Cameo Big Scream: special screenings for parents and carers and their babies under 12 months old. Membership of the Big Scream Club costs £5, lasts until your child’s first birthday and allows you to buy tickets at Picturehouse members’ rates. Only customers with babies will be admitted to these screenings. Today: Moomins on the Riviera (U). 10.30am, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Box Office on 0871 902 5723 or online here.
Lunchtime Concert: North Dakora State University, USA. 12.15pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free.
Ragged University: Littoral Art/Education for Sustainability. In the first talk of the evening Julia Barton shares the results of her beach litter findings, recorded within 18 littoral zones in Ross-shire over the past 18 months. At least one million seabirds and one hundred thousand sharks, turtles, dolphins and whales die from eating plastic every year. Julia explains how she wants to use contemporary art to highlight ways in which we can change our behaviour to reduce this environmental degradation and the loss of marine life. The second speaker is Susan Brown, who will talk on Fostering Vandalism of the Earth? Or Stewardship? Susan hopes to promote initial thinking about what ‘education for sustainability’ is, why it is important to engage with this question, and how people are working towards integrating sustainability into curricula. 7-10pm, The Counting House, West Nicolson Street. All welcome, free, no booking required.
Live Music Now: Granny Green. This recently formed trio of trumpet, tuba and accordion perform a mixed programme of classic Scottish and wartime tunes, brought up to date by the ensemble’s quirky arrangements. The programme will include It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, Herr Roloff’s Farewell and When the War is Over. 6-6.30pm, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street. Free and unticketed.
Spotlight On: Pringle of Scotland. Join NMS experts as they discuss Pringle’s evolution from hosiery manufacturer to cutting-edge fashion brand. For ages 14+. 2-3pm (doors open 1.45pm), Auditorium, Level One, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street. Free tickets may be obtained in person from the Museum’s information desk, by calling 0300 123 6789 or online here.
UnCAPped: Edinburgh College HND Contemporary Art Practice Graduate Exhibition. Preview today 6-8pm, then 10am-5pm, Friday 29th and Saturday 30th May, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Hawthornvale.
Golden Hare Books and Vagabond Voices Present Peter Gilmour: Spring Manoeuvres. The Glaswegian writer launches his new novel, the tale of Douglas Low, a man who has reached the last slice of life. Recovering from a heart condition, he retires to a cottage on Holy Loch with his invalid wife Edith and visiting lover Helen. This new life, lived in the shadow of nuclear weapons, finds a gentle, clandestine rhythm, but this is complicated by the arrival of Douglas’s son, an unpredictable drifter who soon ruffles military feathers. 7-9pm, Golden Hare Books, St Stephen Street, Stockbridge. Free tickets are available via eventbrite here or by calling the shop on 0131 629 1396.
Spark Greyfriars Lunchtime Concerts: Italian Baroque Programme. Dr Anne Desler, Lecturer in Music Performance, Reid School of Music, (mezzo-soprano) and Gina Baker (piano). 12 noon-12.45pm, Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place. Free: no booking required.
Stockbridge and New Town Community Orchestra Spring Concert: Haydn Te Deum (with Stockbridge Parish Church Choir), Vaughan Williams The Wasps Overture, Walton Crown Imperial, Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture…and more. 7.30pm, Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Street. Tickets £5 on the door.
Swim Teacher Open Evening: ever thought about becoming a swimming teacher? If you have a passion for swimming and would like to find out more about the work of Edinburgh Leisure’s friendly Aquatics and Learn to Swim Teams, the courses they offer and the employment opportunities available, come along to this open evening. 5.30-8pm, Portobello Swim Centre, 57 Promenade, Portobello. Please book your place by calling the Swim Centre reception on 0131 669 6888.
