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John Irving
Date	Location
An evening with the bestselling author of The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, in conversation with John Boyne. In one of only two UK events he discusses his new novel, In One Person. Tickets available from Waterstones Edinburgh West End, 128 Princes Street. View full details
30 May 7pm	Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh

Dale Pinnock: Medicinal Chef
Date	Location
Nutritionist, herbalist and 'medicinal chef' Dale Pinnock offers an insight into cooking for health. View full details
30 May 7pm	Real Foods, Edinburgh

Leith Festival
Date	Location
A growing community arts festival in which most participants, artists and performers are Leith-based. Previous years have seen 150 events hosted by around 50 venues within a one-mile radius in Edinburgh's port community, including the Leith Festival Gala Day on Leith Links, as well as the Leith Short Film Festival and tons of walks, talks and tours. View full details
8 Jun–17 Jun Times vary	Leith, Edinburgh

Art & Design Studies Summer School
Date	Location
Intensive week-long summer courses in different art and design disciplines. View full details
16 Jul–10 Aug Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm	Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

Friends of the Earth Edinburgh Meeting
Date	Location
Learn about the work of your local Friends of the Earth group, and get involved in the planning of future activity. View full details
31 May 7pm	Teuchters, Edinburgh

Scottish Refugee Week: Jonathan Falla and Leila Aboulela
Date	Location
The two writers speak to BBC presenter Serena Field about their journeys and their understanding of different cultures. Part of Refugee Week. Booking is essential. View full details
21 Jun 6.30pm	Central Library, Edinburgh

St Andrew Speakers Forum
Date	Location
Fortnightly meetings of this friendly forum for learning and practising public speaking. View full details
11 Sep 7.30pm 25 Sep 7.30pm 9 Oct 7.30pm 23 Oct 7.30pm 6 Nov 7.30pm 20 Nov 7.30pm 4 Dec 7.30pm 18 Dec 7.30pm	Boroughmuir Rugby Club, Edinburgh

Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Artist-designed Textiles and Pioneering Modern Art
Date	Location
Lesley Jackson tells the story of the career of Constructivist artist Alastair Morton, highlighting his importance for British art and textiles in the 20th Century. View full details
21 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Breathin' Air with Howard Marks & John Sinclair
Date	Location
Howard Marks, aka best-selling author and former international drug smuggler Mr Nice, in conversation with US political activist, poet and manager of MC5, John Sinclair. View full details
6 Jun 7pm	Electric Circus, Edinburgh

Curator's Talk: Cheer Up! It's Not the End of the World …
Date	Location
Co-curator Dr Norman Shaw gives a talk about the works in the current exhibition, expanding on the apocalyptic themes they explore. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
4 Aug 2pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Edvard Munch: a 'Bridge' to the Expressionist Generation
Date	Location
Dr Christian Weikop discusses how Munch and his art was adopted as a 'pathfinder' by the artists of Expressionism,with special reference to the Brücke (Bridge) artists who hoped that he would become an active member. View full details
17 Sep 12.45pm	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Expressions of Contemporary Shamanism in 21st Century Scotland
Date	Location
This two day workshop features group ceremonies, discussions, drumming, singing and dancing. Part of The Edinburgh International Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace Festival 2012. Booking is essential. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Oct–21 Oct Sat 9.30am–5pm; Sun 10am–5pm	Gillis Centre, Edinburgh

More whores with more sores
Date	Location
Comedienne Susan Morrison leads these fun walks tackling the seedier side of Leith. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
8 Jun–9 Jun Fri & Sat 7.30pm	The Waterline, Edinburgh

Negativnights
Date	Location
Experimental film works by various artists, distorting the usual tropes of narrative and meaning. View full details
31 May 6.30pm Rattray's work is an absurdist assemblage of trash culture and rudimentary internet aesthetics covering…	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
7 Jun 6.30pm Erica Eyres video work often uses familiar formats such as the mockumentary, video blog or motivational…	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Philosophy Cafe: Is Education Dangerous?
Date	Location
A discussion of whether or not education itself can be dangerous. Part of Festival of Dangerous Ideas. View full details
11 Jun 6.30pm	Captains Bar, Edinburgh

18th Century Cottage Life
Date	Location
Fiona J Houston decided to live like an 18th century ancestor. In this talk she explains the pleasures and pains of her experiment, followed by an 18th century-inspired buffet. View full details
27 Sep 11am	Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh

2012 Invades Popular Culture: Mayans, Memes, and the End of a World Era
Date	Location
Apocalyptic culture researcher (one for the list of 'jobs we'd like to have') Kevin Whitesides discusses the 2012 phenomenon and how the end of the world has suddenly become a hot topic for everyone – not just the crazies. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival: Art Late. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
23 Aug 6.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Animation Panel: Running Out of Film
Date	Location
Nominees for the McLaren Animation Award discuss the impact of digital technology on animation practice with other industry specialists. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
28 Jun 2.30pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Animation	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Arms Trade Treaty Panel Discussion
Date	Location
A topical and informative discussion about the upcoming arms trade treaty negotiations, with speakers including journalists Billy Briggs and Jackie Kemp, academic George Wilkes and SNP MSP Marco Biagi. The chair is Shabnum Mustapha of Amnesty Scotland. View full details
6 Jun 7.30pm	St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh

Art and Conflict: Commissioning War Art
Date	Location
Talk exploring the varied difficulties of commissioning art on contemporary conflict, with particular discussion of Roderick Buchanan’s film and photographic work Legacy in the context of 20th and 21st-century war art. View full details
1 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art and Escapism in the Nineteenth Century
Date	Location
Alastair Smith, Curator for the National Trust for Scotland, presents this talk on how the exoticism and mystery of Japan and China influenced 19th century artists. View full details
24 Sep 10.30am	Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh

Atmosphere: Digital Storytelling
Date	Location
Matt Adams from multidisciplinary artists' group Blast Theory delivers a webinar (which you can attend in person or online) on the principles of digital storytelling. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Jun 1.30pm	Inspace, Edinburgh

BAFTA and Film Nation Shorts present Mastering Your Craft
Date	Location
A professional-led masterclass for young film-makers, focussing on the practicalities of making it in this competitive industry. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
27 Jun 4pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

BAFTA in Scotland presents an Introduction to Acting
Date	Location
Pick up advice from an experienced film actor. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
25 Jun 4.30pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Battle for Leonardo: Curating and Connoisseurship
Date	Location
Luke Syson gives a talk on the disputed authorship of some of Leonardo's most mysterious paintings, the Madonna Litta, the London Virgin of the Rocks and the Buccleuch Madonna of the Yarnwinder. He explores the scientific evidence and the hazy meaning of 'a Leonardo', both in the artist's own time and today. View full details
28 Aug 6pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Between Thought and Experience: Sol LeWitt and Donald Judd
Date	Location
Dr Kirstie Skinner, independent writer and lecturer, explores the viewer's experience of works within The Sculpture Show exhibition. View full details
11 Jun 12.45pm	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Books in Focus: Dada
Date	Location
Librarian Kerry Watson gives a talk looking at the history and artists of the Dada movement through their published books and periodicals, and particularly how they subverted expectations of publishing through anarchic artwork, poetry and typesetting. Booking is essential. View full details
2 Aug 11.30am	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Bright Club: Edinburgh
Date	Location
The hardworking staff at Edinburgh's universities are let out for the night to share their tales about the weird, wonderful, and often very funny, world of research. View full details
12 Jun 8.30pm	The Stand, Edinburgh

Café Art: Monet et les artistes américains à Giverny
Date	Location
A talk (in French) on the American artists who gathered around the northern French village of Giverny in the period 1885 to 1914, including Theodore Butler, Theodore Robinson, John Leslie Breck, Lilla Cabot Perry and others. View full details
30 May 5.30pm	Institut Français d'Ecosse, Edinburgh

Café Art: Paris vu par les artistes à travers les siècles
Date	Location
Agnès Ness leads a discussion (in French) about the eternal appeal of Paris as an inspiration or subject for artists, from the 15th century to the present day. View full details
13 Jun 5.30pm	Institut Français d'Ecosse, Edinburgh

Catherine and Potemkin
Date	Location
Biographer Simon Sebag Montefiore talks about the relationship between Catherine the Great and her general, statesman, diplomat and sometime lover, Grigoriy Potemkin. View full details and ticket info
20 Sep 6.30pm	National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Chris Hoy and Britain’s Cycling Revolution
Date	Location
Journalist Richard Moore gives a talk on super-cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, and charts Britain's historic cycling successes. View full details
15 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Cinema Club
Date	Location
Join the Welcoming Association for a Refugee Week-themed film and a community discussion about experiences of refugee living in Scotland. Food and drink provided. Part of Refugee Week. View full details
21 Jun 6.15pm	Tollcross Community Centre, Edinburgh

The Colourists and their Contemporaries
Date	Location
Ian O’Riordan,curator at the City Art Centre, presents this lecture on the work of Fergusson, Peploe, Cadell and Hunter, collectively known as the Colourists and pivotal to the development of Scottish art in the first half of the 20th century. View full details
1 Oct 10.30am	Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh

Concert Party and Fencing Scene: Lord Fortrose, later Ist Earl of Seaforth, at home in Naples by Pietro Fabris 1771
Date	Location
Talk examining the visual records that show just how luxurious life was for British people living in 18th-century Italy. View full details
20 Jul 12.45pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Conversations: Angelin Preljocaj
Date	Location
The French choreographer and artistic director of the Ballet Preljocaj, in conversation with arts journalist Jackie McGlone, talks about bringing his 2010 creation And then, one thousand years of peace to the Edinburgh International Festival. In collaboration with British Council Scotland. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
18 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Barry McGovern
Date	Location
Barry McGovern, world renowned for his interpretations of the work of Samuel Beckett, discusses his adaptation and solo performance of Watt, produced by Dublin’s Gate Theatre, with questions from theatre specialist Dr Olga Taxidou. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Camille O'Sullivan
Date	Location
Singer Camille O’Sullivan talks to BBC Radio Scotland’s Stephen Duffy about interpreting art song and her solo performance in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Rape of Lucrece. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
25 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Emerson String Quartet
Date	Location
The members of the incomparable New York City-based string quartet discuss their music and closing The Queen’s Hall recital series for Festival 2012 with composer John Harris. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
31 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Graham Valentine
Date	Location
Scots-born actor Graham Valentine talks about performing in Theater Basel’s Meine faire Dame – ein Sprachlabor, the Swiss company’s reinvention of My Fair Lady, in conversation with journalist Jackie McGlone. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
15 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Hebrides Ensemble and Synergy Vocals
Date	Location
Members of Scotland’s foremost contemporary music group, Hebrides Ensemble, and vocalists from unique voice ensemble Synergy Vocals, discuss presenting a world premiere at Festival 2012 with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
23 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Les Vents Français
Date	Location
The five members of France’s celebrated wind ensemble discuss their work, fresh from their Queen’s Hall recital, with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
15 Aug 2.30pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Nicola Benedetti
Date	Location
Brilliant young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about performing at the Edinburgh International Festival with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev, in conversation with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug 2.30pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Tom Cairns
Date	Location
Director of Opera North’s The Makropulos Case Tom Cairns talks about his new production of Janáček’s popular 1926 opera to BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Jamie MacDougall. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
12 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: William Christie
Date	Location
William Christie, the American born conductor and musician, and founder of the French ensemble Les Arts Florissants, talks to John Kitchen about presenting Charpentier’s 1688 opera David et Jonathas at Festival 2012. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

The Culture Club
Date	Location
New monthly group offering a safe space to discuss the arts in all their forms, from music to exhibitions, ideas for new events and creative practices. View full details
6 Jun 7pm This session explores Edinburgh's status as a 'City of Literature' and what that actually means.	LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Edinburgh

Curating Lusieri
Date	Location
The National Gallery's chief curator, Aidan Weston-Lewis, talks about curating the exhibition of work by little-known landscape watercolour painter, Giovanni Battista Lusieri. View full details
30 Jun 2pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Dean Village
Date	Location
Caroline Gerard, a volunteer guide for over 30 years, presents this lecture on one of Edinburgh's most historic and picturesque villages. View full details
14 Aug 10.30am	Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh

Debate: Is God Necessary for Morality?
Date	Location
Richard Lucas of the SOLAS Centre for Public Christianity faces Tim Maguire of the Humanist Society Scotland in a lively, informed and controversial debate. Followed by time for questions and comment from the audience. View full details
18 Jun 7.30pm	MacDonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh

The Determination of Public Value of Heritage
Date	Location
Paul Jardine discusses the hot topic of how our heritage is valued. Booking is essential. View full details
28 Jun 1pm	RCAHMS, Edinburgh

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