Bealtaine is coordinated by Age & Opportunity, the Irish national organisation working to promote greater participation by older people in society. Check out the Age & Opportunity web site.
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The following Bealtaine events are running in this county:
Arts / Culture / Heritage
Tuar Ard Arts Centre
c/o Moate Community Development Association, Church Street, Moate, Co Westmeath.
Bealtaine Film Tour
Screening of 'My House in Umbria' as part of the access>CINEMA/IFI Bealtaine Film Tour.
8th
'My House in Umbria' Screening starts at 7.30pm (with refreshments beforehand in Coffee Shop at 6.30pm)
Tuar Ard Arts Centre
Catherine Ganley
+353 (090) 648 2042
Westmeath County Council Arts Office
County Buildings, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
All About the Process
Visual Arts Exhibition
2nd - 31st
'All About the Process' is a visual art exhibition consisting of paintings, drawings, mono-prints and sculpture from the art students of St. John's Activation Unit, Lough Scheever. In the art class of St. John's emphasis is on the process and enjoyment of the artists.
Mon-Fri 9-5pm
The Atrium County Buildings, Mullingar
Catherine Kelly
+353 (044) 9332140
Libraries
Castlepollard Library
Mullingar Road, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath.
'Cherry Blossom Time'
An exhibition focusing on all things Japanese - Kimonos, Yucato, Fans, Tea Sets, Dolls, Paintings etc.
2nd - 16th
'Cherry Blossom Time' Exhibition
Castlepollard Library
Nicola Brennan-Gavin
+353 (044) 933 2199
Active Retirement / Community Groups
Collinstown/Fore ICA Guild
Ranaghan, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath.
Hear My Song
Group members will name their song, present the words, make a stab at singing it while dressed in a style of that era. Photographs will be taken of their performance and enjoyed.
1st
Hear My Song
Collinstown Hall
Sonas
Mullingar Resource Centre, Devlin Road, Mullingar,
Co Westmeath
Reeling Back the Years
Promoting healthier ageing through art, drama and horticulutre.
16th
Art work for sensory garden
Mullingar Resource Centre
18th
Drama - reminiscence through mime
Mulingar Resource Centre
St Mary's ARA Athlone
St Mary's Presbytery, Athlone, Co Westmeath.
Art & Craft Exhibition and Prose & Poetry Readings
Some of our members are skilled at knitting, others have paintings and other crafts they wish to display; we are inviting members of another group for poetry readings
14th
Prose and Poetry Readings with Castle Writers Group
Clonmacnoise Room, St Mary's Presbytery
21st - 28th
Opening of Art and Craft Exhibition, running for a week from May 21st
Athlone Public Library
28th
Close of Art and Craft Exhibition
Athlone Public Library
1st - 31st
Intergenerational Activity - passing on knitting skills - will take place throughout May
Local Primary Schools
Margaret Franklin
+353 (090) 647 5592
St Peter's Active Retirement Club
St Peter's Parish Centre, Athlone, Co Westmeath
St Peter's Bealtaine Festival 2012
A celebration of creativity including an exhibition of photography and press articles; a social with local ARA groups and music, song, dance and refreshments; educational tour
2nd - 16th
Exhibition of photography & newspaper articles
Dean Crowe Theatre
16th - 30th
Exhibition of photography & newspaper articles
Athlone Library
Social with music, song, dance and refreshments. Date to be arranged
Shamrock Lodge Hotel
Educational Tour. Date to be arranged
To be arranged
Sr Gabrielle McManus
+353 (087) 643 0305
Care Centres
St John's Day Care Service
Lough Sheever Centre, Delvin Road, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.
Remembering Times Past
Dressing in clothes of by-gone days; singing; poetry & rhymes of olden times; storytelling and drama of incidences of past times; cinema visit.
Dress up in old clothes and reminisce. Date to be arranged
St John's Day Care
Visit to centre by local artist. Date to be arranged
St John's Day Care
Drama. Date to be arranged
St John's Day Care
Poetry reading. Date to be arranged
St John's Day Care
Performance by school choir. Date to be arranged
St John's Day Care
Trip to cinema. Date to be arranged
Local cinema
St Vincents Care Centre
Athlone, Co Westmeath
Stories from our Town
Our 2012 events feature some historical scenes from our past told through stories and pictures plus musical renditions from a well known local band.
Exhibition of art project - replica of St Mary's Workhouse. Date to be arranged.
To be arranged
History project on the Titanic. Date to be arranged.
To be arranged
Local musician/band to play for residents. Date to be arranged.
To be arranged
Outings to local cinema. Date to be arranged.
To be arranged
Pauline Quast or Julie Molloy
+353 (090) 647 5301
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