AROUND TOWN | Events

technology and open data could improve life in Glasgow in the future, in this four- part series. Today it’s Future Hack No 2 Energy. See preview, right. FREE Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking Group Tue 25 Mar, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A queer filmmaking group, where everyone is invited to gain hands-on experience in making films on a shoe- string budget and watch a short or two.

✽BBC Radio 4’s Character Invasion Day Sat 29 Mar,

10am–4.30pm. Free but ticketed. BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, 422 7000. The nation’s best-loved characters take over the airwaves today, alongside a series of events to celebrate writers’ creations. You can catch some storytelling, watch as actors record a radio drama, take a studio tour and more. See 5 reasons, page 38. FREE The Big Glasgow Comic Weekender Sat 29 Mar, 10am–10pm. Free (quiz entry £3). Walkabout, 7 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. Rejoice! A weekend packed with cosplay, two comic marts and a comic book pub quiz. You have the Big Glasgow Comic to thank for that. FREE LiaoLiaoBa Ricefield Travelling Culture Cafe Sat 29 Mar, 1–3pm. Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 548 6978. Free social network offering Chinese and Scottish people a chance to meet up and engage in a cultural exchange, with a different theme each time. FREE Burrell Walking Tours Sun 30 Mar, 2–3pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2564. Get fit and get learning at these themed walks. Today’s is ‘Signs of Spring’. Booking essential.

✽TalkFest Mon 31 Mar–Sat 5 Apr, times vary. Prices vary. The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 225 3784. A week of workshops, rehearsed and unrehearsed readings and masterclasses led by Scotland’s leading playwrights and theatre-makers. See Theatre, page 100. FREE Write It! Tue 1 Apr, 8pm. The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. Get together where script writers can get a scene from a work-in- progress read before a live audience of peers. Submit scenes to the listed email. Tonight, a comedy special to coincide with the Comedy Fest. Ages 18+. Laurel & Hardy Night Wed 2 Apr, 7–9pm. Donations welcome. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. Fundraising event for the Britannia Panopticon, where Stan Laurel made his comedy debut. A screening of one of their movies, supporting performances and sales stalls. Playwright (etc.) with Oliver Emanuel Sat 5 Apr, 2.30pm. £3. Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Join playwright, dramaturg and adapter Emanuel for a practical workshop on where ideas come from and how to balance the different roles inherent in the title of ‘playwright’. Part of TalkFest. FREE Fraser Thomson’s Mostly Comedy Quiz Sat 5 Apr, 9pm. The

Road, 341 0737. Handmade art, crafts, vintage items, upcycled furniture and goodies from local makers. Plus a special food promo for Mother’s Day. FREE Oot of Your Suitcase Sat 22 Mar, 1–5pm. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 07906 124006. Pack up a suitcase full of your wares, and bring ’em to this ‘indoor car boot’ sale. There’s also activities artwork, music and refreshments. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 13 Apr, noon–4pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. Market with a tantalising selection of vintage, craft and design vendors. Talks FREE From Glasgow to Edinburgh by Way of Los Angeles: A Curatorial Journey Thu 20 Mar, 6–7.30pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. Anne Layden, who has worked as curator at National Galleries of Scotland and the J Paul Getty Museum, gives this year’s Annan Lecture on collecting, interpreting and exhibiting photographic collections. Uncertain Ground: Landscapes, Memory and Theatres of Conflict Sun 23 Mar, 2–6pm. Free but ticketed. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A symposium on the Scottish landscape and its aesthetic and political resonance in today’s world, taking inspiration from Shona Illingworth’s moving-image work. The Glad Academy: Elaine C Smith on Laughter Sun 23 Mar, 4pm. £5. The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. Funny lady Smith adds her voice to Glad Cafe’s philosophical talk series, taking on that ephemeral but all important thing that is laughter. FREE Should Scotland Be an Independent Country? Mon 24 Mar, 7.30–9.30pm. Mitchell Theatre, 6 Granville Street, 287 2999. Glasgow Skeptics are behind this debate between party members from the Green Party, Conservatives, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and more. Seats are first come, first served. Seven Minutes: The Art of Yes Tue 25 Mar, 7.30pm. £3. The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. Seven artists get seven minutes and seven images to explain how they landed at a ‘Yes’ vote for the upcoming referendum. Followed by a Q&A. Unlacing Orlando Sat 29 Mar, 2pm. Free but ticketed. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. See Books listings. Zombie Science: Worst Case Scenario Wed 2 Apr, 8.30pm. £5. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Theoretical Zombiologist Doctor Austin has all the know-how you’ll need to survive when the inevitable apocalypse occurs. GICF. FREE Seeing God . . . Sun 6 Apr, 2–3pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 276 1625. A series of talks examining different traditions, objects and places and how these things are associated with different faiths across the world. Today’s lecture is ‘Seeing God in Fully Bunnies and Creation’, with Dr Sarah Nicholson examining the alluring and poetic story of the Beginning. FREE SpeedScience Controversy Special Mon 7 Apr, 7–9.30pm. The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. The Glasgow Skeptics and Glasgow Uni join forces to cover controversial, cutting-edge science like stem cells, animal testing and terrorism studies in ten mini talks, followed by a vote from the audience on their favourites. Then, the three most popular scientists come back to give longer spiels. FREE Beatriz Santiago Muñoz Artist Talk Wed 9 Apr, 6pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Muñoz discusses her career and works, including her 2014 Glasgow International contribution, Post-Military Cinema, on currently at Transmission. FREE Astronomical Society of Glasgow Lectures Thu 17 Apr, 7.30pm. University of Strathclyde Royal College Building, 204 George Street, 950

FREE Destruction Event Thu 10 Apr, 5–7pm. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Engage in an act of creative destruction by destroying an artwork as part of GoMA’s Atelier Public #2 exhibition. FREE Night to Light Thu 10 Apr, 8–9.30pm & Sun 13 Apr, 1–3pm. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Glasgow International artist-in-residence Suzanne Dery leads this star-gazing session with Coats Observatory’s John Pressly, with a chance to wear solar shades and use on-site telescopes. Thursday’s session is ‘Night’ and Sunday’s is ‘Light’. Glasgow Vet School Rodeo Sat 12 Apr, 11am–5pm. £7 (£3; family £15). Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Garscube Campus, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, gla.ac.uk A day of animal-based fun including stalls, pony rides, small and exotic animal tents, ferret racing, falconry and much more. Proceeds go to charity. The Alternative and Burlesque Fair Sat 12 Apr, noon–6pm. £5 (students £4). Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. Clothing, accessories and jewellery for all your alt, fetish, goth, steampunk and burlesque needs. There’s over 50 vendors, plus burlesque, aerial and cabaret shows. FREE TalkSeePhotography Mon 14 Apr, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Photog types get together to share, discuss and look at still photography, with an eye to fostering the local scene. Fairs & Markets FREE Sloans Market Every Sat & Sun, 11am–5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. Well-heeled weekly outdoor shopping market, with stalls stuffed with gourmet treats, vintage one- offs and classy crafty things. FREE Bohemia Sat 22 Mar, noon– 4.30pm. Curlers Rest, 256–260 Byres

FUTURE CITY: FUTURE HACKS In this series of four ‘hackathons’, citizens are invited to rethink the city, looking at ways that life can be improved in the future through technology and open data. Each hackathon lasts 48hrs and adopts a theme (the next three look at energy, health and transport). What’s more, the winning team gets to share £20,000 cash prize. (Nina Glencross) Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 21–Sun 23 Mar, Fri 25–Sun 27 Apr, Fri 30 May–Sun 1 Jun, open.glasgow.gov.uk/hackathon

Grosvenor Café, The Grosvenor Theatre, Ashton Lane, 0845 166 6028. A madcap quiz night that generates its own jokes. Fraser Thomson hosts, it’s interactive and nobody really knows what’s going to happen. Part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival. FREE Women’s Heritage Walks Sun 6 Apr, 2–4pm. Mercat Cross, High Street, 550 2267. The Glasgow Women’s Library leads these walks in various areas around the city. Today, it’s the East End Women’s Heritage Walk learn about the women who worked in the Templeton factory, suffragettes held in Duke Street Prison and more. Part of Glasgow International. Booking essential. Little Bit of Theatre Mon 7 Apr, 7.30–11pm. £5 (students £3). The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. Evening of live performance art, theatre, comedy, music, burlesque and spoken word.

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