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Dear friends and colleagues,
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With the onset of autumn and the summer break already behind us, we are delighted to present the latest edition of our Newsletter, providing you with online experiences and activities from Northern Ireland.
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This week we have culture for you to enjoy including a musical exhibition from Omagh’s Ulster American Folk Park, a chance to take a peak inside the big top at the Carnival of Colours Reimagined, as well as podcasts celebrating the achievements of people from across Northern Ireland.
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In addition, we are pleased to bring you ‘Changing the Story’, a series of three online creative writing workshops inspired by outstanding female writers from the Belfast Linen Hall Library’s Collections. The workshops are led by the 2019 EU Prize for Literature winner, Jan Carson, who many of you may remember from previous events in our office.
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Lastly, to celebrate 30 years of Interreg funding, we look back at PEACE IV and INTERREG VA funded projects with the Special EU Programmes Body. As always please do not hesitate to get in contact, we look forward to hearing from you!
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Folk Park Live! Songs of the Settlers
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Snow Water and Ulster American Folk Park have launched ‘Folk Park Live’, a new audio-visual exhibition which takes visitors through a 300 year musical journey of Ulster emigration. The exhibition features local musical talents such as Neil Martin, Jack Warnock, Gemma Bradley, Niall Hanna, Maurice Leyden, Eilidh Patterson, Gareth Dunlop, No Oil Paintings, Cathal Hayden, Mary Dillon and ROE. It is filmed at 12 locations across the Ulster American Folk Park creating a unique musical experience available online and on site.
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This weekend, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September, In Your Space Circus take to the streets of Derry-Londonderry with a range of circus shows and parades as they present ‘Carnival of Colours Reimagined’. For those not able to be there in person, the event will be streamed live. Join in on the action as they invite you to take a peek inside the ‘Big Top’, get a true taste of the circus life or even learn to juggle and enjoy the puppet show.
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Northern Ireland Connections have partnered with the Best of Belfast Podcast to develop a mini-series celebrating the achievements of people from Northern Ireland. The series includes interviews with composer Sheridan Tongue; Professor Philip Hamill from Abu Dhabi University; F1 Engineer Bernadette Collins; Terry Kane from Facebook; Mike Kerr, Managing Director of beIN Asia Pacific; Andi Jarvis from Eximo Marketing; as well as Aerospace Engineer Sinead O’Sullivan. Tune in to hear some of the extraordinary stories of people from Northern Ireland.
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Changing the Story: Writing Workshop with Jan Carson
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Linen Hall Library are hosting ‘Changing the Story’, a series of three online creative writing workshops inspired by outstanding female writers from the Library’s Collections. The series, which is part of the extraORDINARYwomen engagement programme, will run on both the 9th and 16th of September. The workshops will be led by the winner of the 2019 EU Prize for Literature, Jan Carson. Jan visited the Office last year, where she discussed the role of Irish Literature in Turbulent Times. You can sign up for ‘Changing the Story’ by emailing Ciaran McQuillan.
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Celebrate 30 years of Interreg
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Join the Special EU Programmes Body as they celebrate 30 years of successful Interreg funding for projects that positively impact the lives of people living across Northern Ireland, the border counties of Ireland and Scotland. Each day throughout September, SEUPB will showcase a different PEACE IV or INTERREG VA funded project on their Twitter and LinkedIn pages. You can also find out more about both current and past projects on the SEUPB YouTube Channel.
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