Tuesday 13 May 2014 – from Love in a Library to How Rock Stars Stole My Life
Craigmillar Community Arts: Women’s Multi Art Group: a new group for women; a chance to enjoy arts, crafts, drawing & painting in a sociable setting. 10-11.30am. Tel: 0131 669 8432 or see Craigmillar’s website.
Tuesday Open Art Studio: learn the basics of painting & drawing. Do your own thing or get assistance from a volunteer tutor. Craigmillar Community Arts, 1-2.30pm, £1. Contact details as above.
Love in a Library: a pop-up opera in association with Edinburgh International Festival: songs by Schumann, Wagner, Gershwin, Schubert and Quilter. Central Library, George IV Bridge. 12.30-1.30pm
The Kick: a film by Andres Veiel, shown as part of a project led by Dora Osborne, Leverhulme Early Career at the University of Edinburgh and supported by the Goethe Institut. The film examines the received ‘facts’ about the murder of a 16 year old boy near Berlin in 2002. Veiel will attend this event for a Q & A session, which will be followed by a drinks reception hosted by the German Consulate General. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 7.30-10pm. For 18+ years only. Free tickets can be obtained from WeGotTickets.
How Venetian Was Titian? Tom Nichols, University of Glasgow, asks whether Titian’s works can really be seen as representative of his adoptive city, and highlights the tensions between the individualism of Titian’s paintings and the conservative cultural and social mores of Venice. Scottish National Gallery Hawthornden Theatre (Gardens Entrance), The Mound; 12.45-1.30pm, free and unticketed. (Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Art is on at the Gallery until 14th September.)
Rock Stars Stole My Life! Award-winning writer and broadcaster Mark Ellen in conversation with Bruce Findlay about his new book. 6.30-8pm, Blackwell’s, South Bridge. To get your free ticket call in at Blackwell’s front desk or phone 0131 622 8218.
Play Time – Who would you like to be? Enjoy modern drama in an informal, lively way with Andrew Martin and Kate Hendry: the National Library of Scotland’s play-reading group reads a different short play aloud each fortnightly session. No performance, no public audience, no experience necessary. 6-8pm, free, no need to book, but more information form k.hendry@nls.uk. NLS, George IV Bridge.
Stitch ‘n’ Time: award-winning weekly sewing and crafting class led by a professional seamstress. The group focuses on projects to help the community whilst learning new skills & sharing a cuppa! Free and open to all levels and abilities. 1-3pm, WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove. Tel: 0131 458 3267 or see WHALE’s website for more information.
St Giles’ Cathedral: lunchtime concert with the University of Miami Choir. 12.15pm
Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus & the Frost Chorale from Miami present a free concert with works by Britten, Rutter, Whitaker & Moses Hogan. Retiring collection for Drake Music Scotland. 7.30-10pm, (doors open 7pm), Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, Greyfriars Place.
