Cameo Toddler Time: short screenings for pre-school children, their parents and carers. Today: Rastamouse Programme 18: Double Crossin’ Diva (U): the skateboarding, reggae playing mouse and his crime-fighting crew return in their vibrant, fun and engaging series, in which each programme carries the special Rastamouse message, ‘Through understanding, love an’ respect, Rastamouse will always make a bad thing good’. 11am, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets cost £3 per child (accompanying adults free) and may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online here.
University of Edinburgh Undergraduate Open Day: for everyone interested in applying for undergraduate studies. Find out about subjects, accommodation, the careers service, libraries, sport, student disability service and lots more. Meet staff and students; advice sessions for parents too! The Open Day operates across several university sites; a shuttle bus service will be available. 9.30am-5pm, University of Edinburgh. Booking is required; full information and a link to the booking site may be found on the university’s website here. A second Open Day will be held on Saturday 26th September 2015.
For Crying Out Loud: special screenings for parents and carers (up to two adults per baby) and their babies under the age of 12 months. Babcychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available. Today’s film is Iris (12A), a documentary about the flamboyantly-dressed, quick-witted 93-year old style maven Iris Apfel. A presence on the New York fashion scene for decades, Iris is a singular woman whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people reminds us that clothing – like life – is nothing but an experiment. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online here: prices vary.
Talbot Rice Gallery: Visually-Impaired Tour and Workshop. Artist and educator Juliana Capes leads this workshop, derived from the themes of the gallery’s current exhibitions, for blind and visually-impaired visitors,. 10.30am-3pm, Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge. Free: to book a place or for more information please call Clare McAllister on 0131 651 4540 or email clare.mcallister@ed.ac.uk.
The Monday Cafe @ Cramond Kirk: for people with dementia and their carers. A light lunch, tea, coffee, support, information and the chance for a chat. 1-3pm, Kirk Hall, Cramond Kirk, Cramond Glebe Road, Cramond. All welcome.
Craiglockhart Community Showcase Event: a community information evening with local organisations, clubs and businesses – come and find out about sports, nature and cultural groups in your area. All welcome! Refreshments available. 7pm, Craiglockhart Church Hall, Craiglockhart Drive North. Organised by Craiglockhart Community Council.
Open Eye Gallery: New Exhibitions. (1) Quarter Days – Tom Mabon: an exhibition coinciding with Kirkcaldy-born Tom Mabon’s 30th year of living on the Black Isle. The seasons and annual events have gradually become a fertile source of inspiration for Mabon’s rural landscapes. This show of new work has its base in Quarter Days, traditionally the four dates in each year on which reckonings had to be made, accounts were settled and educational terms began. Through referencing this annual cycle, Tom unites historical references with his current surroundings, inviting us to question how the documentation and categorizing of time has altered since our ancestors’ days (2) Transience – Angus McEwen: the watercolour artist documents everyday objects at the peak of decay; old doors, windows, walls and buildings – indeed anything which is transient in our environment. The fugitive nature of life and how everything is constantly in a state of flux is greatly significant to his work (3) Trees of the North – Ian Westacott: the Australian-born, Highlands-based artist’s debut exhibition at the gallery features etchings from the last 10 years of his practice, which has mainly evolved around historic trees in the UK and especially those in Scotland. They all have a story, a significance and a presence that has kindled Westacott’s desire to draw. 10am-6pm Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm Saturdays, Open Eye Gallery, Abercromby Place. Trees of the North ends on 21st September 2015; Transience and Quarter Days continue to 23rd September 2015.
New Town and Broughton Community Council: 7.30pm, Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s Church, Bellevue Crescent. All local residents welcome. If you wish to raise an issue at the meeting please use the form in the community council’s website here to communicate the details beforehand.
Cameo Culture Shock: bringing you the best in cult and genre films. Today’s film is An American Werewolf in London (15); while wandering the moors on vacation, American students David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) happen upon a quaint pub, where the mysterious locals warn them not to leave the road when walking after dark. As heedless of such advice as characters in horror films always are, the two decide to find a short cut… 9pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online here; prices vary.
Blackwell’s Edinburgh Presents The Monthly Book Quiz: if you know your Waugh from your Peace and your Meyer from your Heyer, try the monthly book quiz – it covers everything from classics to current bestsellers, Booker Prize winners and celebrity biographies. Teams of up to five people are welcome. 6pm (please arrive early as space is limited), Caffe Nero, Blackwell’s, South Bridge. Free. For more information please email events.edinburgh@blackwell.co.uk.
Grassmarket Community Cinema: Kind Hearts and Coronets (U). ‘Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) should be heir to a dukedom but his family, the snobbish D’Ascoynes, have cut Louis off because his mother married badly. Vengeful and hate-filled, he sets out to regain his rightful place by killing everyone in the way. Everyone in ‘the way’ is played by Alec Guinness. All of them. He’s every member of the D’Ascoyne family and while each role is quite small, Guinness makes them all memorable. He’s helped by Dennis Price’s Louis devising increasingly wild ways with each of Guinness’ deaths being a fresh and horribly funny thrill. Louis should be hateful: he’s one of the cinema’s first serial killers. But Kind Hearts and Coronets is a film where you want the murderer to escape.’ (BBCi films). Directed by Robert Hamer. 7pm, Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row. All welcome; free – donations to the Project also very welcome. The cafe will be open – please use it!
Broughton History Society: Alistair McEwen will talk about Scottish Pipers in World War I. 7pm (refreshments – lecture starts at 7.30pm), Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place. Annual membership of the society starts in September and costs £10; visitors are welcome at evening meetings. For further information and/or to join, please contact the Chairman, Richard Love, on 0131 556 1488 or wordsandwalls@blueyonder.co.uk, or the Membership Secretary, Helen Rorrison, on 0131 557 5973 or hec@st-andrews.ac.uk.
LGBT Police Surgery: seek advice, raise concerns around safety issues, report incidents or discuss policing in your area with an officer from Police Scotland. No appointment needed for this informal setting. 6.30-7.30pm (within weekly Drop-In, which runs 5.30-8pm), LGBT Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street. For more information, for support around safety issues or to meet with the police outwith the police surgery contact George Burrows on 0131 652 3281 or email george@lgbthealth.org.uk.
Tricolor: the National Library’s monthly night showcasing different poetry and spoken word talents. This month’s performers are Colin Will and Katherine McMahon. 6.30pm, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge. Free but please book by calling 0131 623 3734 or online here.
Sofi’s Cult Movies: popular classics on the silver screen in the cosy, darkened back room. Free popcorn! Tonight’s film is Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom (12). 8pm, Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street. Free.
The History of Brewing in Edinburgh: a night of tales, photographs and history with the Scottish Brewing Archive. 6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library, 137 Dundee Street. Free but please reserve your place by calling the library on 0131 529 5616 or emailing fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk.
