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QFT Oscar Winners
With the 2013 Academy Award nominations hot off the press, Queen's Film Theatre manager Susan Picken chooses her most deserving films of the past year -
Painting Meets Poetry
A forthcoming afternoon poetry reading at the Ulster Museum, featuring Michael Longley, is inspired by artist John Luke and poet John Hewitt -
BRILLIANT Ideas Needed For Lumiere
Derry~Londonderry will truly shine when the Lumiere Derry festival of light closes UK City of Culture 2013, and your concept could be a part of it -
City of Culture Tea Dance - Watch Video
'Our generation were the ballroom dancers... This is the greatest night.' Watch video from the very first UK City of Culture 2013 event at The Venue -
Take It Away Loan Scheme for Budding Musicians
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland launch new initiative to assist budding musicians over the age of 18 to purchase a musical instrument interest free -
City of Culture 2013 Begins
Watch video highlights of the New Year's Eve fireworks spectacular over the River Foyle as Derry~Londonderry begins its year as the first designated UK City of Culture -
City of Culture Begins on New Year's Eve
Derry~Londonderry's year in the spotlight kicks off with a spectacular fireworks display and selection of gigs -
Sons & Daughters Concert to Open City of Culture
BBC NI to broadcast gala performance at The Venue as Derry~Londonderry's year as the first UK City of Culture begins -
Operation Motorman Documentary
The Nerve Centre has played a central role in a new Insight documentary that is due to be screened on UTV Thursday December 6 at 9pm. -
City of Culture Musician in Residence Announced
Adele collaborator Neil Cowley announced in new partnership between PRS for Music Foundation, Culture Company and the Nerve Centre -
View the Full Out To Lunch 2013 Festival Programme
Feeling peckish? Browse the full Out To Lunch 2013 festival programme and chow down on some seriously artistic lunchtime treats this coming January -
Win City of Culture Golden Ticket
Culture Company launch competition for one lucky winner to attend many of the major events during City of Culture 2013 -
Belfast 400: People, Place and History
Read an extract from the glossy new history and discover how visual artists, playwrights and authors depicted the city up until the 1960s -
Actor Confirmed for University of Ulster
Sir Ian McKellen set to deliver the annual Chancellor's Lecture at the Magee Campus in Derry~Londonderry on February 3, 2013 -
British Council Invest £1/4m in City of Culture
New projects by Field Day theatre company and artist Willie Doherty to benefit in Derry~Londonderry -
Stewart Parker: A Life - Listen to a Reading
Listen to academic and author Marilynn Richtarik read from her 'definitive' biography of the late Belfast playwright -
Glasgowbury 2013 Open to Submissions
Acts from across Ireland asked to apply to perform at the 'small but massive' music festival -
Help Fund Martin McCann's Next Feature
The actor turned screenwriter hopes to generate £5,000 worth of crowd source funding for Belfast set 'Fishbowl City' -
Duke Special Releases New Video
Check out the video for Duke Special's 'How I Learned to Love the Sun', taken from his latest album Oh Pioneer -
Belfast Continental Christmas Market Returns
Performances of Dickensian carols by the Pickwick Players add to the familiar feel at Belfast City Hall from November 17 -
Young Musicians Platform
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the BBC begin the search for this year's three award recipients -
Kenneth Branagh Knighted
The Belfast-born thespian receives honour at Buckingham Palace for his 'services to drama and the community in Northern Ireland' -
Terri Hooley Receives Honorary Plaque
Belfast City Council pays tribute to Northern Ireland's very own ‘godfather of punk’ during Belfast Music Week -
25th Foyle Film Festival
Browse the full programme of screenings and events taking place in Derry~Londonderry from November 21 - 25, and find out which stars will be in attendance -
Other Voices Music Trail
RTE's acclaimed live performance series strikes out from Dingle once again, visiting Derry~Londonderry along the way in 2013 -
Radio Ulster and RTE to Broadcast Belfast Music Week
Across the Line and 2FM join forces for a cross-border broadcast on Monday, November 5 -
UK City of Culture 2013 Programme Launched
Ireland’s 'richest ever cultural programme' revealed in Derry~Londonderry – browse the brochure in full -
South by South West Deadline Approaches
November 7 marks the cut off point for artists hoping to represent Northern Ireland in Texas next March -
Belfast Music Week 2012 Programme Launched
Browse the full programme of events and listen to all 12 tracks on the official Belfast Music Week 2012 album -
Orbital Set for Ulster Hall
Belfast Music Week attracts the dance pioneers as part of the day-long '25: Electronic Music in Belfast' event -
Olympics Legacy Charity Launches
Sir Keith Mills 'extremely pleased' to launch UK-wide sported. charity -
Hugo Duncan Goes Classical with Ulster Orchestra
BBC Radio Ulster presenter and exponent of country music set to perform with the Ulster Orchestra for the first time this November -
NI Films Secure US Distribution
Genre films Vampires vs Leprechauns and DEADlocked, both part funded by NI Screen, bought up by Inception Media -
ACNI Invest in City of Culture
New works by the likes of Colin Bateman and Willie Doherty benefit from £1m Arts Council investment -
Huzzies at The MAC
Rising stars of Northern Ireland's theatre and music scenes come together in new Tinderbox play, part of the Belfast Festival at Queen's -
Hallowe’en Catwalk Challenge
Design guru Wayne Hemingway heads for Derry~Londonderry, where creepy couture brings Twilight to the Banks of the Foyle -
More Belfast Music Week Events Announced
Katie and the Carnival, Two Door Cinema Club documentary, Northern Lights mini-fest, The Selector -
Belfast Music Week 2012 Showcase
Watch video from 12 Northern Irish acts scheduled to perform and register for free tickets -
Belfast Music Week Gigs Announced
The first 12 events have now been confirmed for Belfast Music Week 2012, which runs from November 4-11 -
Culture Night 2012
Watch video from Derry~Londonderry and Belfast and let us know how you celebrated the largest free arts event of the year -
The Limelight Facelift Continues
Venue formerly known as the Spring & Airbreak is no more -
Armagh Culture Night 2012
The historic city joins the party for the first time, with events in ice cream parlours, schools and the old gaol -
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
A lantern parade through Belfast will signal the arrival of the autumnal moon on Thursday, September 27 -
Cinemagic Festival for Young People Launches
Watch video featuring ParaNorman writer/director Chris Butler and check out this year's programme -
London 2012 Festival: CAUTION
Artist and curator Sinéad O’Donnell works with five international artists who suffer from an 'invisible disability' -
Belfast Music Week 2012
The week-long celebration of Northern Irish music returns from November 4 - 11 -
Belfast Festival at Queen's Celebrates 50 Years
As the 2012 programme launches, Queen's graduate Seamus Heaney recalls his favourite festival moments -
Continuing Communities
The 'significant contribution' made by artists to life in Belfast celebrated at Queen's University with new series of courses -
Northern Ireland Supports Pussy Riot
Music stars unite at the Black Box in support of jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot -
Culture Night 2012
An 'expansive, colourful and inclusive' programme of events has been launched for Friday, September 21 -
Arts & Disability Forum Bounce!
Northern Ireland’s first ever disability and deaf arts festival comes to venues across Belfast from August 24 - 31 -
Orion
Rosie Johnston's story of Orion the hunter is 'an epic poem in the classical tradition', writes Louise Richardson -
London 2012 Festival: FLAGS
German artist Hans Peter Kuhn's installation at the Giant's Causeway surprises visitors with the unpredictability of nature -
Olympic Medallists Return
Crowds turn out in force to welcome home the Belfast boxers and Coleraine rowers who triumphed at London 2012 -
The Evolution of Crafts in Northern Ireland
With August Craft Month in full swing, Joseph McBrinn of the University of Ulster considers the evolution of arts and crafts in Ireland -
Belfast Pride Parade 2012
Christians Enjoying Gay Pride and other revelers line the streets in Belfast to cheer on the floats and performers -
Sporting Traditions in Newry & Mourne
Watch video from Bagenal's Castle in Newry and learn about the sports that have flourished in the shadow of the Mournes -
My Favourite John Hewitt Poem
Watch video of Seamus Heaney, Sinéad Morrissey and others reading their favourite verses ahead of the 2012 John Hewitt International Summer School -
Fifty Shades of Blue
Librarian Dewey Decimal on our erstwhile reading habits and the potential for 'a new climax in erotic literature' -
Open Air Museum Comes to Antrim and Armagh
Director Gavin Donaghy hopes that history buffs will come out in force in this summer as part of the Festival of British Architecture
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