Around Town
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Glasgow
Activities 8 Events Art Nouveau Walking Tour Every Saturday. The Lighthouse. l 1 Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. 1 lam-noon. £7 (£5). Explore the lovelier side of the city’s architecture. Tours leave from the Li ’hthouse at l lam every Saturday. £ FREE Afr-l-can Sat 19 Jul.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 1—4pm. A series of family-focused events especially for the African and Caribbean families in the community. this time on symbols and health — African reflections with Tarsisio Nyatsanza. See picture. below FREE Glasgow River Festival Sat 19 & Sun 20 Jul. Clyde River. A two-day celebration of the River Clyde with ships. power boats. stalls and events on water and land. See preview. page ‘.’27 FREE King Monkey Pub Quiz Tuesdays. The Drawing Room. 1055 Sauchiehall Street. 339 8866. 8.30pm. Are you brainy or bananas? Win yellow fruit and beer at this weekly pub quiz.
FREE AMI-can Wed 23 Jul.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 1 1am—4pm. A series of family-focused events especially for the African and Caribbean families in the community. this time on poetry and mbira music with Tawona and Emest Sithole. See picture. below FREE Dogs flust Annual Open Day Sun 27 Jul. Tollcross Park. 254 b Wellshot Road. 763 2345. 9am—5pm. Annual open day to promote responsible dog ownership in the community. ‘Mon the pooper scoopers!
Exhibitions
FREE Life After Iraq St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Until Sun 26 Oct. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun
1 lam—5pm; 10am—1pm. Joint exhibition by award-winning photojoumalist Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs. who travelled to Syria to document the plight of some of the millions of ordinary iraqis living there who have fled the conflict in their homeland. Part of Refugee Week 2008.
FREE Mce Nightly Mce Brightly Auld Kirk Museum. Cowgate. Kirkintilloch. 578 0144. Until Sat 30 Aug (not Sun/Mon). 10am—1pm; 2—5pm. Presented by the Scottish Music Hall and Variety Theatre Society. this exhibition explores the great days of the Scottish Variety Theatre.
Fairs Antique and Collectors Fair Sun 20 Jul Kelvin Hall lntemational Sports Arena. 1445 Argyle Street. 357 2525. 10am—4.30pm. £1 (accompanied children free). Bargain hunt yourself an heirloom. Maybe try not to break things. too. Glasgow Show Sat 26 & Sun 27 Jul. Glasgow Green. Greendyke Street. ()871 200 3940. £3 (£1). The ‘People‘s Festival' returns for a weekend of fun-filled family entertainment with top name acts and attractions from around the world. See Listpicks.
Food & Drink
FREE Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 19 Jul. Queen's Park. 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. 9am—2pm. Local produce. from local people. FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 26 Jul. Dowanhill Primary School. Havelock Street. Pattick. 9am—3pm. What's this? Mansfield Park Farmers' Market not actually happening in Mansfield Park? Don't worry. this is
28 THE LIST 17—31 Jul 2008
SAir-I-Can
5 jUst a temporary rehousing while
Mansfield Park gets a facelift. Dowanhill Primary School playground still has room for 40+ stalls bursting with everything from happy bacon and spuds with t'mud on ‘em to Greek delicacies and face painting.
Talks
Saving Underwater Arran Wed 30 Jul. Kelvingrove Art Gallery 8; Sltiseum. Argyle Street. 331 0993. l2.30~l.3()pm. £3 suggested donation. Find out from Tom Vella-Boyle about what the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) is doing to combat seabed damage. Booking recommended.
. Workshops
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Sun 27 Jul. The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 4—7pm. £7 (£5). Sexy sexy
sketching with the boozy burlesque girls. .
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Activities & Events
I Garden Guides Daily Tours Royal
Botanic Garden. 20a lnverleith Row. 552 7171. llam—noon. £3. Daily tours with the benefit of an experienced guide‘s wisdom. Tickets available from the Botanics Shop. Palm House Reception Desk or liast and North Gates. Costumed Performances Daily. Edinburgh Castle. Royal Mile. 225 9846. l lam. noon. 1.30pm & 2.30pm. U 1 (£9: children £5.50). Hear about history straight from the mouths of those who were there — from kings and queens to peasants and soldiers. We hope that this involves actors and not actual reanimated corpses. because we're not sure if our stomachs can take that.
Charity Thursdays Bar Diesel. 19 Shore Place. l.eith. 8pm. £3. Weekly pub quiz. with the proceeds going to a different charity every time. Quiznation 'l'hursdays. Logic Baird's Bar. 1—3 South Bridge. Royal Mile. 556
9940. 9pm. £1. 'l'op pri/es and free nibbles at one of the most thorough pub quizzes in the city take part in the worldwide Quest for Knowledge with Magic Jake.
FREE Life on the Lion Weekends throughout July. llolyrood Park [Education ('entrc. l Queen's Drive. 652 8150. A variety of workshops through July - everything from meeting birds of prey to making like lndy as you hunt for the Holy Grail. Please phone to find out what's on each weekend.
Public Evening l‘ri 18 Jul. Royal Observatory Visitor (‘cntre. Blackford Hill. 668 8404. 7 8.45pm. £4 (£3). Learn about the solar system. the history of the Royal Observatory. state of the art technology and even hold a space rock. Booking essential.
FREE Printers’ Devils Wanted! Sat 19 Jul. National library of Scotland. (icorge IV Bridge. 623 4675. 10.30am & 1.30pm. A drop-in letterpress printing workshop led by Robert Smail's Printing \Vot‘ks. Don‘t worry it ‘[)t‘itilc‘t"s devil is a printer's apprentice. not a small typographic manifestation of the occult. Regimental Redcoats Sat 19 & Sun 20 Jul. National War Museum ()f Scotland. lidinburgh ('astle. 225 7534. noon. 12.30pm. l.l()pm. 2pm & 3pm. Admission applies £1 1 (£9; children £5.50). Watch marchng and musket drills by the resident redcoats. .\'ot the kind you find in Butlins.
FREE Holyrood Fun Dog Show Sun 20 Jul. llolyrood Park. 652 8150. 10.45am 2.30pm. linter your dog on the day into classes for waggiest tail and basic agility.
Scottish Modified Car Show Sun 2() Jul. Royal Highland (‘entre. Ingliston. 335 6210. Past cars. demos and stalls.
FREE Freak Screen Mondays. The Bongo ('lub. Moray llotise. 37 llolyrood Road. 558 7604. 8pm midnight. l-‘rce lilm night (from docs and skate movies to horror) followed by funk-fuelled eclectica from (‘ommanderson and (ieneral B-Battenburg. Main features are
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Running between June and September, Afr-l-can is a loose series of events, talks, workshops and concerts led by artists of African origin and celebrating African achievement. Although the
Dark Days (21 Jul) and Martial law (28 Jul). FREE Book Crossing Meet-up National Library of Scotland. (ieorge IV Bridge. 623 3845. 1 2pm. Bring along works of fiction by Scottish authors to swap them for another. after a lively debate. Ceilidh Club Tue 22 Jul. The Lot. 4 (irassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £6. ('eilidh dancing. furious fiddlers (ooh. cairn down!) and callers to lead you through the steps featuring ’l‘radlab. FREE Arthur’s Secrets Wed 23 Jul. llolyrood Park liducation (‘entre. l Queen's Drive. 652 8150. 1 3pm. (iuided walk up the peak of the Seat. Meet at llolyrood Park Information ('entrc. Sparkle in the City Wed 23 Jul. Le Monde llotel. 16(ieorge Street. 7 9.30pm. £20. (ilammcd-up girly' pampering night including ruini- treatments. canapes. a complimentary glass of bubbly and stalls selling accessories and lingerie. and chances to win exciting pri/es. Well. ring-a-ding- ding. See wwwsundaybrunchclub.co.uk for full details. FREE The Golden Hour Wed 23 Jul. l'ot'c‘st ('afe. 3 Bi'isto Place. 220 4538. 8pm. Loose cabaret evening described as ‘spoken words. twinkling niusic and video rubbish in a beautiful space'. Readings by Kapka Kassabova. Roxanne Paris and Nada Naiani: music by Pockets. Black Diamond lixpress and Johnny Berliner. BYOB. See l.lstpicks FREE Mardi Gras Sat 26 Jul. (irassmarket. 473 2000. 1 4pm. The (irassmarket transforms into a swinging. bul/ing New Orleans high street with parades. brollic-dollies and bands performing all afternoon. Begins at 12.30pm with a parade from the ('ity Chambers. l’arl rill/1e lz'rli'nlmrje/I ./a:: A'- If/lu's I-i'slii'al. See l.lstpicks. FREE Family Albums Sun 27 Jul. National Library of Scotland. (ieorge l\' Bridge. 623 4675. l lam. ('reatc a family album in collaboration with the ()wl and Lion (iallery. Booking required.
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events are mainly aimed at families of African and Caribbean origin, there’s something for everyone here. This fortnight, Tarsisio Nyatsanza leads a talk on symbols and health (Sat 19 Jul) and Tawona and Ernest Sithole put on poetry and mbira music. (Wed 23 Jul)
I Ke/w‘ngrove Museum, G/asgow, occasional events until September