Cameo Toddler Time: Rastamouse – Hot off Da Press (U). Short screenings for pre-school children, their parents and carers: no adult unaccompanied by a child will be admitted. Today another adventure with the skateboarding, reggae-playing Rastamouse and his crime-fighting crew; the stories focus on finding creative and positive solutions to problems and situations. ‘Through understanding, love an’ respect, Rastamouse will always make a bad thing good’. 11am, Cameo, Home Street. Membership of the Toddler Time Club is free, please ask at the Box Office. Tickets for club members cost £3 (accompanying adults free) and may be purchased by calling the Box Office on 0871 902 5723 or online here.
Breathless: a new collection of work by Paul Charlton, comprising of a series of blind embossed prints produced at Edinburgh Printmakers. ‘Visually impressive yet remarkably subtle, these prints explore the fragile balance between the untouched emptiness and the precision of the detail’. 10am-6pm Tuesday to Saturday, Edinburgh Printmakers, Union Street. Ends 27th June 2015.
Lunchtime Concert: Enebakk Blandakor (Norway). 1pm, Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate. Free.
Muirhouse Library Garden Club: a free weekly activity suitable for children, teenagers and families. 3.30pm today and every Monday, Muirhouse Library and North Edinburgh Arts, Pennywell Court.
Causey Development Trust AGM 2015 –Â with speakers Willy Roe, Chair of Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and Andrew Dalzell of Grays Ferry Triangle Project, Philapdelphia. 7pm, Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicolson Street. All welcome! The Causey Development Trust is a community organisation led by a steering group of volunteers, working to transform the public space at West Cross Causeway into a vibrant place for people to enjoy.
Blackwell’s Edinburgh Presents Beth Shapiro: How to Clone a Mammoth. Could extinct species like mammoths and carrier pigeons be brought back to life? In her new book Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ‘ancient DNA’ research, takes readers through the astonishing and controversial process of ‘de-extinction’. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used – today – to resurrect the past. 6.30pm, Blackwell’s, South Bridge. Free tickets may be obtained from Blackwell’s front desk, by calling 0131 622 8218, emailing events.edinburgh@blackwell.co.uk or via eventbrite here.
Lunchtime Concert: Trio Dionysus – Louder Than Words. Trio Dionysus are a leading ensemble from Winston Salem, North Carolina; Juliana Witt (piano), Alastair Wright (saxophone) and Dylan Ward (saxophone). 12.15pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free.
LGBT Spiritual Space: Maxwell Reay, NHS Mental Health Community Chaplain, offers a supportive space for people to discuss and develop ideas of spirituality and identity. Suitable for people of all faiths or none. 
Today there will be a group discussion Holidays on the Horizon, reflecting on journeying towards summer and the places we go when we want to experience our connections to the outside world – share memories of the past or talk about what you value in the present. 6.30-7.30pm (within weekly Drop-In, which runs 5.30-8pm), LGBT Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street. For more information please contact Alison Wren on 0131 652 3283 or email alison@lgbthealth.org.uk.
Picturesque Panoramas: enjoy a relaxing visit to the gallery, exploring the expressive skies in some of NGS’s landscape paintings of Edinburgh and Rome and then creating your own painted panoramas, assisted by artists Katharine Aarrestad and Tessa Asquith-Lamb. These one-off workshops are suitable for community groups, including care homes and those with dementia. Wheelchair users are welcome; please note that there will be some moving about between the gallery and the workshop area. Groups can book a morning or afternoon workshop any day this week (Monday-Friday). 10am-12 noon or 2-4pm, Clore 1, Scottish National Gallery (Gardens Entrance), The Mound. Booking is essential and may be made by calling the Information Desk on 0131 624 6560.
Filmhouse: For Crying Out Loud. Special screenings for parents/carers and their babies under the age of 12 months, accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available. Today’s film is Only Angels Have Wings (U) (1939): in a South American port city swathed in perpetual fog, a daredevil band of mail pilots led by Geoff Carter (Cary Grant) struggle daily to get their planes through a treacherous mountain pass – then Carter’s cool is tested by the arrival of a wisecracking blond (Jean Arthur) and an ex-mistress (Rita Hayworth). 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets for Crying Out Loud screenings cost £4.50/£3.50 per adult and may be purchased by calling the Box Office on 0131 228 2688.
Leith Links Community Council AGM:Â the Guest Speaker will be Lindsay Grant (Edinburgh City Council) who will give a presentation on Edinburgh Living Landscape. 7pm, Leith Community Education Centre, 12a New Kirkgate. All welcome.
Sofi’s Cult Movie Nights: popular classics on the silver screen in Sofi’s cosy, darkened back room – free popcorn too! This week’s film is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. 8pm, Sofi’s Bar, Henderson Street. Free.
