Join us on Friday, 4 October, for First Fridays! The museum will be open late from 6pm until 9pm, with free admission and special events throughout the evening.
6.30pm | Reading
Fióna Bolger
Hear from Fiona Bolger, a poet with a strong interest in writing across languages and borders.
8pm | Performance
Lina Andonovska
A solo flute performance from the musician described as ‘re-defining the act of going solo’.
Plus late opening at the Commons Café
Presented with the support of the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
Fióna Bolger is a poet, creative facilitator, editor and mentor who has lived mainly in Ireland and India. She is interested in plurilingual writing across languages and borders. Publications include poetry in The Brown Critique, Muse India, Chattahoochee Review, Southword and Poetry Ireland Review, and the collections Compound of Words (Yoda Press, Delhi 2019) and Love in the Original Language (Salmon Poetry, 2022). She has co-edited All the Words Between (Yoda Press, 2017), Dubylon (DCC, 2023) and KIN, Anthology of Roma, Traveller and Nomadic Women Writers (Salmon Poetry, 2024). She has received two Agility Awards from the Irish Arts Council. www.fionabolgerpoetry.com
With her performances noted as “re-defining the act of going solo” (The Age), curiosity, fearlessness and versatility carry Lina Andonovska’s artistry around the globe. She is flautist of Grammy Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. A sought-after soloist and collaborator, she has appeared as guest musician with Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, and stargaze. Equally at home with improvisation and the written page, she is critically acclaimed for her interpretation of new music with Rolling Stone Magazine hailing her performance at Bang On A Can Summer Festival as “superbly played...” Lina is a Powell Flutes artist.
