Galleries, outings, exhibitions and music
Flies on film Kiss the Water is a Scottish fl y fi shing documentary currently screening in the UK. The fi lm tells the story of the extraordinary recluse and eccentric, Megan Boyd, who lived a simplistic life in a basic cabin with no electricity or phone and just her dog for company, and yet who’s beautiful – and effective – fi shing fl ies became legendary. Her fans included HRH Prince Charles who visited her at her home to buy fl ies, and who became a lifelong friend. The documentary was shot in and around Kintradwell in Sutherland where Megan lived.
www.kiss-the-water.com
StAnza and deliver The acclaimed novelist and author of
book-made-movie Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières, is to launch the 2014 StAnza poetry festival. The festival, which forms part of the Homecoming Scotland 2014 celebrations, takes place from 5-9 March in St Andrews and will involve poets from across the commonwealth. These include: the fi rst ever appearance of multi-award winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon; a welcome return from UK’s fi rst Scottish and fi rst female poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy; Indian poet and dancer and Forward Prize winner Tishani Doshi; and St Andrews’ own John Burnside.
www.stanzapoetry.org
Centenary concert For one night only Edinburgh’s Usher Hall will celebrate 100
glorious years of music and entertainment by presenting a selection of music from the three original opening concerts which took place a century ago. The programme features the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and the magnifi cent Usher Hall organ, which has played a big part in the Hall’s heritage since it was installed in 1913. The concert takes place on Thursday 6 March at 7.30pm and tickets are available from by calling 0131 228 1155 or visiting
www.usherhall.co.uk
Big is beautiful Mammoths of the Ice Age is a major exhibition exploring the mysteries of the Ice Age and revealing what life was like for the iconic mammals of this era – the mammoth and
the mastodon. The exhibition travels to the National Museum of Scotland from The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The exhibition also brings together for the fi rst time in Europe an extensive collection of signifi cant objects from the Ice Age, including some of the oldest human art in existence, woolly mammoth hair – which could grow up to a metre long, preserved Columbian mammoth dung and giant tusks and teeth. The exhibition runs until 20 April.
www.nms.ac.uk/mammoths
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