Two great events upcoming July 20th and July 25th

Dear all,

Here are two events which may catch your interest. The Mixed Arts Night is along the lines of some of our very best Kilmainham Arts club nights – brimming with talent – I really hope you can make it along!
Yours, Vawn

SATURDAY 20TH

See Dublin from a totally different perspective, join us for a River Liffey tour, hear the fascinating nautical tales and see the bridges and buildings of the city as you glide past
Limited places available, €10 suggested donation to Home of Hope for Girls charity, see below.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/liffey-ferry-tour-july-20th-tickets-64883090069

THURSDAY JULY 25th
‘Driving out Darkness Together’An inspiring evening of film, spoken word, music, and art in the beautiful Georgian room of the Teachers Club, Parnell Square. Seats 8pm show 8.20pm

TALK: Our inspirational guest Mam Khanyi, the founder of Home of Hope for Girls, recent recipient of the Nelson Mandela Foundation award Unsung Hero of South Africa, will share her vision of the restoring power of love and education.

FILM: Screening of the short film SANCTUARY. A collection of short stories relating to the experience of asylum seekers and fefugees in Ireland performed by Irish actors and writers including Marian Keyes, Mick Lally, Eileen Walsh, Aidan Kelly, and many other well known names. Director Barrie Dowdall will do a Q and A on this remarkable project. Some cast will be present too.

SPOKEN WORD: Poetry from two Dublin-based poets, Phil Lynch and Chandrika Narayana-Mohan. Maria Corbett reading her work from the Heroine’s Journey. Jack Lynch sharing a story from Timeless Tales, a collection of Syrian folktales on which he was the English language editor.

MUSIC: Farah Elle – Original songwriter/pianist

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Traditional Irish music trio Kevin O’Connor, (fiddle) Martin Nolan (piper) and John Rhinehardt (bazooki)

DANCE: Bollywood Fusion, talented dance duo

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Bellydancer JuniperJade

VISUAL ART: bid in our silent auction for an original 60cm diameter painting ‘Into the Light’ created especially for the occasion by Marina Forrestal – see image attached.

This venue is wheelchair accessible. free event with a fundraising raffle and silent auction all proceeds to Home of Hope for Girls

Reminder: festival kick-off tomorrow

Dear all,
We hope that you can make it along to some of the events in our festival which kicks off tomorrow.

I attach the full programme but to give you an idea: massive poetry event, architectural tour, jazz in the morning, drama, drumming workshops, children’s fun day, cookery contest, music and film screenings plus more!

Oh, yes, and everything is free.
Yours, Vawn

Kilmainham-Inchicore Community Festival August 24th – 27th

Dear All,

Kilmainham-Inchicore Mini-Festival August 24th – 27th.

This little festival is a collaboration between the Kilmainham Arts Club/Festival and Inchicore-based groups. We’ve joined forces to offer a wide variety of events including: an architectural walking tour, ‘Ideal World’ group art exhibition, a powerful one-man play ‘Trilogy’, an exciting spoken word event, music, children’s activities and film screenings of documentaries made by local film makers.
These events are all free and we hope that you will find something that interests you, we look forward to sharing a really good time, to connections, and to sampling some of the resources that our area is so rich in.

Good wishes,
Vawn Corrigan

Please find us on facebook
check out: kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com
(note: some of the events require booking)
email kilmainhaminchicorefestival

Festival Programme August 2017.pdf

Kilmainham Arts Club is delighted to host the Kilmainham-Inchicore Community Festival 24th – 27th August 2017

Events August 24th – 27th (unsubscribe? reply blank thanks)

Dear all,

Hope you are enjoying the summer thus far.
Please put August 24th – 27th into your diaries for some exciting arts/community and heritage events that will happening in the Kilmainham Inchicore area – a mini-festival – I’ll be back with more info soon.

I’m currently looking for visual artists who might be interested in organising an exhibition over this period. Also, anyone who has ideas of things they might like to run independently during the period which we could promote and assist in hosting. Ideas include: book launches, poetry readings, music etc.

Good wishes, Vawn