Talks & lectures and "Scottish+Opera:+La+bohème"

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Aberdeen's 50+ Festival
Date	Location
A widely-varied programme of events aimed at people over 50, with equal emphasis on entertainment and education. Workshops, cookery demonstrations, art classes and keep fit sessions are complemented by live music performances, walks, exhibitions and plays, both in public venues around Aberdeen and on site in nursing homes. View full details
7 Sep–16 Sep Times vary	Various venues, Aberdeen

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

Alistair Darling
Date	Location
The man who was at the helm when disaster hit the economy tells the story of how some of the biggest financial institutions in the world were brought back from the brink. View full details and ticket info
17 Jun 6pm	Harmony Garden, Melrose

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

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

Ayrshire Burns Brightly
Date	Location
A series of arty projects taking inspiration from the democratic ideals of the Scottish Enlightenment, and how they inspired Burns. Installation and soundscape experiences take over Ayrshire, and there's also a large cardboard tower that the public are invited to help tear down. Part of Roofless. View full details
31 May–3 Jun Times vary	Various Venues, South Ayrshire

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

Beer & Blethers: On the Brewing of Creative Ideas and Processes
Date	Location
Spring Fling presents an informal evening of discussion about the creative processes of three artists, with Scottish beer to sip as you listen. With Alice Francis, Matt Baker and Tim Taylor. Booking is essential. View full details
1 Jun 7pm	Sulwath Brewery, Castle Douglas

The Ben Nevis Observatory and the Wilson Cloud Chamber
Date	Location
Recalling two linked stories from Scottish scientific history, focusing on the Ben Nevis meteorological observatory. Part of Glasgow Science Festival & West End Festival. Booking is essential. View full details
12 Jun 11am	University of Glasgow, Glasgow

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

Bremner, Wark and Naughtie
Date	Location
Three faces from the front line of political journalism (and political satire) reveal the secrets they've encountered during their careers. View full details and ticket info
16 Jun 9pm	Harmony Garden, Melrose

Charles Glass with Rory Bremner
Date	Location
The accomplished war reporter and journalist in conversation with Rory Bremner. View full details and ticket info
14 Jun 7.45pm	Harmony Garden, Melrose

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

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: 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: 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

Cowalfest
Date	Location
Walking festival that takes place amid the natural splendour of the Cowal peninsula. As well as an extensive range of guided walks for all ages and abilities, there are also live music performances, bike and horse rides and art exhibitions and workshops. View full details
5 Oct–14 Oct Times vary	Cowal, Cowal Peninsula

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

A Day on the Bass
Date	Location
A cast of experts uncover the secrets behind Bass Rock, the biggest single island gannet colony in the world. Speakers include gannet expert Dr Bryan Nelson, geologist Dr Angus Miller, historian Chris Tabraha, and many more. Booking is essential. View full details
23 Jun 10am	Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick

Document 10 Film Festival
Date	Location
This documentary film festival uses international film to raise the profile of human rights and social issues that are not exposed in the mainstream media. This year is the festival's tenth anniversary, so there are a number of special events including a retrospective of the best films from the last decade as well as the usual wide range of films from reportage to cinematic essays, investigative journalism to left-field experiments, plus an accompanying programme of art, live music and talks. View full details
20 Oct–23 Oct Times vary	CCA, Glasgow

Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
Date	Location
Now in its tenth year, the EMFF continues to celebrate the best aspects of mountain culture, and the high quality filmmaking that goes along with it. The principle focus throughout the programme is adventure, whether it be skiing, snowboarding, base jumping, mountain biking, kayaking or exploration. View full details
25 Oct–28 Oct Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

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