Schull is participating in the 2013 Cork County Culture Night this year with an afternoon/evening of cultural events. Wander down the Main Street in Schull and experience first hand the arts of the area. Local artists and performers have come together to create an entertaining and cultural evening on Friday 20 September, 2013.
15.00 Whytes Bookshop will officially launch Alyn Fenn’s beautiful first collection of poetry, ‘The Exit past the Chrysanthemums’.
Leah Maines (Finishing Line Press) says…”Alyn Fenn’s poetry is astonishing….honest and brave. This is poetry for the dark moments of our existence”. Afternoon Tea will be served.‘Husker Du’ An exhibition by Jason Lee
“Memory fills my body as much as blood and bones'”Colm Tóbín from The Testament of Mary. This is the first in the ‘Husker Du’ series of exhibitions by artist, photographer and videographer Jason Lee, jason@jasonxlee.com.Enjoy a live Trad session whilst perusing the photos of Vincent Bourke in his newly opened Gallery.
18.00 – 19.30 Art exhibition – “Into the Blue of the Night”
at The Blue House Gallery, a specially curated exhibition of blue work by the Mizen Artists.20.00 – 21.00. Local performer, Teri Leiber (PlayActing) will read extracts from her upcoming play, “May The Force Be With You. Karen Minihan will also perform a monologue from her alter ego, Eileen. Patricia Coogan O’Dell will be accompanying them with carefully chosen songs. All at The Blue House Gallery.
21.30 til late Music in Hackett’s Bar.