Emerging Artists Series: Cherrygrove. Discover some new talent from a range of great young professional musicians at the outset of their careers. Cherrygrove is an exciting new folk ensemble that skilfully brings together thoughtful and sophisticated arrangements of many trad and classic songs. 11am, Usher Hall, Lothian Road. There will be the opportunity to meet the artists in the cafe bar at 11.45am. Tickets cost £3 (free to students and schools) and can be purchased online or by calling the box office on 0131 228 1155. The Emerging Artists series is presented by the Usher Hall in partnership with Live Music Now Scotland! Live Music Now is a unique scheme founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1997.
Bookbug: songs and rhymes for very young children. 10.30-11am today and every Tuesday, Corstorphine Library, 12 Kirk Loan. Also at same time every Saturday.
Edinburgh Preview for StAnza 2015: short readings from several of this year’s StAnza poets, including Edinburgh’s makar Christine De Luca and Gaelic poet Peter Mackay, plus music from Edinburgh’s own Kirsty Law, who will be singing at the Festival Launch in March, and a round-up of some of the festival highlights. 6-7pm, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge. Tickets are free but must be booked by emailing info@stanzapoetry.org or calling 07900 207 429. For further information please contact Eleanor Livingstone via the same email address. StAnza is Scotland’s International Poetry Festival and will take place 4-8 March 2015.
Holocaust Memorial Day: The Story of Anne Frank. Storyteller Colin Mackay retells the story of the famous diarist and reflects on what her story means to us today: a moving session, for adults and children aged over 11 years, in the Storytelling Bothy. 12 noon-1pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 High Street. Tickets cost £6/£4 and can be booked online or by calling the box office on 0131 556 9579.
Holocaust Memorial Day: Meet the Author – Elizabeth Wein, author of Rose Under Fire. Rose Justice is a young pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. On her way back from a semi-secret flight, Rose is captured and ends up in Ravensbruck, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. There she meets an unforgettable group of women, who must bond together to survive. 1pm, McDonald Road Library, 2 McDonald Road. To reserve a place please email ian.kirkby@edinburgh.gov.uk.
Holocaust Memorial Day: Schindler’s List (15). A special showing of Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed film, based on the true story of Oskar Schindler. 7pm, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets can be booked via the Filmhouse website.
Get Organised:The Best of Baroque. Popular lunchtime concerts with Edinburgh City organist John Kitchen. This week, music from Handel, Bach, Purcell, Walther, and the lesser-known Andre Campra. 1.10-1.50pm, Usher Hall, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £3 and can be purchased online or by calling the box office on 0131 228 1155.
Scottish Poetry Library Workshop: Jennifer Williams, poet and SPL programme manager, facilitates this writing workshop in which participants read, discuss and write poems. Please bring paper and a pencil or pen, or an electronic device that you use for writing. 6-8pm, Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close. Tickets cost £5/£4 and can be booked via eventbrite. For more information email jennifer.williams@spl.org.uk.
Edinburgh College Course Information Days: find out about courses starting in August – whether you want to get on the career ladder, learn new skills or continue with your studies, come and talk to staff across the curriculum. The College can offer all sorts of courses, from HND, HNC and associate degree programmes that lead on to university study, to Access courses to help you get back into education, community-based courses and industry-approved qualifications. 2-6.30pm, Edinburgh College Sighthill Campus, Bankhead Avenue. A second Information Day will take place at the College’s Milton Road campus on Thursday 29th January: each Information Day will cover the full range of courses offered at all campuses.
Cafe Ceilidh: Celebrating Robert Burns. Join Linten Adie and friends from the Scots Music Group for a free afternoon of songs and music in the Storytelling Court. 2-4pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 High Street. No booking required – just come along.
Edinburgh College of Art Friday Lecture Series – on a Tuesday! With a practice spanning over forty years, Susan Hiller is considered one of the influential artists of her generation. She talks to Dr Louise Milne (ECA) about her work, the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain in 2011. 5.30-7pm, Main Lecture Theatre (E22), Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place. All welcome: free.
The Edinburgh Quartet: a lunchtime concert featuring Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet and Mendelssohn’s Quartet Op 44 No 2. 1.10pm, Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square. Free and unticketed.
