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A late night of free cultural events
Limerick City 2012
Friday September 21st
www.culturenight.ie
Children’s
Events
17. ALL AGES DROP-IN ART WORKSHOP
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie
Building, Pery Square, Limerick
5pm onwards: Pop in to our All Ages drop-in
workshop where we'll be exploring collage materials to
recreate Charles Harper's painting 'Living Units' in the
Gallery's Hub.
www.gallery.limerick.ie
18. ARTS AND CRAFTS
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
Sessions begin 5pm, 6pm, 8pm, 9pm:
Collect a free ticket on arrival
www.huntmuseum.com
19. COME SEE DA HORSE OUTSIDE
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
A collaborative project between the Limerick Corridor
Art and the Hunt Museum, come see the two horse
sculptures designed and painted by young people
involved with Southill Outreach and Limerick Youth
Services, situated in the courtyard of the Hunt
Museum.
www.huntmuseum.com
www.lcap.ie
Music &
Dance Events
20. TONGUE BUNDLE
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie
Building, Pery Square, Limerick
Jazz and funk band 'Tongue Bundle' will travel to
Limerick City Gallery of Art for special Culture Night
performances throughout the evening.
www.gallery.limerick.ie
21. JAZZ NIGHT AT THE BELLTABLE
ARTS CENTRE
Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O’Connell Street,
Limerick.
6.30pm: To get the city "in the mood" for the
inaugural Limerick Jazz Festival, culture night is jazz
night at the Belltable. The programme will run from
6.30pm till late, and will include the launch of an
exhibition of photos celebrating the 30 year legacy of
Limerick Jazz Society, live music, a jazz-themed movie
and an illustrated lecture on the history of jazz.
www.belltable.ie
CULTURE NIGHT
LIMERICK 2012
Friday 21st September 2012
Art Events
1. HALL OF MIRRORS EXHIBITION
& TOURS
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie
Building, Pery Square, Limerick
6pm and 8pm: Visitors to Limerick City Gallery of Art
on Culture Night 2012 can enjoy tours of the exhibition
Hall of Mirrors with renowned video and installation artist
duo Connolly + Cleary with Director, Helen Carey.
Missed the tours? Exhibition self-guides are available for
adults as well as Discovery Trails for our younger visitors.
www.gallery.limerick.ie
2. CONTEMPORARY POLISH ART
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
5pm – 10pm: Opening of exhibition of paintings and
photography by contemporary Polish artists as part of
the 6th Annual Polish Art Festival
www.huntmuseum.com
22. COMA LIMERICK
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick. 7.30pm: Contemporary classical music
performance. CoMA Limerick are currently Musicians-in-
Residence at The Hunt Museum, where they perform
regularly. The current ensemble plays works by living
composers only and regularly features local and Irish
composers.
www.huntmuseum.com
www.facebook.com/comalimerick
23. MUSICAL LECTURE
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street, Limerick
8.45pm: Tomasz Wybranowski, “Creativity and
Inspiration from the History of Pop Music in Poland”. Be
inspired by music and great musicians!
www.huntmuseum.com
24. CONRADH NA GAEILGE
Oíche Chultúir An Chistin, 18 Sráid
Thomáis, Luimneach
7 pm – 10pm: Informal night of Irish entertainment
(traditional music, singing, stories) – Music and Dance
with cupán tae or coffee in traditional Cistin (country
kitchen).
www.cnag.ie
25. ASSOCIATION OF IRISH CHOIRS
St. Mary’s Cathedral
8 pm: National youth choir perform live and free.
www.aoic.ie
26. UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL PRESENTS
OPERAWORKS @ THE HUNT MUSEUM
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street, Limerick
6.30pm (repeated at 7.30pm and 8.30pm): A
short opera recital ( 20 mins approx ) featuring Limerick’s
finest young voices in a popular programme of opera
favourites.
3. ART DEMONSTRATIONS
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick. All Evening Event:
Art Demonstrations by Limerick Art Society
4. CHAIN MAIL WORKSHOP
& MEET THE ARTISTS
Raggle Taggle Consortium, Corner of Henry
Street/Sarsfield Street
For culture night, Derrick O’Sullivan will be giving a
chain mail workshop. He will guide the patrons of this
class through the process of cutting wire, bending it,
and fashioning it together into interlocking loops. The
tools and materials necessary will be on hand as well
as some light refreshments. Additionally the resident
artists in Raggle Taggle will be onsite to meet and greet
visitors as well as partake in the workshop.
www.raggletaggleconsortium.blogspot.com
5. ‘CURIOUS VISITORS’ 14 SOLO SHOWS
@ CONTACT STUDIOS
Contact Studios, Mulgrave Street, Limerick
5pm – 10pm: An opportunity to discover a range of
highly unexpected and inspiring works of art by
Limerick contemporary visual artists. Artists working in
Contact at the moment are: Marie-Clare Boothman,
Julie Brazil, John Collins, Sue Corcoran, Micheal
Delohery, Carl Doran, Maurice Foley, Anne Marie
Morrin, John Murphy, Gerry O’Mahony, Nuala
O’Sullivan, Sheila Richardson, Andreina Scott, Sheila
Stone.
Poetry &
Writing Events
27. POETRY READING BY TOMASZ
WYBRANOWSKI
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
5pm: Tomasz Wybranowski reading from his new book
Night Vigil (in Polish)
www.huntmuseum.com
28. MEMOIR WRITING : MY PIECE OF
THE PUZZLE
The Frank McCourt Museum, Hartstonge
Street, Limerick
6pm-9pm: You are invited by The Limerick Writers'
Centre to participate in a memoir writing workshop. The
workshops are FREE of charge and will be facilitated by
Sheila Quealey. If there is a story from your life that you
have always wanted to write this workshop is a good
place to start. The workshops will take place in The Frank
McCourt Museum, Hartstonge Street, from 6.00-7.30 pm
and 7.30- 9.00pm. Participants are asked to book a
place in advance if possible but everyone will be
accommodated on the night.
All visitors to Contact are also invited to participate in
their ‘Rag Tree Event’, based on the ancient Irish
Tradition of hanging a piece of cloth on a tree as a wish
or hope. The rag represents an aspiration which will
come to pass as the rag decays.
6. CITY ART TRAIL
As well as opening our doors and a public art piece we
hope to link in with LCGA through an Art Trail with Anne-
Marie Morrin, a member of Mary I. staff and Contact
member.
7. BIG CITY BLOCK PRINTING
Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery, 5a
Sarsfield Street, Limerick
6pm - 10pm: Get the whole family inky with
Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery this Culture
Night. You are invited to come and work with our studio
members creating a giant map of your city. Using wood,
card and Styrofoam blocks you can map your
experience of the city, whether it’s the city streets,
swans form the river or your local shop, directly onto
the gallery walls. Print your favourite part as a free
takeaway print! Studio members will also be on hand to
demonstrate printmaking methods such as etching,
silkscreen and woodblock and you can chat to them
about their work and where they get inspiration
www.limerickprintmakers.com
8. FABER STUDIOS
19 Henry Street, Limerick City
Open Studios
www.faberstudioslimerick.blogspot.com
9. OPEN STUDIOS
Wickham Street Studios, 6A Wickham
Street. 5-10pm:
Wickham Street Studios will open its doors to the public
from 5-10pm on Culture Night. This is an opportunity to
engage with the artists and see where they make their
work.
wickhamstreetstudios.blogspot.com
29. FLASH FICTION DASH
The Frank McCourt Museum, Hartstonge
Street, Limerick
5pm-10pm: Four members of The Limerick Writers'
Centre fiction writing group, Pat O'Connor, Margaret
Cahill, Kevin Liston and Fiona Clark Echlin, will read their
work to visitors attending all the venues in Limerick
hosting a Culture Night event. This literary collective, who
call themselves 'Fiction Flashers', will be dashing around
town to read three minute pieces to the general public in
and around the Culture Night venues such as The Hunt
Museum, Limerick Printmakers, The Frank McCourt
Museum, King John's Castle and other locations. The
'Flashers' will be racing around in a frenzy of fiction to
celebrate the written word and introduce themselves to
new audiences and would be writers. If you can't catch
one of their performances they will be tweeting and
filming as the evening goes on.
10. THE WRITERS BENCH
Limerick School of Art and Design
6-8pm: The Writers Bench: An open discussion on the
history of Urban Art with Cool C. For Culture Night, the
Limerick School of Art & Design will host a visual
discussion on the history of Graffiti and Urban art with
leading artist Cool C as guest speaker. More artists and
speakers will be announced on the night. Co- ordinator:
Paul Tarpey, LSAD.
Paul.Tarpey@lit.ie
11. EXHIBITION OPENING
Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street,
Limerick City
6-10pm: At 6pm Ormston House will relaunch its
membership scheme and reveal exciting plans &
opportunities for the coming year.
6pm: Launch of Occupy Paper (Edition 8). Occupy Paper
provides a platform for critique and dialogue between
emerging and established artists in Limerick and
beyond. Artists, critical writers and other art
practitioners are invited to submit to the journal and
engage with it as a means of testing, experimenting,
developing and expanding on new ideas and concepts.
At 7pm, artist Damien Flood will give a tour of Theatre
of the World, an exhibition of new paintings, followed by
an “in conversation” event with Mary Conlon.
Refreshments served. Admission free.
www.ormstonhouse.com
Film &
Theatre Events
30. ‘DECEMBER’
Limerick Youth Theatre, 73 O’Connell Street
5pm-10pm: Limerick Youth Theatre will present
‘December’ a Film project in collaboration with Brat Pitt
Light Orchestra and graphic designer Alina
O'shaughnessy (on a loop as it lasts for 3.5min).
www.lyt.ie
31. MEET LIMERICK YOUTH THEATRE
Limerick Youth Theatre, 73 O’Connell Street
5pm-10pm: Providing access to the public, Meet our
members, team and theatre directors, pick up LYT’s
yearly programming of activities booklet and application
forms to join the 2 year training programme.
www.lyt.ie
Heritage
Events
12. MUSEUM TOURS
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick. 5pm, 6pm, 7pm (costumed
guide), 8pm & 9pm.
www.huntmuseum.com
13. KING JOHN’S CASTLE
King’s Island, Limerick
Late opening until 8pm: King John’s Castle is
one of Ireland’s best examples of a Norman Castle.
When the castle was built between 1200 and 1210,
its cutting edge design was ahead of its time. You
can find out why in the visitor centre, where an
exhibition details the castle’s history. Other
attractions include a mock medieval courtyard, and
the undercroft to the officers’ quarters, excavated in
the 1990s. Walk the battlements to enjoy far
reaching views of Limerick City.
www.shannonheritage.com
14. TOUR OF THE NORTH
MUNSTER MASONIC CENTRE
Castle Street, King's Island, Limerick
Tours at 5pm & 6pm: Tours are 50 minutes in
duration. Focusing on the intriguing history and work
of the Free Masons, visitors will be allowed entry to
the building where existing artifacts and practices
are explained.
www.freemasonsnorthmunster.com
32. MAKE MOVIES: FIMMAKING
DROP-IN WORKSHOP
Fresh Film Festival, Daghdha Space, 1 John’s
Square, Limerick. Hosted by: Maeve
McGrath, Miriam Garcia Mortell & Eleanor
McSherry: Maeve McGrath (Sidhe Film). Members of
the public will be invited to share, on camera, their
thoughts on what culture means to them, to read pieces
of local poetry or excerpts from Limerick plays. They will
also be invited to watch or take part in editing together a
short film from what id captured on the night. This dropin
film set will allow you to get a tiny taste of filmmaking
and be inspired to make your own film for Ireland’s Young
Filmmaker of the Year Awards.
www.freshfilmfestival.net
33. ORCHARD THEATRE
CO PRESENTS "TERMINUS"
Limerick Youth Theatre, Studio
The basement 73 O'Connell
Street. Performance Times:
6:30pm, 7:20pm and 8:10pm
‘Terminus’ is a collaborative piece that
encompasses three genres of performance,
Contemporary Dance, Clown and Live Music.
Angie Smalis, Simon Thompson and Peter
Delaney take the poem ‘Terminus’ by Edith
Wharton. Using the clown character as the
narrator, the focus highlights emotional recall,
suggested by body movement and gesture He
also provides a story framework by setting the
piece in an abandoned and disused railway station.
The memories are portrayed through dance in an
abstract and free flowing sense. The sound-scape
and reoccurring melodic motif helping to unite the
character and his memory bringing them to life for
that fleeting moment before the memory fades, and
the day ends.
www.orchardtc.com
15.THE FRANK MCCOURT MUSEUM
Leamy School, Hartstonge Street, Limerick
6pm & 9pm, Free guided tours: When the
young Frank McCourt attended this Irish school, little
did he know one day he would win the Pulizer Prizethe
most prestigious international literary award.
Neither was he to imagine that the very classroom in
which he sat in Limerick, would go on to become the
Frank McCourt Museum - attracting visitors from all
around the world. This is a museum dedicated to the
writer, Frank McCourt, most famous for, 'Angela's
Ashes', his memoir of his childhood in Limerick. This
tudor-style, listed building, 'Leamy's School', was
where Frank and his brothers received their early
education. Call to this great museum and experience
the world of 'Angela's Ashes.'
www.frankmccourtmuseum.com
16. WALKING THE WALLS OF LIMERICK
Meet at King John’s Castle Visitor Centre
Starts at 5pm: The walk will be led by Dan
Tietzsch-Tyler, a specialist in the area of
archaeological and historical reconstruction drawing.
There are thirteen extant stretches of the medieval
city walls, which include mural towers, a restored
stretch of the reinforced 17th century defences
beside the 1690 siege breach, and a finely preserved
town gate. All will be explored on the walk, which will
take 2 hours or so. Those coming along will be free
to leave at any time to visit other Culture Night
attractions.
www.dantt.net
34. THE MISADVENTURES OF A
GOOD CITIZEN
Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street,
Limerick City
6-10pm: At 8pm, Ormston House’s first Graduate
Award recipient, Eilish Tuite, will present the first in a
series of performances from The Misadventures of a
Good Citizen, responding to articles in Bunreacht na
hEireann. Refreshments served. Admission free.
www.ormstonhouse.com

CULTURE NIGHT
LIMERICK 2012
EVENTS - WHAT’S ON & WHERE:
MAP REF EVENT WHERE TIME
Art Events
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HERITAGE EVENTS
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Hall of Mirrors Exhibition & Tours
Contemporary Polish Art
Art Demonstrations
Chain Mail Workshop
& Meet the Artists
‘Curious Visitors’ 14 Solo Shows
@ Contact Studios
City Art Trail
Limerick Printmakes
Faber Studios
Open Studios
The Writers Bench
Exhibition Opening
Museum Tours
CHILDREN’S EVENTS
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King John’s Castle
Tour of the North Munster
Masonic Centre
The Frank McCourt Museum
Walking the Walls of Limerick
All Ages Drop-In Art Workshop
Arts and Crafts
Come See Da Horse Outside
MUSIC & DANCE EVENTS
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Tongue Bundle
Jazz Night at the Belltable
Arts Centre
CoMA Limerick
Musical Lecture
Conradh na Gaeilge
Association of Irish Choirs:
University Concert Hall Presents
OperaWorks @ The Hunt Museum
Poetry Reading by Tomasz
Wybranowski
POETRY & WRITING EVENTS
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Poetry Reading by
Tomasz Wybranowski
Memoir Writing:
My Piece of the Puzzle
Flash Fiction Dash
FILM & THEATRE EVENTS
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‘December’
Meet Limerick Youth Theatre
Make Movies: Fimmaking
drop-in Workshop
Orchard Theatre Co presents
"Terminus"
The Misadventures of a
Good Citizen
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Carnegie
Building, Pery Square, Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
Raggle Taggle Consortium, Corner of
Henry Street/Sarsfield Street
Contact Studios, Mulgrave Street,
Limerick
Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery,
5a Sarsfield Street
Catherine Street, Limerick City
Wickham Street Studios,
6A Wickham Street
Limerick School of Art and Design
Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street,
Limerick City
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick.
King’s Island, Limerick
Castle Street, King's Island, Limerick
Leamy School, Hartstonge Street,
Limerick
Meet at King John’s Castle Visitor Centre
Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie
Building, Pery Square, Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie
Building, Pery Square, Limerick
Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O’Connell
Street, Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
Oíche Chultúir An Chistin, 18 Sráid
Thomáis, Luimneach
St. Mary’s Catherdral
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street,
Limerick
The Frank McCourt Museum,
Hartstonge Street, Limerick
The Frank McCourt Museum,
Hartstonge Street, Limerick
Limerick Youth Theatre, 73 O’Connell
Street, Limerick
Limerick Youth Theatre, 73 O’Connell
Street, Limerick
Fresh Film Festival, Daghdha Space,
1 John’s Square, Limerick
Limerick Youth Theatre, Studio The
basement 73 O'Connell Street.
Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street,
Limerick
6pm & 8pm
All Evening Event
5pm – 10pm
5-10pm
6-8pm
6-10pm
5pm, 6pm, 7pm
(costumed guide),
8pm & 9pm.
Late opening until
8pm
Tours at 5pm
& 6pm
6pm & 9pm, Free
guided tours
Starts at 5pm
5pm onwards
Sessions begin
5pm, 6pm, 8pm,
9pm
6.30pm
7.30pm
8.45pm
7 pm – 10pm
8pm
(repeated at
7.30pm and
8.30pm)
5pm
5pm
6pm-9pm
5pm-10pm
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5pm-10pm
6:30pm, 7:20pm
and 8:10pm
6-10pm
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Culture Night is an initiative
co-ordinated by Temple Bar
Cultural Trust and supported
by the Department of Arts,
Heritage and the Gaeltacht in
partnership with Limerick
City Council.