Libraries NI
Write to Refugee Photographic Exhibition with Oxfam
Dungannon Library, Market Square, Dungannon
Throughout September, during library opening hours
028 8772 2952
www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/dungannon-Library.aspx
Writers Glen Patterson, Jan Carson and Colin Dardis imagine life as displaced people around the world in this new exhibition by Oxfam Ireland. The exhibition is made up of powerful images of refugees taken throughout the world alongside specially commissioned written pieces inspired by each image. Those who view the exhibition will be encouraged to have more empathy for refugees and forge a greater understanding of the challenges they face.
DU Dance NI
Get it Together Dungannon - Dance event
Venue TBC
Monday 18th – Friday 22nd September
07790 236130
info@dudanceni.com
A week long performance project involving workshops for primary school pupils in the Dungannon area. The event will celebrate culture and heritage and promote diversity while inspiring new ideas and encouraging participants to form new friendships.
Libraries NI
Browsealoud Taster Session - Workshop
Dungannon Library
Tuesday 19th September, 2.00pm
028 8772 2952
www.librariesni.org.uk
Designed to help with website browsing for people with dyslexia, low literacy, those holding English as a second language and those with mild visual impairments, this taster session will demonstrate the benefits of the Browsealoud assistive software which adds speech, reading and translation to websites.
Mid Ulster District Council
International Day of Peace Concert
Burnavon Arts and Cultural Centre, Cookstown
Tuesday 19th September, 7.30pm
028 8676 4714
Sean.mcelhatton@midulstercouncil.org
In an evening of music, poetry and reflection, pupils from 20 primary schools across the Mid Ulster District Council area, the Mid Ulster Clergy Forum and the Ulster Scots Youth Pipe Band will celebrate the International Day of Peace.
Rural Community Network & REACT
Front Lines - Blood Sacrifices - Easter Rising & Battles of WWI, Somme, Messines & Passchendaele
RCN 38a Oldtown Street, Cookstown BT80 8EF
21st September & 2nd October 2017 19:00 - 21:00
£2 per night
During this decade of centenary celebrations, two monumental events happened, The Easter Rising and The Great War.
Both events evoke high emotion across the community in N. Ireland, with both main traditions looking back with reverence at the actions of the men of that generation from within their separate communities.
Who were the people involved?
What were their motivations?
What really happened?
What were the consequences of their actions?
Setting aside the Orange and Green tainted lenses ‘Front Lines’ takes you back to the time and places were these events occurred.
Libraries NI
Frances Quinn – Irish Language Storytelling - Performance
Dungiven Library, Main Street, Dungiven
Friday 22nd September, 11.00am – 12noon
Private event
Frances Quinn will perform from her extensive repertoire of Irish and multicultural stories, verse and dramatic monologues. The event has been funded by the ‘Peg and Jim Armstrong Bursary’ and will help to promote mutual respect and understanding for the Irish language is a safe and shared place.