Annual General meeting followed by talk on sustainable local planting (see Breaking news, 13.9.13). All welcome. More fun than run-of-the-mill annual general meetings. Kick-off at 2.30pm.
Kingsford Estates will hold a planning drop-in to answer questions about their proposal for studio flats at 154 McDonald Road. The meeting will take place between 4pm and 7.30pm in the Nelson Hall at McDonald Road Library.
You are welcome to attend – discussion and updates may include Planning, Licensing, Environment, Transport and much more. Start: 7pm.
Policeman's helmets blight the Dell area (towards Inverleith, by the river). You are invited to remove them between 10am and noon.
You are very welcome to attend this meeting, the last until August. Among other items, the Leith Walk improvement proposals will be discussed.
The annual Precious Metals Workshop Summer Exhibition. Featuring work new and old, from it's jewellers and silversmiths in residence. Past resident jewellers are also invited to show their work as will there also be work on show from some of the students from evening and day classes. Graduate-in-residence Jane Harrison, will also be showcased for this Exhibition. Times: 10.00am–5.00pm, Mon.–Sat. Entry free.
Wiff Waff is the 300-year-old name for 'ping pong', the favourite sport down at the Drill Hall. If you're into table tennis, great food, great company, sweat, anxiety and overly competitive strangers snarling behind forced smiles then get yourselves down to the Drill Hall on 15 May.
Rummage for treasures at the monthly Out of the Blue Flea Market. Over 45 stalls full to bursting with clothes, jewellery, small furniture, music, books, bric-a-brac and so much more. Treat yourself to delicious coffee and cake at the Drill Hall Arts Cafe. Times: 10am–3pm. Entry free.
Poet J.A.
A drop-in session to view and discuss enhanced designs for the improvement of Leith Walk (Issue 220). Time: 2pm–8pm.