Arcadia Scotland
Glasgow Happenings: August 2015
Date
August 1, 2015Art and Culture
Streetland Festival
Govanhill, 1 August
Community festival and street party in Glasgow's Govanhill, currently one of those exciting areas with a burgeoning creative scene. Activities include workshops, participatory arts projects, performances, music and food courtesy of Soul Food Sisters.
Merchant City Festival
1 and 2 August, Merchant City
Now in its 14th year, the Merchant City Festival returns for an annual takeover of Glasgow’s cultural quarter. Normally serene boulevards and swanky bars are transformed into bustling markets with stalls selling artworks, handmade crafts and vintage clothing as well as stands dedicated to foodie delights.
ISLAND: 8 Houses for the Isle of Harris
The Lighthouse, Throughout August
The culmination of a series of discussions and events which invited architects to imagine a house for clients on the Isle of Harris. The exhibition is curated by AE Foundation.
Duncan Shanks: The Poetry of Place
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Through 16 August
Distinguished landscape artist Shanks has bequeathed to the Hunterian his entire collection of sketchbooks from the past 45 years, which amount to more than 100 volumes. The collection has been catalogued, and here a selection from them is on display.
The Ballet of the Palette
Gallery of Modern Art, Throughout August
Twentieth-century paintings from the gallery collection, selected by contemporary artists Neil Clements, Lotte Gertz, Charlie Hammond, Louise Hopkins, Merlin James, Victoria Morton, Carol Rhodes, Tony Swain, Hanneline Visnes and George Ziffo.
Phil Collins: Tomorrow is Always Too Long
Gallery of Modern Art, Through 17 August
Film project commissioned by the Common Guild and created using the private photographs and personal stories of Glaswegians, with music from Cate LeBon, Mogwai’s Barry Burns, Golden Teacher and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Ripples on the Pond
Gallery of Modern Art, Throughout August
A selection from the gallery's collection curated by Katie Bruce, designed as a conversation between works on paper by women and the moving image.
Music, Comedy and Dance
Limmy: Daft Wee Stories
1 August, Oran Mor, 8pm
The YouTube phenomenon, turned Twitter doyen, turned TV star presents his first book – a collection of daft wee stories.
Real Hoosewives fae Glasgow
1 August, Pavillion Theatre, 2 and 7:30pm
When Barbara from Bearsden finds out that an American TV producer is in town to find 'The Real Hoosewives fae Glasgow' she gets right on the case. Musical featuring 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', 'I'm So Excited' and lots more.
Always Be Comedy
2 August, Kelvingrove Bandstand and Ampitheatre, 8pm
A hand-picked selection of up-and-comers, established folks and mystery guests get together for laughs, games and pure fun.
Magner's Summer Nights
Kelvingrove Bandstand and Ampitheatre, Through 15 August, 6pm
The second annual Magners-sponsored festival features a series of live music gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh open-air venues. The lineup features Roddy Frame, Glasvegas, James, The Flaming Lips, The Waterboys, Echo & the Bunnymen, King Creosote, Joan Armatrading and Ben Folds with yMusic.
Finlay MacDonald & Chris Stout
13 August, The Art School, 7:30pm
Folky duo (MacDonald on pipes and whistles and Stout on Shetland fiddle) perform with Mike Bryan on guitar.
Glagsow's Great War
16 August, Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 1:30 and 3:30pm
Music hall show commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of WWI.
Piping Live!
10-16 August, Various venues and times
Make sure you are part of a week long piping event that makes Glasgow the centre of the world stage for piping brilliance. Its exciting and challenging, traditional and contemporary and very much alive.
Music Hall Memories-The Most Vintage Show in Town
29 August, Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 1:30 and 3:30pm
Music hall variety show harking back to the good ol' days, with music, magic, comedy, sing-a-longs and novelties
Lectures, Sports and Local Festivals
The Big River Walk
30 August, Dawsholm Park, 10am
Bring a packed lunch and decent footwear and waterproofs for this wander along the banks of the River Kelvin and the Allander Water (six miles), finishing at Dobbies Garden Centre. Booking essential, return transport provided.
European Fiction in Translation with Donal McLaughlin
18 August, CCA, 7pm
An evening on European fiction in translation with Donal McLaughlin, a founding member of the Scottish Writers' Centre, and author of An Allergic Reaction to National Anthems & Other Stories.
Philippa Gregory
20 August, Mitchell Library, 6pm
The author of 'The Other Boleyn Girl' talks about her newest novel, 'The White Queen', which charts the life of an ambitious woman during the War of the Roses.