Arena Thursday 13 February 2014
coming up on Friday's show.....tonight's show is a 3-hour extravaganza live from Dublin Castle to celebrate Culture Night, in the company of pop, trad and classical musicians, poets, writers, actors and all with the supporting sounds of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Arena
Daily arts and popular culture show.
New Film Reviews
Three new movies out this week, the World War 2 drama, Monuments Men, British underdog comedy Dance-off, Cuban Fury, and a classic story of Boy Meets Laptop, 'Her'.
The Cork Spring Poetry Festival.
The festival is organised by the Munster Literature Centre and is based at the Cork Arts Theatre. The festival started yesterday and continues until Saturday night and features readings, workshops, book launches and even a film event. Kathy D'arcy loves her local poetry festival and joins Sean from RTE Cork. www.Corkpoetryfest.net
The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel
Jim Carroll joins Sean to review Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel a new book by Sherill Tippins that attempts to capture life as it was lived inside the Chelsea
Music Played on the Show
The Last Thing On My Mind
Stark Sands With Punch Brothers
3:46
Visions Of Johanna
Bob Dylan
7:25
Chelsea Hotel
Leonard Cohen
3:04
Arena With Seán Rocks
Contact the Show
Email: arena@rte.ie
Twitter: @RTEArena
Text: 51551
Presenter: Seán Rocks