Additional events on Sat 23rd and Sun 24th

FRI 22 SEPT CULTURENIGHT.IE 2017 1 welcome

Welcome to Kildare’s Culture Night and its jam-packed programme of FREE events for the whole family. From tours to workshops, performances, talks and exhibitions there is something for every taste!

Culture Night is the opportunity to engage with the rich arts and culture resources of our country and in we have extended the programme to include events on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th, so everyone can get a chance to get involved!

This year, some special projects will shine an extra light on creativity in the county. These special event projects will be displayed in the main streets of some county’s towns the week before Culture Night, getting the whole community to celebrate arts and culture.

On Friday 22nd of September and the following weekend switch on Culture Night!

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special outdoor event special event 3 clocha rince kilcock maynooth Russell Library Tours of the Traditional Irish Library’s Art for All Evening Collection

To date, John Carpenter has Kilcock Library will host This impressive library is introduced over 5,000 people a Traditional Evening of home to a unique collection to the joys of drawing and Music, Song, Stories and of manuscripts, archives painting. Maybe you think Dance, featuring our local and early printed works you can’t paint, that you are Comhaltas group Craobh and a fine example of Pugin not artistic or maybe you Naomh Coca and the architecture. Join a guided have not painted for a while. Theresa Brayton Heritage tour of the Russell Library Take this opportunity to pick Group. Open to all ages; up a brush on Culture Night. light refreshments will be and admire the beautiful 11am: Adult art class; served. work. Make your way to the 12pm: Manga drawing library early as tours are on workshop for children; 2pm: Date: Fri 22nd Sept a first-come, first-served Poetry Recital with 6th class Time: 7.30 – 9.30 pm basis. (Max. 30 per tour). children, 3pm: winner of a Venue: Kilcock Community Library Short Story Competition will Date: Email: Fri 22nd Sept be announced. The day will Time: 4-7pm (hourly tours, with finish with music by local [email protected] Tel: 01 6284403 the last tour starting @ 6pm) musicians (tbc). Venue: Phone: www.kildare.ie/library The Russell Library, Facebook: South Campus, Maynooth KildareCountyLibraryService University, Maynooth Date: Fri 22nd Sept Email: Twitter: kildarelibrary Time: 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm [email protected] Venue: Clocha Rince Phone: 01 708 3890 Community Library Web: www.maynoothuniversity. Email: ie/library/collections/ [email protected] russell-library Phone: 046 9553428 Facebook: Web: www.kildare.ie/library NUI Library Facebook: Twitter: library_MU KildareCountyLibraryService You Tube: LibraryNuim Twitter: kildarelibrary Blog: //mulibrarytreasures. wordpress.com 4 National Science and Ecclesiology Maynooth Castle Museum Culture Night by Night Maynooth Miscellany

Visit this 12th century stone The museum has the Join us in Maynooth castle, once the home of largest collection of Community Library for a the all-powerful Fitzgerald scientific instruments in night of miscellany poetry, Family, Earls of Kildare. The public display in , literature, song and music castle was once the centre mostly associated with with a gathering of artists of power in Ireland and was Nicholas Callan and most of from the local community. also a place of culture and which were manufactured Contac the library for learning. Drop in on Culture in Ireland between 1880 further details Night, view an exhibition and 1920. The second on the history of the castle part of the Museum is a Date: Fri 22nd Sept and find out more from the collection of ecclesiastical Time: 8-11pm knowledgeable guides! artefacts from the past Venue: Maynooth Community three centuries. Come to Library, Main Street, Maynooth Email: discover this interesting Date: Fri 22nd Sept [email protected] Time: 6-9.15pm. part of our history!! Phone: 01 6285530 Last admissions 8.45pm Web: www.kildare.ie/library Venue: Maynooth Castle, Date: Facebook: Maynooth Fri 22nd & Sun 24th Sept Time: KildareCountyLibraryService Email: Fri 7-10pm, Sun 2-6 pm Venue: Twitter: kildarelibrary [email protected] St Patricks College, Phone: 01 628 6744 Maynooth Email: Web: www.heritageireland.ie [email protected] Phone: Facebook: maynoothcastle 087 9152003 Web: www.maynoothcollege.ie/ national-museum-maynooth Facebook: National Science Museum

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Journeys through Pop up “Urban Teddy Bear Vessels Art Gallery” Sleepover

‘Journeys through Vessels’ is Join Jamie Dunne, a local Susan Boyle will host an a Visual and Audio Installation artist from Leixlip for an evening for children and which explores Clodagh Kelly’s exhibition of his recent work their favourite cuddly journey and relationship with including Time Collection Of friends including crafts, water. It includes sounds from Carousels, Men at the bar storytelling and a movie. the sea where the swallows and other Irish moments Afterwards tuck your teddy fly in, to the rise of the Liffey characters, local scenes, up for a sleep-over in the in Wicklow and its flow into & Life paintings. A special Kildare, accompanied by edition to this exhibition will library. Come back the next drawings. include original paintings morning for a story time, Life-size figurative paper by late Davy Dunne from collect your certificate and sculptures protect clay the Dunne families’ private see what mischief everyone vessels; through which collection. Two classes got up to overnight! the sound of water will allow the viewer time to from local primary schools sit and contemplate their will participate through Date: Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd Sept relationship with water in an art competition and Time: Fri 5.30-7pm & Sat the renovated Chapel of the entrants and winners will be 11.30am Geraldine Hall. In the main showcased in the gallery. The Venue: Leixlip Community hall, the public are invited to gallery will be family-friendly Library Email: collaborate with the artist and include a young artist [email protected] corner. A special, socially Phone: 01 6060050 and to assist in making a Website: inclusive open reception will www.kildare.ie/ series of drawings created library around the theme of water. take place on Culture Night Facebook: for the local community. KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: kildarelibrary Date: Sat 23rd & Sun 24th Sept Time: Sat 7-9 pm open Date: Sat 16th to Sat 30th Sept reception & Sun 11am – 3pm Time: TBC Venue: Geraldine Hall, Venue: an unoccupied business Street, Maynooth space in Leixlip, tbc Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 087 2100225 Phone: 086 0720631 Web: www.jamiedunneart.ie Web: www.clodaghkellyart.com Facebook:jamiedunneart Instagram: jamie_dunne_artist

special event celbridge

Young Traditional Irish Filmmakers Culture at St Artist Notebook Showcase Mary’s Church Exhibition

Join us in the Platform4 The historic St Mary’s Vera McEvoy will display Studio on Culture Night to Church, Leixlip is the her journals in 3 large shop experience some of the best perfect backdrop for this windows in Main Street, young filmmaking talent Culture Night performance Celbridge. All the proposed Kildare has to offer. With by Leixlip, Comhaltas windows have 24-hour films from Kildare Young Ceoltóirí Éireann. lighting installed so the Comhaltas in Leixlip has Filmmakers, Kildare Youth project would be very visible been active for 38 years, the Service and from summer performance will be Irish after dark also. Have a look projects in North Kildare; traditional music – song around to find these original this promises to be a great and dancing. pieces in your local shop! evening’s entertainment. If you are interested in Date: Fri 22nd Sept Date: Sat 16th to Sat 23rd Sept joining a young filmmakers Time: 8pm Location: Main Street, group or setting one up, Venue: St Mary’s Church, Main Celbridge come along and meet Street, Leixlip Email: [email protected] the team that coordinate Email: [email protected] Phone: 086 2584367 Kildare County Council’s Phone: 086 2005640 Website: www.veramcevoy. Website: CCELEIXLIP.com com / www.acreproject.com programme Facebook: cceleixlip Facebook: vera.mcevoy.7

special Date: Fri 22nd Sept event Time: 8pm Venue: Platform4 Studio, Leixlip Library Email: [email protected] Phone: 045 448328 Website: www.kildare.ie/ artsservice Facebook: Arts in Co Kildare

7 The Performance Corporation Ready, Steady, ‘Expedition’ Book Expressions 2

Expedition is a theatrical Come and join us for an A night with something for event that transports us evening of book-tasting. everyone - Music, Stories, 100 years into the future Guests will be ‘served’ a Poetry, Song, Dance, for a thought-provoking three course of books that Exhibitions of Art and and often humorous will broaden their literary Photography. examination of the impact palate and highlight the range of genres and authors of climate change. It’s the available in the library. Date: Fri 22nd Sept year 2117 at Derrybeg Farm Don’t forget - BYOB (bring Time: 7pm till late Venue: and a panel of performers, your own book) - a favourite Kildrought Function scientists and activists Room, beside Celbridge Library author or series that you Email: give us their unique take would like others to adore! [email protected] on the 100 years since Facebook: Full Stops and 2017. The Performance Comments Writing Group, Date: Corporation is a Kildare Fri 22nd Sept Celbridge Time: 7-9 pm based award winning site- Venue: Celbridge Library specific theatre company. Email: celbridgelib@ A tour of the farm with kildarecoco.ie some trad music will follow Phone: 01 627 2207 Website: afterwards. www.kildare.ie/ library Facebook: Date: Fri 22nd Sept KildareCountyLibraryService Time: 6.30pm Twitter: kildarelibrary Venue: Derrybeg Farm, Celbridge (farm entrance opp. Salesian College) Email: tom@theperformance corporation.com Tel: 086 8567094 Website: www. ThePerformanceCorporation.com Facebook: PerformanceCorp Twitter: PerformanceCorp Ar Lorg na Dramatization of Laochra, On the ‘First Confession’ Maynooth Gospel Shoulders of by Frank O Choir Giants Connor

This promises to be an A magical evening of music A trip down memory lane, evening of fun, soulful and with a duet of two of the in a very special setting, uplifting gospel music. most iconic instruments with a short dramatization Entertaining people and of Ireland: Tiarnan of ‘First Confession’ spreading positivity and O`Duinnchinn, Uilleann performed by fantastic feel-good energy for over Pipes and Laoise Kelly, local actors. The evening 10 years, the Maynooth Harp. Allocation for tickets will also include stories and Gospel Choir love what they will be by lottery do and hope to put a little songs we learned at school. pep in your step. Get up on Free parking at Celbridge Date: Fri 22nd Sept your feet and clap along to Abbey Car Park, Clane Time: 8pm, doors open at Road. More details on the the upbeat numbers, or sit 7.30pm back and enjoy the rich and Venue: Hunting Room, Stable Facebook page dynamic harmonies. Happy Wing Email: Culture Night! Date: Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd Sept [email protected] Time: 8pm (include Culture Night 2017 in Venue: Tea Lane Chapel, Date: Fri 22nd Sept the subject heading) Time: 7.30pm Church Road, Celbridge Phone: 01 6288252 Email: Venue: The Acre Project, Website: www.castletown.ie [email protected] Maynooth Rd., Celbridge Facebook: & Email: Phone: 087 9630719 parklands Website: [email protected] Twitter: #opw @castletown Phone:0876031636 tealanegraveyard.com Facebook: Website: acreproject.com; tealanegraveyard www.maynoothgospel.com/ Facebook: MaynoothGospel; ACREProjectCelbridge Twitter: maynoothgospel

9 straffan Culture Night Anna Liffey Creative Variety Show at Artists @ Notebook - Get Celbridge Mill Straffan Antiques Started Community Centre & Design

Join local artist Vera This showcase highlights Join us to meet the Anna McEvoy for a fun filled, the range of activities in Liffey Artists and celebrate relaxed, imaginative the centre - Run of The Mill a collection of new work introduction to starting Theatre, Playacting Arts from many of Kildare’s your very own Creative Academy, Youth Drama, leading creatives who share a variety or practise Notebook. You will be Modern Theatre Dance, Retox Dance Lyrical, Brett and mediums including introduced to a variety School of Irish Dance, oils, acrylics, watercolour, of techniques and skills Townsend School of woodturning and lapidary which can be continued and Traditional Music, Daniela art (marble) by artists Jamie further explored at home. Roze and Andrey Ballroom Dunne, Janet Colgan, Colm Individual notebooks are Dance, Orla Gildea Speech Butler, Leo Dalton, Carmel provided. Please book to and Drama and Performing Quinn, Caitriona Moore, secure a place. Maximum Arts Academy David Begg, Fredrick Ball, 12 participants. Adults and Rosemary Ledwith, Ciarain children over 14 years of O’Briain, Claudia McManus Date: age are welcome to attend. Sat 23rd Sept & Paul Dunne. Time: 6.30-9pm All art materials provided. Venue: Celbridge Mill Community Centre Date: Open Reception Sun 24th Email: Sept; Exhibition running from Date: Sat 23rd Sept celbridgemillcommunitycentre 12th Sept -1st Oct; Time: 11am - 2pm @gmail.com Time: 2pm Location: The ACRE, Celbridge Phone: 01 6288556 or Venue: Art Gallery @ Email: [email protected] John 086 3080528 Straffan Antiques & Design , Phone: 086 2584367 Website: Barberstown Cross, Straffan Website: celbridgemillcommunity Email: www.veramcevoy.com // centre.ie [email protected] www.acreproject.com Facebook: Celbridge Youth Phone: 01 627 4018 Facebook: vera.mcevoy.7 Drama ; gmacademy; Website: Youtube: Andrey Boldyrev - www.straffanantiques.com Daniela Rouse, 1/4 Rumba; Facebook: StraffanAntiquesDesgn; Anna- Liffey-Artists-News-Events ; jamiedunneart 10 ardclough

Night at the A Night at the Museum Movies Play In A Day!

The Museum and gardens Themes from movie Calling all young people will be candle lit and we will favourites including The aged 10 to 14! Ardclough have music and events for Mission and James Bond. Youth Theatre will be children. County Kildare Orchestra running a “Play in a Day” is an amateur orchestra workshop. Come and join Date: Fri 22nd Sept based in Kildare. Their us in the morning and Time: 5-9pm mission is to bring music work creating a play to Venue: The Steam Museum, to the widest audience be performed for friends Straffan possible. They play several and family in the evening. Email: [email protected] Phone: 01 6288412 concerts each year and Learn acting, movement Facebook: The Steam Museum always welcome new and dance skills. No and Lodge Park Walled Garden members. Their repertoire experience necessary, spans from the Baroque just a willingness to try and the Classical, to the new things and meet new Romantics as well as people! waltzes and polkas.

Date: Sat 23rd Sept Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: 10am-5pm with Time: 8pm performance at 8pm Venue: Straffan Community Venue: Hall Ardclough Village Centre Email: Email: [email protected] countykildareorchestra@gmail. Phone: 085 1027035 com Facebook: Website: www. ardcloughyouththeatre countykildareorchestra.webs. com Facebook: CoKildareOrch

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CPC Community Painting Heart Art Projects Workshop Magic

Clane Project Centre Local artist Sharon Dunne Heart Art Magic is ‘Nexus’ is our link with the will facilitate a workshop spontaneous painting. community for social and involving painting in Painting what you are cultural and Economic acrylics. The theme for the feeling, effortless, freeing, projects. workshop is Irish cottages. exciting and fun. Exploring We invite all to come along Everyone will go home with what is attempting to to experience what is on their own painting. unlock and unblock hidden offer: Clane Youth Project, Clane CoderDojo Project, potential. Clane Men’s Shed, Clane Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: Craft Club, Children’s Art 7.30 - 9 pm Date: Sat 23rd Sept Venue: group, a few surprises, Clane Library Time: 10am - 12.30pm Email: treats and entertainment Venue: Slieve Rua Cottage, on the day. Something for [email protected] Capdoo, Clane Phone: 045 892716 Email: [email protected] all ages. Website: Phone: 087 244 3840 www.kildare.ie/library Website: www.marianegan.ie Facebook: Date: Fri 22nd Sept Youtube: marianegan1 Time: 3 - 5pm KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: Venue: Clane Project Centre, kildarelibrary ‘Nexus’ Prosperous Road, Clane Email: [email protected] Phone: 045 861500 // 087 6876026 Website: www. claneprojectcentre.ie

12 kill rathangan Artistic Fun with Fabric by kids from An Eye for Music / Creative Sewing, Ag mothú agus ag Kill Walk & Talk Rathangan líoníocht le Ceol

Kill History Group will lead A selection of quilts made The universal language of a walk and talk around the by the children at Creative music will come alive in a village of Kill, exploring its Sewing will be displayed in collaborative exhibition history and heritage and the local shops’ windows. around music and song. pointing to its cultural and These quilts have been Children aged 5 to 12 are architectural highlights. handmade by children aged invited to create an artwork The event will be open to 7-12 yrs, who are full of in response to music. This the public and will conclude creativity and imagination with a cupán tae in the and so awesome that they event will take place in the Parish Meeting Room have won awards! library gallery. Fáilte do ghaeilge!

Date: Fri 22nd Sept Date: Sat 2nd - Mon 25th Sept Time: 7pm Venue: Date: Thur 21st & Fri 22nd Venue: Kill Village Rathangan shops’ windows Sept Email: brianfrancis.mccabe Email: Time: 6.30pm - 8pm @gmail.com [email protected] Venue: Rathangan Library Phone: 087 3513328 Phone: 086 8325694 Email: Website: Web: www. [email protected] // www.localhistorykill.com aideencrossdesigns.com [email protected] Facebook: Creative Sewing Phone: 045 528078 // 086 3496793 special event Website: www.kildare.ie/library // monicadebath.wix.com/ monicadebath Facebook: KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: kildarelibrary

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Two Habitats, Sewing is Fun For Shared History, All Ages New Beginnings Art Exhibition

Join us for a morning or Unearthing the Connection Come along and see some evening of Creative Sewing. between the of our beautiful art on the If you are aged 7yrs or in Allenwood and the Bog walls of The Grange Café. older, drop in and enjoy of Allen sewing projects such as All are welcome to attend the Nature Date: Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept sparkle purses, hair bows Venue: Centre for a talk on the The Grange Café, Sallins and much more. We will Email: connections between the [email protected] also be exhibiting students Grand Canal and the Bog work from throughout the of Allen. This is a project year and award winning that took place in Summer quilts too. All fabrics and 2017 with the support of machines supplied. Waterways Ireland and explores the cultural and Date: Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd Sept shared history between Time: Fri 4.30-6pm // these two features within Sat 12-1pm the landscape of Kildare. Venue: Aideen Cross Studio, Main St, Rathangan Email: Date: Fri 22nd Sept [email protected] Time: 5-8pm Phone: 086 8325694 Venue: Bog of Allen Nature Web: Centre, , Rathangan www.aideencrossdesigns.com E-mail: [email protected] Facebook: Aideen Cross Bridal Website: www.ipcc.ie Designer; Creative Sewing Facebook: IPCC.ie

14 Seoladh Oifigiúil Fhéile na Sollán / Seoladh leabhair, Official Launch of Cillian ag Féile na Sollán – comhaireamh, ag Seisiún Ceoil Sallins TradFest Siobhain Grogan / Trad session

Seoladh oifigiúil an Seoladh leabhair nua Seisiún ceoil le grúpaí cheiliúrtha bliantúil do pháistí, ‘Cillian ag áitiúla, Sult agus Fonn deireadh seachtaine de comhaireamh’ leis an údar Nua. Fáilte roimh cheoltóirí cheol traidisiúnta, teanga áitiúil, Siobhain Grogan. Tá agus roimh amhránaithe agus cultúr na hÉireann. fáilte roimh ionadaí Dhaidí eile. Fáilte roimh Ghaeilge Bíonn sé ar siúl in áiteanna na Nollag teacht ann chun chomh maith. éagsúla sna Solláin idir 6 cóip shínithe a fháil do agus 8 Deireadh Fómhair, dhuine speisialta. 2017. Trad session with local The launch of Coislife’s new groups, Sult and Fonn Nua. Official launch of our annual children’s book, ‘Cillian Musicians and singers weekend celebration of Irish ag comhaireamh’, by local welcome. Why not try out trad music, language and author, Siobhain Grogan. your cúpla focal too. culture which takes place in Santa is welcome to send a variety of venues from Fri a representative to acquire Date: Fri 22nd Sept 6th - Sun 8th October, 2017. a signed copy for someone Time: 9pm special. Venue: Bridgewater Inn, Na Solláin / Sallins Date: Fri 22nd Sept Email: [email protected] Time: 7.30pm-8pm Date: Fri 22nd Sept Phone: 087 2249756 Venue: Bridgewater Inn, Time: 8pm Website: www.sultnasollan.ie Na Solláin / Sallins Venue: Bridgewater Inn, na Facebook: sultnasollan Email: Solláin Twitter: sultnasollan [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 087 2249756 Phone: 01 2190223 Website: Website: www.coislife.ie agus www.feilenasollan.com www.sultnasollan.ie Facebook: feilenasollan Twitter: siobhaingrogan; Twitter: sultnasollan CoisLife; sultnasollan.ie

15 Naas Encouraging Exhibition by local health and artists and painting Little Stories Little fitness within our demonstration with Prints: The Story community Eugene Conway Behind the Stories

Please join the team at Tuckmill Gallery will stay Join project curator and K-Leisure to celebrate open until late on Friday printmaker Pamela De Bri Culture Weekend night, while on Saturday on a tour of the acclaimed by popping in for a people will be able to paint exhibition that toured complementary swim or and draw with Eugene throughout Ireland last gym session in any of our 3 Conway, one of Ireland’s year. Commissioned by Kildare County sites. Over 16’s only. most well-known landscape Council as part of its artist. Conway’s detail 1916 commemorative Date: Fri 22nd to and use of colour ensure programme, the works are Sun 24th Sept his paintings are breath- now on permanent display Time: All day taking in their realism, in Áras and will continue to Venue: K-LEISURE, while their stillness, peace be a source of inspiration New Road, Naas and honesty portray the for Kildare’s Decade Email: [email protected] Phone: 045 881655 true nature and beauty of of Commemorations Website: Ireland. programme. www. kildareleisure.ie Facebook: kildareleisure Date: Fri 22nd and Sat 23rd Sept Date: Fri 22nd Sept Instagram: kildareleisure Time: Fri 9am-7pm Time: 1-2pm and Sat 12-2pm Venue: Áras Chill Dara, Naas Venue: Tuckmill Gallery, Email: [email protected] Dublin Road, Naas Web: Email: www.littlestorieslittleprints.com [email protected] Phone: 045 879761

16 Exhibition Naas Library’s Textile and & Hands-on Edible Art Ceramic Art Demonstration Extravaganza! Exhibition

element15 is a collective Get your creative juices Irish Wheelchair of contemporary textile flowing with Naas Library’s Association is proud to artists. Their common Edible Art Competition. present a group exhibition passion is textiles-working Come along on Culture of Textiles and Ceramics, with fabric, silk, thread, Night to vote for your by BTEI students from the wool fibre, paper, stitch, favourite entry on display. If John Sullivan Centre in print and mixed media you would like to create your Clane. The centre provides to create intricate and own edible masterpiece interesting art work. contact Naas Library for an a service to people with Their aim is to explore the entry form and rules. Enjoy physical disabilities living in complexity of textile art, to some Irish dancing and the North Kildare Area. establish its potential as music from local schools on an art form in its own right the night. Date: Fri 22nd Sept and to exhibit work. Come Time: 5- 9pm. and view the exhibition and Date: Reception at 7pm. Fri 22nd Sept Venue: get an insight into textile art Time: Naas Town Hall from 5pm Email: with the artists. Venue: [email protected] Naas Community Library Phone: Email: 086 8694840 [email protected] Website: Phone: www.iwa.ie Date: Fri 22nd Sept 045 879111 Facebook: Website: www.kildare.ie/library Time: 4.30- 5.30 pm irishwheelchairassociation/ Venue: Las Rada Restaurant, Facebook: New Row, Naas KildareCountyLibraryService Email: Twitter: kildarelibrary [email protected] Phone: 087 7473233 \\ 086 0854932 Website: www.element15.ie Facebook: element15

17 Josephine Chinese Tea Hardimam Art Ceremony with Lara Jesters Comedy Studio and Gallery & Hong Wei Shi @ PS Roasters

Exhibition of new work, Experience a Chinese Some Kildare comics back demonstrations in Tea Ceremony with from Edinburgh being Watercolour Painting, practitioners of Chinese funny! Twice. The gig will Drawing with Pastels. Medicine Hong Wei Shi happen twice at 19:00 & See ‘The Book of Kildare, and Lara. Learn about 20:30. It will last an hour Josephine’s original the use of teas for health with 4 or 5 comics from benefits. Taste various ongoing body of work in Kildare being amusing. teas served from traditional Celtic Calligraphy and Chinese tea pots and cups. Illumination. Connect Community are Date: Fri 22nd Sept made up of intercultural & Time: 7 & 8.30 pm Venue: Date: Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept intergenerational group of PS Coffee Roasters, Time: Fri 5- 9pm // people, from local business, Sallins Road, Naas Email: Sat & Sun 1-5pm [email protected] self-employed, retired, Phone: Venue: Art Studio and Gallery, 087 2381282 job seekers and students. Website: Punchestown, Naas They share information and Email: www. pscoffeeroasters.ie mentor each other to reach Facebook: jesterscomedy // [email protected] their potential in life! Phone: 045 866708 // pscoffeeroasters Booking: 086 2452765 on Eventbrite Website: www.etsy.com/ie/ Date: Fri 22nd Sept shop/JosephineHardiman Time: 5 - 6pm Facebook: Josephine Venue: Book & Cup, Barker & Hardiman Artist and Calligrapher Jones, Naas Twitter: johardiman Phone: 087 1831432 (Lara)

18 Sean Nós Dancing/ Set Dancing/ Ceol ó Kileel Comhaltas Pop up Life Drawing Gaeltacht SoulWorks Naas

This will be a life drawing Their very own jig gig ar an SoulWorks is a monthly class where a model Ardán @ Alice’s Restaurant. open-mic music gig for will pose for numerous Enjoy a display of Sean teens and young adults. sketches and the public Nós and Set Dancing to the The event offers young can take part. Materials will accompaniment of both live people a great opportunity be provided for drawing, Irish Traditional music and to listen to live music, and or alternatively, people CD’s. “The Caller” will invite to perform if you would like can watch as others draw. audience participation There will be a number of in dancing Sets. Alice’s to. All in a safe supportive easels set up with materials Restaurant will be open environment. Contact us supplied for the public to on Friday evening and as if you’d like to perform, or take part. There will be an usual on Saturday. Bígí linn, if you just want to listen artist/teacher on hand to bain úsaid as do chúpla simply come along! give some help if required. focal mas mian leat. Beigh Come and try your hand at cupán tae, cáca milis, sport Date: Fri 22nd Sept drawing. agus craic againn ag Alice’s Time: 8-10pm Restaurant on this Culture Venue: Naas Presbyterian Weekend. Church (opposite Town Hall) Date: Fri 22nd Sept Email: [email protected] Time: 7 – 9pm Phone: 045 884908 // Venue: Abbey Bridge Studios Date: Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd Sept 085 8069156 Email: [email protected] Time: Fri 7.30pm & Sat 12 noon Facebook: SoulWorksNaas Venue: Alice’s Restaurant, Vimeo: soulworksnaas 5 Moat Mall, Naas Email: [email protected] Phone: 045 88227 // 087 8073779 Website: www. alicesrestaurant.ie Facebook: alicesrestaurant

19 Crafty Upcycling Victor’s Dung by at Abbeybridge Seamus O’Rourke Studios Lean on Me

The Moat Club presents Following such great Three of Co. Kildare’s most ‘Victor’s Dung’ by Seamus success at this event last interesting choral groups O’Rourke, directed by year, we are back with more lean on each other to create Padraic Doyle. crafty fun at Abbeybridge an intergenerational sound This play is set in a Studios. Come along, some 100 voices strong. farmyard complete with its play with paint and colour Anam Youth Choir, Past own dung heap, outdoor recycled bits and pieces Times Community Choir and toilet and poor broadband and see what magic you can reception. It’s a tale of a create! Voices of Spring Community crude vulgar abrupt un Choir will take you through p.c. farmer called Victor their most popular songs, Date: Sat 23rd Sept featuring hits from Bing Maguire who gets a surprise Time: 11am -12.30pm one Friday morning. The Venue: Abbeybridge, Naas Crosby, Dean Martin, The audience is then taken Email: Beatles and Coldplay. This on a hilarious whirlwind [email protected] family friendly, wheelchair journey through Victor’s life accessible event is not to be of loss, unfulfilled dreams missed! and fading religious beliefs meeting up with many Date: strange characters along Sat 23rd Sept Time: 12noon the way. Venue: CBS Boys School, Naas Email: [email protected] Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: 8pm Venue: The Moat Theatre Phone: 045 88 30 30

20 Kildare National Play Day Date: Sat 23rd Sept Time: 12-5pm Address: Áras Chill Dara, Naas Phone: Parks Section Kildare County Council 045-980538 Website: Kildare.ie/countycouncil Fb: Kildare County Council Families can join in the afternoon of fun and games in the administrative headquarters of Kildare County Council. There’s so much to choose from - magic shows, ceramic and recycling workshops, nature tables, fairy doors, sport and illustration, circus and music, bouncy castles, medieval pouch making and more! This year we have a dedicated Sensory Zone for children with special needs or who prefer a more relaxed environment. If you can’t make it on the day though, don’t worry, there are lots of playgrounds and parks right across the county. Check the list and find the one closest to you.

Parks and Playgrounds: Maynooth Harbour Field Rathangan Adult Gym St Patricks Park Leixlip Leilxip Amenity Centre St. Laurences GAA Old Grange Celbridge Willowbrook Park Suncroft Community Centre Celbridge St John of God Naas Monread Park Clane Sallins Road Naas Caragh Road Kilcock Bawnogues Naas Ballycane Kildare Town Lourdesville Athy The Peoples Park Newbridge Sports Centre Athy Castle Park Newbridge Rosconnell Athy Skatepark Meeting Lane Newbridge Adult Gym Liffey Park Ellistown Ellistown GAA Grounds Moone Moone Village Kill Kill GAA Grounds Monasterevin Westend Street Nurney Nurney Village Kilcullen Community Centre Timahoe Community Field Rathangan Tannery Park

21 Musical “ Love ‘Nowhere’s Child’ Never Dies” (Movie) Culture Night Big - Kari Rosvall by Andrew Lloyd Sing Reflects Webber

Join community singers Eric Kari Rosvall was adopted at The ultimate love story Hanlon and John O’Neill in 3-years old and grew up in continues in Andrew Lloyd a family friendly afternoon Malexander, Sweden. At 17 Webber’s Love Never sing-song. Lyrics and song she discovered that she had Dies, the spellbinding sheets will be provided. been born in Norway in 1944 sequel to The Phantom You will be guided through and in 2008, that she was a of the Opera. The year is glorious, joyful renditions of Lebensborn Child, a product 1907. It is 10 years after well-known popular songs, of Hitler and Himmler’s his disappearance from old and new. Suitable for all ‘Spring of Life’ programme. the Paris Opera House levels, from regular choral As “part of humanity’s and the Phantom has singers to those who save darkest secret”, Kari is a escaped to a new life in their voices for the shower. Lebensborn Survivor and has, New York where he lives Laughter guaranteed. with Naomi Linehan, written amongst the screaming joy Singing is nature’s best her life-story in ‘Nowhere’s rides and freak shows of anti-depressant, come Child’. Kildare Culture Night Coney Island. In this new, is indeed fortunate that along and lift your spirits electrically charged world, Kari, as an Irish citizen, as well as your voices. he has finally found a place bravely speaks to us now Connect Community are for his music to soar, but he about her lived experience. made up of intercultural & Younger people are welcome, an has never stopped yearning intergenerational group of accompanying adult is advised. for his one true love and people. musical protégée, Christine Daaé. Date: Sat 23rd Sept Date: Sat 23rd Sept Time: 5.15pm Time: 3-4pm Venue: Naas Library, Harbour Date: Sat 23rd Sept Venue: Duck & Cup, The Moat View, Naas Time: 7.30pm Theatre, Abbey Lane, Naas Email: Venue: Arts & Culture Centre, Youtube: Eric & John Sing For [email protected] McAuley Place, Sallins Road, Fun at the Duck and Cup Café, for event information only Naas Naas Phone: Email: [email protected] Event Organiser: Phone: 045 897833 // Gerard Healion 085 1126631 087 0997323 Tickets & Venue Information: Website: www.mcauleyplace.ie Naas Library 045 879111 Facebook: mcauleyplace; Twitter: 22 mcauleyplace newbridge Encouraging health and Paul Linehan - Art Exhibition by fitness within our Tenor Eilis Kavanagh community

A Cork native, Paul has Eilis Kavanagh is an Please join the team at performed throughout emerging landscape K-Leisure to celebrate the country-from The artist based in Hawkfield, Culture Weekend Waterfront Belfast and Newbridge. Her work by popping in for a Cork Opera House to The is inspired not only by complementary swim or National Concert Hall. He the beauty of the local gym session in any of our 3 has also performed in countryside and bog land sites. Over 16’s only. the U.S., UK, the Czech but also by her many visits Republic, France and Syria. to the West of Ireland. Her Date: Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept Paul is a former winner of collection is a personal Time: All day the Tenor Solo Competition response to the scenes she Venue: K-LEISURE, Station at the Feis Ceoil and he encounters. road, Newbridge toured for two years with Email: “The Master Tenors”. His [email protected] Date: repertoire includes arias Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept Phone:045 433663 Venue: Ubh Coffee Shop, from the Grand Operas, Website: www.kildareleisure.ie 2 Georges Street, Newbridge Facebook: kildareleisure operetta, sacred music and Email: Instagram: kildareleisure songs from musical theatre, [email protected] as well as popular drawing- Phone:086 0885256 room ballads and songs Website: www.eiliskavagh.com from the Irish tradition. Facebook: eiliskavanaghart

Date: Sun 24th Sept Time: 2-3pm Venue: Naas General Hospital - Main Concourse Email: [email protected] Phone: 045 849944 // 087 1225907

23 Bernard Be-Longing @ Fitzpatrick and Ballroom for Riverbank Arts Band at the Everyone! Centre Whitewater

A class suitable for all ages You are invited to the Bernard Fitzpatrick and to be introduced to the style launch of a solo exhibition Band will play an original and elegance of ballroom Be-Longing by Marta set of songs whose dancing. Learn the basics Golubowska, recipient of influences vary from Irish of the beautiful slow waltz, Kildare County Council Arts trad and European acoustic or the bounce action of the Centre Emerging Artist music to gypsy jazz. This samba, get into a lively jive, Award 2016. is a truly international have fun with all the family. The project ‘Be-Longing’ Newbridge-based band: is a result of feelings of its’ members coming from Ireland, Slovakia and Date: alienation and isolation that Fri 22nd Sept Spain… and this certainly Time: 7 - 8pm she has experienced as a Venue: DanceTones Studios, result of moving away from comes through in the music! Newbridge the country of her birth. She Email: [email protected] is particularly interested in Date: Fri 22nd Sept Phone: 086 8315468 the links between identity Time: 7.30 - 8.30pm Website: www.dancetones.org and people’s homes, their Venue: Whitewater Shopping Facebook: dancetones community and their Centre, Newbridge Instagram: dancetones-studio language and how the Email: b t fi t z p a t r i c k @ e i r c o m . n e t boundaries of identity are Phone: 087 29 30 419 altered when your affiliation Website: www.whitewatersc.ie with these fundamental Fb: bernardfitzpatrickmusic elements is fractured. Youtube: The Summer Sun by Bernard Fitzpatrick Her artwork is primarily Twitter: bernardfitz collaborative and involves shared experiences with the people around her.

Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: 7pm Venue: Riverbank Arts Centre, The McKenna Gallery, Main Street, Newbridge Website: www.riverbank.ie 24 Facebook: riverbankartscentre the curragh

European Tales - Stories of Strong Children Bat Watch Acoustic Pipes

Every culture has them, Come join them for a walk A musical session stories of children who save along the Liffey in Linear combining acoustic guitar the day. In this storytelling Park at sunset where and bag pipes to create session, German storyteller they hope to listen to and a wonderful sound and Simone from StoryGate will see bats in flight along musical experience. draw on mythology, folklore the river. Please wrap up and modern children’s warmly, children must be Date: books to enchant her young accompanied by an adult. Fri 22nd Sept Time: 7pm audience. No dogs please! This is Venue: Curragh Family weather dependant. Resource Centre Date: Sat 23rd Sept Email:

Time: 11.30 - 12.15pm Date: Sat 23rd Sept [email protected] Phone: Venue: Time: 7.20pm sunset 045 456883 Facebook: Newbridge Community Library Venue: Newbridge Linear Park Curragh Family Email: Email: Resource Centre Twitter: [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 045 448353 Website: curraghfamilyresourcecentre Website: www.kildare.ie/library www.batconservationireland.org Facebook: Facebook: BCI event KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: kildarelibrary

25 kildare

Going to the Fair Crimson & Clover Heart of Oak

Beth Murphy will install a A comparison of South In 2016, Irish Businesses temporary willow sculpture Africa (Crimson) and Ireland Against Litter (IBAL) on the Market Square (Clover), Landscapes, named Kildare as Ireland’s Kildare Town, one of the animals, birds and flowers, cleanest town. To mark oldest market towns in through this exhibition of the occasion, IBAL made Ireland. Her piece entitled Kelly Bodhill’s works. a sculpture award to the “Going to the Fair” will town. We are delighted be made from willow and to launch Culture Night ash and other natural Date: Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept Kildare with the unveiling Venue: materials using ancient Kildare Heritage Centre of the commissioned Email: [email protected] weaving techniques. It will Phone: 089 246 2073 sculpture ‘Heart of Oak’, a represent a woman taking a Website: marble artwork by Kilcullen pig to the local fair. https://sweetpeaweddingweb. artist Noel Scullion’. Noel wixsite.com/kellybodill also created the well- known ‘Spear’ at the Dun Date: Mon 18th to Sun 24th Sept Ailinne Commemorative Venue: The Market Square Kildare Town Park, Nicholstown and ‘The Email: [email protected] Magician’ in Kilcullen. Phone: 087 6462528 Website: willowwonder.net Date: Facebook: willowwonder Fri 22nd Sept Time: Twitter: willowwonder 12 noon Venue: St Brigit’s Square, special Kildare Town event Email: [email protected] Tel: 045-448318

26 “The Secret of Pottery Kells” - Family Film workshops “Play Night @ Kildare Step Out of the with Clay” Town Library Box

Over a one hour session, Magic and mythology, Come along and enjoy participants will learn the light and darkness, good a relaxing, creative and basic of ceramics and will and evil are balanced in magical workshop of get feeling of clay. You will this enchanting tale of mindful art and sound at experiment with tools to Brendan, Brother Aidan The Grove Studio, located create picture from your and the Vikings. A visually just outside Kildare Town. imagination. A sensory beautiful animated film Joanie Murphy is a treat! from Directors Tomm Moore community art facilitator, and Nora Twomey with voice Shamanic Practitioner, cast of Brendan Gleeson, Shamanic Councillor, Date: Fri 22nd Sept Evan McGuire, Mick Lally Sound Therapist and has Time: 6pm Venue: Teach Dara Family and Christen Mooney. being working in this area Centre, Kildare Town for many years. Joanie Email: runs monthly workshops in Date: [email protected] Fri 22nd Sept mindfulness classes and Time: Phone: 087 1243134 6.30pm sound circles. Joanie also Venue: Kildare Town Library, Website: has a great love for the www.aniasceramics.com Claregate Street, Kildare Town Email: natural world and facilitates Facebook: aniasceramics [email protected] Phone: 045 520235 creative workshops in this Website: www.kildare.ie/library area. Facebook: KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: @kildarelibrary Date: Sun 24th Sept Time: 3pm Venue: The Grove Studio, Kildare town Email: [email protected] Phone: 087 2434041 Website: www.thegrovestudio.weebly.com Facebook: The Grove Studio 27 BALLITORE

More Than Ernest’s Craft Workshops; Sister: The Life Floral Corsage, Mono Puttin On The of Eleanor Hope Printing, Embroidery Ritz Shackleton & Felt Art

A fun-filled musical A talk by Sharon Greene. Enjoy an evening with experience for all the One of the Antarctic some of Kildare’s finest family. Join award winning explorer’s adoring eight craftspeople. Create a Ballymore Eustace Concert sisters, Eleanor shared beautiful, floral corsage Band for an evening of more than initials with her in Avril’s Florist Studio or entertainment that will famous brother. Training design your own mono prints include favourites new & as a paediatric nurse and under the expert tuition old, from the classics to the midwife at the beginning of of Corina Fitzgibbon, print movies. the 20th century, the story artist. Fashion a colourful of her long career shows felt piece with knitwear the extent of her humanity, designer, Liadain Butler or Date: Fri 22nd Sept concern for others under learn the basic embroidery Time: 8pm her care and endurance in stitches from Joy and Venue: Band Hall, Ballymore Eustace difficult circumstances. marvel at her stunning Email: creations. Each participant [email protected] will create their own art Date: Fri 22nd Sept Phone: 086 4037235 // piece. At the end of the Time: 7pm 085 8017718 evening, relax in the tranquil Venue: Ballitore Library & Website: ballymoreband.com Quaker Museum surroundings of the Craft Facebook: BallymoreBand Email: Village as refreshments will Twitter: BallymoreBand [email protected] be provided. Phone: 059 8623344 Website: www.kildare.ie/library Date: Facebook: Fri 22nd Sept Time: 7-9pm KildareCountyLibraryService Venue: Crookstown Craft Village, Twitter: kildarelibrary Crookstown, Ballitore, Athy Email: [email protected] Phone: 086 0657801 Website: crookstowncraftvillage.com Facebook: Crookstown Crafts; Avril’s Flowere; Corina Fitzgibbon 28 Art; Liadain Butler moone athy

Film: Ballitore – A Glance Green Man Through Time Workshop Athy ISL Festival

Ballitore is a small village Green Man and Green Athy Irish Sign Language just off the M9 motorway in Woman love the earth festival will start on Culture South Kildare. A townsland and are always kind to the Night Weekend. rich in history and culture, planet. In this workshop, There will be flash mobs, from the settlement of the Croi Anu explores the puppet shows, posters, Quakers in the late 1600’s characters of Green Man projections, tours and signs to today’s way of modern and Woman through games in ISL and the big SING AND living. This film looks at and creative exercises and SIGN ALONG SOCIAL event Ballitore and seeks to makes versions of them in on the Sunday. Join them explore it’s history, it’s more recycled mixed media. They for an exceptional insight recent history and of course will also try to find their into Irish Sign Language a possible future for the words and have a “Green world. village. Chant”. An evening of green fun art making. This workshop is for children 6+ Date: Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: and parents to enjoy and tbc Time: 9pm Venue: Fri Athy Library, Venue: Case’s Bar & Harp Bar create together Sat Bradburys Restaurant, Email: [email protected] Sun Jetty area Phone: 0852054869 Date: Fri 22nd Sept Email: Time: 6-7.30pm [email protected] Venue: Croi Anu Creative Phone: Aiden McHugh 087 Centre, Moone 7854812 // Maggie Owens Email: [email protected] 0879105987 Phone: 087 8381933 Facebook: Athy Sign Language Website: www.croianu.ie special Facebook: croi anu event

29 Encouraging health and fitness within Cooking Up A C Circus K Open our community Delicious Storm Day

Please join the team at ‘Cooking Up A Delicious C Circus K is Community K-Leisure to celebrate Storm’ provides the Circus in Kildare. They Culture Weekend opportunity to showcase teach Circus Skills such as by popping in for a varied specialities (food, Juggling, Stilt Walking, Wire complementary swim or drink & or beverage) from Walking, Plate Spinning gym session in any of our 3 across the world, with and much more, to children sites. Over 16’s only. prizes! The challenge is a and adults age 9 and pre-registered aspect of the up. They meet Thursday programme: 7-9yrs: cold evenings 6.30-8pm. Come Date: Fri 22nd to Sun 24th Sept food; 10-12 yr old: hot or cold; experience this taste of Time: All day 13-15years old: hot or cold; circus skills! Venue: K-LEISURE, 16-18years old hot and cold; Greenhill, Athy Adult: hot and cold (include Email: [email protected] Mums & Dads). Participants Date: Fri 22nd Sept Phone: 059 8641522 to bring ingredients with Time: 6-8pm Website: Venue: www. kildareleisure.ie stove provided. Women’s Arts Centre, Wood Stock Facebook: kildareleisure Integrated Network (WIN), St., Athy Instagram: kildareleisure Email:Johnny@ Athy: Empowering Women StreetTheatreIreland.com for positive integration Phone: 087 2281645 through quality information Website: www.CcircusK.com provision, training, skills/ Facebook: C-Circus-K knowledge acquisition, potential development and social networking.

Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: 6-8pm Venue: Athy Email: [email protected] Phone: 085 1426012 Website: www.womens integratednetwork-win-athy.org 30 Come and Warm the 100 years of Cinema African Cockles of your Heart with Music, Song and Drumming Story in the Old Town Workshop with Hall, Athy Dave Day

Two classics which will be starring an icon of the early silent era. (15+ with adult)

Date: Fri 22nd Sept Time: 8pm Athy Library is delighted Venue: Athy College, Come along for an African to host an evening of Monasterevin Rd., Athy Drumming Session with Music, Songs and Stories, Email: [email protected] David Day. Suitable for all performed by some of Facebook: Athy film club ages. Athy’s best musicians, singers and truly gifted Date: storytellers. A tasty treat to Sun 24th Sept Time: 4pm finish off the evening. Venue: Athy Arts Centre, Introduction to Military Woodstock Street, Athy Genealogy, Tracing an Date: Fri 22nd Sept Phone: 087 2761156 Time: 7.30pm Athy Military Ancestor Website: www. Venue: Athy Library, Emily athycommunityartscentre.com Square, Athy Email: [email protected] Phone: 059 8631144 Website: www.kildare.ie/library Facebook: KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: kildarelibrary

Introduction to the military genealogy records.

Date: Sun 24th Sept Time: 2.30pm Venue: Athy Heritage Centre Museum Email: [email protected] Phone: 059 8633075 Website: www. athyheritagecentre-museum.ie Facebook: athyheritage.centre Twitter: athyheritage 31 monasterevin African Drumming An Illustrated Workshop with Talk on Count Dave Day John McCormack

Come along for an African An illustrated talk by Pat Drumming Session with Lonergan on Count John David Day. Suitable for all McCormack, the famous ages. tenor, who lived in Moore Abbey, Monasterevin 1925 to 1937. Date: Sun 24th Sept Time: 4pm Venue: Athy Arts Centre, Date: Fri 22nd Sept Woodstock Street, Athy Time: 7pm Phone: 087 2761156 Venue: Monasterevin Library, Website: www. Watermill Place, Monasterevin athycommunityartscentre.com Email: monasterevinlib@ kildarecoco.ie Phone: 045 529329 Website: www.kildare.ie/library Facebook: KildareCountyLibraryService Twitter: @kildarelibrary

32 For further information on Culture Night Kildare:

Contact: Federica Petronilli, Culture Night Kildare Coordinator Address: Kildare County Council Arts Service, Riverbank, Newbridge, Co Kildare Phone: 045 448328 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kildare.ie/culturenight Facebook: Arts in Co Kildare Twitter: @ArtsInCoKildare #LoveCulture #CultureNight

This brochure in a large text format is available to download on www.kildare.ie/culturenight or calling the number 045 448328.

Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Creative Ireland Programme in partnership with Kildare County Council.

An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a dhéanann comhordú ar an OícheChultúir, igcomhpháirtle Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara

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