Limerick’s Heritage Week

CURRENT from Saturday August 21 to Sunday 29, National Heritage Week is celebrated in Limerick with a brisk roster of events. See:

* Tuesday 24, 1pm-2pm

LCGA Permanent Collection Lecture by Dr. Peter Jordan at The Hunt Museum. Free.

* Wednesday 25, 1pm-2pm

Curator’s talk by Mary Conlon at Faber Studios, Catherine Street. As part of the series on the Shinnors scholarship, Conlon discusses ideas and developments in her curatorial research project based on Italo Calvino’s lectures Six Memos for the Next Millennium.

* Thursday 26, 6pm-8pm

Carnegie Reading Circle at Faber Studios, Catherine Street. This is an informal, social event where guests are invited to read to the group a text or extract from a text on the theme of Time Travel. Book by email, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

September’s On the Nail

TWO prominent writers feature in September 2’s On the Nail literary session at The Locke Bar. The Thursday night readings are hosted by Limerick Writers’ Centre and the invited guests are Dublin born writer and teacher, Nuala Ni Chonchuir and Limerick writer/ director Gerry Stembridge.

“Everyone is invited to take part in the open-mic after the main event, poets, storytellers, musicians and writers,” founder Dominic Taylor makes clear. “The night begins at 8pm and there is free admission and free finger food for everyone attending”.

So anyone with an ear for the spoken word will enjoy this regular monthly forum, and there’s an open opportunity to platform books, CDs and background.

Jazz improvisation workshops

PROVISIONAL dates mooted by Limerick Jazz for improvisation workshops are from September 14 to December 8, taking place over 12 Tuesday nights in  LIT. Add in also the  end of term performance on Wednesday December 8 which takes place on stage in Dolan’s Upstairs, a series of ensembles led by top professionals. Students, whose ages have rangee from 12 to 70 years, can expect a mid-term break with the academic year in late October.

The plan is to run the junior workshop again on Saturday afternoons at Peter Dee Academy of Music on O’Connell Avenue.  Names are being taken for a first ever beginner’s workshop.

You can email jazz maestro Ed Hansom on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more details and reference websites www.limerickjazz.com and www.myspace.com/limerickjazzworkshop.