Culture, Music — Monday, February 4, 2013 12:51
Quigley Concert: The Brodsky Quartet : Tues 12th Feb
Newry Film Club: Incendies
Saturday, February 2, 2013 22:08
This Wednesday at 7.30 pm in the Arts Centre, Newry Film Club presents their latest offering, the highly-acclaimed film Incendies. A mother’s last wish sends twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. The film tells the powerful and moving story of two young adults’ voyage to the core of deep-rooted [...]
Film Night: The Sea Inside
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 21:00
Our next film is this Wednesday night (9th January) at the usual time of 7.30pm. We are showing the 2004 film “The Sea Inside” (PG 13) starring Javier Bardem. “The Sea Inside” is about the Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his own life with dignity. The film explores Ramón’s relationships with [...]
Mexico of my Heart
Monday, November 5, 2012 16:19
The Newry Chamber Music concert this evening (Quigley Concert) promises to be a very special occasion indeed. It features world-renowned flautist Elena Duran AND international pianist David Owen Norris. The concert (£10) begins at 8.00 pm at the Arts Centre. Be there or you will rue the day you missed the opportunity!
Newry Film Club
Monday, November 5, 2012 15:25
The next film of Newry Film Club is on Wednesday night (7th November) at the usual time of 7.30pm. We are showing ‘The Awakening’, a supernatural thriller directed by Nick Murphy and starring Rebecca Hall and Dominic West. The movie is set in 1921 England where Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) is a published author on supernatural hoaxes who works with [...]
Noble Ploughman: .. end …
Monday, March 26, 2012 13:16
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Michael J MurphySince man first turned the soil with his crude spade, revolutionary changes have merged into a progress which has created new worlds above the soil. But it is still the same soil, and generally speaking producing the same foodstuffs for generally the same purpose. As each scrape rises, [...]
Flog a dead horse
Thursday, January 26, 2012 19:33
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians passed on from generation to generation, and for that matter replicated in various guises in a host of other ancient cultures, advises as follows:
The Fifth of December
Friday, January 20, 2012 8:12
Fear of the Banshee still runs deep in the Irish country psyche.
Saying Mass …
Sunday, June 26, 2011 11:20
As I was saying, the parents knew nothing of the niceties of procedure, etiquette or decorum.
More gypsy tales
Saturday, June 25, 2011 15:43
They had little going for them in the academic field and almost invariably ended up as bottom of the class.