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Things to do in Bristol today, Thursday, October 13 2016
SHOP OF HORRORS: In a “sacred space where beauty and death come to life”, notorious taxidermy artist Charlie Tuesday Gates presents her horrifyingly good pop up world of wonder. Vintage Market, Old Motorcycle Showroom, 10am-6pm.
MARC O’REILLY/ L’AUPAIRE: Irish songwriter O’Reilly (pictured top) has a gritty modern take on folk and blues that has drawn favourable comparisons with John Martyn and Bon Iver. Louisiana, 7.30pm.
ADELA BRETON: ANCIENT MEXICO IN COLOUR: Adela Breton’s copies of the wall paintings from temples and buildings in the Mexican ruins of Chichén Itzá are on display for the first time since the 1940’s. Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 10am-5pm.
RAMENARAMA: A pop-up Japanese noodle bar takes over The Eating Room on Wells Road for one night only. BYO, eat in or take away.
THE GRINNING MAN: A macabre, tragicomic, Bristol-set musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Man Who Laughs. Bristol Old Vic, 7.30pm.
BRISTOL BAD FILM CLUB: PAROLE VIOLATORS: Bad guys with bad dialogue get bottoms whupped in Patrick G Donohue’s 1994 film. Bierkeller, 8pm.
CLARE TEAL AND HER TRIO: From swing to sublime ballads, Clare and her Trio perform their fabulous arrangements, interspersed with Clare’s warm and witty storytelling. St George’s, 7.30pm.
WILDSCREEN DAY 4: Take a journey into the wild with more public screenings. Film include Tribes, Predators and Me, John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure, An Elephants tale: The Matriarch and Naledi: A Baby Elphant’s Tale. Watershed.
GINSPIRATIONAL: Gin Club returns to The Milk Thistle. This month’s tipple is Curio Gin, produced on the rugged Cornish coast of Mullion.
LO AND BEHOLD + SATELLITE Q&A: In this documentary, Werner Herzog turns his attention to the internet for 10 chapters of philosophical musings about our increased reliance upon the online world. Watershed and Everyman.
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