Thursday 12 June (8pm) Sylvia Dow creates and manages a unique project bringing arts into the workplace and working lives of the 4000 staff in Scottish Widows. She will talk about the delights and challenges of bringing creativity and not a little chaos into a business environment which is by nature traditional, risk averse and conservative. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Monday 16 June Club Quiz Night. Free entry, teams of 4 max, prizes
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Friday 20 June New Members’ Night Music by Harmony 21
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Wednesday 25 June (6-8pm) Preview Glasgow Art Club Show
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Thursday 26 June (8pm) Scotland & Impression: Talk by Dr Frances Fowle, curator, National Galleries of Scotland. As a taster for a major exhibition of 100 pictures drawn from collections around the world, National Galleries of Scotland curator Frances Fowle will tell the story of the natural empathy which so many of Scotland’s Victorian artists had for the work of the French Impressionists. The exhibition, which includes Degas’ L’Absinthe and Lavery’s Tennis Party among other gems, runs from July 19 to October 2 One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Monday 30 June Golf outing/competition: Bruntsfield Links. Lunch then 18 holes. Entry list on Club noticeboard
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Monday 30 June (8pm, in the presence of the man himself!) John Calder: A Life in Publishing. A documentary film by Director, Lou MacLoughlan, celebrating the achievements of one who, for members of the club, needs no introduction as an acknowledged star in the post-war world of literature, and the arts in general. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Friday 4 July (8pm) 
Dr Tony Parker, formerly of the University of Georgia, and currently Director of Dundee University’s School of American Studies, will deliver an Independence Day talk on the Scottish-Colonial American relationship. Two course supper £16 (served from 7pm)
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Thursday 10 July (8pm) The musical janny: Having set aside his bucket and mop for a moment, Glasgow janny Aleksander Kudajczyk couldn’t resist the temptation to run his fingers over the keyboard of the school piano. The result was astonishment amongst his colleagues, a flurry of newspaper headlines, and an invitation to play at the club! We are assured of a brilliant evening. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Thursday 17 July (8pm) 
To celebrate Bastille Day (14 July), Richard Mowe, the director of the French Film Festival, now in its 16th year, will talk on French cinema. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Monday 21 July Club quiz night
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Wednesday 23 July (6-8pm) Preview: Professional Members’ Summer Show
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Thursday 24 July (8pm) Sharpening up the Act: Jonathan Mills, now fully installed as the Director of one of the world’s greatest arts festivals, will discuss his vision for the future direction Edinburgh’s annual cultural extravaganza should take as the competition from other cities presents new challenges. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Thursday 31 July (8pm) Heroes: Long before James Dean and Marlon Brando changed the rules, the young were encouraged to aspire to the sort of exemplary role models described by such best-selling authors as Samuel Smiles of Self Help fame. In a Scottish National Portrait Gallery exhibition supplemented with exhibits from the John Murray Archive of the National Library of Scotland, the glories of heroism will be explored. David MacLay of the NLS will stir our imaginations. The exhibition runs until September. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Thursday 7 August (8pm) Scottish songs by Sophie Ramsay. Since her last spellbinding appearance at the club Sophie’s extraordinary voice has enchanted the listeners of Desert Island Discs, amongst others. Recently returned from the USA, she will spin her musical magic again. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Thursday 14 August (8pm) Campaigning in Crimea. Victorian Britain’s most controversial war from a Turkish perspective. Dr Chris Ferrard talks about the causes, conduct, and outcome of a conflict chiefly remembered in Britain for the charge of the Light Brigade and the Lady with the Lamp. One course supper £10 (served from 7pm)
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Sunday 17 August (from 12 noon) Garden party: St Petersburg brass ensemble. An assortment of some of Russia’s top brass instrumentalists will keep us entertained at our annual alfresco fixture with some intriguing gyrations from our belly dancer. (Please enquire with Club office about tickets)
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Thursday 21 August (performance at 7pm, 2 course supper (£15) from 8.30pm) In Praise of Woman - British Women Composers. Two extraordinary performers, one sensational evening! The celebrated soprano Judith Gardner Jones (right) has sung in roles as diverse as Martha in Faust, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Lucy Lockett in Britten’s Beggar’s Opera, Pamina in The Magic Flute, and the diva Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera. She is accompanied by award winning pianist Claire Haslin, who has captivated audiences in, amongst other places, London’s Purcell Room and Italy’s Montalcino Festival, as well as Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall. Together they perform work by such composers as Liza Lehman, Rebecca Clarke, and Elisabeth Lutyens.
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Friday 29 August (8pm, (preceded by one course supper (£10) served from 7pm) Alex Reedijk, Director General, Scottish Opera. Founded by Sir Alexander Gibson in 1962, Scottish Opera was plunged into crisis in 2005 when the money ran out and it was controversially closed down for a season - at which point Alexander Reedijk took over as DG. Since then, the recovery has brought with it some heartening new developments, like the Five;15 series of commissioned mini-operas by contemporary writers and composers. Alex Reedijk recalls some roller-coaster moments.
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