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Ten things to do<br />
In no particular order...<br />
top ten<br />
5. Laugh out loud at Janey<br />
Godley & Craig Hill<br />
Palace Green, Kilmarnock<br />
Fri 27th & Sat 28th Jul<br />
palacetheatre.biz<br />
Two of the funniest Scottish comics<br />
around perform sneak previews of their<br />
Edinburgh Fringe shows for your<br />
pleasure. Simply go to the Palace Green<br />
in Kilmarnock with your ticket<br />
purchased for seven and a half quid<br />
and laugh your head off.<br />
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Andi and<br />
Lexi’s scene<br />
report on<br />
page 26<br />
14 <strong>ScotsGay</strong><br />
1. Feel welcome in the Highlands of Scotland - Failte gu Gaidhealtachd na h-Alba<br />
Latitudes at the Swanson Gallery, Highlands<br />
From Sat14th Jul<br />
highland.gov.uk/leisure/arts/artgalleries/swansongallery<br />
The Scottish Highlands - the most beautiful green in the world. The extent to which the LGBT community is<br />
‘welcome’ is questionable, but there is still much that the area has to offer in addition to the beautiful scenery.<br />
Latitudes at the Swanson Gallery, is a case in point. It will feature new art from no less than fourteen recent<br />
Highland arts graduates. Billed as an eclectic and challenging set of work, it aims to showcase the diversity and<br />
vibrancy of the Highlands most contemporary artists. ‘Diversity’ - that’s the ticket...<br />
2. Consume Harry Potter<br />
Thu 12th Jul for the film. Sat 21st Jul for the book<br />
jkrowling.com<br />
The 7th and final book in JK Rowling’s phenomenally successful Harry<br />
Potter series is to be published at last. Deathly Hallows will “unveil in<br />
spectacular fashion... the answers to the many questions that have been so<br />
eagerly awaited...” The 5th Harry Potter fim is out a week earlier.<br />
4. Drink too much<br />
with the Lesbian<br />
& Gay Real Ale<br />
Drinkers<br />
The Regent,<br />
Edinburgh<br />
Mon 2nd Jul<br />
lagrad.org.uk<br />
Camp it up with<br />
your fellow queers<br />
and drink real ale. Their<br />
monthly ‘imbibette’ at<br />
the Regent in Edinburgh<br />
reminds us lagerholics<br />
just how wrong we are.<br />
Wrong. But thin.<br />
3. Remove your top<br />
at Utter Gutter<br />
Classic Grand, Glasgow<br />
Sat 14th Jul<br />
Studio 24, Edinburgh<br />
Fri 27th Jul<br />
uttergutter.com<br />
The best club night since<br />
JOY!’s heyday. For girls<br />
and boys that just don’t<br />
give a shit.<br />
6. Adopt a duck for the<br />
Glasgow Duck Race<br />
Clyde Arc Bridge, Glasgow<br />
Sun15th Jul<br />
glasgowduckrace.org<br />
The Glasgow River Festival culminates<br />
with the inaugural Glasgow Duck Race.<br />
Adopt a duck for a fiver, then turn up<br />
at Clyde Arc Bridge at 3.30pm to<br />
watch ‘um get dropped in the river<br />
and race each other. You couldn’t<br />
make this up. “It’s all for kids<br />
charities,” says the friendly<br />
Duck Race rep, “so why not?”<br />
Indeed.<br />
7. Join a<br />
Burlesque<br />
Workshop<br />
Club Noir,<br />
Glasgow<br />
Sat 14th Jul<br />
clubnoir.co.uk<br />
Learn the art of<br />
a burlesque<br />
performer.<br />
From stage<br />
presence to<br />
costumes,<br />
tassle-twirling,<br />
girlie tricks and<br />
choreography.<br />
It’s all here.<br />
Nice.<br />
8. Debate Politics<br />
Central London<br />
Thu 5th-Mon 9th Jul<br />
marxismfestival.org.uk<br />
Moazzam Begg was<br />
held at Guantanamo<br />
Bay for three years. He<br />
tells his story during<br />
Marxism 2007, the<br />
yearly lefty ‘festival of resistance’.<br />
Also appearing is comedian Mark<br />
Thomas; politicos Tony Benn and<br />
Gorgeous George Galloway; singer Billy<br />
Bragg and cartoonist Steve Bell. Of<br />
LGBT interest debates include The roots<br />
of gay oppression an illustrated talk with<br />
Hannah Dee; 40 years since gay sex was<br />
legalised – how do we make freedom real?<br />
with Noel Halifax and The fight for gay<br />
liberation in the Middle East with Jinan<br />
Coulter.<br />
9. Witness Jools & Lulu - Live on the Lawn<br />
Scone Palace, Perth<br />
Fri 27th Jul<br />
liveonthelawn.co.uk<br />
Our own Scottish gay icon, Lulu, will join Jools Holland<br />
and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra on their only Scottish<br />
summer tour date in 2007.<br />
10. Enjoy Dr Who<br />
& Charlie Ross<br />
Delmonica’s, Glasgow<br />
Sat 30th Jun<br />
myspace.com/delmonicas<br />
The season finale of Doctor<br />
Who in a gay bar. Where else?<br />
Join <strong>ScotsGay</strong> at the Del’s Party from<br />
6.30pm with our own Charlie Ross<br />
hosting a quiz - with lots of Who<br />
related prizes. Then watch Last of the Timelords.<br />
Will the Doctor survive against his greatest enemy yet?<br />
<strong>ScotsGay</strong> 15
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