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Belfast's Out to Lunch festival promises 'life-affirming sustenance for troubled times'
With Brexit looming and ongoing discord around the Cathedral Quarter's future, this year's events are aimed more than ever to brighten up dark days
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Getting Deep with Sea Pinks
Neil Brogan tells all about the Belfast band's seventh LP in eight years, from his surprise at their staying power to not succumbing to synths. Stream 'Rockpool Blue' below
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Screenings across six counties as Northern Ireland rolls film on Cinema Day 2018
The August Bank Holiday is set to be golden moments galore with almost 30 events for families and fans of all genres across the movie-going spectrum
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Girls Names on borrowing from Beckett and coming out of the haze with Stains on Silence
The Belfast band talks through their first album in three years and why it's the best thing they've done despite taking the longest to complete
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What's it like to write a play with your other half?
Dramatic, naturally as life partners and co-authors of WITCH Jane Hardy and Michael Conaghan conjure Ireland's dark arts past at the Black Box on March 13
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Belfast event to explore mental health amongst freelance workers
Self-employed professionals are invited to the Black Box on March 14 to share experiences and hear about addressing issues having a negative impact
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NI Science Festival 2018: From prehistoric Irish dining to filming Planet Earth and more
The fourth annual festival dares to go where it's never gone before, with 180 events to stimulate minds of all ages across Northern Ireland
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Mouthwatering line-up announced for Out to Lunch this January
The Belfast arts festival needn't worry about any superstitions hanging over its 13th instalment with this sumptuous offering
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What's Your Favourite Film-Going Memory?
From the first roars of Jurassic Park to queuing in the snow for Grease, programmers behind Cinema Day 2017 recall their best big screen experiences ahead of a Bank Holiday Monday filled with movie magic
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'No Limits' to Disabled Artists' Creativity in New Three-in-One Exhibition
Participants in groups run by Open Arts will have a variety of works showcased at the Black Box as part of charity's 25th anniversary year
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Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Comes of Age
Belfast's most dynamic annual arts offering celebrates its 18th birthday with a suitably bold programme of music, comedy, theatre and more
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Working Towards a Comm(on) Goal
Freelancers unite in a networking event to face challenges they each share and confront isolation felt within the independent industries
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Out to Lunch to Serve Up Perfect January Cure
Belfast's bespoke winter festival is back this New Year with another helping of music, comedy, spoken word and literature
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Out To Lunch Festival 2017
Out To Lunch Festival returns to the Cathedral Quarter this coming January with a whole range of treats on offer
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NI Celebrates Black Cinema
Two month season of events shines a light on the versatility and achievements of screen icons including Forest Whitaker, Richard Pryor and Muhammad Ali
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Belfast Film Festival Offers Something Strange This Halloween
There's thrills and chills with a night of drive-in classics in Bangor while the Black Box dresses up for a scary movie marathon
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Late Night Art Digest: August 2016
John Higgins takes a tour of studios and spaces across Belfast to drink in some of the key exhibitions currently on display
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The Black Box Turns 10
A decade after opening its doors the Belfast arts hub continues to play a pivotal role and build on its legacy at the heart of city's cultural quarter
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Pr!ck
Shot Glass Theatre's love letter to cinema's comedy-romps of old offers an ambitious commentary on contemporary arts coverage disguised in seventies sleaze
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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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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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Opera, Literature and Lunch
Out to Lunch continue to brighten the dark days of January with a no frills fix of book-based works from NI Opera's fabulous young artists
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Brilliant Corners
Moving on Music's Belfast jazz festival expands to seven days, and the big screen, for its third year in business
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Still Out to Lunch
After a year fraught with cuts, the enduring festival is back to help Belfast ring in 2016 with another hearty helping of performing arts
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Reel Love
BFI and FilmHub NI bring a whirlwind season of romantic classics to screens across Northern Ireland - watch trailers and book tickets now
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Belfast Music - November 2015
There's something for everyone with our guide to Belfast's best gigs happening throughout this month
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Why Do We Kiss?
Queen's University student Emer Maguire wins FameLab science communication competition with intriguing talk exploring humans' urge to kiss - watch her hilarious presentation in full
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Zombie Science
Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? Zombiologist Dr Ken Howe joins forces with the NI Science Festival to equip Northern Ireland for the inevitable
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Martina Devlin
Out To Lunch festival goers come out in force to hear the story of Ireland's final conviction for witchcraft
