Arena Monday 27 May 2013
coming up on Wednesday's show....a profile of Stephen King, a book of rarely-seen pictures of blues legend Billie Holiday and the Clifden Arts Festival celebrates it's 40th anniversary
Arena
Daily arts and popular culture show.
Rebecca Solnit
IS A MULTI-AWARD-WINNING WRITER AND ACTIVIST. HER WORK HAS COVERED EVERYTHING FROM TRAVEL TO TECHNOLOGY TO NATURE TO THE VERY ART OF WRITING. HER LATEST BOOK, THE FARAWAY NEARBY Published by Granta Books
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Poetry Work Shops
Colm Keegan is hosting writing workshops with first year students in the Collinstown Park Community college in Clondalkin Evelyn O Rourke went along to see.
Jane Gardam: Last Friends
Anna Carey reviews the new book by Jane Gardam: Last Friends published by Little Brown
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Classic Movie - Jurassic Park
Classic Movie: Tonights Classic Movie is the 1993 Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Richard Attenborough - Harvey O Brien is in studio to discuss.
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All Star International Improv
The Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival runs all this weekend at venues around the city. Among the comedians performing are the All Star International Improv. Two of those "stars" - Ian Coppinger and Paul Tylak, are in the International Bar, Dublin tonight. But before that they're here, live in studio, to play a game called 'Accents'
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Arena With Seán Rocks
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