
Saturday 17
Butler House 2 - 5pm
Paul Muldoon Workshop
Bewley's Café, Market Cross 10.15pm
Paul Muldoon Reading
Sunday 18
Bewley's Café, Market Cross,10.15pm
Jennifer Johnson
Monday 19
Bollard's, 10.15pm
Michael Davitt and The McAuleyBrothers
Tuesday 20
Cleere's, 10.15pm
GerryMoran/ MarkMcGrath
Wednesday 21
Butler House, 10.15pm
Christabel Bielenberg
Thursday 22
Cleere's, 10.15pm
Godfrey Duncan (TUUP) / BillyTeare
Children's Readings with Godfrey Duncan
11am Birchfield St. Kieran's College
2.30pm Bishop Birch Community Centre
Friday 23
Bewley's Café, Market Cross, 10.15pm
BernardO'Donoghue
Saturday 24
10am - 5pm Butler House
Bernard O'Donoghue Workshop
Watergate Theatre,10.15pm
RoddyDoyle
Book Launches
Saturday 17
Dubray Books, 6.30pm
Kerry Hardie
winner of the 1995 Sunday Tribune/ Hennessy Award for Creative Writing launches
her first collection of poetry, `A Furious Place', published by Gallery Press
Friday 23
Mark Roper
Dubray's Books, 6.30pm
launches his second collection of poetry `Catching the Light'.
17-25 August
Long Gallery, Kilkenny Castle,10am-7pm daily.
Stephen Johnson
`With a New Eye' digital landscape photographs.
Workshop 19th - 20th Aug.Ormonde College.Details from Arts Week office, Rothe
House, Parliament St.Kilkenny 056-63663
Lecture Thurs.22nd at 5pm Butler House.
17-25 August
Butler House, 10am - 6pm daily
Five Sculptors
Maud Cotter, James Hayes, David Kinnane, Marian O'Donnell, Derek Whitticase.
Group Lecture Mon.19th at 5pm Butler House.
17-25 August
School of Music, Ormonde Rd.,10am-6pm daily
Vincent Hoban
Photography
Vincent Hoban will demonstrate the techniques used to produce his work .Date to
be announced.
17-25 August
School of Music, Ormonde Road, 2-6pm daily.
Sue Melling
Prints/Artists' Books, utilising computers.
Workshop 21st - 22nd Aug Ormonde College
Lecture Fri 23rd at 5pm Butler House
17-25 August
School of Music, Ormonde Rd, 10am-6pm daily.
Richard Warner
Painting
Masterful Watercolours
Lecture Wed 21st at 5pm Butler House
17-25 August
Market Cross Shopping Centre, 10am-6pm daily.
Words Revealed
Poetry interpreted by Artists
Dennis Brown, Frances Breen, Bettina Furnee, Gary Breeze, Stephen Raw, Phil
Baines, John Cayley, Noel Connor.
From Saturday 17 August
County Hall, John's Street, 10am-5pm daily.
Sarah Mulhall
"Wish you were here"
Print/Painting
Workshop Sunday 18th 2 - 4.30 County Hall
Admission free.
17-25 August
Heltzel Gallery,
Patrick Street. 9.30am - 6pm, Mon.-Sat. Sun. 10 - 5pm
Nils Gunnar Zander
"Territories of silence"
Painting/Sculpture
Lecture on Tuesday 20th, at 5pm Butler House.
Exploring Arts and Crafts
19 - 23 August
Art workshops for 12 - 15 yrs and 15 - 20 yrs . Drawing, Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Mixed Crafts.All materials provided. Numbers limited. Enrolement [[sterling]]32
BUTLER GALLERY
From Saturday 17
Butler Gallery 1, 10am-7pm daily.
John Gibbons
"From day to night"
Sculpture
Lecture Sunday 18th August 5pm Butler Gallery.
Butler Gallery II, 10am-7pm daily.
Rosaleen Davey
Painting
19-23 August
Bishop Birch Community Centre
Wall Mural
Butts - Living History Photographic Exhibition
A Whale of a time - Mosaic by Womens Group Fairytale - Mural L.A.R.C
Untitled totem pole, County Hall, John Street
An Exhibition on Women's History.
Newpark Close Community Centre
Exhibition of Arts and Crafts by under 5's group from Newpark Close
August 21
Loughboy - Kilkenny Community Action Network, Lower Patrick Street- Admission [[sterling]]1.
Creative Composition Workshop by Scribblers Anon
August 25
Community Arts Day 2.30pm to 5pm-City Centre
A wide range of street entertainment and music for all ages. Play stations for children to create their own art. Cost [[sterling]]1
Saturday 17
St Canice's Cathedral 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
Sinéad Blanchfield soprano
Trudi Carberry piano
J.S. Bach, R. Strauss, Mozart, Rossini, Fauré, Duparc, Poulenc, Balfe, Stanford, Gounod
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]10/[[sterling]]8
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas Mazzoleni leader/violin, Kate Clark flute
Bob van Asperen conductor
Biber, van Wassenaer, JS Bach, Telemann, CPE Bach
Sunday 18
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]8/[[sterling]]6
Boris Berezovsky piano
Ravel, Rachmaninov, Liszt
Monday 19
St John's Church of Ireland, 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
Clíodhna Ryan violin
Elizabeth Bicker piano
Handel, Beethoven, Messiaen
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]8/[[sterling]]6
Vadim Repin violin
Boris Berezovsky piano
Hindemith, Brahms, Grieg, Prokofiev
Tuesday 20
St Canice's Cathedral 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
Cantique
Stanford, Tavener, Britten, Bax, Pärt, Gorecki,
Ailish Farrell, Petr Eben
St. Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]8/[[sterling]]6
NOMOS
The extraordinary sound of traditional music.
Kilford Arms, John Street, 10.30pm [[sterling]]7/[[sterling]]5
Brian Dunning and Friends
Dave Fleming, Michael Nielson and Johnny Wadham in the best of jazz
Wednesday 21
St Canice's Cathedral 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
RIAM Baroque Ensemble
Handel, Elgar, Corelli
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]14/[[sterling]]12/[[sterling]]10*
Song Recital with
Ronan Tynan tenor
Damien Whiteley piano
including songs by Satie, Debussy, Bellini Handel
Thursday 22
St John's Church of Ireland 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
Conor Linehan piano
Mozart, Ravel, Scriabin
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]14/[[sterling]]12/[[sterling]]10*
RTE Concert Orchestra
David Agnew oboe, Christopher Bell conductor
Rossini, Faure, Mozart, Haydn
Friday 23
St John's Church of Ireland 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
Dermot Dunne accordion
Scarlatti, J.S. Bach/Busoni, J. Wilson, Repnikov, Semyonov
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]8/[[sterling]]6
Baroque Trio
"Let the Bright Seraphim"
Crispian Steele-Perkins Natural Trumpet, Jeni Bern Soprano and Leslie Pearson harpsichord
Purcell, Handel, Sir Arthur Sullivan
Saturday 24
St John's Church of Ireland 1.10pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
Adele O'Dwyer cello
Danusia Oslizlok piano
J.S. Bach, F. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn, P. Bazelaire, Bartok
St Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]8/[[sterling]]6
Beethoven String Trio of London
with John York piano.
Pavlo Beznosiuk violin, Jeremy Williams viola, Richard Tunnicliffe 'cello
Mozart, Dohnanyi, Gideon Klein, Brahms
Sunday 25
St. Canice's Cathedral 8pm [[sterling]]14/[[sterling]]12/[[sterling]]10*
Irish Youth Choir/RTECO
Helen Hassett soprano, Bridget Knowles contralto,
Alan Leech tenor, Gordon Garde bass,
Brian McNamara piano, Geoffrey Spratt conductor Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, Haydn Masses
Children's Music Workshop
St Canice's Co-ed Primary School, Granges Rd 19th - 23rd The Workshop is designed to cater for the primary school-aged child and will focus on a creative musical experience for all. No musical training is necessary. Fee: [[sterling]]45
Friday 16 -Sunday 18
Watergate Theatre 8pm [[sterling]]10/[[sterling]]8
production presented by Watergate Theatre & Kilkenny Arts Week
The Gate Theatre direct from New York
Waiting For Godot
by Samuel Beckett
starring Barry McGovern, Alan Stanford, Johnny Murphy, Stephen Brennan and Diarmuid Lawlor
"...undoubted highlight...teriffic Gate production...Godot in its true, magnificent colours" - The Guardian
Directed by Walter Asmus
Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24
Cleere's Theatre 8pm [[sterling]]7/[[sterling]]5
A Project Arts Centre production presented by Kilkenny Arts Week
Seachange by John Banville
The Kiss by Michael Harding
A double bill of two short plays by two of Ireland's leading contemporary writers performed by the celebrated actor Tom Hickey. Designed by Paul Keogan
"...fascinating...acting talents of rare qulality....absorbing..." - Irish Times
For Children
Monday 19
Regent Cinema 11.30am and 3pm: [[sterling]]1
The Swan Princess (90 minutes)
featuring the voices of John Cleese and Jack Palance.
Tuesday 20
Regent Cinema 11.30am and 3pm [[sterling]]1
Joe My Friend
Directed by Chris Bould and featuring John Cleere
Monday 19
Kilkenny Castle 8pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
1995 Winners of the 22nd Annual Student Academy Awards (70 minutes)
Picasso Would Have Made A Glorious Waiter by Jonathan Schell
Card Trick by Robert Herrick Russ
Their Own Vietnam by Nancy D. Kates
La Ciudad (The City) by David Riker
Tuesday 20
Kilkenny Castle 8pm [[sterling]]3/[[sterling]]2
1995 Student Films from DunLaoghaire College of Art and Design
Kilkenny Arts Week
Stephen Johnson in Ireland
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