Cultured times in Coole Park

The Coole Park series of cultural events is now underway with a schedule of interesting activities incorporated into the Winter Arts and Heritage Programme 2010.
The arts series begins this Thursday at 8pm when Teatro ao Largo from Portugal present Mighty Tales The Acorn Man & The Tale of Francis Flute.
The Acorn Man is a folk tale with an ecological theme, told in rhyming verse and original songs, concerning the life of a humble shepherd who forested an entire mountain single-handed.
The Tale of Francis Flute, based on a Portuguese traditional story, is a comic piece, concerning the exploits of a harmless fool who is convinced that he is going to marry a beautiful princess. Despite her irascible father and the machinations of a gang of villainous palace guards, he achieves his aim. Both pieces are aimed at an audience of all ages.
On Sunday there is a family event. From 2.30pm to 3.30pm there will be nature activities in Coole Park including an outdoor walk and scavenger hunts.
From 4pm to 5pm Cups & Crowns perform Blenny the Waterdaughter, a story set in a small fishing town where Mack the lighthouse keeper watches over the town and the ocean, but feels part of neither. But that was before the day a Blenny Fish followed him home.  The show is suitable for children over eight.
Reading and Understanding the Coole Landscape course is a follow on from similar courses of previous years. It offers a more detailed study into the landscape of Coole and environs.
There is no lecture on for Bank Holiday Monday but the course continues on November 1.