donegal culture night programme – here
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donegal culture night programme – here
Culture Night 2016 Programme Culture Night 2016 Letterkenny, County Donegal Friday, September 16th 6.00pm – 11.00pm Culture Night provides a terrific opportunity for families to sample aspects of Irish Culture and Heritage. This extraordinary night of cultural festivities has grown each year since its inception in 2006 with inspiring commitment from local authorities, cultural organisations and participants throughout the country. There is a diverse programme of performances, events and exhibitions available to the public. This will be Letterkenny’s 8th. occasion to participate in Culture Night. In common with other participating towns and cities across the country, the town will see an evening of highly accessible, FREE OF CHARGE, family friendly events. The programme is centered around, among others, Donegal County Museum, the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Town Park, Letterkenny University Hospital Arts Committee, County Donegal ETB Music Education Partnership, An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny Freemasons, Donegal Intercultural Platform, Donegal Travellers Project, The Artworks, The Central Library, Donegal County Council Heritage Office, St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Conwal Parish Church, Create-A-Link Art Studio, ArtCo Gallery, The Swell Festival, Donegal Youth Service @ The LOFT and the Cathedral Quarter Group. www.culturenight.ie • www.facebook.com/culturenight Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in partnership with Donegal County Council (Cultural Services). Is í An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta a dhéanann comhordú ar an Oíche Chultúir, i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall (Seirbhísí Cultúrtha). 2 Culture Night 2016 Programme VENUE 1 Pinehill Studios Pinehill Studios, Pinehill Business Park, Mountain Top, Letterkenny T: 086.7900554 E: pinehillstudios.lk@gmail.com W: www.pinehillstudios.ie Showcase Performances, Traditional Music and Workshops 6.30pm – 8pm It’s Open Night at the Pinehill Studios where instructors from SM Fitness and On Cue Cultural and Performance Arts, extend an invitation to all to come along and enjoy student Showcase Performances in Dance, Musical Theatre, Traditional Music and more (6.30pm-7.15pm) and Open Dance and Music Workshops for all ages (7.15pm – 8pm). The dance workshop will give parents, friends, dancers or anyone curious enough to have a go, an idea of what it’s like to be part of Pinehill Studios. This Invitation is extended to everyone to participate for one evening and join us for a fun-filled time to celebrate the art of dance, drama, music and craic. VENUE 2 Letterkenny University Hospital Arts Corridor Exhibition Space, entrance via new Accident & Emergency Unit, Kilmacrennan Road Letterkenny UH Arts Committee Exhibition Opening 6.00pm Seascape, by Joan Beirne One of the first acts of the recently reconstituted Letterkenny University Hospital Arts Committee was to organize and present a very successful exhibition of new works by Hospital staff members, in the Arts Corridor Exhibition Space at the new Accident and Emergency Unit. The Arts Committee aims to ‘involve the arts in the healing process so as to promote the well-being of patients, staff and visitors to Letterkenny UH’ and to ‘increase the levels of access to and participation in high quality art programmes at Letterkenny UH’. The work of the Arts Committee is on-going and to that end, especially for Culture Night, it will present a new exhibition featuring works by committee members, artists Morgan Ferriter, Celine McGlynn, Fiona Higgins, Charlotte Brady, Joan Beirne and Moira Mills. The Exhibition will open at 6.00pm. VENUE 3 Letterkenny Town Park Inishowen Carnival Group Elemental/Ghost Dance Installation Open from 7.00pm Performances at 7.30pm & 9.00pm Inishowen Carnival Group. T: 087.6836478 E: inishowencarnival@hotmail.com A circle of strange geometric monoliths have been unearthed but everbody is baffled by what their purpose could have been. A temple to some ancient gods or implements of some long forgotten science of the stars? Magic portals to another world or some other purpose as yet unknown? Elemental/Ghost Dance is a brand new work by Inishowen Carnival which will premier at Letterkenny Town Park as part of Culture Night. A blend of largescale sculptural installations by Inishowen-based artist Kevin O’Neill, ambient music, lighting, choreographed processional and dance performance, it will feature Buncrana electronic musicians Shammen Delly as well as members of ZoNa Dance Company and Dynamic Waves from Letterkenny, Aislingí Dance Academy of Ballybofey and the Small But Massive Samba Band from Draperstown. 3 Culture Night 2016 Programme VENUE 4 Donegal County Museum High Road T: 074 9124613 6.00pm – 10.00pm County Donegal in 1916: Our Story 6.00pm – 10.00pm County Donegal in 1916: Our Story is a fascinating exhibition exploring the major events of 1916 from a Donegal perspective and offering visitors a glimpse of everyday life in the County in this pivotal year. Included in the exhibition are witness statements, letters written by Padraig Pearse and Roger Casement as well as the infamous Niall Mac Giolla Bhríde name plate.* A free activity booklet is available for children. The exhibition was part funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, through its Ireland 1916-2016 Commemorative Programme. *Niall Mac Giolla Bhríde was a poet, farmer and songwriter from Creeslough who gained notoriety in 1905 for refusing to pay a fine he received for having his name written in Irish on his business cart – and not in English as was the law of the day - as he travelled home from a fair in Dunfanaghy. His case went all the way to the Court of the King’s Bench in Dublin where he was defended, pro bono, by a young barrister named Padraig Pearse. Though the case was lost, the event angered many Irish language speakers and revivalists and added much impetus to the language movement of the day. East Donegal Ulster-Scots Heritage Exhibition 4 by the exhibition include the Donegal Ulster Scots Diaspora, East Donegal and Colonial America, the Ulster Scots Literary Tradition, the Donegal origins of the Presbyterian Church, Highland warriors in Donegal and much more. The exhibition is on loan from the Ulster-Scots Agency. Canon Tommy Doherty Film Show 6.30pm – 9.30pm From the 1930’s to the 1960’s Canon Tommy Doherty, of the parishes of Dungloe and Dunfanaghy, filmed life in Donegal amassing a unique record of people, places and events in the county. This selection of film material from his collection includes many people and places in Letterkenny from weddings and fair days to the Cathedral and the Port. Come along and see if you recognise anyone – you might even spot yourself on the silver screen! ‘Meet the Matron of the Workhouse’ Performances at 7.00pm & 8.30pm For those persons seeking refuge and shelter, please make your way to Donegal County Museum (formerly Letterkenny Workhouse) to be greeted by the Matron. She who will decide if you can gain admittance to said Workhouse and will inform you of the rules and regulations. Types of behaviour which were particularly frowned upon included - ‘cards or other games of chance’, pretending to be sick and visiting areas of the Workhouse, ‘other than that to which they belong’! 6.00pm – 10.00pm Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Traditional Session This exhibition highlights some of the rich UlsterScots heritage of East Donegal. From the earliest times, East Donegal has been home to many people from Scotland who helped shaped the culture and history of the region. Some of the themes covered 8.00pm – 10.00pm Specially for Culture Night, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Lettterkenny in conjunction with the Donegal County Museum, will present a ‘Night of Culture Night 2016 Programme Traditional Music, Song and Dance’ which will feature a performance by the branch’s Senior Grúpa Ceoil. The Letterkenny branch has been in existence since 1957 and hosts a weekly traditional session on Tuesday nights at Gallagher’s Hotel, Upper Main Street. All are welcome. VENUE 5 Regional Cultural Centre 46 Port Road (behind An Grianán Theatre) T: 074 9129186 W: www.regionalculturalcentre.com F: www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre Willie Doherty, Loose Ends/Picturing Derry 6.00pm – 10.00pm Presented by the Regional Cultural Centre, in association with Earagail Arts Festival Picturing Derry – A Selection A selection of work from a major group exhibition featuring some of the most iconic images of the Troubles in Derry City. Taken over a period of almost 20 years, the photographs document many different aspects of life in the city, from 1969 to the late 1980s. It includes the work of visiting photographers from around the world as well as images by local artists, news photographers and amateur photographers. Picturing Derry is curated by Declan Sheehan, for the Nerve Centre, and was one of the most popular events of the Derry/Londonderry UK City of Culture 2013 Programme. The Drop-in Hands-On Art Room Willie Doherty. Photo: Declan Doherty 6.00pm – 10.00pm Willie Doherty, Loose Ends Loose Ends is a major new art project by Derry/ Donegal artist Willie Doherty, which explores the leagacy of the 1916 Easter Rising. The work was commissioned by Donegal County Council and was one of a small number of largescale projects funded under the Arts Council’s ART:1916 National Projects Awards, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs’ Ireland 1916-2016 Centenary Programme. Comprising a multi-sceeen video installation and a series of still photographic images, the work builds on Willie Doherty’s career defining interest in the relationship between landscape and memory. Material for Loose Ends was shot on Oileán Ghabhla/Gola Island off the west coast of Donegal and in the environs of Moore Street, Dublin, earlier this year. Following the tremendously successful Drop-In Hands-On Art Rooms of recent Culture Nights , the Regional Cultural Centre has once again created a large-scale Art Room where visitors of all ages can find out more about this year’s exhibition, Loose Ends , and be inspired by it make their own artworks. The Art Room features background information on the work of artist Willie Doherty as well as on the related themes of photographic and video art and the 1916 Easter Rising. The Room also houses a model representation of the Asgard which was piloted by two Gola Island fishermen on the occasion of its ill-fated gun-running expedititon to Ireland, and a recreation of the tunnel used by the retreating 1916 Rebels to escape into Moore Street from their bombed-out Headquarters in the General Post Office. VENUE 5 Donegal Music Education Partnership @ Regional Cultural Centre Port Road (behind An Grianán Theatre) T: 074 9176293 W: www.donegaletb.ie Established in 2003 and based at the Regional Cultural Centre, the Donegal ETB managed Donegal Music Education Partnership provided the earliest manifestation of the emerging Music Generation 5 Culture Night 2016 Programme system of music education, currently being developed nationally by the Music Network agency. County Donegal Youth Orchestra 8.15pm – 9.00pm Workshop 1 & 2 RCC County Donegal Youth Orchestra (CDYO) is made up young, talented musicians from around County Donegal, run under the Donegal Music Education Partnership banner. CDYO embraces a varied and often challenging repertoire, from well-known and loved compositions of the Classical era to modern and avant garde creations by modern composers and artists, taking in music from film and television in between. The orchestra’s Conductor and Musical Director is Vincent Kennedy. Mind Your Quavers Ensemble 9.15 pm – 10.00pm Auditorium RCC Mind Your Quavers was formed with funding support from the Special EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and sits within Donegal Music Education Partnership’s portfolio of performing groups as its Adult Ensemble. The members come from varied, multi-genre musical backgrounds, with many returning to playing their instruments after varying periods of non – practice. Led and encouraged by violinists Irene Donnelly and Seamus McGuire (West Ocean String Quartet, Buttons and Bows), they have dusted off their instruments and now perform an eclectic mix of music that moves from light classical to folk and more in between. VENUE 6 An Grianán Theatre Post Show Culture Night Entertainment 9.30pm – 12.00pm Enjoy a special Culture Night evening of music, song, comedy and more in An Grianán Theatre’s Foyer Bar, featuring a selection of seasoned cabaret favourites and new, emerging talents. Compered by comedian Pauric Gallagher. VENUE 7 Donegal Travellers Project @ Port House Port House, Station Roundabout T: 074 9129281 E: travcom@eircom.net Intercultural Celebration Port Road T: 074 9120777 W: www.angrianan.com 7.00pm – 9.00pm B-Hybrid Dance Company, Breaking Breath Earlier this year, the Donegal Travellers Project marked their 20th. anniversary with a celebratory event at the Regional Cultural Centre, that was attended by among others, Ms. Anastasia Crickley, President of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Now based in what was formerly the Port na Fáilte Intercultural Resource Centre at Port House, Donegal Travellers Project (DTP) will present, especially for Culture Night, a display of the very impressive banner outlining the work of DTP over the past 20 years, 7.00pm & 8.30pm (Duration 30 mins) B-Hybrid are a London-based dance company, founded and directed by Donegal dancer and choreographer, Brian Gillespie – seen most recently alongside John D. Ruddy in the hugely entertaining McKeague and O’Brien present The Rising show at An Grianán Theatre, earlier this year. Brian returns to Donegal for Culture Night when his B-Hybrid company will present the Irish premier of their 6 new dancework, Breaking Breath, at An Grianán Theatre. Described as ‘a culturally enriching dance experience that pays homage to those striving to preserve their endangered mother tongue in modern day society’, Breaking Breath takes its inspiration from the Irish Government’s 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language/Straitéis 20 Bliana don Ghaeilge. The work was singled out for special mention by the Guardian newspaper at the Resolution!2015 dance event in London. The company are noted for their original style, a hybrid of many and diverse influences, from folk dance to hip hop. Annie Mongan. Photo: Clive Wasson Culture Night 2016 Programme along with a selection of publications on the work of the organization which are free to visiting members of the public. Also, in a repeat of last year’s very successful event, Donegal Travellers Project and the Donegal Intercultural Platform will come together to present a special intercultural evening of music, song, dance for all the family. Food and refreshments will also be available. Donegal Intercultural Platform (T: 086.8799889 E: donegalip@gmail.com) VENUE 8 Artworks Picture Framing Port Road (opp. An Grianán Theatre) T: 074 9125073 E: info@artworksframing.ie Outdoor Film Screening 7.30pm – 9.30pm Artworks presents another of its unique outdoor screenings of new short films, animations and video works, created by local film makers including Steve McCollum, Brenda Kelly, Daniel McGarrigle, Charlie Joe Doherty and Steven Crane. VENUE 9 The Masonic Hall (Letterkeny 271 Masonic Lodge) Port Road (next to An Grianán Theatre) numbers admitted at any one time may need to be restricted. Please also Note, access within the building is restricted as there are steep stairs which are unsuitable for buggies and wheelchairs. For further Information, please contact Donegal County Museum T: 074 9124613 E: museum@donegalcoco.ie VENUE 10 The LOFT Youth Project & Health Advice Café 16-18 Port Road T: 074 912964, 9188271 W: www.donegalyouthservice.ie/loft The LOFT Youth Project is a community-based resource managed by Donegal Youth Service and Foróige, providing a broad range of activities and developmental programmes for young people aged 12 to 18. There is a strong emphasis on cultural activities, reflecting the exceptional talents and aptitude of local teenagers in the areas of music, visual art, drama and film-making, among others. Video & Music Showcase 7.00pm – 9.00pm The LOFT will host live music performances from their young musicians and will showcase two videos made during its Art, Media and Performance (A.M.P.) Summer Programme at the Regional Cultural Centre, under the guidance of actor and film-maker John D. Ruddy. Open To The Public 7.00pm – 9.00pm The Masonic Hall, one of the oldest and most distinctive buildings on the Port Road, is home to Pioneer Masonic Lodge 271 Letterkenny. Now, for the first time ever, and especially for Culture Night, members of the public are invited to view the building, partake of some refreshments, learn about the history of Freemasonry in Donegal – the Letterkenny Lodge has been in existence since 1873 - and hear about the present-day charitable work of the Masons, from the local Lodge members themselves. Officers from the Provincial Grand Lodge will also be in attendance. Please Note that due to space limitations, VENUE 11 Gallagher’s Hotel Upper Main Street T: (074) 9121198 Letterkenny Community Heritage Group T: (074) 9127377 Letterkenny Community Heritage Group The Letterkenny Debates 7.30pm – 8.30pm Letterkenny Community Heritage Group host a short debate on the issues that arise when naming streets, roads and other public spaces, after people. Should their undoubted contributions to the area 7 Culture Night 2016 Programme and the community be recognized by such actions or is it unfair on others who do not have their contributions remembered? Guest speakers will include Brendan Delap and Kieran Kelly. VENUE 12 North West Words at Florence Food Company Florence Food Company, 63 Upper Main Street T: 086.2218038 Frank Green, Pat Gallagher 8.00pm – 9.00pm Monica Corish, Damian Gallagher 9.15pm – 10.15pm North West Words is a monthly reading series that has been running since 2010, presenting established and emerging writers. Tonight’s Culture Night edition of NW Words will be in two parts, the first starting at 8.00pm will feature prose writer Frank Green. There will also be songs and stories from Pat Gallagher, lead singer and founder member of one of Donegal’s most successful bands, Goats Don’t Shave. Their recent release, GAA Jersey, with Letterkenny rap crew The Phat Kidz, has been one of the hits of the summer. The second session, from 9.15pm, will feature Monica Corish, the award-winning poet and creative writing facilitator, from Kinlough, Co. Leitrim. Her most recent collections include A Dying Language, published by the Irish Hospice Foundation and Gleanings: Poetry Inspired by The Leitrim Observer, completed while she was Writer in Residence at the long-established newspaper in 2014. Music will be provided by guitarist Damian Gallagher. VENUE 13 The Cottage VENUE 14 Amelia’s Irish Design Shop 29 Upper Main Street T: 087. 2434060 www.facebook.com/ameliasirishdesign (Prop. Frances Spears) Gallery Artists 6.30pm – 9.00pm Live Music 7.30pm-8.30pm The recently opened Amelia’s Irish Design Shop showcases works by many noted Irish artists and craftspeople including Jenny McConnell, Ailsa Friel, John Ryan, Karen O’Kane Koko Designs, Shelagh Dwyer, Emer O’Sulllivan, Mary Friel, Tom Callery, Maura McGlynn, Laura Buchanan and Deirdre O’Callaghan. VENUE 15 Church Lane Cycles Presented by Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Committee T: 086.3452457 W: www.instagram.com/cathedralquarterletterkenny Dublin France 1916 - The Story of Private Michael Doherty 49 Upper Main Street E: info@swellfestival.com W: www.swellfestival.com A play by Paul McCollum Performances at 7.00pm & 8.30pm (30 mins) ‘The Swell Festival’ Live The courtyard at the rear of the former Church Lane Cycles building is the venue for a new play telling the story of Private Micheal Doherty, of Church Street and the Royal Inniskillings Fusiliers, who died in the infamous chlorine gas attacks near the village 10.00pm – Late No ferries required as Oileán Arainn Mhór’s Swell Festival of music and arts comes ashore for a 8 special, mainland Culture Night presentation. Relive memories of the mid summer event with a performance by one of the Festival’s favourite bands, Derry’s Wood Burning Savages Culture Night 2016 Programme of Hulluch, Northern France, on April 30, 1916 – the same day that Padraig Pearse and the Irish Volunteers surrendered. VENUE 18 St. Eunan’s Cathedral The Conwal Singers, The Derg Valley Choir 8.30pm – 9.30pm VENUE 16 Conwal Parish Church Church Lane/Cathedral Square FB: www.facebook.com/gaudiumchoir The Conwal Singers are a Letterkenny based four part chamber choir. Founded in 2009, they enjoy exploring various genres of music, from Baroque to Contemporary. Gaudium Chamber Choir 6.45pm – 8.00pm Drawn from a pool of experienced singers from Donegal, Derry and Fermanagh, Gaudium Chamber Choir is a recently formed ensemble, led by Fanadbased organist and choral director, Daniel Braddell. The programme for the evening will be varied and will include sacred music and arrangements of Irish and English folksongs. The recital will also provide an ideal opportunity to showcase Conwal Parish Church’s recently upgraded Charles Telford-built pipe organ, which dates from circa 1889. VENUE 17 Conwal Parish Centre Church Lane/Cathedral Square (behind Conwal Parish Church) Presented by Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Commitee. 6.00pm – 10.00pm Exhibition of Photographs by Maciej Wysoki Maciej Wysoki is a Polish photographer, now resident in Donegal. His work has been exhibited in group and solo shows in Letterkenny - including as part of Earagail Arts Festival - as well as in his native Poland. This exhibition features images of the Cathedral Quarter area and the surrounding hinterland. Space Scape, by Seamus McManus and Siobhán McGranaghan Space Scape is an outdoor, illuminated art installation created by Seamus McManus and Siobhán McGranaghan. An array of multi-coloured spheres that sway gently to the rhythm of the wind, by night they are transformed into glowing orbs that appear to float across the sky. The Conwal Singers delight in promoting other musical talent in the locality and are pleased to be joined on this occasion with their friends Derg Valley Choir, from Castlederg, Co. Tryone. A mixed voice four part choir, their repertoire is a mixture of classical, sacred and popular music. Each choir will perform their own pieces individually and join together for a moving musical selection from composers such as Williams, Mozart and Rutter. VENUE 19 The Central Library Oliver Plunkett Road T: 074 9124950 W: www.donegallibrary.ie Central Library and Europe Direct Information Centre presents an intercultural programme of music, drama, poetry, song and storytelling for Culture Night. The Hazels Polish Folk Group 6.30pm – 7.30pm The Hazels Polish folk group, under director Leszek Jarowski, will perform a programme of Polish folk music and will be joined by children from Donegal’s Polish community in song and poetry. This group are no strangers to Central Library as they took part in last year’s Culture Night as well as in the Polska Éire 2015 Festival in Letterkenny. They will also be hosting a Polish Christmas Carols Evening in Central Library on December 15th next. 9 Culture Night 2016 Programme Andrew Galvin 7.30pm – 8.15pm Andrew is a Donegal-based poet, playwright, performer, and ardent alliteration advocate. On the night you can expect short dramatic extracts from his plays (The Crowning Guest and The Fool and The Moon) as well as a selection of original poems and songs performed in his own erudite and inimitable style. Club Amhránaíochta Ros Goill 8.15pm – 9.00pm Bunaíodh Club Amhránaíochta Ros Goill in Aibreán na bliana seo ag Caoimhe Ní Mhaoileóin, amhránaí is ceoltóir as Na Dúnaibh. Tagann an Club le chéile achan seachtain chun amhráin le Gaeilge a fhoghlaim i gcomhluadar fáiltiúl, neamhfhoirmiúl. Tá a saol caite le ceol ag Caoimhe go dtí seo in Éirinn is fán mBreatain, fán Eoraip agus i Meiriceá. D’fhill sí ar Na Dúnaibh ceithre bhlian ó shin, t’réis tréimhse fhada a bheith caite aici ag cónaí is ag buaileadh ceoil i mBoston agus fá Oir-chósta Meiriceá. I gcomhluadar Caoimhe Ní Mhaoileóin anocht, beidh Declan McClafferty agus Ruairí Friel ón ngrúpa In Their Thousands, comh maith le baill áirithe eile de Club Amhránaíochta Ros Goill. Club Amhránaíochta Ros Goill was founded in April 2016 by Downings musician and singer Caoimhe Ní Mhaoileóin. Participants meet weekly at a different local pub and learn Irish language songs in an informal, inclusive environment.Joining Caoimhe, are well known local musicians Declan McClafferty and Ruairí Friel of In Their Thousands, as well as members of the club. 10 VENUE 20 ZoNa Dance Co. Altmore House, Mulroy Business Park, Canal Road (behind T. Diver’s Hyundai Dealership) T: 086.8222189 E: zonadanceco@yahoo.ie W: www.zonadanceco.com Showcase Performances & Dance Workshop 6.00pm – 7.30pm It’s Open Night with ZoNa Dance Co. in their brand new dance studio where Jessica Peoples and her company extend an Invitation to all to come along and enjoy student Showcase Performances in ballet, contemporary dance, African dance with Claire Harkin and Flamenco dance with Tina McCauley and more (6.00pm-6.45pm). This will be followed by Open Dance Workshops for all ages (6.45pm – 7.30pm). The dance workshop will give parents, friends, dancers or anyone curious enough to have a go, an idea of what it’s like to train like a dancer. As part of ZoNa Dance Co.’s ethos - ie. the belief that dance provides a context for an artistic experience which enables an individual to develop personally, socially and physically - this Invitation is extended to EVERYONE to participate for one evening and join us for a fun-filled time to celebrate the art of dance. Dare to be amazing! VENUE 21 Create-A-Link Artists Studio Songs and Conversation with John McNutt Pearse Road (behind Charley’s Café & McKendrick House) T: 074 9168745 9.00pm – 9.45pm All events 7.00pm – 10.00pm Another chance to hear stellar music and laid back conversation with John McNutt, singer/songwriter and guitarist from Downings. John’s music spans different genres – folk, traditional, jazz and blues and is always original and thought provoking. He performs regularly throughout Donegal and will be travelling to Germany to perform this October. His third CD, Other Dreams, was released last year. Little Clay Monster Mania for Children Children will once again have the chance to create their own weird and wonderful creatures in clay. Let their imagination run free. The Chalk Wall Installation Studio artists will co-ordinate a magical wall of art with the aid and imagination of children of the community. Culture Night 2016 Programme Redmond Herrity, Micky Angelo Heads An installation of fourteen cased heads by Letterkenny sculptor, Redmond Herrity, based on Michelangelo’s statue of David, from a cast made by the artist. Ceol na Coille Young Trad Stars Four young talented young musicians from the Ceol na Coille traditional group, Letterkenny, will entertain visitors in a series of short music sessions throughout the Create a Link Studio, and in the ArtCo Gallery. The featured performers are Maeve O’Donnell (uilleann pipes), Aifric Brophy (fiddle), Kyle McAuley (guitar) and Amy Clarke (piano). Jessica Harkin Entertains Convoy magician, face painter, balloon modeller and clown, Jessica Harkin, will entertain visitors of all ages to Create A Link, on Culture Night. Artists at Work In the open space, two invited artists , Alarnagh Barrett Mc Ginley (Ardara) and Mantas Poderys (Letterkenny) will be working live on their current projects, giving visitors the opportunity to see an artist at work. Create A Link Studios Commissioned Work VENUE 23 A Walk through Lawrence’s Letterkenny A Walking Tour with Colm Murray, Architecture Officer, The Heritage Council 6.30pm – 7.30pm Meet at Dunnes Stores Carpark, Lower Main Street at 6.30pm Presented by Donegal County Council Heritage Office, Station Island, Lifford w: 074 9172576 E: heritage@donegalcoco.ie This short walking tour by Colm Murray will highlight 100 years of the built heritage and changing streetscapes of Letterkenny. Drawing upon historical photographs from the Lawrence Collection (1880-1914) taken by photographer Robert French, Colm will identify clues to the development of the built environment of Letterkenny and highlight the importance of some of its historic buildings and the contributions they make to our streetscapes and built heritage. The walk will start at Dunnes Stores Car Park, Lower Main Street, proceed along the Main Street and finish at the County Museum. Samples of recent commissioned work that has been completed at the Create a Link Studio will be on show on the night. VENUE 22 ArtCo Gallery Pearse Road (behind Charley’s Café & McKendrick House) T: 074 9168745 • 7.00pm – 10.00pm Peadar McDaid, Three Cities: Dublin, London, Shanghai An exhibition of black and white photographs by Letterkenny artist, Peadar McDaid, capturing everyday life in three cities he visited earlier this year. Further Information: Donegal County Council Arts Service, Donegal County Library, Rosemount Lane, Letterkenny, Co. 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Opening......6.00pm – 7.00pm d Cinema 11 Gallagher’s Hotel: Letterkenny Community Park or Green Area Heritage Group Flora & Fauna VENUE information Building or Place of Interest Letterkenny Historic Walk Signs The Letterkenny Debates..............................................7.30pm – 8.30pm VENUE 1 Pinehill Studios. Railway Information P Parking PlacesPark or Green Area Flora & Fauna information Showcase Performances: Dance, Drama, VENUE 12Railway Florence Food Company: North West Words Parking Places Information P Building or Place of Interest Letterkenny Historic Walk Signs Traditional Music...........................................................6.30pm – 7.15pm Frank Green, Pat Gallagher..........................................8.00pm – 9.00pm Park or Green Area Flora & Fauna information Open Dance and Music Workshops. 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