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By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford businesses make it their business to become more Age Friendly

Currently there are over 1 million older people (65+) living and shopping in Ireland, with this number set to increase by 50% by 2051. 

With older people accounting for 50% of consumer spending, Waterford Age Friendly Alliance, in association with Waterford and Dungarvan Chambers of Commerce is preparing an Age Friendly Business Recognition Charter programme.  The programme is designed to assist local businesses adopt an inclusive retail strategy to ensure their customers’ experience is pleasant and comfortable.

According to Kevin Moynihan, Waterford Age Friendly Programme Manager with Waterford City and County Council, the Charter clearly identifies the businesses that not only value to custom of older customers, but are working to create an inclusive and enjoyable consumer experience.

To become certified as an Age Friendly Business, Kevin outlines the steps involved for any business that is interested in partaking in the programme.

“Firstly, each business should nominate a staff member to act as a champion for age-friendliness.  That ‘champion’ will then participate in the Age Friendly Business online workshops to develop ideas and a roadmap to becoming more equitable and inclusive.  Collaboration with older customers is also paramount to find out what they want, what can be improved and how the business can become a more welcoming environment for them.”

Once these actions are implemented, the business will receive its Age Friendly Business Charter.

If you are interested in participating and helping to make Waterford a great place to live and grow older in, an Age Friendly Business Workshop takes place via Zoom at 10am, Thursday, October 28th. 

To receive a link to the workshop, email kmoynihan@waterfordcouncil.ie or to find out more about the Age Friendly Initiative visit www.agefriendlyireland.ie

By Waterford City & County Council

2022 Arts Practice and Venue Grant applications close this Friday, 8th October

The application process for the 2022 Arts Practice and Venue Grants, which has been open since the beginning of September, is due to close on Friday 8th October.

The grants offer a fantastic and unique opportunity for people involved in the arts to avail of funding from the Arts Office of Waterford City & County Council.

Who can apply you might ask? Well, there are three different categories of grants from which funding will be awarded to. Firstly, professional and amateur organisations and individuals are invited to send in an application. Secondly, individuals or groups involved in rural arts networking can apply to avail of funding. And finally, playwrights and producers or screenwriters and producers are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be based within Waterford City and County’s administrative area and the project has to have some public manifestation within Waterford.

Specific criteria regarding who can qualify for grant aid can be found on www.waterfordarts.com, under the 2022 Arts Grants Guidelines and the Waterford Arts Strategy 2016-2021. Applicants must read these documents to ascertain if they are suitable candidates for grant aid. The links to the relevant application forms can also be found here. Applications will only be accepted via the on line application process. The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday the 8th of October 2021 at 5p.m, but it is advised that you send in your application at least two days before the deadline.

The arts office have incorporated a transparent, detailed marking system in the application process so that applicants are able to see the marks for the individual areas from which they will be adjudicated. It is also advised that the maximum grant you can apply for is €6,500.

Please note that individuals applying for grants are required to be registered members of Artlinks. If you are not already registered, you can do so by contacting Margaret Organ, morgan@waterfordcouncil.ie, with ‘Artlinks’ in the subject matter box. For any further queries relating to the grants, you can contact 076-1102983.

By Waterford City & County Council

New Festival & Event Funding Policy adopted by Waterford City & County Council /RÁITEAS NUACHTA Polasaí Nua do Mhaoiniú Féilte & Imeachtaí glactha ag Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge

At the September meeting of the Plenary Council, Waterford City & County Council adopted a new Festival & Event Funding Policy which will help ensure that funding will be available to help events across Waterford to develop and grow and to ensure that Waterford continues to be the best place to live in Ireland.

The policy, which identifies a number of flagship festivals for Waterford, will put larger scale events on a surer footing by committing to three years funding.  This commitment by the Council will put these events, which attract regional and national audiences to Waterford, in a stronger position to secure acts and artists of a calibre that will raise both their and Waterford’s profile nationally and internationally.

Under the new policy, training will be provided to all event organisers to help them develop their event and create opportunities for existing events to grow and for new events to become established.  Details of the training will be advertised on Waterford Council’s social media in the coming weeks.

Festival and event organisers across Waterford are now being encouraged to apply for funding for events to be held in 2022.  Applications can be submitted online from October 5th at www.waterfordfestivals.ie and the closing date for applications is Sunday, November 7th

A helpline will be open from Wednesday, October 6th to Friday, November 5th to answer any queries relating to the application process – 0761 10 2169.

Waterford City & County Council’s Festival & Event Funding Policy is available at www.waterfordcouncil.ie.

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RÁITEAS NUACHTA Polasaí Nua do Mhaoiniú Féilte & Imeachtaí glactha ag Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge

Ag cruinniú Meán Fómhair de chuid an Chomhairle Iomlánach, ghlac Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge le Polasaí Nua do Mhaoiniú Féilte & Imeachtaí, a chinnteoidh go mbeidh maoiniú ar fáil chun cabhrú le himeachtaí ar fud Phort Láirge forbairt agus fás agus chun a chinntiú go mbeidh Port Láirge fós mar an áit is fearr le maireachtáil in Éirinn.

Aithníonn an Polasaí roinnt phríomh-fhéilte i bPort Láirge, agus cuireann sé bonn níos láidre faoi imeachtaí ar scála mór trí mhaoiniú a ghealladh do thréimhse trí bliana.  Leis an tiomantas seo ón gComhairle beidh na himeachtaí seo, a mheallann lucht féachana réigiúnach agus náisiúnta go dtí Port Láirge, i staid níos fearr chun grúpaí agus ealaíontóirí d’ardchaighdeán a fháil, rud a chuirfidh le próifíl na n-imeachtaí agus próifíl Phort Láirge go náisiúnta agus go hidirnáisiúnta.

Faoin bpolasáí nua, cuirfear oiliúint ar fáil d’eagraithe na n-imeachtaí chun cabhrú leo a gcuid imeachtaí a fhorbairt agus chun deis a thabhairt d’imeachtaí reatha fás agus d’imeachtaí nua teacht ar an bhfód.  Fógrófar sonraí na hoiliúna ar mheáin shóisialta Chomhairle Phort Láirge sna seachtainí amach romhainn.

Tá eagraithe féilte agus imeachtaí ar fud Phort Láirge á spreagadh anois chun cur isteach ar mhaoiniú d’imeachtaí a bheidh ag dul ar aghaidh i 2022.

Is féidir iarratais a chur ar aghaidh ar líne ón 5 Deireadh Fómhair ag www.waterfordfestivals.ie agus is é an Domhnach, 7 Samhain an dáta deiridh le haghaidh iarratais.  Beidh líne chabhrach oscailte ón 6 Deireadh Fómhair go dtí an 5 Samhain chun ceisteanna maidir leis an bpróiseas iarratais a fhreagairt – 0761 10 2169.

Tá Polasaí Maoinithe d’Fhéilte & d’Imeachtaí Chomhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge ar fáil ag www.waterfordcouncil.ie.

 

Teagmhálaí:

Lisa Grant

Oifigeach Forbartha Eacnamaíoch

087/2124242

lgrant@waterfordcouncil.ie

 

 

By Waterford City & County Council

Last Two Weeks f Light And Language At Lismore Castle Arts

Lismore Castle Arts presents Light and Language.
Curated by Lisa Le Feuvre.
Artist Nancy Holt with A.K Burns, Matthew Day Jackson, Dennis McNulty, Charlotte Moth and Katie Paterson.

Gallery open Monday to Sunday 10:30 am to 5:30 pm

The artist Nancy Holt is at center of Light and Language. Nancy Holt (1938-2014) was an artist who rethought the limits and the possibilities of art. She was a key member of the Earth, Land and Conceptual art movements, an important female voice in the groundbreaking 1960s and 70s New York art scene. For five decades she asked difficult questions about how we might try to understand our place in the world. Holt’s art continues to inspire and recalibrate the possibilities of what art can be, and where it can be found.

Light and Language invites the artists A.K. Burns, Matthew Day Jackson, Dennis McNulty, Charlotte Moth, and Katie Paterson to explore ideas of light and language alongside Nancy Holt. This is the first time Holt’s work has been seen with twenty-first-century artists drawing from her legacies. The exhibition takes place at Lismore Castle Arts, one of Ireland’s leading spaces for experimental contemporary art. It stretches from Lismore Castle’s gallery spaces, through the castle gardens, into the surrounding everyday life of the town of Lismore.

The six artists in Light and Language pay attention to the structures and perceptions of light and language. At the center is Holt’s room-sized installation Electrical System (1982), presented for the first time in more than three decades. Formed of over one-hundred glowing light bulbs, Electrical System is an example of Holt’s innovative ‘system sculptures’ that make the facts of architecture visible. Holt described that these “sculptures are exposed fragments of vast hidden systems, they are part of open-ended systems, part of the world.”

For more info click here.

Admission: Garden and Gallery €8.50 Adults / €6.50 Child
Free for members.

Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Co. Waterford
Web: https://lismorecastlearts.ie/

By Waterford City & County Council

Great Calligraphy Festival Celebrating the Art of Writing in Waterford

During lockdown the Waterford Great Parchment Book (1356-1649) was chosen for inclusion in the prestigious Irish Script on Screen project and now all 450 pages are available worldwide on www.isos.dias.ie.

To celebrate Waterford Treasures wanted to have a Great Calligraphy Festival, Celebrating the Art of Writing in Waterford.  Thanks to funding from Creative Ireland/ Waterford this has come to fruition and Waterford Treasures will also put a ‘Turning the Page’ interactive into the gallery where the Book is displayed, with translations, thanks to the late Dr Niall Byrne and his family.

The Great Calligraphy Festival, Celebrating the Art of Writing in Waterford will be both online and in-person.  Videos, tutorials and inspirational pieces by the world famous calligrapher Denis Brown are available on Waterford Treasures YouTube channel and other social media.  Exploring the Great Parchment Book and teaching about writing and book production,  Denis will also teach Gothic script, the one used in the Parchment Book and a small number of people will participate in an in-person workshop on 23rd September.

Rosemary Ryan of Waterford Treasures commented, ‘The Waterford Great Parchment Book is a unique source for how a great medieval city operated in the Middle Ages.  Thanks to funding by Creative Ireland/Waterford we can now explore its content and actual production. Who actually were the guys who did the writing?  Since they couldn’t buy online or in the stationery shop how did they get their ink and quills and vellum?  The Book is now online thanks to the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies and our Festival will celebrate the Art of Writing in Waterford.  Please join us!’

The Great Parchment Book is a Waterford Council record and covers 300 years in Waterford’s story 1356-1649, ending abruptly with Oliver Cromwell at the gates.  It is written in Latin, French and English and is the earliest use of English for city records in Ireland.  From it we learn lots of vivid detail of life in medieval Waterford, for example that plague killed 2,256 people in the year September 1603 to September 1604.  August was a particularly bad month with 116 deaths weekly.   The city officials realised that the disease was being spread by soldiers of the garrison, who were raiding the houses of the dead at night to steal their clothes and goods. The successful measures enacted to stop this pilfering make fascinating reading.

Rosemary added, ‘We would love the whole of Waterford to be writing together…students, schools, Friends of the Museum, graphic companies, would-be calligraphers everywhere, to celebrate the Art of Writing in Waterford.  Any self-respecting Goth needs to be able to write in Gothic script!  Sharpen up your quills, make your ink, purchase your parchment, and make your mark!  Learning to write is an amazing achievement!  We may not write as much as we used to but we are still very influenced by scripts, fonts, and typefaces.  Before Gutenberg’s printing press in Europe about AD1450 they had to handwrite every document and book.  Printing changed the world!’

By Waterford City & County Council

Positive Ageing Week – events for all

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Monday 27th September, 10:30 am

Walk and talk with tutors with tea/coffee Waterford Sports Partnership Cappoquin GAA club Book here Positive Ageing Week – Walk & Talk Cappoquin Tickets, Mon 27 Sep 2021 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

Monday 27th September, 12 Noon

Holistic Approach to wellness – Looking at and identifying all the components of your well being.

Millennium Park, Lismore – No booking required. Tel 089 491 7360

Tuesday 28th September, 10:30 am

Walk and talk with tutors with tea/coffee Waterford Sports Partnership Walton Park, Dungarvan X35 XT38 Book here Positive Ageing Week – Walk and Talk Dungarvan Tickets, Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

Tuesday 28th September, 1pm

Tennis – 1 hour taster session delivered by professional coach
Lismore Tennis Club P51 TX38

Positive Ageing Week – Try Tennis Tickets, Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 13:00 | Eventbrite

Tuesday 28th September, 3 pm

Talk on the Power of Attorney by Eamon Quinlan, Law Graduate https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87487961839?pwd=Vi9BeEthbGZJd1RQT1g3OFFqT1A2QT09

Meeting ID: 874 8796 1839
Passcode: 363430

Tuesday 28th September, 3pm

Guided Tour to the Heritage of Portlaw, Portlaw Heritage Centre

Waterford Sports Partnership Positive Ageing Week – Guided Tour of Portlaw Heritage Tickets, Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 15:00 | Eventbrite

Wednesday 29th September, 10:30 am

Stradbally Village – Walk and talk with tutors with tea/coffee Waterford Sports Partnership
Book here Positive Ageing Week – Walk & Talk Stradbally Tickets, Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

Wednesday 29th September, 11am

Indoor virtual tour of Lismore Castle
Lismore Heritage Centre P51 TP26 Waterford Sports Partnership Positive Ageing Week – Lismore Town guided tour Tickets, Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 11:00 | Eventbrite

Wednesday 29th September, 2pm

Walk around Lismore with a guide
Lismore Heritage Centre P51 TP26 Positive Ageing Week – Lismore Town guided tour Tickets, Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Wednesday 29th September, 3pm

Mindfulness Journaling – virtual event
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81591815964?pwd=cGdocVBBME1iMkNKT3RhOGM4Q0JOdz09

Meeting ID: 815 9181 5964
Passcode: 509419

Thursday 30th September, 10am
Tea and a talk by Julian Walton at Dunhill Education Centre followed by a Guided Walk in the Ann Valley, Dunhill Multi Education Centre X91 FVF9

Phone 051 396 934 to book

Thursday 30th September, 2pm

Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Garden Guided Tour, Tramore X91 DE48

Positive Ageing Week – Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Garden Guided Tour Tickets, Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 15:00 | Eventbrite

Thursday 30th September, 10:30am

Walk and talk with tutors with tea/coffee Waterford Sports Partnership

Waterford Nature Park Waterford Sports Partnership Positive Ageing Week – Walk & Talk Waterford Tickets, Thu 30 Sep 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Thursday 30th September, 12:15pm

Holistic Approach to Wellness – Looking at and identifying all the components of your well being.  Bandstand Waterford People’s Park.

No Booking required Tel 089 491 7360

Thursday 30th September, 4:15 pm

Virtual Concert by the fire – Music, song & spoken word Email jloughran@waterfordcouncil.ie for link

Thursday 30th September, 3pm

Over 50 Thinking of Setting up your own Business? Get your questions answered by David Walsh, Business Advisor, Waterford Local Enterprise Office.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71164566820?pwd=QlBvSHJRM0gxaGk0dHdPSjdjME9hZz09

Meeting ID: 711 6456 6820
Passcode: 9XUiGM

Friday 1st October, 10am

Come and Try a Bowling Taster Session – Dungarvan Causeway Bowls Club X35 XT38 Positive Ageing Week – Try Lawn Bowling Tickets, Fri 1 Oct 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Friday 1st October, 2pm

Afternoon of Nostalgia A Documentary Film about St John’s Park, Waterford’s first major Housing estate. Plus Presentation by Waterford Social Prescribing Service

Butler Community Centre X91 FEP4

Book tickets through Sacred Heart FRC 051 306 728

By Waterford City & County Council

Winner of  the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2021 announced

The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce that the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2021 is Patrick Holloway, Carrigaline, Co. Cork.

Patrick is a writer of stories and poems. He was the winner of Headstuff’s Poem of the year and Caring for Carers Poetry Contest. He took second place in the Raymond Carver Contest, the Irish Times Travel Writing Award, and the RTE/Penguin Short Story Competition. He has been placed and shortlisted for the Allingham Fiction Contest, Allingham Poetry Contest, Bath Short Story Prize, Moth Short Story Prize, Dermot Healy Poetry Prize, The Bridport Prize. He was a finalist for the prestigious Alpine Writing Fellowship and was Highly Commended for the Manchester Fiction Prize. His writing has appeared in Carve, Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, Poetry Ireland Review, The Illanot Review, The Moth, Overland, The Lonely Crowd, Southword, among others.

His story ‘The Paradox of Remembering ’ is the twenty-fourth winner of the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award run by Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office with support from the Arts Council and by kind permission of the Keane family with an award of €500.

You can view a reading of the winning story online Waterford In Your Pocket on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WaterfordIYP or YouTube which was broadcast live as part of Culture Day/Night celebrations at 1.30 pm on Friday 17th September.

Margaret Organ, Arts Officer thanked all the entrants and judges for their work. She said that the feedback from the adjudicators was that the standard of stories was particularly high this year. The next significant literature event in Waterford’s calendar is the Waterford Writers Weekend from October 21st to 24th 2021.

By Waterford City & County Council

Interpretation Plan for Waterford Medieval City Walls commissioned

Waterford City and County Council has commissioned an Interpretation Plan for the Waterford Medieval City Walls and is inviting input from members of the public.

Pictured are Cllr. Seanie Power Deputy Mayor, James Hennessey of Paul Hogart & Co, Rose Ryall Conservation officer and Eamonn McEneany is Waterford’s city historian and the Director of the Waterford Treasures Museum. Pictures: Patrick Browne

The Medieval City Walls and Towers form a prominent landmark that influence the character of Waterford, while also providing a tangible link to the story of Ireland’s first city. However, at present there is very little interpretation of the Walls and Towers, their significance and the stories associated with them.

The Interpretation Plan has been made possible with funding from The Heritage Council and its preparation will take place over the months of September and October.  It will involve a review of existing interpretation followed by the development of strategies and themes to imaginatively communicate the importance of the medieval walls with the public, both locals and visitors alike.

Welcoming the plan, Deputy Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Seanie Power said, “The medieval walls are such an integral part of our city and this important initiative will play a key role in elevating their status as part of the visitor offer. This project complements the continued programme of investment in Waterford City Centre and we look forward to seeing its recommendations later in the year.”

The plan is being prepared by a consultancy team led The Paul Hogarth Company, bringing with them extensive experience of innovative interpretation and public realm projects across Ireland.

The team would like to hear from members of the public about the relationship they have with Waterford City’s medieval walls.   An online public survey has been published and can be completed by Monday, September 27th.

Director James Hennessey said, “We are delighted to be working in Waterford City on this project to help bring the wonderful medieval walls to life.  We very much hope that the people of the city and beyond will join us in this process, sharing what the walls mean to them and the many stories that they hold”.

The online survey can be found on the website and social media accounts of Waterford City and County Council, or by following this link https://awqaw573pjr.typeform.com/Waterford

By Waterford City & County Council

Immerse yourself in Culture Night 2021 I Bígí linn d’Oíche Chultúir 2021

Celebrating the arts, creativity, cultural diversity, Culture Night 2021 takes place on Friday, September 17th with a full and varied programme showcasing Waterford’s history and culture through music, art and storytelling!

The sixteenth edition of Culture Night continues to promote Ireland’s rich and vibrant culture as an integral part of our everyday lives.

Waterford City and County Council, in association with the Arts Council has programmed a night of culture that is sure to appeal to all.  With all events free of charge, booking is advised to avoid disappointment.

One of the many events taking place in Waterford on Culture Night is free tours of Ireland’s newest museums, the Irish Museum of Time, a fitting home for the finest collection of Irish timepieces in the world and the Irish Silver Museum, which houses one of the largest collections of silver worldwide.

Freestyle Friday at Hanover Street is an initiative headed by Youth Arts Live.  An evening of off-the-bat, spontaneous music and rap, artists will be paired together, none of them having any idea who they will be with! So come along for some free styling shenanigans and a host of local Waterford talent including Izzy Tiernan, David Bejelac, Ash Lawlor and Oran Byrne.

From 5pm to 9pm O’Connell Street will be filled with live music performed by exciting young artists, APM , AKari, B2B, Damo and McCarthy, while live Big Bands will perform in the Viking Triangle from 6pm to 9pm.

The Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge committee is organising Seal le Seanchaí, an on-line evening of story-telling and lore, both old and new, featuring local seanchaí, Séamus Ó Lonáin as master of ceremonies, along with local storytellers Liam Suipéil and Déuglán Turraoin. This bilingual event takes place at 7pm and places must be booked in advance by e-mailing cabrini@glornangael.ie.

In association with Poetry Town, Dungarvan there will be an online broadcast of Áine Uí Fhoghlú’s newly commissioned poem for the town, filmed by Cormorant Films at 6.30pm.  Tannoy Takeover with poets Colette Colfer, Frank Farrelly and Lani O’Hanlon will be taking place in Garvey’s SuperValu from 5.30pm, while outside the Old Market House Arts Centre people can see ‘Culture Night Lights’ a sculptural light installation by students of Ard Scoil na nDéise.

Duo Frizzante is Cathy Desmond and Marian Ingoldsby and they will present a tea time serenade in Tramore, with a selection of popular and nostalgic melodies from across the decades on violin and keyboard at Lafcadio Hearne Japanese Gardens at 3pm and Lower Main Street at 4.30pm.  The selection will include repertoire from Marian’s debut album ‘When Words Fail’.

Join environmental artist Sean Corcoran on Culture Night for a unique experience on The Copper Coast, Nature Immersive at Nightfall. This is an opportunity to challenge your senses and absorb your surroundings as the tide and light shifts around you.

Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) will celebrate Culture Night 2021 by bringing live music to the grounds of University Hospital Waterford (UHW) between 6pm and 7.30pm.  This special acoustic session will be provided by WHAT’s Healing Sounds team of musicians, Liam Merriman, Eoin O Meachair, Alan Browne, Michelle Haberlin, and Liam Kavanagh.

For further information about all of the great free events taking place in Waterford for Culture Night 2021 visit www.waterfordarts.com or email culturenightwaterford@gmail.com

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Bígí linn d’Oíche Chultúir 2021

Beidh Oíche Chultúir ar siúl ar an Aoine, 17 Meán Fómhair, nuair a dhéanfar ceiliúradh ar na healaíona, an chruthaitheacht agus an éagsúlacht chultúrtha le clár iomlán agus éagsúil, a chuirfidh stair agus cultúr Phort Láirge i láthair trí cheol, ealaín agus scéalaíocht!

Seo í an sé bhliain déag d’Oíche Chultúir, a chuireann cultúr saibhir agus spleodrach na hÉireann chun cinn mar chuid dhílis dár saol laethúil.

Tá Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge, i gcomhar leis an gComhairle Ealaíon, tar éis oíche de chultúr a chur le chéile a mheallfaidh gach duine.  Tá gach rud saor in aisce, mar sin moltar duit áit a chur in áirithe roimh ré ionas nach mbeidh díomá ort.

I measc na n-imeachtaí a bheidh ar siúl i bPort Láirge le linn Oíche Chultúir, beidh camchuairteanna saor in aisce thart ar an músaem úr, an Músaem Ama, áit a bhfuil an bailiúchán is fearr ar domhan de chloig agus d’uaireadóirí Éireannacha, agus ar Mhúsaem Airgid na hÉireann, ina bhfuil ceann des na bailiúcháin is mó d’earraí airgid ar domhan.

Tionscnamh de chuid Youth Arts Live is ea ‘Freestyle Friday’, a bheidh ar siúl ar Shráid Hanover. Tráthnóna de cheol agus rap-cheol ar an bpointe boise, gan choinne a bheidh ann, áit a mbeidh ealaíontóirí ag obair i mbeirteanna, gan aon tuairim acu roimh ré cé leis a mbeidh siad curtha! Mar sin, bígí ann do spraoi saorstíle le scata mór de scoth-oirfidigh an cheantair, ina measc Izzy Tiernan, David Bejelac, Ash Lawlor agus Oran Byrne.

Ó 5.00-9.00i.n. beidh Sráid Uí Chonaill lán de cheol beo ó ealaíontóirí óga ar nós APM, AKari, B2B, Damo & McCarthy, fad is a mbeidh Bannaí Móra ag seinnt beo sa Triantán Lochlannach óna 6-9.00i.n.

Beidh Seal le Seanchaí, oíche scéalaíochta agus seanchais eagraithe ag Coiste Dhún Garbhán le Gaeilge, ar siúl ar líne leis an seanchaí áitiúil, Séamus Ó Lonáin mar Fhear a’ Tí, in éineacht lena chomhbhádóirí ón gceantar, Liam Suipéil agus Deuglán Turraoin. Beidh sé ar siúl ar a 7.00i.n. agus is gá spás a chur in áirithe roimh ré trí theachtaireacht a sheoladh chuig cabrini@glornangael.ie. I gcomhar le Dún Garbhán mar Bhaile Éigse, craolfar dán nua-choimisiúnaithe a scríobh Áine Uí Fhoghlú don mbaile ar líne ag a 6.30i.n., scannánaithe ag Cormorant Films. Beidh ‘Tannoy Takeover’ ar siúl i Garvey’s Supervalu óna 5.30i.n. leis na filí Colette Colfer, Frank Farrelly agus Lani O’Hanlon agus beidh daoine in ann ‘Soilse Oíche Chultúir’, suiteán solais dealbhóireachta ó dhaltaí Ard Scoil na nDéise, a fheiscint lasmuigh d’Ionad Ealaíon Seanteach an Mhargaidh.

Cuirfidh Duo Frizzante, siad san Cathy Desmond agus Marian Ingoldsby, saranáid am tae ar siúl sa Trá Mhór, le rogha d’fhoinn is mó a thaitníonn le daoine agus foinn chumhacha ar an veidhlín agus an méarchlár i nGairdíní Seapánacha Lafcadio Hearne ar a 3.00i.n. agus ar an bPríomhshráid Íochtarach ar a 4.30i.n.  I measc an rogha ceoil beidh píosaí ó chéad albam Marian, ‘When Words Fail’.

Bí i dteannta an ealaíontóir comhshaoil, Seán Corcorcan ar Oíche Chultúir d’eispéireas faoi leith ar an gCósta Copair, Tumtha sa Nádúr ag Titim na hOíche. Seo seans duit dúshlán a thabhairt dos na céadfaí agus tú ag sú isteach an dúiche mórthimpeall ort de réir mar a bhogann an taoide agus an solas thart ort.

Beidh Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) ag ceiliúradh Oíche Chultúir trí cheol beo a chur ar fáil ar thailte Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Port Láirge idir 6.00i.n. agus 7.30i.n. Cuirfidh foireann cheoltóirí WHAT, Liam Merriman, Eoin Ó Meachair, Alan Browne, Michelle Haberlin agus Liam Kavanagh, an seisiún éisteachta speisialta seo ar fáil.

Is féidir a thuilleadh eolais maidir leis na himeachtaí saor in aisce seo i bPort Láirge d’Oíche Chultúir 2021 a fháil ar shuíomh idirlíon www.waterfordarts.com nó seol r-phost chuig culturenightwaterford@gmail.com

 

By Waterford City & County Council

Culture Night Waterford 2021

The sixteenth edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday 17th September 2021.

Culture Night / Oíche Chultúirit is a national moment, celebrating all that makes up the richness and diversity of culture in Ireland today, connecting people to cultural activities locally and nationally and aims to open up pathways to ongoing engagement.

#Waterford will celebrate Culture Night with the following events:

WATERFORD CITY
Free tours to the new City Museums …

The Irish Museum of Time

The Silver Museum

Live music in O’Connell Street
Featuring APM , AKari, B2B, Damo and McCarthy from 5 pm to 9 pm

Freestyle Friday
Hanover Street, 17 Sept 2021 from 5-7pm. Introducing Izzy Tiernan, David Bejelac, Ash Lawlor and Oran Byrne.

An initiative headed b Youth Arts Live, an evening of off-the-bat, spontaneous music and rap. The artists playing will be paired together, none of them having any idea who they will be with! So come along for some free styling shenanigans and a heap of local Waterford talent.

Music: The Beat of the Land
Hanover Street, 9:30 pm. Tickets free, limited capacity

Hip-Hop Session
Wyse Park, John Lane, Waterford City.
Entry €5. Gates open 6:30 pm
Featuring: GI x SD96, Cal Pacino, Sinister Valley and The BallyBoyz

Our City of Music
Constitution Square, Menapia Building, Bishops Palace, Bailey’s New Street from 6pm

DUNGARVAN
The Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge committee would like to invite you to join us online for Seal le Seanchaí, a night of story-telling and lore, both old and new, from Co Waterford. Local Seanchaí, Séamus Ó Lonáin will be Storytelling: Seanchaí Ar Líne ar ais d’Oíche Chultúir 2021 le Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge the master of ceremonies and local storytellers Liam Suipéil & Déuglán Turraoin will be there as well. To register, contact cabrini@glornangael.ie in advance.

TRAMORE
Duo Frizzante, 4-6 pm –outdoor locations to be confirmed

Cathy Desmond and Marian Ingoldsby will present a tea time serenade -a selection of popular salon favourites on violin and keyboard at locations in Tramore to be 4pm -6pm. The selection will include repertoire from Marian’s debut album ‘When Words Fail’. They will present their diverse blend of classical, jazz and trad at various outdoor locations in Tramore.

Waterford Libraries and Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens are teaming up for Culture Night.

Cathy Desmond  (violin) and Marian Ingoldsby (keyboard) join forces to present a programme of popular and nostalgic melodies from across the decades. The salon selection will include classical favourites, Neapolitan songs and Irish airs Marian and  Cathy first collaborated for performances at previous Culture Nights at Greyfriars Gallery and St. Patrick’s Gateway.

Times and Venues: Lafcadio Hearne Japanese Gardens at 3pm and Lr Main St at 4.30pm

Book your place for this free event contact tmceneaney@waterfordcouncil.ie or phone 0761 10 2844,  text 086 8493877.

COPPER COAST

Nature Immersive at Nightfall

Join environmental artist Sean Corcoran on Culture Night for a unique experience on The Copper Coast. This is an opportunity to challenge your senses and absorb your surroundings as the tide and light shifts around you.

This is a free event but booking in advance is essential. To reserve places please Whatsapp Sean on 087 2524657

More info: https://waterfordarts.com/culture-night-nature-immersive-at-nightfall/

TALLOW

Free Culture Night Event from Brideview Drama in Clancy’s Bar, Tallow, 8pm.

By Waterford City & County Council

Seanchaí Ar Líne ar ais d’Oíche Chultúir 2021 le Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge l Join Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge to celebrate Culture Night 2021 by spending Seal le Seanchaí

Bheadh na múrtha fáilte romhat a bheith linn do Seal le Seanchaí, oíche de sheanchas agus de scéalaíocht ar líne ó Chontae Phort Láirge chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar Oíche Chultúir 2021. Beidh an seanchaí áitiúil, Séamus Ó Lonáin mar fhear an tí agus beidh na seanchaithe Liam Suipéil agus Déuglán Turraoin i láthair chomh maith ar an Aoine, 17 Meán Fómhair ar a 7.00i.n. Tá Seal le Seanchaí á n-eagrú ag Coiste Dhún Garbhán le Gaeilge.

Tá Seal le Seanchaí oscailte d’éinne gur mian leo suí siar agus éisteacht le scéalta agus seanachas, dánta agus amhráin. Chomh maith leis sin, má tá fonn ort féin scéal a insint nó dán nó amhrán a rá ar an oíche, beidh míle fáilte romhat sin a dhéanamh, ach é a chur in iúl dúinn roimh ré. Beidh an imeacht á reáchtáil trí Ghaeilge don chuid is mó, ach beidh roinnt Béarla in úsáid chomh maith ar mhaithe le foghlaimeoirí.

Imeacht saor in aisce is ea é seo, ach tá líon na spásanna teoranta. Mar sin, más suim leat a bheith linn ar Oíche Chultúir ar an Aoine, 17 Meán Fómhair, déan teagmháil le Cabríní de Barra ag cabrini@glornangael.ie chun clárú roimh ré agus seolfaidh Cabríní sonraí an chruinniú Zoom chugat. Buíochas le hOireachtas na Gaeilge as maoiniú achur ar fáil don ócáid seo.

Join Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge to celebrate Culture Night 2021 by spending Seal le Seanchaí

To celebrate Culture Night 2021, the Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge committee would like to invite you to join us online for Seal le Seanchaí, a night of story-telling and lore, both old and new, from Co Waterford. Local Seanchaí, Séamus Ó Lonáin will be the master of ceremonies and local storytellers Liam Suipéil & Déuglán Turraoin will be with us also on Friday night, 17th September at 7 pm.

Seal le Seanchaí is open to anyone who would like to sit back and relax and listen to stories and folklore, poems and songs. However, if you would like to contribute by telling a story, reciting a verse, or singing a song on the night, your contribution will be most welcome, once you let us know beforehand. The event will be mostly in Irish, but with a bit of English used also to help those who are learning the ‘cúpla focal’!

This is a free event, but spaces are limited. Therefore, if you would like to join us for this Culture Night event on Friday the 17th September, please contact Cabríní de Barra at cabrini@glornangael.ie to register in advance and the details of the Zoom meeting will be forwarded to you. The Dún Garbhán le Gaeilge committee would also like to thank Oireachtas na Gaeilge for sponsoring this event.

 

Fáilte roimh óg agus aosta!

By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford Council to Light Up for World Suicide Prevention Day

Waterford City and County Council, in support of Cycle Against Suicide, will light up on World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place on September 10th.

On average one person dies by suicide each day in Ireland.  Cycle Against Suicide, an organisation dedicated to raising public awareness around suicide and lessening the toll suicide places on families and communities, is calling on people and organisations to come together for the Lighting of Lights.

At 8pm, Friday, September 10th Waterford’s City Hall, The Theatre Royal and 35, The Mall will be illuminated in orange, to show support for those in the community who have been impacted by suicide or are struggling with mental health difficulties.

Caroline Lafferty, CEO, Cycle Against Suicide said, “Every suicide destroys families and communities.  September 10th is traditionally marked as a day to honour those who have lost their lives to suicide.”

“Now, in light of Covid-19, the ‘Lighting of Lights’ takes on even greater significance because of the immense toll that the pandemic has taken on people’s physical health and emotional well-being.  I am delighted that Waterford City and County Council will light up in orange on this World Suicide Prevention Day and act as a beacon, shining bright in the midst of darkness, bringing hope in the midst of despair.”

Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Joe Kelly said that the Lighting of Lights will hopefully impact on those who are suffering from mental health difficulties or contemplating suicide.

“Every life lost is someone’s child, partner, parent or friend and the feelings of loss, regret and guilt are profound in the wake of suicide. The last eighteen months have been phenomenally challenging, and while people may feel helpless, there is hope.  The more we stand together, the more we share our experiences and the more we reach out, the more we can change the course of another’s life for the better.”

By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford Libraries host Healthy Ireland Video Series

As part of Healthy Ireland, a Government-led initiative to improve health and wellbeing, Waterford Libraries will host a Healthy Ireland at your Library Video series, placing a focus on prevention, individual awareness and keeping people healthy for longer.

Throughout September, Waterford Libraries will deliver a Healthy Ireland online programme with contributions from healthcare professionals.

Coping with Grief and Loss – September 4th at 11am

Clare McKenna will talk to Mr. Breffni McGuinness, National Bereavement Development Specialist (workplace & community), National Hospice Foundation on coping with grief and loss. This video will be available to view on Waterford City and County Libraries Facebook Page.

Advice for Parents/Guardians of Young Children and Adolescents – September 11th / September 18th at 11am

Clare McKenna will talk to Mr. Peadar Maxwell, Senior Psychologist, HSE on Advice for Parents / Guardians of young children. On Saturday, September 18th at 11am, Mr. Peader Maxwell will discuss advice for parents / guardians of adolescents. These videos will be available to view on Waterford City and County Libraries Facebook Page.

Emotional Eating – September 25th at 11am

Clare McKenna will talk to Dr. Mary Hynes, Senior Psychologist, HSE on Emotional Eating.  This video will be available to view on Waterford City and County Libraries Facebook Page.

For further information visit www.waterfordlibraries.ie

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About Healthy Ireland at Your Library
Public libraries are currently delivering the nationwide Healthy Ireland at Your Library programme that will establish libraries as a valuable source within the community for health information.

Funding granted by Healthy Ireland has enhanced health and wellbeing book collections, and provides for staff training and events.

The Healthy Ireland at Your Library programme will continue to build on this and contribute to improving the health, wellbeing, and overall quality of life of communities and individuals at all life stages.

By Waterford City & County Council

Poetry Town – Dungarvan

As part of POETRY TOWN – DUNGARVAN, the Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is now inviting applications from adults who would like to attend  ‘A bud in the forest at midnight’  Poetry as Meditation with Lani O’ Hanlon.

There are two available online sessions via zoom on Tuesday 14th September at 7pm and on Wednesday 15th September at 11am. Each session will last for approximately one hour and are free of charge to selected applicants.

If you are interested in participating in this meditation based poetry session, please email your contact details (including your postal address ) to morgan@waterfordcouncil.ie on or before 12 noon on Monday 6th September 2021.

Please note that places are limited so do not apply unless you can fully commit to attending.

You can indicate if you have a preference for a particular session but we cannot guarantee which one you will be assigned if successful. You can only do one workshop not both (the content is the same in each).  Priority will be given to those resident within Waterford City & County Council’s administrative area. If the amount of applications for each session exceeds available places, then places will be assigned by making a draw of those who have submitted their contact details in advance of the deadline. Decisions will issue no later than 10/9/2021.

 

The Russian poet Osip Mendelston believed that poems came to him from sources beyond his own mind. When we read poetry that comes from that place we become alert, still and present. For this hour Lani will explore the landscape of the body, and the landscape around us in Co. Waterford through breath, sound and poetry. Bring a notebook, pen and an open mind.

 

 

 

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