Gary Scott

Glasgow nightclub The Garage is turning 21 and, to celebrate this milestone, are taking influence from some of Springfield's most notorious for a birthday bash on Monday July 6.  The Garage have previously hosted Harry Potter and Roald Dahl theme nights but the promise of the venue being transformed into a tiny piece of Evergreen Terrace has all the makings of a special Monday night in the city.       Expect the Duff Beer to be flowing alongside Moe's bouncy castle and themed face-painting. If that's not enough to help you reach Homer spinning-on-the-floor levels of excitement, there will also be skateboard giveaways and free d'oh!-nuts! <img id="84c65e21-9cb5-edab-0c96-add77fd82ea3" data-caption="" data-credit="" data-width-class="" type="image/gif" total="484973" loaded="484973" align="middle" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102747872/image.jpg" class="photo lazy inline"> With rumours flowing about the new series of 'The Simpsons', including the temporary separation of Homer and Marge and the potential for Sideshow Bob to finally gets his hands on Bart, now is the perfect time for guys to take fashion inspiration from O.G hipster Ned Flanders, girls to look out their best red pearls and both to head for the iconic truck at the top of Sauchiehall Street. Saxophones, slingshots and anything Milhouse related are all purely optional.   Now, let's be honest, it is fairly inevitable that you might need some time off the radar come July

More than 20 years after the release of the original 'Jurassic Park' - and 14 years since the last instalment in the series - 'Jurassic World' is scheduled to hit cinemas this week. To tie in with the release, Glasgow Science Centre is hosting a dino-themed weekend on June 13-14 so you can get up close and personal with prehistoric creatures - without the risks of visiting Isla Nublar. Saturday sees the Royal Zoological Society bring a lifelike, computerised Velociraptor with a penchant for science chat to the party. On Sunday, budding palaeontologists will have the opportunity to meet a real life dinosaur expert and get their hands on an actual dinosaur bone. Other activities across the weekend include themed crafts and fossil-casting - not to mention 'Jurassic World' itself, which will be screening on the Glasgow Science Centre IMAX - Scotland's biggest cinema screen - letting you see (and hear) the overgrown lizards in life size. Jurassic Weekend, June 13-14, Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay. Want more dinosaur action? Check out Hatching the Past - Dinosaur Eggs and Babies at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum until August 16.

An outdoor cinema will be popping up in Glasgow's West End this summer, with two classic sci-fi films set to be shown on the big screen. Screenings of 'The Matrix' and 'District 9' will take place over two (hopefully sun-kissed) nights in the picturesque West Quadrangle of the University campus, in a new event partnership between the University of Glasgow, Grosvenor Cinema and Glasgow Science Festival. On June 4 is a special screening of the Wachowski siblings' classic action/sci-fi mind-bender 'The Matrix', recently described by Kanye West as 'The bible of the post-information age'. Prior to Kanye's declaration, 'The Matrix' was known primarily for its fashion influence on thousands of goth teenagers who sweated through the summer of 1999 in their Neo-esque leather trenchcoats.  What's easy to forget is that 'The Matrix' has at its core an extremely innovative concept, masterfully executed action sequences and progressive visuals, balancing fast-paced shoot-outs with enough reality-questioning theory to keep even the philosophy students happy. <img id="39a64a0a-9c28-1d8e-b1fa-dd8df18c4f1b" data-caption="" data-credit="" data-width-class="" type="image/jpeg" total="519192" loaded="519192" align="middle" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102524874/image.jpg" class="photo lazy inline">   The second screening is 'District 9' on June 5 - the story of a South African refugee camp which plays host to a race of extraterrestrials known colloquially known as 'prawns'. After a

Two classic films from different eras introduced by themed burlesque acts and topped off with popcorn and cocktails will be on offer at at Glasgow's Grosvenor cinema on May 29 for Club Noir Burlesque's Femme Fatale Friday.  Rita Hayworth's star-turn in 'Gilda' will be preceded by a femme fatale burlesque act by Club Noir founder Tina Warren before Lola Mimallone introduces 'Basic Instinct' with another bespoke burlesque turn.  Club Noir is a name that will be familiar with most in the city, with their trademark events some of the most popular in town. Now, branching into a smaller venue, the brains behind the burlesque are offering patrons the opportunity to don their glad-rags and spend the evening with some of cinema's most recognisable female characters. 'Gilda', which is now approaching 70 years old, has lost none of its trademark sass and has found its perfect, and slightly more modern, counterpart in 'Basic Instinct'.  Film noir, and the strong female leads which characterised the genre, enjoyed a huge renaissance in the 1980s with the neo noir off-shoot spawning even more intricate tangled webs of deception; none more so than Sharon Stone's much-parodied Catherine Tramell.  The Grosvenor cinema in the heart of Glasgow's West End has established itself at the core of film events in the city in recent years. All Night Horror Madness has enticed genre fans to the venue to enjoy movie marathons, something missed since the Odeon in Renfield Street closed its doors back in 2