The Wicklow free event guide.

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Summer seems to be on its last legs, therefore it is time for some indoor activities again. Kinoteka is back again on Tuesday 11 September, with "Down by law" by Jim Jarmusch. This classic of American Independent cinema features three unlikely convicts, played by John Lurie, Tom Waits and (a very young) Roberto Benigni who are locked up in a sweaty prison in New Orleans and decide to escape. This is Jim Jarmusch's international breakthrough, beautifully shot in black-and-white and a very funny take on the buddy/prison escape genre.

Whippersnapper

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Summer seems to be on its last legs, therefore it is time for some indoor activities again. Kinoteka is back again on Tuesday 11 September, with "Down by law" by Jim Jarmusch. This classic of American Independent cinema features three unlikely convicts, played by John Lurie, Tom Waits and (a very young) Roberto Benigni who are locked up in a sweaty prison in New Orleans and decide to escape. This is Jim Jarmusch's international breakthrough, beautifully shot in black-and-white and a very funny take on the buddy/prison escape genre.

Can anyone just turn up on the evening? Do many go? Mostly guys/girls/older etc?

bollinski

yes, you can just turn up, you need to be over 18 as it's in a pub, but it's free and the crowd coming is quite mixed with regards to age, gender, hairstyles.

MyPerfectCousin

Lots of free events on this Friday all over the county.

Wicklow Culture Night programme can be downloaded here:
http://www.secondel.com/securefb/culturenight/docs/Events-2012.pdf

bollinski

Sorry for the late notice, but here it is, film showing tomorrow night:



When Penelope met Javier for the first time, it was on the set of “Jamon, Jamon”. This films gives you all the clichees you can throw at Spain, from the bullfighting to the smoldering beauties to the ham, the passion, the music and the “cojones” and delights in deconstructing them in a smouldering sexy mess. Bigas Lunas delights in analysing class and gender roles and created “A movie that combines lurid melodrama with vast improbabilities, sexy soap opera with heartfelt romance, and cheerful satire with heedless raunch.” (So says Roger Ebert).
9 October, Harbour Bar Bray, 8:30 pm, free as always.
facebook/Kinoteka.Bray for more info

ruthloss

^Lord God!!., would I be able for that.:D

MyPerfectCousin

Oli's Open Mic night is back this week. Friday, October 19th at 9pm sharp, come out to enjoy or make some music and good times. No need to book if you want to play, but it is best to get there early to get on the lineup.

https://www.facebook.com/events/433910813333943/
http://www.oliscoffeehouse.com/

MyPerfectCousin

bollinski

Tuesday, 13 November, 8:30 pm, Harbour Bar, Bray, free as usual

And next Kinoteka screening coming at you faster than a Czech express train. This month it's the excellent “Closely observed trains”. This film is is a Czech classic, a study on laziness, sexual awakening and fighting the Nazis. Central Bohemia, towards the end of World War II: Milos, 18, wants to continue the family tradition of having no ambitions. He becomes an unpaid station assistant apprentice, his main job being waving at trains leaving. Meanwhile, he dreams of losing his virginity. But this proves difficult, as does ignoring the war, as the Germans are retreating and partisans are fighting them. Eventually, Milos manages to meet a woman who will help him with his situation, but this comes at a price…
The pinnacle of Czechoslovak cool, “Closely observed trains” won an Oscar as best foreign film in 1967. But it also proved to be the end of a short period of relative artistic freedom as the Soviet invasion in 1968 crushed all non-conformist endeavours for a while.

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Tuesday, 11 December, 8:30 pm, Harbour Bar Bray, free

The next film is imminent and this is a beautiful one: the world of the fishermen in the Venetian lagoon and life of illegal immigrants come together on the island of Chioggia, in a story of an unlikely friendship. Oh, and it's an Irish premiere!

A bittersweet story of friendship between two outsiders who have left their homes behind: Shun Li is an illegal Chinese immigrant who works in a bar on an island in the Venetian Lagoon, trying to make money to bring her son to Italy. Bepo, called the poet, left his native Yugoslavia decades ago and became a fisherman on the island. He is a regular at the bar and they become unlikely friends. But their friendship is not accepted by the Chinese and the local community and they threaten to destroy it.

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The classic American take on what life in Ireland is supposed to be like, featuring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Man hides from his past, returns to Ireland, meets woman, complications ensue as does a complicated bar room brawl. If you haven't seen it, you haven't lived obviously.

Tuesday, 8 January, 8:30 pm, Harbour Bar Bray, free in.

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Two angels face the old dilemma: to remain pure and heavenly or to descend into the murkiness of human existence, with all its pain, futility and mortality, but also with the hope of encountering some life-changing emotions.
Wim Wenders created the ultimate arthouse movie, featuring Bruno Ganz (him of Downfall fame), Solveig Dommartin, Peter "Columbo" Falk, and in a cameo, Nick Cave. All set in West Berlin before the fall of the Wall and shot in moody black and white (until he meets the girl - then it turns into colour (sounds cheesy, I know, but trust me on this one)).

Wenders came from the New German Cinema of the 1960s/70s and became well known through his collaborations with authors like Sam Shepard and Peter Handke (with whom he co-wrote Wings of Desire) but is now perhaps better known for his documentaries like Buena Vista Social Club about Cuban Music and his first venture into 3D, Pina, about the dance company of the late choreographer Pina Bausch.


Start at 8:30pm, free in as usual, in the Harbour Bar, Bray.


Hope to see you there,

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Nothing like death to cheer you up: Harold is a young bored man who likes to go to strangers’ funerals, watch demolitions and simulate suicides. He meets Maude, a sprightly lady in her seventies who shares some of his hobbies but also infects him with her joyous anarchy. An unlikely relationship (aren’t they always?) develops. With a lovely soundtrack by Cat Stevens and some great supporting actors, this is a funny, truly uplifting film about being alive.


Hopefully see you on Tuesday, 8:30 pm in the Harbour Bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5zQYSLy3ec

bollinski

Dear all,


April being the cruelest month and all that, it is time for some serious silliness. Emir Kusturica, no stranger to controversy by having managed to piss off all ethnic groups in the Balkans at one time or another made "Black cat, white cat" in 1998. It is a farce and has been described as "Four Weddings And A Funeral... reimagined by Fellini with a cast of crazy Balkan rogues and a background chorus of farmyard animals."
(Anton Bitel, Film4)

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the river Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her. But none of the two care much for an arranged marriage: Zare is in love with Ida, Afrodita is waiting for the man of her dreams.(IMDB)

Madness ensues.

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"The spirit of the beehive", Victor Erice, Spain 1973

A film about childhood, monsters, innocence, death and families torn apart in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Featuring Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernan Gomez and Teresa Gimpera.

From the man who makes few films - one every ten years - comes one of the classics of Spanish cinema, presenting Erice’s comment on the effects of the Spanish Civil War on society and how it ripped apart families, with the biggest monster father figure Franco looming over it all. Told from the perspective of a little child, Ana, who a couple of years later excelled in that other Kinoteka favourite “Cria cuervos” by Carlos Saura.

This Tuesday, 14 May 8:30 pm in the Harbour Bar, free as always.

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Back to the roots of cinema with this French pre-war classic by Jean Vigo, who only managed to make four films before he died at the age of 29.

"L'Atalante" is a story of a young newlywed couple who work on a canal barge and are trying to come to terms with their new life situation and living in close quarters with two crew members on the river. As the ship comes closer to Paris, Juliette is attracted by the prospects of the big city and runs off to see the sights. She has to make up her mind whether to return to live with her husband or stay in the big city.
A deceptively simple story, told in a captivating visual style fillmed by Boris Kaufman, the brother of Russian avant garde cinematographer Dziga Vertov and foreshadowing many traits of the Nouvelle Vague, many of whom admired Vigo and rescued him and his works from obscurity. A fitting finale for a wonderful cinematic journey.

Come on down to the Harbour Bar on Tuesday 11 June, 8:30pm to enjoy the last Kinoteka screening before it moves to (even) sunnier climes.

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Balto Balloon Fest is on this weekend in Baltinglass


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balto-Balloon-Fest/313461148764580:

Baltinglass and District celebrates The Gathering 2013 with an event that promises to be both spectacular and exciting for local people and visitors alike. The National Balloon Association is delighted to partner with the community, for the first time ever, for a three day extravaganza of Hot Air Ballooning.

These magnificent colourful aircraft will ascend to a backdrop of the town's landmark 13th century Cistercian Abbey right on the River Slaney, on the edge of the town. This small rural heritage town will come alive for the three days with street entertainment, a Country Market, face-painting, music, sporting events, children's art competitions, exhibitions and talks, and lots more.

The event celebrates the areas historic links with Hot Air Balloons: Richard Crosbie, first Irish manned flight by Balloon flight in 1785, and Lord Aldborough, 3rd Earl of Stratford, a balloon enthusiast (the stone from his balloon house makes up the present St. Joseph's Church tower in Baltinglass). This is the first, of what the town hopes will be, an annual event on the County Wicklow summer calendar.

We invite all our diaspora, and visitors of course, to come and join us for this momentous occasion in the history of Baltinglass and District. For three days on June 21 to 23, 2013 Baltinglass will rise like a phoenix from West Wicklow and show off its true colours for all to see. A céad míle fáilte awaits you all.

Up to date info can be found on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balto-Balloon-Fest/313461148764580

hdowney

I think there is a facebook page and stuff for this. Should be a good time

Annasopra