Emerging Artists Series: young Glasgow-based musicians Ainsley Hamill (song) and Alistair Paterson (piano) perform Gaelic and Scots songs. Ainsley and Alistair have been performing together for almost six years after first meeting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; they are both members of the critically acclaimed six-piece folk band Barluath and also perform extensively as a duo. Ainsley was a finalist in this year’s BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award. 11am, Usher Hall, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £3 (students admitted free) and may be obtained from the Usher Hall Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 1155 or online here.
Cameo Silver Screen: if you are over 60, join the Silver Screen Club (it’s free to join – ask at the Box Office) and get tickets for just £5, plus free tea, coffee and biscuits, at these special weekly screenings. Today’s films are Dope (15) showing at 1.20pm and 3.40pm, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (12A) showing at 2pm and 4.30pm, and 45 Years (15) showing at 2.20pm and 4.20pm. Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online. Non-members are also welcome at these screenings, but will be charged standard ticket prices.
South Edinburgh Employment Fair: meet representatives of a range of organisations who can support you in looking for a job and advise you about training, volunteering, benefits and learning. 10am-2pm, Gilmerton Library, Newtoft Street.
Get Organised: Music with Royal Connections. On the eve of the day when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth becomes our longest-reigning monarch, John Kitchen plays a programme of music with royal connections, including The Sovereign’s Fanfare by Sir Arthur Bliss, Walton’s Coronation March ‘Orb and Sceptre’ and an extravagant set of organ variations on the National Anthem by the 19th-century composer Christian Heinrich Rinck. 1.10pm, Usher Hall, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 and may be obtained from the Usher Hall Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 1155 or online here.
Filmosophy: Regeneration. The fifth season of Filmosophy is offered in association with the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, a world-leading research centre studying stem cells, disease and tissue repair to advance human health. The films screened will allow an opportunity to discuss the Centre’s groundbreaking research and will seek to distinguish between science fiction and science fact and to gain an invaluable insight into the lives of those touched by the diseases and injuries that regenerative medicine aims to treat. The screenings will be introduced by James Mooney, Short Courses lecturer and course organiser at the University of Edinburgh. Today’s film is Never Let Me Go (12A), based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel; a haunting story of children growing up in an idyllic-seeming boarding school who, as they grow older, learn that a dark secret hangs over their future. Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins and Andrew Garfield star. 5.45pm, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online here: prices vary. The next film in this series will be I Am Breathing (15) on Tuesday 13th October 2015.
Wordy Scribblers: a monthly creative writing group for ages 8-12, with activities, games and creativity with words! The new term starts today at 4pm, Morningside Library, 184 Morningside Road. To book your place, please call 0131 529 5654 or email dana.mciver@edinburgh.gov.uk.
Cameo Discover Tuesdays: The Wonders (15). Set in Italy’s idyllic but impoverished Ligurian countryside, writer-director Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders focuses on a hard-pressed farming family presided over by a stern patriarch who’s bent on protecting his wife, aunt and four young daughters from the wicked world outside. A chance encounter between oldest daughter Gelsomina and a crew filming a tacky TV show – presented by a diva-ish Monica Bellucci – awakens something in her that will change everyone’s lives. 6pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online here.
Colinton Community Council: this meeting will include a Garden District presentation by PPS Scotland. Agendas and minutes may be found on the community council’s website here. 7pm, Colinton Bowling Club, 49a Redford Road. All local residents welcome.
MIDFEST: Beeslack Community High School Jazz Band and Rolling Hills Chorus. The story of two rebellions – the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion and the 2014 Referendum – plus a mix of classic swing and jazz standards. 7.30pm, Beeslack High School, Edinburgh Road, Penicuik. Tickets cost £5 and may be purchased via eventbrite here.
Leith Folk Club: The Coal Porters + support John Hinchelwood. The Coal Porters claim to be the world’s first “alt-bluegrass” act, demonstrating the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass matched with four-part harmonies and memorable melodies. ‘Firmly established on the UK and European touring circuits, the Coal Porters are an acoustic act with attitude. Their live show is polished yet passionate and second to none’. 7.30pm, Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road. Tickets cost £9 and may be reserved by completing the online form here or texting the club’s dedicated booking line on 07502 024 852. Reserved tickets must be collected by 7.30pm on the night.
The Old Chain Pier Pub Quiz: for teams of up to five. Prizes for first, second and third place! 9pm, The Old Chain Pier, Trinity Crescent. £5 entry fee per team.
Leith Walk By-Election Hustings: come and hear from the prospective councillors ahead of the by-election on Thursday 10th September. 7pm, Area C Coffeehouse, 239 Leith Walk.
