Arts Tonight (Art)
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- A daily magazine programme focusing on all things cultural. It covers everything and anything - from books to music, to paintings to dance to theatre - and everything in between.
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- Genres: Art
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Language: English
- Networks: RTE Ireland
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The Arts Show Wednesday 19th August 2009
Thu, Aug 20
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Live music and chat from Cuban group Son Salsa who will perform at the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures on Saturday 29th August 2009. The band's website is www.sonsalsa.altpro.net/bandsite while the Dun Laoghaire Festival website is www.festivalofworldcultures.com
The Arts Show Thursday 23rd July 2009
Fri, Jul 24
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The Big Bang Festival in Dublin - Sean Rocks talks to festival organisers Brian Fleming and Robbie Harris who perform live in studio. The Big Bang Festival happens every year and drummers and percussionists from all over the world come to Dublin to take part. This year's starts on Friday 24th July at The Button Factory in Dublin.Full details are on www.bigbangfestival.com
The Arts Show Wednesday 15th July 2009
Tue, Jul 21
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Riverdance composer Bill Whelan talks about the return of Riverdance to The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, his life and career and chooses some of his favourite music.
The Arts Show Thursday 9th July 2009
Thu, Jul 16
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Music and interview with Carosel (Michelle Phelan and Pete McGrane) with tracks 'Easy as it Flows' and 'Sun is Shining' from their album 'Kaleidoscope'.
The Arts Show Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Mon, Jul 6
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Outside Broadcast from the National Library of Ireland in Kildare Street in Dublin, where author Edna O'Brien shares some of her love for and insights into the work of William Butler Yeats.
The Arts Show Thursday 2nd July 2009
Fri, Jul 3
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Live Music and conversation with Shaun Davey, Rita Connolly, Liam O'Flynn and friends.
The Arts Show Tuesday 19th May 2009
Mon, May 25
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Dublin-Born Pianist Finghin Collins plays live in studio
The Arts Show Thursday 23rd April 2009
Thu, Apr 23
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Live Music from the Rastrelli Cello Quartet
The Arts Show - Monday 20th April 2009 - Emma Audio Diary
Wed, Apr 22
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Emer Horgan who plays Emma in the La Touche Players production kept diary
The Arts Show Monday 6th April 2009
Tue, Apr 7
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Live Music from David MacKenzie and Josh Johnston
The Arts Show Thursday 19th March 2009
Tue, Apr 7
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Interview with Pat Moylan recently appointed chair of Arts Council
The Arts Show Monday 23rd March 2009
Tue, Mar 24
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Elizabeth O'Neill meets young film-makers taking part in the Fresh Film Festival.
The Arts Show Thursday 12th March 2008
Thu, Mar 12
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Music from Paul Tiernan accompanied by Kevin Murphy on cello. Songs 'Breakfast in Bed' and 'Skinny' from his latest album 'Earthquakes start with Little Cracks'. Full information on Paul Tiernan is available on www.paultiernan.com and www.myspace.com/paultiernan and www.cdbaby.com/cd/paultiernan
The Arts Show Thursday 5th March 2009
Sun, Mar 8
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Dublin band Caruso perform the tracks 'Monster' and 'Satellite' from their album 'The Watcher and the Comet' live in studio with interview between songs.
The Arts Show Wednesday 4th March 2009
Thu, Mar 5
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Double Grammy Award Winning duo 'Sugarland' on their album 'Love on the Inside' and first trip to Ireland for dates in Belfast, Thurles and Donegal.
The Arts Show 12th February 2009
Thu, Mar 5
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Music and chat from New York singer-songwriter Nell Bryden. Nell's current album is called 'Second Time Around' and her website is www.nellbryden.com.
The Arts Show Monday 23rd February 2009
Mon, Mar 2
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Special programme to mark the 80th birthday of Northern Irish poet John Montague.
The Arts Show Wednesday 18th February 2009
Mon, Mar 2
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Live music from Wicklow Band Major Bullhorn - Tom Doyle, Damien Buckley & Stephen Rooney.
The Arts Show Tuesday 17th February 2009
Mon, Mar 2
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Poet Ruth Padel on the bi-centenary of the birth of her Great Great Grandfather Charles Darwin.
The Arts Show Tuesday 24th February 2009
Tue, Feb 24
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Public Interview with Actor Colin Firth conducted by Vincent Woods at Cineworld Parnell Street as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.
The Arts Show: 21st January 2009 - New Album Reviews
Tue, Jan 27
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Jessie Collins of iVenus.com reviews the new albums from Antony and the Johnsons and Grand Duchy (Black Francis and his wife Violet Clarke)
The Arts Show: 22nd October 2008 - 'Nights Beneath the Nation' by Denis Keh
Tue, Jan 27
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Denis Kehoe, a young Irish writer, talks about his new debut novel 'Nights Beneath the Nation'. The story is set in Dublin of the 1950's and the 1990's and tells the story of a gay man who returns from New York after 40 years
The Arts Show: 21st October 2008 - Great Writers Series: Joseph Heller
Tue, Jan 27
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American novelist, short-story writer and playwright Joseph Heller is widely regarded as one of the best post-World War II satirists. Heller wrote the influential novel 'Catch-22' about American servicemen during World War II. Jon Mitchell of the Department of English at NUI Maynooth and writer Julian Gough talk about Joseph Heller
The Arts Show: 20th October 2008 - Children's Book Festival
Tue, Jan 27
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The 18th Children's Book Festival has been taking place around the country this month, with events including workshops, competitions and readings. Cathy Hopkins, author of the 'Mates, Dates and the Truth, Dare, Kiss or Promise' series and Oisin McGann, author of 'Mad Granddad' and the 'Forbidden Files' series, are among those taking part
The Arts Show: 16th October 2008 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tue, Jan 27
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Journalist and author Russell Miller is the first biographer to have been granted unlimited access to Arthur Conan Doyle's private correspondence. He also makes full use of the writer's personal papers, unseen for many years. He joins us to talk about his life and work
The Arts Show: 14th October 2008 - Burn After Reading
Fri, Jan 23
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The new Coen brother's film 'Burn After Reading', which tells the story of two unscrupulous gym employees who try to sell a disk of CIA secrets they've stumbled across, opens in Irish cinemas on Friday. Grainne Humphreys, director of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival and who saw the film at the Toronto Film Festival, joins us to discuss it
The Arts Show: 13th October 2008 - 2008 Man Booker Prize Nominees
Fri, Jan 23
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Vincent Woods, journalist Sinead Gleeson and Lecturer in Modern English in UCC Eibhear Walsh discuss the nominees for the 2008 Man Booker prize. The shortlist for the prize are: ''The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga, 'The Secret Scripture' by Sebastian Barry, 'Sea of Poppies' by Amitav Ghosh, 'The Clothes on their backs' by Linda Grant, 'The Northern Clemecy' by Phiilip Hensher and 'A Fraction of the Whole' by Steve Toltz
The Arts Show - 9th October 2008 - David Guterson
Thu, Jan 22
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David Guterson talks about his latest book 'The Other', which is set in Seattle in the early 1970s, and tells the story of the friendship between two men. The book is a moving tribute to enduring friendship but also a meditation on freedom and the high price that comes with it
The Arts Show - 8th October 2008 - Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma
Thu, Jan 22
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Michael Peppiatt is the author of 'Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma'. He joins us to talk about the revised edition of his 1996 biography of the artist and his friendship with the artist
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