Cork city tomorrow will make some central streets safer for people walking and wheeling for a few hours by limiting MPV entry. People can take advantage in various ways. Here's a nice one. Times shown in graphic.

Winner of two Pushcart Prizes, Sally Wen Mao will also be reading at the Cork Arts Theatre at 7pm tomorrow on Sat the 18th, entry costs just €5! Read the LA Review of Books' review of her latest collection, 'The Kingdom of Surfaces' (2023) at this link.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/porcel…

Thank you to the winner of the 2023 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Katie Griffiths for performing. Her winning poem, “Before I still birthed the birch”, will be available to read in the next edition of Southword.

corkpoetryfest.net/saturday.html
Read the very strong line up of poets who will be reading and discussing their work on the closing day of Cork International Poetry Festival 2024.
Guest Poets include ... Ó Faoláin, Rosenstock, Asghar, Wen Mao, Muldoon and UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage.

Happy International Museum Day! May 18th is the day for celebrating museums so we invite you to learn a little bit more about Cork's history visiting the exhibition Walls Women Water at Elizabeth Fort.
#InternationalMuseumDay Cork City Council Pure Cork

Do join us tomorrow Passage West Maritime Museum for our 1st summer outing of 2024

📣🤩 Busy weekend of #BikeWeekCork public events ahead 🚲

Lots of fun cycles, workshops & more to take part in, all free!

Good luck also to all the community groups, youth services and clubs hosting events also 🙌🏻👏🏻

ℹ️ corkbikeweek.ie

Who’s ready for a full day of the 'Made in Cork' Market? Make sure that you don’t miss out on some wonderful exclusive creations at the Triskel Arts Centre today, including lino-prints, lampshades, candles, skincare and so much more. STAMP

#NationalDrawingDay is tomorrow! Join us at our Light and Shade Drawing Workshop tomorrow, Saturday 18 May from 2pm - 4pm!

Free to attend | No booking necessary

Read more here crawfordartgallery.ie/light-and-shad…

The Doctor is touring around Ireland this month 🍀

Stopping off in Derry, Belfast, Bellaghy, Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Kilkenny & Cork - witness John Cooper Clarke at his “bold and brilliant best”

Grab some tickets via the 🔗 below whilst stocks last

johncooperclarke.com

A week left to see The Treads that Bind, MTU Gallery at 46 Grand Parade. Exhibition continues until Thurs 23 May, open Mon-Fri 11-4, and is a lovely way art works with communities and engage their stories. Work by Paula Mongey and Rachel Lartey.
See crawford.mtu.ie/galleryatno46/ for more details!

Professor at Princeton University for 35 years and author of 15 poetry collections; Paul Muldoon will be reading at the Cork Arts Theatre at 8:30pm, tomorrow, Sat 18th! Entry is €15. Read The Irish Times' article about his prowess at the link attached.
irishtimes.com/politics/2023/…

📣🤩 BikeWeekCork #BikeBop is back!

🚲 Republic of Bike will be rocking & rolling all the way through the streets of #Cork this coming Saturday!

The Bop will end at The Lough to join the #BikeWeekCork Bikers BBQ 🥳🌟💃🕺🏼🎵

UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will end the festival with a bang when he reads at the Cork Arts Theatre at 10pm tomorrow on Sat the 18th! Entry is €15! Read all about his newest collection 'Blossomise' (2024) at the link to The Guardian article below.
theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

Final preparations incl. route walk for our inaugural #WalkTalkChalk with our special guest go dona/gh 🍉
See you tomorrow at 10am at Dance Cork Firkin Crane
It's time to take back our city for the benefit of the people of Cork
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
#RegenerativePlacemaking

🦸‍♂️ Join us Tommorow for a superhero-themed event for kids of all ages!

Show your inner superheroes! We meet at the riverside beside the Café in Fitzgeralds Park at 14.00.

#bikeweekcork

Cork Sports Partnership TMF Cork Cork City Council BikeWeekCork

Race from Crosshaven to Lapp's Quay on the Rocky Island Course in one of our Dragon Boats, made in-house by Meitheal Mara's very own boatyard. Check out more about the race schedule at oceantocity.com/faqs/ and get in touch if you're interested!

#oceantocity #OTC24 #CHF24

Thank FILM it’s Friday 🎬✨ We kick off a new week in cinema land with TWO brand new releases #IF and #TheStrangersChapter1 Plus advanced previews of #Garfield

#TFIFriday Book tickets now for this weekend 📲 Visit our brand new website ArcCinema.ie

That They May Face The Rising Sun has passed €500K at Irish & UK cinemas, a massive achievement for #IrishFilm . Congrats to Pat Collins & the team Break Out Pictures. I wrote about the Pat Collins season Triskel Arts Centre, which kicks off on May 19th echolive.ie/entertainment/… EchoLive.ie

Kicking off Day 2 of STAMP STAMP with Brian Mac Domhnaill, Director of The Lavit Gallery free talk on ‘Exhibition Making’ in Triskel Arts Centre #stampcork #exhibition #curatortalk #corkcity #samplestudios