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WHET your appetite for our remarkable local produce with a trip to Cork for the 39th Kinsale Gourmet Festival (October 9-11). Sunday’s Fruits de Mer Luncheon at Acton’s Hotel promises bountiful seafood accompanied by delicious wine, as well as musical entertainment and a charity auction. Tickets are €75 from www.kinsalerestaurants.com.
VISIT the Gutter Bookshop in Temple Bar, Dublin 2 on Saturday October 10 to celebrate Books Are My Bag, a campaign to remind people of the simple pleasure derived from books and reading. The first ten customers to spend over €30 on children’s books on the day will receive a limited edition tote bag designed by artist Grayson Perry. See www.booksaremybag.com for more information.
EMBRACE autumn with one of The Morrison Hotel’s tantalising new seasonal cocktails. From the warming Spiced Pumpkin Sling to the Rhubarb and Blackberry Crush, served in a jam jar, they are one sure-fire reason to embrace the new season.
TRANSPORT the kids straight to the jungle (via the National Concert Hall) with Camille Saint Saen’s delightful Carnival of the Animals performed by the Whistleblast Quartet on Saturday October 10 at 1.30pm. Tickets, from €10, are available from www.nch.ie. The show is suitable for children aged 4-12.
HEAR award-winning British photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews discuss her latest project, ‘Shot at Dawn’, at IMMA on Friday October 9 at 1pm. The photo series focuses on the sites at which British, French and Belgian troops were executed for cowardice and desertion between 1914 and 1918. The discussion is moderated by Sarah Glennie, Director at IMMA, and marks the opening of ‘Shot at Dawn’.
Image above: Soldat Ahmed ben Mohammed el Yadjizy / Soldat Ali ben Ahmed ben Frej ben Khelil / Soldat Hassen ben Ali ben Guerra el Amolani/ Soldat Mohammed Ould Mohammed ben Ahmed 17:00 / 15.12.1914 / Verbranden-Molen, West-Vlaanderen. C-print, 120 x 150 cm. © Chloe Dewe Mathews 2013.
Sarah Breen
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