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Established in 1995, Bealtaine is Ireland’s National festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. The festival takes place each May and is Co-ordinated by ‘Age & Opportunity’ the national organisation which promotes active and engaged living as we get older.
Waterford Libraries invites you to find something you like in this wide and varied programme of fun activities, workshops, tours, talks and much more.
All our events are free but places are limited so booking is essential with each Library Branch
details on back page or contact Waterford Libraries Bealtaine Co-Ordinator Jennifer Loughran in Ardkeen Library
0761 102755, [email protected]
You can visit our website www.waterfordlibraries.ie for programme information Waterford Libraries wishes you rich, engaging and fun Bealtaine Festival 2018
From Dawn 'til Dusk
This year our Bealtaine Programme will once again run from Dawn until Dusk! Starting early with the Dawn Chorus and breakfast in the beautiful grounds of Dunmore East Library. This year we hope to have one hundred voices to greet the Dawn Then finishing with our grand finale Dusk Chorus Celebration in Central Library; a wonderful night of song, spoken word, wine and cheese hosted by Waterford Libraries. During this evening there will be a performance from the Bealtaine choir and reading from creative writing produced during the festival and the artworks produced during the festival will also be on display. Dawn Chorus Dunmore East Library Sunday 13th May 8:00 am Dusk Chorus Central Library Wednesday 30th May 6:00 pm All Are Welcome!
Film Golden Age of Hollywood Movie Club
Waterford Libraries new state of the art Library Branch in Carrickphierish are delighted to host a series of free classic movie mornings. Relax with a cuppa and a croissant and enjoy a classic movie with our Golden Age of Hollywood Movie Club Monday 14th May 10 am Monday 21st May 10 am Monday 28th May 10 am Free event all are Welcome; booking advised
Location: Carrickphierish Library Carrickphierish Road, Gracedieu, Waterford City. X91 YK12 (604 Bus route)
Gallery Tour
Join us for a Walking tour of two galleries in Waterford Starting in the Index Gallery, Central Library, Lady Lane and finishing in Garter Lane Arts Centre, with tea/coffee served. Meet in the Index Gallery in Waterford Central Library at 2.30pm.
To book your free place, contact Waterford Central Library 0761 102975 May 17th 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Book Launch
Ardkeen Library are delighted to
welcome Local Author Josie Murphy
who will recite from her Poetry memoir
‘Time slips by’.
Join us for an evening of poetry and
memories.
Refreshments served.
Tuesday 15th 6:30 pm
Booking requested.
Gardening
Plant a Hanging Basket With Malachy Doherty, Glanbia, Country Life Store. Learn how to plant and maintain hanging baskets.
Wednesday 9th May 11:00am - 12:00pm Free Event Booking Essential Dungarvan Library: 0761 102141
Art
Art teacher Susan Enticknap returns to help you explore your artistic side. This year she will explore Chinese painting techniques and Van Gogh techniques. All materials supplied.
Chinese painting ‘Fish and Birds’ Central Library Monday 14th May 10.30 Ardkeen Library Tuesday 15th May 10:30 Dunmore East Library 22nd May 10.30 Van Gogh ‘Trees’ Carrickphierish Library Thursday 24th May 10:30 Brown’s Road Library Friday 18th May 10:30 There is always a demand for these free places. Spaces are limited. Booking essential.
Crafts Crochet Demonstrations Members of the ‘Crochet Hook’ group from the Solas Cancer Support Centre will give demonstrations showing sorts of crocheting techniques and there will also be some crepe paper roses making! Browns Road Library 15th May 2:30 pm Ardkeen Library 16th May 2:30 pm Central Library 19th May 2:30 pm & 21st May 2:30pm
Booking advised Health & Wellbeing
Yoga with Rebecca
Join yoga tutor Rebecca Power for a
free taster Session
This gentle introduction is suitable
for all levels booking essential
Tramore Library May 11th at 10 am
Carrickphierish Library – May 11th at 12 pm
Creative Writing
Creative Writing classes with Tom Mullane
A free 3-week course on creative writing will take
place in Central Library and Ardkeen Library. The
course will be run by local writer, Tom Mullane
and will consist of 2hrs per week over 3 weeks. His preferred medium is the Short Story but he has also had poetry
published.
His latest project is working in the area of ‘Creative Writing as Therapy’
where he has developed a very successful programme in the Solas
Cancer Support Centre in Waterford.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid
disappointment.
Due to popular demand we are running the
same course in two locations
Free Event, All Welcome Booking essential
Central Library, Lady Lane, Waterford. Friday 11th May 10:30 am
Friday 18th May 10:30 am
Friday 25th May 10:30 am
Ardkeen Library, First Floor, Ardkeen Shopping
Centre. X91 YT53
Tuesday 15th May 2:30 pm
Tuesday 22nd May 2:30 pm
Tuesday 29th May 2:30 pm
Trails & Tales
Walking tour of Tramore with Maxine Keoghan
We love the theme of hospitality for Bealtaine and
with that in mind local historian Maxine will take
you on a tour of Tramore and show you the
highlights and hidden delights of this beautiful
seaside town; When you host your own visitors
you will have some interesting tales to tell and
places to show off.
Starting at the Coastguard Station Thursday 10th May at 2 pm and finishing with refreshments in Tramore Library. Please note: if you have a health condition that you feel may impact on your participation on this walk, please be aware that you will be undertaking this walk at your own risk.
Free Event, all Welcome – Booking requested
History
Niall Bracken will be reading from “Bullets and Boots” his light-hearted memoir of his time in the FCA (Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil – the Local Defence Force). Although it is not intended that “Bullets and Boots” be in any way a history of the FCA, it nevertheless gives a flavour of the Force. Essentially it is one man’s wry memories of one boy’s madcap adventures – circa 1950. On request, it was read a short while ago to the Blackrock Historical Society in Dublin, and was extremely well received. “A group of friends and I joined the FCA, and it was manic. This
was the nineteen-fifties, and we were schoolboys. Five of us teen-angels signed up. We may not have been as pugnacious and wily as some of the Dublin inner-city boys, but we were certainly more creatively delinquent”. Bracken is also author of Boiled Beef and Carrots, a memoir of a Second World War suburban Dublin childhood; Now & Then, a collection of poems and other pieces; and co-author of The Dalkey Persuaders, a fictional account of the Advertising business in 1970s Dublin.
Wednesday 9th May at 7pm, Main Foyer, Central Library All welcome, Booking advised
Social
Bealtaine Tea Party Lismore Library. “Welcoming Wednesday” 16th May from 10.30 to 12pm Information + social morning at Lismore Library all welcome to this free event. Tallow Library. Friday 25th May from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. “Bealtaine Tea Party” All are welcome to drop into this Free Event.
Public Speaking Learn how to improve your public speaking; from wedding speeches to job interviews, you will be encouraged to speak with confidence in a fun relaxed atmosphere.
Cappoquinn Library Tuesday 29th May 12:30 pm. Kilmacthomas Library Wednesday 30th May 7pm.
Regular Library Events The Bealtaine Festival always gives us an opportunity to think about our leisure time and how we use it. Waterford Libraries host a series of book clubs and craft groups all year round and new members are always welcome. This May take the plunge and join in.
Book Clubs Dungarvan Library Host two Book Clubs every Month. Contact Dungarvan Library for more details on 0761 102141 Tramore Library Book Club meets once a month at two different times to suit peoples schedules; if you can’t attend the evening you can attend the morning. The same book is discussed at both meetings The next meetings are on Tuesday 1st May at 10.30am and Thursday 3rd May at 7.00pm and the book selection is “My Name Is Leon” by Kit De Waal. Portlaw Library Book club meet on first Tuesday of the month from 7pm to 8pm.
Ardkeen Library Book Clubs Chapter 14 Evening Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in Ardkeen Library @ 6.00pm
Thursday Morning Book Club First Thursday of the month in Ardkeen Library at 11am Friday Morning Club First Friday of the month in Ardkeen Library at 11am The WhoDunnit Crime Book Club Second Tuesday of the month in the Tower Hotel at 7.30pm
Languages
Spanish Conversation Dungarvan Library Spanish conversation group meets every Tuesday 11 a.m. Ardkeen Library Spanish Language exchange meets every Wednesday 11 a.m. Irish Conversation Tramore Library Conversational Irish group meets every Thursday evening at 7.00pm Scrabble Tramore Library Our Scrabble Group meets every Wednesday morning at 10.30am in the children’s Library. Craft Tramore Library Knitting Circle meets every Friday morning at 11am in the adult Library Portlaw Library Crochet group meets on the last three Tuesdays of the month from 6 to 8 pm.
The Bealtaine Choir perform at Waterford Libraries’ Celebrations in 2017.
To book, please call into your local branch, phone or email us as detailed below. Ardkeen Library 0761-102755 or [email protected] Brown's Rd. Library 0761-102614 or [email protected] Cappoquin Library 058-52263 or [email protected] Carrickphierish Library 0761 10 2696 or [email protected] Central Library 0761-102975 or [email protected] Dungarvan Library 0761-102141 or [email protected] Dunmore East Library 051-383211 or [email protected] Kilmacthomas Library 051-294270 or [email protected] Lismore Library 058-21377 or [email protected] Portlaw Library 051--387402 or [email protected] Tallow Library 058-56347 or [email protected] Tramore Library 0761-102593 or [email protected] Or find us at:
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