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27/04/2011
ICTU Launch May Festival
May Day - traditionally the day when workers throughout the world come together to celebrate working class culture and history - is to be marked in Belfast next week.
The May Day march is to be one of the biggest in the UK and Ireland, and will feature speeches from noted Labour activists.
With sponsorship from the European Union Regional Development Fund, Belfast City Council and the Community Relations Council, are presenting an extended festival programme with events for everyone, including walking tours, exhibition launches, lectures and the May Day and Diversity Festival.
Amongst the numerous events taking place will be the collaborative exhibition World of Work (WOW) at the Golden Thread Gallery, to celebrate the essence of May Day and showcase the often hidden value of trade union learning initiatives.
WOW is a multi-media narrative in the form of a projection that explores the nature of 'work', directed by up and coming filmmaker, Lee Stitt.
The gallery will also host the Through the Lens Photographic Exhibition. Over the last six months groups of trade union members and activists have worked to interpret 'Diversity' through digital photography.
They have come up with images of diversity in all its forms. The opening night will include a DJ set from Love Music Hate Racism and a performance piece from Scream Blue Murmur.
The Dockers Club will play host to the Inaugural Connolly Memorial Lecture by SHIP (Shared History Interpretive Project) and ICTU.
Through music, verse and words Francis Devine from the Irish Labour History Society, will recall the lives and contributions of James Connolly, Winnie Carney and other Labour activists and explore their legacy in relation to current economic and societal realities. Linenhall Library also plays host to a number of lectures, including the 2nd Annual Vere Foster Lecture, presented by INTO.
Several walking tours will also take place and highlight Belfast's rich working class heritage, including a tour of the docks area and Sailorstown, led by SHIP Chairperson Liam McBrinn, and former Deep Sea Docker and Sailorstown residents.
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz, The Hubb Prison to Peace project will be arranging a number of events including a cross community music session as well as a number of workshops.
Over at Writers Square will be the Family Diversity Festival, a family afternoon of music and entertainment.
See: www.ictuni.org/
(JG/BMcC)
The May Day march is to be one of the biggest in the UK and Ireland, and will feature speeches from noted Labour activists.
With sponsorship from the European Union Regional Development Fund, Belfast City Council and the Community Relations Council, are presenting an extended festival programme with events for everyone, including walking tours, exhibition launches, lectures and the May Day and Diversity Festival.
Amongst the numerous events taking place will be the collaborative exhibition World of Work (WOW) at the Golden Thread Gallery, to celebrate the essence of May Day and showcase the often hidden value of trade union learning initiatives.
WOW is a multi-media narrative in the form of a projection that explores the nature of 'work', directed by up and coming filmmaker, Lee Stitt.
The gallery will also host the Through the Lens Photographic Exhibition. Over the last six months groups of trade union members and activists have worked to interpret 'Diversity' through digital photography.
They have come up with images of diversity in all its forms. The opening night will include a DJ set from Love Music Hate Racism and a performance piece from Scream Blue Murmur.
The Dockers Club will play host to the Inaugural Connolly Memorial Lecture by SHIP (Shared History Interpretive Project) and ICTU.
Through music, verse and words Francis Devine from the Irish Labour History Society, will recall the lives and contributions of James Connolly, Winnie Carney and other Labour activists and explore their legacy in relation to current economic and societal realities. Linenhall Library also plays host to a number of lectures, including the 2nd Annual Vere Foster Lecture, presented by INTO.
Several walking tours will also take place and highlight Belfast's rich working class heritage, including a tour of the docks area and Sailorstown, led by SHIP Chairperson Liam McBrinn, and former Deep Sea Docker and Sailorstown residents.
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz, The Hubb Prison to Peace project will be arranging a number of events including a cross community music session as well as a number of workshops.
Over at Writers Square will be the Family Diversity Festival, a family afternoon of music and entertainment.
See: www.ictuni.org/
(JG/BMcC)
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