Preview: The Great Natural Resources Debate
On February 25, as the Irish people went to the polls, the outgoing Minister for Energy, Pat Carey, took the decision to sign off on key consents for the last section of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline.
As this work continues, join a panel distinguished Irish and international speakers, chaired by the Irish Times' Fintan O'Toole, as they debate the pros and cons of Ireland's energy policy.
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New Event: Living Colour
The latest addition to this year's Kilkenny Arts Festival is Living Colour an observational documentary exploring the world of an artist's collective based in Callan, Co. Kilkenny.
This is no ordinary artist's collective though as each member has special needs.
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Preview: Body Duet
For over two decades, John Scott's Irish Modern Dance Theatre has been dedicated to producing work that leaves audiences thrilled, even shocked.
By forging relationships with international choreographers and pioneering new forms of expression, IMDT have developed an audience with a curiosity for modern dance in a country better known for its literary traditions and text based drama.
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Win a night’s stay in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel with two tickets to Title & Deed
Having already given away over €350 worth of tickets and prizes, we're delighted to be able to offer our biggest prize to date.
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Preview: Kilkenny 100 Years Ago
According to The Irish Times, the 1911 Census revealed a country "racked by economic hardship, blighted by emigration and in the grip of social upheaval."
Locally, the population of Kilkenny was in serious decline, with nearly 3,500 people from the county emigrating in the first decade of the century.
Who could blame them though when so many of those who stayed behind faced incredibly difficult conditions?
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Preview: The Power of the Object with Fintan O’Toole and Daniel Miller
In a digital world, where the virtual self is as key a component of the psyche as the actual self, what roles do objects have to play.
In this fascinating event, the Irish Time's Fintan O'Toole will be joined by Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture in University College London's Department of Anthropology. Professor Miller specialises in the study of objects but also consumption, media and value.
His recent books include The Comfort of Things, Stuff and Tales from Facebook.
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Kilkenny Arts Festival Reviewers
Earlier this month, we introduced you to the team of blogging ambassadors that have been providing you with up to the minute news, views and previews of the 2011 festival.
Now however, we thought you'd like to get to know the team of reviewers we've assembled to provide reviews of each and every event for the festival's website.
They are as follows:
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Preview: trioVD
You know you're doing something right when The Guardian's John Fordham describes your live show as thus:
"The terrific Leeds-based trioVD followed up with an equally ferocious display, this time a fast, tight and awesomely expert conjunction of spiky high-energy compositions, uninhibited sax and guitar improv and machine-gun drumming."
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Preview: Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
18 months ago, I completed a thesis that revolved around the world of critiquing and the analysis of art.
While researching it, I read lots of books by dead philosophers including the likes of Nietzche, Marx and Gramsci.
I delved into the study of art with gusto and, by the end, found it almost impossible to actually enjoy the art I was experiencing, so obsessed had I become with analysising it.
It's this gulf between the study or art and the enjoyment of it, that New York's Banana Bag & Bodice explore with the excellent Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage.
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Chatting with Josephine Kelliher
As we continue our video chats with this year's festival curators, Josephine Kelliher talks to Ken McGuire and Steven O'Rourke about her background, the theme of this year's Visual Art strand and introduces us to the artists taking part.
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