9am –noon

St John’s Central College, Sawmill St

GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION

Call to rooms 413/414 - see student work & ask tutors about courses.

See Tuesday for details.

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9am – 5pm

Continues Mon – Fri until April 5.

St. John’s Central College, Sawmill St

REVIEW CENTRAL 13

Exhibition of graduate student work. Details see Tues.

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9am – 5pm

Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Tramore Road

OPEN STUDIOS

Your last chance to visit the studios in the Art Department – celebrating Further Education in art & design. For details see Tuesday.

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9am – 6pm

Main Foyer, Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Tramore Road

CROSSROADS – ACCESS TO DESIGN EXHIBITION

Ends today – see Tuesday for details.

9am – 8pm

Continues until end of March.

First Floor Gallery, Student Centre, CIT

ART BY ADULTS

Exhibition of work created by adults with learning difficulties. Details see Tuesday.

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9am – 8pm

Mon – Sat until March 27.

The James Barry Exhibition Centre, CIT

SOUNDINGS IN FATHOMS

Winner of the CIT Registrar’s Prize, artist Norma Walsh, exhibits her work.

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10am – noon

Main Foyer, Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Tramore Road

WORKSHOP IN PRINTMAKING

Access to Design Studies is a FETAC level 5 course is celebrating its tenth year providing school leavers & adults with training in the foundations of design. This morning adult learners share

their new skills with the public in a workshop in printmaking. Places limited, booking essential. Info 496 1020 www.csn.ie Book by email j.monks@csn.ie

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Central Library, Grand Parade

All day

The Craft of the Honan Chapel - Cork Textile Network exhibition, all week.

Details see Tuesday.

T 492 4900

Douglas Library

Douglas Village Shopping Centre

All day all week

Exhibition

Abstract landscape paintings by Patrick Mansell.

T 492 4932

10am – noon

Learn to Tweet

a hands-on approach with Damien Mulley of Mulley Communications

Places strictly limited, booking essential call 492 4932 – see separate entry

11am – noon

Genealogy – getting started with your family history

with a member of the Cork Genealogical Society.

11am – noon

Conversational Irish

Try our Ciorcal Comhrá – come along to our conversational Irish group and practice your cúpla focal and enjoy a cupán tae afterwards! T 492 4932

2.30pm

Workshop on Facebook with Damien Mulley.

Booking essential.

Tory Top Rd Library Ballyphehane

2.15pm – 3.30pm

Genealogy – getting started with your family history

with a member of the Cork Genealogical Society. T 492 4934

Bishopstown Library Wilton

All day

Exhibition ‘A Sense of Place’

JG O’Donoghue explores the Irish landscape through the perspectives of language and archaeology. All week.

2.30pm

Active Retirement

Want to learn how to live life at a different pace? The Active Retirement Club is here for you. All welcome. T 492 4937

Frank O’Connor Library

Mayfield

11.30am – 12.30pm

Genealogy – getting started with your family history

with a member of the Cork Genealogical Society. T 492 4935

Blackpool Library

All day

Exhibition

Artwork created by pupils from local schools inspired by reading Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, their book this year for the One Book One Community project. All week.

10.30am – noon

Exhibition and Celebration

of Community Art from the Glen – see separate entry. T 492 4933

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All day

Learn interview skills.

Phone to book a free session with the library’s collection of self-guided DVD ROMs. Basic computer skills required.

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210am – 2pm. Until Friday.

Mahon Family Resource Centre

PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION

See Tuesday for details.

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10am – 1pm

Education & Rights Resource Centre 5 Churchfield Avenue

OPEN MORNING

Drop in this morning & you’ll learn about a number of local organisations as they showcase their activities. Organised by the Cork Anti Poverty Resource Network Limited. Groups participating: The Cork Women’s Action Group, Mná Feasa Women’s Domestic Violence Project, Cork City North Mature Women’s Action Group and Women Supporting Women Mentoring Group. Info 430 7969 email: womensupportingwomen@eircom.net

During your visit you can also find out about the Write Together Adult Literacy Scheme, based here, which offers a friendly & supportive setting for learners wishing to better their reading, writing, maths and computer skills. Write Together also offers a Family Learning programme, helping parents to make story sacks for their children. Info 430 7969 email: writetogether@eircom.net

A Churchfield Community Education Network event.

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10am – 4pm

Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Tramore Rd

CISEÁN: A CELEBRATION OF IRISH TRADITIONAL BASKETS

Exhibition & workshop, ends today, for details see Tuesday.

10am – 5pm

Continues until Sat.

Cork Vision Centre @ St Peter’s

North Main St

EXHIBITION BY CORK CAMERA GROUP

Details see Tuesday.

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10.30am – noon

Blackpool Library

CELEBRATE COMMUNITY ART

Come to a celebration marking the closure of the three-day exhibition of Community Art from the Glen. The community artists share their work with each other & the public this morning – all welcome. Light refreshments. Details of groups involved, see Wednesday.

Organised by members of the Glen Community Education Network with particular thanks to Blackpool Library.

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10.30am

Curraheen Family Centre, Meeting Room, Church of the Real Presence, Curraheen Rd

LEARN TO PAINT ON SILK

Join renowned artist/dress designer, Anne Kearns, as she demonstrates the art of painting on silk to create art and couture works. All

welcome. Light refreshments served. The church is on bus route 208 from city centre. Curraheen Family Centre, a member of the Bishopstown Glasheen Community Education Network, meets here regularly. Info: Irene Higgins 454 1583

10am – noon

Douglas Library, Douglas Village Shopping Centre

LEARN TO USE TWITTER

Join a workshop & discover the popular instant messaging system. It’s led by Damien Mulley, who owns Mulley Communications & teaches organisations how to communicate amongst themselves & with the world. He also organises the Irish Blog Awards & Irish Web Awards. Event sponsored by Blacknight, an Irish ICANN accredited domain registrar & hosting company & recipients of several awards for their revolutionary use of social media. Places strictly limited, booking essential, call 492 4932.

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10am – noon

Mahon Family Resource Centre

TRY AROMATHERAPY

Come to the regular class here and learn a little about Aromatherapy. Tea & coffee provided. Places limited, book by calling Maeve or Elsa 435 8866

SHOP & LEARN

Wilton Shopping Centre

9.30am – 11.30am

‘Size Matters’ Information Pods

Stands with information about alcohol & drugs, with fun, interactive exercises, details of educational opportunities and pathways to local services and supports. Presented by Cork City Partnership’s Community Outreach Drug Awareness Project. See Wednesday for more information.

10am – 4pm

Read Write Now & Skills for Work

Find out about the City of Cork VEC Literacy & Basic Education Services available in the community and the workplace for adults who need assistance. Stand organised by the Ballyphehane/Togher & Bishopstown/Glasheen Community Education Networks.

Info Cathy Kelly (Read Write Now) 087 684 9150 & Lillian Buckley (Skills for Work) 086 048 7406

Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre

11am – 4pm

Interior Architecture & Design Department, St John’s Central College

Come & meet current students of the Interior Architecture & Design Department at St John’s and view their work – they’ll be on hand to give information on courses you can start next September which are open to all ages & abilities. Ask at information desk for location. St John’s Central College, Sawmill Street 425 5500

See courses and apply online: www.stjohnscollege.ie

11am – 5pm

NALA - National Adult Literacy Agency

Call to the stand where literacy students, members of NALA’s student sub-committee are available to talk to you about: Taking the first step back into learning as an adult; Help my Kid Learn - a new website for parents; NALA’s online learning website www.writeon.ie; becoming a learning ambassador.

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22pm – 4pm

Lifetime Lab, Lee Rd

CELEBRATE WORLD WATER DAY

There couldn’t be a better place to celebrate World Water Day than at the old Cork Waterworks which supplied water to the city from the 1760s. Cork Environmental Network, Lifetime Lab & Green Schools take up the theme of this year’s International Year of Water, aimed at raising awareness of increased co-operation & the challenges facing water management. Includes an interactive workshop, giving you a chance to experience water saving devices in action e.g. aerated shower heads, flow restrictors. You’ll learn how to adapt your toilet, and to make your own water butt & pick up tips about saving water. Info Cork Environmental Forum 023 883 9700 or email: bernadette@cef.ie www.cef.ie Book by calling Bernie Connolly 083 146 8064

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2pm – 3pm

Brookfield Health Sciences Complex College Rd, UCC

KEEPING BUGS AT BAY

Fun for all the family at the first of two workshops with Anna O’Leary and Siobhan Murphy of the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery at UCC. At this practical fun session you’ll learn how easy it is to carry bugs around with you and how simple it is to transfer them – but how you can stop infection spreading. Come to what promises to be a fun learning event for all the family. Disc parking on College Road. Meet at the main entrance to Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, on College Road near Bons Secour Hospital. Info: Anna O’Leary 490 1483 email: anna.oleary@ucc.ie or Siobhan Murphy 490 1492 email: siobhan.murphy@ucc.ie Repeated from 3pm – 4pm.

2pm – 5pm

Camden Palace Hotel Community Arts Centre, Camden Quay

SCREENPRINTING WORKSHOP

Come to an introduction to Screenprinting with Print Cabal – from preparing the screen to printing a T-shirt. Bring a blank dark T-shirt with you. Places limited. Info & to book Rhona 087 668 1634 or www.facebook.com/printcabal

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2pm – 5.30pm

Cork City & County Archives, Seamus Murphy Building, 33A Great William O’Brien St

TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

Learn how you can research your ancestors with talks by experts this afternoon:

Gerry White on Military Personnel in the First World War & the War of Independence & Rosaleen Underwood on New Online Sources for Genealogy. Booking preferred as places limited. T 450 5876 email archivist@corkcity.ie

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2pm – 6pm

The Teaching Rooms, 6 Sidney Place, Wellington Rd

INTRODUCTION TO SHIATSU

The Cork School of Shiatsu invites you to a hands-on workshop which introduces some simple, basic techniques of this unique form of body work to use for relaxation with family and friends.  Also included are stretching & breathing exercises and some acupoints for First Aid.  Please wear loose, comfortable clothing.  Booking essential, as places limited. Contact Diana 087 207 0132 or 487 2324 by March 13.  After that date, please text Sheena on 086 264 1123.  See learnshiatsu.ie or shiatsusocietyireland.com for more information on Shiatsu

Parking on street 2 hours with disc.

11am – 1pm

National Learning Network Hollyhill Training Centre, Hollymount

AWARDS CEREMONY & OPEN DAY

The National Learning Network (NLN) presents awards to learners who completed their training courses in 2012. It’s an opportunity to open the Training Centre to the public who might like to learn about the NLN’s activities in Cork. See and hear about this unique experience for yourself. Parking available on site, tea/coffee provided. Booking is essential, as places limited. Book by calling Alice or Maria 434 1028

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11am – 1pm

JCSP Library

Terence MacSwiney Community College

ARTS & CRAFTS WORKSHOP

Join the students as Niamh Leonard facilitates an art and crafts workshop.

Places limited, booking essential. Call Anne Masterson 439 7740

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11.30am - 3pm

Meitheal Mara Crosses Green House, Crosses Green

WORKSHOP OPEN DAY

Visit Meitheal Mara’s workshop at Crosses Green and see what boat building projects are in progress. Meet staff, trainees and volunteers; try your hand at currach building; see the display on Cork’s fishing and rowing heritage; watch a video of longboat Fionnbarra’s crew competing in Atlantic Challenge Bantry 2012. Make a plan to circumnavigate the city centre

in a small boat (CORKUMNAVIGATION) or to compete in Ocean to City 2013. This is a one-off event. Disc parking on the street & nearby in the multi-storey Saint Finbarre’s Public Car Park on Wandesford Quay. Info: 431 6813 email: office@meithealmara.ie www.meithealmara.ie

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1pm – 2pm

Room 156, O’Rahilly Building, UCC

ZARA – A SUCCESS IN BUSINESS

Learn from a successful business. The Irish Centre for Galician

Studies invites you to a one-off lecture about the Galician company Zara. Among the topics covered are: the company’s history from its first shop to its current empire; design, production, distribution and staff; advertising and marketing strategies; the online world; entering the Stock Exchange; corporate social responsibility; Zara and its reaction to the economic recession; controversies; achievements and challenges; and much more.

Info 490 3271 or 085 816 6855 email acanizo@ucc.ie

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1.10pm – 2pm

Foyer, CIT Cork School of Music, Union Quay

LUNCHTIME FLUTES & BRASS

The final lunchtime concert features CAFE (The Cork Adult Flute Ensemble) and the CITCSM Brass Ensemble performing American composer Edward MacDowell’s Woodland Sketches, conducted by the college’s final year degree students. Some seating, wheelchair accessible, on-street parking, bistro on-site. Info Edel Sullivan 087 234 4669

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2pm – 3pm

Carrig Sound, C3 Units A&B Donnybrook Commercial Centre, Douglas

TOUR A COMMERCIAL RECORDING STUDIO

For details see Monday. Repeated daily until Sunday.

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26pm – 8pm

Ballyphehane Youth Café Ballyphehane Community Centre

HEALTHY EATING

Learn about healthy eating, healthy choices. All welcome to a food tasting night at the Community Centre. See a colourful display of a variety of foods from the Food Pyramid. Info Carmel Forde 087 684 7710

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6pm – 9pm

We Made This, South Presentation, Evergreen St

WORKSHOP: MEN’S HEALTH & WELLBEING

SHEP tutor Francis Cooley leads this interactive workshop for men. Men attending are given the opportunity to look at their health values

& to focus on a few of them. The workshop will also give a flavour of the type of work & topics involved in SHEP’s men’s groups. SHEP – the Social & Health Education Project – is a unique, not-for-profit, community based training & development organisation. Booking essential, as places limited. Call Geraldine Flanagan 466 6180. For info on venue: We Made This 086 023 6442.

6.30pm – 8pm

Cork Quaker Meeting House, Summerhill South

SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY – IN CONFLICT?

This short talk and interactive discussion, led by Denise Gabuzda, begins with an introduction to the changing relationship between science and religion through the centuries, and asks if they need to be in conflict. There are brief contributions by several people representing a range of views, and discussions in both small groups and the larger group. It’s hoped that it will shake up a few stereotypes and spark some new thoughts in the minds of people on both sides. No need to book. All welcome. Info: Denise Gabuzda 085 728 5287.

6.30pm

CIT College of Art & Design Sullivan’s Quay Campus (Old FÁS/Government Buildings)

OPENING OF EXHIBITION

All welcome to the opening of the annual CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, Continuing Visual Education Exhibition. Info: Ed Kuczaj, Head of Art Therapy & Continuing Visual Education 433 5246 email: ed.kuczaj@cit.ie See www.artincontext.eu for details of courses & other activities.

www.cit.ie

2.30pm – 4.30pm

CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory

NASA’S VIEWSPACE

CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory displays NASA’s

ViewSpace in its classroom, a constantly updated exhibit showing the beauty and power of the universe while guiding the viewer to a deeper understanding of astronomy. ViewSpace gives adults the chance to see the latest images, movies, animations and news from the Hubble Space Telescope and other NASA observatories. No need to book, but note that seats are given on a first come first served basis.

Parking nearby - from city centre direction, pass the Castle. Take no 202 bus from Parnell Place – it’s a 5 minute walk from the St.Luke’s or Blackrock Village stops.

Info: 435 7917 email info@bco.ie www.bco.ie

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3pm – 4pm

Alliance Française de Cork 36 Mary Street

BORDEAUX – A VIRTUAL VISIT

Resident Bordelais tutor Matthieu Nivard takes you on a virtual guided tour through the highlights, the essential sites, and the curiosities off the beaten track of one of France’s most beautiful cities. Info Matthieu Nivard 431 0677 email:info@alliancefrancaisecork.com

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3pm – 4pm

Visitors’ Centre, North Wing

Main Quad, UCC

GUIDED HISTORICAL TOUR OF UCC

See Tuesday for details. Repeated tomorrow.

3pm – 4pm

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC

KEEPING BUGS AT BAY

See 2pm today for details

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3pm- 5pm

We Made This, South Pres Convent

Evergreen St

SPEAKOUT! INTERACTIVE THEATRE

No need to book, all welcome, children must be accompanied.

See Wednesday for details.

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6pm

Camden Palace Hotel

CURIOUS PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Details see Tuesday.

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Cónal Creedon is a short story writer, novelist, playwright, and documentary film-maker. His stage plays include The Trial Of Jesus, Glory Be To The Father, Second City Trilogy. Cónal has written over 60 hours of radio drama and his work has been broadcast on RTÉ, BBC Radio 4 & World Service, and by radio stations in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA. His books include Pancho and Lefty Ride Out, a collection of short stories, and Passion Play, a novel.

Tony Macaulay grew up on the Shankill Road in Belfast at the start of ‘The Troubles’ – an experience which has shaped his life. He has spent 27 years working with hundreds of youth & community groups to build peace & reconciliation at home & abroad. His first book Paperboy is a touching, funny and nostalgic memoir, recounting his days growing up during the harrowing years. In the middle of the turmoil is the upstart with a wicked sense of humour and sky-high dreams, who dutifully goes about his paper round. The sequel to Paperboy is Breadboy – just published.

Danny Morrison is a writer who lives in West Belfast, and is secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust and chairperson of Féile an Phobail. He was the national director of publicity for Sinn Fein in the 1980s, served time as an IRA prisoner, and is a well-known political commentator in newspapers, and on television and radio. Since the mid 90s he has concentrated on writing & reviewing. Among his books are the novels West Belfast, On the Back of the Swallow, The Wrong Man; All the Dead Voices, a memoir, & Rebel Columns, a collection of articles. His fourth novel, Rudi: in the Shadow of Knulp, inspired by Hermann Hesse’s 1915 novel, has just been published.

Jamie O’Connell was the 2011 Writer in Residence at Tigh Filí in Cork and was awarded an Artists Bursary by Cork City Council in 2012. His debut collection of short stories, Some Sort of Beauty, explores issues of faith, sexuality, travel and modern urban culture, through voices as diverse as that of a Jehovah’s Witness father coping with the death of his rebel daughter, the monologue of a woman who abandoned her young family, stark reflections on love and the quiet tragedy of everyday moments. Underlining these narratives is a powerful humanity guided by hope, forgiveness and the redemptive power of art. Jamie now lives in Dublin.w

7pm – 8.30pm

The Teaching Rooms, 6, Sydney Place, Wellington Rd

HEAR ABOUT THE MAHAYANA METHOD

The Mahayana Method is a three-step process accessible to anyone wishing to experience a life free from fear & limitations; a symbiosis of Science & Spirituality. Mahayana I Dugast Ph.D is dedicated to transmitting this method, inspired from the Greater Mind and delivered as a unique and practical application of metaphysical laws. Event takes place three times a year. Includes course manual, certificate, free refreshments and parking. Book by calling Mahayana 087 326 2549 email: mahayanaidugast@hotmail.com www.mahayanadugast.com

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7pm

Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay

LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS

Come to a unique life drawing class, that is daring, sexy & fun, with Artist Masquerade. Female & male models performing in costume bring the workshop to life, inspiring one & all to enjoy the magic of art. All

that’s needed is an open mind – over 18s only. Bring pad and pencils. Info Ed 087 689 2202

7.30 –9.30pm

Spailpín Fánach, South Main St. opp Beamish & Crawford

SCRIBES

Writers read from their works and discuss what inspired them in an event inspired by Féile an Phobail, our festival partner. Chaired by Seamus Hosey.

Seamus Hosey recently retired after almost 30 years as Producer in the Features and Arts Department of RTE Radio 1, where he produced programmes including The Arts Show, The Book on One, The Poetry Programme

and Speaking Volumes. He also organised and produced the annual Francis MacManus Short Story Competition which continues to provide a major platform for new and emerging Irish writers. Arising out of his lifelong passion for the theatre, he has chronicled tours by the Abbey and Gate Theatres to Russia, Israel and Broadway in a series of acclaimed radio documentaries. He is a member of the Literary Advisory Committee for Listowel Writers Week.

Info: Tina 086 603 5552