Women’s centenary, show and seminar
18-year old Smitri is a Bangladeshi girl whose life as a brutally victimised street dweller, one of the Amroa Manush (‘we are people, too’), has been transformed by Concern. The aid agency secured her training, maintenance and the means to a job at a garment factory.
Says Limerick’s Press 22 Marie McCallan’s of Smitri’s photograph, “I hope it shows a little of her strength and grace”.
This eloquent portrait is part of the Women of Concern exhibition at Hunt Museum, coinciding with March’s centenary of International Women’s Day. Hunt Museum is holding a seminar linked to feminist themes to be held at the museum on Thursday March 24, the panel of speakers including a director with Concern and women authorities in relevant fields of achievement.
Paddy pleasers at The Hunt
THE wearing of the green on St Patrick’s Day at Hunt Museum will ensure free admission and access to half a dozen happy events.
Embark on a noon journey of discovery and identity with the Myths and Legends tour led by a docent learning through objects in the Hunt Museum’s diverse collection.
From 1.30pm on, enjoy music played by Frederic Pouille and Leslie Anne Harrison in the courtyard, performing acoustic and folk melodies.
Arts and crafts for young people start at 2pm and again at 3pm while facepainting runs parallel to this two hour block.
Mums and Dads are sure to potter about the food stand that will provide tasty snacks from 1.30pm to 4pm on March 17.
For more information visit www.huntmuseum.com, or refer to facebook page. Also twitter (@huntmuseum).
Alex Mathias Quartet plays John Coltrane
AWARD-winning saxophonist and composer Alex Mathias has worked hard on the Irish music scene since his studies at America’s Berklee College Of Music. A young man, he’s built a substantial career by touring Ireland and overseas with his own many projects. Limerick Jazz Society presents the chance on Wednesday March 23 to hear the Alex Mathias Quartet play the music of John Coltrane.
Head upstairs in Dolan’s Dock Road for 9.15pm to catch this rare and beautiful exposition.
“As a band leader, Mathias performs in Dublin at Livenote Jazz Sessions, a twice weekly event at The International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street,” says Limerick Jazz’s John Daly. “As a composer, Mathias has had original music from debut album Goin’ Roamin’ feature on Aer Lingus in-flight entertainment and has also been commissioned to arrange his composition ‘Meshuga’ for the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra of which he is a member”.
This saxophone prodigy continues to write prolifically and is due to release an album of original compositions in June.
Five Kinds of Silence
LOFT Venue over Locke Bar is running a social issues play by Orchard Theatre Company over four nights, Wednesday March 30 to April 2. Five Kinds of Silence is driven by issues of control, dominance and persecution with thin the family. Written by Shelagh Stephenson, it won the 1996 Writers’ Guild Award for Best Original Radio Play and the 1997 Sony Award for Best Original Drama.
We’re told: “Billy controls his wife and two adult daughters to the extent that they cannot leave the room without asking permission. He runs his family as a personal fiefdom and the women are there to service him and his madness,… But he is also tragic, sad, a lost soul. One day his family shoots him dead”.
Book for 8pm at Loft Venue, George’s Quay on 085-2085737.
