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FRI 22 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE WICKLOW 2017
For the 8th year running, Wicklow artists are working
WICKLOW
CULTURE NIGHT
2017
hard across the county to put on an excellent Culture
Night – filled with events that are free for you, your
family and friends. September 22nd marks a country-
wide celebration of our culture and our communities,
and we hope that you make the most of what is on
offer in Wicklow County. We would like to thank all the
artists and organisers for their enthusiasm, hard work,
and their wonderful expression of cultural spirit.
As you enjoy the night, don’t forget to share your
experiences and photos via social media, using
#CultureNight and #WicklowCulture. You can find us
on Facebook as Wicklow Culture Night, and on Twitter
as @artsoffice. We hope you have a great night.
Jenny Sherwin, Arts Officer
Culture Night
Wicklow Locations
1 Arklow . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg1
5 6 2 Ashford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Aughrim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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9 4 Avoca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Blessington. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 6 Bray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 11
7 Donard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 Greystones . . . . . . . . . . 13
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4 9 Hollywood. . . . . . . . . . . 16
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1 10 Redcross . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11 Wicklow Town. . . . . . . . 17
BODHRÁN
ARKLOW
BUZZ FOR
ALL THE
FAMILY!
MUSIC / FAMILY
OPEN
STUDIO Venue: Arklow Library, Main
Street, Arklow
NIGHT Time: 6.00 – 6.45pm
Accessibility: Full disability access
VISUAL ART / CRAFT Booking: Essential. Contact 0402
39977 or arklowlibrary@
Venue: Solace Studio Pottery / wicklowcoco.ie
Place Studios, Riverwalk, Website: wicklow.ie/arklow-library
Arklow. (Meehan Levins
Architects Building, Come along to our workshop and learn
Condren’s Lane, Arklow) how to hold a bodhrán, the stick and the
Time: 7.00 – 10.00pm basics of getting the first few beats. This
Accessibility: Wheelchair access workshop is guaranteed to put a smile on
Booking: Not required your face, it is fun, no pressure and great
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Website: solacestudiopottery.com for all family members. Robbie from
and facebook.com/ Bodhrán Buzz will guide your through
deirdre.burke.art the workshop and make sure you find
your rhythm and beat! This workshop is
Two open studio nights cheek by jowl sponsored by Music Generation Wicklow
in Arklow! as part of their year round programme
Come along and take part in a fun and making music accessible to all young
informative evening, and learn about the people. Places are limited, so make sure
wide range of arts and craft available you book! Suitable for children aged 7
locally. Peir Leonard, Ceramic Artist, and years and older.
Deirdre Burke, Artist and Printmaker,
invite you to their studios for their joint
exhibitions of ceramic wall art and
jewellery, fine art and printmaking,
woodcraft and metalcraft, all made
by local craftspeople and artists. The
evening will begin with live music,
followed by print demonstrations, pottery
demonstrations, poetry readings and
more. Join us for an opening reception of
wine and Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese.
ANTHONY EAST MEETS
ARKLOW
CANNON WEST
READS FROM MUSIC / FAMILY
BOOM TOWN Venue: Arklow Library, Main
Street, Arklow
LITERATURE Time: 7.00 – 7.45pm
Accessibility: Full disability access
Venue: Arklow Library, Main
Booking: Advised. Contact 0402
Street, Arklow
39977 or arklowlibrary@
Time: 6.00 – 6.45pm
wicklowcoco.ie
Accessibility: Full disability access
Website: wicklow.ie/arklow-library
Booking: Advised. Contact 0402
39977 or arklowlibrary@
Sacred Sounds is a group of very
wicklowcoco.ie
talented and gifted musicians who
Website: wicklow.ie/arklow-library
came together in 2016 to perform for
Culture Night with musical director
Boom Town is a novel by Anthony Cannon
Bridget Kenny. This year’s concert is a
based on the remarkable true story
celebration of the beauty of creation and
of the Kynoch factory, an enormous
the spiritual joy of nature all around us.
industrial enterprise which brought great
We are delving into the vast repertoire
prosperity to the town of Arklow, County
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of songs from South Korea and China
Wicklow. By 1917, the factory employed
to add variety to add an oriental view
five thousand men, women and children
of spirituality. All the songs being
in the production of explosives for the
performed are beautiful and with the
British Army and the war in France.
amazingly talented singers we hope to
But this prosperity came at a cost,
bring a spirit of joy to all.
it damaged the health of many of its
workers, and on the night of 21st of
September disaster struck.
A MUSICAL
ARKLOW / ASHFORD
EVENING
FOR ALL
AGES
MUSIC / FAMILY
Venue: Nun’s Cross Church,
Ashford
Time: 7.00 – 9.00pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
LISA Booking: Not required
HARDING Website: alchemymusic.ie
READS FROM Alchemy Music presents a Culture Night
celebration of music for all the family.
HARVESTING This diverse concert will feature two
versatile Ashford-based artists, Mike and
LITERATURE Marta Nielsen, performing a charming
repertoire for jazz guitar and accordion.
Venue: Arklow Library, Main Other performers on the night will include
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Street, Arklow the dynamic and energetic traditional
Time: 8.00 – 9.00pm group Perfect Friction. The concert
Accessibility: Full disability access will also provide an opportunity for the
Booking: Advised. Contact 0402 audience to participate in some music-
39977 or arklowlibrary@ making under the direction of highly-
wicklowcoco.ie experienced community musician, Linda
Website: wicklow.ie/arklow-library Ferguson. Come along and join the fun!
Harvesting is the story of two girls
trafficked to the murky world of the
Dublin sex trade. The novel is built
around the two central characters,
Sammy and Nico, one from Dublin
and the other from Moldova, whose
lives collide in this treacherous world.
Lisa will talk about how she came to
research and write the book and will
read extracts. There will be time for
discussion afterwards.
TRADITIONAL
AUGHRIM / AVOCA
MUSIC
EVENING
MUSIC / FAMILY
Venue: The Old School, Aughrim
Time: 7.30 – 8.30pm
Accessibility: Not wheelchair accessible
Booking: Advised. Contact
086 0886770 (Breda)
ROD
A wonderful evening of music performed
by talented young local musicians. A
SEES
great opportunity to hear traditional
music played in solos, in duets, in trios
RED
and in groups, on a range of musical VISUAL ART
instruments. Presented by the Anne
Devlin Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, which Venue: Avoca Studio Gallery,
has long been teaching young people Knockanode, Avoca
traditional music in the Aughrim area. Time: 5.30 – 7.00pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
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Booking: Advised. Contact info@
rodcoyne.com or via the
Facebook event page
Website: avocagallery.com
Join Rod Coyne at his exhibition space
and studio for a painting demonstration
and talk, where he will be introducing a
recent experiment of introducing reds
into painted landscapes. “Recently I
decided to introduce radical amounts
of red into my landscapes regardless if
they were there or not. [They] took on
a completely other worldly feel.” Avoca
Studio Gallery is home to Avoca Painting
School, and on your visit you can meet
the artist, view works in progress and
preview brand new paintings.
RUSSBOROUGH RUSSBOROUGH
BLESSINGTON
HOUSE TOURS PARKLANDS
Venue: Russborough, Blessington Venue: Russborough, Blessington
Time: 5.00pm, 5.30pm & 6.00pm Time: 5.00 – 8.30pm
Accessibility: The first floor is not Accessibility: Partly wheelchair
wheelchair accessible. accessible
Booking: Booking essential via Booking: Booking not required
the links below. Website russborough.ie
5.00pm tour:
bit.ly/russboroughtour5pm Visitors on Culture Night will be able to
5.30pm tour: enjoy Russborough’s maze, fairy trail, tree-
bit.ly/russboroughtour530pm trail, parklands and café until 8:30pm.
6.00pm tour: Please be aware that the grounds must be
bit.ly/russboroughtour6pm locked by 8:45pm and the last entry to the
Website: russborough.ie maze will be at 7.30pm.
Three of our award-winning house tours
will be provided on the evening. Visitors
will have the opportunity to enjoy the
18th century Palladian mansion and the
magnificent collection that it houses. The
self-guided exhibition area, which tells the
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story of Russborough House and Parklands,
its families and collections, will be open to
the public throughout the evening.
BLESSINGTON
RECREATE CELLO
WORKSHOP CONCERT
VISUAL ART / FAMILY WITH AILBHE
Venue: Russborough, Blessington MCDONAGH
Time: 5.30 – 7.30pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
MUSIC
Booking: Drop-in event
Venue: Russborough, Blessington
Website: recreate.ie
Time: 7.00 – 8.15pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
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Don’t throw it out! ReCreate it! On
Booking: Booking essential via
Culture Night at Russborough, the
the link below.
ReCreate artists will create an open play
bit.ly/russboroughcelloconcert
space inviting children of all ages to
Website: ailbhemcdonagh.com
come and explore the wonderful world
of reused materials, inspiring curiosity
Join accomplished Irish cellist Ailbhe
and creativity for all. See what magic you
McDonagh for an evening of classical
can make from cardboard, yarn, chalks,
music in the stunning surroundings of
crayons, glues and twine – and don’t
Russborough’s Saloon. Ailbhe performs
forget to wear some old clothes!
throughout Ireland and internationally
as a soloist and chamber musician. A
graduate of the Eastman School of Music,
Rochester, New York, and the Royal
Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, she has
performed throughout Europe, Asia and
the USA and has appeared as a concerto
soloist numerous times all over Ireland
and abroad.
SOCIAL LOVE
BLESSINGTON
DRAMA STORIES OF
WORKSHOPS THE HEARTH
For children and young people with MUSIC / STORYTELLING /
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) &
FAMILY
Special Educational needs
Venue: Russborough, Blessington
DRAMA / FAMILY Times: 5.30 – 6.15pm & 6.30 –
7.15pm
Venue: Russborough, Blessington Accessibility: Wheelchair access
Times: 6.00 – 7.00pm (ages 7-10 Booking: Drop-in event
years), 7.30 – 8.30pm Website: talepipe.net
(ages 11-15 years)
Accessibility: Wheelchair access Presented by Talepipe, Love Stories of
Booking: Booking essential via the Hearth is a bringing together of two
the links below. great Irish cultural traditions – music
For the workshop for 7-10 year olds: and story – in one evening. Listen as
bit.ly/russboroughsocialdrama7to10 master storyteller Brendan Nolan and
For the workshop for 11-15 year olds: magical uilleann piper Martin Nolan
bit.ly/russboroughsocialdrama11to15 combine their skills to create a unique
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collaboration of love story and melody
These one-hour workshops, led by Dr. that celebrates the love of ages. Family
Carmel O’Sullivan of Trinity College friendly, aged 12 years and upwards.
Dublin, will introduce children and young
people to ‘Social Drama’ as a fun and
enjoyable approach to the development
of personal and social skills for children
with ASD and special educational needs.
Introducing children to a fictional story,
‘Social Drama’ builds on their existing
skills through a fun, participative and
creative arts based process.
These workshops are provided to create
an opportunity for all children and young
people to actively participate in and enjoy
Culture Night 2017 in County Wicklow.
POETRY,
BLESSINGTON / BRAY
MUSIC AND
FIGHTING
WORDS!
MUSIC / LITERATURE /
FAMILY
Venue: Bray Town Hall, Main St,
THE SHED
Bray
Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm
SESSIONS Accessibility: Wheelchair access
Booking: Advised. Contact
MUSIC / FAMILY braylitfest@gmail.com
Website: brayliteraryfestival.
Venue: Blessington Men’s Shed, wordpress.com
Old Library Buildings,
To open the inaugural Bray Literary
Blessington
Festival, join us for an evening of Poetry,
Time: 5.00 – 7.00pm
Music and Fighting Words in the stunning
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
surroundings of Bray’s Town Hall. Enjoy
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Booking: Advised. Contact Pat
the work of poets Kate Dempsey and
Conlan, 086 0752072
Breda Wall Ryan, whose poetry will be
Website: blessingtonmensshed.ie
accompanied by harpist Rachel Duffy.
Come along to the Men’s Shed in We’ve also invited Mark Davidson of
Blessington for a session not to be Fighting Words (Enniskerry) to showcase
missed. Join Rachel Conlan, Fear an Ti some of the wonderful work they do by
Mattie Lennon agus Muintir Blessington inviting two young writers/readers to
Comhaltas for music, tea, coffee and share their work. In addition, winners of
home baking! our poetry and flash fiction competitions
will be invited to read their entries. Space
Rachel and friends will be performing is limited so early booking is advised.
from her highly acclaimed album A Quare
Yield, which features Alan Reid and
Marty Barry. Bígí linn!BRAY
BRAY
CONCERT
BAND
MUSIC / FAMILY
Venue: Civic Plaza, outside
Mermaid Arts Centre,
Main Street, Bray
Time: 6.15 - 6.55pm (approx.)
Accessibility: Fully accessible
Booking: Not required
Website: mermaidartscentre.ie
This event will happen rain or shine, sun
cream or brollies, so come prepared for
the weather … and for dancing!
BOXED IN Re-formed during the 80’s by Gerry
Stafford, Bray Concert Band provides a
VISUAL ART / FAMILY fun, sociable and supportive environment
for musicians from teens to adults. Bray
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Venue: Civic Plaza, outside Concert Band performs at many local
Mermaid Arts Centre, events, festivals and fund-raisers, playing
Main Street, Bray a broad variety of music - everything
Time: 4.00 – 7.00pm from traditional marches, to well-known
Accessibility: Fully accessible songs from musicals, to arrangements of
Booking: Not required popular songs and music.
Website: facebook.com/
outpostartiststudios
This event is outdoors – come prepared!
Outpost Studios will create a temporary
cardboard structure which reflects on
the current concerns of each studio
member. This is both a pop-up sculpture
and a performance at work. And as with
life there may be some disagreements!
Will you be able to help us? Come along
and rescue us, or watch the struggle
from the sidelines. A poll may be taken,
elections will not be held.BRAY
NORA
THEATRE
Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre,
Main Street, Bray
Time: 8.00 – 10.00pm approx.
ARTIST TALK Accessibility: Fully accessible venue.
Contact Mermaid Arts
WITH HELEN Centre if you have any
questions.
O’CONNELL Booking: Win tickets! See
mermaidartscentre.ie for
VISUAL ART details on how to enter
Website: mermaidartscentre.ie
Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre,
Main Street, Bray Competition Time! Win tickets to the new
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Time: 6.45 – 7.15pm production by The Corn Exchange before
Accessibility: Fully accessible venue. it’s presented in this year’s Dublin Theatre
Contact Mermaid Arts Festival. See mermaidartscentre.ie for
Centre if you have any details on how to enter.
questions.
Booking: Not required It’s 2025. A dangerous world for those
Website: mermaidartscentre.ie who can’t afford to protect themselves.
This house keeps safe a marriage, a
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the partnership, a life of success and ease,
working life of a Wicklow-based sculptor. a priceless collection and a daughter
Helen O’Connell will be installing her new who has lacked for nothing; things seem
exhibition in Mermaid, and lucky Culture perfect as a power couple prepares for
Night audiences will get the unique a glitzy party among the art-world elite.
chance to visit her in the gallery as she But when the secret upon which this life
works on the installation of the exquisite is built threatens to push through the
works that will make up the exhibition. polished surface, questions about what
Come and meet Helen as she talks is real and what is not can no longer be
through the process of planning, sourcing ignored. Inspired by Ibsen’s masterpiece,
materials and making a stone sculpture. award-winning writer Belinda McKeon
reimagines this exploration of honesty
and power for a post-truth world.SIGNAL’S
BRAY
EQUINOX
VISUAL ART / MUSIC /
DANCE / FAMILY
Venue: Signal Arts Centre,
1 Albert Avenue, Bray
Times: see below
Accessibility: Wheelchair access CELEBRATE
Booking: Advised for the
workshops. Contact BRAZIL
(01) 276 2039 or info@ DANCE / PHOTOGRAPHY /
signalartscentre.ie FILM / FAMILY
Website: signalartscentre.ie
Venue: Cornerstone at The Well,
The artists of Signal Arts Centre invite Church Terrace, Main
you to join them for a fun day of family- Street, Bray
friendly events on the theme of Equinox. Time: 5.00 – 9.00pm (film at
Expect installations outside the Centre, 5.00pm)
workshops for children, belly dancers, Accessibility: Wheelchair access,
folk singing, and face painting! except the balcony area
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Booking: Advised for the film.
3.00 – 10.00pm
Contact tresbccguest@
I nstallation ready for viewing plus an
gmail.com
interactive Commemorative Piece
Website: facebook.com/
3.00 – 5.00pm TresBrazilianCC
Worry Doll workshop for children
(booking advised) To celebrate Culture Night 2017 and
7.00 – 8.00pm promote Brazilian culture within the
Italian folk singing workshop with Irish community, Tres Brazilian Cultural
Antonella Di Palo (booking advised) Centre and Cornerstone at the Well are
8.00 – 9.00pm delighted to present this unique event
Zoryanna Tribal Style Belly Dancers of quality Brazilian entertainment.
There will be something for lovers of
the arts and culture. Featuring, Forró
a unique Brazilian style of music and
dance, a photographic exhibition with
beautiful images of Brazil and Bray taken
by Brazilians, a fantastic screening of
Brazilian cinema and the enthralling
taste of Brazilian food.
(Photo above by Neinar Veloso)WICKLOW’S KIDS’ DRAMA
BRAY
STORIES WORKSHOPS
STORYTELLING / DRAMA / FAMILY
LITERATURE
Venue: Perfect Theatre Studios,
Venue: Bray Public Library, Bray Bowl, Quinsborough
Eglington Road, Bray Road, Bray
Time: 6.30 – 8.00pm Time: 4.00 – 7.00pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access Accessibility: Unfortunately, venue is
Booking: Advised: Contact not accessible
Sineaid or Catherine at Booking: Recommended.
cafewriterswicklow@ Contact 01 6799277
gmail.com or book via website
Website: wicklow.ie/bray-library Website: gaietyschool.com
Enjoy a night of storytelling presented Join the Gaiety School of Acting for
by Café Writers Wicklow, as a host of an evening of fun that is just for kids!
writers including Grace Wynne-Jones The school will be hosting a series of
and Frances Browner, recount tales children’s drama workshops across
of Wicklow life. We will remember the the duration of the evening. These
county’s rich tradition of film-making, workshops are dedicated to inspiring
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local musicians and artists. There’ll be your child using exciting acting
yarns remembering people and events, techniques. The sessions are specific for
interwoven with poetry readings, as we ages 4-7, 8-11, and 12-15 years.
celebrate Wicklow’s Stories. To finish, we
look forward to some great anecdotes
from our audience!A
DONARD / GREYSTONES
CELEBRATION
OF WICKLOW
MUSIC / LITERATURE
Venue: Church of Ireland, Donard
Time: 8.00 – 9.00pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
SAMBA
Booking: Advised.
Contact: westwicklowvoices.wixsite.
com/home/contact
DRUMMING
A celebration of Wicklow culture with
West Wicklow Voices. Enjoy singers
WORKSHOP
musicians, poets and authors all MUSIC / FAMILY
performing work associated with
Wicklow. West Wicklow Voices recently Venue: Shoreline Leisure, Mill
celebrated their 3rd anniversary, and in Road, Greystones
this short time the choral group have not Time: 6.00 – 7.00pm
only performed in the National Concert Booking: Advised. Contact Music
Hall and in Rome, but have also recorded Together Ireland’s
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a number of charity singles for Inner Facebook page or call 085
City Helping Homeless, Mental Health 804 6110
Ireland, and Kenya Build. Their most Website: musictogetherireland.org
recent single, an arrangement of Thomas and facebook.com/
Moore’s The Meeting Of The Waters, will musictogetherireland
be launched on Culture Night.
Music Together returns with their very
popular Samba Drumming workshop.
Led by Music Together facilitator,
participants will be provided with
instruments like Brazilian drums,
tambourines, shakers, hand percussion,
djembes, bongos and congas. The
session will include warm ups and
guidance followed by improvisation and
concluding in a short performance piece.
All ages and abilities welcome, no previous
experience necessary. Children should be
accompanied by a responsible adult.GREYSTONES
A NIGHT AT
sacred, secular, traditional, ancient
and contemporary works, largely
THE WHALE unaccompanied and to the highest
standard attainable by an amateur choir
THEATRE of 26 strong.
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Contemporary Dance Showcase
DANCE / MUSIC / FAMILY Curated by Karen Gleeson, this special
occasion will give audiences a chance
Venue: The Whale Theatre,
to witness some of Ireland’s greatest
Theatre Lane, adjacent
contemporary dance artists sharing
Meridian Point, Hillside
their new works. The evening will
Road, Greystones
comprise of a wide range of short
Time: 5.00 – 8.00pm
performances, highlighting and
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
celebrating everyone’s individual taste.
Booking: Not required
If you want to see where dance is
Website: whaletheatre.ie
heading right now, this is your chance.
The Whale Theatre presents three events Classical Ballet Showcase
for Culture Night 2017: The Goode School of Dance was
established in 1989 by Rachel Goode and
Corde Chamber Choir trains students in Classical Ballet and
Initiated by Paddy Demery and Catherine Modern Theatre Jazz from 3 years old.
McCarthy and formed in January. Corde Classes are held in a friendly atmosphere
Chamber Choir have been formed to encouraging good posture, confidence,
sing a wide range of music including musicality, creativity and a love of dance.MORNING
GREYSTONES
STORYTIME
STORYTELLING / GAEILGE
/ FAMILY
Venue: Greystones Library, Mill
Road, Greystones
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
THE BOAT Accessibility: Wheelchair access
YARD Booking: Required. Contact (01) 287
3548
GALLERY Website: carmelsbooks.com
EXHIBITION Join author Carmel Uí Cheallaigh as she
reads some of her stories for 4-7 years
VISUAL ART / CRAFT / olds in Irish and English, in a relaxing,
PHOTOGRAPHY / FAMILY quiet atmosphere.
Venue: The Boat Yard Gallery,
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF
Greystones Harbour,
Beside La Creperie, WILLIAM
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Greystones
Time: 6.00 – 8.00pm TREVOR
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
Booking: Not required
TALK / LITERATURE
Website: theboatyardgallery.com
Venue: Greystones Library, Mill
Road, Greystones
If you’ve never been to The Boat Yard
Time: 6.30 – 7.30pm
Gallery, now is the chance to visit its
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
unique location in a restored boat
Booking: Required. Contact
workshop in the original old boat
(01) 287 3548
yard of Greystones harbour. Enjoy
Website: wicklow.ie/greystones-
an extended exhibition of work by
library
local artists, designers, jewellery
makers and photographers; you’ll also
Join us for a talk on the life and works of
have the chance to watch resident
the great novelist and short story writer
silversmith Jason McGabhann give live
William Trevor. The talk will be presented
demonstrations of how he makes some
by Dolores MacKenna, author of the
of his beautiful work. Refreshments will
critical biography William Trevor: The
be provided on the evening.
Writer and his Work, who is considered one
of the foremost authorities on the writer.GREYSTONES JANE
GREYSTONES / HOLLYWOOD
ORCHESTRA AUSTEN’S
ENSEMBLE PERSUASION
MUSIC / FAMILY FILM
Venue: Greystones Library, Mill Venue: Hollywood Community
Road, Greystones Centre, Hollywood
Time: 5.45 – 6.30pm Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm
Accessibility: Wheelchair access Accessibility: Wheelchair access
Booking: Not required Booking: Advised. Contact
Website: facebook.com/ hollywoodcommunityforum1@gmail.com
orchestra.ie
2017 marks the 200th Anniversary of Jane
Greystones Orchestra has been making Austen’s death, and to commemorate
music together in the local community this most loved author, the Hollywood
for more than 26 years. A group of Community Forum would like to invite
players from the Orchestra will charm you to join them at a screening of the
you with some of their much-loved film adaptation of one of her celebrated
repertoire that covers a wide variety of novels. Persuasion, filmed in 2007, is
works and musical genres, from classical the story of a woman who gets a second
to popular. Suitable for all the family. chance. This romantic classic, a truly
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beautifully filmed story, has outstanding
acting, costumes and music, and is the
most romantic of all Jane Austen’s novels.
This event to honour Jane Austen’s life
will be followed by discussion and a wine
and cheese reception.REDCROSS / WICKLOW TOWN
TRAD SULT
MUSIC / DANCE /
STORYTELLING SONG
Venue: Wicklow Brewery, Main ENCHANTED
Street, Redcross
Time: 8.30 – 11.00pm EVENING
Accessibility: Wheelchair access MUSIC
Booking: Not required
Website: wicklowbrewery.ie Venue: Dominican Chapel,
Dominican College,
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A fun night of exploring Irish traditional Convent Road, Wicklow
culture with Trad Sult. Come along Town
to learn about and enjoy traditional Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm
music, Sean-nós dancing, storytelling, Accessibility: Wheelchair access
traditional singing of some Wicklow Booking: Not required
songs, and some set dancing including Website: facebook.com/
the Wicklow Set! A great evening’s avondalevoices
entertainment.
Lorna Breen (Soprano) and the Avondale
Voices Community Choir return to the
Dominican Chapel to host another Song
Enchanted Evening following last year’s
highly successful concert. They are
joined by special guests Matthew Wylie
(Classical Violinist) and Shira Brady
(Contralto) performing in the beautiful
ambiance of the Chapel with its noted
acoustics and stunning visual appeal.
They will each be accompanied on piano
by Adam McDonagh in a popular mix of
easy listening and classical favourites.FOR MORE INFORMATION AND
VENUE MAPS, VISIT
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Wicklow County Council wishes to thank the
following people, organisations, and venues
for making Culture Night 2017 a success:
All the voluntary groups and organisations
featured in this programme, whose energy and
commitment makes Culture Night possible.
Wicklow County Arts Office
Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre
Russborough House
Wicklow County Library Service
Lian Bell, Wicklow County Culture Night
Coordinator
Ronan McDonnell, Graphic Design
Culture Night is brought to you by the
Department of Culture, Heritage and the
Gaeltacht and the Creative Ireland Programme
in partnership with Wicklow County Council.You can also read
