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Around Town
bronze in the Burrell Collection.
FREE Roni Horn: Exhibition Talk Sat 27 Jun. 3pm. The Common Guild. 21 Woodlands Terrace. 223 0087. Art Historian Dominic Patterson discusses the work of artist Roni Hom in relation to current exhibition The tiniest piece of mirmr is always the whole mirror. Re-excavating the Royal Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings Sat 4 Jul. 1pm. £4 (Egyptology Society members £2). Burrell Collection. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 287 2550. Professor Geoffrey Martin. who is best known for having discovered the tomb of Horemheb (Tutankhamen's ‘right hand man') talks about his finds.
Workshops
AttenWork Yoga Class Tue 30 Jun & 7 Jul. 7pm. £5. Sloan‘s. Argyle Arcade. 357 5387. De-stress and slough off the 9- 5 with a mixture of dynamic and yin yoga. Contact cheryl@yogabelles.co.uk to book
Illuminate: Dialogue Thu 25 Jun. 1.30—6pm. £15. CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. An aftemoon of debate about playwriting in a culturally diverse Scotland. Run by Playwrights' Studio to book contact 0141 332 4403 or claireys@playwrightsstudio.co.uk Academia Salsa Thu 25 Jun. 8pm. £10 (£8 in advance). Oran Mor. 731-735 Great Western Road. 0870 220 1 1 l6. Salsa classes. Part of the West End Festival.
Dancing in the Library - Cuban Son and Cha Cha Cha With Yamil Cuedo Ferrera Sat 27 Jun. 1pm. £13 (£1 1). Hillhead Library. 348 Bytes Road. 276 1617. An authentic Cuban dance workshop with Yami from Ballet Folklorico Cutumba. Santiago de Cuba. You will need jazz shoes or something flat and comfortable. Part of the West End Festival.
FREE Street Jazz Dance Workshop Sat 27 Jun. 3pm. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Fun and relaxed workshops with Perry Louis. please call 552 3552 to reserve a place. Part of the Glasgow Jazz festival.
FREE Identity, Reflection a Perception Sun 28 Jun. 12.3()-4.3()pm. Hillhead Library. 348 Byres Road. 339 7223. Devise a piece of theatre on the theme of identity with Theatre Found. Phone 0141 276 1617 to book. Part of Refugee Week.
Joyworks Laughter Workshops Mon 29 Jun. 7.30—8.30pm. £8. Glasgow Steiner School. 52 Lumsden Street. Yorkhill. 334 8855. An hour-long laughter workshop. Yes. a laughter workshop. preaching the stress-relieving benefits of a good chuckle. See www.joyworks.co.uk FREE Adult Workshop: Abstract Sketching Tue 30 Jun. 10am. Gallery of Modern Art. Royal Exchange Square. 287 3059. Take part in a tour and discussion of the Echo and Transcend exhibition. then try some unconventional drawing methods. Please book in advance.
Edinburgh
Activmes 8 Events
FREE Old Town Tour Thu 25 Jun. Thu 10am. 10.10am. 10.20am. 10.30am. 2pm. 2.10pm. 2.20pm & 2.30pm. Scottish Storytelling Centre. 43—45 High Street. 0131 552 2314. A guided walk from the Storytelling Centre. up the Royal Mile to the Castle with stories and history along the way. Part of the Old Town festival. FREE Chairman’s Tales Thu 25—Sat 27 Jun. 1 1am. noon. 2pm & 3pm. Museum of Edinburgh. Huntly House. 142 Canongate. 529 4143. Donald Black. purveyor of the city‘s most comfortable sedan chair. shares tales and gossip about the people of Georgian Edinburgh. Part of the Old Town Festival.
Breakfast Tour Sat 27 Jun. 7.30pm—10am. £18 (members £15). Edinburgh Zoo. Corstorphine Road. 314 0350. An exclusive tour of the zoo before the gates are opened to the public.
followed by a Scottish breakfast. Booking essential.
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Day Sun 28 Jun. 10am—6pm. £3. lnveresk Lodge Garden. Inveresk. near Musselburgh. 0844 493 2126. Discover this hillside garden and support the charities helped by Scotland‘s Gardens Scheme.
FREE Weedy Window on Evolution Tue 30 Jun. 5.30—6.45pm. Royal Botanic Garden. 20a lnverleith Row. 552 7171. Nick Harberd. Ottoline Leyser and Liam Dolan extol the virtues of thale cress and what it can reveal about evolution. Part of the 1ntemational Conference on Arabidopsis Research. Ages 12+.
4th Annual Canada Day Party 8. Pub Quiz Wed 1 Jul. 6.30pm. £5. Medina. 45—47 Lothian Street. 225 6313. Canadarama pub quiz. fab prizes. food. music and stereotypically friendly people at this celebration of Canadia. All proceeds to www.mariecurie.org.uk. Please contact canadians_eh@hotmail.co.uk for further info.
FREE Storytellers at Home Fri 3—Thu 9 Jul (not Mon). times vary. Scottish Storytelling Centre. 43—45 High Street. 556 9579. Meet the storyteller who is making the centre their home for the day for a chat about spinning yarns. with storytelling sessions at noon and 3pm. FREE Come Fly With Sat 4 & Sun 5 Jul. 10.30am—noon & l—2pm. Holyrood Park Ranger Service. Holyrood Lodge. 652 8150. Training from the rangers followed by the opportunity to be part of the annual survey of the butterfly population in Holyrood Park. Booking essential.
Living History Sat 4 Jul. 2.30—5.30pm. Included in admission: £5.50 (£4.50; family ticket £10—£15). Georgian House. 7 Charlotte Square. 0844 493 21 17. Costumed guides at the Georgian House are really getting into their roles this summer: ask them anything you like about life 200 years ago. but they will know nothing beyond 1820!
Swish and the City Sun 5 Jul. 2—6pm. £6. Le Monde Hotel. 16 George Street. Trade your unwanted clothes for shiny new ones.
It’s Funtime Sun 5 Jul. 8—11pm.£5. The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. See picture caption. above.
Sunset Safari Thu 9 Jul. 6.30—8.3()pm. £25 (members £20). Edinburgh Zoo. Corstorphine Road. 314 0350. A guided tour of the zoo. taking a close look at some its most endangered inhabitants. Ages 12+. Booking essential.
Exhibitions FREE Famous Scots Until Fri 17 Jul (not Sat/Sun). 9am—4.30pm. ScotlandsPcople Centre. New Register House. 3 West Register Street. 314 4300. See Hitlist.
Fairs
The Royal Highland Show Thu 25—Sun 28 Jun. Thu 7am-7pm; Fri/Sat 8am—7pm; Sun 8am—6pm. £22 (£17; under 16s free). Royal Highland Centre. lngliston. 335 6236. The highlight of Scotland‘s countryside calendar.
FREE The GrassMarkets Sun 5 Jul. noon—6pm. Grassmarket. Stalls for organic. home-grown and famiers’ produce. plants and flowers. crafts. collectibles and brie-a- brac as well as live music. See wwwgrassmarketnet for more info.
Food 8 Drink
Men in the Kitchen Mon 29 Jun & 6 Jul. 7—9.30pm. £40. Cookingmania. 75a Main Street. Davidsons Mains. 3362012. Men-only practical cookery classes. FREE Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Sat 27 Jun & 4 Jul. 9am-2pm. Castle Terrace. 652 5940. More local. ethical produce than you can shake a stick at. Jolly Toper Whisky Tastings Thu 25 Jun. 2 & 9 Jul. 7.30pm. £17. The Tolbooth Tavern. 167 Canongate. 556 5348. Whisky tasting sessions at one of
It's Funtime
The Bongo is coming over all Roy Walker with a razzmatazz game show/pub quiz hybrid. Compere
Wilson and his glamorous assistant Betty are on hand to lead your team through the perilous rounds of Tower of Strength, Make 8: Do and Filleted Film before the winners gain access to the Pond of Prizes. Oh yes, we said Pond of Prizes. Register at www.its-funtime.com
I Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sun 5 Jul.
the best-stocked bars in town. typically including five malt whiskies at cask strength. Tickets must be booked in advance: call 0131 556 5864 or email chws@wmcadenhead.com to reserve.
Talks FREE Stills Talk and Tour Sat 27 & Sun 28 Jun. 1pm & 3pm. Stills. 23 Cockbum Street. 622 6200. A tour and history of Stills gallery within the context of Scottish Contemporary Photography. Part of the Old Town festival. A Monumental Memory Landscape: Edinburgh in Stone and Bronze Mon 29 Jun. 10.30am. £8. Lauriston Castle. 2a Cramond Road South. 529 3963. Paul McAuley gives a talk highlighting various architectural and sculptural monuments of Edinburgh. Book in advance. FREE From Watteau to Seurat: French Drawings in the Bonna Collection Tue 30 Jun. 12.45pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthomden Lecture Theatre. The Mound. 624 6200. Director Michael Clarke explores the French drawings in the Bonna collection. FREE Portraits in Focus: No Philosophers in Costume Wed 1 Jul. 12.45pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthomden Lecture Theatre. The Mound. 624 6200. Dr Patricia Andrew examines two contrasting paintings by Allan Ramsay. FREE Restoring for the Reich Mon 6 Jul. 12.45pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modem Art. 75 Belford Road. 624 6200. Morwenna Blewett of the Hamilton Kerr Institute explores the looting that took place during the Nazi period. and the role played in it by conservers and restorers.
FREE The Fallacy of
Creativity: Speaking Up for Inspiration Tue 7 Jul. 12.45pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthomden Lecture Theatre. The Mound. 624 6200. See Hitlist. Centenary Penguin Talk Wed 8 Jul. 7.30—9pm. £6 (members £4). Edinburgh Zoo. Corstorphine Road. 314 0350. Find out all about penguins and sea lions at this RZSS Centenary celebration event.
Workshops
FREE Blood, Sweat and Tears: Bodily Fluids in the Arts Thu 25 Jun. 10am—2pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. 75 Belford Road. 624 6200. Learn the hows and the whys of this boundary-pushing subject in a four-hour workshop.
Art for Absolute Beginners: Looking at Art Fri 26 Jun. Fri 10.30am—l2.30pm & 1.30—3.30pm. £3 per session. National Gallery of Scotland: Clore Education Centre. The Mound. 624 6200. Ann McCluskey leads an introductory course on the world of art. FREE Down Your Street Fri 26 Jun. 2.30pm. Edinburgh City Archives. Level 1. City Chambers. High Street. 529 4616. A taster workshop into how the archives can be used to research the history of buildings and areas in Edinburgh. Booking essential. Part of the Old Town festival.
Woven Butterfly Wigwams for Your Garden Sun 28 Jun. 10am—12.30pm & 1.30—4pm. £15. Lauriston Castle. 2a Cramond Road South. 336 2060. Make your own willow garden pyramid for sweet peas and ivies in your garden. interwoven with special extras. Ages 16+. Book in advance.
Naked But Not for Long . . . Thu 2 Jul. 10am—4pm. £20 (£18). National Gallery of Scotland: Clore Education Centre. The Mound. 624 6200. Catherine Durandard takes a tour looking for nudes in need of a wardrobe. Use printmaking and collage techniques to clothe them.
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Sat 4 Jul. l—3pm. £7 (£6). The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. Where cabaret meets life drawing — the models are burlesque divas. strapping hunks of manhood and circus freaks. Win alcohol and fancy art supply prizes at this antidote to solemn. lifeless classes.
FREE The Drawing Room Thu 9 Jul. 5.30—6.45pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modem Art. 75 Belford Road. 624 6410. Explore different ‘mark-making‘ processes in these monthly experimental drawing sessions. Each workshop is led by a contemporary artist and all materials are provided. Book in advance.
Monthly Life Drawing Classes Thu 9 Jul. 5.30—7.30pm. £10 (£8). National Gallery of Scotland: Clore Education Centre. The Mound. 624 6200. See how others have portrayed the human body and try it yourself. working with a model. Award-winning artist Graham Flack will be on hand for guidance.
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