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Aberdeen City and Shire
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Ruaraidh Wishart of the Aberdeen City Archives will discuss Aberdeen and its history of relations, 1600-1900.
28 Aug 12.30–1.00 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Alexander McCall Smith
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The A-list author of the hugely popular Ladies No1 Detective Agency series talks about his life.
5 Nov 7.30–9.00 Castle Menzies, Aberfeldy
Altered States of Paint: Scottish Dance Theatre Event
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Scottish Dance Theatre perform a site-specific response to the exhibition. Free, but ticketed.
4 Sep 7.00 Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
An Audience With ... Sir Chris Bonnington
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2 Sep 7.30 Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow
An Audience With ... Tommy Docherty
Date Location
Fast-talking and wise-cracking with the former Celtic hero turned pundit.
4 Sep 7.30 Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow
An Audience With ... Tony Benn
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The grand old man of socialism spouts forth. An excellent chance to put your questions to one of the most notable politicians and orators of our time.
3 Sep 7.30 Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow
An evening with Tam Cowan
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Take the chance to pitch some questions to Scottish football's funny man Tam Cowan.
17 Sep 7.30–9.00 Albert Halls, Stirling
Anti NATO Summit Protests - Romania 2008
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This presentation about the Romanian Anarchist movement proffers a first hand account of the mobilisation against the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania in April 2008. With photos and short TV spots.
24 Aug 7.00 ACE, Edinburgh
Artist Networking Day
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The first of a series of events designed to provide a platform for local networking and professional development. Presentations from artists working on collaborative projects will be followed by a practical workshop delivered by Cultural Enterprise Office.
30 Aug 11.00am–5.00 The Changing Room, Stirling
Artist's Talk: Chad McCail
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The artist discusses his current exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers.
23 Aug 8.00 Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Artist's Talk: David Bellingham
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Bellingham discusses exhibition and recent publication, 'Fresh Fruit & Tables'.
13 Sep 3.00 The Changing Room, Stirling
Behind the scenes of 'Imprentit'
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Behind the scenes of the current exhibition with curator Graham Hogg.
22 Aug 2.00 National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Better Than a Gin and Tonic
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Linda Fleming talks about 'Scottish Readers Remember', an oral history research project at Napier University.
3 Sep 7.00 National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Calling the Tune
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Roderick Cannon talks about the process of creating manuscripts of piping music, which had previously relied on being an oral tradition.
1 Sep 7.00 National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Captain Buzby's Hypno Comedy Night
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A unique blend of hypnotics and comedy from mystical funny-man Captain Buzby.
13 Sep 7.30 Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
Charles Darwin and the Falkland Islands
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Dr Phil Stone of the British Geological Survey explains the influence of Darwin's visits to the Falklands in this illustrated lecture.
18 Sep 7.30–8.30 Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh
Colin Fry
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The phenomenal 'Sixth Sense' star uses his psychic gifts to wow his audience.
27 Oct 7.30 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Curator's Choice: Collecting the Uncollectible
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Rowan Brown, Senior Curator of Technology, talks about the difficulties of 'collecting' objects of civil engineering, such as bridges and machinery.
26 Sep 2.00 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
David Simon and The Wire
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The creator of ardently-loved, gritty cop show 'The Wire' is in town for a talk about his creation, to launch his forthcoming true crime novel 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets', and for a screening of the TV show.
18 Sep 8.15–10.15 Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Derek Acorah
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'Most Haunted''s spirit medium takes his mystical show on tour to scare the wits out of believers and meddle in the affairs of the dead.
29 Aug 7.30 Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
30 Aug 7.30 Albert Halls, Stirling
31 Aug 7.30 Motherwell Concert Hall, Motherwell
Evolution Vs Intelligent Design
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Stuart Ritchie (President of the University of Edinburgh Humanist Society) makes the case for evolutionary theory. Darwin would be proud.
4 Sep 7.30–8.30 Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh
Extremes Event: Curator Talk
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Curator Chantal Knowles talks about some of the best objects in the museum's exhibition, 'Extremes: Life in Subarctic Canada'.
3 Sep 2.00 Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Extremes Event: Curator Talk: Living from the Land
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Talk to accompany the current exhibition, 'Extremes: Life in Subarctic Canada'.
29 Aug, 27 Sep 2.00 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Festival of Politics
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The newest addition to Edinburgh's summer festival line-up, which explores a range of social and political issues.
20 Aug–23 Aug (Times vary) Scottish Parliament Campus, Edinburgh
Guided Tour
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A behind-the-scenes tour of the new permanent home for Dundee's Museum collections at the McManus Collections Unit. Booking essential.
26 Sep–27 Sep 11.00am; 2.00 McManus Galleries, Dundee

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