Bealtaine Festival 2010 in Clonmel Library got off to a great start with The Pre-Madonnas. Mezzo soprano Liz Ryan and soprano Mary Flaherty presented a delectable selection of arias and duets with lots of very funny comedy sketches and ably assisted on piano by David.
The comments at the end of the show were
The secret life of bees is not based on the life of bees but uses them to demonstrate some of life’s finer points to a young fourteen year old Girl ” Lily” who has lost her Mother and has run away with the BLACK servant “Rosaleen” of a rich peach farmer living in South Carolina in the 1950’s.
She has run away because of her fathers abusive nature and his lack of understanding of the female species. Lily has vague memories of her mother and the circumstances in which she died, Lily accidentally killed her with her fathers gun after walking in on her parents having a row because her mother “Deborah” had been away with some black friends ” the honey makers” and realised she could
For the Bealtaine Festival, an annual festival which celebrates creativity in older age, Nenagh Library will host a Writing Workshop with Vincent McDonnell on Thursday 13th…
‘The ‘Elegance of the Hedgehog’ by Muriel Barbary
Reviews were decidedly mixed for this book in our Nenagh library book club but certainly this reviewer would encourage the reader to persevere with it.
‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’ by Muriel Barabary suggests a satirical look at French soiety through the eyes and words of 54 year old Renée Michel, a concierge working in a upscale Parisian apartment building, and Paloma, a 12 year old student. Renée is judged to be an uneducated, dull caretaker by the residents of the building but in fact she is a deeply intellectual and philosophical woman, well read and cultured. She lives with a tragic secret from her youth which she finally reveals to Paloma, thereby changing Paloma’s disillusioned view of the society and family in which she lives.
The Tipperary Bealtaine Festival was launched on Tuesday 4th May by Catherine Rose CEO of Age and Opportunity. Almost 100 people attended the launch…
Nenagh people were priviledged to hear a perfomance by the wonderful Pre-Madonnas last night and the 60 people who attended this intimate event in Nenagh library were thoroughly appreciative of the concert. Combining comedy sketches and arias is not easily or obviously done but mezzo soprano, Liz Ryan and soprano, Mary Flaherty, made it seem effortless. The audience were alternately giggling at the overwrought dramatics of a top Prima Donna and her long suffering (and suspiciously feminine) Senor or captivated by the wonderful music and beautiful singing throughout the evening.
The Library is for all users, young and old, male and female, all races, all creeds, the able bodied and the those who are not…
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