Heather Lucchesi: Light Bulb Arts. Local artist Heather has formed a social enterprise delivering accessible art workshops to schools and the wider community, including work with Alzheimer Scotland and Art in Healthcare: this exhibition includes both her own mixed media work and pieces from the workshops, together with information about the projects. 10am-8pm Monday to Wednesday, 10am-5pm Thursday to Saturday (closed Sundays), Charles Smith Room, Morningside Library, 184 Morningside Road. There will be a drop-in Art & Chat afternoon with Heather at the exhibition 1.30-4.30pm on Saturday 23rd May. The exhibition will close on 30th May 2015.
Cameo Toddler Time: short screenings exclusively for pre-school children and their parents and carers. This week: Toot the Tiny Tugboat Programme 2 (U). Life on the high seas is a whirl of fun and adventure when you’re a little boat with big ideas. 11am, Cameo, Home Street. Membership of Toddler Time is free (ask at the Box Office) and allows you to buy tickets for these screenings for £3 per child, accompanying adults free; tickets may be purchased online here or by calling the Box Office on 0871 902 5723. No adult unaccompanied by a toddler will be admitted.
Lunchtime Concert: SINK. SINK are an Edinburgh-based trio [Daniil Doumnov (accordion), Tim Vincent-Smith (violin) and Matt Wright (soprano sax)] who explore the tactile air by means of vibrations, influenced by, among others, Beethoven, Cage, Zorn and Matt’s dog Daisy. 12.15pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free.
For Crying Out Loud: special screenings for carers and their babies under 12 months (maximum of two adults per baby). Babychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available. Today’s film is Dior and I (12A) (in English, French and Italian with English subtitles). 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4.50/£3.50 (babies free) and may be purchased from the Box Office on 0131 228 2688.
The 42nd Annual Christian Aid Book Sale continues this week: books of every kind (including antiquarian and out of print), paintings, drawings, prints, antiques, printed ephemera, sheet music, stamps, postcards, vinyl, CDs, DVDs, toys and baking, all at one of the biggest charity book sales in the world. 10am-3.30pm Monday to Friday, with late opening until 7pm on Thursday 14th May, St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street. Undercroft Cafe open all day. Sale ends Friday 15th May 2015.
The Holy Corner Christian Aid Book Sale also continues this week: a wide variety of books, antiquarian items, CDs, DVDs, musical scores and much more. This year the sale will be offering a number of Alexander McCall Smith’s books, specially signed by the author for the sale. Donations of books (including any Alexander McCall Smith books for signature in advance), maps, photographs, music, etc are still needed and can be handed in at the side door of Morningside United Church during church office opening hours – or call 0131 447 3152 to arrange collection. 11am-6pm Monday 11th to Friday 15th May and 10am-5pm on Saturday 16th May, Morningside United Church, 15 Chamberlain Road (Holy Corner). Coffee will be available on Saturday 16th May.
Robert Colquhoun’s Monotypes: artist, collector and expert on The Two Roberts Davy Brown will talk about the monotypes of Robert Colquhoun and how his own passion for this work began as a pupil at Kilmarnock Academy in the 1960s. 12.45-1.30pm, Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound. Free and unticketed. The Two Roberts exhibition continues at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art TWO, Belford Road, until 24th May 2015.
LGBT Mental Health Awareness Quiz and Police Surger. Two events within the weekly drop-in this time: (1) A lighthearted quiz to mark Mental Health Awareness Week – play by yourself, make up a team, or help hand out the pound shop prizes. Mental health information will be available; (2) An opportunity to seek advice, raise concerns around safety issues, report incidents or discuss policing in your area with an officer from Police Scotland. (To meet with the police outwith the surgery, please contact George Burrows on 0131 652 3281 or at george@lgbthealth.org.uk). Both events take place 6.30-7.30pm (drop-in 5.30-8pm), LGBT Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street.
Cameo Culture Shock – dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films. This week’s film is Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (15); when two high school no-hopers are presented with a time-travelling booth, they seize the chance to get out of trouble and start instead to jump in and out of different eras, collecting historical figures and confronting them with West Coast culture. 9.10pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased online here or by calling the Box Office on 0871 902 5723.
New Town & Broughton Community Council AGM/Ordinary Meeting: all local residents welcome to attend – if you have an issue you would like to raise at the meeting, please use the contact email form on the community council’s website here to let them know in advance. 7.15pm (AGM), 7.30pm (ordinary meeting), Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s Church, Bellevue Crescent.
Sofi’s Cult Movie Nights: popular classics on the silver screen in the cosy darkened back room – with free poporn. This week’s film is Alien (18). 8-10pm, Sofi’s Bar, Henderson Street. Free.
Old Chain Pier Folk Sessions: a fortnightly evening of traditional Scottish folk music and old favourites with Fozzy and Alistair. 7.30pm, Old Chain Pier, 32 Trinity Crescent.
Broughton History Society: Peter Dryburgh talks on Addresses in Old Edinburgh. 7pm (refreshments), 7.30pm (talk), Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place. Visitors welcome. For more information please contact broughtonhistsocedinburgh@gmail.com.
Let’s Glow: Popular Music Final Performances: final year Edinburgh College HND students take on their final performance assessments, a culmination of two years of learning and development, in front of a live audience. 5.30pm, The Music Box, Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh College, Bankhead Avenue. All welcome: free and unticketed.
