23 August 2012
Song and Sectarianism
6—6.45pm
Owen Dudley Edwards, historian and author will discuss various songs which have a sectarian past and those with a sectarian present. He will look the history and origins behind the songs, exploring what the authors meant when penning them. With musical accompaniment from Bonnie Dudley Edwards.
Free to attend, booking not required.
1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD
0131 624 6200
23 August 2012
Art Late South
6—10pm
Art Late South features late openings and specially programmed performances at Edinburgh Art Festival galleries south of the Royal Mile.
The evening starts at 6pm at Dovecot Studios for a tour of Weaving The Century and a screening of Tim Taylor's Swimming the City in the weaving studios, a former public swimming baths.
A free tour will depart at 7pm, winding its way to several participating galleries before arriving at Summerhall for a performance by Muscles of Joy, an experimental, all-female seven piece art-folk/post-punk band who's recent debut album was longlisted for Scottish Album of the Year Award.
Exhibitions are open late at participating galleries including Edinburgh College of Art, Talbot Rice Gallery, Melvin Moti's One Thousand Points of Light at National Museum of Scotland, New Media Scotland and Summerhall.
Free to attend, booking required.
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
0131 550 3660
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23 August 2012
2012 Invades Popular Culture: Mayans, Memes, and the End of a World Era
6.30pm
Apocalyptic culture researcher Kevin Whitesides will describe the myths and phenomena related to the end of the world in 2012, as indicated by the end of the ancient Mayan calendar. Kevin is a currently completing a post-graduate dissertation on cultural transmission in the 2012 apocalyptic milieu and has published and presented widely on the subject, including a recent article on the 'End of the World Buffet' for the Fortean Times.
Tickets £5, advance booking required.
23 Union Street, EH1 3LR
0131 557 2479