Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Monday, 5 October 2015
Hamlet - live performance to be screened in Castlebar - Oct 15
http://www.onlinecinematickets.com/index.php?s=MAYOMOVIE&p=details&eventCode=http://www.onlinecinematickets.com/index.php?s=MAYOMOVIE&p=details&eventCode=17219
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Poet, Paul Durcan to read in Mayo
Poet Paul Durcan to read in Mayo
Paul Durcan, one of Ireland’s foremost and most prolific poets, returns to his beloved Mayo to read at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday, December 5.
Surreal, idiosyncratic, iconoclastic and full of quirky roguishness, Paul Durcan has carved out a distinctive status that straddles critical acclaim and popularity – a rare achievement in the world of poetry.
With a back catalogue that includes ‘A Snail in my Prime’, ‘Crazy About Women’, ‘Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil’, the Whitbread Prize-winning ‘Daddy, Daddy’ and ‘Cries of an Irish Caveman’, his recently published 22nd collection ‘Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being’ has confirmed that Durcan remains one of the most potent voices in contemporary poetry.
Although born in Dublin, Durcan spent a lot of his youth in Turlough, where his grandmother lived. Co Mayo appears in many of his poems – the best known probably being ‘Going Home to Mayo, Winter, 1949’.
These days, the poet likes to visit Achill, and the island features prominently in his latest collection. In the over 80 poems it contains, the poet also visits Paris, New York City, Chicago and Brisbane, meditating throughout upon the concept of home.
‘Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being’ is pervaded by a lighter, less-acerbic humour than previous works – so much so that it has critics wondering whether the intense, imposing Durcan could be mellowing in his autumn.
Paul Durcan reads at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday, December 5, at 8pm. Call 094 9023733 to book.
Paul Durcan, one of Ireland’s foremost and most prolific poets, returns to his beloved Mayo to read at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday, December 5.
Surreal, idiosyncratic, iconoclastic and full of quirky roguishness, Paul Durcan has carved out a distinctive status that straddles critical acclaim and popularity – a rare achievement in the world of poetry.
With a back catalogue that includes ‘A Snail in my Prime’, ‘Crazy About Women’, ‘Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil’, the Whitbread Prize-winning ‘Daddy, Daddy’ and ‘Cries of an Irish Caveman’, his recently published 22nd collection ‘Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being’ has confirmed that Durcan remains one of the most potent voices in contemporary poetry.
Although born in Dublin, Durcan spent a lot of his youth in Turlough, where his grandmother lived. Co Mayo appears in many of his poems – the best known probably being ‘Going Home to Mayo, Winter, 1949’.
These days, the poet likes to visit Achill, and the island features prominently in his latest collection. In the over 80 poems it contains, the poet also visits Paris, New York City, Chicago and Brisbane, meditating throughout upon the concept of home.
‘Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being’ is pervaded by a lighter, less-acerbic humour than previous works – so much so that it has critics wondering whether the intense, imposing Durcan could be mellowing in his autumn.
Paul Durcan reads at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday, December 5, at 8pm. Call 094 9023733 to book.
The Queen (La Reina) Directed by Manuel Abramovich
Our first reaction
Synopsis
Lost in a world of grown-ups and trapped in her routine, Memi is torn between the glamour of the beauty pageant and her family’s pressure to become the queen of the carnival.
Questions to be completed:
Apart from finding it boring, what thoughts and feelings did you have about Memi and her situation?
What thoughts and feelings did you have about the adults in her world?
Who would you like to make a fly-on-the wall short documentary about? It must be an individual or a group or people. Give reasons for your answer.
Monday, 20 February 2012
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