Arts and Crafts
Painting and drawing at the West Cork Arts Centre, North Street, Skibereen, Co Cork. Tel: 028-22090.
Introduction to stained glass at Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co Offaly. Tel: 0506-21677.
Jewellery-making with Cormac Cuffe, Shandon Cottage, Monkstown Road, Co Dublin. Tel: 01-284 6037.
Painting and drawing at The Paintbox, Terryland Retail Park, Galway; also Barna, Galway. Tel: 091-569579.
Writing and the word
Fiction, drama, poetry, short story classes at the Irish Writer's Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Tel: 01-872 2014, email: iwc@iol.ie, web: www.writerscentre.ie
Storytelling workshop at the Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival. Residential course, October 27th-29th Oct 2001. Contact Chuck Kruger, Cape Clear, Co Cork. Tel: 028-39157, e-mail: ckstory@indigo.ie
Workshops with visiting poets, three 10-day sessions during July and August. The Poet's House, Clonbarra, Falcarrath, Co Donegal. Contact Janice Fitzpatrick Simmons, tel: 07465470.
Creative writing with Maura Gilligan, Glen Road, Strand Hill, Co Sligo. Tel: 071-68277.
Poetry, science fiction, writing for film and TV and other monthly Saturday workshops in Belfast. Creative Writers' Network, 15 Church Street, Belfast BT1 1PG. Tel: 04890 312361, web: www.creativewriters.org.uk
Dance
The Five Rhythms in Westport, Co Mayo; Omagh, Co Tyrone; Dundalk, Co Louth; Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny; Dingle and Killarney, Co Kerry; and Dublin. Contact Caitriona Nic Ghiollaphadr aigh, tel: 09534664.
Latin American dance at Dolan's Warehouse, Dock Road, 67 Flood Street, Limerick. Tel: 061355 591, e-mail: bridgetharte@hotmail.com The Five Rhythms with INFO TO COME. Tel: 095-34664.
Hip-hop and street style dance at the Irish Institute of Performing Arts, 6 Couch Street, Cork. Tel: 021-422 3535.
Irish dancing at Aras Mhairtin Ui Chadain, Carraroe, Connemara, Co Galway. Tel: 091-595 101. Waltz, jive and quick-step with John Donnellan in Rathmines and Rathgar, Dublin. All proceeds go to voluntary project in Romania. Tel: 01-289 3797.
Music
African drumming at the Nature Art Centre, Ballybane, Ballydehob, Co Cork. Tel: 02837323, web: www.holistic.ie/nature-art
DJ training at the DJ Training School, Mespil House, Sussex Road, Dublin 4. Tel: 01-294 0054.
Contemporary and trad music classes with the Music Collective Northern Ireland, Andersonstown Music School, 531 Falls Road, Belfast BT11 9AA. Tel: 048-9061 1144.
Weekend workshops in wide range of trad instruments at Ceolras Coleman Music School, Gurteen, Co Sligo. Tel: 071 82599.
Choral singing at Limerick Choral Union, Christ Church Hall, O'Connell Street, Limerick. Tel: 061-300 559, e-mail: mgreen@eircom.net
