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May 2009 Update

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Amharcealaín - Visual Art


Ballina Arts Centre -Synchronization – Lucia Barnes, Official opening: Friday 8th May, 8pm. Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar- Leah Beggs. 1st - 30th May. Customs House Studios Breda Burns - 360 of the Reek runs until May 10th. The Imagined Community by Ross Cochrane on Thursday May 14th at 6.30pm. LUISNE PROJECT - Four Years On, opens 16th June, Linenhall Arts Centre Áras Inis Gluaire - 'I Set Out'-Launch Friday May 6th @ 7:30. Poetry by Terry Mcdonagh & paintings by Sally McKenna.

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Litríocht - Literature


The Pen & Ink Club, Kiltimagh 2nd & 4th May. HEINRICH BÖLL MEMORIAL WEEKEND. May 1st - May 3rd 2009 .Cyril Gray Memorial Hall Dugort.

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Drámaíocht - Theatre


Ballina Arts Centre - Eden, 14th May @ 8pm. Moby Dick, 27th May @ 8pm. IRD Kiltimagh - Eden, May 22nd. Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar: Movy Dick, 7th May @8pm. I Miss Communism, 13th May @ 8pm. The Mariettas 22nd & 23rd May @ 8pm.

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Ceol - Music


LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, CASTLEBAR: Mayo Concert Orchestra 11th & 12th May. Old Time American Music The Foghorn Trio, 14th May @ 8pm, The Long Note: Music from the West of Ireland & the Scottish Highlands, 18th May @ 8pm. Cora Smyth Band, 25th May @ 8pm. ÁRAS INIS GLUAIRE: The Gypsy Jazz Quartet, May 7th @ 8.30pm. Triocca May 29th @ 8.30pm

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Ceardlanna - Workshops


Ballina Arts Centre:Children’s Workshops: Collographs: Drawing with found objects, with Andy Parsons Saturday 9th & 16th May.

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Club Scannáin - Film Clubs


Ballina Arts Centre - Still Life, Tuesday 5th May, 8pm. The Pope’s Toilet Tuesday 19th May, 8pm. LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, CASTLEBAR: A Secret (Un Secret) Tuesday 5th May @ 8.00pm. Argentina, Tuesday 19th May @ 8.00pm. BEALTAINE FILM MATINEE, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Screenings: Ballina Arts Centre 15th May @ 2pm. Linenhall Arts Centre 26th May @ 3pm. Kiltimagh Town Hall Theatre 29th May @ 3pm.

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Bealtaine 2009


Comhairle Chontae Mhaigh Eo – Bealtaine 2009, Mayo County Council – Bealtaine 2009. LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, CASTLEBAR, BEALTAINE VARIETY CONCERT, Wednesday 27th May @ 8.00pm

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Léacht - Talk


LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, CASTLEBAR, Talk, Donal Buckley - Remembrance and Reconciliation in Ireland, Wednesday 20th May @ 8.00pm.

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Nuacht & Deiseanna Eile - Other News & Opportunities


NEW IYEATS POETRY COMPETITION 2009 closes Friday 12 June 2009. THE 3RD ANNUAL BURREN OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING COMPETITION WEEKEND IN LISDOONVARAN, CO. CLARE - 22nd to 24th of May 2009. CALL FOR ENTRIES TO THE AESTHETICA ANNUAL CREATIVE WORKS COMPETITION 2009- Closing date to receive Creative Works is 31 August 2009 SKILLS-SHARING SEMINAR –‘PATHWAYS TO PERFORMANCE’ -ON SPECIAL NEEDS MUSIC EDUCATION. Takes place in the Cork School of Music on Sunday 10th May and Monday 11th May TREVOR / BOWEN SUMMER SCHOOL 2009 weekend of 1st. to 3rd. May 2009 in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. GALWAY ARTS CENTRE, GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL AND VISUAL ARTISTS IRELAND WILL BE DELIVERING 4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS IN GALWAY IN MAY AND JUNE. ABRIDGED 0 – 17 Submission call - deadline for submissions is May 30th. LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE AND LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL ARE OFFERING 5 RESIDENCIES TO VISUAL ARTISTS IN 2009/10, deadline 18th May. SOL ART: CALL FOR MAYO ARTISTS

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