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ANNOUNCEMENTS, LINE-UPS AND OPINION
CLUTHA BENEFIT SHOWS ANNOUNCED
Following the devastating helicopter crash at the Clutha in Glasgow, the arts community in Scotland has been rallying around to organise events and benei t nights, with proceeds going to the Clutha Appeal Fund.
Glasgow Stands Up for the Clutha (Sun 22 Dec) at the 02 Academy is the largest benei t show to be announced so far, with an array of comedians joining forces in aid of the Lord Provost’s Clutha appeal fund. Names already announced include Des Clarke, Bruce Morton, Gary Little, Mark Nelson, Janey Godley (pictured), Scott Agnew and River City’s Tom Urie. Organisers have also promised two guest stars simply being punted as ‘very famous Glasgow funnymen’. Tickets are available from ticketweb.co.uk.
In the New Year, look out for the Clutha Benei t Weekend (Fri 3–Sun 5 Jan), which includes a night at the Classic Grand (Fri 3 Jan) featuring performances from Backwater, Soul Remover, the Puzzlers and We Were Kings with more acts and venues tba.
The all-day Ayrshire Rocks for the Clutha (Sat 4 Jan) will be held at Kilmarnock’s Belli eld Inn. Folk for the Clutha (Fri 10 & Sat 11 Jan) at St Andrew’s in the Square in Glasgow will i nd a clutch of members from the folk community unite, including Bill Adair, Steven Clark, Tom Fairnie, Haggerdash, Arthur Johnstone, Adam McCulloch, Lori McTear, Rudegin and Mick West. It’s an unticketed event with donations on the door. In early 2014, a Clutha Benei t @ Barrowlands has also been announced with date and lineup tbc, though rumour suggests Sat 15 Feb is looking a likely contender. ■ This is not a comprehensive list of events, and is compiled through information available at time of going to press and is subject to change. For more detailed lineup and ticketing information, keep an eye on list.co.uk
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GFT UNVEILS NEW SCREEN Glasgow Film Theatre has ofi cially opened their new 60-seat Cinema 3 screen (main picture). The space will be used for the upcoming Glasgow Film Festival and will provide a home for the Glasgow Youth Film Festival, as well as for the GFT’s education and outreach programme. The design of Cinema 3 has been largely inspired by the original Art Deco and Art Moderne styles of the Cosmo, which opened in the space in the late 1930s.
HULL TAKE CITY OF CULTURE CROWN FOR 2017 After months of speculation and following some fervent bidding, Hull will be UK City of Culture for 2017, fending off stiff competition from rival cities Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay. Hull will follow Derry-Londonderry, which is currently enjoying the title with a jam-packed year of events. Dundee bidders say the city will still go ahead with a ‘signii cant’ number of events planned as part of their bid, so watch this space.
HISTORIC CLYDE BUILDING TO BE ARTS VENUE The cultural strand of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games continues to go from strength to strength with news that the currently unused South Rotunda will become an arts space in 2014. Previously utilised during the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988, the South Rotunda will be used as part of a pop-up arts festival in the summer.
ARTIST FORTH ROAD BRIDGE IN RESIDENCE
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American-born landscape artist Kate Downie is to be artist in residence for the Forth Road Bridge. Downie will create a piece of art for every year of the Bridge’s existence, as part of a bumper programme of events for the Forth Bridges Festival, planned for September 2014, to celebrate the structure’s 50th anniversary. The artist’s work will ultimately be shown in an exhibition at Hopetoun House.
LAURE PROUVOST BAGS TURNER Scottish hope David Shrigley has been pipped at the post by installation artist Laure Prouvost who has become 2013’s Turner Prize winner for her piece ‘Wantee’. Prouvost picked up the £25,000 prize at a ceremony in Derry-Londonderry.
MUSEUM LATES RETURNS
announce The List are delighted our to media partnership will continue into 2014 for the highly successful Museum Lates. Returning to the National Museum of Scotland for some nocturnal activity, the next event (Fri 28 Feb) ties in with the museum’s winter exhibition, Mammoths of the Ice Age. Music will come from the Pictish Trail (pictured above) and Marnie (Ladytron), alongside a host of other Ice Age-themed activities. Check out nms.ac.uk/lates