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International Women’s Day All over Scotland, various dates
Tuesday 8 March marks the 100th annual International Women’s Day and the celebrations are spilling out throughout the month. In Glasgow, as has already been noted on these pages, by far the biggest celebration we’ve heard of is Loop at Tramway (Tue 8 Mar, 10am–11am, free), with the crème de la crème of Scottish artists, writers, musicians and performers taking part in over 100 activities, discussions and performances (names such as Janice Galloway, Daniela Nardini, Cora Bissett and SDT (pictured) are being bandied about).
Glasgow Women’s Library, predictably, is going all out, running a Big
Women’s Quiz of the Century (with a pleasing BYOB twist) at the CCA (Thu 10 Mar, 7pm, £6/£3), as well as a lecture on the Dalit Women of India (Wed 9 Mar, 6pm, free) and the relaunch of its Women Make History workshops (Thu 3 Mar, 6.30pm, contact 0141 248 9969 for full info on all GWL events.) OxFem (see what they did there?) is putting on a great big Friday night bash to round off the week, with comedy, dance, fire- breathing(!) and burlesque (St Aloysius College, Fri 11 Mar, 7pm, £10).
Over in Edinburgh, they’re as ever less demonstrative, but what we have
managed to find is a corker: the University of Edinburgh International Women’s Day Lecture is on ‘Women and Human Rights’, and the speaker is Irene Khan, former Secretary General of Amnesty International. (Assembly Hall, New College, Tue 8 Mar 6pm, free). However, nobody tops the ladies of Dundee this month: not just a day but
an entire festival of workshops, talks, performances, fashion shows, readings, music and comedy. The Dundee Women’s Festival runs in various venues across Juteopolis until Sunday 13 March (fully downloadable programmes from www.d-v-a.org.uk/). (Kirstin Innes)
FREE Allander Record Fair Sat 19 & Sun 20 Mar, 10am–5pm. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. Expand your record collection. Spring Fair at Sandyflat Stables Sat 26 Mar, 2pm–4pm. £1. Sandyflat Stables, Caldercuilt Road Summerston, 945 1369. A day of outdoor joys for horse and pony fans and their associates. Sport FREE RBS 6 Nations Roadshow Sat 5 Mar, 10am–4pm. Glasgow Central Station, Main Concourse 1 Gordon Street, rugby.rbs.co.uk Get a photo with the RBS 6 Nations trophy, win match tickets and meet some of the players.
40 THE LIST 3–31 March 2011
Talks FREE The Friday Event Lecture Series: Richard Layzell Fri 4 Mar, 11am–12.45pm. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. A lecture exploring ‘truth, fiction, collaboration, space, personal history and humour, through a live experience of time and space and the digital friends of sound and video’. Reimagining Scotland: Bread and Roses Wed 9 Mar, 6pm. £4 (places are limited). Mitchell Library, North Street, 353 8000. A panel discussion on the state of the arts and culture in Scotland today. Speakers include Neil Mulholland, Edinburgh College of Art; Nick Higgins, film maker and Sarah Munro, Tramway.
Part of Aye Write! FREE The Dalit Women of India Wed 9 Mar, 6pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. Hear from Beryl de Souza, who works in India with Dalit women, a lower caste who often have no prospect but that of a life of prostitution, victimisation and trafficking. See caption. FREE GSA Pecha Kucha III Wed 9 Mar, 6pm. Free (ticketed). The Art School, 168 Renfrew Street, 353 4690. Speakers have 20 images, and 20 seconds to speak about each one. Yvonne Rainer & Beyond: The Development of Post-Modern Dance in New York Wed 9 Mar, 7pm. £3. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Diane Torr, performance artist, film maker, dancer and artist, delivers a talk on the inventive New York dance scene of recent decades. FREE Images of Women Wed 16 Mar, 12.30pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. The Museum Manager discusses images of women from the collection. Robert Watson: Several Degrees of Change Wed 16 Mar, 7.30pm. £8 (under 18s/students/RSGS members free). University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Building, University Gardens, www.rsgs.org Talk on atmospheric science issues including ozone depletion, global warming and paleoclimatology. Another Book on Mackintosh?! Thu 17 Mar, 7.30pm. £4 (students free). Adelaides, 209 Bath Street, 248 4970. Hard though it may be to believe that the world needs another book on ol’ Charles Rennie, author and historian James Macaulay is here to explain why. FREE The Lazy Sun Thu 17 Mar, 7.30pm. University of Strathclyde Royal College Building, 204 George Street, 950 3000. Dr Andrew Conway explains why that unimaginably hot burning ball of plasma in the heavens is, in fact, an idle workshy git. The Clydebank Blitz Wed 16 Mar, 7.45pm. £4. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. Local man Dave Carson talks about the events of 1941. Booking essential. The Queen’s Park Arena Project Wed 23 Mar, 7.30pm. £5. Fotheringay Centre, Fotheringay Road Pollockshields. Dr Evelyn Silber relates her efforts to restore the Queen’s Park Bandstand to its former glory. FREE Unknown Scottish Photographers: The Role of the Works Photographers Thu 24 Mar, 6pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. Industrial historian John Hume discusses the photographers who worked in and for Scotland’s big firms and factories. Anthony Sattin: The Temptations of Egypt Wed 30 Mar, 6.30pm. £8 (members, students and under-18s free). Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Anthony Sattin tells of two travellers’ adventures in Egypt in 1849 – Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert.
Workshops FREE Knit Night Thursdays, 6pm. The Yarn Cake, 148 Queen Margaret Drive, 946 5305. Friendly knitting night, all welcome, and there’s tea and cake – what could be lovelier?
✽✽ Millinery Course – Felt Hat Making Sat 5 & Sun 6 Mar,
10.30am–4.30pm. £135. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 287 0500 . Learn the art of hat making under the expert guidance of milliner William Chambers. Part of Textilefest. DACE Spring Night Sky Course Saturdays, 5–26 Mar, 11am. £50. Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 330 1860. Four-week course hosted in the GSC’s Planetarium taking you through the astronomical features visible in the spring night sky. FREE Pastel Petals Sat 5 Mar, 1pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, Nitshill, 276 9300. Art
class for adults. FREE Telling Tales Mon 7 Mar, 10am. Glasgow Women’s Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. A look at the portrayal in women in the tales we use to explain the world to our children. FREE Knitorials Tue 8 Mar, 15 Mar & 22 Mar, 6pm. Tue 29 Mar, 5pm. The Yarn Cake, 148 Queen Margaret Drive, 946 5305. Get advice and help with your knottiest knits. Make a Tote Bag Thu 10 Mar, 1pm. £30. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Tutoring in sewing- machine basics, making a tote bag with contrasting lining. FREE The Ragged University Thu 10 Mar, 6pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. A practical workshop exploring the structures found in rap and hip hop lyrics. Booking essential. Part of Aye Write! Make a Cushion Cover: Big Flower Tue 15 Mar, 10am. £30. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Make a cushion cover and learn quilting techniques. Irish Family History Workshop Sat 19 Mar, 10am. £10. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. Intro to researching Irish family history. Fabulous Fascinators Tue 22 Mar, 6pm. £30. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Wedding, prom or big night out? Complete your outfit. FREE GoMA Bites: Creative Drawing Sun 27 Mar, noon. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Adult workshop.
EDINBURGH
Activities & Events ✽✽ Girl Geek Dinner Thu 3 Mar, 6pm. £12 (students £6). Waverley
Gate, 2–4 Waterloo Place, www.girlgeekscotland.co.uk First for 2011 in a series of social and networking dinners for ladies who dig the tech stuff.
✽✽ Middle Eastern Festival of Spirituality and Peace in
Edinburgh Fri 4–Thu 17 Mar, times vary. Prices vary. Various Venues, 331 4469. With events including workshops in storytelling, chanting and the history of Islam to two-day spiritual retreats, the festival welcomes guests from across the world to enrich the sense of cultural exchange and promote peace. Snowdrop Walks Fri 4–Sun 6 Mar, 11am. £3. Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 3937. Guided tour of the specialist collection. Ages 14+. Fundraising Night Fri 4 Mar, 7pm–midnight. £5. The Royal Navy Club, 1 Broughton Road, 07818 401567. Silent auction raising funds for St Columba’s Hospice. Over 18s only; smart dress required. Salsa Buena Social Night Fri 4 Mar, 9.30pm. £5 (£4). Thomas Morton Hall, Ferry Road, Leith, 225 5525. A salsa class with two teachers from Dance Base.
✽✽ High School Hop Sun 6 Mar, 4pm–8pm. £12.50 (students £10).
Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, 222 9930. Get your Sunday afternoon thrills Sandy and Danny style at Miss Fitz-Poste’s 50s American high school themed event. There are jive dance lessons, vintage hair and make-up from the Beauty School Drop-Outs, burlesque performances, gifts to buy, games, and rockin’ tunes from DJ Lord Holyrude. FREE Open Day at the Melting Pot Tue 8 Mar, 9am–9pm. The Melting Pot, 5 Rose Street, 243 2626. Meet-up and workspace for freelances and home workers. FREE International Women’s Day Networking Event Tue 8 Mar, 6pm. The Melting Pot, 5 Rose Street, 243 2626. Celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day with some of the Scottish third sector’s most inspiring people. Boys are allowed too. FREE Victoria’s Language Cafe Tue 8 Mar & 22 Mar, 7pm. Victoria, 265 Leith Walk, 555 1638. Meet other people