Hunt Museum is hosting Explicatio, an exhibition of works by Sam Walsh. Judge Tom O’Donnell (right) launched the show on Friday 15. He’s pictured with Hunt director Dr Hugh Maguire (left) and Walsh, whose works remain at the museum gallery until February 7.
Special Olympics fundraiser
A MULLED wine reception and buskers will welcome all from 6.30pm to Night of the Stars 2 this Thursday 28 at South Court Hotel. The talent competition between 16 Limerick celebrities and four ‘wild cards’ takes place 7.30pm, raising funds for the Special Olympics Ireland team for the international games held in Limerick in June 2010.
Turn out, show up, buy a €10 ticket through the Mungret College based office, at the hotel or at Limerick Post, 97 Henry Street.
A huge variety of song, comedy and novelty acts will be supplemented by performances from brilliant u16s. Watch a star or even a galaxy on the ascent.
Two for On the Nail
FEBRUARY’S On the Nail poetry night at The Locke Bar & Restaurant falls on Thursday 4, 8pm. Organised by Limerick Writers’ Centre, this monthly reading and open-mic is building its audiences with a mix of poetry, prose and music. Kate Dempsey and Fergus Costelloe are guest readers on the 4th.
Dempsey runs the Poetry Divas Collective, available to read at all cool festivals, and Costelloe is an award-winning performance poet from Tipperary. Music will be provided by Chris Wood and friends, admission is free and finger food is served. For more, email
limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com and refer to web http://onthenailreadings.blogspot.com
Premier of Daghdha’s ROLLING
DAGHDHA is host to the premier of ROLLING (Limerick), a quarterly performance series taking place within Daghdha Space this year. It begins at 8pm on Friday January 29 at the John’s Square venue.
Guest artist Chase Granoff, from New York, has worked with Daghdha Dance Company on several occasions since 2007. In ROLLING he will work in partnership with numerous artists at Daghdha “to curate a unique night of experimental dance, performance and choreography, that promises to be energetic, lively and enjoyable”.
The evening will feature an array of different artistic works bound by proposition set out by Chase beforehand.
ROLLING will be a series of four regular public events, allowing local and national audiences an “ongoing insight into Daghdha’s artistic minds in an accessible, yet focused manner”.
