Culture Night 2009 in Letterkenny, County Donegal.
Friday , September 25th. 6.00pm – 10.00pm.
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‘Now in it’s 4th year, Culture Night 2009 looks set to be the biggest and best yet with museums, cathedrals, galleries, theatres, artist studios and other cultural venues nationwide opening late, many until midnight, welcoming visitors of all ages in for a taste of free culture for one night.’ Mr. Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism.
In common with other participating towns and cities across the country, the Culture Night programme in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal will concentrate on highly accessible, FREE OF CHARGE, family friendly events.
The programme will centre around Donegal County Museum, the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Town Park, the county Donegal Music Education Service , Donegal County Council’s Heritage and Archives Services, An Grianán Theatre, the Create-a-link Artists Studios & ArtCo Gallery and the County Library Service via. The Central Library Letterkenny
Culture Night in Letterkenny will also mark the culmination of Donegal County Council’s programme of Social Inclusion Week activities which will run from September 21 to 25.'
venue 1 AN COSÁN GLAS at LETTERKENNY TOWN PARK 6.00pm – 10.00pm
A recreation of the hugely successful Cosán Glas ( ‘Green Path’ ) trail of illuminated sculptural works relocated, for one night only, from their customary environment of the sand dunes at Machaire Rabhartaigh shore, to Letterkenny Town Park. The project has been happening in various locations throughout North and West Donegal since 1995 and features works by leading Donegal Gaeltacht artists Deirdre Ní Bhraonáin, Christy Keeney, Ewan Berry, Seamus Ó Cinnéide, Annjo Nic Ghiolla Cheara, Mícheál Mac Pháidín, Sarah Lewtas, Billy Wynter (Cornwall) and Cathal Mac Fhionnghaile, winner of this year’s John O’Leary Fine Art Graduate Award ( Sligo County Council / Sligo IT ).
Please Note. The specially illuminated Cosán Glas trail is best appreciated as night falls. Please Bring a Torch and Wear Warm Clothing. Thank You.
‘All Change!’ Railway Exhibition 6.00pm –10.00pm
venue 3 REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE
‘Modernism, Activism, Bauhaus.’
‘It wouldn’t be at all surprising if this exhibition were on at The National Gallery or the Irish Museum of Modern Art…Many of the works are individually outstanding.’ The Irish Times
Running alongside the Hungarian avant-garde show, will be the Hands-On Room where visitors to the exhibition will be provided with the materials and easy-to-follow instruction as to how to make their own artworks the style of the Hungarian avant garde of the 1920s and 30s. Open to children and adults alike.
venue 3 DONEGAL MUSIC EDUCATION SERVICE @
The Service is based at the Regional Cultural Centre and students will stage a series of performances throughout the building including an Open Rehearsal by the Donegal Youth Orchestra, with Conductor Vincent Kennedy 6.30pm-9.30pm and a
venue 4 AN GRIANÁN THEATRE 7.00pm – 10.00pm Tel. 074 9120777
Celebrating its 10th. Birthday this year and in keeping with its strongly held commitment to being ‘ a centre of artistic excellence at the heart of the community ’, An Grianán Theatre’s special Culture Night programme will offer all-areas access to the best of local Donegal talent, with a special emphasis on the presentation of original work.
Music in The Foyer with James Gillen (7.00pm), Meabh Sweeney and Guy Barriscale ( 7.45pm ), Tommy Bonner and The Urban Hermits ( 8.30pm) and the Triona Sweeney Jazz Quartet ( 9.15pm). MC Andy McGranaghan.
Theatre Tour with Niall Cranny, Technical Manager ( 7.00pm & 8.30pm )
Cartoon Workshop with Jarlath Duffy ( 7.00pm – 8.30pm)
Exhibition ‘Symphony of Thoughts’ by Franck Saucian. Artist in attendance.
venue 5 Christeph Gallery
venue 6 The Artworks
venue 7 Dermot Donohue Photographic Studios
venue 8 Gallery 4 Geraldine Hannigan
venue 9 Universal Bookshop
venue 10 GUIDED TOUR : The Architectural Heritage of Letterkenny
Meet at St. Eunan’s Cathedral 6.30pm
Why has Letterkenny got the longest Main Street in Ireland ? Why is it where it is and Why does it go up and over a hill ? These and many more intriguing questions will be answered by Heritage Council Architecture Officer and Letterkenny native, Colm Murray, who will conduct a special walking tour of the town on Culture Night.
Described by renowned Irish Victorian architecture scholar, Jeremy Williams, as ‘a veritable City of God ‘, the largest town on Donegal boasts a total of 23 places of public worship, past and present, the most spectacular of which is the Gothic-style St. Eunan’s Cathedral with its unique collection of Harry Clarke stained glass windows and sculptural works by William Pearse, the younger brother of Pádraig Pearse.
venue 11 Peter K. Dalton
Music and Literature : The European Tradition 8.00pm
Culture Night at the Central Library will have a distinctly European theme with Lucia Spacirova ( Violin), Eva Stevkova (Violin) and Graham Harrison ( Piano) performing excerpts from works by a section of Europe’s finest composers, accompanied by readings from the classic works of European literary masters by playwright and storyteller, Joe Brennan.
venue 13 REDMOND HERRITY STUDIO
Inishowen Carnival Group & Create a Link Artists.
Create-a-Link Artists Studio artists will collaborate with batik artist Joanne McGlynn and the Inishowen Carnival Group to animate the Create A Link Courtyard with a myriad of carnivalesque flags and banners.
Both sculptor Redmond Herrity’s and the Create A Link artists’ studios will be Open to The Public and an Exhibition of New Work by Create A Link Artists and Friends will open at The Art Co Gallery from 7.00pm
Inishowen Gospel Choir
venue 16 Ace of Arts
Tel. 074 91 21968 E. traolach@donegalcoco.ie