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Download Bealtaine Events Sligo 2012 programme - PDF - 260 kbs
Sligo Arts Service and HSE West Programmes of Events
Annual Bealtaine Festival Art Exhibition
Opening from Tuesday 1st May
Primary Care Unit, Markievicz House, Sligo
This wonderful exhibition is a collection of photographs by members of Active Age and Retirement Groups, participants at Day Care Centres and individuals throughout County Sligo with a passion for this form of creative expression.
This Exhibition will run at the Primary Care Unit until March 2013.
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‘Faces of Sligo Town’ Photographic Exhibition
By James Fraher
Wednesday 2nd May, 6pm
Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo
‘Faces of Sligo Town’ is a Bealtaine Festival Sligo 2012 commissioned photographic project based on local Sligo town shops and the people that run them. The theme of the project celebrates the generational link of family-run shops which, over the years, continue to give character to the face of our streets. This exhibition is part Sligo 400, the 400th Anniversary of Sligo Borough.
View some of the photographs which were part of the exhibition
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‘Our Streets’ Window Installation
Thursday 3rd May
A 3D installation of paper sculptures and collage created by the participants of the Tuesday Afternoon Arts in Health group at the Avalon Centre, Sligo Town. (Window to be confirmed).
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‘Pop Up’ Windows Exhibition
Friday 4th May
Shop Windows, Sligo Town
A collection of installation works exploring the theme of Sligo’s Town and County festivals. The work was created by Clasp and Rathcormac Intergenerational groups and Cliffoney, Collooney, Carrigans and Easkey Health Centres. These groups were led by local visual artists Brigitta Varadi, Laura Mahon, Karen Webster, Sherrie Scott, Heidi Wickham, Dorothee Kolle, Pia Lück and Joe Helder.
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Cos Cos Sean Nós Festival
Wednesday 9th May, 6 pm – 8 pm
Rathcormac Hall, Drumcliffe, Sligo
The Cos Cos Sean Nós Festival (Friday 11th – Sunday 13th May) links with Bealtaine Sligo 2012 to celebrate older musicians and their music with a session of music, dance and song. All are welcome; admission is free.
Sunday 13th May, Afternoon The History Cottage, Rathcormac, Drumcliffe, Sligo
Join in an afternoon of stories from County Sligo and beyond. All are welcome to share a story and add to the conversation led by writer Maura Gilligan.
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THE MAN IN THE WOMAN'S SHOES’
A one man show by actor Mikel Murfi
Bealtaine Festival Sligo is delighted to introduce a new drama production ‘THE MAN IN THE WOMAN'S SHOES’ commissioned for 2012 by Sligo Arts Service and The Hawk’s Well Theatre with funding from Sligo County Council, Sligo Borough Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.
THE MAN IN THE WOMAN'S SHOES is a one man show developed with older age groups in County Sligo by actor Mikel Murfi. Over the course of a month, Mikel met group members who shared stories about characters from the town and county who stand out in their collective memories. Poignant, funny, charming and sometimes outrageous, the show brings to life an amalgam of the magical and sometimes contrary folk who were familiar here and about.
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PERFORMANCE DATES AND VENUES
St Johns Nursing Home Sligo Town Friday 25th May 2pm
Cliffoney Hall Saturday 26th May 2pm
Coleman Traditional Irish Music Centre Wednesday 30th May 2pm
Hawk’s Well Theatre Thursday 31st May 7pm
Closing the Bealtaine Festival Sligo
Tickets are free to all performances. Booking is required. Contact the Hawk’s Well Theatre box office: 071 916 1518
A number of events are being hosted by The Model, Sligo and other groups and venues throughout the County.
For further information see www.themodel.ie and www.bealtaine.com.
