Let’s Glow: The Winter’s Tale. Edinburgh College HND Year One Acting and Performance students present Shakespeare’s great tale of love and loss. Can that which is lost be found? 2pm or 7pm, PASS Theatre, Edinburgh College Granton Campus, 350 West Granton Road. Tickets cost £10/£5 and may be purchased by emailing edward.mcgurn@edinburghcollege.ac.uk. Also at same times on Thursday 4th June 2015.
Craigmillar Library Book Group: currently reading The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson. Call in to the library in advance to pick up your copy, then come along on the night to talk about it. 6.30pm, Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road.
Tartan Portraits: Scotland’s History. Art historian Jonathan Macdonald will tell the stories of five separate wearers of tartan from the 17th to the 19th centuries – stories that do not always match the romantic image of the typical Highlander. 12.15-12.45pm, Second Floor, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street. Free and unticketed.
Dementia Awareness Week 2015: Making Musselburgh Dementia Friendly. Come and hear plans to make Musselburgh East Lothian’s first dementia-friendly town. 2.15-4pm, St Andrew’s High Parish Church, High Street, Musselburgh.
Lunchtime Concert: Piano Speak with Will Pickvance. 12.15pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free.
French Cinema: 9 Mois Ferme. An off-the-wall comedy starring Sandrine Kiberlain, who won a Cesar for her interpretation of Judge Ariane Felder. Directed by Albert Dupontel. ‘A disconcerting but hilarious film’. In French with English subtitles. 1-2.30pm, Institut francais d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent. Free admission.
Blackwell’s Edinburgh Presents Kristina Taylor: Women Garden Designers 1900 to the Present. The author looks at twenty-seven of the most important and influential female garden designers and their gardens from around the world, from Gertrude Jekyll to Vita Sackville West, Penelope Hobhouse, Rosemary Verey, Herta Hammerbacher, Rosemary Weisse, Haruko Seki and Isabel du Prat. 6.30pm, Blackwell’s, South Bridge. Free tickets are available from the shop’s front desk, by calling 0131 622 8218, emailing events.edinburgh@blackwell.co.uk or via eventbrite here.
Craigie’s Farm Shop & Cafe Recruitment Evening: a variety of positions are available for summer and weekend staff. If you’re interested come along to the farm tonight! Please RSVP and email your CV to rowland@craigies.co.uk. 6pm, Craigie’s Farm, West Craigie Farm, South Queensferry, EH30 9AR.
The Scottish Gallery: New Exhibitions. (1) Artisan Leather: a solo exhibition of accessories by celebrated Irish designer Una Burke. Una uses traditional leather-working techniques to make both seasonal fashion accessory collections and sculptural art pieces. Her collections are concept based and often influenced by psychological, medical and military sources. (2) Enigmata: a rare collection of works on paper by the distinguished 20th century Scottish artist James Cowie, an admirer of Poussin and the Pre-Raphaelites, who believed that art was the product of thought and reason rather than a spontaneous reaction to the subject. (3) Duncan Shanks: Works on Paper 1957-2013. An exhibition to coincide with The Poetry of Place exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. 10am-6pm Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm Saturdays, The Scottish Gallery, 16 Dundas Street. All three exhibitions close on 30th June 2015.
Bi and Beyond Edinburgh: a fortnightly social gathering for people who identify as bisexual and non-monosexual. With organised social activities and refreshments provided, whatever your label or lack of label we welcome you. 7-9pm, LGBT Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street. Group contact biandbeyondedinburgh@gmail.com.
David Talbot Rice Memorial Lecture 2015: an illustrated conversation between Pat Fisher, Chris Breward and Duncan Macmillan, discussing the past, present and future of Talbot Rice Gallery as it celebrates its 40th year. 6.30-7.30pm, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge. Free tickets may be obtained via eventbrite here.
Get Organised Summer Recitals: John Kitchen presents a selection of favourites, including Lemare Carmen Fantasy, Waldteufel The Skater’s Waltz, Massenet Meditation from Thais and Eric Coates By the Sleepy Lagoon. 1.10-1.50pm, Usher Hall, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 and may be purchased in person from the Box Office, by calling 0131 228 1155 or online here (Phone & online bookings are subject to a transaction fee).
Automatronic: a concert by Michael Bonaventure and Huw Morgan, featuring organ and electronics combining to create a completely new tonal experience. Automatronic is a collective formed in 2013: it seeks to explore, commission, promote and perform new music for the unique combination of organ and electronics. 7.30pm, St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lutton Place. Free admission.
St Mark’s Festival 2015 – Music on a Summer Evening: Portobello High School. Portobello High School’s cello ensemble, directed by Mrs Aimee Horvath, will perform music from Bach to 21st century pop songs. Also from Portobello High, The Spurtle Ceilidh Band will play a mix of traditional music with an individual twist. 7pm, St Mark’s Church, 287 Portobello High Street. Tickets cost £5 (under 16s free) on the door or in advance from the church.
Nothing Ever Happens Here: Eagulls. The Leeds-based band offers ‘chaotic and confrontational live shows’; Eagulls have supported Jesus and The Mary Chain, Suede and Manic Street Preachers, and toured in their own right. ‘Demented riffs, pounding drums and vocals that scream with authenticity’ (Clash). Support tbc. For over 16 years only. 8pm-late, The Dissection Room, Summerhall, 1 Summerhall. Tickets cost £9 in advance (£10 on the door, sta) and may be booked online here or by calling the Box Office on 0131 560 1581.
Opium Sessions: a new weekly open mic/jam night. Come and join in or just come and enjoy! 8-11pm, Opium, Cowgate.
Uke Hoot: a weekly ukulele jam and singalong. 7.30pm tonight and every Wednesday, Kilderkin, 65 Canongate. For more information contact ukehoot@gmail.com.
Sofi’s Lounge Act feat. Dog on a Swing, Tom Reed and Alex L Maxwell. A trio of talented local singer-songwriter/performers play ‘the cosiest venue in Edinburgh’. 7.30pm, Sofi’s Bar, Henderson Street.
