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CULTURE NIGHT, DUBLIN 2009 WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH, SO PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY NOW!
Organised by Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Culture Night Dublin sees over 100 museums, galleries, theatres and more open their doors late into the night for FREE and for one night only every September across Dublin city.
This late night cultural feast offers something for everyone making this a fantastic opportunity to explore and discover Dublin’s cultural life by night!
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A new collection of Comic/Nonsense Verse, For Children, called, ‘Please Do Not Encourage This Nonsense by Purchasing this Book: Poems By Paul H. Tubb’, is available for purchasing.
23 Poems Not about Football, 11 that are about Football and 5 limericks. Paul H. Tubb has put these together, with some illustrations, into a handy book form so that they can be read at anyone’s leisure. Funny Rhyming poems that will delight Children of all ages. Poems about subjects such as Strange Christmas’s, Tone Deaf Dentists and the worlds worst stuntman among others. To learn more, please click on the link below.
Book now for Culture and the City - Keeping Dublin Creative! On October 21st 2008 Temple Bar Cultural Trust will host a conference on the theme of Culture and the City at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with Dublin City Council.
This one-day conference will provide a platform for discussion, debate and exchange of experience from Irish and international practitioners around some of the key issues affecting cultural development in Dublin. The conference will explore ways of achieving a more integrated approach to planning and development for culture in Dublin city. It will also explore ways of enhancing the level of civic engagement and public participation in the cultural life of the city.
Among the speakers at the conference will be Jude Woodward, senior policy advisor on culture to Mayor of London; Laura Magahy, CEO MCO Projects; Franco Bianchini, academic and consultant on cultural policy; Sir Ken Robinson, internationally renowned speaker and consultant on creativity and innovation; Catherine Bunting, Head of Research with the Arts Council of England in addition to representatives from The Arts Council of Ireland.
The conference will present an insight into current thinking and planning for cultural development within the Development Plan for Dublin City. It will provide practical experience from other European cities in terms of best practice and provide conference participants with the opportunity to contribute to the discussion on the future of cultural development in the city, and in particular on the elements required to successfully drive this strategy forward.
The conference is designed to be of interest to a wide range of groups and individuals working across a range of sectors including the arts and cultural community, urban planners, architects, local representatives, the business community, academics, artists and anyone with an interest in shaping the future for culture in the city!
Bright lights and bright smiles for another hugely successful Culture Night.... Culture Night landed all over the country last Friday night (September 19th) as hundreds of cultural venues around Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford threw open their doors late into the night for a night of discovery and entertainment.
Organised by Temple Bar Cultural Trust over 100 galleries, museums, theatres and other cultural venues took part in this year’s Dublin Culture Night and at this stage initial figures show that we have exceeded last years visitor numbers and reached the 100,000 mark.
This year’s increase in numbers was due to the wonderful response from new participating venues who saw the huge potential with taking part in an event like this, the increased profile and promotion of the event and the hugely colourful and spectacular outdoor events programme.
Venues around Dublin City were inundated with visitors with some key venues welcoming over 3,000 curious visitors to their venues! Family groups with young children were prominent around the Cultural Quarter and other city venues this year adding enormously to the quality and electric atmosphere of the night. Some of the spectacular outdoor events included traffic stopping outdoor projections on the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre and Peppercanister Church, samba drumming along the streets of Temple Bar, children’s circus shows in the Old City area of Temple Bar and exciting street entertainment down Grafton Street.
Speaking about the success of this years Culture Night, Dermot McLaughlin, CEO of Temple Bar Cultural Trust said ‘The big winners with Culture Night are the 200,000 people who, it's estimated, took part in events in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Galway and Limerick. Great credit has to go to all of the venues, artists, organisations and volunteers who presented such a wonderfully diverse, fun-filled and creative programme of events. TBCT believes that other towns and cities i
Programme of Hundreds of Free Cultural Events Around the Country Unveiled
Details of Culture Night 2008 were unveiled yesterday(Tuesday 12th August 2008) by Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT), in the National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square. For the first time since its inception in 2006, cultural venues outside the Capital will participate in Culture Night by staying open until 11pm on Friday 19th September. Museums, galleries, theatres, cathedrals and other cultural venues throughout Cork, Galway, Limerick and Dublin will host hundreds of free cultural events for members of the public to enjoy late into the evening.
The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2008 is available on www. culturenight. ie or by calling TBCT on 01 888 3610. All events are free but booking is essential for some events so people must book directly with the cultural venue where indicated to avoid disappointment.
The clocks of the Capital City’s museums, cathedrals, galleries, theatres and other cultural venues will be reset to close at 11pm on September 19th for Culture Night 2008! This very successful initiative coordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust is now in its third year and for the first time Culture Night will go national, extending to Cork, Galway and Limerick.
In Dublin alone it is anticipated that all of the cities cultural venues will participate, already over 100 have committed their involvement including The Abbey Theatre, Dublin City Gallery – The Hugh Lane, Christchurch Cathedral, the National Gallery, The Ark Cultural Centre for Children and many more. Last year’s event was an overwhelming success with almost 80,000 people participating throughout Dublin City on the evening itself. Trinity College Library and Dublin City Hall both broke attendance records over the five hour period.
Culture Night is an important event on the cultural calendar providing access to people who may not otherwise be able to enjoy the rich cultural offering of the country’s cultural venues. This year Dublin Culture Night will see Temple Bar Cultural Trust working in partnership with Dublin City Council, the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, Failte Ireland and Dublin Bus.
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Culture Takes To The Streets with Culture Night 2007
Friday, 14th September 2007
Culture Night started with a bang this evening as crowds flocked to over 80 venues from 5pm for an evening’s cultural entertainment. The initiative was officially launched by Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Seamus Brennan T.D in the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar.
Organised by Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Culture Night 2007 consists of 100 free events including acting and dance workshops, talks by artists, tours, special exhibitions and events as well as some outstanding street entertainment. There are also a number special free inter-venue buses run by Dublin Bus to help the public visit as many places as possible on the night.
Speaking at the launch, Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Seamus Brennan, T.D. said: “I now want to build on the achievements of Culture Night to work towards introducing much more flexible and extended opening times at our national museums, galleries and libraries. When you consider that so far this year over 1.7 million visitors came to our national cultural institutions it is clear that extended opening hours on a more regular basis could open up our museums and galleries to greatly increased audiences. We need to get away from the traditional and rigid 9 to 5 opening times and build in a degree of flexibility that reflects our changed lifestyles and use of leisure time”.
The participating cultural venues reflect the city’s broad and eclectic cultural mix including the Croke Park Stadium, the Book of Kells at Trinity College Library, Dublin City’s Cathedrals, the Gaiety School of Acting, Chester Beatty Library and many other museums, galleries and artists’ and designers’ studios. The events are free to all members of the public and include interactive dance and acting workshops, talks by artists and curators, special performances and tours as well as featuring many of Dublin’s art installations. For full listing go to w
Culture Night wraps up for another year but not without a bang...
Culture Night, Dublin 2007 wrapped up at 10pm on Friday night leaving culture vultures all of the city buzzing with cultural fever!
Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin city last Friday September 14th to experience our second Dublin Culture Night.
With over 80 cultural venues taking part there certainly was something cultural for everyone on Friday night.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in Culture Night this year from the cultural venues who opened late to the volunteers and indeed the public. Without you all the night would be impossible!
Please do send us any feedback you have on the night to info@culturenight.ie.
Thank you all once again and remember www.culturenight.ie is still live so do check in at any time!
Along with the hive of activity buzzing throughout eighty and more cultural organisations across Dublin City on Culture Night, there will also be surprise outdoor events to light up the streets and connect one cultural organisation to another.
Keep your eyes peeled for the colourful spectacle of Whirligig’s inflatable butterflies and lend your ear to the Brazilian rhythms of Sambaeire as they travel by foot from Merrion Square to St Stephen’s Green.
Have a look at the events list below which describes additional outdoor activity that may accompany you along your cultural trail on Culture Night 07!
- U2 Massive Heads - Sambaeire: Samba Drummers in Transit! - Discovery Gospel Choir - A Chinese Lion-head and tale dances in Trinity College Dublin - Na’ Rimbo African Dancing & Drumming - Na Píobairí Uilleann: The Uilleann Pipers - Whirligig: Inflatable Stars and Butterflies! - Indian Dancing: Bollywood Style! - Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
Dublin’s cultural organisations should review their opening hours with a view to making arts and culture more accessible to the general public according to Dermot McLaughlin, CEO of Temple Bar Cultural Trust, organisers of Culture Night 2007.
Speaking in advance of the biggest free cultural event of the year Culture Night, Mr. McLaughlin said that lifestyles of people are changing with most working between 9am-5pm, which are also the standard opening hours for the city’s cultural venues. “Our lifestyles are changing however retaining the old traditions of limited opening hours means that access to arts and culture is restricted to the average person. Last year the reaction from the general public for Culture Night was fantastic and it illustrates the demand and requirement for late night opening.” He said.
“The cultural venues all got behind and supported Culture Night 2006 and saw the benefits. We believe everyone needs to work together to open up the city’s cultural offering and remove the main obstacle that prevents people getting easy access to and enjoyment from the arts and culture in our Capital. We need to re-set our clocks so they are back in sync with people’s lifestyles.”
Many arts venues are closed on Mondays, in the evenings and have limited Sunday opening hours. In addition the urban sprawl has made it difficult for people to enjoy the city’s cultural offering. However initiatives such as Culture Night address these issues.
Culture Night guarantees free access for everyone to all participating venues and events. It is the new platform for Dublin to show itself off and for people to get to know the City in a different, more creative light.
“Our ambition is that in 2008 we will have Culture Night running until at least midnight in most venues and that Dublin will be one of Europe’s top 5 Culture Night events within the next five years.” Added Mr. McLaughlin.
In association with The Dubliner Magazine we are organising a debate as a preview to Culture Night 2007. The tickets are completely free, and it promises to be a lively and amusing affair.
The debate is at 7pm sharp on Friday September 7th in SS Michael and John's Church, 15-19 Essex Street West, Temple Bar.
Proposing the motion that Ireland has lost its cultural identity are writer Ulick O'Connor, right-wing fireband Constantin Gurgiev and Sunday Independent journalist Victoria Mary Clarke.
Opposing the motion are arts consultant Ciaran MacGonigal, Kila musician (and Leitrim hurler) Rossa O'Snodaigh, and Mik Pyro from the Republic of Loose.
Eamon Keane from Newstalk 106 will be chairing the debate. It will last about an hour and fifteen minutes, and will be followed by a drink reception for our invited guests and members of the public.
To apply for two free tickets go to www.dubliner.ie
1 Night + 1 City + 82 Venues +100 Free Events = Culture Night 2007!
Launched today (Wednesday 15th August) by The Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr. Paddy Bourke, Culture Night 2007 will take place on Friday 14th September, when 82 of Dublin’s cultural venues will throw open their doors until 10pm and treat the public to over 100 free cultural events in the city.
Organisers, Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT), have been working with the city’s cultural venues since last October to provide the public with an evening of eclectic, interactive and entertaining cultural activities and are hoping to attract 80,000 people into the city for a cultural festival to remember.
From the Book of Kells at Trinity College Library to drama workshops at the Gaiety School of Acting; tours of the GAA Museum to improvised music performances at The Contemporary Music Centre; Choral performances at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to salsa and belly-dancing at Dance Ireland and from jewellery design with Debbie Paul to lectures on Oscar Wilde in the Gate Theatre…. there is something for everyone.
To help visitors attend as many events as possible on the night, Dublin Bus will provide free inter-venue transport linking the various venues. TBCT has divided the participating organisations into six cultural clusters, grouping the venues together, to make planning the evening’s entertainment easier. For those who wish to walk between the various venues on-street entertainment is also planned. The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2007 is available on www.culturenight.ie or by calling TBCT on 01 6772255.
