ‘)5 | 2. 1pm. lirce. Learn about editing and lilm techniques and hovv to Use music to enhance video lilm on this tvvo-session course talso Sat l7 liebi vvhich is part ol' the pt'ograitune ol events surrounding the museum‘s ().\'('li exhibition. Booking is essential.
Talks
Derek Acorah Royal Concert Hall: .\lain Auditorium. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. L'l7.50. .llovr l/tiii/i/t'tl’s spirit tnedium takes his lll_‘. stical shovv on
tour. .\laybe he'll leel your presence Also 'l‘uc l3.
Wednesday 14 -
Activities & Events
Film Discussion Group (ilasgovv t-‘ilm ’l‘heatrc. l2 Rose Street. 352 b' l 23. (v.30pm. liree. l‘ilm vvriter and lmn l'll‘lllll liddie llart'ison leads a discussion ol' the months recent art house and blockbuster releases. Be sure to sharpen your opinions. Held on the second \Vednestlzly of every month.
Enable Firewalk (ieorge Square. 7pm. .\'o lire in your heart on Valentine’s Day '.’ Put some lltldet‘ltltll instead. To get involved. contact Christina llarcus on ()l4l 22o 454l.
christinaharcus(u enable.org.uk or check otit vv vv vv .myspaceconi/enablescotland. See t'eattire. page 27.
Talks
Climbers’ Climbers Lecture Series: Ian Parnell (ilasgovv l'niv'crsity Boyd ()rr Building. 287 25‘)4. 7.30pm. L'o.50. Alpine vv'arrior lan l’arnell re-enacts his