What's On Scotland 19-26 Jun: Palestinian Artist Programme & more

A cultural life – how it is shaped and established and fought for – takes centre stage at Art 27 Scotland’s Culture = Life: Palestinian Artist Programme, a mini festival curated for Refugee Week which explores the power of art in the face of erasure.

Taking place across Edinburgh from 20-24 June, the programme includes performances – we're especially excited by Farah Saleh’s choreographic piece The Balfour Reparations 2025-2045 and Alaa Shehada’s The Horse of Jenin – screenings of short films by Gaza filmmaker Moayed Abu Ammouna and a tatreez embroidery exhibition in The Queen's Hall foyer. Find the full programme here – events are free or at a sliding scale.

Mallrat
King Tut’s, Glasgow. 22 Jun, 7:30pm
Australian indie musician Mallrat's second album Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right came out earlier this year and is now on tour, exploring ideas of human connection and intimacy through a merging of mellow bedroom pop and dance-y hyperpop. Image: Sammy-Jo Lang-Waite.

SAFAR Film Festival
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, 19-25 Jun
SAFAR Film Festival, the UK's largest festival dedicated to Arab cinema, makes its return to Scotland with five films screening at GFT, from the newly restored 1972 classic Watch Out for Zouzou to the moving Palestinian documentary A State of Passion (pictured). Image: Glasgow Film Theatre.

Stereo Pride with Hoe_Mies
Stereo, Glasgow. 21 Jun, 9pm
Heading up the Pride weekend in Glasgow are Berlin party heroes Hoe Mies playing everything from baile funk to hip-hop, with support from Stereo regulars Scandal, Shitepop and one half of beloved queer party institution Mojxmma, Star Eye for a night of queer sweaty fun. Image: Courtesy fo 3FeetHi/Stereo.

Resistance
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. 21 Jun-4 Jan
Curated by filmmaker Steve McQueen, alongside Clarrie Wallis and Emma Lewis, this landmark exhibition takes as its focus the history of protest in the UK, examining how photography and archival work have shaped and documented acts of resistance. Image: Andrew Wiard/reportphotos.com.

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National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. 20 Jun-18 Apr
To mark our 100th birthday, the National Library of Scotland presents a special exhibition, Dear Library. Our exhibition space will transform into an open reading room in this love letter to libraries. Here you'll be able to browse through bookshelves filled with recommendations from members of the public and well-known Scottish figures. You'll see librarians and libraries in popular culture, protest banners and badges reflecting libraries under threat, vintage film footage and lots more...

↪ Mercedes Azpilicueta: Fire on the Mountain, Light on the Hill
Collective, Edinburgh. 20 Jun-7 Sep
A new solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Mercedes Azpilicueta, Fire on the Mountain, Light on the Hill is a mixed media installation, spanning tapestry, soundscapes and sculpture, to examine feminist and grassroots social movements across history. Image: Daniel Nicolas.

→ Femmergy Pride
The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh. 20 Jun, 8pm
It's Pride weekend in Edinburgh this weekend, and beloved queer club night Femmergy are doing a double shift, with a night at The Biscuit Factory on the Friday and a night at Paradise Palms on the Saturday, ft. the likes of Annafleur, Rahul.mp3 and Butch Cashidy.

→ Glasgow Jazz Festival
Various venues, Glasgow. Until 22 Jun
One for the saxophone fans – Glasgow Jazz Festival returns to the city, with a lineup of local and international stars spread across the city's indie venues, from Brian Jackson and Mammal Hands to Rebecca Vasmant and Mariam Rezaei.