Full Oscar-nominated film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’, directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke. Nominated for Best Animated Short Film 2010!

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Dutch DJing legend Marco V embarks on a three-date Irish Tour this Month as Planetlove WKD host three mammoth nights on both sides of the border.

The Clarence in Sligo, Clubland in Cookstown and The Relic in Newry home the international superstar from Friday 12 to Tuesday 16 March and revellers can expect to hear some of the biggest tunes in dance music history from the man who created them all.

Marco V set the trance world alight in the early 2000s with productions like ‘Godd’, ‘Simulated’ and ‘In Charge’, and his remix of Energy 52’s iconic track; ‘Café del Mar’

He shot to the forefront of the world’s DJing circuit and achieved instant fame, securing sets at every major club and festival around the world.

In 2005 and 2006 the media-friendly showman introduced the sound of electro to his productions and again enjoyed massive success with electro-trance crossover hits like ‘Second Bite’, ‘Red Blue Purple’ and ‘False Light’.

Demand for the “V man’s” services was unprecedented and he again took his ever-evolving sound across the planet winning a new legion of fans in all four corners of the globe.

Just last year Marco V returned with his third (two-part) artist album; Propaganda V1 and Propaganda V2.

The album is a trip across the spectrum of electronic music touching on trance, techno, electro and more chilled out sounds.

Taking the concept of the artist album further, the Dutch sensation collaborated with UK illustrator Vee Ladwa to produce a comic book to accompany both CDs in the release – who said the music industry was predictable?

Now in 2010 Marco V has just released his latest productions – a double A side release featuring ‘Predator’ and ‘Song In My Head’.

The electro/trance crossover tracks are already topping download charts and powering through club speakers across Europe reconfirming Marco V’s place amongst the world’s DJing elite and setting the benchmark for aspiring DJs and producers.

Planetlove WKD presents Marco V’s Ireland Tour 2010 in The Clarence, Sligo, on Friday 12 March, Clubland in Cookstown on Saturday 13 March and The Relic, Newry, on St Patrick’s Eve Tuesday 16 March.

Admission to The Clarence is €15 with support coming in the form of Michael Doherty, William Britton, Tommy Finan, Gavin Conlon and Fionntan Ganley.

DJ Mog warms things up in Clubland while John Gibbons, Major 12 Inch and Jonny Brown do the same in The Relic. Entry on both nights in £12.

For more information on Marco V’s Ireland Tour 2010 and all other Planetlove events log onto www.planetlovemusic.com, www.bebo.com/planetlovemusic, www.twitter.com/planetlovemusic and search Planetlove Official on Facebook.

On the first day of RAG week 2010, SligoTV caught up with Dublin band, The Chapters.

Ross McNally and Michael Murphy joined us on The Mall ahead of their gig in The Leitrim bar.

So far the guys have released their debut album, Perfect strangers, and are on tour promoting their fourth single Black Room, which is available to buy from March 5th

We are delighted to announce another Drink & Draw, put together by Wayne O’ Conner. Its been a while since the previous one back in Novemeber 2009. As before the club invites anyone interested in doing a sketch over a chat and a pint. A very informal evening, all is required is a sketchbook and a pencil/markers whatever takes your fancy.
Founded by Dave Johnson, Jeff Johnson and Dan Panosian, the Drink & Draw Social Club was founded out of a mutual love of socializing, drinking and drawing. Drawing on napkins, menus, walls and sometimes even a sketchbook or two, this informal group huddles around the tables and booths of pubs and taverns for the unusual camradarie that it promises to bring.
The club started in America and has spread out across the country, with Drink and Draw clubs cropping up in San Diego, LA, New York, Miami and more and recently spreading to England and to Cork City.

EVENT VENUE: Furey’s Bar
EVENT TIME: Tuesday 23rd @8.00pm

RSVP: Drink And Draw II

Join Open Coffee Sligo for a networking event Wed 24th Feb, 6.30-7.30pm at the Innovation Centre, IT Sligo http://eepurl.com/hU9j

Enterprise & Innovation Week will run from the 22nd to the 25th of February 2010 at The Innovation Centre, (formerly the BIC). The Innovation Centre has invited Open Coffee Sligo and Northwest Connects to participate.

This free, casual networking event will be held on the Wednesday, 24th of February from 6.30-7.30pm at The Hub (in the Innovation Centre, 1st floor). Refreshments will be served. After the networking event the attendees will go to A0005 in the IT’s main building to see Sean Gallagher from Smart Homes on Dragon’s Den. This is an open event, no need to register.

Details of the Temple House Festival will be announced soon.

A new festival is to launch this year in Temple House, a country pile not too dissimilar to the Electric Picnic-hosting Stradbally Hall, which is set in over 1,000 acres of countryside.

It’s located just outside Ballinacarrow in County Sligo, with the nearest railway station a few miles away in Ballymote.

The promoters of the “music, culture & the arts” event are promising to reveal all shortly on their dedicated website.

NOTE: SligoTV did not publish the website’s links due to a report of malicious software detected by Google (see image beside).

Led by children and disabled individuals to the beat of samba drums, a crowd of pedestrians gathered on O’Connell Street Saturday to “take the street back.” Participants, also including families, shop vendors, shoppers, and the arts community, used the theme of a “Love-In” for O’Connell Street and Sligo’s future – emphasising the need for a proper pedestrianised centre in order for Sligo to thrive. Those most dramatically affected by the creation of the contested street corridor – children and the disabled – held signs such as “People Not Cars” and “Hello, it’s me!” which stressed the necessity of all voices being heard and for the development of car-free zones for everyone.

Campaigners, holding signs such as “We Love Our Street,” re-pedestrianised the street “with love” for part of the afternoon. Organisers were delighted with the turn out, the sunny weather and the welcome that the march received from the public. “People not only applauded us, they came onto the street and joined the event – which indicates that everyone feels they have a stake in the development of the town’s centre,” a spokesperson stated.

Another spokesperson continued, “The campaign is growing more and more into the mainstream since the street was opened to traffic. People who may not have felt strongly about this issue now see the devastating effect of losing this pedestrianised zone.” Since the street was opened to traffic, the safety of the town’s centre has arguably diminished – creating an “obstacle course for the disabled” (Marcus Hufsky, Disability Federation) as well as for pedestrians and cyclists. Additionally, traffic in and around Sligo has allegedly worsened since the street was de-pedestrianised. “At this moment, many wonder what was the real reason why the Sligo Borough Councillors made this retrograde decision – where the ill effects are so dramatically obvious and solutions offered for traffic congestion and emergency services have failed,” a spokesperson continued. Shortly after the “O’Connell Street Love In,” an ambulance with sirens was stuck on O’Connell Street – unable to make its way to the hospital because of a traffic build up. “If the street were pedestrianised, emergency services would maneuver down O’Connell Street with ease when bollards are opened to accommodate these necessities. It’s common sense.”

Last November, Sligo Borough Councillors decided to open the pedestrianised street to traffic in defiance of 96.5% of the community’s opinion and the advice of professionals (Manager’s Report to the 2010-2015 Sligo Development Plan). Since June of 2009, when the campaign to protect O’Connell Street began – including a highly attended O’Connell Street Festival in August – support for keeping O’Connell Street pedestrianised has gained momentum. A facebook site to support the campaign (“Walking Down O’Connell Street”) has grown to over 3600 members.“We are a highly visible community that has had to begin our own group, Sligo Democracy, in the absence of due democratic representation on this issue.”

“We welcome negotiations with the Borough Councillors for a solution to pedestrianising the street without spending several million euro,” a spokesperson stated Saturday. “The Council’s recent offer to repedestrianise the street on weekends is a sign that there is a willingness to work with us – but the street must be pedestrianised full-time, as it was until last December.”

“We have to work on this together with imagination.” Another spokesperson concluded, then indicating that a drawing contest for “Imagine O’Connell Street” will be announced shortly to help fuel the community’s participation in shaping Sligo’s future.

Campaigners promise further events and activities in the near future until a solution is made.

The Collaborative Portrait Project is an artist-led project generated by Sarah Stevens. This project ran from May ’08 – November ’09 at The Gilhooly Hall Studio, Sligo. It was funded by Sligo Arts Service and The Arts and Disability Forum. It was supported by Rehab Care, Sligo. Mary-Kate Dolan was the other participant involved in the project.

The aims of this project were:

• To open up the experience of arts practice to someone from a non-arts background.
• To address the issue how someone with artistic talent and also with intellectual disabilities can gain better equality of access to the arts.
• To blur the divide between community arts and studio practice.
• For the artist to enrich their own studio practice through collaboration.
• To create an experience that is productive and meaningful for all involved.

The intention of this project was not to work creatively to someone with learning disabilities, but to address a need. This project also attempts to ask how someone who is very good at art but also has learning disabilities can realize their potential. What can be learn from this experience?

Sarah and Mary-Kate worked together on a one-to-one basis to create a studio-based practice at The Gilhooly Hall studio. Over a 1.5 year period both developed a series of drawings and paintings around the theme of portraiture. Through working on separate pieces, the experience of working together was collaborative. This is because the open-ended process-based nature of the project allowed both artists to influence each other in terms of choice of subject matter; materials used and approaches to drawing and painting. Both found the process deeply engaging and enriching.

The work made in The Collaborative Project will be exhibited in February at Teach ban Nua Gallery, Sligo. Opening on 18th February.

The net closes in on Patrick, as his past appears to catch up with him. Bridie contemplates her future with or without Vinnie. The Blaney’s discover the source of their wild hallucinations – or should that be sauce?

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