Unpaid Intern Erin's Guide to this week in Belfast

Friday, March 2. A man so sure of himself that he turned down an opportunity to be part of the Rolling Stones and so influential that Eric Clapton credits him with introducing him to the blues, the legendary Rory Gallagher, while not back from the dead, is imitated by tribute band Double Vision at Morrison’s tonight.

To get you in the Rory Gallagher tribute band mood, you can start your evening off at No Alibis with an atmospheric evening of poetry at their Candle and Mirror Poetry night.  Held every first Friday of the month at 7 pm.

Saturday, March 3.  What I liked about the Alternative alternative club night, Bop Yestrum, at the Pavilion was that they advertise the play list so that you can decide ahead of time if you feel like listening to Brian Eno on a Saturday night.  You make the call, but if the answer’s yes, head on down to the Pavilion

Sunday, March 4.  Our favourite transformance artists, Ikon, once described as “365 days of lent,” are showing us what doubt is all about at their monthly service at the Black Box. Starts at 8 pm.

Tuesday, March 6.  If you’ve been looking for a good place to wear your togs in public, search no more ‘cause artist Joanna Karolini has kindly created a tog-friendly environment in her installation, “The Bath is Hot” at Catalyst Arts Gallery.  This traditional Finnish sauna is free and open to the public as long as you “bring towels, togs and flip-flops.  Karolini says of her creation, "I wish a broad audience to use the gallery as a meeting place and the sauna to be a catalyst for social exchange, discussions and a warm platform where other events can take place."  Tuesday from 6 to 9 pm is nudes mixed.  If you don’t want to be naked in an environment of co-ed strangers, it’s a ladies only sauna experience on Wednesday, and gents only on Thursday night.  This exhibition leaves on March 9th so catch this warm platform where other events may or may not take place while you can.

Thursday, March 8. If there’s a fragmented version of a play just dying to get out of you, Tinderbox Theatre’s Writing Workshop offers adhesive assistance from 7 pm to 9 pm.  The first of three spring workshops claims they will “make use of the canon,” helping you to structure that staggering work of heartbreaking genius into something that will finally let you quit your day job.

So, those are my picks for this week in Belfast.  From candle-lit poetry to Finish saunas, the world's your oyster here in Northern Ireland.

(Photos at the Top and Above from 'The Bath is Hot')

Comments

[Judas Trainwreck]

Hello. I listened to LTA Chapter 59, where you had a segment about the events going on in this entry, and I know Jett said "less with all the text" regarding that fact that nobody seems to be commenting. Please allow me to be the first on this entry. I don't know why people don't seem to appreciate the service you're doing by providing the info, but a lot of the listeners don't live in Belfast, Northern Ireland, so that might be a reason for the lack of comments. I live in Tacoma, Washington, United States, so while I cannot effectively utilize this info, I certainly do appreciate the effort. Don't be discouraged, and like Jett said, just find a couple things that you find interesting, and just post about those, or something you might be able to do is find an event from many different areas and countries that might be happening on a particular day whenever you post. I think that might get more comments if the info is from more areas. I hope my comment has been helpful to you, and I look forward to the next one.

[Erin]

Gee thanks Judas Trainwreck. Seriously. That was so great of you to comment. I think that you're right that most of the listeners aren't from Northern Ireland and therefore, it doesn't really apply to them. I'm going to try and make it a bit more focused and hopefully more interesting so let me know what you think of the next post. Thanks for commenting.

[Judas Trainwreck]

I'll gladly keep watch for the latest news.

[only the ronster]

Well, I'm from Belfast, and I like the info! - All too often its easier to find things to do in Belfast via someone else's hard work - and I appreciate the hard work Erin!

You make my laziness and apathy that little bit harder to deal with when you post up things that I should really go and have a look at, and for that I salute you.

Oh - I've only recently discovered LTA, but I'm storming through the site and the podcasts as if they were a new strain of digital crack. Kudos to yourself, Jett (who I'm sure will love getting second billing) and Wayne for entertaining me while I go about the business of my business.

[Erin]

Glad to be of help, ronster. If you know of anything to suggest that's going on in Belfast, let us know. And let me tell you, Jett loves nothing more than getting second billing.