SATURDAY 23rd JULY 2016
North Edinburgh Arts Summer Programme: a packed timetable of activities throughout the summer. Today: Trip Day –Gypsy Brae. Play and nature activities – picnic provided! For all ages, but children under 6 must be accompanied. 10am-1pm, North Edinburgh Arts, Pennywell Court, Muirhouse. Free but booking is required. To reserve your places, and for details of all activities and events at NEA this summer, click here or call NEA on 0131 315 2151.
Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway Summer Diesel Gala: this event is primarily aimed at diesel enthusiasts, but will be interesting to anyone who wants to re-live the sounds and smells of these great diesel engines of the Swinging Sixties, which took us to work and for a day out at the seaside right up to the 1980s. The weekend will feature locos from the home fleet together with guest locomotives from a number of other operators.
The Station Buffet at Bo’ness will be open each day for delicious homemade food and hot and cold drinks, and there will also be an on train buffet serving snacks and real ale. Why not also visit The Museum of Scottish Railways, open 11am-4pm daily at Bo’ness? First train leaves 8.30am, The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo’ness Station, Union St, Bo’ness. Lots of free parking at the station. For full timetable, details of engines and to book (2 day, 1 day and single journey tickets available), click here. Also on Sunday 24th July.
Literary Littles: Madalena Matoso: Clap, Clap! Come and join this Saturday morning book reading followed by craft activities; today we will count with noises! Help us count to ten with clapping, butterfly wing flapping, and banging on drums; afterwards we will make our own drawings to help us count. For ages 2-9. 10am, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Market Street. Free but booking is required and may be made via Eventbrite here.
Pokémon Day: if you’re an enthusiastic Pokémon Trainer, head down to Waterstones today! Catch all the Pokémon around the shop and take part in a drawing competition – design your own Pokémon for a chance to win prizes. Waterstones Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird, 26 Kinnaird Park.
Bohemia Art, Craft & Design Summer Fair: 35 stalls, free entry. 10.30am-4.30pm, Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place.
Summer at Craigmillar Library – different activities every day throughout the holidays! Today: Making Masks with Carmen and Animate with Adam. Please check the library’s Facebook page here (or call into the library) for full details, age groups and times. Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road.
Scotland’s Gardens: Rivaldsgreen House. A mature two acre garden with lovely mixed herbaceous, rose and tree planting, interesting floral displays and wildlife. Teas, plant sales, dogs allowed. 12 noon-5pm, Rivaldsgreen House, 48 Friars Brae, Linlithgow EH49 6BG. If further directions are required please call 01506 845 700. Admission £4 of which 20% goes to St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Linlithgow, 20% to The Order of St John, Linlithgow, and the net remainder to SG beneficiaries.
Picturehouses Culture Shock: the best in cult and genre films. Today: Fantastic Mr Fox (PG). Wily and audacious Mr Fox loses his tail to the loathsome trio of exploitative farmers, Boggis, Bunce and Bean, one fat, one short, one lean. Mr. Fox is no saint himself, having been a flourishing chicken thief until times grew risky, a secret kept from upright Mrs. Fox. Facing subterranean incarceration, he mobilises his fellow creatures under siege to rise up against the brutish farmers. Wes Anderson’s retelling visualises Roald Dahl’s classic tale with wicked panache and psychedelic dazzle through idiosyncratic stop-animation and set design. 1pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
Moredun Library Summer of Crafts. Today and every Saturday: Roald Dahl Day. 1.30pm, Moredun Library, 92 Moredun Park Road. Free.
Damián Ortega: Tour. An informal tour of the new Damián Ortega exhibition with one of the gallery’s Information Assistants. 2-3pm, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Market Street. Free, no booking required.
Gorgeous Glazes: a ceramic painting workshop with artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb, inspired by the beautiful jewel-like glazes of Henry Taylor Wyse. Experiment with colour combinations and simple designs to create a piece of painted pottery using ceramic paints. 10.30am-12.30pm or 1.30-3.30pm, Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate. Free, drop in – booking not required.
Tiger Tales: stories and crafts for ages 4-7. 11am today and every Saturday, Currie Library, 210 Lanark Road. Free.
Scottish Parliament Literature Tour: Language and the Land. Explore language and writing associated with the Parliament and the landscape which inspired the design of the award-winning Parliament building. Selected pieces of prose, poetry and drama from Scottish writers past and present are included, and the tour will visit the Dewar Room in the 17th century Queensberry House, the oldest building in the Parliament campus, where the book collection of the former First Minister Donald Dewar is on display. The tour ends in the Media Gallery of the Debating Chamber. For ages 16+. 2.30pm, Scottish Parliament, Holyrood. Advance booking is essential and may be made by contacting Visitor Services on 0131 348 5200 or emailing visit@scottish.parliament.uk.
Clyde Opera Group: Recital of Arias. The soloists of Clyde Opera Group, Elin Rise (soprano), Silvia Simionescu (soprano), Alexandra Cowel (soprano), Roman Barcelo (tenor), Keanon Kyles (bass), Jorge Jimenez (tenor) and Peter Hillier will perform works by Mozart, Puccini, Dvorak and Verdi in a fundraising concert for the group’s first production, Puccini’s La Bohème. Répétiteurs : Razvan Luculescu and Ancuta Nite. 7pm, Palmerston Place Church, 10 Palmerston Place. Tickets £10/£7 on the door or in advance from info@clydeoperagroup.com.
Voltaire Live Presents Aperture & Guests. ‘Tantalisingly seductive, brimming with raw sophistication and not to mention featuring bold riffs to boot; the latest single from Edinburgh quartet Aperture Get In Line proves that this band are on the road to becoming the next big thing’. Support: Ayakara, Echo Arcadia and The Carvelles. For over 14s only. 7pm, Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street. Tickets £5 + booking fee in advance from Skiddle.com here, £7/£5 on the door.
Space Haul + All I See Is An Empty Circle + Inuit + Sleet Walls. Spacehaul: ‘drums and electronics from NAO drummer; instrumental tracks inspired by the subconscious associations we build in collaboration with the world’, All I See Is An Empty Circle: ‘postrockgrungestonerpsych’, Super Inuit: ‘Dark Ambient Glo-Fi project of Brian Pokora and various collaborators’, Sleet Walls: more atmospheric soundscapes. Over 18s only. 7.30pm, Henry’s Cellar Bar, Morrison Street. £5 on the door. Image: All I See Is An Empty Circle.
Revolution Girl Style Now – July Show: Leith Depot’s second female led band night, with Eleanor Dow, Agony Ant, Fistymuffs and noise hero headliners MiaouMix. Plus home-made zines for sale. Over 18s only. 7pm, Leith Depot, 138 Leith Walk. £6 on the door.
Sound Presents SUPA & da Kryptonites: a regular music event promoting mainly Scottish bands/artists, SOUND nights have a loyal following as they guarantee a consistently high quality of music and a friendly atmosphere. In tonight’s last show of the season, SUPA & da Kryptonites bring you ‘Vibrant kaleidoscopic genre generals with down to earth grooves that delicately enchants da butterfly, lashed in with soulful visits anchored by Grime.’ Over 18s only. 7.30pm, The Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street. Tickets £7 + booking fee in advance from Tickets Scotland here, £10 on the door.
Saturday Night Live & Unplugged: The Delahayes. Folk music. 9pm-12 midnight, Dalriada, 77 Promenade, Portobello.
The Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival continues this weekend (ends Sunday). Acts include Colin Steele Quintet, 
Curtis Stigers, Jan Garbarek Group ft. Trilok Gurtu, Konrad Wiszniewski & Pawel Kaczmarczyk Quartet, Rumba de Bodas, New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, Ole Seimetz, Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock, Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Edinburgh Schools Jazz Orchestra, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Lucky Peterson and many, many more. Various venues throughout the city; for full details of all events, tickets, etc click here.
Gilchrist: dancefloor-filling funk from vocals-fronted Edinburgh 7-piece with trumpet/trombone horn section, ‘a talented bunch … fantastic performances with an excellent blend of new and older songs. Gilchrist are to be one of the most sought after bands of 2016 and beyond’ (Radio Saltire). Plus DJ Calum. 1-3am (entry from 12.30am, bar to 5am), The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. £6/£5 on the door: please note this venue is strictly cash only.
SUNDAY 24th JULY 2016
Bo’Ness & Kinneil Railway Summer Diesel Gala: this event is primarily aimed at diesel enthusiasts, but will be interesting to anyone who wants to re-live the sounds and smells of these great diesel engines of the Swinging Sixties, which took us to work and for a day out at the seaside right up to the 1980s. The weekend will feature locos from the home fleet together with guest locomotives from a number of other operators. 
The Station Buffet at Bo’ness will be open each day for delicious homemade food and hot and cold drinks, and there will also be an on train buffet serving snacks and real ale. Why not visit The Museum of Scottish Railways, open 11am-4pm daily at Bo’ness? First train leaves 9.30am, The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo’ness Station, Union St, Bo’ness. Lots of free parking at the station. For full timetable and details of engines, and to book (day and single journey tickets available), click here.
Seize a Senior! To celebrate the grand opening of new outdoor fitness equipment for ‘mature movers’, Friends of Inverleith Park are organising free events includeing demonstration of how to use equipment safely and how to keep safe (for all ages), old school games like peevers, elastics, hoola hoops and skipping, crazy golf, pond dipping, petanque (for ages 10-100!), Tai Chi, live music and taster massages. Free gifts will be available (while stocks last) for all children who bring along a bus pass-carrying adult. 10.30am-12.30pm, Inverleith Park, Arboretum Road.
Filmhouse Junior: films for a younger audience. This week: Matilda (PG) starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito (who also directs), Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtza and Pam Ferris. Matilda Wormwood is an extremely curious and intelligent little girl and very different from her parents, who quite cruelly ignore her. As she grows older, she begins to discover that she has telekinetic powers, but not until a teacher shows her kindness for the first time does she realise that she can use those powers to do something about her sufferings and help her friends as well. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small.
Picturehouses Vintage Sundays: classic films back on the big screen. Today: West Side Story Singalong (PG). Natalie Wood stars in the heart-breaking role of Maria in this magnificent tale of star-crossed lovers, Latin-American tensions and steamy city life – an unmissable cinema experience. 1pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
Water of Leith Visitor Centre: Roseburn to The Dean Village Guided Walk (Meadows and Mills Walk Part 2). Come and discover the beauty and heritage of this popular part of the river. 2pm, meet at entrance to walkway on Roseburn Cliff off Corstorphine Road. £4 (members £2); booking is essential and may be made by calling 0131 455 7367 or emailing admin@waterofleith.org.uk. For details of the centre’s summer and autumn programme – which includes events for all ages – click here.
The First World War in Cinema: a four-year series of films, programmed in association with the University of Edinburgh. Today: A Very Long Engagement/Un long Dimanche de fiançailles (15) (in French and German with English subtitles). Five French soldiers are accused of shooting themselves in order to be sent home from the front; they are condemned and sent over the top to await death by crossfire. But four years after the war, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) remains unconvinced that her fiancé Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) is dead. As her search continues, we witness the events from that fateful day from different perspectives, bringing us closer and closer to understanding what actually happened. 3.20pm, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Sunday Fringe Preview: F.R.A.N.C.. Work-in-progress show from Fringe comedy favourites before their hotly anticipated shows at The Stand in Edinburgh this August… Comedy has a new monster. It was only a matter of time before someone built the first Fully Reactive Automated Non-Alcoholic Comedian. And he’s going to make you laugh. Whether you like it or not. Award-winning comedy writer Keir McAllister and John McGlade (Only An Excuse, Breaking The News, Clive Anderson Talks Back) team up to bring you a sharp satire on the very function of funny. 4pm, The Stand, 5 York Place. Tickets £5/£4 (members £1) from the Box Office on 0131 558 7272 or online.
Callum Ram at The Old Chain Pier: a Sunday afternoon acoustic session with some great cover songs from the wonderful Callum Ramm! 5-9pm, The Old Chain Pier, Trinity Crescent.
St Giles’ at Six: Peter Seivewright (piano) plays JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in A flat major BWV 862, JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 892 and Cyril Scott Piano Sonata Number 1. 6pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free: retiring collection.
DJ Dimo: a live electronic and minimal DJ set by JP’s very own DIMO. 7pm, Joseph Pearce’s, 23 Elm Row.
Hi Rosemary
I’m involved with the Retired Greyhound Trust at Liberton kennels and Saturday sees a big event in the calendar (please see below). Anything you can include would be extremely welcome. Aologies for the short notice.
The Great Scottish Greyhound Gathering takes place onSaturday, July 23, at Musselburgh Racecourse. Register your pooch for one of the Dog Shows, not just greyhounds, other breeds are very welcome and they have a showring all of their own! Prizes in every class for 1st – 3rd and Rosettes from 1st – 6th place.
Registration starts at 09:00.
There’s a great variety of stalls, Home baking by the RGT
Edinburgh Team, Arts and Crafts, bouncy castle for the kids, face painting, candy floss machine, coconut shy, really varied types of stalls – also a large food van 🙂
Pets at Home will be there with a dog groomer, so you can have your dog spruced up whilst you enjoy the day. ICR Vets will also be in attendance, they will be giving out free advice and vouchers off treatments at their surgeries. RGT Fife, RGT Borders and RGT West Lothian will also be joining in the fun as will the Dogs Trust.
Weather permitting there will be a flypast by the Red Arrows at 12:42
Classes cost £2 per entry. Entrance to the event is by donation
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