What's On Scotland 6-13 Sep: Doors Open Day
Ever wondered what goes on behind the doors of your favourite buildings around town? Think no more, as Doors Open Day (metaphorically) blows the bloody doors off many of Scotland's most iconic buildings throughout September, allowing you to have a nosy
Doors Open Days
"If I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written... But I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling."
Folks, take Robin Williams' advice from Good Will Hunting and smell more buildings! You've the perfect opportunity to do so throughout this month with Doors Open Days, with many of Scotland's most iconic buildings opening their doors to the public throughout September.
In Glasgow, you can stick your head into the Scottish Ballet headquarters at Tramway or take a look around the Old Central Police Courts without having to be arrested first. In Dundee, have a nosey in Dundee Rep or peek inside HMS Unicorn, one of the world's oldest surviving warships. Old building lovers in Edinburgh, meanwhile, can wander around the newly renovated Leith Theatre (pictured) or take the rare opportunity to check out all of the skeletons and whatnot at the Anatomical Museum.
This is just a fraction of what’s on offer in the weekends during September. Find out more at doorsopendays.org.uk
Iceage
The Great Eastern, Glasgow. 6 Sep, 7pm
Those lovely lads and lasses at Synergy Concerts have only bloody well gone and decided to launch a live music venue within a daycare centre. Yup. There are already a slew of great shows lined up for this unusual space, so get down to check it out and catch Danish punks Iceage – whose latest album Beyondless we awarded five stars – while you’re at it.
An Evening with Susan Calman
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 10 Sep, 7pm
Comedian and broadcaster Susan Calman continues her crusade to spread joy and eliminate fear in her latest book Sunny Side Up. While Calman’s first book, Cheer Up Love, aimed to provide people with a better understanding of depression, her latest urges us to be kinder to one another. Hear her talk about it tonight. Image: Steve Ullathorne
Take One Action!
Various venues. 12-23 Sep
Take One Action! is back and we need this film festival for social change more than ever. Over 40 films from six continents screen in 12 venues across Edinburgh and Glasgow, from a two-seater police box to full-sized cinemas. Opening the festival is Anote’s Ark, a doc set in the paradisiacal Pacific nation of Kiribati, which shows how this isolated archipelago has begun to be inundated by rising seawater.
A Celebration for Scott
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. 11 Sep, 7pm
In memory of Scott Hutchison, Sneaky’s are hosting a night of music to celebrate the Frightened Rabbit singer’s life and art. The lineup includes Waverley, Sad English Pop Music, Jonny Watt and Prentice Robertson. Artist Michael Corr will also be there with prints of the gorgeous mural he made of Hutchison this summer, raising money for the Scottish Association for Mental Health. Image: Wes Kingston
Strange (Birthday) Invitation: Lost Map's 5th Birthday All-Dayer
St Peter's Hall, Edinburgh. 8 Sep, 1pm-11pm
Isle of Eigg-based record label Lost Map turned five this year, and they’re really milking the celebrations. Following on from two separate parties in July, the festivities continue into September with this all-dayer. Free Love (fka Happy Meals) are headlining the shenanigans with Pictish Trail, Bas Jan, Alabaster dePlume, Group Listening, Victoria Hume and eagleowl all also playing. Read our recent chat with Lost Map founder Johnny Lynch.
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Various venues, Aberdeen. 4-13 October
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GSA Graduate Degree Show 2018
Merchant City Glasgow. Until 9 Sep, times vary
Postgrad students from Glasgow School of Art exhibit their work across two Merchant City sites this week. The Fine Art and Sound for the Moving Image Grads take over the Tontine Building on Trongate, while Architecture, Design, Simulation + Visualisation, and Innovation students are on display in The Garment Factory on Montrose Street. Everyone at the Art School has had a tough few months, get out and support their work.
Headway with Avalon Emerson
The Reading Rooms, Dundee. 7 Sep, 11pm
A last-minute flight cancellation sadly put an end to Avalon Emerson's scheduled gig at La Cheetah Club last month. In better news, she returns to the country this month for a set at The Reading Rooms in Dundee. Her fans from Glasgow and further afield will know that this is a triple Scorpio supernova worth travelling for. Image: Joseph Wolfgang
Liquid Sky
Platform, Glasgow. 7 Sep, 7pm
Inspired by Doris Lessing’s feminist sci-fi novel The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, Liquid Sky combines sonic art and aerial circus. The immersive performance is a collaboration between aerial artist Aedín Walsh and electronic musician SUE ZUKI, presented in association with Feral, which received its premiere at Take Me Somewhere back in May. Image Credit: Jack Wrigley
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