Blogspot - alaninbelfast.blogspot.com - Alan in Belfast
General Information:
Latest News:
East Belfast Arts Festival (Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 1 September) 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
More culture! August started with Féile an Phobail (West Belfast Festival) and finishes with the East Belfast Arts Festival. With events being held in bars, community centres, galleries, a library as ...
Ascension by Clair Parker, the latest play in Accidental Theatre’s Biscuit Tin Readings series (Thursday 29) 25 Aug 2013 | 02:15 pm
Ascension is second of this year’s three new plays selected by Accidental Theatre for their Biscuit Tin Reading series will be performed in the Ulster Hall Group Space on Thursday evening. The rehear...
Paris with Children (Kim Horton Levesque): a great guide to help plan a visit 24 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
Not long back from a week’s holiday in Paris, I recommend the pocket-sized book Paris with Children as a source of child-friendly tips and trips for folk visiting France’s capital city en famille. (I ...
Fame The Musical by MT4Uth in T13 24 Aug 2013 | 03:24 am
Music Theatre 4 Youth (MT4Uth) was set up eight years ago to provide young people in Northern Ireland with training, coaching and support in the performing arts. Tonight a cast of eighty aged between...
West Belfast Youth Talks Back about social media, both positive and perilous 7 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Unusually politics were largely absent from this year’s West Belfast Youth Talks Back panel which solely focussed on the issue of social media and its impact on young people. listen to ‘part 1/3 West...
25th West Belfast Féile (1-11 August 2013) - preview of some of the non-musical events 2 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
A belated preview of some of the non-musical events coming up in the 25th West Belfast Féile which runs until 11 August. The full programme is available on the festival website. Friday 2 August Robb...
Yellow Door restaurant: a great culinary attraction at the Ulster Museum 29 Jul 2013 | 01:01 am
If you’re in the vicinity of the Ulster Museum this summer and feeling peckish, the Yellow Door restaurant in the ground floor of the museum is well worth a visit (open noon-3pm). I’ve never eaten my...
Ten new radio stations launch on DAB in Northern Ireland today 26 Jul 2013 | 02:30 pm
Back in April I mentioned that the selection of radio stations available on DAB in Northern Ireland was going to expand. Ofcom agreed to extend Digital One’s licence to allow it to broadcast its range...
Book to meet K-9 in a library near you at the end of July 9 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
Back in January, Lisburn Library tapped into Northern Ireland’s inner science fiction geekdom and packed out Lisburn Library for an evening talk by Doctor Who special effects designer Mat Irvine. Har...
Belfast Faces and Famous Places - Brian John Spencer exhibition 27 Jun 2013 | 02:15 am
Brian John Spencer may have started out as a man of words studying law, but nowadays his nib is equally sharp whether he’s drawing or writing. You can catch his thoughtful musings on an ever-increasi...
