Arts & Culture

MICHAEL Douglas still has it. Whatever ‘it’ is he’s got it by the bucketload. In spades. He’s got so much ‘it’ that my 16-year-old daughter, who only knows him as the creepy old guy who hangs around with Catherine Zeta Jones, commented that he “must have been really popular when he was younger” less than an hour into the film.

SITTING in his bedroom in Newmarket-on-Fergus listening to the songs on the radio, a young Mike Varden had only one thing on his mind, a desire to play the guitar just like his musical heroes.

SPEAKING at the Ennis Book Club Festival in 2009, Mark O’Halloran offered an important insight into his obligations as a writer.

Aviva is searching for budding artists in Clare to take part in their art challenge. The insurance company is challenging you to let your creative juices flow and show your idea of the colourful Aviva family. You can use any material, from glitter to paint.

THE wild, windswept landscape of Clare is a world away from the exoticism of Arabian sands and azure waters. But for local artist Niamh Hickey, there really is no place like home.

A FILM about the community, landscape and culture of Sliabh Aughty will be made as part of a series of public art projects curated by Clare-based lecturer and artist, Dr Áine Phillips.

A new children’s book by Clare writer Carol McNamara entitled Gift and the Irish Builders has been published to raise funds for the Niall Mellon Township Trust.

TWO Clare craft makers are helping children to explore the world of crafted toys and make their own in an exhibition opening in Dublin.