Kennys Bookshop and Art Gallery, celebrating 70 Years in 2010 - EVENTS

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	EXHIBITION - GENERATIONS – Group show, artistic families at The Kenny Gallery. Including works by Brian Ballard, Lisa Ballard, John Behan, Nessa Behan, Pauline Bewick, Holly Melia, Poppy Melia, Margaret Irwin, Katharine West, Thelma Mansfield, Michael Morris, Kenneth Webb and Susan Webb.	From Saturday 23rd January 2010. Official opening by John Concannon, Fáilte Ireland at 2.00pm. Continues through February.
	PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Kenneth Webb, in aid of Cancer Care West	Saturday 30th January, at 2.00pm
MARCH	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	EXHIBITION – Barry Herniman, Watercolours	Saturday 6th March, at 2.00pm - continues for two weeks
	PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Marja van Kampen, in aid of Cancer Care West	Saturday 20th March, at 2.00pm
	EXHIBITION – Seasons by Paul Guilfoyle	Opens Saturday 27th March, at 2.00pm. Continues for four weeks.
APRIL	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	CONCERT – ConTempo Quartet, Galway’s Ensemble in Residence	Saturday 17th April, at 2.00pm
	The Poet’s Colloquy: From Manuscript to Published Poem. The panel will consist of Pat Boran (Dedalus Press), Elaine Ní Chuilleanáin (Cyphers Magazine) and Caitriona O Reilly (Poetry Ireland Review). This will be an open discussion in the hope that there will be positive results in having work published. Contributors will be given the chance to read the work and all are welcome. It is hoped that this Poet’s Colloquy will be the first of many such editing workshops. During Cúirt Festival of Literature	Saturday 24th April, at 12 noon sharp.
	EXHIBITION – Padraic Reaney, a major exhibition on the theme of the Famine	Opens Saturday 24th April, at 2.00pm. Continues for four weeks.
MAY	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Jerry Marjoram, in aid of Cancer Care West	Saturday 8th May, at 2.00pm
	EXHIBITION - Manus Walsh	Saturday 22nd May, at 2.00pm, continues for four weeks
JUNE	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	EXHIBITION – Jane Reeves and Mike Flannery	Opens Saturday 19th June, at 2.00pm. Continues for four weeks.
	BOOK SIGNING – Sports Writers	Saturday 26th June
JULY	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	Film vs Play - Scriptwriters Debate, Galway Film Fleadh	July - date to be announced
	Readings - Details to be announced - during Galway Arts Festival	July - date to be announced
	EXHIBITION – a major group exhibition for Galway Arts Festival – Contemporary Irish Sculpture	Opens Saturday 10th July, at 2.00pm. Continues for four weeks.
AUGUST	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	EXHIBITION – Ireland’s finest Craftwork in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland	Opens Saturday 14th August, at 2.00pm. Continues for four weeks.
SEPTEMBER	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	EXHIBITION – 70-70-70, Seventy works by Gertrude Degenhardt, in her 70th year as Kenny’s celebrate our 70th birthday.	Opens Saturday 11th September, at 2.00pm. Continues for four weeks.
	PAINTING DEMONSTRATION and CONCERT – Jim McKee, in aid of Cancer Care West	Saturday 25th September, at 2.00pm
	Historians Round Table - details to be announced	September - date to be announced
OCTOBER / NOVEMBER	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	EXHIBITION – A major retrospective selection of works by various artists from GRAPHIC STUDIO DUBLIN	From Saturday 9th October – through the month of November
	PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Grace Cunningham, in aid of Cancer Care West	Saturday 16th October, at 2.00pm
	Book Treasure Hunt - during Babóro Children's Festival - details to be announced	October - date to be announced
	"Human Writes" - Round table with Prof. William A. Schabas, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway	October/Nov - date to be announced
NOVEMBER	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	CONCERT – ConTempo Quartet, Galway’s Ensemble in Residence	Tuesday 16th November (time T.B.A.)
	PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Ben Maile, in aid of Cancer Care West	Saturday 20th November, at 2.00pm
	The Big Bithday Bash… Kennys 70 today! A day of events to celebrate the old girl.	Saturday 27th November
DECEMBER	EVENT	DATE/DETAILS
	BOOK SIGNING - Galway Writers	Saturday 18th December, at 12.00 noon
	CONCERT – ConTempo Quartet, Galway’s Ensemble in Residence	Saturday 18th December, at 2.00pm