Glasgow Women’s Library

To Build a Home

What makes a home? Scottish visual artist Martha Orbach reflects on this question in her latest show, which draws inspiration from Jewish history and personal memories. To Build a Home comprises drawings, prints, sculptures and storytelling that explore the artist’s environmentalist upbringing, heritage and role as a mother.

Until 31 March

G40 1PB. 0141 550 2267. www.womenslibrary.org.uk

Monday 1 June

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Following the success of his album Still Blooming, which reached number one on the Official Jazz and Blues Albums Chart, Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum takes his jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, on their first ever UK tour. Hear classic American Songbook favourites as well as contemporary pieces, as Goldblum presents his signature crooner skills behind the piano. Read more about Jeff Goldblum and the tour on the JR blog.

7.30pm. From £51.50. Theatre Royal Glasgow, G2 3QA. www.atgtickets.com

Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 June

Dough

David Ian Neville’s 2008 play shines a light on the shifting demographics of Jewish and Asian communities, focusing on Albie’s struggling family bakery. A firm favourite of older customers, the shop is at risk of closure when landlord Rasheed sets his sights on redeveloping the building. Determined not to give up, see how – and even if – Albie fits into these plans.  

6pm. £15, £10 concs. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT. www.jcc.scot

Available indefinitely

Garnethill Refugee Trail

A self-guided walking tour that traces the lives of the hundreds of Jewish refugees who arrived in Scotland before World War II. Created by the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre, this tour includes sites such as Scotland’s oldest synagogue and ‘the house on the hill’, where refugees would meet alongside native Glaswegians to discuss politics and culture. The trail is free and available to download or from the SJHC in person. Read more about the Garnethill Refugee Trail in the Spring issue of JR.

FREE. www.sjhc.org.uk