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WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE TYCI Oxfam Music and Bloc, Glasgow, Sat 20 Apr
Like many good stories, the tale of TYCI starts in a bar. A group of witty wild things were in the throes of discussion (and beverages of various alcoholic percentages), when the following issue was raised: people still make a really big deal out of female musicians. Female artists. Female photographers. This led to the following realization: people make a big deal when women do all sorts of stuff. And so, TYCI was born.
TYCI is a collective run by women. We’ve got a website (tyci.org.uk) where we talk about the things which affect all of us and profile ladies we think are of interest. And we hover around the social networks, femme-ing it up on all fronts. We publish a sexy zine, launched at our monthly live events at Bloc in Glasgow where we put on female- driven bands, MCs and DJs. And most recently, we began hitting you up on the airwaves via a monthly show on Subcity Radio, with news, interviews and music (subcity.org). April is an exciting month for TYCI, as it marks our six-month
birthday and also our first pop-up event: the TYCI Record Store Day Special (Sat 20 Apr, Oxfam Music, Glasgow, 4pm, free). You can expect acoustic sets from Jo Mango, Siobhan Wilson and Kitty the Lion, plus spoken word from Kirstin Innes (pictured above). And later that night, we will be donning our party hats for our Six Month Birthday Party with a live set from Patricia Panther and Pretty Ugly on the decks (Sat 20 Apr, Bloc, Glasgow, 11pm, free before midnight, £2 after).
TYCI is non-profit and a labour of love. Any money made at the live events goes straight into the pockets of the bands or DJs and the selected monthly charities, with past donations going to the likes of Rape Crisis, Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Scottish Women’s Aid. Our aim is to be as open and representative as possible, so if you would like to get involved in any way, please do get in touch and spread the love to contact.tyci@gmail.com. (Sophie Kromholz) ■ tyci.org.uk
FREE Out of the Blue Flea Market Sat 27 Apr, 10am–3pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Bargain buys including furniture, clothes, music and more. FREE Morningside Makers Market Sat 4 May, 11am–4pm. Columcille Centre, 2 Newbattle Terrace, 447 7404. A monthly boutique craft and design market held on the first Saturday of every month with artists, crafters and designers offering ceramics, jewellery, textiles and art.
The Vintage Kilo Sale Sat 4 & Sun 5 May, 11am–4pm. £1. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. The organisers of Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fairs dole out clothes by weight, offering a kilo of clobber for £15. Sport Capital City Roller Derby Fresh Meat Intake Sun 21 Apr, 7–9pm. £5. Crags Community Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 667 3334. Your turn,
men! Time to suit up and make roller derby a non-gendered sport. Try outs for Edinburgh’s first men’s team, along with referee recruiting, goes down in one messy heap of roller-skating awesomeness. Contact newskaters.ccrd@ gmail.com (please do not phone venue). FREE The Innertubemap Postcode Challenge Sun 28 Apr, 11am–4pm. North Edinburgh City Cycleways, Clark Road, 445 4025. A chance to get off-road cycling (or walking or running) and explore the city’s green spaces. Grab a route card and check off the stands along the way, then – if you get them all – you can enter the prize draw. FREE Wiff Waff Wednesday Wed 8 May, 6–10.30pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Monthly evenings of food and beer, eclectic music and the age-old game of ‘Wiff Waff’ (aka Ping Pong). Talks Edinburgh Lectures: John Rae – Forgotten Hero of Arctic Exploration Mon 22 Apr, 6pm. £5. Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22–26 George Street, 240 5000. Author Ken McGoogan traces the biography of Orcadian explorer and doctor John Rae, who was pushed out of the history books by a 19th-century scandal designed to discredit him. FREE Robert Louis Stevenson and His Pirates of the Caribbean Tue 23 Apr, 6pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. Celebrate World Book Night with a history of Stevenson and his Treasure Island.
✽ Bright Club: Edinburgh Tue 23 Apr, 8.30pm. £5. The Stand, 5 York
Place, 558 7272. The hardworking staff at Edinburgh’s universities are let out for the night to share their tales about the weird, wonderful, and often very funny, world of research. FREE A Thousand Beautiful Things: The Wardrobe of Annie Lennox Wed 24 Apr, 12.45–1.30pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Assistant Curator Georgina Ripley talks about Annie Lennox’s costumes over the last 30 years and how they chart Lennox’s journey of self- discovery. Understanding Ageing: A Fight to the Death? Fri 26 Apr, 5.30pm. £8 (£6). Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 4673. Debate between Dr Aubrey de Grey, a controversial biomedical gerontologist, and Richard Faragher, a professor of biogerontology. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. An Introduction to Modern Art: Looking Mon 29 Apr, 10.30am– 12.30pm. £12 (£10). Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Art historian Ola Wojtkiewicz leads these monthly sessions designed to help you tackle the wacky world of modern art. Booking essential. FREE Hatless but Happy: Women Travellers in Scotland Tue 14 May, 6pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. In the 1820s, Scotland was already a tourist hot spot, but lady travellers still weren’t a common sight. NLS curator Olive Geddes gives an illustrated talk on four women who dared to explore its wilds, from the famous to the not so famous. FREE Edinburgh Zoo Centenary Lecture: Penguins! Tue 14 May, 6.30–7.30pm. Central Library, 7-9 George IV Bridge, 242 8100. In honour of the zoo’s 100th birthday, the penguin keepers share all they know about the tuxedoed critters. Edinburgh Lectures: Patrick Geddes – Greening the Urban Environment Thu 16 May, 6pm. £5. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Nineteenth-century polymath Patrick Geddes accomplished many things in his life, but perhaps nearest and dearest to Edinburgers’ hearts is his creation of green space within the city. Dr Walter Stephen illuminates Geddes’ achievements.
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April
SAT 20 SOFI’S Party in Sofi ’s – swap, share and spin your vinyls THU 25 SOFI’S Danish Film Screening – Love & Rage by Morten Giese
May
SUN 5 VICTORIA Cinco de Mayo – Mexican Night in Victoria Bar SAT 11 VICTORIA Singles Night in Victoria
SAT 18 VICTORIA Eurovision Party in Victoria!
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