T N IGH 2017 N 2 E 7 COMMO R 9 S U Welcome to Roscommon’s Culture Night and our O 5 8 programme of FREE EVENTS for all the family. 10 LT R ALLFRI E 22VE SEPTNTS ARE FREE! CULTURENIGHT.IE Some venues may require advance booking. 3 ROSCOMMON 2017 CU Culture Night is the annual event that celebrates culture, creativity and the 1 arts. This year, it will take place on Friday 22nd September 2017. Cultural CULTURE NIGHT 4 venues across County Roscommon will stay open for everyone to come and enjoy the unique experience of Culture Night, a free night of fun, entertainment ROSCOMMON LocaTIONS 6 and discovery. Roscommon has a vibrant rich cultural community and this is a great opportunity to sample the area’s cultural and creative offerings, for free, 1. Roscommon throughout the evening. So join us to celebrate Roscommon’s rich cultural heritage and creativity. 2. Boyle We would like to thank all of the artists, groups, individuals, organisers and 3. Kilbride venues that have contributed to Culture Night Roscommon 2017. 4. Knockcroghery 5. Tulsk 6. Athleague FRI 22 SEPT 7. Ballaghaderreen CULTURENIGHT.IE 8. Strokestown ROSCOMMON 2017 9. Frenchpark 10. Castlerea 2017 ROSCOMMON ROSCOMMON CULTURENIGHT.IE FRI 22 SEPT 22 FRI @roscommoncoco.ie Facebook.com/Roscommon www.culturenight.ie www.roscommoncoco.ie and ireland.ie and Further information from creativeireland.ie creativeireland.ie from information Further creativity at the centre of public policy. public of centre the at creativity five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places places which 2022, to 2017 from initiative, five-year Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-Government all-of-Government an Programme, Ireland Creative Culture Night Roscommon is supported by the the by supported is Roscommon Night Culture Roscommon County Council Council County Roscommon the Creative Ireland Programme in partnership with with partnership in Programme Ireland Creative the Department of Culture, Heritage, the Gaeltacht and and Gaeltacht the Heritage, Culture, of Department Culture Night Roscommon is brought to you by the the by you to brought is Roscommon Night Culture Fáilte Roimh Gach éinne Gach Roimh Fáilte Everybody Welcome Everybody EE FR E R A NTS E EV ALL Please check individual listings for up to date information. date to up for listings individual check Please Please note that times listed on the brochure may be subject to change. to subject be may brochure the on listed times that note Please of work she explores migration, diversity and sharing. sharing. and diversity migration, explores she work of through the medium of woven tapestry. In her new body body new her In tapestry. woven of medium the through the creative sector. Her artistic expression is primarily primarily is expression artistic Her sector. creative the disciplines she brings together a wealth of knowledge to to knowledge of wealth a together brings she disciplines themselves. Collaborating with artists across many many across artists with Collaborating themselves. workshops and allowing adults and children to express express to children and adults allowing and workshops she is passionate about facilitating creative engagement engagement creative facilitating about passionate is she her studio in Grange, Four Mile House Roscommon, Roscommon, House Mile Four Grange, in studio her Visual artist and educator Frances Crowe works from from works Crowe Frances educator and artist Visual Roscommon’s Local Culture Night Ambassador 2017 Ambassador Night Culture Local Roscommon’s LIBRARY EVENTS ROSCOMMON SUMMERS STARS ARTS CENTRE READING CHALLENGE 2017 AND STORYTELLING 1.CLAIMING SpaceS: IN THE COUNTY LIBRARY, PRIMARY SCHOOL VISuaL ROSCOMMON TowN ART INSTALLATION 6.15pm– 7.15pm 5.00pm Artist Anna Spearman will work with two Presentation of Medals and Certificates for primary schools to create work for this new the Summer Stars programme at 6.15pm. installation. Families are invited to join us This will be followed by early on Culture Night evening for the great Storytelling with Danielle Allison unveiling at 5pm. All welcome and the for 7–10 year olds. exhibition continues throughout October. County Library, Roscommon. Contact: 090 6637270 2.ARTIST TaLK: Naomi SUMMER STARS DRAPER AwaRDS CEREMONY 6.00pm Naomi Draper’s multi-disciplinary AND STORYTELLING IN practice explores the fragility of our built and natural environment, investigating what BOYLE BRANCH LIBRARY defines space and how it is lived and 6.pm– 8pm activated by humans and non-humans. As part of our Culture Night celebrations, Local storyteller, Chris Thompson will be Naomi will discuss her latest exhibition handing out the awards for this year’s “Florilegium” currently on show in the gallery. national Summer Stars Reading Challenge at 6.15pm. This will be followed at 6.30pm by Chris providing one of her highly interactive, 3.SING SOCIAL: delightful puppet-based storytelling sessions for slightly older children (7-10 year olds). As 7.00pm well as a great time for the children, this will Our first ever “Sing Social” happens on KILBRIDE COMMUNITY TRAD MUSIC ATHLeague also provide parents with a wonderful Culture Night in the theatre foyer. Come along opportunity to gain a few tips in telling and sing along to well known tunes with our ART GROUP 10pm until late stories to their children. The library itself Sing Social Butterfly Michele Feeney. No From 8pm Traditional Music Session in the Angling will stay open to the public till 8pm. singing experience necessary! All welcome. Centre, Athleague, Co. Roscommon starting Kilbride Community Art Group, which has at 10pm and going on till late. This is a Boyle Branch Library, Co. Roscommon. Roscommon Arts Centre, Circular Road, Roscommon. members from across the county of celebration of Irish music, song, dance and Contact: 071 9662800 Roscommon, will showcase their work story-telling. Musicians, singers, dancers etc., Contact 090 66 25824 or during an exhibition in the Kilbride are all welcome on the night. Come along and www.roscommonartscentre.ie Community Centre, Four Mile House. enjoy the ceoil, caint agus craic. STORY TIME AND The exhibition will be open at 8 pm and run over the weekend. Athleague Angling & Heritage Centre, SUMMER STARS STROKESTowN PARK Athleague, Co Roscommon. Kilbride Community Centre, Four Mile House, READING CHALLENGE HOUSE Roscommon. Contact: Maire Ui Dhuill (Athleague CCE): 0864022400 2017 PRESENTATION IN 7pm – 8pm Contact:FRI Frances 22 Crowe: SEPT 087 7760250 THE BALLaghaDERREEN A screening of a thought provoking [email protected] “GUESS WHO’s Back” BRANCH LIBRARY documentary ‘Ireland’s Great Hunger and ‘OnCE UPON A TIME - BUT the Irish Diaspora’, directed by Rebecca ROSCOMMON 2017 11.30am until 12.45pm 6.pm – 8pm Abbott, in the National Famine Museum in Now AS WELL’. EXHIBITION County Roscommon Disability Support Group Strokestown Park House, Strokestown at C.L.G is holding an Early Morning Concert by On Culture Night there will be Story Time 7.00pm to 8.00pm. The film won an Emmy OF paiNTINGS BY VISuaL singers “Guess Who’s Back”. This will coincide at 7pm in the Ballaghaderreen Branch earlier this year. with the Irish Culture Morning Arts Exhibition Library followed by the Summer Star Reading ARTIST ANNE RIGNEY Challenge Presentation at 7.30pm. Medals Strokestown Park House, Strokestown, in the Roscommon Library Headquarters, Co. Roscommon. Roscommon Town. and certificates will be presented to children 5pm – 9pm who participated in the Summer Star Contact: 071 9633013 or Anne will be showing a selection of her County Library, Roscommon. Children’s Reading Challenge, by Roscommon [email protected] or Senior Footballer, Sean McDermott. paintings spanning the last twenty years Contact: 090 6625852 Ext 230. www.strokestownpark.ie in her Kitchen /Gallery on Culture Night Ballaghaderreen Branch Library, between 5pm and 9pm. Her kitchen is an Co. Roscommon. old fashioned stone walled room and is “CeoL DO CHUILE DUINE” DOUGLAS HYDE CENTRE perfect as a temporary gallery. (Music for Everyone) Contact: 094 9877044 8.30pm until late Traditional Music & Dance in Keadue Millhouse, Scregg, Knockcroghery, Traditional music, song and dancing with Co. Roscommon. A SESSION IN THE local traditional musicians and local Irish From 8.30pm dancers. Tours of the centre, entertainment Contact: Anne Rigney at 086 8889350 A night of music, song, dance and stories CASTLEREA BRANCH and refreshments will be provided throughout [email protected] featuring local performers of all ages in LIBRARY the evening. St. Ronan’s Hall, Keadue, from 8:30pm. CATTLE RAIDING 7pm – 8.30pm Douglas Hyde Centre, Portahard, St. Ronan’s Hall, Keadue, Boyle, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. ON A GRAND ScaLE Co. Roscommon. On Culture Night there will be a Session in the Castlerea Library with the local Castlerea Contact Deirdre O’Gara: 087-7823751 or ‘RecouNTING THE Contact: Michael Guihen (Keadue CEE): Branch of Ceoltas. There will be local [email protected] 087 7900361 (Athleague CCE): musicians and dancers and some guest TALES IN THE MANNER entertainers on the night. INSIDE CRAFT INTENDED’ ‘Is MISE...’ A CULTURAL Castlerea Branch Library, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. 4pm - 6pm From 7.30pm EVENT WITH SYRIAN INSIDE [CRAFT] is a new craft tourism Contact: 094 9620745 For Culture Night this year we will REFUGEES IN experience positioning the area of Cavan, deliver a spoken-word recital of the great Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon as a region Irish literary epic ‘Cattle Raid of Cooley’, BALLaghaDERREEN COOTEHALL of creativity. Through INSIDE [CRAFT] projects incorporating many of the supporting 7pm to 9pm our region’s craft and creative businesses remscéla or foretales, all in the environs ARTS & CRAFTS become more visible to you, the visitor, to of where these stories are said to have Breaking down the notion of division and experience craft, to meet the maker, support taken place, at the ancient Connacht uniting each other in a collaborative flare 6.30pm to 8.30pm our small enterprise owners and to purchase capital of Cruachan Aí.