the price we pay - TOA

Take One Action! Film Festival starts today: ‘connecting people, world-class cinema and creative action for a better world’. Twelve days of screenings and discussions, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, on issues as diverse as environmental activism, LGBT rights in African countries, cycling, the value (or not) of university degrees, the Arab Spring, literacy, food chains and much more. Today’s opening event is free; filmmakers, organisers and changemakers will provide an overview of this year’s Festival with exclusive short films and live music. 6.45pm. Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets are required and may be obtained online here.  The launch will be followed at 8.20pm by The Price We Pay (12+), an incendiary documentary examining the UK and global financial system and arguing that the inheritance of generations of entrepreneurs and workers has been appropriated by a tiny global elite. Plus short: Iron Sky. After the film there will be a discussion with Alvin Mosioma (Tax Justice Network – Africa), take-one-action-logoChris Hegarty (Christian Aid) and Jamie Livingstone (Oxfam Scotland). Tickets for The Price We Pay are available from the Filmhouse box office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online here; prices vary.

Baby and Me: a new book group that you can bring your baby to! Relax with your baby, meet other parents, chat, discuss one of the ‘Quick Reads’ collection and find out about books for your child. 11am-12 noon, then fortnightly at the same time, Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road. All welcome. For more information please speak to the library staff or email craigmillar.library@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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Conversation Cafe: if English is your second language and you would like to meet new people and find out more about life in Edinburgh, your local services and Scottish culture, come along to the cafe and chat with people from around the world. These meetings facilitated by a TEFL volunteer and a creche can be provided on request. 12.30-2pm today and every Wednesday, Tynecastle Community Wing, 17-19 McLeod Street. For more information please contact Marzena or Maysoon on 0131 337 1376 or email marzena@healthallround.org.uk or maysoon@healthallround.org.uk.

Image: National Library of Scotland
Image: National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland Guided Tour: a tour of the building and introduction to the Library’s collections and history. The tour will last approximately 45 minutes. 10.30am, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge. Free but booking is essential as places are limited; please call 0131 623 3734 or book online here. Please let NLS know if you have special access requirements.

Edinburgh Napier University Campus Tours: an opportunity to see the university in action. Student Ambassadors will guide you around your chosen campus, show you the facilities on offer and give you an insight into life as an Edinburgh Napier student, with the chance for you to ask questions as you go along. There are six academic Schools across 3 main campuses, each of which will be open today, so when selecting which campus you’d like to visit please make sure you select the correct one for your chosen course. Tours will last approximately one hour. 2pm, Merchiston Campus, 10 Colinton Road, edinburgh_napier_logoCraiglockhart Campus, Glenlockhart Road and Sighthill Campus, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh Napier University. Please register for your tour online here.

Kate Moss (c) David Bailey
Kate Moss (c) David Bailey

Bailey’s Stardust Visually Impaired Tour and Workshop: a free descriptive tour and practical workshop for the visually impaired. 10am-3.30pm, meet at back door of Royal Scottish Academy building, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound. Booking is required: please contact the Information Desk on 0131 624 6560.

Nine Valiant Academicals: the Victoria Cross…the most exclusive military decoration in the world. Stockbridge’s own Edinburgh Academy has produced nine great heroes, each awarded the VC – but who were these ‘Nine Valiant Academicals’? How did they win the world’s top military decoration? Stockbridge-based military history author Ricky D. Phillips leads us on a journey to discover their stories. Wine will be served. 6.30-7.30pm, Stockbridge Library, Hamilton Place. Please book your free place by calling the library on 0131 529 5665 or emailing stockbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk. This event is part of Stockfest 2015.

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Chatterbooks: if you like books and reading, come along to this group and meet new friends, chat about books and join in games and competitions. For ages 8-12. 3.45-4.45pm, Fountainbridge Library, 137 Dundee Street. For more information please ask at the counter, call 0131 529 5617 or email Mohammed.boussabou@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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Morningside Community Council: open meeting preceded by a confidential Police Surgery. The agenda items will include the current consultation on schools in South Edinburgh. 7.30pm (Police Surgery from 7pm), The Open Door, 420 Morningside Road. All local residents and traders welcome. If you have an issue that you would like to raise, please let the secretary know in advance: contact details may be found here.

Literary Dundee 2015 Programme Launch: special guests, wine, and book love! 6.30pm, Looking Glass Books, Simpson’s Loan, Quartermile. Free; please RSVP to literarydundee@dundee.ac.uk. Literary Dundee is a cultural organisation for book events and projects. It supports the literary community in Dundee and is part of the University of Dundee.

Gasland Part 2

Gasland: when Josh Fox receives a $100,000 offer from a natural gas company interested in exploring his land in Pennsylvania’s Delaware River Basin, he decides to do his own research on drilling and the process known as fracking. Josh sets out to interview those who live near drilling sites, and his findings are frightening — their wells contaminated, residents can actually set their tap water on fire. Visits to sites in Colorado, Wyoming and Texas yield similar horrific findings. There will also be a screening of Our Forth’s short film about underground coal gasification, followed by discussion. 8.30pm, The Skylark, 241-243 Portobello High Street. Free entry. Organised by Porty & Craigmillar Greens. For more information please contact portobello-craigmillar@edinburghgreens.org.uk.

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Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council: all members of the community are welcome to attend and to participate. 7pm, Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Street. The community council may be contacted via Stockbridge Library, Hamilton Place, or its own website here.

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LGBT: Bi & 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. For more information please contact biandbeyondedinburgh@gmail.com.

Jamie Oehlers Quartet: one of Australia’s leading jazz artists, saxophonist Jamie Oehlers has won the World Saxophone Competition, Australian Jazz Artist of the Year and multiple Jazz Release of the Year awards, and has performed with Charlie Haden, Eric Harland, Ari Hoenig, and Reuben Rogers. He’s on a UK tour to promote his new CD ‘The Burden of Memory’, appearing at The Jazz Bar for two nights with Oz colleague Tal Cohen (piano) and locals Euan Burton (bass) and Doug Hough (drums). 9pm (entry from 8pm), The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. £7/£5 on the door: please note this venue is cash only. Also at same time on Thursday 18th September.

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