Cork City of Culture 2005... and Hobbits!

by :-) - (thank you Fintan and anarchokitties and all the rest) Sat Jan 08, 2005 20:33

for you people who can't hitch-hike to see shakeyDATspeare in England/ Scotland/ Australia
or don't want to go near the "all about evil" show in Amsterdam,
here's the program.

lots of mad stuff.
who knows you might learn something.
http://www.cork2005.ie/home/default.asp

and yes, quite right, Cork is the smallest capital of Culture ever ever after Atlantis which was only a few yards across.

by stern stuff Sat Jan 08, 2005 20:35

NONE OF YE.
I REPEAT NONE OF YE
are to go sending langer nasty telegraphic messages.

All you need is LOVE.
and PEACE.
and we're all created equally sort of stuff.

by grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:13

"something for everyone?"
oh well if you thought you were getting "Cork European City of Culture 2005" on your CV for nothing short of a lot more effort at representing european and global culture than simply asking a wide range of artists and groups over - you've another thing coming.
Lazy Langers!
= Where's the graffiti?
= what you spending the money on?

by eeekkkkk Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:48

"Others suggested this month's opening fireworks spectacular, complete with a giant river-serpent was out of touch. The snake related to a Cork folk tale not known to most spectators. To make matters worse, a writer in the Irish Times pointed out that the colours for the logos were the black and gold of Kilkenny, not the red and white of Cork.

"The organisation was seen as removed from the people of the city," said Mick Hannigan, founder of the Cork film festival and a member of Where's Me Culture?

"We had a groundswell of support from people who were variously disillusioned, disenchanted or angry about Cork 2005. There are great things in the programme, but it hasn't excited the popular imagination. There has been no big idea, no great vision of how to transform the city on an emo tional and intellectual level."

Andrea Kennedy, a Cork club owner who has worked in pirate radio, warned of a "formalised" programme of events emanating from a "cultural bunker" which had not exploited the goodwill of Cork people by enlisting volunteers. "

by reform? dform more like. Sun Jan 30, 2005 21:39

Each of these Cork companies has invested 1000€ minimum in tying their name to the 2005 European Year of Culture. Have a look at them, if any are exploitative, encourage bad worker or environmental practise, are ecological unsustainable, then say so.
Print it up and let everyone know. You should ask the langers at €U2005 for the dosh to do this. And if they say no, let me know. & I'll get the UN and ISAF and Lichtenstein and the spanish inquistion unto them for ye. Coz the langers are chalking up CV points in Europe's name with lots of european as well as local cash and goodwill.

HLB Nathans
Cork's 96FM
Port of Cork
Gresham Metropole Hotel
Irish Oxygen Co Ltd
O'Sullivan Public Relations
Fota Island Company Ltd
Ridge Developments Ltd
Bruce Shaw Partnership
GN ReSound Ireland Ltd
Blarney Castle
O'Callaghan Properties Ltd
RCI / Cendant
Carr Communications
Moylan Mulcahy & Co
Cork Taxi Co-Op
Imperial Hotel Ltd
Logitech Ireland Services Ltd
P J Hegarty & Sons
City Travel
Cork Chamber of Commerce
RPS Group Ltd
High Speed Data Solutions Ltd
Victoria Hotel
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Fitzgerald & Associates
MCM Security Group Limited
Silversprings Moran Hotel
Fleishman Hillard Saunders
ASA Marketing Group
Arup Consulting Engineers
Express Security Group Limited
Janssen Pharmaceutical
The Commons Inn Hotel
Nat Ross Ltd
Kelly Services
Matthews of Cork
Jurys Cork Hotel and Inn
Merchants Quay Shopping Centre
Howard Holdings Plc
Hayfield Manor
Evergreen Foods
Permanent TSB - Area South
Hamilton Osborne King
Cityprint
Deloitte
The Market Tavern
Petrochem Pipeline Supply Ltd
Ahern Robert Williams
Hopkins Communications
GE Healthcare (Amersham health)
Deanshall Ltd
Denis Healy Warehousing
Signs Express Cork
Cortex for Comfort
Ulster Bank, Cork Business Centre
Gaelic Helicopters
Phil O'Sullivan Electrical Ltd
M&P O'Sullivan Ltd
Carbon Chemicals Ltd
Ocon Chemicals Ltd
Choice Communications
Oak Tree Press
An Excellent Choice Caterers
Alternative Cater Hire
Maryborough House Hotel
Cara Partners
Job Options Bureau
Bus Eireann
Carrigaline Court Hotel & Leisure centre
Templeford Ltd
Roches Stores
Ray Walsh Associates
Pendrix Display
BUPA Ireland
Buckley Drapery Ltd
Project Management Ltd
Eastern Tandoori, Cork
Clancy's Bars Restaurant Catering
Stephen Pearce Pottery
The Raven
The Washington Inn
The Bailey
Pizza Republic
The Classic
Cleavers
Courthouse Tavern
Reardens
Cubins Nightclub
Costigans
Fenns Quay
Mardyke Snooker Bowl & Leisure Centre
Redz, Late Bar and Nightclub
Rochestown Park Hotel
La Boqueria
Weight Watchers
Red FM
AOS Security Services Ltd
Galvins Wines & Spirits
Jacques
Gosling Games Ltd
Micromail Ltd
McCarthy Developments (Cork) Limited
Czech First Wines Ltd
Acorn Business Campus
The Kingsley Hotel
The Woodford Bar & Restaurant
The Spice Route
Beamish & Crawford
Interconnection Exchange Ltd
Ballyburden Meat Processors Ltd
Phoenix Utilities Ltd
O'Donovans Off-Licence Group
Dornan Engineering Ltd
Bon Secours Hospital
Pepsico Ireland
Frinailla Ltd
Barry Kelleher & Associates
Mercer Human Recource Consulting
Jacobs on the Mall
John Paul Construction
Chorus
John Ketch and Associates Landscape Architects
In For Lunch Ltd
Casey Communications
Hotel Isaacs Cork
Greenes Restaurant
Brú Bar & Hostel
The Old Oak
Ernst + Young
Siemens
Standard Life
Cronin's Coaches Ltd
Brown Thomas Cork
Irish Distillers Ltd
W. Richardson Ltd
Joseph Woodward & Sons
American Chamber of Commerce Ireland
DPS Engineering & Construction Ltd
Clonakilty Blackpudding
Nash 19
Dosco Limited

For example you might be wondering why "weighwatchers" is sponsering a cultural event in the name of Europe, when the rest of us outside arts and media mediocrity land are trying to get people to feed the poor. Maybe they think it's funny, sure dancers are faddy on the nutrition. And there's quite a few chem. companies there, it is modern and contemporary cultural practise to look hard at these sort of people and ask the questions.

by Corkboy Tue Feb 01, 2005 16:28

Just came across this web-site -www.corkschoolofculture.com - seems to be a challenging way of really exploring Irish history, culture, identity, environment etc.