South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

Phoebe Cope, an Irish-born artist with a background in drawing, painting, and sculpture, uses observational field studies rooted in landscapes and natural history. She relies on drawing from life, fusing memory and direct observation to capture organic patterns, skilfully aligning eye, hand and heart. Through expressive technique, she celebrates the world's inherent beauty, passionately urging viewers to cherish and reimagine the diversity surrounding us. 

Education: BA Fine Art Ruskin School of Art Oxford, MA Royal Drawing School

Exhibitions: Royal Academy, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Piano Nobile, Kilcock, Thomas Williams, Biggar Museum,Cnoc Buí. Recent: Hayward Gallery touring ‘ Acts of Creation’. 

Upcoming: East Kilbride Arts, Lismore Castle Arts. Selected Collections: Bank of Ireland, Office of Public Works, Blackrock Clinic, Old Pier Hospital Collection, King‘s Foundation, Moritz-Heyman

Cost: Free admission

Library events, such as Bookbug etc, are booked through the library management system (Spydus).

Please click here to view and book library events.

Cost: various

 

Our hugely popular, long running Tea Dances return on Thursdays on the following dates;

• 15 January
• 19 February
• 19 March
• 16 April
• 21 May
• 25 June

Time: 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Tickets: £2.50

John Findlay provides the live music for our series of Tea Dances with a mixture of sequence and ballroom to suit all tastes.

Tea and biscuits provided.

Book early to avoid disappointment! Call Rutherglen Town Hall on 0141 613 5700.

Cost: £2.50

 

A tribute to the music of Meat Loaf.

Carlton Entertainment brings you their brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf’s greatest hits.

Following a SOLD OUT tour of Spain in 2024, this showstopping concert launched across Europe in 2025.

Featuring the incredible vocals of Lee Brady and an awesome band made up of the UK’s most highly-skilled and reputable rock musicians and female rock vocalists. . . this spellbinding concert will take you on a rollercoaster ride of Meat Loaf’s greatest hits of all time, including: Anything For Love – Bat Out Of Hell – Paradise by the Dashboard Light – Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth – Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad – Dead Ringer For Love and many, many more.

Available to book online or by calling The Town House Hamilton on 01698 452299.

Cost: £28.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Now in its second year, the FP Arts Short Film Festival is hosted by Fulfilment Pictures and continues to grow as a platform for filmmakers and storytellers. The festival presents screening events at East Kilbride Arts Centre throughout the year, leading to a three-day annual celebration across venues in the Village.

The festival’s mission is to connect creatives with film professionals from across the globe, showcasing diverse short films and unproduced scripts. All films screened at the screening events are nominated for the annual event, where major awards — including a £2,000 Best Short Film Prize — will be presented. Alongside screenings, the annual event features networking, panel discussions, live music, and much more.

Local and international voices, FP Arts Short Film Festival celebrates creativity, inclusivity, and discovery in independent filmmaking.

For more information and tickets, visit: www.fulfilmentpictures.com.

Cost: From £15.00