Europe Week 5Th-12Th May 2013
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EUROPE WEEK 5TH-12TH MAY 2013 Activities and events marking European Year of Citizens 2013 40th anniversary of Ireland in the EU Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union EUROPE WEEK Europe Day is celebrated every year on 9th May to mark the genesis of what has become a Union of 27 countries. Because this year is a special year for Ireland in the EU, we are designating a whole week to events and activities with a European focus. Why is 2013 a significant year? We in Ireland are marking forty years as a Member State of the EU. We are also celebrating the European Year of Citizens. And from January until June, we are holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Being in charge of the European agenda means that Ireland is chairing 1600 meetings, 180 of which are taking place in Ireland. We have been using this leadership role in the pursuit of stability, jobs and growth in Europe. You can read more about progress to date on the Presidency policy programme on www.eu2013.ie Europe Week (5th to 12th May 2013), though, is not just about business. It is an opportunity for people to participate in debate, culture, entertainment and other social activities with Europe at their heart. This leaflet has brought together many of the activities being organised across Ireland by the EU Presidency, the Arts Council, the Gathering, the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Communicating Europe Initiative, European Movement Ireland and other organisations. We hope you find something here to enjoy. eu2013.ie Events and Activities Creative Connections: EU (see calendar for further details) Midleton This event celebrates young people in Clare Europe. We will use creative methodologies to promote awareness and understanding Europe Day Breakfast Briefing of Ireland in the EU. The day will include Shannon music and art workshops. There will also be The Irish Exporters Association have planned presentations by young people of outcomes a series of regional events to celebrate of discussion and dialogue around being Europe Day on 9th May 2013. There will young, Irish and European. be three breakfast briefings across the country. These will celebrate 40 years and Baltimore Fiddle Fair 2013 Ireland’s economic growth through the Single The Baltimore Fiddle Fair is a small festival European Market and showcase the success with a big reputation. World class national of a local company in Europe. and international acts will perform in intimate venues in and around the beautiful seaside Cork village of Baltimore in West Cork. For the Cork French Food and Wine Festival year of the Gathering Ireland 2013 the Douglas programme features fiddlers from Scotland, The Festival combines the very best traditional Slovenia, New York, Louisiana and from all cuisine from both Ireland and France. It has over Ireland. an impressive programme of food discovery, wine tastings, food market, music and dances, Countrywide kids and family entertainment and involves the How to create a Dawn Chorus French community of Cork along with many A highlight of the Bealtaine Festival / Age restaurants, wine retailers, wines producers and Opportunity is The Dawn Chorus – and food producers. a community-based event in which active retirement groups come together with a local Europe Day Breakfast Briefing choir and sing in the early morning beside Cork City a waterfront location or a scenic place in The Irish Exporters Association have planned their locality. In 2013 Bealtaine will seed a series of regional events to celebrate connections to spread the Dawn Chorus to Europe Day on 9th May 2013. There will communities elsewhere in Europe, and will be three breakfast briefings across the develop a resource called ‘How to create a country. These will celebrate 40 years and Dawn Chorus’. Ireland’s economic growth through the Single European Market and showcase the success of a local company in Europe. Blue Star Schools Visits Europe for Citizens Roundtable European Movement Ireland staff will Conference on Referenda and visit a number of schools across the Direct Democracy country participating in the Blue Star The European Parliament Information primary school programme. Office in Ireland in conjunction with the Irish Research Council are hosting a Europe Europe Day Handshake for Citizens Roundtable Conference on Europe Day, 9th May, marks the day in 1950 Referenda and Direct Democracy at the when France and Germany vowed never to European Parliament Office in Ireland, go to war with each other again. It was the 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. All genesis of the European Union we know welcome, but reservation is necessary as today. Pupils across the country will be places are limited. Contact 01 605 7900 or shaking hands with each other in a spirit of email [email protected] to solidarity and to celebrate the diversity in reserve your place. their schools. Treasured Sheets: European Works Dublin City from the Collection The Sunday Times Outdoor Film Festival The National Gallery of Ireland’s exhibition, Cinema Paradiso will be screened as part of ‘Treasured Sheets’, features over 40 master The Sunday Times Outdoor Film Festival at drawings and prints from the Gallery’s Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. A six collection spanning the fifteenth to the week outdoor film festival taking place from twentieth century. Curated by Anne Hodge April 25th–May 30th. and Niamh MacNally, the exhibition explores the richness and mastery of drawing in Fingal Film Festival different media by European artists: Andrea Blanchardstown Mantegna, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Edgar Leading industry experts will be delivering Degas, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Thomas workshops and a range of national Gainsborough, Emil Nolde, Paul Klee, Alberto and international films will be shown. Giacometti, Francis Wheatley, Daniel Maclise and Paul Henry. The exhibition continues until Film Screening of 2012 Lux Prize runner 3 June 2013. The exhibition is part of the up: Csak a szél (Just the Wind) visual arts programme celebrating Ireland’s This is a special screening of the 2012 Lux Presidency of the European Union. Prize runner up, Csak a szél (Just the Wind) at the Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Analysing Cubism Temple Bar, Dublin 2 All welcome, but Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) reservation is necessary as places are limited. This exhibition explores the early decades Contact 01 605 7900 or email epdublin@ of Cubism and features the work of such europarl.europa.eu to reserve your place. celebrated Cubist artists as Albert Gleizes, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett. eu2013.ie The exhibition focuses especially on the Latvian Culture Day Continental milieu in which Hone, Jellett and Temple Bar other Irish artists worked in the 1920s and The Latvian Society in Ireland has extended ‘30s, learning from and contributing to the an invitation both at home and abroad to development of European Modernism. attend Latvian Culture Day in Ireland. The event will bring together Latvian choirs and I knOw yoU dance groups from Ireland, Latvia, England, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) Germany and Switzerland followed by an at the National Concert Hall open air concert of song and dance. This is I knOw yoU is a dynamic exhibition by a new in cooperation with the Embassy of Latvia generation of young European artists. The to Ireland. Anyone interested in attending exhibition takes a fresh look at contemporary should contact 086 366 1848. art in Europe as a reflection of the exchange and openness that exists between artists Europe Day Live working today. I knOw yoU examines A live radio broadcast on Near FM from EU the idea of cultural capital; what it means House to celebrate Europe Day. You can to be European; and ideas at the core of listen to Near FM 90.3 at that frequency, or the financial heart of Europe. This group listen online http://nearfm.ie/listen-online/ exhibition has an open curatorial approach that allows each artist to nominate another artist of their choosing. Uniquely, this can be from any discipline they connect with (ie. a poet, philosopher, musician, scientist, chef, gardener, artist etc.), either on a collaborative or stand-alone basis, thereby extending the connection point for each artist’s work. Sean Scully: Doric The Hugh Lane Gallery Sean Scully has created the Doric series in celebration of the contribution of classical Greek culture to European civilisation. The Doric order of architecture impressed Sean Scully for its simplicity and force: ‘the spaces between the columns are space for thought, for light, for questioning and growth.’ These monumental paintings are exhibited alongside drawings, pastels and prints, giving an in-depth insight into this renowned artist’s work. Ballyfermot to Brussels, Affairs. Brendan Halligan, IIEA Chairman, West Dublin Access Radio 96 FM will deliver a lecture and Prof. John Europe Day Broadcasts FitzGerald, ESRI, will respond. The event Two specialised progammes will be will be followed by a reception. Please broadcast to celebrate Europe Day, European register in advance at [email protected]. Year of Citizens 2013 and the Irish Presidency of the EU. The first programme will be a 30 Blue Star Art Exhibition minute prerecorded documentary which will European Movement Ireland is hosting explore the history of the European Union an art exhibition in the Oak Room in the and Ireland. Mansion House with Blue Star schools artwork. Join us and the Minister of State The second programme will be an hour-long for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD live special of the current affairs programme: for face-painting, balloon art and Europe Day “Local Issues”. Local members of the Celebrations. community will discuss the impact of the EU on Irish society, the future of the European 2013 European Year of Citizens: Union and European membership expansion.