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Date Set for Belfast Christmas Market Return
Annual array of seasonal food, drinks and crafts is back at City Hall next month -
The Kitchen
Roysten Abel's hypnotic fusion of culinary and performance art is a sumptuous metaphor for human experience that will inflame the senses -
Nerve Centre to Embark on 2016 Centenary Programme
Organisations working around the cultural heritage of 1916 are encouraged to get involved with the major project marking key anniversaries next year -
Back to the Future Day
How John DeLorean's Belfast-built failure of the motoring industry became an icon of cinema and helped render a family franchise a timeless cultural phenomenon -
Central Belfast: An Historical Gazetteer
Marcus Patton on the task of revising his architectural directory to reflect the city's modern rebirth and the history lying beneath -
Sure, Why Would Ye Not? and Other Irish Turns of Phrase
Fermanagh writer Rodney Edwards gives a flavour of his debut book with ten of the uniquely indigenous expressions that pepper its dialogue -
Top Ten Radar Gigs
Queen's events officer Damian McAdams on the defining nights of the midweek music institution's ten-year run, ahead of its farewell show on October 22 -
SOAK Nominated for Mercury Prize
Derry singer-songwriter named alongside Florence + the Machine, Jamie xx and Aphex Twin on prestigious Album of the Year shortlist -
The Wheels of the World: 300 Years of Uilleann Pipers
From the Famine to the Fureys, Colin Harper leaves few stones unturned in his quest to trace the fortunes of Ireland's 'only' true indigenous instrument -
Soaking In Mydidae
Debut director Rhiann Jeffrey on Prime Cut's Irish premiere of Jack Thorne's candid double-hander about marital tribulations and child loss -
Johnny Crampsie Song and Dance Music Festival
C.R.A.I.C. celebrate twenty years of the traditional music weekend with performances, classes and an audio-visual exhibition at the Alley Theatre -
Derry Gets Vocal for Third Choral Festival
With over two thousand singers lined up across five days, the 'City of Song' will be in full voice for the international festival's third installment -
Read an Extract from The Faerie Thorn
The title story from debut author Jane Talbot's collection of dark fairy tales is the perfect mood setter for Halloween -
Gary Lightbody Announces Belfast Christmas Show
Snow Patrol man plays a special solo acoustic performance at the Waterfront on December 22 -
Verdi via Satellite
Metropolitan Opera to stream the Shakespeare-inspired 'Otello' live from the New York stage to Northern Ireland screens -
Belfast Open Studios 2015
Step inside the creative workspaces of Belfast's visual arts community and witness first-hand the talents behind the exhibitions, showcases and installations -
Pan
Despite an occasionally turgid narrative, Neverland's potential to thrill remains undeniable in Cinemagic's film festival opener -
The Night Alive
Minor character inconsistencies aside, Conor McPherson's play is a furiously paced hacky sack of humour full of exceptional stage performances -
David Lyttle Makes History with MOBO Nod
The Waringstown whiz is the first Irish artist to be nominated in the urban music awards' 20 years -
Local Comic 'Receives' Ringing Endorsements from NI Celebs
Shane Todd reels in the stars in support of his upcoming stand-up show in clever promo clip