After another year of screenings in Camden Palace Hotel, we'd like you to have your say in what gets shown for the last screening of the year, on Thursday 13th December. Coming as it does in the run up to that yuletide celebration, we thought we'd have an anti-christmas theme to proceedings. 

There are seven films to choose from, you can cast your vote online from this form http://cineastea.wufoo.com/forms/camden-palace-audience-choice-screening/, through our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/376690595711685/ or in person through the good old fashioned ballot box (which will be set up inside in the foyer of CPH imminently).

Voting is open now and will close midnight on Sunday 2 December

Here are the links again to make that all important vote:
Online form
Facebook

 

sHeLFLIFe
Past<<Present>>Future
1.11.12-12.12.12
-A SERIES OF FREE ART EXHIBITIONS BY SHELFLIFE THROUGHOUT CORK CITY-

Spanning over 7 weeks in 5 different locations, Cork City plays host to Past>> Present>>Future; an overview of the artwork of Shelflife.

Started on the evening of Thursday the 1st of November 2012 at Parnell Place Cork City Bus Station with the installation of the third of Shelflife’s large scale photo collage works, ‘Spacecake’.
This placement completed the series of these types of works that- Uniquely for the first time also hang at the other major transport hubs of Cork of Kent Cork Railway Station and Cork International Airport simultaneously. 
Shelflife would like to thank all the representatives of the three major transport hubs, Kevin Cullinane of Cork International Airport, Ray Foley of Kent Cork Railway Station and Joe Fitzgerald, Karen Mc Donnell, Eamonn Daly & Martin O’Callaghan of Bus Eireann for their kind support and assistance in facilitating this endeavour.

Now in its second week (ending Dec 3rd), Shelflife offers some very different type of work on display at the Everyman Palace Theatre on McCurtain Street. Drawing from works started at the beginning of the last decade, the compositions that will be on display utilize all types of materials such as glass, plaster, magazine, prints and paint. Shelflife will also provide an insight into the development of these works through drawing, words and photographic documentation.

Shelflife would like to thank Deccy O'Mullane, Stephen Manning, Liza Zagone & Naomi Daly for their help in creating and facilitating this show at the Everyman Palace Theatre that will run until the 3rd of December 2012.

The final venue for Past<<Present>>Future is Camden Palace Hotel on Camden Quay, opposite the Cork Opera House. Opening,as the Everyman show closes, on Monday 3rd of December 2012-Here Shelflife offers the public a wider selection & deeper look into the photo collage works that uses recycled 6x4 photos, as well as documentation of the works' inception & processes. 

And finally, on Wednesday 12th of December 2012, also at Camden Palace Hotel, for one night only between 7.30-9.30pm, Shelflife invites you to the climax of these series of events with a glimpse into the future with their current use of bricolage(The application of everyday & recycled objects in the artwork). As well as a small selection of completed bricolage works, Shelflife will display other evolving compositions and the palette that they draw upon in a colourful and striking installation. 
It is within that installation that Shelflife will showcase a short but intense set of their music that they hope you will be able to attend. 
It will also be an opportunity for you to again meet the people behind Shelflife and also have the opportunity to acquire unique Christmas presents of Shelflife art that will make a great gift for any art lover.
Thank You and enjoy the shows!

Shelflife
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/shelflife.services

Humans can be more connected today, then ever before; information of all sorts can be delivered in the time it takes to email, text, tweet etc…  Likewise, the improved accessibility of travel makes it possible to live in different places and experience the world more readily.  Yet, overshadowing this ginormous, instantaneous ‘social network’ and accessibility, is an unspeakable sense of existential disconnection. Curator, Peggy Sue Amison, invited Irish and international photographers, artists who use photography in their practice, professionals embedded in the photographic art world and others to respond to this idea of connected/disconnection using the post in an attempt to challenge the immediacy of the now.

post SCRIPT curated by Peggy Sue Amison at The Camden Palace, Camden Quay, Cork. Opening Fri 19th Oct, 8pm.Running Sat 20th - Fri 30th November 2012. OPENING TIMES: Mon - Friday 12 - 5, Sat & Sun call for opening times.

Cabalista (noun) : [kab-uh-list-ah]
schemer, associate, member of a secret society or cabal

November 2012 sees the launch of the Cabalista project from Print Cabal. 
Every month, Print Cabal will have one featured artist. We will work with that artist to select one of their pieces, and produce a limited edition run of screen prints. Some artists work will be on t-shirts or other wearable items, some will be high quality art prints. It will vary month-to-month.
The limited edition prints will be sold through the Print Cabal online store. 
In addition to the limited edition prints, each month an additional 50 screen prints will be produced. These will be a basic one-colour version of the artwork, printed on newsprint. They will be given away for free as an 'Art Drop' in a different Cork city location each month. 

Our first Cabalista is Anna Giersz, a Polish artist, illustrator, and photographer currently living in Cork. She has worked
with The Key and the Gate on posters for bands including The Ocean, Brains, and Tragedy, as well as t-shirt designs for People of the Monolith and Absolutist.
To see a sample of her work, you can visit Anna's current exhibition, running at the Quay Co-Op in Cork until the end of November, or take a look at her work though her website or Facebook page. 
http://annagiersz.com/

We will be celebrating the launch of Anna's limited edition t-shirts on Saturday 24th, at our first monthly Cabalista Cafe. Join us at Print Cabal HQ, in the ballroom of Camden Palace Hotel arts centre. The finished prints will be available, as well as wine, coffee, a Print Cabal open studio session, and very special live music from Carried By Waves.

5pm: Screen printing demo in the Print Cabal studio
6pm: Live music from Carried By Waves
7pm: DJ set from Anna Giersz & Rhona Flynn (Print Cabal)

Special thanks to Camden Palace for supporting and hosting Print Cabal and the Cabalista Cafe. For more information on the centre, see camdenpalacehotel.org

Axe-cidents happen at Halloween in Camden Palace Hotel. Halloween dungeons extravaganza 24th-31st Oct. 4-9pm.

Electric chairs, hangings, cruel punishments, and unfair trials are all taking place in Camden Palace Hotel for one week only this Halloween. Beginning on the 24th October the Cork based community arts centre is holding a week-long 'Horror Extravangaza' from 4-9pm with the final horror show taking place on Halloween night itself the 31st Ocotber.

Taking on a freaky funfair atmosphere the foyer will host all-ages entertainment and refreshments. Daring guests can take a tour of the Camden Palace dungeons to explore the darker corners of cork city. The visit is guided by a very special blood-sucking guest from Transylvania. Combined with a touch of the dramatic the aim of the event is to bring guests through a dream-like horror that is disturbingly real and absurd at the very same time.

The Camden Palace building lends itself well to the Halloween extravaganza which was partly inspired by the buildings’ own history as Cork city's temporary courthouse. The old courthouse jail cells grafitied by past inmates awaiting trial remain intact and will be open to guests during the week. Far from Hollywood horror other sources of inspiration for the over 16s show include medieval and modern torture methods, and basic human fears and vice.

As an independent non profit arts centre, currently receiving zero funding, Camden Palace Hotel are a self sufficient entity helped along by public donations and the hard work of volunteers. Camden Palace has invested all of their own resources to create a unique experience. The dungeon tour and and games have been designed and constructed by Camden Palace volunteers and crew. The combined effort of resident artists and volunteers has resulted in unique sets, props, and costumes of professional quality. Keeping in line with the economic times Camden Paace has created its own currency for the halloween event available at the entrance desk. Our DoleArt exchanges at a rate of 1,000,000,000 to €1 and is valuable within Camden Palace.

To cheer up frightened guests Halloween horrors will run concurrently to jazz weekend festivities in Camden Palace Hotel from 26th-29th. Kicking off on Friday 26th at 8pm a social dance night with live jazz band will be in the Camden Palace ballroom. Saturday 27th 12-4pm a screening of the best Montreux jazz performances in Camden Palace Hotel cinema, a jazzy halloween funeral parade at 4pm starting at the French quarter near Paul street and a final social dance night starting at 8pm.

Come join the inaugural Jazz Dance Exchange in Cork, Ireland’s City of Welcomes! This year, from 26th to 29th of October, our city and it’s dancers will play host to it’s first ever Jazz Dance Exchange. It’s going to be a frenetic long weekend of dancing and socialising in Camden Palace to amazing live bands and superb DJs, when our city’s heart will pulse with Jazz in all it’s fantastic forms!
For more info please visit: http://corkjazzdx.com/

Hart & Punch are delighted to be bringing 'Twilight Cabaret' to Camden Palace Hotel. Meet Louise and Desmond Wilton-Wexford as they attempt to perform their 'Cabaret' piece on a night where nothing seems to be going right. As the show collapses they face each other in what could be the Final Show-Down?!! Tickets on the door, €10 adults/ €5 children. You can catch us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/HartPunch

STORY ONTO STAGE WITH JACK HEALYThis workshop is designed for any one who is interested in looking to prose fiction as a source of material for the stage. You may be a theatre practitioner with a favorite story that you would like to experience in a dramatic form or you may be a short story writer who is interested in examining your own world of concerns from the point of view of theatre. Either way, this workshop could be just the thing for you. If you are a first time writer and are interested in writing a play, the process of adapting a story for the stage is a good introduction to the playwriting process. If you already have experience in another literary form, it provides a great way of giving a whole new take on the literary experience.


STORY INTO SONG WITH JOHN SPILLANE
At my songwriting workshops we actually write songs. In the past I have attended a few workshops where the participants play their songs only to be criticised by experts who talk down to them.
I was inspired to invent a novel approach, where we all sit down and write a finished song in one session. This teaches many lessons, including finishing things, which is often a big problem for writers. I create a space where all negativity, all criticism and judgement are locked outside.
We get down and dirty and write songs. First we write words. Then we assemble them in a certain order, using the tricks of the trade, verse, chorus, repitition, rhyme etc. Then we sing them and we have a song.
I try to come behind people and help them lose whatever inhibitions and fears they may have about writing songs.
Positivity is the key, and this can be applied to other parts of life also.
Anyone who signs up for my songwriting workshop should be prepared to sing, it doesn’t matter at all how good or bad a singer you think you are!
For the Story into Song Workshop we will all write a short simple song on day one, just to get everyone believing.
On day two we will focus on the theme of the festival, Story, and will examine and enjoy the Irish ballad tradition and see how a story may be told in a song, how the music can heighten the action.
We will look at the magical chemical reaction that happens when words and music meet.
Each participant will pick a theme and write one serious ballad which can be perfected over days three and four.
The aim is to have a lot of fun, write a lot of words and music, move quickly and not get bogged down.
Come along and write songs! Thank you, John Spillane.

BOOKING INFO:
We will be accepting workshop bookings from Monday April 16th.
Phone + 353 (021)4312955
Email  [email protected]
In person at The Munster Literature Centre, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork.

FULL BROCHURE HERE.

Presented by Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

September 15th
8pm
FREE ENTRY

Paradise Now is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.

"The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue," Abu-Assad said. "The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing."

 In Hany Abu-Assad's Golden Globe acceptance speech he made a plea for a Palestinian state, saying he hoped the Golden Globe was “a recognition that the Palestinians deserve their liberty and equality unconditionally."

In an interview with Jewish American Tikkun magazine, Hany Abu-Assad was asked "When you look ahead now, what gives you hope?", "The conscience of the Jewish people" he answered. "The Jews have been the conscience of humanity, always, wherever they go. Not all Jews, but part of them. Ethics. Morality. They invented it! I think Hitler wanted to kill the conscience of the Jews, the conscience of humanity. But this conscience is still alive...Maybe a bit weak...But still alive. Thank God."

He has also stated in an interview to Tel Aviv-based newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth that had he been raised in the Palestinian territories instead of in his Arab-Israeli home city of Nazareth, he would have become a suicide bomber himself.

Underground is a completely new beginning for Cork Filmmaking. We intend for this festival to be a Festival for Filmmakers, by Filmmakers. Unlike existing Film Festivals in and around Cork, we are dedicated solely to the Art of the short film. We have categories for Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Sci-Fi/Horror and Music Video/Artistic. The screenings in Camden Palace are:

August 11th,Spanish 4:00pm, Drama 1 at 8:00pm
August 12th, Documentary at 8:30pm
August 13th, Local Films at 8:30pm
August 14th, International at 9:00pm
August 15th, Polish Shorts at 4:00pm, National at 8:30pm
August 16th, Drama 2, at 8:30pm  

http://www.undergroundshortfilmfestival.com/

Visual art exhibition of Camden Palace Hotel resident artist Serge Vandenberghe. 20 years retrospective incl. most recent artwork of the Belgian artist opening 7pm 29th June incl music performance by Cork band the Shed. All welcome. Free entry.

Fri 29th June - 20 July

Spend an evening examining truly radical solutions to the world's economic and ecological crises, with two of the world's most original and transformative thinkers - Charles Eisenstein and Mark Boyle. Free event, all welcome.

Ola's Story, Friday 20th July at 8:00pm

This half hour film was produced as part of a film project that took place over the past eighteen months between Frameworks Films and Nasc - the Irish Immigrant Support Centre. Frameworks Films is a Cork based film production company that specialises in community based projects. Nasc - The Irish Immigrant Support Centre enables migrants to access justice and human rights and to work to ensure a just, inclusive and integrated society.

The aim of the project, which was funded under the Arts Participation Award from The Arts Council, was to explore the theme of cultural diversity through film. A group from Nasc collaborated with the film-makers from Frameworks to devise the idea for the docudrama and then to film and edit the film. The process- based nature of the project is reflected in the final piece, which includes footage of the idea being developed, interspersed with the film itself. Rather than making any definitive statement, it is hoped that the final piece can be used as a stimulus for discussion on the theme of cultural diversity.

For more information: http://theavant.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/avant-festival-in-the-same-breath/

FAME- the original play, performed by the Young Gaiety Theatre Company, Cork, in Camden Palace Hotel, 15/16/17th June, 7.30 pm.

The series returns with a strong focus on Japanese culture. Shamisen player, Jack, and traditional dancer, Chiyowaka Ichikawa, come from Tokyo to Camden Palace Hotel for one night only to perform a show of Japanese traditional and contemporary music and dance. Hosted by Cork's own experimental folk group Jungle Bean. 
Don't miss this melee of multicultural madness! Only €5! June 14th! 9:30pm

FRIDAY JUNE 8th @ 8pm

FINALLY! The most anticipated show of the year!  Back in January we happened upon some financial faeries through the conjurer known as FUNDIT and lo! now we have a stage....so as thanks to those delicious caramel filled donors and the general public at large there is an extravaganza of theatrical and cinematic madness on Friday June 8th! Come and feast your art senses on four short plays, some short films and the holistic comedic stylings of our very special host for the evening, TBA.

Friday, May 25th at 8:00pm.
In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. With different levels of experience, each volunteer must find their own way to face the challenges, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism. "Living in Emergency" is a window into the seldom portrayed and less-than glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. It explores a world that is challenging, complex, and fraught with dilemmas - the struggles, both internal and external, that aid workers face when working in war zones and other difficult contexts.
Admission: Donation. 

How the banks are screwing you and what you can do about it, May 23rd 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Marcus Mc Keown’s book, ‘How the Banks are Screwing You and What You Can Do About It’ is an awakening to the hearts and minds of the people of Ireland” to the reality that “a debt free future is possible”. The book will help you understand that you don’t owe the bank anything, money is an illusion and the legal system is against you.

What if you never knew your father?  Would your life be different?  ‘Thanks Dad’ is a long overdue play about the father-daughter relationship.  What makes fathers so important? What do daughters need from their fathers?  What if you never knew your father? What if you knew your father, but you lost him?
‘Thanks Dad’ mixes well known classic scenes with a heart-warming, inspiring, moving contemporary story. ….

Tournado Theater Company is a Cork based company that aims to bring excellent theatre to  communities in Ireland. We tell stories, ask questions, and want to start conversations about things that concern us all.

The players for ‘Thanks Dad’ are Aoife Laroque/Kristina Decker, and Greg Cullagh. All are previous students from the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork. Kristina also received part time training from RADA in London.

Bing Kong Presents: Social Dancing at Camden Palace Hotel. Live Music and DJs for a night of Ballroom, Swing, R&B, Blues, Latin and Old Time for your social dancing pleasure.  
All ages welcome! 
Tickets €5 & €3 8pm 
Sat 14th April

Speak Out Theatre for Transformation.
8pm Mon 26th March.  
Playback Performance/ Spontaneous Drama. Life Lessons....Life Stories. Share the moments that changed your life and watch them come to life...Playback Theatre is an improvisational theatre form that fosters community through creativity, aesthetic integrity, and empathic listening. 
www.speakout.ie Contact: Eliz 086 6019078 [email protected]

Introduction To Acting by Maria O'Callaghan.
12pm Wed 28th & 12pm Thurs 29th March. 
Come to this open workshop with Chapter Theatre Productions. Have fun while learning to act in an open and friendly environment. It's for people who have always wanted to try acting but have never taken that first step. Build your confidence and learn acting skills like improvisation, stagecraft etc. Regular class. 
Booking: max 12 people. 086 0766956 email:[email protected]

Screen Printing Workshop by Pawel Wroblewski. 
1pm Wed 28th 
March Learn how to print over fabric. Bring your plain t-shirt (not dark) and discover fun of multiplication. 
Booking: max 5 people. [email protected], 085 1700354

FEEL THE MUSIC 'WORKSHOP' by Jude O'Neill.
2pm Wed 28th.  
Come and experience the music! Learn about harmony, melody, beats and timing. Discover music through the magic of expression. So come along and learn how to really listen and feel the music.
Booking: max 12 people. 086 0558130

Writing Workshop in association with Tigh Fili by Kathy D'Arcy, Tigh Fili Artist in Residence.
3pm- 5pm Wed 28th March
2pm- 4pm Thurs 29th March.  
This 2hr workshop is for people with any level of experience. Idea-generating, involving meditation, games and exercises designed to give each participant a load of ideas to go away with and start writing. 
Regular class. 086 8822012, email: [email protected]

Facepainting Workshop by Niamh Leonard.
3.30pm -4.30pm Wed 28th
Everyone can facepaint. Ever been stuck for your kids birthday parties, halloween? Get easy and amazing tips. For adults and kids(accompanied). No paints required. 
Booking : max 15 people. [email protected], 087 7568530

Photography Workshop by Naomi Smith. 
4pm Wed 28th March.
4pm Thurs 29th March. 
Introduction to the darkroom and equipment. Participants will create simple pictograms.
Booking: max: 4 people per session and there are 4 sessions, 1/2 hr long each. [email protected], 086 0241947  

Guitar Workshop by Eoin O'Sullivan.
5pm Wed 28th.  
Cork based Blues musician Eoin O’Sullivan is giving a guitar workshop at the Camden Palace Hotel. Eoin has spent the last few years playing and travelling and planning his first official release before the summer of this year.  The workshop will be split from electric to acoustic, blues slide, open tunings, percusive rhythms, practicing over loops, and lead ideas. Normal to Experimental.
 Booking: max 12 people. [email protected]

Life Drawing by Pawel Wroblewski.
1pm Thurs 29th March.  
Draw the human body from posing model. Discover rich world of line expression. 
Booking: max 10 people, [email protected], 085 1700354 

Flowermaking Workshop by Niamh Leonard.
3pm- 4.30pm Thurs 29th.  
Upcycle your plastic bottles into beautiful flowers. Fun for all the family (kids accompained). 
Booking: max 15 people. [email protected], 087 7568530 

West African Drumming Workshop.
5pm– 6:30pm Thurs 29 Youngsters (min 7 yrs. Accompained). 
7:00pm - 9:00pm Thurs 29 Adults.  
Fun taster workshops with exciting rhythms from West Africa!  Beginners very welcome, and people with some experience too. Drums provided. 
Booking: Youngsters: max 20 people & Adults: max 20 people [email protected], 085 2315515

Workshop by Cork Sacred Harp Singers.
5.30pm – 7pm Thurs 29th March.
American Sacred Harp singing is some of the oldest folk music of the United States. Cork Sacred Harp Singers will give a workshop taking newcomers through the basics of how to sight sing this music. Absolutely no music background needed to sing this music. Beginners warmly encouraged to take part. The usual community sing will follow the workshop. 
Booking: max 60 people. Sadhbh O’Flynn; [email protected], 085 7043400

For Neda is the story of Neda Agha-Soltan whose tragic death on June 20, 2009 came to symbolize for many the struggle in Iran.  What emerges is a portrait of a young woman whose ordinary desire for personal freedom and self-expression were confined by living in the Islamic Republic of Iran, but who showed tremendous courage in standing up for those freedoms.  When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blatantly rigged the 2009 election, she marched with her compatriots in the street, even though she knew she was risking her life as the regime began a violent crackdown.

For Neda interweaves the story of Neda Agha-Soltan's life and death with a look at the larger Iranian struggle, especially for women, that led her to march in the Tehran streets on June 20.  Azar Nafisi (author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and "Things I've Been Silent About") notes that women were the first and most severely treated targets of the reactionary laws imposed after the Iranian Revolution.  Women were required to be covered in public, while the Basij, men and women charged with maintaining public order and decency, patrolled the streets harassing those they considered to be in violation.

Monday night 8pm at the Camden Palace we will screen FOR NEDA in co-operation with the Persian Community Cork.

Bing Kong Presents: Social Dancing at the Camden Palace Hotel. Live Music and DJs for a night of Ballroom, Swing, R&B, Blues, Latin and Old Time for your social dancing pleasure.  
All ages welcome! 
Tickets €5 & €3. 8pm 
Sat 25th Feb

Hosting youth workers/ young people from around Ireland & 5 partner orgs in Europe. The seminar is for people to meet other creative organisations working with youth in view of sending volunteers as part of the European Voluntary Service. It is also to support people in writing the proposal to get the grants to send people. LEARGAS is the national agency who administer the grants. This is a LEARGAS event. www.thehookupopportunity.com
Thurs 23rd - Sun 26th Feb

A practical and effective workshop for experienced actors with John Dawson. 2 full days of intensive work and a dvd of your performance. Explore the technical skills required for natural on camera performances. Develop physical dexterity to modulate the volume of their behavious for the perimeters of the various frames (ie: master shot, medium shot, close up). Explore the cold-read, the prepared audition, commercial auditions, the call-back, and the interview. Participants will receive a dvd of their work to camera.

10am- 5pm Sat 18th Feb 2012
1pm- 6pm Sun19th Feb 2012. 

€150
Only 12 places available                                                                                                                         
contact: Claire 086 0406231 
[email protected]

Amnesty International Cork present a documentary directed and narrated by Gael García Bernal about migrants attempting to enter the USA. 8pm Mon 13th Feb. 

Dr. Fintan Lane will talk about human rights abuses in Gaza and his recent detention in Israel for taking part in the Freedom Flotilla. Hosted by Amnesty International Cork. 4pm- 6pm Sat 25th Feb.

Free Beauty Workshops, Art and Photo exhibition with conference about Female Genital Mutilation. Supported by reggae band NON TOXIC ORCHESTRA playing on the night.
Free entry. 5pm 4th Feb

Bouncers written by John Godber
Directed by Simon Thompson.
Played by Stefan Barry, David Collins, Zeb Moore and Pius McGrath

Bursting with imagination and wit and presented by just four actors, Bouncers is an outrageous and hilarious parody of the nightclub scene. The four brutish bouncers of the title portray over twenty different characters as we are invited for a night out on the town. We see them as giggly girls and lads on the make preparing for the big night out as we follow their progress to the dance floor. There, we also meet an entire cross-section of revelers, including Hooray Henrys, pogoing punks and drunken slobs! The evening's events arc set against the tatty glitzy glamour, flashing lights and pulsating beat of the nightclub scene.

Camden Palace, Cork 9th and 10th Feb 8pm 
Bookings 086 108 6767 Tickets 15 Euro and 12 Euro Concession.