The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
LIVE EVENTS
AROUND TOWN
Explore! Travellers and Trailblazers
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries, 1-7 Abbot Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7NL, 01383 602365, until Sun August 29. Mon. Wed & Fri 10am-4pm; Thu 10am-6pm; Sat 10am-3pm; Sun 12-3pm, free. Take a journey through far-flung lands like Japan, China, South Africa, India and Australia and be inspired by the travels of famous explorers in history at this family-friendly exhibition, with plenty of objects to admire and quizzes to take. onfife.com
Toys and Models Exhibition
Dundee Museum of Transport, Units 1-4 Market Mews, Market Street, Dundee, DD1 3LA, 01382 455196, until Tue August 31. Wed-mon 10am-4.30pm, £7.50 (£6.50; children £4; family £17.50). Showcase of 120 years’ worth of transport toys, from its early years to its global dominance. Featuring early Hornby and Meccano products to Dinky, Matchbox, and Corgi toys from the 1960s, as well as plenty of Lego and Hot Wheels on display. dmoft. co.uk
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry: Stories Of Scots Abroad - Part Two Verdant Works, West Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT, 01382 309060, until Sun September 12. Daily 10am-6pm, included with normal admission price. Weaving together the stories of artists and communities across 34 countries, the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry tells the tale of Scots abroad across 305 beautiful panels. The second part of the exhibition will focus on Scotland’s connection with the UK, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. verdantworks.com
The Future of Transport Dundee Museum of Transport, Units 1-4 Market Mews, Market Street, Dundee, DD1 3LA, 01382 455196, until Thu September 30. Wed-mon 10am-4.30pm, £7.50 (£6.50; children £4; family £17.50). Exhibition highlighting innovations made in the field of transportation throughout the ages, as well as suggestions as to what radical changes may await in the future. The exhibit will also highlight Scotland’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
in the next few decades. dmoft.co.uk
Time And Tide: The Transformation Of The Tay
The Mcmanus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun October 3. Tue-sat 10am-5pm, free. Exhibition examining the influence the Tay has had on Dundee and how the growth of the city has affected the river, its wildlife and the people who live there. Last entry to the galleries is 15 minutes before closing time. mcmanus.co.uk
Blooming Marvellous
Kirkcaldy Galleries,
War Memorial Gardens, Abbotshall Rd, Kirkcaldy KY1 1YG, 01592 583206, until Sun October 24. Tuewed & Fri 10am-4pm; Thu 10am-6pm; Sat-sun 10am3pm, free. Family-friendly gardens exhibition exploring the world of wildlife, plants and flowers. Find out more about some of the insects, birds and animals on your doorstep and unearth lots of fascinating facts about the plants in the gardens. onfife. com
The Women of Glamis Glamis Castle, Glamis, DD8 1RJ, 01307 840393, until Sun October 31. Daily 10am-5pm, £15.50 (£12; children £10; family £50). An exhibition highlighting the many women who
have played a role in the history of Glamis Castle, who have ranged from queens and princesses to countesses and businesswomen, botanists, composers, novelists, poets, philanthropists, servants and charity workers. Highlights include a reproduction of the bridal gown worn by Mary Eleanor Bowes on her wedding day, and an original dress worn by prominent Jacobite Lady Margaret Ogilvy. glamiscastle.co.uk
St Andrews Town Walking Tour
Martyr’s Memorial, The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AT, 01414 740746, until Mon December 19. Daily 11am, £12 per person. A leisurely walking tour through the historic town of St Andrews. walkingtoursin. com/standrews
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry: Stories Of Scots Abroad - Part One Verdant Works, West Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT, 01382 309060. Fri July 16-Tue July 20, 10am-6pm, included with normal admission price. Weaving together the stories of artists and communities across 34 countries, the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry tells the tale of Scots abroad across 305 beautiful panels. The first part of the exhibition will focus on Scotland’s connection with Europe,
The Baltics and America. verdantworks.com
Emergency Vehicle Day
Dundee Museum of Transport, Units 1-4 Market Mews, Market Street, Dundee, DD1 3LA, 01382 455196.
Sun July 18, 10am-4.30pm, included in museum admission. Follow the sound of the sirens and visit the Dundee Museum of Transport on their Emergency Vehicle Day to view a variety of vehicles including fire engines, police cars and ambulances. dmoft.co.uk
ARTS Sketches
Platform Arts, Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD1 4DB, until Sat July 31. Sat 10am3pm, free. New Scottish Arts hosts this exhibition of sketch works by local artists Lawrie Harris, Lauren Lewis and Thomas Jennings. newscottish.org
Emma Talbot: Ghost Galls
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, until Sun August 8. Daily times vary, free. The multimedia artist and winner of the 2020 Max Mara Art Prize for Women opens her first Scottish solo show, which combines drawing, painting, animation and three-dimensional models to explore notions of visual autobiography.
Tickets are allocated by time slot and must be booked in advance. dca.org. uk
Scottish Stained Glass: A Mirror to the World
Dunfermline Abbey and Palace, St Margaret’s Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7PE, 01383 724586, until Sun August 29. Tue-sat 10am4pm, free. Showcase of Scottish stained glass and the histories they preserve, from religious disputes in the medieval period to the role of stained glass in modern and contemporary art. historicenvironment. scot
A Treat for Lovers of Wood, Design, and Fine Craftsmanship
Kinloch Woodworks and Gallery Nr Kinloch, Cupar, KY15 7UT, 01337 831813, until Sun August 29, Satsun 10am-5pm, free. Max Mccance, one of Scotland’s leading furniture makers, announces a special exhibition of his works, which are inspired by the natural world. maxmccance. com
Street Stories Stirling
City Centre, Stirling, FK8 1EA, 07541814582, until Tue August 31. Times vary, free. A trail of augmented reality artworks installed in vacant units around Stirling city centre, featuring works by eight local artists in a variety of media and styles. The artworks can be brought to life with multi-sensory animations triggered by a free smartphone app. streetstories.co.uk/stirling
Spirit of the Jute Mills
Verdant Works, 25-29 West Hendersons Wynd,
Dundee, DD1 5BT, 01382 309060, until Tue August 31. Mon-sat 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-6pm, free. Art exhibition featuring works by Alan Beveridge, Nicola Wiltshire and Leah Robb, all of which take inspiration from Dundee and the city’s industrial heritage. verdantworks.com
What If... / Scotland Exhibition
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Sun November 21. Mon & Thu-sun 10am-5pm,
free. Designed to be staged as part of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale
di Venezia, the exhibition features collaborative works created by 25 people from five different parts of Scotland, who were paired
with 25 different designers, architects, and artists to explore their wishes for the country’s future, post-pandemic. vam.ac.uk/ dundee
Night Fever: Designing Club Culture
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Sun January 9. Mon & Thusun 10am-5pm, £6-£12. Exhibition on the history of nightclub design in New York, Paris, Manchester, London, Berlin and Scotland and its impact on popular culture. vam.ac.uk/dundee
Royal Scottish Academy The Ages of Wonder: The Art of Etching on Tour
The Meffan Museum and Art Gallery, 20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB, 01307 491771, until Sat January 15. Tue-sat 10am3pm, free. An exhibition of 300 years of Scottish etchings, on loan from the Royal Scottish Academy. New works by artists Delia Baillie, Kate Downie, Stuart Duffin, Paul Furneaux, Jessica Harrison, Marion Smith and Frances Walker will be displayed alongside masterpieces by the likes of Rembrandt, David Wilkie, Ian Fleming and Elizabeth Blackadder. angusalive.scot
A Love Letter to Dundee: Joseph Mckenzie Photographs 1964-1987 The Mcmanus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sat March
5. Tue-sat 10am-5pm, free. Exhibition of black and white photography by Joseph Mckenzie, which documents the changing fortunes of Dundee’s waterfront and its people. mcmanus.co.uk
Mixed Exhibition Featuring Jennifer Mackenzie
Gallery Q, Queens Hotel Buildings, 160 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DU, 01382 220600.
Fri July 16 and Sat July 17, 11am-4.30pm, free. Exhibition of works by painter Jennifer Mackenzie, alongside pieces by Joyce Gunn Cairns MBE, George Donald RSA RSW, Deborah Phillips and more. galleryq. co.uk
Art Night: Guerrilla Girls Present the Male Graze
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444. Fri July 16-Sun July 18, times vary, free. The Uk-wide contemporary art festival hosts The Male Graze by renowned artist collective Guerrilla Girls. Their largest public commission to date, the work consists of a series of billboards displayed across the country that highlights bad male behaviour on the part of British artists and collections. dca.org.uk
MUSIC
Scottish Opera: Pop-up Opera
Stirling Castle, Castle Wynd, Stirling, FK8 1EJ, 0141 248 4567.
Fri July 16 and Sat July
17 & Tue July 20 and Wed July 21, 6.30pm & 8.15pm, £5-£25. The Scottish Opera hits the road and brings the music to us with bite-sized versions of their grand operatic productions. These open-air miniature productions of HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers , Iolanthe, The Mikado and Pirates of Penzance will be performed by a storyteller, two singers and instrumentalists. Physical distancing and other safety measures will be observed at all times. scottishopera. org.uk
North Sea Gas
Crail Community Hall, St Andrews Road, Crail, KY10 3UH, 01333 451206. Thu July 22, 8pm, £9. Crail Folk Club hosts the hugely entertaining Scottish folk band who combine guitars, mandolins, bodhrans, banjos, whistles and bouzoukis with fine vocals. Expect a mixture of traditional and original material and great craic. northseagas.co.uk
DANCE The Swings
Arts Building Lawn, 15 The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AX, 01334 475000.
Fri July 16, 12pm & 1pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm, free. All or Nothing Dance Theatre presents a performance and sound installation featuring a five-metre high swing set, two swings and two aerialists. byretheatre.com
FAMILY Burntisland Summer Fair
Burntisland Links, Links Place, Burntisland, KY3 9EA, until Mon August 16. Daily 1-9pm, free entry, pay for individual rides. All the fun of the fair with something for everyone, including children’s and adult rides, side stalls and more candy floss than you can shake a stick at. Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, social distancing will be required and there may be a queue to enter the fairground. facebook.com/burntisland. fairground
Art-tastic Bunting in the Park
St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews KY16 9DP, 01334 659380.
Sat July 17, 1pm, free. Museums Galleries Scotland hosts this free outdoor art-making session for ages 5-9. Create your own three-flag bunting inspired by art at St Andrews Museum using collage, paint and embellishments. All materials provided. onfife. com
The Further Adventures of Doctor Dolittle
University of Dundee Botanic Garden, Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD2 1QH, 01382 381190.
Sat July 17, 3.30pm, £13 (children £8; students and members £11; families £32-£37). Illyria Theatre presents more musical adventures with Doctor Dolittle and his friends Jip the Dog, Dab Dab the Duck, Gub Gub the Pig and Polynesia the Parrot. illyria. co.uk
Bookbug Outdoor Group Session
St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews KY16 9DP, 01334 659380.
Sat July 17 & Wed July 21, 11am, free. An interactive Bookbug session held outdoors for families with children ages 0-4. The sessions will take inspiration from the Art-tastic exhibition at the St Andrews Museum. onfife.com
OUTDOORS
Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst Walking Festival
Various venues: Strathearn & Perthshire, Strathearn, PH7 3AN, 01764 650606. Sat July 17 and Sun July 18, times and prices vary. Annual celebration of the life, work and play of the people who made Crieff the cattle-droving crossroads of Scotland in the 1700s. The modern day Tryst is a festival run by volunteers and built around a programme of guided walks and evening social events. Due to restrictions around the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of changes will be made to the festival, including reduced prices and smaller groups. droverstryst.com
VIRTUAL EVENTS
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
Daily until Sun July 25. Times and prices vary. Scotland’s biggest jazz festival heads online for their 2021 edition, with a programme featuring all genre styles from early jazz to the avant garde. Mixing emerging Scottish talent with the cream of the international jazz world, highlights this year include the likes of the Soweto Kinch Trio, Luca Manning, Ali Affleck, Blind Boy Paxton, David Milligan, the Fergus Mccreadie Trio, Brian Kellock, Davina & The Vagabonds, Mark Hendry, Rose Room and more. edinburghjazzfestival.com
Art for Erskine
Daily, until Sat July 31. Times and prices vary. A month-long fundraiser in support of Erskine’s care homes. Contemporary artworks by the likes of Graham Mckean, Katherine Sutherland and Elaine Johnston will be available to view and purchase online. erskine.org.uk
3M MIXTAPE
Daily, until Sat August
21. Times vary, free. A collaborative lockdown project created by Dawn Sievewright, John Mclarnon and Dundee Rep’s Artistic Director Andrew Panton. 3M MIXTAPE will feature a blend of original music and covers, and showcases duets between diverse Scottish musical talents, filmed and shot on location across the country. dundeerep.co.uk
East Sutherland Art Society Annual Exhibition*3
Daily, until Sun August 28. Times vary, free. Annual summer exhibition with a range of paintings, prints and cards by amateurs and professionals. eastsutherlandart society.co.uk
KSI: The KSI Show
Sat July 17, 8pm, £15. The influential rapper, singer, boxer and Youtuber performs tracks off his latest album All Over the Place and recalls the past, present and future of the KSI journey. momenthouse. com
Writing Poetry from Art
Sun July 18, 11am, £5. Poet Will Harris hosts an interactive workshop that explores ways of writing poetry that draw from art, the body and the lived experience of ecological collapse, taking inspiration from Matthew Barney’s current exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. Suitable for all levels of experience. southbankcentre.co.uk
Nadine Shah
Sun July 18, 8pm, £12.50. Noir pop singer-songwriter Nadine Shah performs her latest record Kitchen Sink at this one-off performance live streamed at the Barbican. barbican.org.uk
Bob Dylan
Sun July 18, 10pm, $25. The iconic American singer-songwriter performs from his extensive back catalogue in an intimate setting, marking his first performance since the release of his album Rough and Rowdy Ways. bobdylan. veeps.com
Murder, Power and . . . Pineapples?
Wed July 21, 10.30am, free. Archaeologist Doug Rocks-macqueen leads this online talk about recent excavations of pineries in the Lothians and Falkirk that shed light on a period of dramatic income inequality in Scotland, when a pineapple would cost more than a year’s wages for the average person. edinburghmuseums.org.uk
Musical Truths: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs
Wed July 21, 7.30pm, free. Writer, teacher and music enthusiast Jeffrey Boakye discusses key moments in Black British history through the lens of modern music, followed by an audience Q&A period. nationalarchives.gov.uk
A Guided Tour of Edinburgh Castle
Thu July 22, 12pm, free. Edinburgh Castle tour guide Mhairi Summers leads visitors on a virtual tour of the iconic landmark and gives insight into the castle’s fascinating history. Available to watch on Youtube and Facebook. historicenvironment.scot
Juliette Burton: Redefined
Thu July 22, 6.15pm, £10. Comedian Juliette Burton performs a live streamed hour of stand-up wherein she examines how the last year has redefined everything she thought she knew about love, life and labels. nextupcomedy.com
Pilates for Absolute Beginnersthu July 22, 7.30-8.30pm, £40. Glasgow-based pilates
instructor Jenny Cockburn leads this four-week online course for those looking to learn the key elements of pilates and increase their strength and mobility. theweeretreat.co.uk