This year Culture Night will take place on Friday September 25 and Ballina Arts Centre is presenting a programme of events and activities aimed at all ages, with hopefully something for all tastes. The programme includes Shortscreen Cinema, where a number of short films will be shown from 5pm to 6pm and 8pm to 10.30pm. Viewers can drop in and out of the cinema. Many of the films to be screened were made through the Filmbase Shorts scheme. Waiting Room, made by a number of local teenagers during a workshop at Ballina Arts Centre in 2007, will also be screened.
From 6pm to 8pm, there will be an open mic poetry night MC’d by poet Terry McDonagh. This will be an opportunity for poets to read their work to a small audience in intimate surroundings. Poets can register beforehand or just turn up on the night. During Culture Night the Altered Images exhibition will remain open until 10.30pm. Upstairs in the Arts Centre, there will be an exhibition response workshop area, where children and adults can participate in a variety of workshop activities in response to the exhibition, facilitated by a team of professional art workers. All Culture Night activities at Ballina Arts Centre are free of charge and all are welcome. We especially encourage family visits. Culture Night is an initiative co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in partnership with Mayo County Council and participating venues.
