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FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
CULTURE IS
 CATCHING

FRI
21
SEPT

 CULTURENIGHT.IE
 TIPPERARY 2018
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
CULTURE NIGHT ‘18 WILL TAKE
PLACE ON FRIDAY 21 SEPT
Now in its thirteenth year, Culture Night
is an annual all-island celebration of
culture, creativity and the arts. It is made
up of hundreds of events across Ireland and
internationally.

Arts and cultural organisations of all shapes
and sizes extend their opening hours on Culture
Night, to allow for increased access to the
public. Participating venues also programme
special and unique events and workshops and
everything is available free of charge.

In Tipperary this year, Culture Night will be
celebrated with performances, live music,
tours, talks, art workshops and much more.
Gather your family and friends and go out take
the opportunity to experience some culture
together!

San áit a bhfeiceann tú an litir “G”, ciallaíonn
sin gur ócáid i nGaeilge atá i gceist.

TIPPERARY CULTURE NIGHT AMBASSADOR

                              To celebrate Culture Night 2018, Tipperary Arts Office has appointed
                               Roseanna Purcell as Culture Night Ambassador. An actor and writer
                                 from Littleton, Thurles, Roseanna’s work includes Signatories at
                                  Kilmainham Gaol, Red Rock for TV3 and most recently, Copper Face
                                  Jacks The Musical at The Olympia Theatre. She wrote her first play
                                  “Test Copy” in 2017 and it premiered at Nenagh Arts Centre.
                                 You can meet Roseanna when she returns to Nenagh Arts Centre
                                to celebrate Culture Night and launch the specially commissioned
                               exhibition, “The Journey” - see Nenagh page for more details.

 G      Event in Irish                     Suitable for Children              Disability Access
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
TIPPERARY
CULTURAL PROVIDERS
BRÚ BORÚ                             TIPPERARY EXCEL ARTS              ROSCREA HERITAGE
Cashel, Co. Tipperary                & CULTURAL CENTRE                 Castle Street, Roscrea
t 062 61122                          Mitchell Street, Tipperary Town   t 0505 87850
e bruboru@comhaltas.com              t 062 80520                       w www.roscreaheritage.com
w www.comhaltas.com                  w www.tipperary-excel.com
                                                                       CAHIR CASTLE
CRAFT GRANARY                        TIPPERARY LIBRARIES               Castle Street, Cahir
Church Street, Cahir                 Castle Avenue, Thurles            t 052 7441011
t 052 7441473                        t 0504 21555                      e cahircastle@opw.ie
e craftgranary1@eircom.net           e libraries@tipperarycoco.ie      w www.heritageireland.ie
w www.craftgranary.com               w www.tipperarylibraries.ie
                                                                       ROCK OF CASHEL
CLONMEL JUNCTION                     THE NARROW SPACE                  St. Patricks Rock of Cashel, Cashel
ARTS FESTIVAL                        GALLERY                           t 062 61437
18 Parnell Street, Raheen, Clonmel   14 Mitchel Street, Clonmel        e rockofcashel@opw.ie
t 052 6129339                        t 052 6127838                     w www.heritageireland.ie
e info@junctionfestival.com          e thenarrowspace@eircom.net
w www.junctionfestival.com           w www.thenarrowspace.com          THE MAIN GUARD
                                                                       Sarsfield Street, Clonmel
SOUTH TIPPERARY                      THE SOURCE ARTS                   t 052 612 7484
ARTS CENTRE                          CENTRE                            e mainguard@opw.ie
Nelson Street, Clonmel               Cathedral Street, Thurles         w www.heritageireland.ie
t 052 6127877                        t 0504 90204
m 085 703 7909                       w www.thesourceartscentre.ie      TUDOR ARTISAN HUB
w www.southtippartscentre.ie                                           42 Main St. Carrick on Suir
                                     LÁR NA PÁIRCE GAA                 t 051 640921
TIPPERARY ARTS OFFICE                MUSEUM                            w www.facebook.com/
Tipperary County Council             Slievenamon Rd, Thurles           tudorartsisanhub
Civic Offices, Nenagh                t 0504 22702
t 0761 06 5000                                                         BREWERY LANE THEATRE
e artsoffice@tipperarycoco.ie        NENAGH ARTS CENTRE                & ARTS CENTRE
w www.tipperarycoco.ie/arts          Banba Square, Nenagh              Castle Street, Carrick on Suir.
                                     t 067 34400                       m 086 127 4736
TIPPERARY                            e director@nenagharts.com         e brewerylanetheatre@gmail.com
HERITAGE OFFICE                      w www.nenagharts.com
Tipperary County Council
Ballingarrane House, Clonmel         QUAY ARTS
t 0761 06 5000                       No. 2 Ballina Quay, Ballina
e heritage@tipperarycoco.ie          t 061 622487
w www.tipperarycoco.ie/heritage      w www.quayarts.ie

TIPPERARY                            DAMER HOUSE GALLERY
COUNTY MUSEUM                        Castle Street, Roscrea
Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel       t 0505 21850
t 0761 06 5252                       w damerhousegallery@gmail.com
e museum@tipperarycoco.ie
w www.tipperarycoco.ie/museum
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
CAHIR

CAHIR HOUSE HOTEL                            THE BLIND PIPER
                                             LIBRARY PLAZA
 The Square, Townparks, Cahir                The Square, Townparks, Cahir
m 086 8262422                                m 086 8262422

Musical and Cultural                         Musical and Cultural
Heritage Session                             Heritage Session​
 8.30pm                                      4pm

Join Seisiún Ceolta Feasa, Cahir Comhaltas   Join Cahir Comhaltas’ younger members as
for an evening that is back by popular       they celebrate our musical culture
demand, celebrating traditional              and heritage.
Irish music, song and dance. “Tír
gan teanga Tír gan anam”.          G                                          G
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
CRAFT GRANARY                                    CAHIR CASTLE
 Church Street, Cahir                            Castle Street, Cahir
t 052 7441473                                    t 087 4185082
f craftgranary                                   f cahirtosing
t craftgranary                                   e cahirtosing@gmail.com

Children’s 1 hour Painting                       Songs and Stories hosted
 Workshop 1: 4-5pm
                                                 by Cahir to Sing
 Workshop 2: 6-7pm                               7.30-9.30pm

Meet artist, Deirdre Dunn, for a one-hour        Enjoy an evening of songs, stories and
children’s art class exploring colour,           poetry in Cahir Castle hosted by Cahir to
perspective and distance. Deidre studied         Sing Choir. The programme will consist
fine art in Cork and makes glorious, vibrant     of popular songs, stories and poems
oil paintings. She is inspired by the fleeting   performed by the Choir and their guest
effects of light and atmosphere and uses         ensemble and solo musicians.
intense colours to capture “the moment in
nature where everything is highlighted”.         There are limited spaces for this event,
                                                 so booking is advised. Please call Kira on
There are limited spaces for these               087 4185082 or email cahirtosing@gmail.
workshops, so booking is advised. Please         com to book.
call the Craft Granary on 052 7441473 to
book.
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
CARRICK-ON-SUIR

           CARRICK-ON-SUIR LIBRARY
            Fairgreen, Carrick-on-Suir
           t 051 640591
           w www.tipperarylibraries.ie

           Different Voices - Live Music
           in the Library
            6.30-8pm

           Different Voices promises to be an evening
           of superb music curated by the Tudor
           Artisan Hub. It will feature a range of
           performers including, Belle Voci, an all-
           female choir from Clonmel, pianist Ruth
           Lavelle playing classical music, Aibreán,
           a recently formed all girl folk/pop group,
           Melua, a new acoustic duo and Rubik
           Grigoryan, a young Armenian boy solo
           vocalist along with other children from
           Bridgewater House.
           Booking for this event is advised,
           please call the Library on
           051 640591 to book.
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
THE CHAPEL,
                                                NANO NAGLE COMMUNITY
                                                RESOURCE CENTRE
                                                 Greenside, Carrick-on-Suir
                                                t 051 640921
                                                f tudorartisanhub

                                                Two Short Films
                                                                                         Over
                                                                                         13

                                                Tales from the Towpath
                                                 8pm Length: 5-10mins
BREWERY LANE
                                                Tales from the Towpath is the result of a
THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE                           collaboration of artists, writers, community
 Castle Street                                 workers, historians and fisher folk from
t 086 1274736                                   Clonmel to Kilsheelan and on to Carrick On
                                                Suir. This short film captures some of the
e brewerylanetheatre@gmail.com                  history, stories and perhaps even secrets
w www.brewerylanetheatre.com                    of the Suir, and is a powerful reminder of
f BreweryLaneDramaSociety​                      the magic of the Suir Blueway. The film has
                                                been created by Rachel Ray and Jack Allen,
                                                4th year students of the Media & Design
                                                degree at Limerick Institute of Technology
Culture Night at                                in Clonmel, in collaboration with The Tudor
Brewery Lane​                                   Artisan Hub.

 6-10pm                                        If Anyone Asks
                                                 8.30pm Length: 60mins
                                                If Anyone Asks explores the strange
                                                disappearance of an artist and the lengths
                                                that people will go to in order to conceal
                                                the truth. Who is being protected? Who
                                                knows the truth? This short film mini-
                                                series is an extraordinary ambitious
                                                undertaking coordinated by The Tudor
                                                Artisan Hub in collaboration with Writing
Join Brewery Lane Theatre & Arts Centre on      Changes Lives, in which 5 writers, 2
Culture Night for live music by local young     young emerging film-makers, 15+ cast, a
musicians, a children’s film and a talk by      professional artist and production team
local author, Jack Ryan, about fictionalising   worked together to bring this from idea to
his experience of growing up in Carrick.        screen for Culture Night 2018.
Please check the venue website for                          Booking for these films is
further details and timings:                                advised, please call the
www.brewerylanetheatre.com                                  Tudor Artisan Hub on 051
                                                            640921 to book.
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
Cashel Arts Festival takes place over 4 days,
                                   including Culture Night. Events take place across
                                   a range of venues and bring to life Cashel's unique

CASHEL                             heritage sites with street theatre, visual arts and film.
                                   Culture Night culminates in a magical lantern parade
                                   featuring street performers Saurus. These events
                                   are suitable for all ages and give the opportunity to
                                   experience historic Cashel Town differently.

THE PLAZA
 Main Street, Cashel
m 089 4036981                                     ROCK OF CASHEL
w www.castleartsfest.com                          m 089 4036981
f cashelartsfest                                  w www.cashelartsfest.com
t cashelartsfest                                  f cashelartsfest

Drumming for Everyone                             Parade of Light lanterns from
 Workshop 1: 5.30-6.30pm                         Rock of Cashel to town plaza
 Workshop 2: 8.30-9.15pm
                                                   7.30pm
                     Grab a drum and find
                     your inner rhythm with       A unique way to experience the magical
                     Jabba Jabba Jembe            Rock of Cashel and Cashel town. Everyone
                     drumming group. A            will meet up at the Rock with their lanterns
                     great family activity,       to walk as a group through the town to the
open to all, kids, parents and grandparents       Plaza, accompanied by the eighteen feet
alike! Experience the excitement, energy          street spectacle artists, Saurus. The group
and satisfaction of making music in-the-          will be led by Dr. Diarmuid O’Hurley Pipe
moment together at these energy packed            Band. At the Plaza, Saurus will then give a
interactive workshops.                            full performance for the whole town.

Saurus Street Spectacle                           Screening of Graduate Films
 7.45-8.30pm                                      9pm

                     Presumed to be extinct,      Come along and experience the great film
                     but here in Cashel for       directors of Ireland’s future. A series of four
                     one night only, Saurus,      graduate films from Dun Laoighaire Institute
                     a performance troupe         of Art, Design and Technology will be shown
from the Netherlands, are travelling to           in the film theatre on the Rock of Cashel.
Cashel with their elaborate dinosaur-like         The Short Films selected focus on aspects
costumes and stilts. An awe inspiring             of modern Irish life: heritage and belonging,
display that will bring Cashel town               isolation, wasting life and the
centre alive.                                     purpose of art.
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL                          CASHEL LIBRARY
 John Street, Cashel                          Friar Street, Cashel
m 089 4036981                                 t 062 63825
w www.cashelartsfest.com                      w www.tipperarylibraries.ie
f cashelartsfest                              f tipperarylibraries
                                              f friendsofcashellibrary

Lantern Making with
Elke Wilson                                   Julian Gough:
                                              Children’s Storytelling
 5-7pm
                                               3.45-4.45pm for 5-8yrs
No lantern for the lantern parade: No
problem! Everyone is welcome to come          If you haven’t met Rabbit & Bear yet, you’re in
along to this workshop with host Elke         for a treat! Join this storytelling event to hear
Wilson to prepare their own lantern to help   Julian Gough read about Rabbit and Bear’s
light up Cashel.                              adventures in his latest book featuring them.
                                              Julian Gough is a novelist, playwright, poet,
Please note that Cashel Arts Festival
                                              musician and script-writer who among many
Lantern Parade is battery powered only
                                              other things, wrote the ending to the phenome-
                                              nally successful computer game Minecraft. Il-
                                              lustrated by Jim Field, the Rabbit & Bear books
Youth Concert and Irish                       have been shortlisted twice for the Children’s
Storytelling                                  Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards.

 6-7pm                                G
See the best of young Cashel talent at this   Dick Gough
concert in the Cathedral, which includes a    (father of Julian) will give an interactive
range of multi-talented performers.           talk on his bog oak sculptures
Alternatively, take in a bi-lingual            7.30-8pm
storytelling with Nuala Hayes, an actor,
storyteller and radio producer. Nuala has     Dick lives near Nenagh and is a native of Bal-
travelled around the country collecting       lydine. He is a sculptor who works mainly with bog
stories and will perform them in Cashel       woods. Where possible he seeks to develop the
specially for Culture night.                  natural shapes already presented in the timber.

Gathering of Light                            Julian Gough:
                                              Reading from his new novel, Connect
Parade
                                               8-9pm
 7pm
                                              Connect is set in the near future and tells a sto-
Come along with your newly made lanterns      ry of family and digital life. An awkward teenage
(or bring your own!) to the Cathedral         boy gains superhuman abilities while his
grounds where we will start gathering for     mother, a geneticist, is discovering a potent al-
the Lantern parade through Cashel town.       ternative to stem cell therapies. It’s been called
Please note that Cashel Arts Festival         excitable and joyous - a dazzling techno-thriller!
Lantern Parade is battery powered only        Booking for these events is advised,
                                              please call the library on
                                              062 63825 to book.
FRI 21 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE - TIPPERARY 2018
CLONMEL

LIMERICK INSTITUTE OF                          TIPPERARY
TECHNOLOGY                                     COUNTY MUSEUM
 Clonmel Campus                                Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel
t 0504 28000                                   t 0761 06 5252
w www.lit.ie                                   f Tipperary County Musuem
                                               w www.tipperarycoco.ie/museum

Tales from the Towpath film
 4pm
                         Tales from the
                         Towpath is
                         the result of a
                         collaboration of
                         artists, writers,
                         community
                         workers, historians
                         and fisher folk
                         from Clonmel to       Talk on Passive Architechture
                         Kilsheelan and         7-8pm
                         on to Carrick On
                         Suir. It captures                                  Spend Culture
some of the history, stories and perhaps                                    Night at the
even secrets of the Suir and is a powerful                                  museum
reminder of the magic of the Suir Blueway.                                  discovering more
The film has been created by Rachel Ray                                     about passive
and Jack Allen, 4th year students of the                                    architecture, and
Media & Design degree at Limerick Institute    in particular Quirke’s Chemist in Clonmel, in
of Technology in Clonmel, in collaboration     this talk by architect Paul McNally.
with The Tudor Artisan Hub.
                                               This talk is in association with Tipperary
                                               County Museum’s exhibition ‘S.T.A.G. 50’
                                               South Tipperary Art Group celebrating its
         CLONMEL                               past and present artistic members
         CAMPUS                                spanning 50 years.
THE MAIN GUARD                                   A SHOP UNIT IN
 Chamber of the Palatine Court                  MITCHELL STREET*
m 089 2119451                                    M 087 9149494
                                                 f beehouse arts
                                                 w www.beehousearts.ie
A Portrait for Everyone
 4pm to late
                  On Culture Night 2017,
                                                 Debride
                  Artist and Photographer,        4-7pm
                  Vincent Hannon, made
                  40 new, large-scale            Debride is an exhibition of new artwork by
                  photographic portraits.        local artist, Brigid Teehan, that examine
                  This year he is back by        tensions and fragilities surrounding
                  popular demand and has         private/public bodies. The show’s title
                  extended his Culture Night     “Debride” is a verb meaning “to remove
                  slot in an attempt to make     damaged tissue from a wound.” It has its
more people’s portraits. In an age where         origins in 1839, from French débridement,
everyone is snapping digital pictures all the    literally “an unbridling,” from débrider
time, Vincent works to create create lasting     “to unbridle,” meaning the removal of the
large format photographs. Why not go             headpiece of a horse’s harness used to
along and sit for a portrait or watch Vincent    govern and restrain the animal.
make lasting images that people can take         Also look out for new artwork on display
home for free.                                   at Beehouse Arts by guest mixed-media
                                                 artist, Ian Mannion.
THE MAIN GUARD                                   * please note that at the time of printing
                                                 this brochure, the venue for this event was
 Under the Arches of the Main Guard             unconfirmed, please check venue details with the
  on O’Connell St, Clonmel                       South Tipperary Arts Centre who will be producing
                                                 a map of Culture Night activities in Clonmel.
m 052 6127877
e info@southtippearyartscentre.ie
w www.southtippartscentre.ie

Music under the Arches
 8pm
                             Enjoy an eclectic
                             set of classical
                             music with rising
                             stars soprano,
                             Kelley Lonergan,
                             and percussion-
ist, Alex Petcu. Whether you’re dipping your
toe for the first time, or are a seasoned
classical music fan, there will be some-
thing to delight you at this concert, brought
to you by South Tipperary Arts Centre.
CLONMEL

THE NARROW SPACE                                  CLONMEL LIBRARY
GALLERY                                            Clonmel Library, Emmet St, Clonmel
 14 Mitchel Street, Clonmel                      t 052 612 4545
t 052 6127838                                     w www.tipperarylibraries.ie
f The Narrow Space
t @TheNarrowSpace
                                                  Fabulous Tales:
                                                  Family Story Time
Fragments From…
                                                   4pm
 7.30-9.30pm
                     Sculptor, Catherine
                     Greene, spent a month
                     at the Centre Culturel
                     Irlandais in Paris in late
                     2017. Savouring the
                     quiet time to observe
                     the city and engage in
                     the craft of drawing,
                     Catherine completed
                     a large number of            An engaging and interactive storytelling
                     drawings of heads,           session for the whole family. Meet giants,
gathered from antiquities and graveyards          mermaids and dragons when storyteller
around Paris. A selection of these drawings       Simone from StoryGate weaves her yarn.
will form the core of her exhibition
                                                  How did the clever mermaid escape from
Fragments from… which will also include
                                                  the greedy fisherman? What would you
a number of sculptural heads.
                                                  do if you found a dragon’s egg? And do you
                                                  know which giant sleeps under the highest
                                                  mountain in Germany?
                                                  Come and listen to these and many more
                                                  tales in a storytelling event not to
                                                  be missed!
SOUTH TIPPERARY                                   INSTALLATION ON THE
ARTS CENTRE                                       TESCO ROUNDABOUT
 Nelson Street, Clonmel
t 052 612 7877
w www.southtippartscentre.ie
                                                  Community Drawings Project
f SouthTipperaryArtsCentre

Boland’s Clonmel
 6pm, 7pm and 8pm
               Poet and writer CJ Boland
               is best remembered for
               his comic poems including
               ‘The Two Travellers’ and
               ‘Retrospect’ (immortalised
               on the Gashouse Bridge), and
2018 marks the centenary of his death.
To mark this occasion, in collaboration
with his granddaughter, Jane Clare, South
Tipperary Arts Centre will produce a
theatrical adaptation of Boland’s hilarious
short story ‘The Boatmen of Clonmel’, which
local actors in 19th century costume will
perform, accompanied by other poems
from his collections to vividly bring to
                                                  Two Clonmel artists, Maurice Caplice and
life the characters and locations of 19th
                                                  Diarmuid Vaughan, have collaborated with
century Clonmel, in a variety of locations
                                                  the Clonmel public to create a structure of
around the town, including Clonmel Library.
                                                  drawings that will be installed on the Tesco
Full details for this event and a map             roundabout for Culture Night 2018.
showing all the locations used will be
                                                  The installation will be a vibrant splash
available from South Tipperary Arts Centre
                                                  of colour and drawing, representative of
closer to the event. Please consult www.
                                                  community creativity and collaboration, be
southtippartscentre.ie for more details.
                                                  sure to look out for it.
                                                  Maurice Caplice works in painting, sculpture
Intruder/ a heart amongst the rubble              and sound and his practice involves
                                                  working with communities. He has exhibited
 3-6pm
                                                  throughout Ireland and Internationally.
                       You are invited to
                                                  Diarmuid Vaughan: is an artist, actor, maker,
                       discover Shay Hurley’s
                                                  set designer and Chairman of St Mary’s
                       extensive photographic
                                                  Choral Society in Clonmel. Diarmuid’s
                       archive on hidden
                                                  artistic practice is about engaging the
aspects of Suir Island and reflect with artist,
                                                  public and he has starred in shows
Theresia Guschlbauer, and filmmaker, Eimear
                                                  throughout Ireland and been the recipient of
King, on the conflicted terrain of human
                                                  National Drama awards.
intrusion in the natural world and the
 meaning of heritage.
CLOUGH-                                          FETHARD
JORDAN

THOMAS MACDONAGH                                 THE THOLSEL
MUSEUM                                            Main Street, Fethard
 Main Street, Cloughjordan                      t 052 6130439
m 087 3946862                                    w www.fhcexperience.ie
w www.macdonaghheritage.ie

                                                 Pottery Workshops
Interpreting Objects in                           Workshop 1: 5pm
Thomas MacDonagh                                  Workshop 2: 5.45pm
                                                  Workshop 3: 6.30pm
Museum Collection
                                                                     Make and paint your
 4-8pm (drop in anytime)                                            own simple “pinch pots”
                        This interactive                             in these workshops
                        event will highlight a                       with local potter,
                        selection of historic                        Doírín Saurus, who will
                        objects from the                             demonstrate basic
                        Thomas MacDonagh                             pottery techniques and
                        Museum, spanning                             talk about her artistic
from the mid-19th Century, including                                 practice.
sketches, a banner and a ‘Maid of Éireann’       The completed pinch pots will be glazed
Harp, symbol of the 1878 Rebellion.              and fired by Dóirín in her workshop before
Local experts will be on hand to provide         being returned to those that take part, two
information about the objects and those          weeks later.
that go along will be invited to produce
their own artistic interpretation. Creative      Spaces are limited so please call
help and inspiration will be available from      052 6130439 to book.
art and craft teacher, Aksana Deane, and
                                                 There will also be free entry to FHC
a variety of art and craft materials will
                                                 Experience on the night from 4pm.
be available, free of charge. There will
be live music and refreshments
throughout the event.
DAMER HOUSE GALLERY
                                                 Castle St. Roscrea

ROSCREA                                         t 087 2065 111
                                                e damerhousegallery@gmail.com​
                                                f DamerHouseGallery

                                                The Artist and the Model
                                                (Getting back to work!)
                                                 6-9pm
                                                                         Calling all of you
                                                                         interested in making
                                                                         visual art; join this
                                                                         life drawing and
                                                                         painting workshop
THE OLD COURTHOUSE                                                       led by Patricia Hurl
                                                and Therry Rudin, aimed at revitalising your
 Gaol Rd, Roscrea​​​​
                                                artistic practice.
t 083 1133987
                                                This workshop will give you the space to explore
f Age Friendly Roscrea
                                                materials and mark making while experienc-
                                                ing the collaborative nature of working with a
                                                life model. It is hoped that by the end of the
Rambling House of                               evening you will have renewed conviction and
Reminiscence                                    assurance in your own art work and a desire to
                                                make more.
 7.30-10pm
                                                Therry Rudin was born in Switzerland and came
Receive a warm welcome from those               to Ireland in 1985, when she lived in Limerick
involved in Age Friendly Roscrea at the         where she founded the art school ‘Studio 55’
newly refurbished Old Roscrea Courthouse.       and published the arts magazine ‘Anima’. She
Enjoy an evening of entertainment with          was a lecturer in the Fine Art Department of
live music and storytelling and if you’d like   Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Tech-
to join in then bring along your own song,      nology, Co. Dublin. Therry Rudin has exhibited
piece of music or story. If you would like      widely in Ireland and Internationally
assistance to get to this event, please call
                                                Patricia Hurl is an artist whose work spans the
083 1133987.
                                                disciplines of painting, multi-media and collab-
                                                orative art practice. She was a member of Tem-
                                                ple Bar Gallery and Studios from 1986 to 2009,
                                                when she moved to Co. Tipperary to set up a
                                                new studio space. She regularly collaborates
                                                with artist Therry Rudin on Film and Video-Per-
                                                formance art projects and in 2012 they set up
                                                an artist-run contemporary art space, Damer
                                                House Gallery in Roscrea.
                                                Spaces are limited so please call
                                                087 2065 111 or email damerhousegallery@
                                                gmail.com to book.
TIPPERARY CULTURE NIGHT COMMISSION
                                          We put an open call out to artists and creatives based in
                                          Tipperary, asking them to propose a unique, site specific,
                                          temporary artwork specially commissioned for Culture

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                                          Night. This year the successful artist is Carine Arnakis, an
                                          Artist and Illustrator from Romania, with a Masters degree
                                          in Advertising Art and Book Illustration. Carine discovered
                                          her passion for drawing aged 3, when she would doodle on
                                          the walls behind the curtains in her grandparents’ house!
                                          She has been drawing and doodling ever since.

NENAGH ARTS CENTRE
 Banba Square, Nenagh
t 067 34400
w www.nenaghartscentre.ie

The Journey                                         {Pop} Culture Night
 5.30pm                                             6-8pm
                        Carine Arnakis’s                                      What does Culture
                        exhibition is called                                  mean to you?
                        The Journey and you                                   Theatre, Music,
                        can see it on display                                 Poetry? What if we
                        for Culture Night at                                  told you it could
                        Nenagh Arts Centre.                                   be a comic strip,
                        Carine says that she                                  colourful bricks or
                        is most inspired by                                   even an animated
                        colour in all its forms;    cartoon… Join us for an evening of Pop
                        colour palettes seen        Culture and experience something a little
                        in nature and those         different. View amazingly produced LEGO
created by people. She is also interested           models, create your own brick work of art,
in cultural diversity and takes inspiration         chat to a cartoon illustrator or experience
from folk culture or tribes, such as pattern,       an Anime short. Come to Nenagh Arts
oriental miniatures and naïve art.                  Centre this Culture Night for an evening of
                                                    {Pop} Culture, suitable for all the family.
The Journey is a showcase of vibrant
illustrations inspired by multicultural
Ireland today and informed by folktales
and folklore from around the world
The exhibition will be accompanied by
a colouring book you can take away,
featuring some of the images from the
exhibition, plus other drawings illustrating
pattern designs inspired by folklore.
 Meet outside Nenagh Arts Centre              DÚN MHUIRE
m 086 1247945
                                                50 Sráid an Phiarsaigh, An tAonach
f NenaghWalkingTours
                                               t 067 41570
                                               e cnagantaonach@gmail.com​
                                               w www.cnagantaonach.ie
Historical Walking Tour
of Nenagh led by                               Caitlín Ní Mhealóid &
Kevin Whelan                                   Chomhaltas Ceoltóiri
 7pm                                Limited
                                               Éirinn An tAonach                         G
Relax with others on this leisurely stroll
                                                7.30-10pm
around Nenagh taking in the Town’s history
with Kevin Whelan. The tour will include a     Cuirimid fáilte roimh Chaitlín chuig Dún
visit to Nenagh Castle.                        Mhuire. Amhránaí, ceoltóir, rinceoir ar an sean
                                               nós agus múinteoir óg ó Rath Cairn, Gaeltacht
                                               na Mí, is ea Caitlín.
                                               Tá Caitlín páirteach sa ghrúpa “Dó Fá Dó,”
                                               agus bhí sí ag canadh sa Bhriotáin, i bPáras,
                                               Londain chomh maith le Co. na Mí. Beidh baill
                                               óga de Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann i mbun
                                               ceoil.

PASTORAL CENTRE                                THE BLUE DOOR STUDIO
 Church Road, Nenagh                           5 Pearse Street, Nenagh
m 087 1724716                                  t 087 9588073
                                               F The Blue Door Studio Nenagh

Nenagh Art Group,                              The Blue Door Sessions
Open Studio                                     4-11pm
 7-9pm                                                               Drop in to the Blue Door
                  Come and meet the                                   Studio for an afternoon
                  artists of the Nenagh                               and evening of music, po-
                  Art Group as they work,                             etry, theatre and comedy
                  see what they make                                  at The Blue Door Ses-
                  and find out more about      sions; a new space for performers of any kind to
                  their practices and          present their work. Culture Night 2018 falls on
                  methods. If you’ve ever      the same day as International Peace Day and
                  thought of taking up an      to mark it the evening will be opened with an
                  art class, come along for    introduction to Heartfulness Meditation.
                  a cup of tea and a chat.     For full listings for this event please
                                               see Facebook page: The Blue Door
                                               Studio Nenagh.
THE SOURCE ARTS
                                              CENTRE THURLES
                                              t 0504 90204

THURLES                                       w thesourceartscentre.ie

                                              Culture Night at The Source begins
                                              with the opening of Glenn Fitzgerald’s
                                              exhibition Gappy Being at and is followed
                                              by a free gig with acclaimed alternative
                                              band Bleeding Heart Pigeons.

                                              Glenn Fitzgerald’s exhibition
                                               7.30pm
                                                                   Glenn Fitzgerald is
CENTRE FOR                                                         an artist from Cashel
INDEPENDENT LIVING                                                 currently completing his
                                                                   MFA in the National Col-
 Stradavoher Business Park, Thurles                               lege of Art and Design
t 0505 23229                                  in Dublin. His work is about a world between
w www.iwa.ie                                  worlds - quite dreamy and hazy - it can also
                                              have a dingy atmosphere like a mechanic’s
                                              garage. There are beings in it, all useless
                                              and some of them slot into the narrow gaps
Showcase of art work by                       between actual reality and depiction.
Irish Wheelchair Association
members: Thurles                              Bleeding Heart Pigeons
 4-6pm                                        9-11pm
                                              Bleeding Heart Pigeons are made up of
                                                                   Limerick trio Micheál
                                                                   Keating, Cathal Histon
                                                                   and Brendan McInerney
                                                                   and are signed to Virgin
                                                                   Records. They released
                                                                   their debut album, Is,
                                              in 2016 and are currently completing their
Every Thursday and Friday, members of         second album. This is a chance to hear tracks
the Irish Wheelchair Association meet to      from the new album as well as some from ‘Is’.
be social and make artwork. For Culture
Night 2018 they are opening their doors to    Bleeding Heart Pigeons are an incredible Irish
friends, family and all comers who would      band who I’ve fallen for in a big way. Brilliant
like to enjoy their work and ask questions.   live, as well. – Mojo
                       On display will be
                                              Events are free and bar and café facilities are
                       a miniature model
                                              available on the night.
                       of the Monaincha
                       historical site and    Should you have access needs or want to
                       many arts and craft    reserve accessible seating, please inform the
                       pieces.                box office T:0504 90204
TIPPERARY
TOWN

            TIPPERARY EXCEL
             Mitchel Street, Tipperary Town
            t 062 80520
            w www.tipperary-excel.com/facebook
            f Tipperary Excel

            Film Screening:
            The Happy Prince
             8-11pm                                 15+

            The Happy Prince tells the story of the last
            days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a
            person who observes his own failure with
            ironic distance and regards the difficulties
            that beset his life with detachment and
            humor. This film is the directorial debut of
            Rupert Everett, who also stars in the drama,
            alongisde Colin Firth and Emily Watson.

            Exhibition of Photographic
            Tipperary Faces and Places
             8-11pm
                                This exhibition is being
                                hosted at Tipperary
                                Excel courtesy of
                                Tipperary People
                                Magazine. It features
            multigenerational images of faces from
            the local area and is combined with a
            radio documentary running alongside the
            exhibition, explaining the context.
ALL EVENTS
                                                             ARE FREE
                                                                Events start from 4pm
                                                                  and run until late

Culture Night 2018 will take place on                             Tipperary Arts Office
                                                                  Tipperary County Council

FRIDAY 21 SEPT
                                                                  Civic Offices, Nenagh
                                                                  Co. Tipperary

                                                                  t 0761 06 5000
Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Culture,
Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Creative Ireland Programme     e artsoffice@tipperarycoco.ie
in partnership with Tipperary County Council.                       Tipperary Arts Office
An Roinn Ealaίon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a dhéanann          w culturenight.ie
comhordú ar an Oíche Chultúir, i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle         w tipperarycoco.ie/arts
Contae Thiobraid Árann.                                             @Tipperary Arts
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