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high-heeled, bad-ass Rizzo? Dress up as your favourite Rydell High pupil for a Grease-themed party. See picture, right. FREE Out of the Blue Flea Market Sat 26 Feb, 10am–2pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Bargain buys including furniture, clothes, music and more.
✽✽ FREE Art’s Complex Performance Night Sat 26 Feb,
6.30pm. Art’s Complex, St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. The inaugural performance night at the studio and gallery space includes a solo performance from Donata Kiaunyte entitled Little Mountain, exploring time as a universal condition. Hollywood Charity Ball Sat 26 Feb, 7.30pm. £15. Counting House, West Nicolson Street, 667 7533. Celebrate Oscars weekend with an evening of glitz and glamour. All proceeds to children’s charity The Place2Be. FREE The Yard Art Auction Sun 27 Feb, 7–9pm. The Yard Adventure Centre, 22 Eyre Place Lane, 476 4506. Auction of artwork made by children who use The Yard Adventure Centre, which caters to children with special needs, with all proceeds going to the upkeep of the centre. Sofi’s Knitting Club Tue 1 Mar, 7.30–9.30pm. By donation. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street Leith, 555 1979. One for all y’all purlers and garterers out there. Tuition available, or you can work on your own project. FREE Coup Red’s Select Wed 2 Mar, 6.30–8pm. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street Leith, 555 1979. Artist gatherings hosted by arts initiative Coup Red, taking the form of a discussion of new art. Submissions of artists, exhibitions, quotes or text that have caught your eye are welcome – email to mail@coupred.com.
Talks Jacobite Talk and Discussion Thu 17 Feb, 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. The role of storytelling in changing perspectives on the Jacobite rebellion and its figurehead, Bonnie Prince Charlie. FREE Vermeer: Being the Viewer Fri 18 Feb, 12.45–1.30pm. Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6560. Lecture with architectural historian James Lawson.
✽✽ The Disco Lecture Sun 20 Feb, 7–10pm. £7. The Bongo Club,
Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. An entertaining lecture on the addictive properties of disco music with Australian DJ and music scholar Craig Schuftan (aka The Schuff). Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. FREE Aspects of Realism 1900- 1970 Mon 21 Feb, 12.45–1.30pm. Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6560. Chris Brickley explores 20th- century realist works in the gallery’s current display. Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines Mon 21 Feb, 7.30–8.30pm. £3 (£1.50; season tickets £10 for children and £20 for adults). Royal Observatory Visitor Centre, Blackford Hill, 668 8404. Vincent Henault-Brunet discusses the creative power of massive stars. FREE On Track for Queen Street: Installing Portrait of the Nation Tue 22 Feb, 12.45–1.30pm. Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6560. An insight into the restoration work. Curtain Raisers: Age of Arousal Tue 22 Feb, 6–7pm. £5 (under 18s free). Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, 248 4848. Explore behind the scenes of the Lyceum’s current production. FREE There She Blows Wed 23 Feb, 5.30pm. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Queen’s Medical Research Institute Little France Old Dalkeith Road, 536 1000. The latest progress in scanning methods. Booking essential.
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Oh come on, like we weren’t going to fly this flag high. Lovely Leithy bar Sofi’s are having a Grease party. Yeah, a Grease party. You get to dress up as Sandy or Rizzo or sculpt your hair like Kenickie (or Danny, if you must), and all the gang are back together again, like rama lama lama, kadinkinkety ding shoobob. That’s totally how you spell that, by the way. ■ Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street Leith, Fri 25 Feb, 8pm, free.
Leonardo’s Madonna of the Yarnwinder Wed 23 Feb, 6–7.15pm. £5 (£3). Weston Link, Hawthornden Lecture Theatre National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6560. Talk on the odd history of this artwork, which is known in two versions – conspiracy theories ahoy. Booking essential. FREE Shared Goals – International Conversations Sat 26 Feb, 10.30am–noon. Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. A free talk to conclude the National Theatre of Scotland’s Diaspora programme, in which theatre people from around the world discuss how theatre can help to forge and nurture relationships between people from around the world. The Night Sky In March Mon 28 Feb, 7.30–8.30pm. £3 (£1.50). Royal Observatory Visitor Centre, Blackford Hill, 668 8404. Russell Eberst considers the possibility of comets and the visibility of Earth’s satellites. FREE Textile, Silver, Wood: Artist Talk Thu 3 Mar, 5.30pm. Danish Cultural Institute, 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Artist talk. Patrick Woodhead: Crossing the Continent of Antarctica Thu 3 Mar, 7.30pm. £8 (students/under 18s/RSGS members free). Appleton Tower, University Of Edinburgh Crichton Street, 650 8445. An account of the first east to west traverse of Antarctica. Workshops FREE Easel Sketching in the Gallery Thu 17 & Fri 18 Feb, 2–4pm. National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. Get inspired by the masterpieces. FREE MTV Moredun Fri 18 Feb, 2–4pm. Moredun Library, 92 Moredun
Park Road, 529 5652. Into your music videos? Seen too many featuring girls in shiny underwear, expensive cars and glasses of Crystal? Come to Moredun, where there are none of these things, and help to make a world-beating slice of cinematography. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. Mushroom Growing Course Sat 19 Feb, 10am–1pm. £tbc. Portobello Community Centre, 3 Adelphi Grove Portobello, 669 8275. Learn how to cultivate mushrooms on logs and in other environments, with mycologist Dr Neville Kilkenny. FREE Willow Wall Hangings Sat 19 Feb, 10.30am–12.30pm & 1.30–3.30pm. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Make willow sculptures. Booking essential. FREE Songs of Freedom and Struggle Sun 20 Feb, 2–4pm. Oxgangs Library, 343 Oxgangs Road North, 529 5549. Workshop in political song. Let’s Get Lyrical. Theatre Class: Age of Arousal Wed 23 Feb, 10.30am–noon. £5. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, 248 4848. Theatre class based on the current production, led by Owen Dudley Edwards. Introduction to Plate Lithography Wednesdays, 23 Feb–23 Mar, 6–9pm. £145 (£97). Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Five-week course in using light-sensitive aluminium photo plates. Expressive Willow Masterclass Sat 26 Feb, 10am–4pm. £50. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3963. Express yourself through the medium of willow. Booking essential. Introduction to Water-Based Screenprinting Sat 26 & Sun 27 Feb,
10am–5.30pm. £97. Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Use anything from photocopied images or text to your own drawings to screenprint onto paper. You can also layer up different colours to gorgeous effect, and use light sensitive stencils to add detail. Comic Book Drawing Sat 26 Feb & 5 Mar, 10am–3pm. £33 (children £16.50). Leith Academy, 20 Academy Park, 553 2810. Two-week course led by a Scottish cartoonist. Attend either alone or with up to two children aged 10 and under. Introduction to Printmaking Sat 26 & Sun 27 Feb, 10am–5.30pm. £145 (£97). Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Weekend course for beginners. Creative Writing Workshop Sat 26 Feb, 10am–3pm. £16.50. Leith Academy, 20 Academy Park, 553 2810. Create rounded characters. No experience necessary. Aromatherapy for Beginners Sun 27 Feb, 10am. £85. Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, 623 8911. Introductory course. Beginners Meditation Wed 2 Mar, 6.45–7.45pm. £60. Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, 623 8911. Beginners’ techniques.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES Dundee Women’s Festival 2011 Mon 28 Feb–Sun 13 Mar, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, Dundee, www.d-v-a.org.uk/dundee-womens- festival. In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 Mar, Dundee Voluntary Action organises an array of film, music, dance, discussion, arts and outdoor events across 24 venues. 17 Feb–3 Mar 2011 THE LIST 33