Triskel Arts this month

 

Hi Cork Cultural Companions Welcome to the Triskel March newsletter. Prepare for some March madness as we are set to bring you a month full of critically acclaimed movies, inspiring art programmes and entrancing live music! There’s a lot to be excited about at Triskel Cinema this month! Back by popular demand, we begin Sunday 1 March with Sentimental Value, followed by fellow Oscar hopeful Hamnet on Sunday 8 March. We will be screening on of collection of short films of David Lynch, spanning over five decades, on Friday 13 March. This will be followed by the start of our Jane Campion film season starting Sunday 15 March. Following its success at the Sundance Film Festival, we will be screening the psychological dark comedy, Twinless, a true original you won’t want to miss. Triskel is also thrilled to be co-host of the East Asia Film Festival Ireland (EAFFI), screening the romantic drama Ky Nam Inn and the groundbreaking crime drama The System on Thursday 26 March. We will then be screening the multi Academy Award nominated The Secret Agent from Sunday 29 March. As well as cinematic gems, March will be filled with wonderful concerts, starting with the classical piano stylings of Michael McHale on Friday 6 March. We then continue our Spring String Quartet Series with the acclaimed Banbha Quartet on Saturday 7 March, who will mark International Women’s Day with a programme of fine music by women composers from the past three centuries. We will finish out the month with two stunning jazz concerts. Marc Copland Quartet are the first performers of our International Jazz Programme starting Friday 20 March, followed by Paul Dunlea and Scott Flanigan being the first act in our brand new Triskel Lunchtime Jazz Series starting Saturday 28 March. Áine Andrews returns on Tuesday 3 March with another series of Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. Be sure to avail of a 20% discount on the series before the first lecture. Triskel Sample Project Space will welcome Kim Crowley on Thursday 5 March. She will establish a curatorial research ‘office’ called the Office of Work (OOW) in the space, which will look to research and interrogate ideas around art making and labour. The OOW will mirror the aesthetics of a traditional office, a nod to the need for creatives to enter environments adjacent to their practice. Lastly, we are pleased to partner with MTU for Histories and Painting: Contemporary Negotiations, a one-day symposium featuring presentations from 12 artists and writers exploring the artistic, historical, theoretical and societal contexts and debates that underlie painting’s ‘histories’ in all its various guises. Be sure to look out for updates on all these exciting events and more to come this month. See you soon, Gillian and the team at Triskel

Cultural Companions Special Tour: Persistence of Trace 18th March

Cultural Companions Special Tour: Persistence of Trace

Join Cultural Companions for a free, guided tour of Persistence of Trace at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, taking place at 12 noon on Wednesday 18 March.

This thoughtful exhibition brings together the work of four contemporary Irish artists—Barbara Diener, Sophie Gough, Sarah Long and Áine Ryan—whose practices explore memory, identity, time and the traces we leave behind. Through painting, sculpture, installation and research-based work, the exhibition invites viewers to look closely and reflect on what endures.

The Cultural Companions tour offers a relaxed and welcoming way to engage more deeply with the exhibition, with space for conversation, shared observations and questions along the way. Whether you’re a regular gallery-goer or visiting Uillinn for the first time, everyone is welcome.

📍 Location: Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
🗓 Date: Wednesday 18 March
⏰ Time: 12 noon
🎟 Cost: Free



We look forward to welcoming you. Booking required, please register HERE

Classical Music Concerts in Cork City and County

The following may be of interest to members 

Tickets for events below may be booked via www.nsqf.ie( National Strings Quartet Foundation) or event organisers.

Cork City: Triskel Arts Centre, Saturday 7th March 1pm.

Banbha Quartet performing.

Tickets can be booked through Triskel Arts Centre Website.

Vanbrugh & Friends performing in 3 events across Cork City & County in March;

(1) Cork City:

Friday 27th March 1.10pm

UCC Cork.

O'Riada Hall,Music Building ,Sundays Well Cork .

(2) West Cork Friday 27th March 8pm.

 St.Fachtnas Cathedral Roscarberry.

Presented by Barrahane Music.

East Cork:

(3) Fota:

Vanbrugh & Friends;

Sunday 29th March 3pm.

Fota House Cork. Presented by Irish Heritage Trust.

April:

Saturday 11th April Triskel Arts Centre 1pm

Solas Quartet performing.

Tickets can be booked via Triskel Arts Centre Website.

Special Event:

 National Strings Quartet Foundation Summer Gala Concert Saturday 13th June @7.30pm Aula Maxima,UCC.

National Community Safety Survey

 The Cork County Local Community Safety Partnership is currently being established. This will bring together state services, community representatives and stakeholders in order to identify local safety concerns, develop local community safety plans and coordinate multi-agency efforts to address them.

 

The National Strategy for Improving Community Safety aims to help public services and communities work together to make communities safer and in this regard, the National Community Safety Survey is now open for submissions. This enables members of the public to provide their views on community safety and is open to anyone living in the Republic of Ireland and will run until the 27th of February.

By completing this survey at https://eu.smartsurvey.com/t/J62C7V/ we can learn what makes you feel safe or unsafe which will help create public policy about community safety.

 

Please feel free to participate in this consultation survey if you wish, however, there is no obligation to participate.

 

Cupán Tae agus Comhrá le Cultural Companions

 

Cupán Tae agus Comhrá: Fáilte roimh Chách! ☕💬

Chun Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh, táimid ag bualadh le chéile le haghaidh cupán tae agus comhrá – agus tá fáilte mhór roimh chách!
Cibé an bhfuil cúpla focal agat, Gaeilge mheasartha, nó líofa go leor, níl aon bhrú anseo – díreach comhrá cairdiúil agus dea-chuideachta.

Beidh muid ag casadh le chéile i gCafé Dunnes ar Shráid Phádraig ar an gCéadaoin, an 11ú Márta ag 11.30 r.n.
Tabhair faoi deara le do thoil go gceannóidh gach duine a thae nó caife féin. 

Bígí linn agus bain sult as Seachtain na Gaeilge! 😊

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Cup of Tea and Chat: Everyone Welcome! ☕💬

To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge, we’re getting together for a cup of tea and a chat - and all levels of Irish are very welcome!
Whether you have a few words, some Irish, or are quite fluent, there’s no pressure here - just friendly conversation and good company.

We’ll be meeting in Dunnes Café on Patrick Street on Wednesday, 11th March at 11.30am.
Please note that tea and coffee should be purchased individually, and then we can sit down and enjoy the chats together.

Come along and enjoy Seachtain na Gaeilge in a relaxed and fun way! 😊

The Armed Men performance in Killeagh Church

 

The Voices Choir perform Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace Sunday 8th March at 5pm in Killeagh Church

This moving work blends music and words from many cultures to explore war, loss, and the hope for peace. It moves from dramatic, powerful passages that evoke conflict, to gentle, reflective moments of prayer and remembrance. Performed in Killeagh Church , it invites us to reflect, remember, and leave with a sense of compassion and hope. 

Cultural Companions meet up in The Thatch bar in Killeagh at 4pm before the performance

Mary's Hopes and Dreams at The Westlodge Bantry

 

Sunday 22 February – Theatre: Mary’s Hopes & Dreams, Bantry
Enjoy a lively and heart-warming comedy at The Westlodge Hotel, Bantry. Follow the colourful characters of a rural community as the beloved Two Marys — and their neighbours — navigate hopes, dreams and misadventures.

Cultural Companions will meet at the Westlodge for 2pm
🕒Show starts 3pm | 🎟 €20 

Book with Cultural Companions HERE seats will be reserved and pay at door