AROUND TOWN | Events Talks FREE Glasgow Skeptics Mon 25 Aug, 7–9.30pm. The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. Today: ‘The Decline of Violence’, looking at cataclysmic warnings in the 80s/90s of a future filled with ‘Superpredators’. FREE Exploring the Wall: The Architecture of Alexander Thomson Tue 26 Aug, 6–7pm. Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. Mark Baines, chairman of the Alexander Thomson Society and GSA lecturer, shares his enthusiasm for the architect. FREE Garden Talk: Food Miles and Country Sun 31 Aug, 1–3pm. Pollok Visitor Centre, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0924. Joe Murray, Learning Officer from NTS Pollok House, talks about sustainable living, past and present. FREE Glasgow Café Scientifique Mon 1 Sep, 7pm. Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 3748. Today, it’s ‘Crying Wolf’ with Jo Foo. The zoologist talks about whether it’s time to re-introduce wolves, bears and lynxes to Scotland. FREE Science Meets Art Mon 1 Sep, 7–9pm. Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. George Donald talks through his drawing of a life model. FREE Seeing God in . . . Sun 7 Sep, 2–3pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 276 1625. Today’s lecture is ‘Seeing God in Sufi Islam’.
✽ FREE Glasgow Skeptics Mon 8 Sep, 7–9.30pm. The Admiral, 72a
Waterloo Street, 221 7705. Tonight: John Curtice, Professor of Politics at the University of Strathcylde, asks ‘Is Scotland Going to Vote Yes?’. Michael Palin: Travelling To Work Fri 12 Sep, 7.30pm. £30.50. Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. See Comedy, page 54.
Workshops Drawing Threads Sat 30 & Sun 31 Aug, 10am–4pm. £95 for two days. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Masterclass in creating mixed media works with exhibiting artist Penny Sharp. FREE Adult Art Classes Sat 30 & Sun 31 Aug, 1–4pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, 276 9300. Today: The Clay Way – A beginners’ workshop in clay. Booking essential. Photography Workshops Sun 31 Aug, 10.30am–1pm. £30 (includes tea and sail). Peccadillo Barge, 1 Applecross Street, 07779 787122. Take photos on a short canal trip, with feedback on your pics. Moku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Printing Course Sat 13 & Sun 14 Sep, 10am–4pm. £95 for two days. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Elspeth Lamb leads this class. Price includes materials, equipment, lunch and refreshments. Ages 16+. Booking essential.
EDINBURGH
Activities & Events Edinburgh International Festival Until Sun 31 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, 473 2000. Bringing world-class arts to the capital since 1947, the EIF sets the standard for classical concerts, opera, dance and theatre, with performers from around the world. LUGG Thu 21–Sun 31 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, 553 5900. Billed the ‘Swedish alternative to the Edinburgh Fringe’, enjoy a month of DJ nights, art exhibitions, themed parties and food and drink events. Just Festival Thu 21–Mon 25 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, 228 4249. Fest focused on helping people explore their spirituality by engaging with others and promoting peace with live music, talks, dance shows and exhibitions. Sonic Vision Thu 21, Sat 23–Tue 26 & Thu 28–Sat 30 Aug, 7.30–8pm. £5. Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, 550 7800. High energy music combines with 44 THE LIST 21 Aug–18 Sep 2014
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? LIVE Specialist help to uncover your family roots is not just for celebrities on a BBC show, and genealogical experts are setting up camp in Glasgow’s SECC to help Scots find out who they really are. A host of live events are scheduled for the weekend, including free advice sessions on how to investigate your family tree, pre-booked individual appointments with experts, DNA workshops that take a more scientific approach to tracing your ancestry, and celebrity speakers revealing their own family stories. ■ SECC, Glasgow, Fri 29–Sun 31 Aug.
vivid 3D graphic environments in this unique experience in Scotland’s only 360 degree dome film theatre.
✽Miss.Fit Sisters Vintage Circus Sat 23 Aug, 7.30–10.30pm. £15
(children free). Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Vintage party with live circus and aerial performances, hula hooping, swing dance classes, a live band and dancing. Edinburgh Mela Sat 30 & Sun 31 Aug, times vary. £4 all-day entry fee. Leith Links, Leith, 661 7100. See preview, page 40. FREE Portobello Film Club Wed 3 Sep, 7.30pm. The Skylark, 241–243 High Street, 629 3037. Film screening followed by a discussion. Plus – free popcorn.
✽ Forth Bridges Festival Thu 4–Sat 13 Sep, times vary. Prices vary. The
Forth Bridge, 331 3511. See preview, page 42. FREE Literature Tour – Language and the Land Fri 5 Sep, 2.30pm. The Scottish Parliament, Horse Wynd, 0800 092 7500. See Books listings. Edinburgh Living History 1910: An Indian Summer Sun 7 Sep, 3pm & 4pm. £5–£6.50 (children £3–£4.50; family £12.50–£17). Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 228 1155. Visit as Mr and Mrs Reid are preparing to travel abroad, when guests unexpectedly arrive. Costumed interpretation by Edinburgh Living History. Scotland’s Democracy Trail Mon 8–Sat 13 Sep, noon. £7 (£5). The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, 556 9579. Walking tour through central Edinburgh charting the five-century lead-up to Scotland’s referendum. Booking essential. Write Shoot Cut Mon 8 Sep, 6.15pm. £6 (£5). Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Short film networking night. Bio Blitz Fri 12 Sep, 7–9pm. £10. Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Help scientists identify, count up and record all the bats and badgers in the area. Email acox@rzss.org.uk to book.
FREE Grow Your Ain Sat 13 & Sun 14 Sep, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Slow Food Edinburgh teach you how to dig, forage and prepare food. The Vintage Wedding Show Sun 14 Sep, 11am–4pm. £5. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh: The Caledonian, Princes Street, 222 8888. A wedding show for brides and grooms who are looking to add a vintage edge to their big day. Exhibitions FREE Words and Deeds, Weapons and Wounding Daily until Sun 7 Sep. Mon–Fri 9am–7pm. Sat 9am–5pm. Sun 1–5pm. St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. Touring exhibition that explores the story of women and warfare.
Fairs & Markets FREE Twenty Eight – The Collective Pop-up Daily until Fri 31 Oct, 10am–6.30pm. Twenty Eight, 28 St Stephen Street, twentyeightedinburgh. co.uk Stockbridge pop-up shop featuring work from designers, artists, poets, milliners, dressmakers and others. FREE Sunday Junk and Funk Sun 24 & 31 Aug, 10.30am–4.30pm. Earthy Causewayside, 33–41 Ratcliffe Terrace, Causewayside, 667 2967. Live music, a coffee shack and outdoor grill to complement your shopping. Makers and artists as well as street food. FREE Fresh Start Charity Sale Sat 30 Aug, 10am–1pm. The Fresh Start Food Station, 1 Harrison Place, 476 7741. Buy baked goods, bric a brac, crafts and more to raise funds for homelessness charity Fresh Start.
Sport Race the Runway Thu 4 Sep, 8am–4pm. £300 donation to Maggies (spectators £25). Edinburgh Airport, Turnhouse, 0844 481 8989. Chance to take your car full speed down Edinburgh Airport’s second runway.
Talks FREE Auld Reekie: Most Haunted City in Europe? Thu 21–Sat 23 Aug, 5–6pm. Stafford Centre, 103 Broughton Street. Ash Pryce, founder of Edinburgh Skeptics, examines the evidence for and against Edinburgh’s ghostly claims. FREE Artist as Activist: The Relationship between Art and Social Change Fri 22 Aug, 6–7pm. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. Chandragupta Thenuwara and Neil Butler discuss their life and work in context of activism through art. Jock Tamson Abroad: The Making of the Scottish Diaspora Mon 25 Aug, 10.30am. £8. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 228 1155. David Forsyth examines the material culture of Scots who’ve dispersed around the globe. Art under Attack: The Suffragette Iconoclasm Campaign of 1914 Mon 1 Sep, 10.30am. £8. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 228 1155. A look at the suffragette campaign of 1914 when Mary Richardson famously slashed Diego Velázquez’s The Toilet of Venus. Magic Box – Gallery Discussion Fri 5 Sep, 6.30–8.30pm. Free but ticketed. Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Calum Colvin, Tom Normand, Rab Wilson, Alan Spence and Janice Galloway respond to Colvin’s Magic Box exhibition. As Precious as a Ming Vase? Wed 10 Sep, 6.30–7.30pm. £6 (£5). National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Broadcaster and ceramics historian Lars Tharp explains how and why Ming vases have come to be regarded as the pinnacle of rare and precious. FREE Edinburgh Ragged University Talks Thu 11 Sep, 7pm. Counting House, West Nicolson Street, 667 7533. Tonight: ‘A Different Kind of Revolution’ by Ciaran Healy and ‘How Accents Work’ By Lauren Hall-Lew. Michael Palin: Travelling To Work Tue 16 Sep, 7.30pm. £29.50. King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. See Glasgow, Talks. FREE Edinburgh Skeptics Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 07896 745991. Today: Dr Chris White – ‘A Crash Course in Particle Physics’. Workshops FREE Generation by Night Every Thu, 5–7pm. Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, 225 6671. Evening talks, demonstrations, hands-on art-making sessions, live music and other creative responses to the Generation exhibitions. FREE POP3D: 3D Printing Workshop Fri 22 Aug, 1–5pm. Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Interactive workshop teaching participants how to print in 3D. Part of Edinburgh College of Art Masters Festival. Introduction to Pottery Every Mon 1 Sep–10 Nov (not 13 Oct), 6.30–9pm. £220 for ten weeks. Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts Centre, 9–11 Blair Street, 225 5248. Course covering all the basics to take you from coiled ashtray to hand-thrown pots. Patchwork – Make Your Own Quilt Every Tue 2 Sep–7 Oct, 6.30–9pm. £110 for six weeks (£90). Remade in Edinburgh, 17 Guthrie Street, 261 5904. Create a quilt out of leftover fabrics or sentimental items. Upholstery – Beginners Every Thu 11 Sep–20 Nov (Not 9 Oct), 6.30–9pm. £240 for ten weeks. Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts Centre, 9–11 Blair Street, 225 5248. Transform a beat-up chair to the piece de resistance of your dining room.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
Sport ✽ Color Me Rad Sat 23 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Howden Park Centre,
Howden, Livingston, 01506 777666. See preview, page 43.