Saturday in Edinburgh – what’s on today

SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST 2014

Comic Art Masterclasses with Kev F Sutherland: join Kev, a writer and artist for the Beano, Marvel and many other comics, to find out all there is to know about making comic strips and manga.  By the end of the session the group will have produced a comic containing a strip by each participant and will each have a character portrait of themselves drawn by Kev. For ages 8+. 10.30am-12.30pm, Morningside Library, 184 Morningside Road. To book a place at Morningside call 0131 529 5654 or email morningside.library@edinburgh.gov.uk OR 2-4pm, Newington Library, 17-21 Fountainhall Road. To book a place at Newington call 0131 529 5536 or email newington.library@edinburgh.gov.uk

The Edinburgh Book Fringe presents social historian and Vice-Principal of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, Selina Todd, who will discuss her book, The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class 1910-2010. ‘Her narrative documents the voices of working class people…Brilliant and well-researched.’ (New Internationalist) ‘The scope and range ..is impressive…taking in working class culture, music and dance crazes, and the move from a world of clerks, secretaries and manual workers to DIY superstores, Sunday working and the demise of trade union power.’ (The Scotsman) 1pm,Word Power Books, 43 West Nicolson Street.  Free.

Soundproof: sound/art/noise/music.  8pm-3am, Forest Cafe, 141 Lauriston Place. Free.

The Mute, the Hidden and the Mysterious: a new body of work showcasing artist Kate Walters’ renowned talent for capturing the intimate relationship between humans and nature. Watercolours, oils, monotypes and drawings.  Today until 31st August 2014, 10am-5pm Monday to Saturday, 1-5pm Sundays, Arusha Gallery, 13a Dundas Street.

GENERATION tours at Modern One: free, discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition, focusing on key themes and artists. 11-11.45am and 1-1.45pm, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art ONE, 75 Belford Road. Free and unticketed. Free bus from Scottish National Gallery on The Mound – see timetable here.

Southside Elderly Club presents a Chand Raat/Commonwealth Celebration (for ladies only): Ghidda (dance), Bollywood Dance, Hina/Mehndi Design, tasty snacks. 7.30pm till late, St Thomas Aquinas High School, 2-20 Chalmers Street. More information from M Malak on 07867 576345.

Lunchtime Recital: Catherine Jones, Mezzo-Soprano and Stephen Wood, piano. 1.10pm, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place.