Friday, July 30, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Artistic License Arts News July 26th
The Opposite Sex brought to by OnQ Theatre Company & David Tristram
comes to the Draiochts Studio Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of
September Tickets are €16 or €14 with a concession. This adult
domestic comedy will have you in stitches from curtain up to curtain
down.
For booking information contact the Driaocht Box Office on 01 885 2622
or go www.driaocht.ie
An Abstract Art exhibition by artist, Berni Polen is currently on
show in Blancherstown Libraby
The Morning Book-Club meets again in August. A selection from the
shortlist of the Impac Award will be discussed.
The Evening Book-Club meets again on the 9th of September and the
book choice is The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
St Brigid’s Photography Group now in it's tenth year continues to meet
in Blanchardstown library every Wednesday from 7.00pm. For more
information on the group visit www.stbrigidsphotogroup.ie New members
are always welcome
For more on the library listen in to the Blanchardstown Library Show
which is broadcast every Friday evening at 7.30pm on Phoenix 92.5 FM,
with a new edition on the last Friday of every month.
On Sunday in Farmleigh you can enjoy Music in the Gardens with Urban
Box Social between as 2-4.
Farmleigh's Courtyard Movies is back on Saturday the 7th of August at
4pm with Pulp Fiction and The Thing at 8pm.
Sunday 8th August
It starts off at 5pm with Young Frankenstein followed by an 8pm
showing of Alien. Please contact Farmleigh for booking.
And I must applaud them for their choose in films!
Conor Kostick has been selected as the 2010 Farmleigh Writer in
Residence. Conor lives in Dublin where he teaches medieval history at
Trinity College and is the author of several books including 'Epic',
'Saga', 'Move', as well as 'The Book of Curses' for younger readers.
Conor was the recipient of a Special Merit Award at the Reading
Association of Ireland Awards in 2009 for his book 'Move', and for his
contribution to science-fiction writing in Ireland. He has achieved
international success with 'Epic' and 'Saga'.
The residency will take place between July, August and September and a
series of workshops will be programmed to coincide with it.
On Wednesday 25th August at 7pm : Conor will give a 'Master Class in
Children’s Literature'
There will be two meetings the first on 25 August and a follow up
meeting in September. Places are limited. If you are interested
please send 1,000 words of your work in progress to
brian.dockery@opw.ie
The Plough and the Stars, a play that has always been closely
associated with the Abbey Theatre.
Set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in 1916, The Plough and
the Stars is both an intimate play about the lives of ordinary people
and an epic play about ideals and the birth of our nation.
Heartbreaking, disturbing and very funny, The Plough and the Stars is
an historic play that every generation needs to see. The play will be
directed by Wayne Jordan.
For more information call the box office on 8787222 or visit
www.abbeytheatre.ie for information about our sign language
interpreted, audio described and captioned performances
Following the sell-out production of All My Son’s last year, Arthur
Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman opens at the Gate Theatre on
Tuesday 20th July. The play burst onto the international scene in
1949, winning not only the Pulitzer Prize, but also the Drama Critics’
Circle and several Tony Awards. Directed by renowned American director
David Esbjornson and featuring a stellar cast including international
stage and screen star Harris Yulin as Willy Loman, this production is
not to be missed.
Booking www.gatetheatre.ie or 01 874 4045 / 874 6042
The Matchmaker by John B Keane in the
Tivoli Theatre has been extended due to popular demand the production
will now run until the
7th of August. A classic of the modern Irish theatre both marvellous
and mischievous it's not to be missed.
Box Office 01 454 4472
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has opened to great acclaim at the Grand Canal
Threate for it's 4 Week run! Tickets are selling fast for this Award
Winning West End production with a cast and crew of over 100
(including 10 dogs), sensational sets, a full orchestra and stunning
special effects!
Starting in September, RTÉ will launch four brand new dramas with the
return of popular series such as ‘Raw’ and ‘Single-Handed’. Viewers
will have over 82 hours of new Irish drama presented to them next
season as RTÉ increases its dramatic output from the same time last
year.
The upcoming new drama broadcasts include ‘Love/Hate’, a four-part
series set in Dublin’s gangland, feature-length drama ‘When Harvey Met
Bob’ with a retelling of the relationship between Bob Geldof and
Harvey Goldsmith in the run up to Live Aid; ‘Wild Decembers’ by
celebrated Irish writer Edna O’Brien, and a new three-part serial
featuring the online sensations and winners of RTÉ’s StoryLand
competition, ‘Hardy Bucks’ .
Bestselling Irish chicklit author Melissa Hill has switched to
thriller writing.A new book she has co-written with her businessman
husband Kevin was bought this week for a six-figure sum by Simon &
Schuster in the UK and big money deals have also been done for other
countries. The forensic crime thriller is called 'Taboo' and
represents a major literary crossover for Melissa whose eight chicklit
novels to date have all been bestsellers. 'Taboo' was snapped up by
publishers in several countries within 24 hours of being offered by
Hill's agent. It's the first in a series she and Kevin will be penning
together under the name Casey Hill. It was written by the pair as they
awaited the birth of their first baby, Carrie. Kevin has not written
before, but has been advising Melissa on her earlier books and came up
with the shocking ending for the new novel. The couple live in
Monkstown, south Dublin. Melissa is already one of Ireland's most
successful women's fiction authors, having sold more than one million
copies of her books worldwide. She started writing in 2003 and is now
ranked alongside Cathy Kelly and Marian Keyes, with her books
published in 16 languages. Her latest novel, 'The Truth about You',
has been at the top of the Irish charts for the past six weeks.
comes to the Draiochts Studio Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of
September Tickets are €16 or €14 with a concession. This adult
domestic comedy will have you in stitches from curtain up to curtain
down.
For booking information contact the Driaocht Box Office on 01 885 2622
or go www.driaocht.ie
An Abstract Art exhibition by artist, Berni Polen is currently on
show in Blancherstown Libraby
The Morning Book-Club meets again in August. A selection from the
shortlist of the Impac Award will be discussed.
The Evening Book-Club meets again on the 9th of September and the
book choice is The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
St Brigid’s Photography Group now in it's tenth year continues to meet
in Blanchardstown library every Wednesday from 7.00pm. For more
information on the group visit www.stbrigidsphotogroup.ie New members
are always welcome
For more on the library listen in to the Blanchardstown Library Show
which is broadcast every Friday evening at 7.30pm on Phoenix 92.5 FM,
with a new edition on the last Friday of every month.
On Sunday in Farmleigh you can enjoy Music in the Gardens with Urban
Box Social between as 2-4.
Farmleigh's Courtyard Movies is back on Saturday the 7th of August at
4pm with Pulp Fiction and The Thing at 8pm.
Sunday 8th August
It starts off at 5pm with Young Frankenstein followed by an 8pm
showing of Alien. Please contact Farmleigh for booking.
And I must applaud them for their choose in films!
Conor Kostick has been selected as the 2010 Farmleigh Writer in
Residence. Conor lives in Dublin where he teaches medieval history at
Trinity College and is the author of several books including 'Epic',
'Saga', 'Move', as well as 'The Book of Curses' for younger readers.
Conor was the recipient of a Special Merit Award at the Reading
Association of Ireland Awards in 2009 for his book 'Move', and for his
contribution to science-fiction writing in Ireland. He has achieved
international success with 'Epic' and 'Saga'.
The residency will take place between July, August and September and a
series of workshops will be programmed to coincide with it.
On Wednesday 25th August at 7pm : Conor will give a 'Master Class in
Children’s Literature'
There will be two meetings the first on 25 August and a follow up
meeting in September. Places are limited. If you are interested
please send 1,000 words of your work in progress to
brian.dockery@opw.ie
The Plough and the Stars, a play that has always been closely
associated with the Abbey Theatre.
Set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in 1916, The Plough and
the Stars is both an intimate play about the lives of ordinary people
and an epic play about ideals and the birth of our nation.
Heartbreaking, disturbing and very funny, The Plough and the Stars is
an historic play that every generation needs to see. The play will be
directed by Wayne Jordan.
For more information call the box office on 8787222 or visit
www.abbeytheatre.ie for information about our sign language
interpreted, audio described and captioned performances
Following the sell-out production of All My Son’s last year, Arthur
Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman opens at the Gate Theatre on
Tuesday 20th July. The play burst onto the international scene in
1949, winning not only the Pulitzer Prize, but also the Drama Critics’
Circle and several Tony Awards. Directed by renowned American director
David Esbjornson and featuring a stellar cast including international
stage and screen star Harris Yulin as Willy Loman, this production is
not to be missed.
Booking www.gatetheatre.ie or 01 874 4045 / 874 6042
The Matchmaker by John B Keane in the
Tivoli Theatre has been extended due to popular demand the production
will now run until the
7th of August. A classic of the modern Irish theatre both marvellous
and mischievous it's not to be missed.
Box Office 01 454 4472
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has opened to great acclaim at the Grand Canal
Threate for it's 4 Week run! Tickets are selling fast for this Award
Winning West End production with a cast and crew of over 100
(including 10 dogs), sensational sets, a full orchestra and stunning
special effects!
Starting in September, RTÉ will launch four brand new dramas with the
return of popular series such as ‘Raw’ and ‘Single-Handed’. Viewers
will have over 82 hours of new Irish drama presented to them next
season as RTÉ increases its dramatic output from the same time last
year.
The upcoming new drama broadcasts include ‘Love/Hate’, a four-part
series set in Dublin’s gangland, feature-length drama ‘When Harvey Met
Bob’ with a retelling of the relationship between Bob Geldof and
Harvey Goldsmith in the run up to Live Aid; ‘Wild Decembers’ by
celebrated Irish writer Edna O’Brien, and a new three-part serial
featuring the online sensations and winners of RTÉ’s StoryLand
competition, ‘Hardy Bucks’ .
Bestselling Irish chicklit author Melissa Hill has switched to
thriller writing.A new book she has co-written with her businessman
husband Kevin was bought this week for a six-figure sum by Simon &
Schuster in the UK and big money deals have also been done for other
countries. The forensic crime thriller is called 'Taboo' and
represents a major literary crossover for Melissa whose eight chicklit
novels to date have all been bestsellers. 'Taboo' was snapped up by
publishers in several countries within 24 hours of being offered by
Hill's agent. It's the first in a series she and Kevin will be penning
together under the name Casey Hill. It was written by the pair as they
awaited the birth of their first baby, Carrie. Kevin has not written
before, but has been advising Melissa on her earlier books and came up
with the shocking ending for the new novel. The couple live in
Monkstown, south Dublin. Melissa is already one of Ireland's most
successful women's fiction authors, having sold more than one million
copies of her books worldwide. She started writing in 2003 and is now
ranked alongside Cathy Kelly and Marian Keyes, with her books
published in 16 languages. Her latest novel, 'The Truth about You',
has been at the top of the Irish charts for the past six weeks.
Friday, July 23, 2010
To Paper or to Paint?
I love the idea of this wall paper but I don't think I'm brave enough -is anyone?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Cheating on Fashion...
I'm one of the few people I know that actually liked the latest Sex & the City Movie. Team Kiss would string me up for admitting this but I preferred it to the first film. I only ever watched the series on TV whilst under house arrest by my male housemate in college who strangely owned all the box sets. Considering at the time I was famously the girl who wore an aran jumper with her PJs to morning classes the glamour of Sex and the City never appealed to me. At that stage I'd never been in a serious relationship. Boys bored me in person so I was never going to relate with their on screen dramas.
Fast forward 7 years and only now is Sex & the City relevant to me. There was one reason I hated the first movie. Jennifer Hudson. No matter what other redeeming features existed such as that Vera Wang wedding dress I will never move past how furious Hudson's character made me. Random I know... There are four solid reasons I enjoyed (not loved) the second movie. Mainly the entire movie was an advert - how could I not approve? It had Liza Minnelli. I can't remember the third but lastly because Carrie cheated on fashion with furniture. I've only ever cheated on fashion with food.
Lydia Marks' set design basically makes me drool. In particular the Poltrona Frau, Ninfea coffee table and the bedroom wallpaper from Cole & Son (Rococo Damask pattern). Yes I like it so much I might have done research. I may have also requested a price for the coffee table off an Irish Supplier. If it fits on my credit card - it shall be mine! Go on have a perv at some photos.
Most importantly while I didn't relate to their Benny Hill take on culture in the Middle East I did relate to Carrie's seemingly unjustified disgust at a television being placed in the bedroom and even worst that dreaded Deadliest Catch program (it often caused fights between me & Chris) and the idea that relationships do need a lot work and sometimes you just need a little space.
Good Sci -fi reads but are they really "sci-fi"?
Found this on Twitter. Discuss?
100 Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
The Postman – David Brin
The Uplift War – David Brin
Neuromancer – William Gibson
Foundation – Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire – Isaac Asimov
Second Foundation – Isaac Asimov
I, Robot – Isaac Asimov
The Long Tomorrow – Leigh Brackett
Rogue Moon – Algis Budrys
The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury
Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke
The City and the Stars – Arthur C. Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke
Armor – John Steakley
Imperial Stars – E. E. Smith
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead – Orson Scott Card
Dune – Frank Herbert
The Dosadi Experiment – Frank Herbert
Journey Beyond Tomorrow – Robert Sheckley
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick
Valis – Philip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly – Philip K. Dick
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch – Philip K. Dick
1984 – George Orwell
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
The War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells
The Time Machine – H. G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau – H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man – H. G. Wells
A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Alas, Babylon – Pat Frank
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
A Journey to the Center of the Earth – Jules Verne
From the Earth to the Moon – Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne
Old Man’s War – John Scalzi
Nova Express – William S. Burroughs
Ringworld – Larry Niven
The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Unreasoning Mask – Philip Jose Farmer
To Your Scattered Bodies Go – Philip Jose Farmer
Eon – Greg Bear
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain – Michael Crichton
Lightning – Dean Koontz
The Stainless Steel Rat – Harry Harrison
The Fifth Head of Cerebus – Gene Wolfe
Nightside of the Long Sun – Gene Wolfe
A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
The Stars My Destination – Alfred Bester
Solaris – Stanislaw Lem
Doomsday Book – Connie Wills
Beserker – Fred Saberhagen
Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
The Word for World is Forest – Ursula K. LeGuin
The Dispossessed – Ursula K. LeGuin
Babel-17 – Samuel R. Delany
Dhalgren – Samuel R. Delany
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
The Forever War – Joe Haldeman
Star King – Jack Vance
The Killing Machine – Jack Vance
Trullion: Alastor 2262 – Jack Vance
Hyperion – Dan Simmons
Starship Troopers – Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
More Than Human – Theodore Sturgeon
A Time of Changes – Robert Silverberg
Gateway – Frederick Pohl
Man Plus - Frederick Pohl
The Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
Mission of Gravity – Hal Clement
The Execution Channel – Ken Macleod
Last and First Men – W. Olaf Stapledon
Slan – A. E. van Vogt
Out of the Silent Planet – C. S. Lewis
They Shall Have Stars – James Blish
Marooned in Realtime – Vernor Vinge
A Fire Upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge
The People Maker – Damon Knight
The Giver – Lois Lowry
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Contact – Carl Sagan
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
Battlefield Earth – L. Ron Hubbard
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain
Little Brother – Cory Doctorow
Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Jack Finney
Planet of the Apes – Pierre Boulle
For the original post go too http://bookstove.com/science-fiction/100-science-fiction-novels-everyone-should-read/
Artistic License Arts News July 19th
Extract from my personal blog on www.PhoenixFM.ie
"The Opposite Sex" brought to by OnQ Theatre Company & David Tristram
comes to the Draiocht Studio Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of
September.
If your kids love to explore the arts why not send them along to
Driaocht next week to work with a range of materials, dry and wet! The workshop runs from Monday
to Friday with a number of different times and age groups running.
For booking information contact the Driaocht Box Office on 01 885 2622
or go www.driaocht.ie
An Abstract Art exhibition by artist Berni Polen is currently on
show in The Blancherstown Library.
The Morning Book-Club meets again in August. A selection from the
shortlist of the Impac Award will be discussed. The Evening Book-Club meets again on the 9th of September and the
book choice is "The Importance of being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.
We'll be there to capture the conversion.
St Brigid’s Photography Group now in it's tenth year continues to meet
in Blanchardstown library every Wednesday from 7.00pm. For more
information on the group visit www.stbrigidsphotogroup.ie New members
are always welcome.
For more on the library listen in to the "Library Show"
which is broadcast every Friday evening at 7.30pm on Phoenix 92.5 FM,
with a new edition on the last Friday of every month.
Farmleigh is running another Adult Art Painting Class on Saturday 24th
of this month at 10.30am with a focus on ‘Still Life Painting’ There
is no need to bring any equipment with you on the day - everything is
supplied but please dress appropriately for outdoor weather
On Sunday the 25th there will be Music in the Gardens with
Blanchardstown Brass Band.
The Plough and the Stars, a play that has always been closely
associated with the Abbey Theatre, begins it's previews Wednesday the
21st of July.
Set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in 1916, The Plough and
the Stars is both an intimate play about the lives of ordinary people
and an epic play about ideals and the birth of our nation.
Heartbreaking, disturbing and very funny, The Plough and the Stars is
an historic play that every generation needs to see. The play will be
directed by Wayne Jordan, graduate of the Samuel Beckett Centre,
Trinity College Dublin who has been a trainee director on a new
mentoring programme devised by the Abbey Theatre.
For more information call the box office on 8787222 or visit
www.abbeytheatre.ie for information about our sign language
interpreted, audio described and captioned performances
Following the sell-out production of All My Son’s last year, Arthur
Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman opens at the Gate Theatre on
Tuesday 20th July. The play burst onto the international scene in
1949, winning not only the Pulitzer Prize, but also the Drama Critics’
Circle and several Tony Awards. Directed by renowned American director
David Esbjornson and featuring a stellar cast including international
stage and screen star Harris Yulin as Willy Loman, this production is
not to be missed. Previews I'm afraid are all sold out. Phoenix FM's presenter Donal O'Sullivan will be
reviewing the show in an upcoming "Artistic License".
"The Matchmaker" by John B Keane was due to finish up last week in the
Tivoli Theatre but due to demand the production will now run until the
7th of August. A classic of the modern Irish theatre both marvellous
and mischievous it's not to be missed.
Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland taking place from 22-25 July,
2010.The festival, now in its seventh year, is a world-class music
event and features a programme of great performances, showcasing the
best in classical, jazz, folk and world music in some of Dublin's
finest venues. Visit www.gfi.ie for more. Next week we're have exclusive
reviews and interviews from the festival.
The Dún Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures is an annual
international arts festival celebrating cultural diversity. With
everything from concerts to markets there is something for everyone.
The program of events is now available on
www.festivalofworldcultures.com
Starting in September, RTÉ will launch four brand new dramas with the
return of popular series such as ‘Raw’ and ‘Single-Handed’. Viewers
will have over 82 hours of new Irish drama presented to them next
season as RTÉ increases its dramatic output from the same time last
year.
The upcoming new drama broadcasts include ‘Love/Hate’, a four-part
series set in Dublin’s gangland, feature-length drama ‘When Harvey Met
Bob’ with a retelling of the relationship between Bob Geldof and
Harvey Goldsmith in the run up to Live Aid; ‘Wild Decembers’ by
celebrated Irish writer Edna O’Brien, and a new three-part serial
featuring the online sensations and winners of RTÉ’s StoryLand
competition, ‘Hardy Bucks’ .
Irish Promoter, booker and manager Derek Nally passed away last week.
Long associated with booking out Whelan’s and The Village in Dublin,
Derek also managed Irish acts Juliet Turner and Ham Sandwich whilst
promoting many, many gigs over the years. Deepest condolences to his
family, friends and colleagues.
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