Featured Events in Ulster in 2024 (November Updated)

Join Onome for this joyous singing circle in which we will explore vocal improvisation practices to add to your own toolbox of creative expression. All levels and experience welcome! Drop-in for an occasional class or join us monthly! This is a safe and fun space to engage in self-discovery through the principles of spontaneous composition, such as form, dynamics, deep listening, and trusting the flow of your imagination. WHEN: 2nd Sundays of the Month, 3pm - 5pm (Sept 8th, Oct 13th, Nov 10th, Dec 8th) WHERE: Crescent @ Full Circle 293 Bruynswick Rd. New Paltz NY 12561 HOW: Price: $15 - $30 sliding scale. RSVP by purchasing your ticket in advance here or via Zelle (hello@crescenthv.com). Please write “Onome” in the memo line. Please pay-it-forward if you can. If you cannot afford the minimum suggested ticket price, email: hello@crescenthv.com NOTE: Please arrive at least 15 minutes EARLY so we can start promptly. Water and tea available. There will also be a great eatery and bakery cafe opening soon on the premises. The official opening for those are Sept 1st. Pls email until August 9th if you are curious if either amenity will be up and running in time for the first of these classes: hello@crescenthv.comMEET ONOME Onome's twenty years of experience in creative arts facilitation has taken her all around the world and spans a diverse range of vocal workshops and courses for youth and adults. As a partner artist at Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute, she contributes her performances and trainings across their vast educational programming spectrum. She leads community vocal immersions at concert halls, galleries, museums, schools, cultural centers, shelters, prisons, parks, churches, online, wherever voices gather. Additionally, she offers experiential learning through coaching, workshops, corporate trainings, and presentations at the intersection of voice, creativity, and holistic well-being. You find out more about Onome HERE. You will love this inspiring, nourishing offering! Information Source: Crescent Hudson Valley | eventbrite

Experience the Mecca Hyrox Simulation Event at the renowned Mid Ulster Sports Arena in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. This event, scheduled for October 20, 2024, promises to be the ultimate Hyrox experience with a chip-timed competition in Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles categories. Set against the backdrop of the Home of Sporting Excellence, participants will enjoy an immersive race event atmosphere, complete with top DJs providing energetic tunes to fuel their journey to the finish line. This iteration of the event is set to be bigger and better than ever before, offering a true taste of the Hyrox challenge. Don't miss this opportunity to test your limits and push yourself in a thrilling simulation of a real Hyrox race event. Ticket prices range from £45 to £90, ensuring accessibility for all fitness enthusiasts.

The Friends of The Derry Walls and Ulster University, Magee are delighted to announce that their December 2024 lecture will be given by Breandán Mac Suibhne, Professor of Modern Irish History at the University of Galway. His lecture is titled “What has happened to this house? Brian Friel and his Mother’s People”. Breandán will use the lives of the actual people on whom the characters in Dancing at Lughnasa are more or less based as the basis for a wide-ranging discussion of the history of west Donegall Breandán Mac Suibhne is the author of The End of Outrage (2017), an award-winning book on land-grabbing and informing in the time of the Famine. He was a founding editor, with critic Seamus Deane, of the journal Field Day Review and several book series, and, with historian David Dickson, he edited The Outer Edge of Ulster (2020), the longest lower-class account of the Famine, by Hugh Dorian, a native of Fánaid who died in poverty in the Bogside in 1914. Mac Suibhne is Professor of Modern Irish History at the University of Galway. The Lecture will take place on Wednesday 4th December at 7:30pm. Venue for this lecture is The Minor Hall, Magee, Ulster University. Venue kindly hosted by Ulster University, Magee, Derry/Londonderry Campus The Derry Walls 2024 Programme is kindly sponsored by Inner City Trust Information Source: The Friends of the Derry Walls | eventbrite