Exiling art colleges to the 'burbsAre financial reasons enough to justify moving art colleges from city locations? Mary Leland examines Cork's options and Aidan…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Beginning of the end lights the way forwardCork 2005: It was symmetry all the way with official functions last weekMon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
An evening to light up the LeeCork: Capital of Culture: Coming after the civic function to mark the passing of the designation of European Capital of Culture…Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00
A fairytale for teenagersCork 2005: A hillside church built for a vanished garrison is the setting for Graffiti Theatre Company's production of The Snow…Mon Dec 05 2005 - 00:00
How to concentrate mindsCork 2005: Giving his contributors a "dying breath" brief, Dr William Reville of UCC admits that his Last Lecture series was…Mon Nov 28 2005 - 00:00
Ground-breaking Berger in VanguardCork 2005: A desire to do "something really special" for Cork 2005 lay behind John P Quinlan's decision to invite writer and…Mon Nov 21 2005 - 00:00
Sisters find their cultural callingCork 2005 : It can't be often that British artist Tacita Dean is upstaged by her own subject, but this is a possibility with…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
Traveller wagon puts down roots at museumCork 2005: Paper flowers, camphor balls and buttons are the coded mementoes of a tradition now enshrined in the permanent installation…Mon Nov 07 2005 - 00:00
Where dancers come firstCork 2005: Cork City Ballet and its artistic director Alan Foley have been awarded a €20,000 grant from the Cork 2005 organisation…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
Mikado takes the biscuitCork 2005: Simon Butteriss is polishing up his patter for the Carl Rosa production of The Mikado , which begins its Irish tour…Mon Oct 24 2005 - 01:00
Sculpting pieces of historyCork 2005: The retrospective exhibition of the work of the sculptor and painter Joseph Higgins, an artist who never received…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
A momentous performanceTime could be said to be the theme of the Moment Intergenerational Performance Project directed by American artist Molly Sturges…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Super-sized street theatre to get a comebackWhile Ed Harris and Neil Labute at the Everyman Palace in November may be closing Cork 2005's theatrical programme with an international…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
The art of building buildings for artThe winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) Stirling Prize for architecture will be announced next Saturday…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Shifting seats as director is absentCork 2005: The hiss of dust being shaken from departing heels seems to be louder now with the absence on medical leave of director…Mon Oct 03 2005 - 01:00
Fiction masters share their secretsCork 2005: In a programme which looks likely to have several highlights - not least the presentation of the €50,000 International…Mon Sept 19 2005 - 01:00
Better late than never for schoolCork 2005 : There are times when events, locations and personalities crowding into the Cork 2005 programme seem to throng together…Mon Sept 12 2005 - 01:00
Healthy attitudesCork 2005: One part of "Encounters", the artist-in-residence programme, was winding down at St Finbarr's Hospital last weekMon Aug 29 2005 - 01:00
Bank gives credit to artistic treasuresCork 2005: An important new scheme of visual arts awards amounting to €50,000 a year was announced in Cork last week by native…Mon Aug 22 2005 - 01:00
Gold standardCork 2005: A golden hoard of prehistoric metals has been brought together for the first time at the Cork City Museum, where …Mon Aug 22 2005 - 01:00
A feast of folkCork 2005: This year's Beamish Cork Folk Festival opens at 8pm at the Everyman Palace on Friday September 2nd with Liam O'Flynn…Mon Aug 22 2005 - 01:00
Big Fella takes centre stageThe world premiere of Michael Collins - the musical is the centrepiece of the Cork Opera House new season programme unveiled …Mon Aug 15 2005 - 01:00
Events set to outlive year of cultureCork 2005: Martin Barrett hadn't gone away, you know.Mon Aug 15 2005 - 01:00
Fractured face of KosmosCork 2005: Cypriot artist Andreas Savva uses six kilometres of rope to express his responses to the experience of living and…Mon Aug 08 2005 - 01:00
Banners on the balconyCork 2005: Cork City Council may be making plans for the re-modelling of the Grand Parade by Beth Gali, the Spanish architect…Mon Aug 08 2005 - 01:00
Dancing shoes at the readyCork 2005: The front garden of the City Hall became a dance-floor for the launch of the Céilí Mór project planned for September…Mon Aug 08 2005 - 01:00
The wonderland of childhoodCork 2005: Writer, journalist and broadcaster Marina Warner will be in Cork on September 3rd next to give a talk on the joint…Mon Jul 25 2005 - 01:00
Taking over the public spacesCork 2005: There was no creative passivity in last week's What If? presentation by Cork Community Art Link.Mon Jul 18 2005 - 01:00
Life in South Parish yetCork 2005: Cork's South Parish contains the oldest medieval building in the city, in the shape of Red Abbey.Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
Carmen coming to CorkCork 2005: Canadian singers Marion Newman and David Pomeroy take the leading roles in Carmen , presented by Opera 2005 as a …Mon Jul 04 2005 - 01:00
The long journey to ExodusCork 2005: 'A few potholes along the way" is how Triskel chairman Michael O'Connell described the business of getting Sebastiao…Mon Jul 04 2005 - 01:00
Getting a picture of SlovakiaCork 2005: In the morning there's a meeting with the ambassadors of Malta, Hungary, Cyprus; lunch-time means the Slovenian Charge…Mon Jul 04 2005 - 01:00
Making noise in Bantry libraryCork 2005 : The West Cork Chamber Music Festival is a lily that does not need gilding, but this year the assistance of Cork …Mon Jun 27 2005 - 01:00
Printmaker has got it coveredCork 2005: There are times, and this is one of them, when anyone following the programme for Cork 2005 has to take a deep breath…Mon Jun 20 2005 - 01:00
A shop above the rest shuts its doorsCork 2005: Culture is more than song and dance and sportMon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
Putting children centre-stageCork 2005: Europe is a source of inspiration for Eurochild, a week-long arts festival for children based at Tigh Fili Poets' …Mon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
Just 21 years youngCork 2005: As summer brings a child-centred cultural programme spanning the city, it seems fitting that the first event celebrates…Mon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
Opening and closureCork 2005: If Taoiseach Bertie Ahern had any doubts about Cork's City of Culture status, they should have been quietened, if…Mon Jun 13 2005 - 01:00
A trip down melody laneCork 2005: Published on the 150th anniversary of Cork Opera House, Melodies and Memories , written by Dr Alicia St Leger, makes…Mon Jun 06 2005 - 01:00
Feeding debate at 'BangCork'Cork 2005: The National Sculpture Factory is continuing to deliver on the promises made when it introduced Cork Caucus as part…Mon Jun 06 2005 - 01:00
Midsummer night's dramaCork 2005: Sometimes it's hard to know where Cork 2005 ends and other organisations beginMon May 30 2005 - 01:00
Outside influencesCork 2005: In the City Library "Celebration of Childhood" project, a series of visits by leading children's authors, supported…Mon May 16 2005 - 01:00
Emerging out of thin airCork 2005: This year of culture has produced some unlikely partnerships - on the face of it none more unexpected than that between…Mon May 16 2005 - 01:00
Triskel scores a first with SalgadoCork 2005: At last comes confirmation of the Triskel Art Centre's headline event of Cork 2005 - the exhibition for the first…Mon May 16 2005 - 01:00
Business as usual - and added extrasCork 2005: One of the best aspects of Cork 2005 is the way in which people keep on doing their own thing.Mon May 16 2005 - 01:00
A space for everythingCork 2005: 'If we want our environment to be truly a city of culture, then one of the most encouraging things that people can…Mon May 09 2005 - 01:00
Communications director of Cork 2005 resignsCork 2005 director of communications Shane Malone has resigned less than half-way through the city's year as European Capital…Sat May 07 2005 - 01:00
A day in the life of the capitalCork 2005: Morning: It's time, I think, to call in to see the knitting mapMon May 02 2005 - 01:00
Thousands singing for their supperCork 2005: Putting on a good show is nothing new for the Cork International Choral FestivalMon Apr 25 2005 - 01:00
Trumpets sound and angels singCork 2005: "And I saw the seven angels which stood before God, and to them were given seven trumpets"Mon Apr 11 2005 - 01:00
