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WELCOME TO OFFLINE EVENTS STAY SOCIAL CULTURE NIGHT Don’t forget to share your FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER stories of Donegal 2020 Culture Night 2020 6PM - 10PM

@CULTURENIGHT @CULTURENIGHTDONEGAL DONEGAL, #CULTURENIGHT Friday 18th September, 6pm - 10pm

Donegal County Council Cultural We invite people of all ages to take time Services is proud to present their 12th out to explore the richness and joy of annual programme of events for Culture Irish culture and heritage. This year’s Night, the all-island public event that programme will be presented in both FRI 18 SEP celebrates culture, creativity and the physical and online events allowing for CULTURENIGHT.IE DONEGAL 2020 arts. This exceptional night of cultural people at home and abroad to connect festivities takes place once per year as with Donegal culture. Full listings for part of a national celebration of arts, venues and online links are available heritage and culture. Culture Night has throughout this programme and online grown steadily since its inception in at www.culturenight.ie 2006 with inspiring commitment from local authorities, cultural organisations Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and community collaborations events on the Culture Night programme throughout the country. are subject to change/cancellation. We are committed to the health and Despite the significant challenges safety of our participants and audience, presented by Covid 19, we have been and appreciate your understanding able to create a programme that, of this matter. We would ask that all although smaller in size than previous visitors to Culture Night live events years and significantly reimagined, please observe and abide by the Covid once again celebrates our unique local 19 protocols and guidelines that have cultural identity. All events are, as been put in place by our participating always, completely free of charge. venues, in the interests of public safety at this critical time.

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Donegal County Museum Regional Cultural Centre High Road, Port Road, Letterkenny Time: 6pm - 10pm (Pre-booking Essential) Time: 6pm - 10pm (Pre-booking Essential)

T: 074 91 24613 | W: www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/countymuseum T: 074 91 29186 | W: www.regionalculturalcentre.com

‘Railways of ’ Plastic: Can’t Live With It Can’t Live Without It All Aboard to explore the history of the Railways of County Donegal. Discover RCC Gallery 1 more about the Londonderry & Lough Swilly 6pm - 10pm (L&LSR), County Donegal Railways (CDR) &The Great Northern Railway (GNR). This Plastic has great power, and with great power exhibition features the photographs of A M comes great responsibility. It has changed Davies, who travelled the lines around County our daily lives and our environment more than Donegal during the 1950’s and 1960’s. any other material. The unsustainability of our relationship with plastic is well documented, Numbers will be strictly limited in line but to stop using plastic is not an option. with current Government Guidelines. Its use has revolutionised industrial design, Booking is essential. T: 074 91 24613. and more essentially, modern medicine relies on plastic so heavily that even the most basic medical procedures would be unimaginable without it. Liz Doyle: This exhibition features over 20 Irish and international contemporary artists and was Exhibition of New Work produced with the support of Science RCC Gallery 2 Foundation . It is the Science Gallery 6pm - 10pm at Trinity College ’s first national touring exhibition. Liz Doyle is a contemporary painter and printmaker based in County Donegal. The exhibition will be unique to each location Texture and surface play a big part in Doyle’s with the addition of two new artworks work, where vivid colours and shapes form commissioned for each of the five venues. land masses, vessels and landscapes. The artworks are co-created with the Processes such as pouring and the taking of community to include input from the local ‘prints’ by lifting areas of wet paint from one community about plastic and will reflect their work and transferring it to another result in cultural history, place and the relationship vibrant colours and rich surfaces. between its people and their environment. Musical artist Ed Devane will create art Numbers will be strictly limited in line pieces for Donegal. with current Government Guidelines. Booking is essential. T: 074 9129168.

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An Grianán Theatre The Central Library Port Road, Letterkenny Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny Time: 7pm (Pre-booking Essential) Time: 5pm - 7.30pm (Pre-booking Essential)

T: 074 91 20777 | W: www.angrianan.com T: 074 91 24950 | W: www.donegallibrary.ie

Central Library and Europe Direct Information Centre presents a programme of history and Heritage for Culture Night.

The Morrigan

For Culture Night 2020, An Grianán Theatre presents The Morrigan, a highly energetic physical show with slapstick comedy suitable for all the family, written and performed by Louise Conaghan. Behind the scenes The Jessica Harkin The Ancient Irish Gods and in the Library Family Magic Show Goddesses have been roused 6.00pm-7.30pm Show 1: 5.00pm - 5.30pm from their slumber! Show 2: 6.00pm - 6.30pm Staff at the Central Library Letterkenny This clown…ahem…goddess must have spent the last 30 years gathering every Show 3: 7.00pm - 7.30pm find a way back to the Otherworld article, book and author associated with but before she does, she wants Donegal into one library, we call this the Jessica Harkin is an award winning to know what on earth has been Donegal Studies Collection. During this professional magician from Donegal. happening, since she last walked it. short tour, you will learn about the resources Prepare to be amazed by Jessica’s illusions we have available for you to trace your and sleight of hand in a show that Numbers will be strictly limited Donegal ancestors or research the history promises to get your Culture Night off to in line with current Government of the county. See a snapshot of Donegal a magical start. Guidelines. as it was, from Mícheál Ó’Cléirigh and the four Masters to poteen making in Inishowen. This show will last 30 minutes with a Booking is essential. The lives of Isacc Butt to Daniel O’Donnell maximum of 8 people per show. So please and the changing landscape of the county join us for an evening of Donegal craic You can book by phone on from the first ordnance survey maps of 1835 and magic. 074 91 20777 from Monday 14th through to the new A5. September at 10am. Strictly Booking only, no drop-ins please. This tour will run every 20 minutes with a Social distancing and masks will be worn maximum of 5 people. at all times. T: 074 91 24950.

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Wild Days Out Artlink Fort Dunree Drumboe Woods, Stranorlar Linsfort, Buncrana, F93 C424 Time: 6pm - 7pm (Pre-booking Essential) Time: 7pm - 9pm (Pre-booking Essential) W: www.wilddaysout.com E: [email protected]

A Guided Walk: Signs of Biodiversity In the Company of Trees A celebration of creativity and biodiversity Leah Fairman of Wild Days Out is a at Amach Anseo Community Garden at walking guide and proponent of spending The Potting Shed mindful time outdoors to increase our • wellbeing. Including seed and plant swap • Climate Clamour Choir •  This Culture night, she invites you to Unveiling of the refurbished garden area rediscover your tree roots in the and hand crafted signage • beautiful Drumboe Woods in Stranorlar. Moving image projection Permeating cultures, religions, folklore, industry, and our day-to-day lives, trees Attendance is strictly limited please are one of our most important natural contact [email protected] resources and an important window on who we are as a people.

The increasing divide between society and the natural world means many of us are forgetting the stories of trees and how they connect and support us in our living environment. Using simple mindful walking techniques this walk will lead us on a journey to reconnect with and rediscover the stories of the trees that share our world.

Pre-booking is essential as tickets are limited due to Covid 19 restrictions.

Booking via www.eventbrite.ie/e/culture-night-in-the-company-of-trees

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ONLINE EVENTS Little John Nee: Where I’m From - FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER Songs and Stories A Transatlantic from Radio Tullyglen Youth Writers Project 6PM - 10PM View From 6pm View From 6pm Online Event Donegal County Council YouTube: Donegal County Council YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie Biodiversity in your Back Garden: Five New Films from Donegal Gardens View From 6pm

Donegal County Council YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie

For Culture Night, Donegal County Council’s Carnowen House, ; Elizabeth Temple Culture Division presents a series of shortFRI 1at8 Salthill SEP Gardens, Mountcharles; George videos of ways in which you can care for theCULTURENIGHT.IE McDermot, Buncrana Town Gardener; DONEGAL 2020 nature on your doorstep or the biodiversity Joanne Butler at OURganic, Gort a’ Choirce in your back garden. Our response to the and Angus Kennedy of Nature North West, Little John Nee drops a leaky big bucket This summer Donegal County Council biodiversity emergency declared by the Irish . down into the deep well of his Donegal Cultural Services worked with Chicago government in May 2019 requires a culture songs and stories drawing them up into the based Young Chicago Authors (YCA) change in our attitudes. That culture change These films have been funded by Donegal moonlight that spills into Radio Tullyglen on to create a transatlantic youth writers can lead to increased appreciation and County Council and The Heritage Council, Culture Night via the virtual long acre that is workshop. 12 young people from Donegal enjoyment of our wildlife, family and community as part of the implementation of the Donegal you tube! Youth Service and the KidsOwn young engagement with nature and learning more Heritage Plan and for Culture Night. For more writers group joined a cohort of 12 young about the biodiversity in your back garden. information, please see www.polinators.ie and A favourite story from The Derry Boat, a people from the YCA summer artistic www.biodiversityireland.ie. song from Tea Dance, a trip to a jazz farm internship program. Building on the success of the ‘Gardening and a slow tango for a socially distanced for Biodiversity’ booklet commissioned pandemic dance. As well as creating They came together over Zoom for a by Local Authority Heritage Officers, this event for our programme, we are workshop hosted by YCA artistic director the short films draw upon the expertise of delighted that Little John is also our county and teaching artist Kevin Coval in an exchange session which incorporated a ecologists, zoologists, gardeners and heritage Ambassador for 2020. He had this to say about his role. poetry writing prompt centered on themes professionals to share their advice on making of identity and home. The recording of this your gardens, green spaces or towns more “I am happy for this opportunity to do what facilitated discussion about youth culture wildlife friendly, planting native trees and I love doing; celebrating Donegal artists and of Chicago and Donegal and their creative flowers, fostering habitats for our fauna and the beautiful odd way we go about things in share out has been made into a short film supporting our bees in the important work that this beautiful odd place”. to be screened on Culture Night. they do in terms of pollination. www.littlejohnnee.com www.youngchicagoauthors.org Featured local gardens and experts include www.kidsown.ie Liz and Ralph Sheppard on their farm at www.donegalyouthservice.ie

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Treehouse Presents Donegal Travellers Mocking Bird Theatre: Wild Swans: Project: #DiversityAware The Final Cut View From 6pm ‘Donegal Says Black, Traveller, ‘Forgotten Places’ Roma Lives Matter’. View From 6pm Online Exhibition Donegal County Council YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie View From 6pm Donegal County Council YouTube: View From 6pm www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie Intercultural Donegal Facebook: www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre www.facebook.com/Intercultural- www.regionalculturalcentre.com Donegal-440860003312806/

Treehouse, the production entity formed Donegal Travellers Project is an Mockingbird Theatre presents a short During the initial 2020 lockdown, Wild by noted South Donegal musicians independent, locally based community (back and sideways) film about two barbers Swans in conjunction with Bbeyond, Keith Mannion (slowplacelikehome) and development organisation working for and who reunite for one last haircut during the invited artists to collaborate in the project Patsy O’Kane, have created a series of with the Traveller and Roma Community in Lockdown Crisis - proving that we are never ‘Forgotten Places’, a series of performances filmed performances by four artists from Donegal. They are proud to showcase two truly apart from the one we love. which took place in in Girona, Spain and the North West – Mirenda Rosenberg short videos from the Building Intercultural Fanad, Co. Donegal in August 2020. The and Alan Finan from Donegal, and Communities Project (funded through EU’s Featuring Anne Gallagher and Ronan Carr. project offers an introduction to performance Aoife Boyle (Reevah) and Connor Peace IV Programme). Tune in to find out Written and directed by Ronan Carr art with 10 performances by Donegal and McGowan (Ego The Jackal) from Derry - more about the DiversityAware training Spain based and Bbeyond artists. especially for the forthcoming Donegal Bay programme and the Black, Traveller & Mockingbird Theatre were formed three and Blue Stacks Festival. Roma Lives Matter solidarity event which years ago to bring original and innovative ‘Forgotten Places’ explores our sense of place took place in the summer of 2020. plays to the northwest. Credits include and space and the artist’s specific responses to Here’s a wee taster of what you can expect, “The Barber of Moville”, “Emmet of Arabia” site, place and memory of a space. It captures over four nights of the festival! www.donegaltravellersproject.ie/diversity-aware/ and “Waiting Tables for Godot”. how we create out of primal spatial experiences and how we embody feelings and images. Email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/Intercultural-Done- gal-440860003312806/ www.donegalbaybluestacks.ie Wild Swans was founded by artists Denys www.facebook.com/donegaltravellersproject Blacker, Girona, Spain and Bernadette Hopkins Co. Donegal, Ireland as a performance art exchange project between Spain and Donegal, supported by Bbeyond Performance Art, Belfast.

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Regional Cultural Glebe Gallery: Disturbance Presents Wild Atlantic Centre: RCC Sessions Tory Island Folk Art Fierce Pit Bosses Women hosted by Brí Carr Music View From 10pm View From 6pm View From 9pm View at 7pm www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre Glebe Gallery YouTube Disturbance Facebook Page www.regionalculturalcentre.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkJnI6mcWk&feature=youtu.be www.facebook.com/DisturbanceLetterkenny WAW Facebook Page www.facebook.com/WildAtlanticWomenDonegal

Late night music broadcasters Paul Derek Hill lived in Donegal from the mid Disturbance returns for our first show of Established in 2015 by Brighdín Carr of McDevitt and Jimmy Stafford curate a 1950’s until his death in 2000. His greatest 2020! And our first live stream at that. Brí Carr Music, the Wild Atlantic Women selection of specially filmed live sets by contribution to Irish art was his relationship With all the struggles that live music in (WAW) Donegal, are an ever-growing a host of their local favourites. with the Tory Island painters. He encouraged particular has had this past few months, network of talented well-known local his friends on Tory to become artists and it’s time to take stock and appreciate the female artists from all over the county, Featuring Maria McCormack, Jonathan championed their unique work. absolute wealth of musical talent on our collaboratively creating waves through Smeaton, Sheerbuzz, Mark Black and doorstep. many genres and tastes. A special edition Without Willow. This film explores the early history of Tory of Wild Atlantic Wednesdays with WAW Island Folk art, beginning with Derek’s first For this stream we will have local alt punkers will be screened on Culture Night from Brí’s www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre visits to the island and James Dixon, and Fierce Pit Bosses for an unforgettable gig own hometown of Ramelton. This special www.regionalculturalcentre.com looks at the incredible legacy the Tory streamed direct to the comfort of your own edition will highlight some new material from artists continue to create. home from the Disturbance Facebook page. new as yet unreleased albums from some of the WAW, including Maria McCormack, Many of the artworks explored in this film The band will be playing a full set, giving Hannah Nic Phaidín and Brí Carr Music... are currently on exhibition in the Glebe some insight into the songs, letting us know and of course a few surprises! Gallery, open daily (11am – 6.30pm) until what they’ve been doing to keep busy November. during the pandemic with so many less T: 086 400 6430 opportunities to play live, and we will also [email protected] www.glebegallery.ie have some surprises along the way.

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On Cue Cultural Short Film Works Jessica Peoples & Cathedral & Performing Arts at Artworks Picture ZoNa Dance Quarter Present present MASK LIFE Framing View From 6pm View From 6pm View From 6pm View From 8pm ZoNa Dance YouTube National Library Website www.youtube.com/channel/UCCJxqWpTxLelA4PEsEmmEGQ www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvinnmkByTtALweodugZ1A www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre www.nli.ie

Over a period of 4 weeks the students A yearly treat. Artworks Picture Framing Jessica Peoples and her company extend To mark the completion of the The at On Cue created masks and costumes presents a selection of locally-made short an invitation to watch a Showcase Lawrence Collection Mural on the Gable that represent life in the ‘new normal’ to film works. A variety of local independent Performance by our Dance Ensemble End of No. 2 Church Lane, Letterkenny demonstrate a positive and artistic outlook filmmakers including Daniel McGarrigle, ‘From Within’, this special NEW work will Cathedral Quarter invites you to spend on what has been and continues to be a Charlie Doherty, Steve McCollum, explore the moment within each person. some time this Culture Night exploring very unsettling time. Ruth Keogh and Steven Crane, amongst this incredible collection via The National many others, will showcase some of their ZoNa Dance Company has established Library of Ireland. Each costume will have a theme around recent work. themselves as the premiere classical dance the design such as ‘Back to School’, ‘Prom school in the Northwest for both children In 2020, the group commissioned Artist Night’, ‘Christmas’ and many other events Artworks Picture Framing, Letterkenny and adults; with renowned performances Ciaran Dunlevy to paint a Mural of the that the young artists feel are special or of T: 087 763 7686. and internationally experienced instructors. Iconic photograph of the Church Lane and importance to them Jessica Peoples not only drives the passion St Eunans Cathedral from the Lawrence of ZoNa Dance with her vision of inspiring Collection taken at the turn of the 20th This youth led project will be presented as children and adults to love the art of dance century. a short film collage on Culture Night 2020. but she also seeks to foster a curiosity and wonderment to explore classical dance View the entire collection via T: Nora Marie Kavanagh 086 199 5949 movement in a safe and open environment. the National Library website: www.nli.ie T: 086 822 2189 E: [email protected] W: www.zonadanceco.com

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OFFLINE EVENTS ONLINE EVENTS What When Where What When Where

‘Railways of County 6pm - Donegal County Museum Tree House Presents View From www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie Donegal’ 10pm High Road, Letterkenny 6pm

Plastic: 6pm - Regional Cultural Centre Donegal Travellers Project - View From www.facebook.com/Intercultural-Donegal-440860003312806/ Can’t Live With It, 10pm Port Road, Letterkenny #DiversityAware 6pm Can’t Live Without It ‘Donegal Says Black, RCC Gallery 1 Traveller, Roma Lives Matter’ Liz Doyle: 6pm - Exhibition of New Work 10pm Mocking Bird Theatre: View From www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie RCC Gallery 2 The Final Cut 6pm

Wild Swans: ‘Forgotten View From www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre 7pm The Morrigan An Grianán Theatre Places’ Online Exhibition 6pm www.regionalculturalcentre.com Port Road, Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre: View From www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre Behind the scenes 6.00pm- The Central Library RCC Sessions 10pm www.regionalculturalcentre.com in the Library 7.30pm Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny Glebe Gallery: View From Glebe Gallery YouTube The Jessica Harkin 5pm - Tory Island Folk Art 6pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkJnI6mcWk&feature=youtu.be Family Magic Show 7.30pm Show 1: 5.00pm - 5.30pm Disturbance Presents View From www.facebook.com/DisturbanceLetterkenny Show 2: 6.00pm - 6.30pm Fierce Pit Bosses 9pm Show 3: 7.00pm - 7.30pm Wild Atlantic Women View at www.facebook.com/WildAtlanticWomenDonegal A Guided Walk: 6pm - 7pm Wild Days Out hosted by Brí Carr Music 7pm In the Company of Trees Drumboe Woods, Stranorlar On Cue Cultural & View From On Cue Cultural & Performing Arts YouTube Signs of Biodiversity 7pm - 9pm Artlink Fort Dunree Performing Arts present 6pm www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvinnmkByTtALweodugZ1A Linsfort, Buncrana, F93 C424 MASK LIFE

ONLINE EVENTS Short Film Works at View From www.facebook.com/regionalculturalcentre Artworks Picture Framing 8pm What When Where Jessica Peoples & View From ZoNa Dance YouTube Biodiversity in your Back View From www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie ZoNa Dance 6pm www.youtube.com/channel/UCCJxqWpTxLelA4PEsEmmEGQ Garden 6pm Cathedral Quarter View From National Library Website Little John Nee View From www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie Present 6pm www.nli.ie 6pm

Where I’m From - View From www.youtube.com/user/wwwdonegalcocoie A Transatlantic 6pm Youth Writers Project

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