For Crying Out Loud: A Night At The Opera (U). Special screenings for parents/carers and their babies under 12 months (up to two adults per baby). Bottle-warming, baby-changing and buggy parking facilities available. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4.50/£3.50 and can be booked by calling the Box Office on 0131 228 2688 (tickets for these shows are not available online).
Hayter and Atelier 17: Printmaking in Paris in the 1930s. Kerry Watson, Librarian at the Gallery of Modern Art, discusses prints made by Hayter and other artists at Atelier 17 and now on show in the Keiller Library at Modern TWO. Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was of pivotal importance to printmaking in the 20th century. He set up Atelier 17 in Paris in 1927, establishing it as a space for teaching and collaboration. A trained scientist, Hayter’s approach to print processes was to test the boundaries, and he latterly developed a new method of colour printing that relied on the relative viscosities of the inks used. In his long career he also worked with artists as diverse as Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miro and Jackson Pollock. 12.45-1.30pm, Keiller Library, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art TWO, Belford Road. Free and unticketed.
Blackwell’s Edinburgh Presents The Monthly Book Quiz: if you know your Waugh from your Peace and your Meyer from your Heyer, try Blackwell’s Book Quiz – teams of up to five people can take part. 6-7.15pm, Caffe Nero, Blackwell’s, South Bridge. No tickets are required but please arrive early as space is limited. Contact Ann Landmann on 0131 622 8216 for more information.
Edible Gardening: Seasonal Advice. Drop in to find out how to grow your own food, and take a look around the productive garden with the Edible Gardening Project team. 1-3pm, Demonstration Garden, Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, Inverleith Row. Also at same time on Tuesday 3rd February.
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Winter Lecture Series: Craigievar – 50 Years in NTS Care. Ian Gow, National Trust for Scotland curator since 1988, will talk about this fine example of baronial architecture. 6.30-8.30pm, Sanctuary, St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church, 13 George St. £5 (£students £2.50) payable on the door. Non-members warmly welcomed. Call 0131 557 0019 for more information.
Edinburgh CND: 6pm, ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place. All welcome.
LGBT Police Surgery: seek advice, raise concerns around safety issues, report incidents or discuss policing in your area with an officer from Police Scotland. 6.30-7.30pm (within Drop In, which runs 5.30-8pm), LGBT Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street. No appointment needed; for support around safety issues or to meet with the police outwith these times, contact George Burrows on 0131 652 3281 or george@lgbthealth.org.uk.
Gilmerton Library Writers’ Group. Whether it is fiction or poetry you write or want to write, look no further! 6pm tonight and fortnightly, Gilmerton Library, 13 Newtoft Street. Call the library on 0131 529 5628 for more information.
Humanist Society of Scotland: Dr Stuart Ritchie – Religion and Intelligence. Are atheists more or less intelligent than religious people? Can something as simple as an IQ test tell you anything about someone’s beliefs in the origin of the universe or the existence of God? Psychologists have carried out a great deal of research in an attempt to answer these questions; Stuart Ritchie (Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh) will discuss this research, and ask whether any conclusions can be drawn about the relation of IQ to religion. There will be a coffee break after the talk, followed by a Q & A session; discussions will continue in The Mitre in High Street. 7.30-9.30pm, Scotsman Hotel, North Bridge. For more information contact the Edinburgh Humanists’ secretary at edinburgh@humanism-scotland.org.uk.
Bridge 2 Business: Beauty and the Booking System – how new businesses in the hair and beauty sector handle customer engagement. Guest speakers Hayley Brown of Glam Candy and Leah Hutcheon of Appointedd will talk about how they became interested in enterprise, their differing approaches to customer interaction, and how they source and keep customers. There will be opportunities to network and ask lots of questions. 6-8pm, Boardroom, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge. Free but booking required via eventbrite. Organised by Young Enterprise Scotland.
Living Our LGBT Memories: The Living Memory Association and LGBT Youth Scotland will uncover your LGBT stories. Bring your photos to scan, your stories to share and your enthusiasm for a range of interactive activities. 10.30am-4pm, Ground Floor, Ocean Terminal, 5 Quayside Place. Continues 10am-4pm Monday to Friday until 27th February 2015. To learn more about LGBT History Month, read The Edinburgh Reporter’s article here.
