Organic Garden Open Day: Mike & Susan Burns invite you to visit their large, wildlife-friendly garden, which they have tended for 28 years and which includes a mini orchard, pond, kitchen garden, mixed borders, greenhouse, conservatory and secret garden. Refreshments available: teas 20p. 2-5pm, 39 Nantwich Drive, Edinburgh EH7 6RA. Entrance £1/50p: all proceeds will go to Garden Organic, a charity bringing together thousands of people who share a common belief – that organic growing is essential for a healthy and sustainable world. For further information please call Mike Burns on 0131 669 0335.
Filmhouse Junior: screenings for a younger audience. This week’s film is Moomins on the Riviera (U). 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small, and may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online here.
Edinburgh Art Festival: Julie Favreau, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Sorcha Carey – a Roundtable Discussion. The panel of participating commissioned artists and the festival director, chaired by Edward Hollis (author of The Memory Palace), will explore the theme of The Improbable City, a title taken from Italo Calvino’s collection of poems, Invisible Cities. 11.30am, Festival Kiosk, 9-11 Blair Street. Free but booking is required and may be made via eventbrite here.
Celtic Summer School: Traditional Music of Scotland. Follow the streams that join to make Scotland’s rich music traditions. What are the key instruments and sources? And how are those traditions continuing today? A session led by David Francis. 11am, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £7/£5 and may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here. The Celtic Summer School runs from today until 7th August 2015; you can buy tickets for individual events, or save money with a day or weekly pass – see the Centre’s website for details.
Picturehouses Vintage Sundays: classic films back on the big screen. This week: Sunset Boulevard (PG) ‘the definitive statement on the dark and desperate side of Hollywood’, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden. 1pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0871 902 5723 or online here: prices vary.
Celtic Summer School: Scottish Gaelic Literature and Tradition. Gaelic language embodies a civilisation that is central to the making of Scotland. Learn more about the culture and why everyone should learn more Gaelic. A session led by Donald Smith. 1pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £6/£4 and may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here. The Celtic Summer School runs from today until 7th August 2015; you can buy tickets for individual events, or save money with a day or weekly pass – see the Centre’s website for details.
Edinburgh in the Shadows: stories the travel brochures will never reveal. ‘A spoken word journey of death, drugs and disaster exploring Edinburgh’s lesser-known miscreants, unfortunates and flawed geniuses…’ Beattie and Scratchman, Edinburgh’s popular spoken word artists, present a breathtaking preview performance of their Fringe show, telling it like it really is in this blackly funny show about the city’s sinister side, with tales and poems of murder, muck and mayhem that reveal the truth behind Edinburgh’s most celebrated sites and characters. 3-4pm, The Skylark, 245 Portobello High Street.
Celtic Summer School: Dance Traditions of Scotland. Mairi Campbell shares her expertise in the rich diversity of dance in Scotland, with some practice examples and gentle participation for those who choose. 2.30pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £9/£7 and may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here. The Celtic Summer School runs from today until 7th August 2015; you can buy tickets for individual events, or save money with a day or weekly pass – see the Centre’s website for details.
Garage Presents Her Wilderness: a film by Frank Mosley. Her Wilderness weaves an elliptical, minimalist narrative of a lost, wandering child in the wake of an affair that may or may not have happened. 2.30pm or 4pm, GARAGE, Northumberland Street North West Lane. Free: part of Edinburgh Art Festival. GARAGE is a unique, DIY, not-for-profit art space.
Simon Thacker’s Ritmata: the Edinburgh classical/flamenco/jazz acoustic guitarist with his pre-tour stellar line-up of some of Europe’s most gifted musicians – Paul Harrison (piano), Mario Caribe (bass) and Stu Brown (drums/percussion). ‘Stunning original patterns woven seamlessly into a new aural fabric, the delicious shock of the new alongside a further dismantling of musical boundaries, and total absorption in creative expression’. 3-5.30pm, The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. £5/£4 on the door: please note this venue is cash only.
Nitekirk: a monthly, creative drop-in experience of church. A time of reflection, gentle music, candlelight and, throughout the sanctuary, places of optional activity such as poetry, art and prayers. Come and go as you like, join in as much or as little as you wish. The theme this month is Deepening. 5-7pm, Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place. All welcome. ‘A place of welcome, a space for stillness, a pause on your journey, an open door’.
William Young and his Trio: an evening of superb vocals from the ex-Cincinnati Soul/Blues/Jazz vocalist, backed by a top-drawer jazz trio, featuring swinging pianist Peter Johnstone. 9pm (entry from 8pm), The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. £5/£4 on the door: please note this venue is cash only.
