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Sunday 30 June
The final session is devoted to a groundbreaking classic of British jazz, the 1965 Under Milk Wood by Stan Tracey, about whom Sonny Rollins once asked 'Does anybody here know how good he really is?' Pop down to the Old Fruitmarket by 8pm and you can hear him in person. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Wednesday 3 July
Dr Stuart McDonald talks about 'Hunter and Blood Circulation'.
Friday 5 July
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Illuminated Letters Workshops
Today it's a creative writing workshop, where all levels and abilities are encouraged to join in.
- 19:00 – 20:30
- Your One Big Question with Sister Jayanti
Sunday 7 July
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Garden Talk: Allotments
Wednesday 10 July
Talk by Peter Black: 'Portrait of Dr William Harvey (1578–1657)'.
Saturday 13 July
- 13:00 – 16:00
- Centre for Modern Thought Seminar: Creative Work
Sunday 14 July
Wednesday 17 July
Talk by Dr Sally-Anne Coupar: 'The World Uncovered – William Hunter's "Artificial Curiosities"'.
- 19:30 – 22:30
- Weegie Wednesdays
Thursday 18 July
- 19:00 – 20:30
- Finding Your Potential
Wednesday 24 July
Talk by Peter Black: 'Titian's Portrait of Vesalius'.
Thursday 25 July
- 19:00 – 20:30
- How To Be On Holiday Forever!
Friday 26 July
Wednesday 31 July
Talk by Maggie Reilly: 'William Hunter's Shells Rediscovered'.
Tuesday 6 August
- 18:00 – 19:30
- Scotland and the Birth of World Football
- 19:00 – 20:30
- In Process with Magi Gibson
Wednesday 7 August
Talk by Geoff Hancock: 'Finding Captain Cook's Missing Seashells'.
Saturday 10 August
- 14:30 – 15:30
- Compassionate Mind Training Taster Session
Sunday 11 August
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Garden Talk: A Year in the Garden
Wednesday 14 August
- 19:30 – 22:30
- Weegie Wednesdays
Friday 23 August
A look at the journals archive, including * The Ladder*, a pioneering lesbian publication in the 1960s.
Monday 2 September
- 13:00 – 16:00
- Meet the Experts
Sunday 8 September
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Garden Talk: Ponds
Tuesday 10 September
- 09:30 – 16:45
- SFHA Lectures: Financial Inclusion and Digital Inclusion
Wednesday 18 September
- 19:30 – 22:30
- Weegie Wednesdays
Saturday 21 September
- 15:00 – 16:30
- Seeing Through A Different Lens
Monday 30 September
- 20:30
- Bright Club: Glasgow
Sunday 6 October
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Garden Talks: Harvesting and the Storage of Crops
Monday 7 October
Topic: 'Life = H2O: Six (or perhaps seven) things you did not know about water' by Colin Adams.
Thursday 17 October
Monday 25 November
- 20:30
- Bright Club: Glasgow
Thursday 12 December
Friday 13 December
Saturday 14 December
Saturday 1 February 2014
Saturday 12 April 2014
- 10:30 – 16:30
- Explore MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
