In search of some Boletus edulis, or even a few Agaricus campestris, with the mushroom hunters of Ballyhoura woods.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Culture File - Music from Baroque to Wiggy
From Baroque and early music to the wiggiest, freest jazz and improv, no music is out of bounds for husband and wife duo, Homburger/Guy.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Culture File: Wexford Festival Opera
Wexford Festival Opera's AD, David Agler, on a seasonal, locavore joy to equal the advent of ceps amongst sodden leaves.
Culture File: Wexford Festival Opera
WFO's David Agler, on how the special furrow that Wexford carved out - rediscovering lost operatic gems - has started to become crowded.
Culture File: Greek instrument maker
Handmade Greek instrument maker, Marcos Ekonimides, on the economics -- and the religion of --maintaining a millennia old craft.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Culture File: Silent Night At Wexford Festival Opera
Is the 21st century the "American opera" century? Yes, according to WFO's Silent Night conductor, Michael Christie.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Culture File - Sean Lynch Buile Suibhne
Sean Lynch's latest show, For The Birds, brings the myth of Buile Suibhne (and a cow and her calf) into the gallery.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Culture File: Stone Carvers and Car Crushing
Crushing Sean Fitzpatrick's beamer & John Ruskin's taste for Irish stone carving, in part 2 of our interview with artist, Sean Lynch.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Culture File - DeLorean- Sean Lynch
Exploring the many afterlives of the Delorean DMC12, with Ireland's representative at the 2015 Venice Biennale, Sean Lynch.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Culture File - Music in Tallaght Hospital
The arts program at Tallaght Hospital regularly stages musical encounters, but also commissions new music exploring illness, such as Stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Culture File: Bob Marley as Gaeilge
Liam O'Maonlai and friends sings the songs of Bob Marley....as Gaeilge, in Amhráin Na Saoirse.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Culture File: Ensemble Eriu
Some describe Ensemble Ériu as a Minimalist jazz-trad septet. But that's just the sort of thing some people would do.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Culture File: Harry Clarke in Ballinrobe
Among the lilacs, the greens, the scarlets & the deep, deep blues of Harry Clarke’s stained glass at St Mary’s Church in Ballinrobe.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Culture File: Limerick Electronic Music Festival
If you felt the earth move last weekend, it could be down to the sub-bass activities of Limerick "beats" music festival, Prima Volta.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Culture File - George Fleeton
Apple Genius Bar v. Così fan tutte: evolving standards of genius, with Mozart commentator, George Fleeton.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Culture File: Branding in Terrorism
The growing importance of branding in terrorism, with author and counter-terrorism analyst, Artur Beifuss.
Culture File: Designing Against Extremism
Could areas such as graphic design, branding & even performance art produce new ways of combating extremism?
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Culture File: Comedy Podcasts
There is no downside for comedians starting podcasts. Or is there? Gearoid Farrelly on the world of the laughcast. (Part 2 of 2)
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Culture File - Podcasting Comic
Irish comic, Gearoid Farrelly, on the exploding world of the comedian podcast.
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