Culture Editor Jeevan brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city.
ART
CHARLIE HAMMOND: WORKAROUND | HUNTERIAN | UNTIL OCTOBER 16 | FREE Solo exhibition for the Glasgow-based artist, exploring the relationship between art and labour
MAJD ABDEL HAMID: MUSCLE MEMORY | CCA | UNTIL NOVEMBER 5 | FREE Embroidered work based on the aftermath of the 2020 explosion in Beirut
URBAN // LANDSCAPE | THE ALZANELE MUHOLI: SOMNYAMA ZGONCHEMY EXPERIMENT | UNTIL OCTOBER 23 | FREE Glasgow based artists Hugh Anderson & Jonathan Meuli looking at the world around us – “marks, management and the effects of time”
YAMA | HUNTERIAN | UNTIL NOVEMBER 6 | FREE self-portraits by this visual activist concerned with black, queer and trans resistance in South Africa
BOOKS
CLASSICS BOOK GROUP | MITCHELL LIBRARY | NOVEMBER 7 | FREE monthly book club reading works such as Huckleberry Finn; all books provided by the library
CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS: AMANDA THOMSON, CJ COOKE, TOGARA MUZANEHAMO | UNIVERSITY CHAPEL | OCTOBER 17, OCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 7 | FREE series of community building events with various authors
CLUB NIGHTS
I LOVE ACID | BERKELEY SUITE | OCTOBER 14 | FROM £10 “sweaty acid fuelled raving”
POP MUTATIONS | VARIOUS (INCLUDES THE FLYING DUCK, STEREO, MONO) | OCTOBER 13-16 | FROM £10 music festival which focuses on emerging local artists
SWIFTOGEDDON | SWG3 | OCTOBER 22 | FROM £8.82 “non-stop Taylor Swift all night”
TRANCEFEST | SWG3 | OCTOBER 15 | FROM £43.95 lineup of international Trance artists
FILM AND TV
WEIRD WEEKEND III | CCA | OCTOBER 29-30 | PAY WHAT YOU CAN film festival including one of the first horror films in Welsh and discussions about the trope of psychotic women
THEATRE
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS | WEBSTER’S | OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 1 | FROM £12.00 a first-time offender is sponsored by a nun to serve her time at a convent.
DREAMGIRLS | KING’S | OCTOBER 10-22 | FROM £13.00 three talented young singers in 1960s America; musical straight from the West End
GREASE BY GLASGOW LIGHT OPERA CLUB | KING’S | OCTOBER 25-29 | FROM £11.50 local amateur dramatics group take on this iconic musical
JAMES IV: QUEEN OF THE FIGHT | THEATRE ROYAL | OCTOBER 11-15 1504 Scottish royal court through the eyes of two women
