I received this today which may be of interest to some readers. The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) have the pleasure to announce the launch of the Third Edition of the Sea of Words Literary Competition. We encourage the production of short stories that portray the different realities of the Euro-Mediterranean region from the point of view of the young people who live there, through the organisation of a Euro-Med short story...
On Saturday night, European Televoters and Juries voted Germany the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. This is the second time in the History of Eurovision that German of won the contest, see a history on escireland.com. It now falls to the German broadcaster ARD to host the contest next year. Throughout the voting on Saturday night many comments were passed about the fact that Europe was rewarding Germany for bailing them out and to the fact that...
Image via Wikipedia So the time is upon us! Tonight sees the first of the live Eurovision Song Contest shows on our TV screens. It is starting at 8pm (RTÉ 2 and BBC3). The running order for Semi-final 1 is here. ESCIreland.com will be running a live blog of the Semi and it should start around 7:30pm (Irish Time). Also take note to the changes to the voting this year! You can vote 20 times and voting starts with...
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Image via Wikipedia This weekend Armenia and Poland selected their representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo this weekend. Its getting closer and each weekend now will see a good few chosen. Armenia selected “Apricot Stone” which is sung by Eva Rivas. This to me is a very typical Armenian entry! Its not standing out from previous entries and the chorus is just random, then again she is singing about apricots…. Poland has chosen “Legenda” by Marcin Mrozinski....
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Image via Wikipedia After I finished my post last night, Cyprus and the Netherlands completed their selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Cyprus went for Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders with “Life looks better in spring”. It is a nice gentle song. It doesn’t stand out for me though. The Netherlands had all ready picked their song, ”Ik ben verliefd, Shalalie”, and was just matching it up with a band. They went with Sieneke. I am not sure...
I found this Via John From Slack Spaces to Creative Cities Presented by The National Sculpture Factory for ArtTrail 09 St John’s College, Sawmill Street, Main Lecture Hall. Friday 20th November 2:00p.m.- 4:00p.m. Admission Free, no Booking required http://www.stjohnscollege.ie/large_map.html Artists and creative practitioners have a rich history of co-opting ’slack spaces’, vacant, unused commercial units, to realise art projects, create ‘pop-up’ galleries and to establish studio spaces. Now City Councils, landlords, estate agents and universities are also embracing these...
Someone filled me in on a little something at is happening on Staurday here in Cork! See below for the details! Let Mr. Blue Sky in! Who do we want? Everyone! No experience necessary. For what? A flash mob to celebrate the arts in Cork. A Flash mob? Check out these links http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY When is it happening? Saturday 14th Nov. at 1.30pm Where is it happening? Patricks Street, Cork How long will it last? Around 3.5 minutes Why?...
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Image via Wikipedia Well we are just over a month away from the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow which takes place on May 14th. This semi final sees another 19 songs competing for a place in the Final. This is the semi that Ireland has been drawn in so it should be the interesting one for us. France and Russia will also be voting in this semi. As usual I have linked to the...
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