Free gigs for Poetry Day Thursday 27

Dr Oscar Mascarenas and Stephen Boyland

MARKING your card here for interesting stuff tiered around Thursday April 27, Poetry Day Ireland,ย bringing to a close this month of performance to do with the written and spoken word.

Itโ€™s going to be a day of decent pickings for anyone interested in enjoying part-taking of the following:

ยท A lunchtime recital. Local and visiting poets are invited to read their work at Glin Library. Free in at 1pm.

ยท We are told that a poetry reading venue is one that provides โ€œboth solace and resistanceโ€. At โ€˜The Imperfect is our Paradiseโ€™, find yourself in a place that โ€œallows for another and different way of thinkingโ€.

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Presented by Limerick Writersโ€™ Centre at the Hunt Museum, 1pm.

ยท Poet and performer Dr ร“scar Mascareรฑas (Mexico/ Ireland) and voice artist Steve Boyland (Liverpool) will read and perform to celebrate Poetry Day. He will also open โ€˜Reconstructing Memoryโ€™, โ€œa multifaceted exploration of approaches to death in Mexican and Irish cultures by Clea Van der Grijn. Limerick City Gallery of Art, Pery Sq at 6pm.