Arts Events Listings
Set in October 1978 – Pope John Paul I is not long dead, autumn is closing in & Pat Farnon has ‘some business’ to do in town. The Man In The Woman’s Shoes follows Pat as he walks to Sligo town & home again. Beautifully observed writing & performance.
Young Billy Craven tries to escape the tedium of island life by attempting to become a movie star!
Proceeds go to the Sligo branch of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland
Cultural Companions Event
Email- culturalcompanions@hawkswell.com or Phone- 0871371018
The first Theme Night of 2023 is all about stories, and the songs which tell them best. This show will be set by Kieran in collaboration with Sligo’s community of wonderful musicians.
Contact- culturalcompanions@hawkswell.com or 0871371018
Calry Drama Group are excited to present Tim Firth’s Calendar Girls. Based on the true story of a group of women who got together to make a “girly” calendar to raise money for a local hospital.
Contact- culturalcompanions@hawkswell.com or 0871371018
Explore artworks from the Butler Gallery Collections with trained facilitators on our dementia-inclusive Azure Tour, for older people and their families and supporters.
Join us for a visit to the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham. An Óige Photo group is a mixed-age group of amateur photography enthusiasts with additional varied interests. We will visit inside &/or outside, weather permitting.
This talk will explore the artistic innovations that marked the artist JMW Turner out as a rising star. It will be delivered by Dr Amy Concannon, Manton Senior Curator of Historic British Art at Tate in the Gallery’s Lecture Theatre.
Join Emma Griffin, President of the Royal Historical Society for a talk on Britain in the age of Turner – what was life like for people at that time? How did the industrial revolution change lives?
This 8-week online art appreciation course will journey back to nineteenth-century Paris, where Art and Fashion historian, Dr Sinéad Furlong-Clancy, will explore the art of the French Impressionists. Each session will be recorded.
Mark Lunar New Year with an exploration of our East Asian collection. This dementia-inclusive experience will examine some images that depict the luckiest of the zodiac animals: the rabbit.
