THE Sean Dunne Literary Weekend begins tomorrow in Waterford at 8 p.m. when Dr Eibhear Walshe lectures on playwright Teresa Deevy.

Telephone (051) 873501 ... The second Elizabeth Bowen Conference opens in UCC tomorrow night with a lecture by Hermione Lee. Telephone (021) 902241 ... The premiere of Pale Mother Theatre Company's production of The Mother by Bertolt Brecht at The Dublin Writers' Museum on Thursday March 13th will be in aid of Amnesty International... The second edition of Tableau, Cork RTC's interdisciplinary journal will be launched on March 10th and features contributions from, among others, Dr Roy Johnston and Miroslav Holub on the theme Futures and Directions. Makinalasmak, a multimedia art installation featuring a circus tent and highlighting "the absurdity of epoch parochialism" which has been created in conjunction with the journal will open at the college the following day.. . Also in a techno vein, Exit, a computer installation by Smith Sweeney (Blaise and Niall to their friends) opens March 12th. The pair will give a public lecture on their work the following day... Meanwhile Dublin City University Arts Week begins next Tuesday, when De Danann will give a concert at the Larkin Theatre at 8 p.m. Other events include storytelling, music and poetry readings and continue until March 15th... If you are a member of a choir and have not yet entered for the Association of Irish Musical Societies Choral Festival (to be held in New Ross in May) you'll have to get a move on to beat the March 15th deadline. Telephone (051) 421766 for details... Greek scholar Ruth Padel will be at Butler House, Kilkenny tonight at 8 p.m. for a reading from her third poetry collection, Fusewire...