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Young people are reimagining Northern Ireland's museums by giving artefacts a breath of fresh air

Exciting digital programmes are engaging more 16-25 year olds with hubs of local heritage while giving them new skills in photography, 3D technology and event management
Playwright Katherina Radeva on borders, nationality, and Europe today

With Brexit looming, Katherina Redeva revisits her play on the fall of communism in Bulgaria, giving it a contemporary flavour
Dave Duggan play featuring live jazz band back at Derry festival

Chezzie gets another Chance at this year's City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival, after first impressing audiences with its relatable, real music-driven story
Artists with disabilities tackle Shakespeare and discover 'talents they never knew they had'

Open Arts CEO Eileen Branagh admits that A Midsummer Night's Dream was a 'frightening prospect' but the hard work of 65 individuals over two years has set the stage for a magical production at the MAC
Stephen Rea returns to the MAC for Aeneid: Book VI

Actor Stephen Rea and musician Neil Martin; friends, collaborators, co-conspirators, makers of mischief
Talking 25 years of Troublegum, the record that made Therapy? rock stars

Frontman Andy Cairns looks back on how the trio's 1994 masterpiece has helped keep them around to celebrate it while still ripping up stages around the world
Actor and drama teaching innovator Brian McMahon on being back on stage with Bardic Theatre

An entertainer and educator, Tyrone-born McMahon's methods have drawn acclaim all over Ireland. He talks to us about his approach to learning and starring in a new production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane
'Who wants to surrender to middle age?' Not the cast of Menopause the Musical

With humour, honesty and a cracking, 23-song soundtrack, the women behind the show's newest run are reassuring audiences that it's fine to be over 50
Over 90 events for kids and families beginning this week at Belfast Children's Festival

Young at Art are going big for the festival's 21st birthday with an even more fun for all ages following last year's landmark celebration
Renowned dance company Rambert bringing world's top young talents to Belfast

A new junior ensemble born from the original British dance brand will be channelling its flawless artistry in a specially chosen trio of new and old works

Ulster Hall Plays Host to 'Graeme of Thrones'
Belfast-bound parody show pays homage to Westeros by finding farcical humour in the drama's darkest corners
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On the Shelf: April 2016
Michael Conaghan lays Ireland's claim to Shakespeare and rounds up this month's must-read releases
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Short Strand Becomes a Stage
East Belfast area's history will come to life in a unique series of Kabosh theatre performances to mark Easter Rising centenary
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Words of Encouragement: Annemarie Neary
The 2014 Michael McLaverty Award winner outlines why writers shouldn't stop short of submitting their works of fiction to the biennial competition
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Alexandrina McCausland Stewart: A Life in Music
Nuala McAllister charts the largely unsung contribution of a musical trailblazer to Derry~Londonderry at the turn of twentieth century
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Terra Nova Take On The Tempest
Artistic director Andrea Montgomery and actor James Doran on modernising the Shakespeare epic in a colossal new Belfast adaptation
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Introducing Sylvier
The latest of the North West's recent wealth of young female solo acts, Emma Hughes brings us up to speed on her debut single and the path her studies have helped pave
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London Calling for Derry's Dawn Cruttenden
Having had her work bought by Stevie Nicks, the artist has become the first woman to be commissioned by the English capital's 'most famous hotel'
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Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Comes of Age
Belfast's best-loved arts festival marks its 17th year with an eclectic as ever line-up – see what's in store now
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Your Memories of Anderson and McAuley
Culture NI readers recall their experiences of the iconic Belfast department store ahead of a special anniversary reunion event
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Belfast and Dublin Unite for Two Cities One Book
Author Lia Mills on her Easter Rising-set novel Fallen, chosen to bring the Irish capitals together with a month of reading-related events throughout April
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Sing Along with the Open House Festival Choir
Katie Richardson leads the 70-strong community ensemble with singer-songwriter Gill Landry for two nights of choral covers in Bangor and Belfast
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Remembering 1916: Your Stories
Rare Easter Rising and Battle of the Somme memorabilia featured as part of Ulster Museum's new exhibition
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Michael McLaverty Short Story Award Returns
Linen Hall Library launch the biennial competition offering writers the chance to win one of Irish literature's top prizes
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Strand to Screen 'Nazi Titanic'
The once-banned 1943 film about the ill-fated liner was commissioned by Joseph Goebbels as a piece of wartime propaganda
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Them and Now: Jackie McAuley
Though not as angry nor as young as he was fifty years ago, the blues legend has at last lifted the barriers back on his days with Van Morrison and co.
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Emma Jordan: Prime Mover
With After Miss Julie premièring across Ireland, the ambitious theatre director opens up about the demands of the job, keeping things fresh and leading actors 'into the darkness'
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Creativity Month Writers in Residence
Authors Martina Devlin and Anthony Quinn share their enthusiasm for the Libraries NI role as duties are split for the first time
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Spring Féile Fever
It may be the smaller sibling of the Féile an Phobail, but timing of this year's Belfast festival sees it take on a greater significance than ever before
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Limavady Team Launch TV Series Crowdfunder
The project seeks support to help bring a new contemporary period drama set in 1940s Donegal from the script to the screen
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BP Portrait Award Exhibition Opens in Belfast
Ulster Museum hosts the returning competition after 18 years away featuring previously nominated Banbridge artist Ian Cumberland
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This Land Drills into Fracking
New Pentabus Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse production is hoped to spark a wider debate around the 'muddy' subject dividing communities across the country
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Spend St. Patrick's with Colin Glen
The outer-Belfast forest park launches its spring/summer season with a day of enchanting experiences for all the family to enjoy
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Picture Perfect: Audrey Kelly
With help from her young daughter, the Derry-based photographer is expanding her portfolio from wedding portraits to award-winning digital art
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The Virgin Father
Jimmy McAleavey casts the stage lights back on one of the Bible's most overlooked figures in a new revival of his challenging, one-man play
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Silence is Deafening for Dylan Quinn
In new two-person dance production 'Tost' the daring choreographer seeks to explore the nature of 'the space between' verbal communication
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Owen Jones: Change Isn't Beyond Imagination
The noted 'activist who happens to write' discusses hope as the basis for political progress and the importance of inciting young people ahead of a sold-out Belfast talk
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Gordon Osràm's Funeral
The site-specific send-off for a fictional performance artist is anything but Accidental in an immersive new production from the boundary-pushing theatre company
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Radio Gold: Annie Nightingale
After 50 years on the air, we speak to the pioneering presenter about breaking into broadcasting and not settling for society's expectations
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The Woman on the Other Side
Ballyclare poet Stephanie Conn on how she turned words of comfort into an award-winning trade ahead of her debut collection's release
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Sort by Gender
American music journalist Jessica Hopper previews her Women's Work keynote with thoughts on where inequality in the industry remains most rampant
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On the Shelf: March 2016
In the first of a new column, writer Michael Conaghan considers literature's link with upcoming centenaries and rounds up this month's best releases
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The Fashion and Textile Design Centre
Derry's new style hub is harnessing the city's shirt-making heritage to foster a new generation of fashionistas
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Creative Centenaries Programme Launches
The launch of a major Northern Ireland-wide programme will help to shine a light on key centenaries through adopting creative, artistic and cultural approaches
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Nothing Amateur About the North West
As the City of Derry and Strabane Drama Festivals mark milestone years, organisers are stressing just how far standards on and off-stage have soared
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Titanic Shift for Belsonic
First wave of acts announced as the annual concert series uproots for 2016
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Create: Innovate: Armagh
Award-winning materials scientist Mark Miodownik leads a line-up of distinguished speakers set for the cross-sectoral conference on March 2
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Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival
The spotlight returns to the minds behind the music in a programme boasting decorated international names plus educational elements
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Ignite Your Creative Spark During Creativity Month
The month-long programme launches with hundreds of creative events across NI
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Silence in Paris
Colin Davidson's powerful portraits of those left mourning by the Troubles take on a profound new significance in the tragedy-stricken French capital
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Applications Open for Derry Choral Festival
Derry International Choral Festival due to return from 19 – 23 October 2016
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Guerrilla Shout, Visual Ideas Collective
Not just for techno heads, the Belfast firm is lighting up Ireland's leading festivals and stimulating the senses of top brands across the globe
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The Mother of All Children's Festivals
Young at Art's Ali Fitzgibbon on bringing her baby full circle and the 'short-sighted' cuts that lead to little ones losing out
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Start Making Sense with Imagine! Belfast
The Festival of Ideas and Politics returns to stimulate discussion on the big issues of today with high profile talks, theatre and more
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Rembrandt, the Drawing Club and Me
Jane Hardy discovers a deeper understanding of the Dutch artist's final work with like-minded learners at the Ulster Museum
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NI Science Festival: 10 Things Not to Miss
With over 100 brain-tingling events, we handpick the highlights of a packed programme running from February 18 to 28
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Women Aloud NI
One-day literary celebration aims to bring due recognition to our wealth of female authors, poets and storytellers
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Submit Your Short to Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2016
The Belfast festival is calling for entries up to ten minutes in length to compete in the annual awards showcase
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See a Different Side to Ireland this Spring
Claire McKeever rounds up an assortment of exhibitions each offering a unique take on the people and places around us
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Leading Rock Critic to Give Belfast Talk
Former Pitchfork editor and feminist writer Jessica Hopper will deliver a keynote at next month's Women's Work festival
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Clinton Kirkpatrick: Whence He Came
The Crumlin-born artist on the travels that shaped his craft and exhibiting alongside Kenyan woodcutting mentor John Silver Kimani
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Celebrating Peter Quigley
NI's theatre community comes together this month to launch an archive of the much-missed actor/director's work at the Linen Hall Library
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Irish Pages Consider Life After Heaney
Editor Chris Agee on how the poet's absence has already affected the cultural landscape, as the journal for contemporary writing launches its second tribute issue
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Get to Grips with Graffiti
The Playhouse hosts a weekend of urban art workshops and demonstrations to mark the launch of the second Release the Pressure festival
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Demonstrating the Art of Compassion
'One Day' exhibition in Derry aims to break down the social barriers around death and address the isolation that so often follows
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Belfast Book Chosen for Historic Big Read
Paul McVeigh's debut novel The Good Son will be the literary focus of the milestone 50th Brighton Festival
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A Toy for the Ages
As LEGO fanatic Warren Elsmore brings his Brick Wonders exhibition to Derry, Dominic Kearney explores the lasting power behind the creative phenomenon
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Made in Belfast Season at QFT
Queen's Film Theatre and BFI celebrate the city's cinematic heritage with an eclectic week of film and archive footage screenings
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Colin Bateman Reports Back
The celebrated writer revisits his newsroom roots in his latest novel, and looks forward to his Paisley/McGuinness script making it to the big screen
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AVA Festival Confirms Return
Belfast's Titanic Quarter will welcome back the pulsating showcase of electronic music and tech culture this June. Register free for its day conference now
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