🕺 The Glasgow Culture Wrap: 23 - 30 April 2025
New role for Brian Ferguson, Jazz Fest returns, Glasgow Life Summer of Events reveal, new cafe, wine bar and sandwich shops, gig announcements & more
🕺 Good Afternoon, Glasgow! Welcome to Edition 44 of The Culture Wrap. This newsletter for paid subscribers is the result of a week spent wading through clickbait, ads, social media sludge and confusing event websites to bring you a curation of the top culture news of the week. Consider upgrading your subscription for just £5 to get full access and support The Wrap.
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🎨 Arts & Culture
✍️ Leading Arts Correspondent Brian Ferguson has joined The Herald after more than 24 years with The Scotsman. - Details.
🖼️ Glasgow-born autistic artist Nnena Kalu shortlisted for Turner prize - Jody Harrison, The Herald.
🚇 New Glasgow Subway merch has dropped, including tea towels and cushion covers in the iconic moquette print. Items are available at the Riverside Museum.
🎷 Glasgow Jazz Festival is back from June 18-22 with more than 25 shows across various venues. - Tickets on sale now.
🎨 Creative Glasgow’s monthly members’ meet-up will explore Bridgeton’s studios and workspaces for a special East End edition. Meet at Bridgeton Bandstand at 2pm April 24 (tomorrow).
🪧 Ripped & Torn: Found Abstracts by Greg Gutbezahl is showing at The Alchemy Experiment from May 8-14. “I’ve collected hundreds of found abstracts in each place I’ve lived or visited, searching for hidden meanings in the juxtaposition of overlaid posters that reveal only fragments of each other.”
🏠 A one-bed tenement on Cecil Street owned by Interior Design Masters contestant Victoria Scott is up for sale. - Donald Erskine, Glasgow Times. See inside the £235K flat.
🎙️Zara Gladman aka West End Mum speaks to BBC Radio Scotland about the inspiration behind her viral character. - Instagram.
👃 There are three events this week as part of the ‘Not To Be Sniffed At: An Aromatic History of Sauchiehall Street’:
↳ Wednesday, April 23, 6—7.30pm: ‘Sauchiehall Street to Seven Lochs: A Sensory History of Glasgow Wetlands’
↳ Thursday, April 24, 6—7.30pm: ‘The Language of Scent: How Smells Speak to Memory and Emotion’
↳ Sunday, April 27, 12noon—3pm: ‘Smelly Sunday!’
🖼️ There’s an Art Sale for Palestine at Glasgow Central Mosque from April 23-25 (cash only). - Instagram.
🎉 Glasgow Life has announced its 2025 Summer of Events programme. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
🛼Rollerstop, a roller rink in the Southside, is celebrating 10 years. Morgan Carmichael has the exclusive for Glasgow Times.
💃 Sense Scotland is celebrating 40 years with an “80s-themed extravaganza” at the voco Grand Central Hotel on May 31-June 1. Expect tombola, bingo, and drag star Bella Houston. - Beth Oliver, Glasgow Times.
🤩 A Taylor “Swiftathon” fun run is coming to Glasgow Green on August 2. - Ava Whyte, Glasgow Times.
🎬 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has announced a new 4-day stage and screen action workshop called Clash on the Clyde! - Details.
🍽 Food & Drink
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