Make the most of your downtime with our glossy roundup of INTERESTING things to do. This weekend we’re getting LOST in a good book, INDULGING at the West Waterford Festival of Food and CATCHING UP with Kimmy Schmidt
CURL up with one of the novels shortlisted for the Bailey’s Prize for Women’s Fiction, among them The Green Road by Anne Enright and and Lisa McInerney’s The Glorious Heresies, both flying the flag for Ireland. (Read our recent interview with McInerney here.) The winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced on June 8. www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk
INDULGE at the West Waterford Festival of Food from April 15-17 at locations around the county. Highlights include a gin distilling workshop from Blackwater Distillery, a seaweed forage with Marie Power at Clonea Beach and Bake Off with Lily Higgins at The Tannery Cookery School, as well as markets, demonstrations, film screenings, parties, food trails and more. See the full programme at www.westwaterfordfestivaloffood.com
CATCH up with The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt when series two of the Emmy nominated series starts streaming on Netflix from Friday, April 15. Cameos we’re most excited about? Tina Fey playing a therapist, Amy Sedaris as a socialite and Jeff Goldblum playing a talk show host.
LEARN some cookery skills from Michelin-starred chef Kevin Thornton at a live seasonal cookery demonstration, in association with Bauknecht, at Arnotts on Saturday, April 16 from 12pm-1pm. The event is complimentary but seating is limited so booking is essential. Secure your place at www.arnotts.ie/kevinthornton.
WANDER through, In Its Reflection, award-winning artist Tom Climent’s first solo exhibition at Solomon Fine Art, until April 30. Climent’s captivating and evocative paintings focus on the creation of a structured space while investigating the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Solomon Fine Art, Balfe Street, Dublin 2; www.solomonfineart.ie
Sarah Breen
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