AroundTown EVENTS
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 Activities & Events Glasgow Walking Tours Until Sat 27 Oct, Wed–Sat only, 10.15am–1pm (Glasgow Style tour) and 2.15–5pm (Glasgow Miracle tour). £24.50 (£19.50; under 18s £11; under 5s free). The Glasgow School of Art Shop, 11 Dalhousie Street, 353 4526. Walking tours led by guides from the GSA.
✽ Alien War Until Sun 14 Apr 2013. Thu & Fri 5–10pm, Sat noon–10pm;
Sun 2–8pm. £9.50. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Terrifying total reality experience returns to its spiritual home at The Arches, having been updated again to include references to the recent Prometheus film. FREE Hidden Gems of Garnethill Sun 23 Sep, 2–3pm. Meet at CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Walking tour telling stories of the area’s women. SoundRoutes Community Choir Mondays, 6–7.30pm. £5 per session. The Piper on the Square, 57 Cochrane Street, 07811 504141. Join your local choir for weekly practices, learning a mix of pop, folk, world, reggae and blues songs. GFT Film Quiz Tue 25 Sep, 8.45pm. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. Test your knowledge against some of Scotland’s brainiest film critics. FREE Clydesdale Horses for Grown-Ups Thu 27 Sep, 10.30–11.30am. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0927. Meet the gentle giants up close. GSA Textiles + Fashion Promenades Thu 27 Sep, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm. £10. The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5365. Collections created by the latest generation of fashion designers to emerge from the GSA. Tickets from the GSA Shop, Dalhousie Street. One Creative TV Sat 29 Sep, 8pm– midnight. £3. The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 0901. Be part of the audience for a new online TV series featuring intimate performances by new music acts from around Scotland. Tickets very limited. Booking essential. FREE Space for Song: Women’s Lives Sat 29 Sep, 11am–1.30pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. Monthly informal singing group for women. Booking essential. Women of the Necropolis History Walk Sun 30 Sep, 1–3pm. £7.50. Meeting point tbc, booking and info via Glasgow Women’s Library, 248 9969. Find out about the achievements of some of the women buried at the Necropolis. Booking essential. Classic Album Sundays Sun 30 Sep, 5–8.30pm. £6. Berkeley Suite, 237 North Street, 237 3235. Hear Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon on several thousand pounds’ worth of fancy audio equipment.
✽ Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival Mon 1–Wed
24 Oct, various venues around Scotland. mhfestival.com An arts and film festival which combines high-level programming with a worthy aim: to challenge and change attitudes towards mental health. See panel, left. See list.co.uk for full listings.
✽ Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project Fri 5–Sun 7 Oct, times vary. £65
registration. The Art School, The Beresford Building, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 353 4410. The worldwide phenomenon returns to Cinema City for a second round of frenzied film making. Participants must register in advance; results will bescreened at the GFT on Tue 9 & Wed 10 Oct. FREE Hidden Lane First Fridays Fri 5 Oct, 5–8pm. The Hidden Lane, 8 Argyle Court, facebook.com/TheHiddenLane Monthly open studios event giving you a chance to meet the creative folk in this charming Glasgow lane.
PREVIEW FESTIVAL DIRECTOR LEE KNIFTON DISCUSSES 2012 PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS THE SCOTTISH MENTAL HEALTH ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL Various venues, nationwide, 1–24 Oct
‘‘Walk in my shoes’ is the theme of the sixth edition of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF). This year we’re presenting nearly 300 arts events across Scotland. As before, it encompasses theatre, comedy, film, dance, literature, music and the visual arts. This year we’ve added opera, circus and gaming.
We’ve pulled together some rare – and some unreleased – films, and threaded throughout the festival are films curated by musicians including Malcolm Middleton and Duglas T Stewart of the BMX Bandits. Jack Bond, maverick director of the rarely-seen Anti-Clock and Dali in New York will be appearing at a Q&A (GFT, Glasgow, 8 Oct), and we’ve got a real coup in the Scottish premiere of I, Anna starring Charlotte Rampling and directed by her son (Filmhouse, Edinburgh, 22 Oct; GFT, Glasgow, 23 Oct).
Scottish Opera and Shelter present a unique, one-off performance
of a community opera, The Magic Boot, at the Maryhill Burgh Halls (Glasgow, 17 Oct), while The Arches hosts a pioneering therapeutic stage performance by Solar Bear and Project Ability, Inside, Outside, In Our Stride (Glasgow, 25 & 26 Oct). The documentary dance theatre work Piece of Mind at the CCA (Glasgow, 9 & 11 Oct) aims to transform your perceptions of bipolar, as might Box of Frogs (Eastwood Park Theatre, Giffnock, 11 Oct), a circus-inspired piece which explores similar themes using acrobatics and live music. We’ll be welcoming poet John Hegley to Edinburgh (St Columba’s-
by-the-Castle, 6 Oct) and Music Like A Vitamin are back with us, curated by Rod Jones of Idlewild and featuring The Birthday Suit, Withered Hand and Sparrow and The Workshop (HMV Picturehouse, Edinburgh, 25 Oct). And to boost your own mental wellbeing, we’ve made sure most events are free, or at least under a fiver.’ (As told to Lauren Mayberry) ■ mhfestival.com
42 THE LIST 20 Sep–18 Oct 2012
FREE Seeds of Thought Fri 5 Oct, 7.30pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Diverse live performance and spoken word night, with open mic. FREE Glasgow Scribes Sat 6 Oct, 10am–1pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. Monthly meeting for calligraphy enthusiasts. FREE Magnificent 7 – Golden Hues Sun 7 Oct, 10am–5pm. Linn Park, Simshill Road, 637 1147. The autumnal edition of the Glasgow park rangers’ series of walks around the city’s hills. Question of Science Dinner Thu 11 Oct, 7pm. £90. Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5005. Three-course dinner and champagne reception with quiz hosted by Sir Robert Winston, who’ll also be talking about genetics. FREE Food for Free Sun 14 Oct, 1–3pm. Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 276 0931. Tips on finding the best of natural – and free – food to turn into relishes, pickles and jams. Creative Mackintosh Festival Mon 15 Oct–Sun 28 Oct, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, 270 5146. A new festival celebrating the creative genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh by allowing everyone to unleash their own creativity through workshops and activities.
✽ Glasgay! Mon 15 Oct–Sun 4 Nov, various venues around Glasgow.
glasgay.com See feature, page 17, and preview, page 75. See list.co.uk for full listings.
Exhibitions ✽ FREE 21 Revolutions Exhibition Sat 22 Sep–Sat 13 Oct, Tue–Sat
11am–6pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Exhibition of women’s writing and the history of Glasgow Women’s Library, celebrating its 21st birthday this year. Tours at 2pm on Sat 29 Sep & 6 Oct. FREE Revolution on Roller Skates Exhibition Sat 22 Sep–Sat 13 Oct, Mon– Fri, 10.30am–4.30pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. Get an insight into the alt. sport world of Roller Derby. FREE I am a Muslim Woman. I Speak for Myself Mon 15–Fri 19 Oct, 10am–4.30pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. Exhibition of portraits and messages from Muslim women across Scotland.
Fairs & Markets Glasgow’s Affordable Vintage Fair Sun 23 Sep, noon–5pm. £2 (£1; children free). Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, 0113 245 5090. Over 40 vintage traders offer stylish retro goods. FREE Glasgow Crafters Coop Craft Fair Sun 30 Sep, 11am–3.30pm. Cottier’s, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 5825. Lots of handmade bargains, with a bar and BBQ to boot. The Telegraph Cruise Show Sat 6 & Sun 7 Oct, 10am–5pm. £6 in advance; £10 on the door (under 16s free). SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0871 620 4024. Plan your next boat-based holiday. FREE Craft Fair Sat 6 & Sun 7 Oct, 10.30am–4pm. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Charity craft fairs featuring handmade items, designer jewellery and more. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 14 Oct, noon–5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 07946 715204. Vintage, craft and design. Talks FREE Crate Diving, Midgie Rakers and Select Archivists: Rifling Through the Past Thu 20–Sat 22 Sep, 11am–6pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A series of presentations and open discussions with archivists.
✽ FREE PechaKucha Nights Wed 26 Sep, 6pm. The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell
Lane, 276 5365. Night of discussion in the Pecha Kucha format – speakers get to show 20 slides for 20 seconds each – on the theme of ‘The Social Mediators’, run as part of Glasgow’s Social Media Week. FREE The Clipperton Project: Talk by Gillean Dickie Thu 27 Sep, 1–2pm. Glasgow Sculpture Studios, The Whisky