Tech Amergin Arts / Cultural Events – Summer 2013

 

 The South Kerry Camera Club

Photographic Exhibition celebrating ‘The Sea’

Official opening by Des Lavelle on Friday 26th April 8 pm

All welcome. Admission free. Continuing until Monday 17th June.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Story of Waterville Cable Station

This permanent exhibition housed in Tech Amergin tells the story of Waterville’s cable station through a series of interpretative panels. Uncover the history of the Commercial Cable Company’s Trans-Atlantic European terminue from its early days in the 1880’s right through to the 1960’s. Waterville
was home  to one of the largest cable stations in the world, with cables to England, The Azores, Nova Scotia,Newfoundland & Le Harve.

Discover through this exhibition how the cables worked, the social life of the cable station, how the wartime affected the station and many other topics. The exhibition also comprises a collection of original equipment and artefacts, including a fascinating photographic archive.

Open daily during June & July from 10am – 4pm.
Donations kindly accepted.

 

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Film Screening

‘Wild Atlantic Way’ Stories from County Kerry’s Coastal Wilderness

Daily screenings Monday to Friday 1 – 2pm
A unique and secretive insight into the lives of our local coastal marine wildlife. From Puffins at their nesting site at Skellig, to Dolphins and Gannets fishing outside Ballinskelligs Bay to uncovering the secrets of night-time underwater. This revealing film by local wildlife & underwater filmmaker, Vincent Hyland is guaranteed to whet the appetite! Admission €2, family of four €5.

Michael Viney, Another Life, The Irish Times

“Revealatory Images, filmed by County Kerry’s Intrepid Underwater Explorer”

 

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Re-instatment of the ‘Longitude & Latitude Stone’
in Waterville Cable Station

Saturday 1st June 5pm

This ceremony will be preformed by Minister Jimmy Deenihan (Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht).
A reception in Tech Amergin & tour of the Cable Museum will follow the ceremony. All welcome. Free admission.

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Piano

Finlay Consort

Saturday 15th June 2013 8.30pm

An evening of music from the movies with stills & movie projections performed by the  Finlay Ensemble – leader Aidan O’ Carroll.

Tickets €15 / €12.  Booking on 066 9478956 / admin@techamergin.com

 

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Children’s Art Exhibition

Thursday 20th June 7pm

Local primary school art exhibition based on Charlie Chaplin. Official opening by Mick O’Dwyer. Free admission.

 

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Music in the garden by ‘Glashin’

Friday 21st June 12noon

Mix of trad & baroque including the music of Turlough O’Carolan, celebrating Irish National Music Day.
In conjunction with Tech Amergin Community Garden Open Day from 12noon – 2pm. Free admission. Fáilte roimh cách.

 

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Creole Soul, Zouk & Gwoka

‘PiTAK’

Ines Khai, Jerome Rimson, Daniel Muyombo, Mbiko Fololo Oscar & Patrick Naughton

Friday 21st June 2013 8.30pm

Pitak is a band formed in Cork City in February 2013 from 5 of Cork City’s most travelled, experienced and culturally diverse musicians. Featuring Singer-songwriter Ines Khai, born in Paris with parents from Guadeloupe, she grew up listening to traditional ‘gwoka’ music from her parents home country and wished to preserve and expose this musical form to a wider audience so she took it on the roads of Europe. Since moving to Cork she wanted to form a professional band that would suit her style and be able to continue her work and was first introduced to Daniel Muyombo (guitar) and then Oscar Mbiko Fololo (drum kit) both born in Kinshasa and resident in Ireland since 2002. Daniel & Oscar both feature in The Lace & Motema (Congolese Soukous bands).

Ines was then introduced to Jerome Rimson from Detroit who has played bass guitar with almost every Irish rock & roll/jazz band since the early 70s.

Although sung in Creole with some unusual rhythm patterns Jerome’s experience of jazz & soul music  helps to keep the band’s music grounded in a style that references jazz & soul music, a style that is accessible to an audience used to hearing contemporary R&B.  The final member of the band, Patrick Naughton is a drum workshop facilitator and leader of a drumming group, his knowledge and ability to learn new rhythm patterns gives the band the authentic sound from Guadeloupe that Ines was seeking, and completes a quintet capable of performing the songs written by Ines whilst retaining the authentic feel of the French Caribbean.

As the repertoire is entirely in French-Creole, Ines will give a short explanation before each song as to the song’s meaning, however, Ines’ physical expression of the emotions attached to the song’s message are clear to be seen in the drama of her movement .

Tickets €15 / €12.  Booking on 066 9478956 / admin@techamergin.com

 

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Film Screening in association with Access Cinema

‘The Master’

Thursday 27th June 2013 8pm

Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson           USA         2012            132mins         Cert: 16
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, Laura Dern, Jillian Bell, Rami Malek, Kevin J. O’Connor, W. Earl Brown, Ambyr Childers, Fiona Dourif, Lena Endre
Language: English
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1O1vb9AUU

One of the most anticipated films of the year, Paul Thomas Anderson’s tale of an aimless WWII veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who befriends the charismatic founder of a new religion (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a provocative study of male camaraderie, deception, and hubris.

In just five feature films, Paul Thomas Anderson has commanded a position at the very pinnacle of American cinema. His work is debated, studied and adored for its narrative innovation, its dynamism, and most of all for its sheer cinema. To watch the work of Paul Thomas Anderson is to watch movies at their most alive. – Toronto International Film Festival 2012.

(Winner of 4 awards at the Toronto International Film Festival). Admission €7. Booking on 066 9478956 / admin@techamergin.com

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Country, bluegrass, folk, Americana and more

‘Gary Ferguson & Kathy Barwick’

Sunday 14th July 2013 8.30pm

Gary Ferguson (guitar, lead vocals) & Kathy Barwick (lead guitar, resophonic guitar, Weissenborn guitar, harmony vocals) is an exciting new acoustic music duo that combines the talents of charismatic singer-songwriter Gary Ferguson and dazzling multi-instrumentalist Kathy Barwick. The team of Gary Ferguson & Kathy Barwick brings together two gifted musicians with decades of wide-ranging musical experience between them, gained from performing at the biggest venues in the country. The two of them have crafted a distinctive and compelling duo sound that blends country, bluegrass, Celtic, folk, Americana and more. Gary Ferguson & Kathy Barwick will perform at select shows in the U.S. throughout 2012 and 2013 and will tour Ireland in July 2013. The duo is currently working on its first recording.

Tickets €15 / €12.  Booking on 066 9478956 / admin@techamergin.com

 

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 Solo art exhibition

Official opening on Saturday 20th July 7pm

Local artist & Tech Amergin tutor Bernadette Kennedy will exhibit her beautiful work which reflects her affinity with the Iveragh landscape. Continuing until Monday 12th August. Free admission.

 

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Piano

‘David Syme’ American Classical Pianist

Saturday 20th July 2013 8.30pm

David Syme, American piano virtuoso living in Ireland, has had a long and colorful career. He has performed in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, and in major venues in 17 European countries, Canada and Mexico.

An alumnus of Juilliard and Indiana University, he was a protégé of the legendary Jorge Bolet. He has recorded two dozen CD’s with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony, and the Czech National Symphony,, and these recordings are heard on RTE Lyric  FM.

Since arriving in Ireland in 2005, he has been steadily forging a reputation as one of the finest pianists ever to grace its shores. He is best known here for his “Living-Room Concerts”,  held about 20 times a year in his West Cork home on the Beara Peninsula. This series was profiled by Mary Kennedy on RTE “Nationwide” in 2011. Christy Moore and Maureen O’Hara are among the celebrities who have attended these events. There is another RTE documentary slated for the fall of this year.

David Syme performs throughout Ireland and the European mainland as well as in the U.S. A news article following his October 2011 concert in Brno, Czech Republic, was headlined “The American Miracle David Syme”.

His program will feature works of Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff, favorites such as “Clair De Lune” and “Rhapsody In Blue”, as well as some Irish selections. For further information on the artists pleace visit www.SymePiano.com

US Pianist Syme is at home here in Ireland http://davidsymepiano.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/examiner-2013.jpeg

Tickets €15 / €12. Booking on 066 9478956 / admin@techamergin.com

 

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Swing to Bossa Nova

Polkadots and Moonbeams

Saturday 10th August 8.30pm

Clare Horgan singer, Cian Boylan piano, Dominic Mullan drums & Barry O Donoghue double bass.

Waterville born singer, Clare, is delighted to reunite with her Dublin trio to bring you a night of the best of swing, ballads, blues
and bossa novas.

Tickets €15 / €12.  Booking on 066 9478956 / admin@techamergin.com

 

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 Heritage Week events in the Tech…

 

Art & Craft Exhibition

Date & time to be confirmed

Showcasing our tutors talents covering ceramics, glass, painting, photography & much more…

 

Archaeo-astronomy talk by Dr. Clive Ruggles

Emeritus Professor of Archaeo-astronomy, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester,
England. Time and date to be confirmed.

 

 

Waterville Cable Station Talk & Walk

Sunday 25th August 3.00pm

A talk on ‘The Story of Waterville Cable Station and how Waterville helped set the clocks of America and Canada!’
followed by a walking tour of the Cable Station area weather permitting. Free admission.

 

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