Report by Rose Rushe
Polish picnic time
THE cultural group Polish Theather in Limerick has tipped us off on a recital called ‘Traditional Polish Song’ taking place next Sunday June 15 at 1.30pm. The songbirds are Kortoflisko and the occasion is a Family Picnic by the Polish school, taking place at St Clement’s College on Laurel Hill Avenue, Sth Circular Road.
Pop up projects
AS part of Limerick City of Culture, The Hunt Museum proposes to design, develop and deliver Communities of Culture. This is a programme exploring the different cultural experiences and heritages of each of Limerick’s regeneration areas – Southill, Ballinacurra Weston, Moyross and St Mary’s Park.
Applications have to be placed with Dr Dominique Bouchard of Outreach and education at the Hunt, Rutland Street by June 19.
Through a series of targeted workshop projects, Communities of Culture will support eight groups, two in each area. These will be inclusive of a range of perspectives and voices including young people, women, men, older people, ethnic minorities, migrants, and people with disabilities.
Projects will culminate in four community-based pop-up style touring exhibitions highlighting the individual achievements, stories and heritage of participating areas.
Literary workshops
A SERIES of creative writing workshops will be hosted by Limerick Writers Centre as part of a new July event, Limerick’s Summer Literary Festival.
These will take place in Plassey House (white House) at UL on Saturday July 19 from 10am to 4pm, and Dominic Taylor of LWC underlines booking in advance and prices are fine, between €10 and €25. You can email [email protected]
Madrid based Limerick poet John Liddy will host the poetry/ creative writing morning slot. His unit is called ‘Exploring the Sacred Heart of Things’, connected to this collection of poetry written by himself.
Paul Lynch, Limerick born and writer of ‘Red Sky in the Morning’ and ‘Black Snow’, ”will help budding authors to find the one key question in their head, hopefully answered, or at least feeling inspired about how to solve it”. 12noon to 2pm.
Finally, the Limerick Verse Writing Workshop will run 2pm to 4pm on July 19 and its subtitle is ‘How to Write a Limerick’. Richard English is facilitator and is a founder member of the Professional Speakers Association.
