St Patricks Weekend in Arklow

Arklow are holding a Day of Fun on the Street on Paddys Weekend – Saturday 16th March.

Plans include:

• Busking competition with prizes of €100/€50 / €25
• Carnival in the park
• Leprechaun Parade ( 2pm from pottery shop)
• Bands from 12.30 in the park
• Junior house of stories from 3pm

More to be confirmed.

There is also an amazing draw for 500 litres of home heating oil from main sponsors Topaz Local Fuels!

For full information and updates visit the Revive Arklow Facebook group:
www.facebook.com/groups/revivearklow

Arklow Communities Together Exhibition Tells All

An exciting exhibition  will be held on Tuesday 13th November 2012 in Arus Lorcain Arklow.

As an increasing number of people are being made redundant, asked to work shorter hours, taking early retirement or finding it difficult to secure employment, we decided -in response to this situation - that an exhibition showing people what Arklow has to offer and the many ways they might use their time for the benefit of themselves and their community would be positive initiative.

The exhibition will feature 5 main strands:

• Services to the community – from further education to information on rights and entitlements.
• Sports and Recreation – from football clubs to bridge clubs
• Arts and Crafts – from drama groups to church choirs
• Environmental Initiatives – from community gardens to protecting our heritage
• Volunteering Opportunities – from making tea to providing strategic advice.

The exhibition will run from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and tea and coffee will be provided through-out the day.( Tuesday 13th November)

For more information please email Fiona Downes fiona@volunteerwicklow.ie or Leah Kinsella  leah@volunteerwicklow.ie or call  0402 91519

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FREE Mobile Phone Lessons for Adults

• Finding it hard to get your head around mobile phones?
• Feel overwhelmed by your Nokia /Smartphone and modern phone technologies?
• Wondering how to send a text message, take a picture or want to feel more in touch with your friends and family?

Well help is at hand. Fintan Mulligan has created a unique workshop that is free to attend.

He is also looking for volunteers in the form of transition year student, mentors and for secondary schools who may be interested in running the programme to contact him asap.

The classes are FREE to the public to attend so if someone you know, perhaps an elderly relative or parent, could do with some help on making the most of their mobile phone then please do spread the word.

To recap, Fintan is looking for contact from the following:

• Secondary Schools – Please contact Fintan to enquire how to participate
• Mentors (often parents of pupils)To volunteer to run the programme in their local school. Fintan will help them get up & running and support them longterm.
• Others who could volunteer their skills e.g. a techie who could volunteer to set up a website for the MPLA programme, etc.
• Learners – Lessons are provided FREE of charge in their local school.

Currently, lessons are running in Bray, Kilcoole and two schools in Wicklow Town.

Arklow and Carnew need a  Mentor volunteer to run the lessons there yet. Once a Mentor volunteers – Fintan will make himself available to train and support that volunteer.

To contact Fintan: Call 086 8199 752,  Email: fintan.mulligan@gmail.com or Skype him at SKYPE : fintanmulligan

Click here to view pdf of paticipants, schools, parents and mentors reactions to date: MPL Reactions of each Group

Ananta Yoga Studio at The Old Tap Pub, Wicklow

Yoga classes and more are held in the purpose built yoga studios above Romany Stone ( previously the Tap Pub) off the N11.

Commencing this week on Thursday 20th September at The Ananta Yoga Studio, Wicklow we are delighted to be adding to our busy class schedule - Yoga Classes for Kids aged 8-11 years old incl from 3.30pm-4.30pm and Teen Yoga Classes 5pm – 6pm for ages 12 – 16 incl.  at the great price of just €50 for six weeks!

Ananta Yoga Studio Classes Include:

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  yoga classes arklow and wicklow

  Vinyasa Flow Yoga,
  Liz Richards – (086)8963425
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• Yoga for Athletes,
  Liz Richards – (086)8963425
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• Pregnancy Yoga,
  Carmel O’Dwyer – (086) 1257843
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• Mum & Baby Yoga,
  Carmel O’Dwyer – (086) 1257843
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• Teen Yoga,
  Liz Kavanagh – (087) 9314914
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• Kids Yoga,
  Liz Kavanagh – (087) 9314914
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• Corporate Yoga,
  Liz Richards – (086)8963425
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• Hatha Yoga and Meditation,
  Carmel O’Dwyer – (086) 1257843
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• Meditation (Guided and Self Practice),
  Carmel O’Dwyer – (086) 1257843
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• Mindfulness Courses,
  Freada McGoldrick – (087) 2186209
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• Somatic Movement,
  Freada McGoldrick – (087) 2186209
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• Ashtanga Yoga,
  Liam Byrne – (086) 4082428
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• Slow Flow Yoga,
  Sinead Wallace – (087) 9376981
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• Flow Yoga,
  Sinead Wallace – (087) 9376981
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• Iyengar Yoga,
  Liz Kavanagh – (087) 9314914
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• Pilates (with Liam Byrne),
  Liam Byrne – (086) 4082428
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• Pilates (with Lesley Anne Ross)
  Lesley Anne Ross – (086) 8220372
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• Yoga for the Active & Retired
  Liz Richards – (086)8963425
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• Private Yoga & Yoga Therapy
  Liz Richards – (086)8963425
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• Zumba Classes
  Nita Whelan – (087)  2841675
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Please choose a class best suited to your needs and call/text relevant instructor for further information, current prices and special offers.

Culture Night Wicklow

Culture Night is a night of free cultural events across the county.
Full details on our facebook page www.facebook.com/wicklowculturenight.

List of Free Events:

BRAY

No strings attached!-outdoor performance by Bray Youth Orchestra
Venue: Outside Bray Library, Florence Road
Time: from 3.00pm – 6.00pm
Family Friendly event- no booking necessary

Monster Session and Céili
Venue: Civic Plaza, Main Street
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Family Friendly Event- no booking necessary

Mermaid Arts Centre presents Culture Night
Sylvia’s Quest – a travelling theatre experience
Venue: Meet inside the Mermaid Arts Centre
Time: 6.00pm

Carmel McCreagh and her band- CD Launch & performance
Venue: Main Auditorium Mermaid Arts Centre
Time: 8.00pm
Booking essential – Mermaid Box Office 01 2724030
Followed by a performance by Slam Poet Colm Keegan

Hands Across Bray (A Participatory Arts Event)
Venue:
Time: 4.00pm – 9.00pm
Family Friendly Event – no booking necessary
Presented by Signal Arts Centre

An Evening of light at Killruddery
Venue: Killruddery House & Gardens, Southern Cross
Time: Free admission to Gardens from 7.00pm. Guided garden tours
booked out.

Marine Conservation: Visit Sealife and view their a Visual Arts
Exhibition
Venue: Sealife, Bray Seafront
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Family Friendly Event – booking necessary at
brayconservation@merlinentertainments.biz.

Open Rehearsal Bray Choral Society
Venue: Holy Redeemer Church , Main Street
Time: 7.40pm
Family Friendly Event – no booking necessary

Oli’s Coffee House- live music and art exhibition
Venue: Oli’s Coffee House, 3 Albert Walk
Time: 7.30pm – 11.00pm

GREYSTONES:

Grow Greystones! – a talk on growing your own.
Venue: Community Garden, Shoreline, Greystones
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm and 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Family Friendly Event- no booking necessary

‘Speaking of Greystones: impressions of the area over two
centuries.’
Venue: Ireton’s Shop, Killincarrig Road
Time: 4.00pm
Family Friendly Event – no booking necessary
Presented by Greystones Archeological & Historical Society

GRAPE – on the Rails – open air art exhibition
Venue: The Harbour, Greystones
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Family Friendly Event
Presented by Greystones Tidy Town’s Committee

Drumming Workshop – Music Together
Venue: The Harbour
Time: 6.00pm For all aged over 10 years – Booking from
culturenightwicklow@gmail.com

An Evening with author Cathy Kelly
Venue: Greystones Library, Mill Road
Time: 7.30pm
Family Friendly Event – booking essential at Greystones Library 01
2873548
Presented by County Wicklow Library Services

Speakeasy Cabaret – Open mic music and poetry
Venue: The Hot Spot Café, Watson & Johnston Centre, Mill Road
Time: 9.00pm
Adults and older teens event –booking not necessary only
pre-register to perform/read

Siamsa Ceoltóirí
Venue: The Beach House, the Harbour
Time: 9.00pm until late
Presented by Siamsa Fhéile Pádraig, local musicians and dancers

Ceramic exhibition by Laura O’Hagan
Venue: The Burnaby Lounge
Time: 8.00 official launch All welcome

Wicklow:

Wicklow Historic Gaol – free tours
Venue: The Gaol, Wicklow Town
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Family Friendly Event- booking essential 0404 61599

Kilmantin Arts Culture Night Expo
Venue: Kilmantin Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Wicklow Town
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Family Friendly Event- no booking necessary

Wicklow cultural evening: Music, heritage & meet the artists
Venue: An Tairseach Ecology Centre, Dominican Convent
Time: 5.30pm- 8pm ‘Open house’ style, come along at any time
during this period.
7.30pm Organ Recital
Family Friendly Event – no booking necessary
Presented by Wicklow Arts Festival

Ceol, Damhsa agus Craic
Venue: The Boathouse, beside the Leitrim Lounge, Seafront Wicklow
Time: 8.00pm – 10.30pm
Family Friendly Event- no booking necessary
Presented by Wicklow Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann with Monkstown
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

Glendalough

Free Guided Tours through Glendalough’s Monastic City
Venue: Meet at the lounge at Glendalough Hotel
Time: 7.00pm
Family Friendly Event- no booking necessary
Presented by Glendalough Arts Network

Arklow:

Stella Days – free screening
Venue: Gaiety Cinema Bridgewater
Time: 7.30pm Booking from cinema www.gaietycinema.ie

Avoca – Conary

Conary Culture Crawl
Venue: Meet at the village hall and prepare to move on
Time: 8.00pm until late
Family Friendly Event – no booking necessary
Presented by Conary Community Arts

Tinahely:

Tinahely TAGged
Venue: Dwyer Square/Tinahely Village/Shop Windows
Time: 5.00pm – 10.00pm Tinahely Sheep Flock – Sculpture Gathering
6.00pm – 9.00pm Demonstration of pottery with Potter’s wheel and
public ‘have a go option’!
7.00pm onwards The Word Project
Open all day – Shop Window Gallery – Exhibition of art in various
mediums

Family Friendly Events
Presented by Tinahely Arts Group

New Metropolis Soundtrack Screening
Venue: The Courthouse Arts Centre
Time: 8.30pm
Family Friendly Event – This is a ticketed FREE event – Places
limited / Booking essential
Box Office T: 0402 38529 E: bookings@ tinahely-courthouse.ie
Presented by the Courthouse Arts Centre

FRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS
This Classic film has been re-interpreted with an exciting new
electronic score by ARKEYE (Alan Williams) as part of The Secret
Cinema movement.

Hollywood:

Music Under the Mountains – A traditional session in a unique
location
Venue: Tutty’s and Hollywood Inn
Time: 9.00pm

Blessington:

Russborough House, not just a place – it’s an Experience!
Venue: Russborough House, Blessington
Time: 4.00pm – 8.00pm
Family Friendly Event – booking essential for house tours only
phone 045 865 239 info@russborogh.ie
Presented by Russborough House and resident craftworkers

Emigration and the Irish Diaspora – An evening of music, song and
dance
Venue: Tramway Theatre, adjoining St. Mary’s Senior National
School
Time: 8.30pm
Family Friendly- booking necessary – Free tickets available from the
Theatre and local outlets or phone 086 0752072
Presented by Tramway Theatre Committee

Kiltegan

Traditional Archery, crafts with 10th century backdrop
Venue: GAA field, Kiltegan
Time: 4.00 – 8.00pm friendly no booking family

Full details on our facebook page
www.facebook.com/wicklowculturenight.

Ananta Yoga & Pilates studio is online now!

The gorgeous Ananta Yoga Studio is based at The Tap, on the N11 as you drive from Arklow to Wicklow.

The original warm, bright, rustic and spacious studio is purpose built and features natural stone walls ideal for yoga and pilates classes in wicklow and founder Liz Richards has since opened a second spacious and similar studio at Ananta and the class schedule has continued to grow steadily with the addition of six fantastic new instructors - all highly qualified and experienced in their chosen field.

The Ananta Yoga Studio is ideal for those commuting to and from Dublin & Wexford with male and female changing rooms and wet rooms available to freshen up in and two gorgeous cosy cafes downstairs!

Make new friends and re-order your work/life balance!

So if your looking for yoga for beginners, or advanced yoga classes in wicklow then why  not visit AnantaYogaStudio.com:

We have and we love it!

Check out our extensive class schedule on our fabulous new website and find out more about the wide range of Yoga, Pilates and Somatic Movement classes on offer throughout the whole year.

Also see details of the Alternative Therapies and Massage available in the purpose built space at Ananta, Wicklow.

Coming to Wicklow on holidays?

Want to keep up a regular Yoga or Pilates class throughout the summer months?

• Classes available on a drop in basis for everyone.
• Special rate for block bookings.
• Build your own class by getting 4 or more friends to join you and avail of reduced class rates!

Call Liz Richards on (0)86 8963425,

Email anantawicklow@gmail.com
Web: www.anantayogastudio.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AnantaYogaWW
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/anantayogawicklow

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YOGA FOR KIDS IS COMING TO THE ANANTA YOGA STUDIO!!

Commencing on Tuesday 3rd July 9.45-11.15am with Liz Kavanagh. Liz is an experienced Iyengar Yoga Instructor who is fully qualified to teach children and teenagers. We are delighted to welcome Liz to Ananta and look forward to her up coming workshops and classes (details to be posted soon).

We are taking bookings for children aged 6 – 12 years of age initially for this class but if there is a demand for a class for 4 and 5 year olds we will consider splitting the age groups and running a second class.

Please contact Liz Richards on 086 8963425 to book a space for your child as soon as possible as class sizes are limited and there is a lot of interest with summer hols looming!.

5 classes just €30! – Drop in fee per child is €7.

Booking essential if on a drop in basis.

For Mums and Dads who would like to do a yoga class themselves while their children are occupied in the other studio, Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Liz Richards runs at the same time in the main studio and I am happy to take a second class if enough interest. No child minding problems – chilled out kids and parents! Perfect!!!

Call Liz on 086 8963425 or visit us on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/anantayogawicklow

Pilates in Wicklow at Ananta Yoga Studio

The Ananta Yoga Studio at The Tap, Ballard Village, Kilbride, Co.Wicklow
Invites you all to try out a  FREE  Yoga, Pilates or Somatic Movement Class of  your choice between now and July 31st in our beautiful studios!

Just mention The Wicklow Way to claim your free class and book to reserve your place – (one class per person).

All our instructors are fully qualified and offer great expertise and care in their chosen discipline.

For more information Call/text Liz Richards on (086) 8963425.

Check out our up to date class schedule on www.anantayogastudio.com or find us on Facebook – www.facebook.com/anantayogawicklow

SOS: Save Our Streets - Bonfire Night in Arklow

Come out this Wednesday evening, May 2nd to celebrate bonfire night on the Riverwalk!

The evening will kick off at 7pm with live music from local bands Feel the Pinch, The Lazy Babies and Bail Out.

With free snacks for the kids, face painting, good music and aroaring bonfire, this is a night the whole family will enjoy!

• Where: Arklow Riverwalk (Behind Christy’s)
• When: Wed May 2nd 2012 – now that the rain is gone:)

Cost: FREE!

SOS: Save Our Streets - Bonfire Night in Arklow

Come out this Tuesday evening, May 1st to celebrate bonfire night on the Riverwalk!

The evening will kick off at 7pm with live music from local bands Feel the Pinch, The Lazy Babies and Bail Out.

With free snacks for the kids, face painting, good music and aroaring bonfire, this is a night the whole family will enjoy!

• Where: Arklow Riverwalk (Behind Christy’s)
• When: Tuesday, May 1st, 7pm

Cost: FREE!