Bealtaine Festival, an Age & Opportunity event, is a celebration of the arts and creativity as we age. Although festival organisers had to cancel their live and in-person events this May, they are bringing a taste of the festival to you online for the entire month of May – Bealtaine […]
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Jean Dunne, a Sherkin Island artist, is working with other artists and friends of the Sherkin Island community to help raise funds for Cork Penny Dinners. Jean has created a dedicated page https://thewoolshop.ie/?s=cork&post_type=product on her online wool shop where images of artwork can be bought, with 100 per cent of the profits […]
Earlier this year, LifeFM 93.1, in association with Community Integration Fund launched ‘Hidden Stories’ a new series that will celebrate and showcase the writing of migrants and refugees in Cork. There were many submissions received but due to Covid-19, it was decided to extend that deadline and present for the […]
IndieCork Festival today announced a quarantine film project, designed to get people making creative short films, as lockdown continues. Referencing the famous ‘Dogme 95’ filmmaking movement, who created a ‘Dogme manifesto’ of rules under which films could be shot, the ‘Vow of Quarantine’ asks filmmakers to create 3 minute maximum […]
Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards 2020 are giving young filmmakers a platform to shine as this year’s awards move online due to the current Covid-19 restrictions with Cork girl Demi Isaac Oviawe, star of RTEs ‘The Young Offenders’, hosting this year’s online awards. Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the […]
by Nick Smith Maria Gillen of Cork Yarn Spinners, well known raconteur and winner of the Sean McCarthy 25th Anniversary Story Telling Competition in Finuge, will host a storytelling session for adults tomorrow, Wednesday, May 6, at 4PM. This will take place on Zoom. This makes it possible for people to interact, albeit […]