Tag Archives: James Joyce

ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil: Classically Good Looking

  By Sinead Keogh | April 2, 2011 - 10:44 am | Events, Gigs, Music, The Arts
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While not being mature enough not to think that the word ‘pianist’ deserves a wee giggle every time, we do think we ought to give the nod to the upcoming classical music fest that is the ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil. Happening at the RDS from April 4th - 16th tickets are a fairly fabulous €5 per day and there are a few highlights on the line-up that Culch are hoping to catch. If you’re into strings (who isn’t?) the Aileen Gore Cup is being hotly contested by violinists, cellists, double bassists, harpists and even guitarists on April 14th at 12 and 2pm in the Concert Hall. On the same bat day and same bat channel, the Morris Grant €2,500 bursary (piano) is happening at 7pm. And the piece de resistance, the Gala Concert featuring some of the best of the Feis Ceoil competitors along with The Celtic Tenors, will happen … There’s more →

D’Dead…

  By NaRocRoc | July 1, 2009 - 1:33 pm | Movies & TV, Random Whimsy, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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“Sublime” and “astonishing” are just some of the superlatives that have been used by critics to describe The Dead. An adaptation of the last story from James Joyce’s Dubliners directed in 1987 by John Huston, it is a film that has often been labelled “a masterpiece”. All this week The Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield are screening The Dead. Having heard so much about it over the years without having seen it and with some time to kill yesterday afternoon I thought I’d head along to see what the fuss was all about. The setting for The Dead is an annual New Years Eve party taking place in a grand house in 1904 Dublin. There is much drinking, dancing, carousing, gossiping, and goose carving. Eventually Gretta Conroy, after hearing an old and sad ballad sung by one of the guests, confesses to her husband Gabriel of a long ago love affair … There’s more →