A Crescent Relay Team in the Belfast City Marathon 2009

Posted on March 19, 2009
in Crescent & Community, Events, Refurbishment
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This year, some of the staff and friends of the Crescent have put together a team to run in the Belfast City Marathon as a fundraiser for the refurbishment project. The marathon takes place on the 4th May, 2009 and our team will be covering a combined 26 miles across the whole city, passing by [...]

Between the Lines Literary Festival

Posted on March 17, 2009
in Events

Just a quick reminder about the Crescent’s annual literary festival ‘Between the Lines’ beginning Monday 23 March with Ben Okri and Janice Galloway taking to the stage.  Tickets are selling well for all of the events during this exciting week of readings, so please book as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.  Please click [...]

A quick reminder…

Posted on March 13, 2009
in Classes & Workshops

Just a quick reminder that there are a few spaces left in the upcoming Crescent workshops: Hollywood Screenwriting: Jumping The First Hurdle * with James Bartlett Monday  16th March   3.00pm – 5.00pm   £12.00/£10.00 (places limited so please book early to avoid disappointment) In Hollywood, thousands of scripts land on the desks of producers, agents, actors [...]

Workshops at the Crescent

Posted on March 9, 2009
in Uncategorized

Just a quick reminder about some upcoming workshops at the Crescent. Life Drawing * with Peter Mutschler Saturday 14 March  • 11.30am-4.30pm  • £25.00/£20.00 ‘Large-scale’ and ‘expressive’ are the key words for this workshop. Combine visual observation and inner feelings to develop personal expression. Combinations of drawing, collage or text encouraged. Please bring magazines/papers for [...]

Swifts and the Crescent Arts Centre

Posted on March 9, 2009
in Refurbishment

Peter Cush, Senior Scientific Officer at the Biodiversity Unit of the NIEA, has been working with us to preserve the swift colony at the Crescent Arts Centre while the refurbishment project takes place. He’s penned some notes on his work for us to share here: No one knows when the first swift chose to nest [...]

Back by popular demand…

Posted on March 2, 2009
in Classes & Workshops

The Crescent is pleased to announce that due to the success of his last lecture/workshop James Bartlett is returning to the Crescent Arts Centre on Monday 16th March.  Please click on the link below for full details. Screenwriting Lecture/Workshop

Workshops at the Crescent

Posted on March 2, 2009
in Classes & Workshops

This is a quick reminder about some upcoming workshops at the Crescent.  Space is limited so do book early to avoid disappointment. André Gide: La symphonie pastorale * with Annick Grall (workshop in French) Saturday 7 March  • 2.00pm-4.00pm  • £12.00/£10.00 André Gide exerted a tremendous influence on French literature and achieved an extraordinary degree [...]

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