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December 3, 2009
 
 







 

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Dec GIFChristmas has come early at CultureNorthernIreland. This month we're giving away an exclusive festive stocking filled with a book signed by Seamus Heaney, a Snow Patrol CD and tickets to Stomp and the Odeon Cinema. 
 
Elsewhere, we sample White Christmas at the Naughton Gallery, catch up with Ash's Tim Wheeler and meet three female writers who are chick-lit and proud of it.

Finally, we review Ronan Walsh's equine paintings, The Weein at OMAC and Grimes and McKee's Howl!, discover Northern Ireland's most unusual house and go Out to Lunch with Seamus Heaney.

Enjoy!

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Dean MartinWin our fantastic Christmas stocking containing tickets to Stomp, VIP tickets for the Odeon Cinema, a copy of Snow Patrol's greatest hits and a signed copy of Seamus Heaney's Death of a Naturalist.

And as if that isn't enough we're also giving away tickets to Frank, Dean and Sammy's Christmas Rat Pack Special, The Answer's Everyday Demons on vinyl, and signed books from top crime writers including James Ellroy and Colin Bateman.

What the critics say

http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2944THEATRE REVIEW: The Weein
Red Lemon's 'blackly humorous grotesquery' is a fitting finale for OMAC.

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Adult entertainers turn the Belfast air blue.

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Philip Hammond finds little worth singing about.

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Chamber music stars impress.

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Grimes and McKee's Christmas show has Joe Nawaz rolling around the aisles.

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Joanne Savage enjoys Ronan Walsh's paintings.

 

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