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THIS WEEK IN KILKEE
There is ALWAYS something going on in Kilkee
This Week in Kilkee - NOVEMBER
Scroll through the films, talks music and exhibitions for the Autumn ......There is something for everyone.
Art Exhibition
Kilkee Library
Cultúrlann Sweeney
October 14th- November 16th
Free Entry
All Welcome
Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney Library Gallery is delighted to present ‘A Brush with Nature” an art exhibition by Helen Martin.
Helen Martin is a visual artist based in Co. Clare. After graduating from LCAD she taught art for 35 years in the Irish Education System.
Upon retiring in 2011, Helen concentrated on her love of painting. Oil on canvas is her preferred medium and her representational pieces depict her love of nature and her natural surroundings. This is evident in the vibrancy portrayed in her paintings of landscape, sea, flora and fauna. Helen’s use of brush and pallet knife encourages the viewer to be tactile with her pieces. Helen has had several exhibitions in her native county.
She has also exhibited with Artists Eye on Galway. She has been published in Irish magazines and her work has been sold locally nationally and internationally.
Talk
Kilkee Library
Cultúrlann Sweeney
12 November 2024,
18.00 – 19.30
CAN WE SPEAK WHALE?
Join the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) on November 15th at Cultúrlann Sweeney Theatre, Kilkee, for an evening exploring Ireland’s marine life and conservation efforts with a panel of IWDG experts and volunteers. IWDG was founded in 1990 to establish an All-Ireland sighting and stranding schemeand to campaign for the declaration of Irish territorial waters as a whale and dolphin sanctuary. Since then, the group has grown in numbers to become what is today, a diverse group of people with one thing in common, a passion for whales and dolphins and the marine envirorment.
Film Club
KNEECAP
Kilkee Library
Cultúrlann Sweeney
Nuair a fhágann an chinniúint go gcastar JJ, múinteoir i mBéal Feirste, le Naoise & Liam, beirt a thugann ‘cacamas an tsaoil’ orthu féin, saolaítear grúpa hip hap nach bhfacthas a leithéidriamh roimhe. Agus iad ag rapáil leo ina dteanga dhúchais féin–an Ghaeilge–ní fada, más iontach féin é, go bhfuil siad arthús cadhnaíochta i ngluaiseacht na gCeart Sibhialta leis anteanga a shábháil. Ach tá na póilíní, na paraimíleataigh agusna polaiteoirí le sárú acu ar dtús–dreamanna atá ag iarraidha gcuid dánachta a chur faoi chois. Ach bíonn siad ag tarraingt trioblóide orthu féin chomh maith leis an chur chuige ainrialta atá acu. Scannán uathúil go smior é atá lánle gnéas, drugaí agus hip hap. Is iad baill KNEECAP féin atá imbun aisteoireachta i gcuideachtaMichael Fassbender, aisteoira ainmníodh do Dhuais Acadaimh, agus iad ag seasamh an fhóidar son na gcultúr bundúchasach ar fud an domhain.
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low-life scum’ Naoise & Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first over come police, paramilitaries and politicians trying to silence their defiant sound-whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies. In this fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, KNEECAP play themselves with Academy Award Nominee Michael Fassbender in tow, laying down a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.
Film Club
That They May Face The Rising Sun
Kilkee Library
Cultúrlann Sweeney
Ireland, the 1970s. Joe and Kate Ruttledge return from London to live in a small rural community. They quickly become close friends with many of the older men and women living in the area. Over the course of a year, Joe and Kate grapple with major life decisions, while also witnessing their neighbours’ moments of joy, disappointment, conflict and loss.Based on John McGahern’s final novel and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Pat Collins(Song of Granite), That They May Face The Rising Sun is a beautifully bittersweet portrait of a very particular time and place. It’s a perfectly-observed slice of life-full of humour and warmth, while also tenderly reflecting on the people and traditions that Ireland has lost.
Best Irish Film -Dublin Film Critics’ Circle Awards, DIFF 2024
Kilkee Community Market
Outside the Greyhound Bar
Every Saturday
12.00 - 2.00p.m.
Discover the local talent of artists craftspeople and artisan food producers at the Kilkee community market held each Saturday throughout the Summer months.