Month: August 2009

EDINBURGH

* Aig oir na cruinne 28 August@ 8pm
St Kilda in words, music & images with Donald S Murray, Calum Ferguson, Catriona Watt, James Graham & Mairi Macleod.
£10/£8
Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place 0131 226 5425, theatre-workshop.com

St Kilda Day Launch 29 August @12 noon
Songs, stories & craic with Catriona Watt & Calum Ferguson.
£10/£8
The National Trust for Scotland, 28 Charlotte Square 0844 493 2100, www.nts.org.uk

* St Kilda Day Gaelic Service (30th August) Greyfriars Church, Greyfriars Place
0131 225 1900, www.greyfriarskirk.com

GLASGOW

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
St Kilda exhibition
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Free of charge

St Kilda Letters @ 12noon repeated till 3pm
Iain Macrae & Davy Walker bring 19th century letters from St Kilda to life
Free of Charge
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street 0141 276 9599, glasgowmuseums.com

The Island Tapes @ 8pm
An emotional journey of the senses with songs from Alyth McCormack
£12/£10/£8
Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 350 Sauchiehall Street
Followed by St Kilda Ceilidh @ 10pm
Sing, dance & celebrate St Kilda, also at The CCA,
£5/£3
0141 352 4900
www.cca-glasgow.com

INVERNESS

* St Kilda Exhibition
Eden Court Theatre, Bishops Road
Timeless photographic images of the islanders
St Kilda’s Film Heritage @ 2pm & 6pm
Evocative footage of past times & live debate
£4.50(2pm) – £6/£5(6pm)
St Kilda Concert @7.45pm
A repsonse to St Kilda’s musical heritage
£10/£8
All above at Eden Court Theatre, 01463 234 234,
www.eden-court.co.uk

PERTH

St Kilda Caught on Camera exhibition A photographic response to St Kilda by Lorne Gill (during opening times)
Free of Charge
Scottish Natural Heritage, Battleby, Redgorton
01738 444 177 www.snh.org.uk

ARGYLL

* Songs of St Kilda 26 August @8pm
Anne Lorne Gillies & Rhona MacKay tell the St Kildan story through music & pictures
£10/£8
Taynuilt Village Hall 01866822473

ISLE OF HARRIS

Seallam, Northton
Emigration Exhibition
Symbols of Scotland’s diaspora

Life on the Edge @ 2pm
Hiort: a Harris Outlier – talk by Bill Lawson
The Guga Hunters – talk by Donald S Murray in homage to the men of Ness

* Nature Songs, Homeland Songs 28 August @8pm
Gillebride MacIllemhaoil, Iain Macdonald
Margaret Stewart & Ingrid Henderson
£10/£8
All above at Seallam
( 01859 520 258, www.seallam.com

* Songs of St Kilda 31 August @8.30pm
Anne Lorne Gillies & Rhona MacKay tell the St Kildan story through music & pictures
£10/£8
Harris Hotel, Tarbert
01859 502154 www.harrishotel.com

ISLE OF LEWIS

* Songs of St Kilda 28 August, 8pm
Anne Lorne Gillies & Rhona MacKay
£10/£8
Uig Community Hall 01851 672 457 , www.uigandbernera.com

* An Lanntair, Faclan Festival
Literature of the Blasket Islands @3pm
£5/£4
Miceal de Mordha, of the Blasket Islands Centre, compares the literature of the islands

*Songs of St Kilda @ 7.30pm
Anne Lorne Gillies & Rhona MacKay
£10/£9/£8

St Kildan Post @ 10pm
Iain Morrison and Daibhidh Martin collobaion of music, song, images and spoken word
£7
All above at An Lanntair, Stornoway
018551 703307 www.lanntair.com

PORTREE

* St Kilda Exhibition
National Trust for Scotland photographs

* Songs of St Kilda 27 August @ 7.30pm
Anne Lorne Gillies & Rhona MacKay
£12/£10/£6
All above at Aros Centre

01478 613649, www.aros.co.uk

BERNERAY

* Nature Songs, homeland Songs @ 7.30pm
Gillebride MacIllemhaoil, Iain MacDonald, Margaret Setwart & Ingrid Henderson
£10/£8
Berneray Community Hall, 07742936801

NORTH UIST

* St Kilda Viewpoint unveiling @ 6.30pm
Clettraval Hill 01870 603299

* St Kilda Ceilidh @ 7.30pm
An evening of St Kilda song poetry and talk with exhibition
Hosta Hall 01870 603299

SOUTH UIST

* Songs of St Kilda, 1 September @ 8pm
Anne Lorne Gillies & Rhona MacKay
£10/£8
Southend Community Hall, Daliburgh
01878 700154 www.ceolas.co.uk