AroundTown
HITLIST CYCLING, CRAFT, CHAT
Events are listed by city, then type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or aroundtown@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry GLASGOW
Anne Carson in conversation with Robin Robertson
Activities & Events FREE British Art Show 7 Drop-in Tours Thu 11 & 18 Aug, 1pm, 3pm & 6pm. CCA, 352 4900; Tramway, 0845 330 3501; Gallery of Modern Art, 287 3050. Your last chances to take guided tours of the three sites hosting the British Art Show before the exhibition draws to a close. FREE Cpt Stuart Samson: The Land Of Bens, Glens and Heroes Thu 11 Aug, 4.45pm. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. A book launch and performance by Samson and friends. Part of Piping Live! Kelvingrove Dancers Thu 11 Aug & 18 Aug, 7–8.30pm. £5. SDTA Studio, 101 Park Rd Kelvinbrige, 564 4824. Learn traditional Scottish step dance.
✽✽ FREE Anne Carson in conversation with Robin
Robertson Fri 12 Aug, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. See picture, right, and Hitlist. FREE Reading Allowed Fri 12 Aug, 8pm. Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. A monthly evening of storytelling and poetry reading. FREE British Art Show 7: Curator- led Exhibition Tour Sat 13 Aug, 3pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A tour of the British Art Show with expert commentary from Jamie Kenyon, Programmer at the CCA. FREE Barrio Fiesta Sun 14 Aug, 9am–6pm. Kelvingrove Park, Otago Street. Celebration of Filipino culture involving artists from the Philippines and more local talent. A Question of Scottish Sport Sun 14 Aug, 7pm. £55. Mar Hall, Mar Hall Drive, Bishopston, 226 3793. Annual charity event hosted by Gordon Smith, former chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, in aid of Crossroads Caring Scotland. FREE Blochestra Mon 15 Aug, 9pm. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. Rock and pop ad-hoc orchestra. FREE Glasgow Life Welcome Visits Wed 17 Aug, 11am at City Halls, Candleriggs and 12.15pm at Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Forty-minute tours of Glasgow’s fine concert halls, with interesting facts about the buildings and their history, and the chance to access areas not normally open to the public. FREE Curator’s Favourites Wed 17 Aug, 12.30–1pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. A member of museum staff discusses a 17th-century English embroidery from the collection. Glasgow’s Gaelic Pub Quiz Wed 17 Aug, 7.30pm. £2. The Park Bar, 1202 Argyle Street, Partick, glaschu.org Monthly pub quiz with a variety of topics. All questions are asked in Gaelic but if you don’t speak the language you can still turn up and someone will help you.
✽✽ Women Make History Film Night Thu 18 Aug, 6pm. £3 (free).
Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. As part of the GWL’s series of history workshops, the library is screening two shorts based on the Govan rent strikes of 1915-16, Red Skirts on Clydeside and You Play Your Part. See Hitlist. FREE George Mackay Brown Biography Launch Thu 18 Aug, 6.30pm. Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. Ron Ferguson reads from and discusses
Cycle Glasgow 2011 The ninth sponsored cycle organised by the University of Glasgow to promote this fun and healthy activity and raise essential funds for leukaemia research. Families and riders of all abilities are welcome and you can chose between a 13- and a 26-mile route, both starting and finishing in Kelvingrove Park. Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Sun 14 Aug.
Anne Carson in conversation with Robin Robertson The Canadian poet, this year’s Creative Scotland/Cove Park Muriel Spark Fellow, comes to Scotland. See picture, right. CCA, Glasgow, Fri 12 Aug.
Women Make History Film Night As part of the GWL’s series of history workshops, the library is screening two shorts based on the Govan rent strikes of 1915-16, Red Skirts on Clydeside and You Play Your Part. Glasgow Women’s Library, Thu 18 Aug.
Pilot Open-mic night-cum-live radio show, which you can either come along and be part of, or download as a podcast afterwards. It’s organised by interesting young theatre company Flatrate, though, so definitely worth a look. CCA, Glasgow, Thu 18 Aug.
Sadako and the Paper Cranes – A Girl from Hiroshima An exhibition of posters borrowed from the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Museum and relating to the story of Hiroshima victim Sadako. Mitchell Library, Glasgow, until Fri 26 Aug.
Craft Clachan Let’s get back to our roots, with a Piping Live!-affiliated fair of ‘traditional food and craft’ in Glasgow’s city centre. George Square, Glasgow, until Sun 14 Aug.
Write Camera Action A series of creative workshops for film writers, directors and actors on the third Monday of every month. CCA, Glasgow, Mon 15 Aug.
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Fairs & Markets ✽✽ FREE Craft Clachan Until Sun 14
Aug, 9am–10pm. George Square, pipinglive.co.uk. See
George Mackay Brown: The Wound and the Gift.
✽✽ FREE Pilot Thu 18 Aug, 8pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352
4900. See Hitlist.
Exhibitions ✽✽ FREE Sadako and the Paper Cranes – A Girl from
Hiroshima Until Fri 26 Aug. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. See Hilist. FREE Curious From Thu 18 Aug until Aug 2012, Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. The St Mungo Museum has collaborated with a wide range of community groups from across Glasgow to tell the personal stories
Hitlist. Part of Piping Live! Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 13 Aug, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street. Over 40 stalls of local produce, direct from the manufacturers. FREE Merchant Square Craft Fair Sat 13 Aug, 11am; Sun 14 Aug, noon. Merchant Square, 71–73 Albion Street, 552 5908. Crafters and designers showcase their wares. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 14 Aug, 11am–5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 229 5270. New market with a tantalising selection of vintage, craft and design vendors.
Sport FREE Glasgow Rocks Open Trials Sat 13 Aug, 11am–1pm. Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, 1445 Argyle Street, 334 4600. Open trials for anyone over 18 who thinks they might have what it takes to join Glasgow’s basketball team. Email info@glasgowrocks.co.uk if you wish to take part.
Poet, classicist, librettist, winner of the TS Eliot and Griffin poetry prizes, and now this year’s Creative Scotland Muriel Spark Fellow, Canadian writer Anne Carson’s got pedigree. This evening she’s discussing her work in company with fellow poet (and her UK editor) Robin Robertson; should be a fascinating event. ■ CCA, Fri 12 Aug, 7pm, free.
Glasgow 100 Sun 14 Aug, 7am. Registration £28. Starting from Bishopton Community Centre, Greenock Road, Bishopton. action.org.uk/glasgow_100 New Scottish charity ride offering up city, coast and countryside views on a range of tough terrains. Choose from a 100-mile or 100-km route.
✽✽ Cycle Glasgow 2011 Sun 14 Aug, 10am. From £8. Kelvingrove
Park, Otago Street, glasgow.ac.uk/cycleglasgow See Hitlist. Talks FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Thu 11 & 18 Aug, 2.30–3.30pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, Nitshill, 276 9300. Themed tours of Glasgow’s vast museum collections. This week it’s highlights of the Human History Collection. FREE Breaking the Renaissance Code: Emblems in Art Tue 16 Aug, 1pm. Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Gallery talk by curator Peter Black.
Workshops Creative Drawing Season Sat 13 Aug, 10.30am–4pm. £25. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. A season of drawing workshops for adults. Places are limited, advance booking required. This session is on still life drawing, making use of an elaborate stage setting and contemporary techniques to create some unusual images. Sew a Skirt Sun 14 Aug, 11am–5.30pm. £45. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. If you can sew a straight seam with a sewing machine, you can make yourself a perfectly fitting skirt, with help from this class.
✽✽ Write Camera Action Mon 15 Aug, 6pm. £5. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall
Street, 352 4900. A series of creative workshops for film writers, directors and actors on the third Monday of every month. Pre-submitted scripts are matched with a director and actors to workshop together. The night closes with a performance from each group. Observers welcome. Ages 18+. See Hitlist.