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THE SPRING 2015 series of Literary Lunchtimes in Glasgow's attic Merchant City howff, Bar Gandolfi in Albion Street, resumes with fiction-writers Donal McLaughlin and Karen Campbell reading at 1.00 pm on Wednesday.
The previous three series have seen an average of 50 gathering in this convivial setting for poetry and prose, lunch, drinks, and chat, sponsored by the School of Humanities at Strathclyde University. Rodge Glass will read on February 25 and the Irish poet Alan Gillis, now teaching at the University of Edinburgh, will appear on March 11. Keith Wright Literary Fellow Chris Agee, who organises the events, will end the series on March 25, reading from his last collection of poetry, Next to Nothing.
irishpages.org
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WESTBOURNE Music has brought forward its concert by the New Focus Duo. The concert, which features pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski (pictured) playing music from their acclaimed, Stan Getz-inspired New Focus album, will now take place in Merchants House, West George Street, Glasgow on Thursday, February 26 at 12:45pm.
westbournemusic.com
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WARRENMcIntyre, who has very fond memories of seeing legendary performer Nina Simone play a Mayfest gig in a tent on Glasgow Green in 1990, is the man behind a celebration of her music in the Strathclyde Suite at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday March 21. McIntyre will be singing with a band directed by Stevie Jackson on Belle and Sebastian and featuring Allen Chalmers (piano), Adam Scott (bass), Heather Wellcoat (violin), Iain Stoddard (drums), John Rooney (guitar) and Therese Martin (harmony vocals). He is soliciting dedications from members of the audience for songs in the set, so if you have a Simone favourite, email him at warren2006@hotmail.com. He is also offering free tickets and a bottle of champagne to anyone who can produce a photograph of him dancing onstage with Ms Simone 25 years ago.
glasgowconcerthalls.com
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AFTER the inaugural John Muir Festival last year, Musselburgh's Brunton theatre has announced two events for the 2015 festival. Thank God for John Muir is a new play by Andrew Dallmeyer, directed by Liz Carruthers, which tells the story of the Dunbar-born eco-warrior, and will be performed at Dunbar Townhouse and Gallery on Thursday March 12, Blackadder Church, North Berwick on Friday March 13 and at The Brunton on Saturday March 14. On Sunday April 19 there is a concert by American ensemble Chance which intertwines music with Muir's writings, performed by actor Thomas Clyde Mitchell.
thebrunton.co.uk
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