Upcoming Literature Events

Poetry Reading: Ger Reidy & Terry McDonagh (Starting in 1 month) Literature

From: October 7, 2010 20:00 To: October 7, 2010 22:00

Location: Ballina Arts Centre

Poetry Reading: Ger Reidy & Terry McDonaghThursday 7th October, 8pm To celebrate All-Ireland Poetry Day, Ballina Arts Centre is presenting a reading by two of Mayo’s most distinguished poets: Ger Reidy and Terry McDonagh.Both have read at Ballina Arts Centre before, and we are delighted to welcome them back to celebrate the recent publications of collections from each.Ger Reidy was born near Westport in Co. Mayo. His poems have appeared in publications including The Healing Word, Breaking the Skin, Ambit, Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers, Force 10, The Shop, and in 2003 the Moscow poetry journal 'Modern Literature'. His first collection, Pictures ...

Recent Literature Events

Poetry Reading: Chris Agee Literature

From: May 6, 2010 20:00 To: May 6, 2010 22:00

Location: Ballina Arts Centre

Poetry Reading: Chris Agee  Chris Agee was born in 1956 in San Francisco and grew up in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. He attended Harvard University and since 1979 has lived in Ireland. He is the author of three books of poems, In the New Hampshire Woods (The Dedalus Press, 1992), First Light (The Dedalus Press, 2003) and Next to Nothing (Salt, 2009), as well as the editor of Scar on the Stone: Contemporary Poetry from Bosnia (Bloodaxe, 1998, Poetry Society Recommendation), Unfinished Ireland: Essays on Hubert Butler (Irish Pages, 2003) and The New North: Contemporary Poetry from Northern Ireland ...

Bealtaine 2010 Creative Writing Workshop for Older People Literature

From: May 13, 2010 10:30 To: May 13, 2010 12:30

Location: Ballina Arts Centre

Creative Writing workshop with local authors Morag Prunty & Helen Falconer.This two-hour creative writing workshop will focus on memory and how it can be used effectively in creative fiction.Morag Prunty was born in Scotland to Irish parents. She moved to Ireland in 1990 to re-launch Irish Tatler. Her novels are Wild Cats & Colleens/Dancing with Mules (2001); Disco Daddy (2002); Poison Arrows (2003); Superstar Lovers (2004). She also publishes under the name Kate Kerrigan. As Kate Kerrigan she has published Recipes for a Perfect Marriage (2006); The Miracle of Grace (2007); and Ellis Island (2009). She lives in Mayo. Novelist ...
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Latest News

We have moved - temporarily

September 7, 2009 11:05
Ballina Arts Centre has moved (temporarily) to the Ballina Civic Offices, Arran Place, Ballina (beside Dunnes Stores). This temporary move is to accommodate the redevelopment of our Barrett St. premises.All ...

Ballina Arts Centre Redevelopment Fund

October 20, 2008 10:21
Ballina Arts Centre are currently in the middle of their Redevelopment Fundraising campaign. The campaign is the final piece of the jigsaw in the Centre's efforts to develop the existing ...
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Upcoming Events

  • Printmaking for Adults (Starting in 2 weeks, 2 days) Workshop
    From: September 23, 2010 10:30 to: September 23, 2010 15:30
    Location: Ballina Arts Centre
    Printmaking for Adults, with Marianne Heemskerk This two-day series of printmaking workshops for adults is aimed at beginners and the more experienced. Participants will – under the guidance of Marianne Heemskerk ... more
  • Culture Night (Starting in 2 weeks, 3 days) Workshop
    From: September 24, 2010 18:30 to: September 24, 2010 22:00
    Location: Ballina Arts Centre
    Culture Night @ Ballina Arts Centre6.30 – 10pm  Culture Night @ Ballina Arts Centre Shortscreen CinemaA number of short films will be shown from 6.30-9.30pm on Culture Night. Viewers can ... more
  • Printmaking for Adults (Starting in 3 weeks, 2 days) Workshop
    From: September 30, 2010 10:30 to: September 30, 2010 15:30
    Location: Ballina Arts Centre
    Printmaking for Adults, with Marianne Heemskerk This two-day series of printmaking workshops for adults is aimed at beginners and the more experienced. Participants will – under the guidance of Marianne Heemskerk ... more
  • Adoration (Starting in 4 weeks) Film
    From: October 5, 2010 20:00 to: October 5, 2010 22:00
    Location: Ballina Arts Centre
    Adoration (Dir: Atom Egoyan, Canada, 2008)An ancient news story takes on new viral life after a teenager transforms a simple translation exercise into a riveting narrative about his own dead ... more

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