[Glasgow, UK] The Amazing Miss Macfarlane
The Amazing Miss Macfarlane
Hosted by The Year of Helen Macfarlane
15 September 2018 at 18:30–21:30
The Space, 257 London Road, G40 1PE Glasgow, United Kingdom
200 years ago Helen Macfarlane was born in Barrhead, destined to become a Chartist revolutionary, radical philosopher and campaigner for equality. We’re coming together to celebrate her life:
- Gerda Stevenson will read from her collection Quines, which includes Seeing Red, a poem about Helen
- Soothside Radicles will perform their play Rare Birds, about Helen’s life
- Q and A with Author David Black whose books have reinstated Helen in her place in history
- Music from Kittlin’, 21st Century folk inspired by women, landscape and stories and Pauline Bradley, author of a new song about Helen.
Tickets £5/£3 Students and unwaged. Tickets from http://amazingmissmac.