Streetland Meetland - 2 April 2011

Streetland Meetland is taking place this Saturday at The Chalet (Victoria Road end of Dixon Avenue). They'll be music, a quiz and cakes all profits go to help raise funds for the Streetland festival. Tickets are £3 and it all kicks off at 7pm.

more info at http://www.streetland.net/

This Weekend - 25 - 27th March

It's the first weekend of spring,   

On Saturday morning from 10.30am till 1pm Strathbungo are holding their annual Spring Fling.

At 12 oclock the fantastic Govanhill Swimmers are holding a Swimming Gala in the Govanhill Baths.

Beanscene on Skirving Street are hosting a craft fair 12:30pm to 16:30pm

This Saturday the Glad Cafe presents World Music at the Victoria Hall, in Govanhill. 7-9pm There will be Scottish and Irish music with Karina Smillie, Danny Boyle and friends, Zimbabwean music and poetry with Tawona and Ernest Sithole and The Persian Dust Band with Farhad Mohammadi and Naser Maulavi. Tickets are £7

 The Go Slow Cafe are hosting Listen in, Lights out. An evening of music and song at the Go Slow Cafe featuring: Ceylan Hay, Flora and Robin, George Thomas, Kirstie Penman, Patrick & Paul. Tickets are £4 and can be bought from the Go Slow Cafe. Free tree with every ticket. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards community gardening projects in the Govanhill area.

World Music From the Glad Cafe - 26th March 2011

This Saturday the Glad Cafe presents World Music at the Victoria Hall, in Govanhill. There will be Scottish and Irish music with Karina Smillie, Danny Boyle and friends, Zimbabwean music and poetry with Tawona and Ernest Sithole and The Persian Dust Band with Farhad Mohammadi and Naser Maulavi

You can buy tickets from www.thegladcafe.co.uk or reserve tickets by email info@thegladcafe.co.uk. Tickets £7 (£5 concessions)

Victoria Hall

70 Coplaw Street Govanhill

Glasgow G42 7JG

Saturday March 26th from 7 - 9 pm.

Tales of the West

Ok so last week we went on a trip. We took a little boat, sailed over the river and headed to Glasgow's Westend where we were invited for dinner at the Ubiquitous Chip restaurant on Ashton Lane. It was such an unusual little trip we thought it worth sharing. How often do you go for dinner in more than two dimensions?

We weren't really sure what to expect from the night as our friend had briefly told us about the "Ing3dients" event which was on and was billed as "the world's first interactive sensory dining experience". All we knew was that it was the result of a collaboration with Alasdair Gray and involved us wearing 3D glasses - is it Avatar 2 we feared. Luckily there were no funny blue people with tail fetishes and just lots of very tasty food.

As it was a special event there was a set 5 course menu (with veggie option) with each course coinciding with a 3D piece of video footage on the main screen. I must be honest and say I was not completly won over by this main piece which wasn't really interactive at all. I found the 3D animals rotating on the screen a little bit distracting from the food with their constant sudden movement making me feel a little uncomfortable. Later, as the night progressed, the images became more absract with smoother movement and I found these far more interesting. The room was really atmospherically light and the sound was low and rythmic and this was really effective at making you feel like something different was going on. There was also a really fun little projected pond and sky in the middle of the space with fish and lobsters scurrying for safety as you passed. These were really good fun, as were the giant slowly moving coloured landscapes against one wall which felt more connected to Gray's normal art practice, while still feeling quite fresh.

The food was delicious, I had the full set menu, plus a few bites of Ann's veggie option and it was of very high quailty. The two highlights for me came towards the end with an amazingly tender roasted shin of beef dripping with thick dark juice and the Chip desert classic, vanilla ice-cream rolled in oats. Its quite an expensive evening at around £50 a ticket but for a special occasion we'd reccomend it, though you'll have to be quick as it stops on the 31st March.

As a wee experiment in visiting other parts of the city we must say it was very enjoyable and we now challenge all our Westend friends to come over to our side and give the best of the South a try. One of the things we always regreat about Glasgow is that the different sections are not easily connected, you always have to pass through the Centre to get anywhere else.

Maybe we should organise some kind of exchange programme, we send over a dozen or so of us Southside lot and they send us back over a dozen or so of their people. Anyone like the some of that and fancy signing up to do some exploration?

Govanhill Swimmers Gala - 26th March 2011

A couple of weeks ago I came across the Govanhill Swimmers website. It made me smile alot! The Govanhill Swimmers are a group of students from the RSAMD who get to together and through performances in and around Govanhill, promote the Govanhill Community Baths Project.

The Govanhill Swimmers are looking for somewhere to swim, unfortunately the only pool they can find is closed. For now they continue to train outside and hold their swim meets and races on the streets of Govanhill as their search for a local pool continues

On Saturday 26th March, for the first time, the group will be holding their Swimming Gala within the Govanhill Baths. Go along and support this fantastic group in their quest to find somewhere to swim.

Saturday, 12 o clock at Govanhill Community Baths

***Update: There is a very interesting article on the Govanhill Community Bath's website detailing the realisation of this project, the RSAMD students involved in the project and also a great selection of photos from the Gala. click here

Tramway: Call for Creatives

Another fun little sounding project for Southside Creative types to get involved with at the Tramway.

Project description

The nexy Tramway Family Day explores storytelling and early years literature.  

Explore reading, writing and storytelling in a day celebrating early years literature. Taking inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the event will take place across Tramway's spaces and be suitable for babies, toddlers, primary school age children and their families.

We are looking for a couple of things for next family day, and maybe people looking for experience in costume or set design can benefit from these opportunities.  

1. Set design / dressing - create a cost effective 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party' table set that can be set up simply within 20 mins and is child-friendly. Uses 20 chairs and 2 trestle tables. Space approx 5m x 7m.
2. Needs to be sturdy as will be used 3 times during the day. Nothing breakable or unsuitable 4-12 yr olds.
3. Set design / dressing - create a comfortable child-friendly Alice in Wonderland-themed storytelling corner.Must be fire-proof, able to fit around 35-40 toddlers and parents within it and be simple to set up / clear away.
   Thoughts so far include a 'chess board' made from black and white cushions sewn together, with foam chess pieces as extra cushions / or a garden space? Needs to sit on floor space approx 5m x 7m and withstand full day of use from babies and toddlers.3. 4 student actors required as storytellers on the day. They will be given 3 children's books each to learn and will need to perform them to groups of 30-40 parents and toddlers / young primary school children on rotation between 10.30am and 3pm. Need to have no fear as the audience likely to be distracted and noisy!
   Microphones optional.
4. Costume design - We would love to have a queen of hearts and / or White Rabbit running around on the day. Anyone up for helping make this happen? Anyone up for volunteering to dress up?
5. As ever event volunteers required the week before the event and on the day to help with decorations, making up goody bags etc.  

Please see the event illustration (from Erin McGrath) as reference for the style we are using for event promotion and general decorations on the day.  

Submission instructions

We are open to suggestions and getting creative!

The event will take place on Sunday 8th May 10am - 6pm.

Interested?  

Please email us your ideas in brief along with

*Name

*Contact Tel / Email

*Rough idea of costs / timescale

Deadline for entries: 25th March at 5pm  

Rosemary James

Audience Engagement Officer

FOOTPRINTS

Audience Engagement Project

Leave Your Mark On Tramway
mailto:mrosemary@tramwayfootprints.org.uk

www.tramwayfootprints.org.uk/

Tel: 0845 330 3501

The Baths Art Auction

Really good wee event happening at Govanhill Baths this week, an art auction in an empty swimming pool.

"Please join us for three days of art exhibition and silent auction within the walls of The Govanhill Baths. The event will culminate on the evening of March 19th in a live auction of a number of the most desired works from the silent auction, as well as a number of works from invited well established artists. The live auction begins at 7pm. Proceeds of the event will support the Govanhill Baths Community Trust in their campaign to restore this historic, essential, recreational, health giving facility and to return it to community use. "

Atrtists inclluded in the live auction on Saturday night include; Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon with Jonathan Monk, Turner nominee Lucy Skaer and Becks Futures winner Toby Paterson and the prestigious work of; Nathan Coley, Sam Ainsley, Claire Barclay, Kate Davis, Alan Michael, Ilana Halperin, Nick Evans, Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir, Erica Eyres, Ross Collins, Jane Topping, Lorna Macintyre.  

The “silent” auction comprises work contributed via an open call and will feature the work of over 40 emerging, local, national and international talent.

Go to http://bathsauction.com/  to see the full catalogue and more details of the auction.

Opening of Thursday, March 17th, from 7pm to 9pm.

Exhibition and Silent Auction continue Friday and Saturday from 10am - 6pm or by appointment.

Live Auction begins at 7pm Saturday evening

The Govanhill Baths
99 Calder Street
Govanhill
Glasgow, G42 7RA

The Chalet: Contemporary Glasgow Artists

Sadly this event is not in the South but as it has been created by and features the work of the great Govanhill little art studio "The Chalet" it deserves a mention.

The Chalet: Contemporary Glasgow Artists

12 March - 9 April Exhibition Preview 11 March 6-8pm
The Chalet presents a heady and eclectic mix of new and established talent, offering sculpture, painting, print, lighting, furniture, photography, and more. With 18 artists represented, this exhibition promises to be both diverse and exciting: a world of wonder slowly unfurls around you.

There will be a show in The Chalet soon though as part of the Streetlands Festival - more info soon.

And the winner is . . .

Fiona Gibson, who has won dinner for two and two tickets to see Marilyn tonight at The Citizens Theatre.

Runner up was Janet Chambers who wins two tickets to see Marilyn tonight.

Congrats to you both, hope you have a great night.

Great Southside Giveaway - Cookie and the Citz

Cookie and The Citizen's theatre have recently teamed up to offer a 15% discount on pre-theatre food to people holding valid Citizen's tickets. "We want to put the theatre back into pre-theatre, we also want to let you wine and dine after the show. Our 2 course set menu costs only £10 for pre-theatre dining for patrons and we will have a taxi waiting for you."

Both places are on our favourite list so this sounds like a great deal and with the new season underway at The Citizen's there are lots of good reasons to give it a try.

To celebrate this new deal we are pleased to offer pre-theatre dinner for two at Cookie and two tickets to see Marilyn at the Citz this Thursday night 10 March @ 7:30pm. All you need to do to enter the prize draw is tell us "Your best Southside Secret" *. There will also be some runners up tickets too so get entering, Winners will be announed on the Blog tomorrow morning so check back to see if you've won.

The usual Giveaway rules apply, click here to read

Marilyn
"During the summer of 1960, Marilyn Monroe and French actress Simone Signoret live in adjacent apartments at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Thrown together while Monroe films the movie Let’s Make Love with Signoret’s husband Yves Montand, the pair form an uneasy friendship, plagued by jealousy and insecurity. Under the watchful eye of Patti, hairdresser to the stars, it will become a relationship that will test their deepest beliefs and threaten to destroy them both."

The Citizens - http://citz.co.uk/whatson

Cookie - http://www.cookiescotland.com/

* This could be a place to have a picnic, your best cafe, restuarant and interesting piece of street art or something altogether more personal if you feel like sharing.

This Weekend - 04-06 March

Ok a lovely little selection of things on this weekend in the Southside.
Lots for the green fingered to herald in the spring with the above items in Govanhil and Queens Park organised by South Seeds.

Plus there is some fruit tree planting in Battlefield Community Gardens on Saturday and Urban Roots are having a spring gardening workshop in Toryglen.

Then you've got the usual Farmer's Market and Park Run events and the start of the brill Spring Night Sky lecture series at the Planetarium.

And the second Hidden Treasures Craft Fair will be on at Martyn's Tearoom, 1067 Cathcart Road, Mount Florida on Sunday 6th March, 12-4pm.

Eastwood Park Theatre are showing the Jungle Book and the original Batman films on Sunday (see post below for further details)
Prob lots we've missed too so let us know what else there is.

Eastwood Park Theatre - Classic Film weekend and Smalltown

 

Eastwood Park Theatre have a host of interesting events over the next week. This weekend there are three films being shown on Sunday afternoon there's Jungle Book and then in the evening Tim Burton's oscar winning 1989 original Batman. Then on Monday afternoon  Audrey Hepburn classic Roman Holiday is being shown. All tickets are £4 (Box Office 0141 577 4970) 

Then on Thursday 10 March, Things are about to get a whole lot crazy! Created by three of Scotland’s most dynamic writers, Smalltown tells the unexpected tales of what happens when a polluted water supply turns its residents crazy - from Zombies in the Frozen Food aisle, to a dangerous game of Russian Roulette in Tourist Information.Smalltown is the story of nature wreaking her revenge, unleashing all sorts of hell. Literally.Find yourself trapped in three separate stories of Smalltown life – from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. You turn the drama into a crisis and get to decide how the story ends!

A thrilling, engaging and downright hilariously dark rollercoaster of a show from the Company that brought you ‘Promises Promises’ and the 'Little Johnny’ trilogy.

 For more details visit the Random Accomplice website

7.30pm  Standard  £12  Concession  £10   Box Office 0141 577 4970