Garden Buddies Club: come along to this new club and help Tom the Community Gardener start work on the Big Lottery Awards for All funded library garden. For ages 5-12. 2.30-3.30pm, Granton Library, Wardieburn Terrace.
Canongate Kirk Soup Lunch and Fun Bingo; 12 noon (soup lunch served 12-12.45pm), Harry Younger Hall (located through arches opposite Royal Mile School), Little Lochend Close, Canongate. £2. All welcome.
Easter Holidays @ Gilmerton: Rabbit Face Painting. For all ages. 2.30pm, Gilmerton Library, 13 Newtoft Street.
Bookbug: for pre-school children and their parents and carers. 10.30am, Muirhouse Library, 15 Pennywell Court. Also at same time on Friday 10th April.
South Morningside Easter 2015 Holiday Club: a host of fun activities, including Fimo modelling, sports day, Easter bonnet making and lots more, plus trips to Blair Drummond Safari Park, East Links Family Park, and ice skating. Open to all children of primary school age; morning, afternoon and all day sessions offered. 8.30am-5.30pm (5pm on Fridays), South Morningside Primary School, 116 Comiston Road. For information about charges, to obtain a programme or to book, please call South Morningside After School Care Club on 0131 447 6800 or email manager@smascc.org.uk
Puppet Animation Festival 2015: The Folding Theatre Company Presents Jabberwocky. An evil prince is ruining the kingdom; he taxes the people something rotten! To make matters worse, a plague of monsters has descended on the poor benighted people – something has to be done! It falls to (somewhat gormless) Quentin to track and slay the Jabberwock – if only he had heeded his father’s warnings! But Quentin is doing it all for his beloved Cynthia – and the prince has designs on her as well…. For ages 5+. 1.30-2.15pm, North Edinburgh Arts, 15a Pennywell Court. Tickets cost £4/£3/£2 and can be booked by calling North Edinburgh Arts on 0131 315 2151, emailing admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk or in person.
Minecraft Tree Challenge: For ages 5-12. 3-4pm, Muirhouse Library, 15 Pennywell Court.
Red Kite Animation Workshops: create an animation of anything you can imagine! Red Kite is a Leith-based award-winning production company, specialising in the development and production of children’s animated content; these workshops are for primary school age children. 2-4pm today, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th April, Leith Library, 28-30 Ferry Road. You can sign up for all three sessions or just one, and some drop-in places may be available on the day. To book call 0131 529 5517 or email leith.library@edinburgh.gov.uk.
Newington Library Re-Opens! After weeks of renovations, the library opens it doors again at 10am today. Newington Library, 17-21 Fountainhall Road. Please note the library will no longer be open on Sundays.
Easter Children’s Craft Events! 3-4pm, today and 9th, 10th, 16th & 17th April, Piershill Library, 30 Piersfield Terrace. Free.
Lunchtime Concert: Emma Smith (guitar). 12.15pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free.
Jack and the Land Without Music: Storywalk and Come & Try Harp Sessions. Heather Yule, storyteller and harpist, leads a storywalk around the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Follow Jack through stories, riddles and rhymes as he seeks his fortune and unlocks the mystery of the kingdom that has no music; solve the puzzle to find the lost magical harps and help Jack bring music back to the land. The storywalk will end with a come-and-try session, when you will have the chance to try the harps and learn a simple tune. There are two sessions: the 10am performance is suitable for 5-8 year olds and the 2pm performance is for 9-14 year olds. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £9 per child, accompanying adult free. Bookings may be made in person, online here or by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579; a transaction fee applies to online and phone bookings. Please remember to book a free adult ticket in addition to your child’s ticket. This event is part of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, and will also take place at the same times on Wednesday 8th April.
Puppet Animation Festival 2015: Angus Arts Magical Miniature Marvels Puppet Making Workshop. Using a fabulous array of materials and methods, create delightful, daring, charming and champion, amazing, astonishing miniature puppets. Create your own scenery, sound effects, music and lighting and help your puppets perform stunning short shows in magical mini theatres. For all ages – children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. (1) 9.45-11.30am, North Edinburgh Arts, 15a Pennywell Court. Tickets cost £1 and can be booked by calling North Edinburgh Arts on 0131 315 2151, emailing admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk or in person; (2) 1.30-3.15pm, Arts South Edinburgh, Inch Community Centre, 225 Gilmerton Road. Tickets cost £1 and can be booked by calling Inch Community Centre on 0131 664 4710.
Bring on the Spring! Free crafts today and every (opening) day in the school holidays (excepting Wednesday 15th April), 2pm, Ratho Library, 6 School Wynd.
Bookbug: for pre-school children and their parents and carers. 10.30-11.15am, Leith Library, 28-30 Ferry Road. Also at same time on Wednesday 8th April.
Kinect Gaming: for under 16s. 6.30-7.30pm, Leith Library, 28-30 Ferry Road.
Bring on the Spring! Free crafts today and every (opening) day in the school holidays (except Thursdays), 2pm, Sighthill Library, Gate 55, Sighthill Road.
Bookbug: for pre-school children and their parents and carers. 11am, Granton Library, Wardieburn Terrace.
Easter Crafts: 2pm, today and every (opening) day until 20th April 2015, Wester Hailes Library, Westside Plaza. Free.
Craigmillar Library Spring Break Activities: Reading Club. 1.30-2.30pm, Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road. Any child under 8 years must be supervised by a family member over the age of 12.
Morningside Heritage Association Film Night: films on the history of the Dominion Cinema and the Secret Garden at Duddingtson – with complementary ice creams from Luca’s! 6.45pm for 7.15pm, Morningside Parish Church Hall, Braid Road. Tickets cost £3 (members free) and must be obtained in advance from the Convenor of the Association, Bob Cunningham, on 0131 447 4757. Tickets will NOT be sold on the door. Annual membership of the Association costs £12 and is renewable in October of each year. If you decide to join at the meeting, the admission cost of that meeting will be deducted from the membership fee.
Craigmillar Library Spring Break Activities: Art Club with Mark and Helen. 4-5 pm, Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road. Any child under 8 years must be supervised by a family member over the age of 12.
Artistic Collaborations: The Works of John Burnside and Amy Shelton. Join John Burnside and Amy Shelton for an evening of readings from their collaborative works and a discussion exploring the nature of artistic collaboration, the creation of myth and the relationship between bee health, human health, the environment and the arts. The discussion will be followed by a Q & A session. 7-8pm, John Hope Gateway Restaurant, Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, Inverleith Row. Tickets cost £7 and may be booked via eventbrite here: a transaction fee applies. For more information please contact the Royal Botanic Garden on 0131 552 7171. Amy Shelton’s exhibition Bee Works: Florilegium continues at the John Hope Gateway daily until 5th July 2015.
Linlithgow 1st Step Recovery Cafe Launch: a new cafe opening its doors to offer support, advice and hope to local people suffering from or living with the effects of addiction. There will be speeches and refreshments before the ribbon is cut by Dharmacarini Kuladharini, Director of the Scottish Recovery Consortium, which has given its support to the new cafe. The cafe will be based at the Longcroft Hall and run by people who are themselves in recovery and who are now committed to helping others achieve happier and more productive lives. 12.30pm, Longcroft Hall, Linlithgow.
Craigmillar Library Spring Break Activities: Teen Tuesday. 6-7pm, Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road.
The Old Chain Pier Pub Quiz: 7.30pm, Old Chain Pier, Trinity Crescent.
Cavalier Tales: come and here author LJB Fraser talk about Rufus’s life in Edinburgh and his trip to the top! 6.30pm, Ratho Library, 6 School Wynd.
Leith Folk Club: Chesko and Karel, with sensational rhythms of the Caribbean and Spain, + support. 8pm (doors open 7.30pm), Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road. Tickets cost £7 and can be purchased on the door (STA) or in advance via the ticket booking text line: 07502 024852.
