Water of Leith Conservation Trust: Art Walk from Belford to Canonmills. Discover the hidden art treasures – from industrial relics to stunnning wells – along the walkway from the Gallery of Modern Art to Canonmills. 2pm, starting at entrance to Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (near the buried Gormley statue), Belford Road. £4 per person (Trust members £2): advance booking is essential and may be made by calling 0131 455 7367 or emailing admin@waterofleith.org.uk.
Dementia Awareness Week 2015: St James Centre Information Day. Come for a chat with the Alzheimer Scotland Edinburgh team. 10am-4pm, St James Centre, 1 Leith Street.
Friends of Harrison Park: come and get stuck into the herb garden! Planting and tidying up, harvesting herbs for your kitchen and sowing the new wildflower bed. Learn how to plant seeds and take cuttings. 10.30am-1pm, Community Herb Garden (at the dog-free zone, accessed from Harrison Road), Harrison Park, Polwarth, All welcome: gloves and tools provided. Please note that under-16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Filmhouse Junior: screenings for a younger audience. Today’s film is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (U). 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small, and may be purchased by calling the Box Office on 0131 228 2688 or online here.
Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway: Mixed Traffic Gala. A special event featuring steam and heritage diesel-hauled trains. Special timetables and fares will apply. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society, Bo’ness Station, Union Street, Bo’ness. For more information please call 01506 822298 or email enquiries.railway@srps.co.uk.
Cameo Vintage Sundays: Piccadilly (PG). One of the pinnacles of British silent cinema, Piccadilly is a sumptuous showbiz melodrama seething with sexual and racial tension. The Chinese-American screen goddess Anna May Wong stars as Shosho, a scullery maid in a fashionable London nightclub, whose sensuous tabletop dance catches the eye of suave club owner Valentine Wilmot. She rises to become the toast of London, and the object of his erotic obsession – to the bitter jealousy of Mabel, his former lover and star dancer. ‘One of the truly great films of the silent era’ (Martin Scorsese). 1pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Box Office on 0871 902 5723 or online here.
Symphonic Praise: a full symphonic concert led by Origin’s Exile Choir and Chamber Orchestra. Origin is an Edingburgh-based evangelistic youth ministry. 8pm, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place. Free but booking is required and may be made here.
Shore Poets – May: poetry, music and a raffle for the famous lemon cake! 7.45pm, Henderson’s at St John’s, 3 Lothian Road. Admission £5/£3 on the door: all welcome – for more information contact publicity@shorepoets.org.uk.
#artcore Presents Create a Scene at Bongo Lives! An exciting day of #artcore activities as the #artcore team showcases a full programme from the ongoing Microprojects, a series of workshops for young people aged 13-25 years, featuring everything from animation to Zine-making. Hear some of the capital’s finest young bands and solo performers from Verden Studios’ Demo Lite project, get gaming with interactive demos from Freemachines, watch the animation showreel from Red Kite Animation, check out some guerilla art with Creative Electric, listen to Strangetown perform their new radio plays and make your own publication in the Create-a-Zine workshop. 2-6pm, The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate. Free entry.
Ragged University Film and Curry Night: Ragged University believes that we learn through social means – these nights are about taking in a film, thinking about what you’ve seen, eating good (vegetarian) food and then discussing the film together. The film tonight is The Corporation: Part Two (PG). Some of the discussion will be recorded to share with those who are unable to attend. Although the food and venue are both provided free, Serenity is a social enterprise run by people in recovery for people in recovery, providing a social space without alcohol for people to meet (it is also a great cafe, open to the public and serving delicious food), so those who can afford a donation towards costs are invited to make one on the night. 6-8.30pm, Serenity Cafe, The Tun, 8 Jackson’s Entry, Holyrood Road. Please email info@raggeduniversity.com for more information. And please support Serenity; it’s open 9am-5pm every day.
Anyone Can Play Guitar feat.Lost Proclaimer. A new open music night for anyone who plays anything BUT guitar (whether or not they can sing). Hosted this time by local folk troubadour Lost Proclaimer. 8pm, Sofi’s Bar, Henderson Street.
Marathon Party with DJ Joybox: shake your tired muscles to some groovy music. 6-9pm, Joseph Pearce, Elm Row.
Rock and Roll Ping Pong with DJ Ding and DJ Dong. A free monthly Sunday night social. 7-11pm, The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate.
St Giles’ At Six: Matthew McAllister (guitar) plays an all French programme featuring music by Francois Couperin, Francis Kleynjans, Gustave Samazeuilh and Roland Dyens. 6pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free; retiring collection.
