Thursday 5th February 7.30pm
Music
Emily Smith
Multi award winning Scottish singer-songwriter Emily Smith returns to the Eastgate with her band. Raised in rural Dumfriesshire, Emily’s songs – both traditional and self-penned – reflect the beauty and diversity of her own part of Scotland.
Sunday 8th February
Film
Inkheart (PG) 2.30pm
Characters from story books come to life with dramatic results.
Man On Wire (12A) 7.30pm
A dazzling documentary about high wire walker Philippe Petit, who decided to cross between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Centre.
Tuesday 10th February 7.30pm
Lecture
Halkett Hendrie Memorial Lecture - 500 Years Of Scottish Printing
Dr Brian Hillyard, head of the Rare Books Division of the National Library of Scotland will talk about the 500th anniversary of printing in Scotland and Dr Hillyard will explore the birth and spread of Scottish printing. A lecture sponsored by Tweedale Society and Tweedale Archaeological Society.
Thursday 12th February 7.30pm
Music
Poet in New York
A concert of unique and evocative music, featuring material by Leonard Cohen, Federico Garcia Lorca, Vladimir Nabokov, Laura Nyro, Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega and Pablo Neruda. Keith James and Rick Foot explore the fear, fascination and vulnerability that a fragile and creative person experiences when confronted with somewhere as exciting and unsettling as New York City. The evening also includes a bio-documentary about the life and work of Leonard Cohen.
New York grew from its position of vast commercial turnover and naturally became an unprecedented magnet of migration. Of all the village-like communities and marginalized vocations that have prospered, that of Poet is the most rare. During the 20th century Lorca, Borges, Nabokov, Plath, Dylan emerged, transient, out of step and almost invisible.
Performers Keith James and Rick Foot have received critical acclaim for their Lorca album and concerts.
