Sharing Stories Website
To view any of the Sharing Stories films please visit www.sharingstories.ie Sharing Stories is a cross-border community film project in County Donegal and Derry City, led by the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny in partnership with the Nerve Centre in Derry~Londonderry. It is funded by the International Fund for Ireland and aims to contribute to positive relationship building and to develop greater understanding and reconciliation between the two main communities (and new migrant communities). The project commenced in October 2009 and...
read moreA Space for Learning (Exhibition)
February 14 – March 16 2012 An exhibition curated by the Irish Architecture Foundation, showcasing a unique collaborative project, which raises public awareness of the importance of school design. During 2010 the IAF placed 120 architects with 90 schools across Ireland to explore educational spaces. 10 teams were selected through a two-stage competition process to create an exhibition to tour to various locations in Ireland during 2010-2012. The models, films, drawings and installations included in the exhibition illustrate the teams’...
read moreGasland (Film Screening)
Thursday, 19 January 2012 7pm Free Admission The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town...
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 – 8pm Brian Finnegan and Aidan O’Rourke, front men with possibly the two most revered bands ever to have thrilled the folk scene, Flook and Lau, join forces with two of the brightest stars in the world of rhythm and accompaniment to travel a daring and innovative new musical path. Aidan O’Rourke has been electrifying audiences across the world these past two years in the company of the mighty Lau who continue to push the frontiers of accoustic music with their creative collective power. His latest...
read moreFidil and Solo Cissokho
Saturday, 28 January 2012 – 8pm Senegal meets Donegal as the young masters of the Donegal tradition – the Fidil trio of Aidan O’Donnell, Ciaran Ó Maonaigh and Damien McGeehan are joined by seventh generation kora player Solo Cissokho – West African troubadour of the unique music of the griots, whose culture was at the heart of the mighty Manding empire that once ruled most of West Africa. Solo is a master of the 22 stringed kora or African harp. Dividing his time between Senegal and Norway, Solo has brought the kora...
read moreScreen Writing Course
creenwriting for Beginners. A Six week course with award-winning filmmaker and writer Orla Walsh. Learn all you need to know to write a great script. All levels welcome. Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny – Every Saturday 1.30pm-4.00pm Starts January 28th 2012. Costs E90.00. Contact Orla (085-1471631) or the Regional Cultural Centre (074-9129186) The course explores screenwriting in its various forms including the short film and feature film. The main aim is to get participants to find the story they want to tell in their own unique...
read moreSarah Savoy and the Francadians
Top Cajun dance band with one foot in the honky tonk and the other in the juke joint! Louisiana-born Sarah Savoy is the eldest daughter of the legendary Marc and Ann Savoy and sister of Wilson Savoy of the Pine Leaf Boys. Kick-ass Cajun of the highest order, this is definitely one for the dancers and lovers of Louisiana music in general. Tickets €12 / €10 Friday, 27 January 2012 - 8pm Box Office through an Grianan Theatre 074 91 20777
read more25th Nov – Film and Digital Media Seminar
Admission is free but prior booking is essential. To book a place simply email jeremyfhoward@gmail.com and request a place. Sharing Stories in a New Media Age, an innovative free one-day event at the Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny next Friday November 25th to coincide with the Sharing Stories exhibition featuring 18 community films from Donegal and Derry. The seminar will highlight how a combination of good storytelling and new media technologies can help individuals and communities to create a greater impact with a larger...
read moreFilm Club (Autumn 2011)
The new season of the Regional Cultural Centre’s Film Club will get underway in September. This time round we are letting YOU pick your favourite films and we will screen as many as we can. People can email a suggestion to me (jeremyfhoward@gmail.com), along with a short paragraph why you love the film so much. Warning: All films screened will have to be introduced to the audience by the selector, so be prepared to stand up and explain your choice! Admission and Membership to this seasons film club is free. Share
read moreJohn Cooper Clarke
In a vain attempt at bourgeois credibility, Manchester’s sharp-dressed, sharp-delivering punk poet Lenny, changed his name to John Cooper Clarke and embarked on a polysyllabic excursion though Thrillsville. Clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of bop. Expect a mix of hilarious anecdotes of life in a Northern town interspersed with machine-gun fast delivery of some of his best poems. ‘If you think poetry is dull and boring, or posh and erudite – you...
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