EXHIBITIONS : Exhibitions and Events we like in Ireland, in France, and throughout the world : Paris - Dublin - Cork - Zurich - Trieste.... Degas and the Nude , Bloom in Dublin, Bloom 2012 will run over five days, from Thursday 31st May – Monday 4th June.

LOUIS LE BROCQUY

by Ann Cremin

Louis Le Brocquy who died on the 25th April 2012, aged 95, was that « rara avis » - a truly civilised human being. His elegant bearing, silvery blond colouring and his tensile strength made him resemble one of his own paintings.

MUSIC :

The Chieftains will be in Paris, 29 June 2012 - L'Olympia

CENTRE CULTUREL IRLANDAIS :

26 May 12, 20.00-23.00
€12 in advance/ €15 on the night – full price/
€9 on the night – if you come in 1950s dress

Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés Paris

Open air concert* Grand Bal Swing with L’Esprit Jazz Big Band

With Jean-Pierre Solvès (conductor, saxophone, flute), Fabienne Guyon (vocals), Alain Hatot and Vincent Chavagnac (saxophone, flute), Stéphane Chausse (saxophone, clarinet), Joël Chausse, Claude Egea and Yves Le Carboulec (trumpet), Jean-Christophe Vilain, Jean-Louis Damant and Denis Leloup (trombone), Claude Terranova (piano), Marc-Michel Le Bévillon (bass), Julie Saurie (drums)

Until 22 June 12
Nuit européenne des musées on 19 May 12 (see below)
Closed from 5 to 7 June 12
admission free

PAULINE CUMMINS & SANDRA VIDA
Between One and Another

A two-person exhibition of performative video installations by Irish artist Pauline Cummins and her Canadian collaborator, Sandra Vida, Between One and Another gathers key works selected from over thirty years of art production including significant statements on feminist issues evolving through that time period. Between One and Another illustrates international connections and intends to facilitate dialogue around the individual’s role within society and within the cycles of life.

Performance: Sweeping Change
A performance by the artists, Sweeping Change, will take place in the courtyard of the CCI during the opening of the exhibition.

This exhibition has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary 2012 and the Cultural Capital of Canada program, and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris.

Titanic Experience, now open

Belfast had opened a wonderful new silver aluminium clad building in the form of four hull-shaped wings, ‘the Titanic experience’.e’.
Discover Titanic City

SOCIETY : Well red

by Alison Benney

Blondes sparkle, brunettes smolder, but redheads explode.
Whether auburn, copper-hued, ginger or strawberry blond, guys and gals with carrot tresses are caught in the tangle of being Different - especially as a child, when red hair is an affliction.

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IN THE BOOKSHOP : Irish books, the latest translated into French, also the classics : Livres irlandais

FOR YOUNG READERS : Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, also listen to the book being read in French Eoin Colfer

DO YOU KNOW ? : The Ogham Alphabet, The Brehon Laws, The Celtic Queens... James Joyce and Bloomsday, The Irish who fought in the Great War 1914-1918, the Irish Emigration...