{"id":2174,"date":"2016-11-24T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2016-11-24T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T11:00:26","slug":"banter-at-other-voices-153-dec-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-other-voices-153-dec-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at Other Voices (153, Dec 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for our now annual trip to the Kingdom. On Saturday and Sunday December 3 and 4,\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0joins\u00a0Other Voices<\/a>\u00a0and takes up residence by the fire in the back of\u00a0Foxy John\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0in downtown Dingle where we\u2019ll be joined by a fine cast of talkers, makers, do-ers and players for some conversations and music. We\u2019ll be open for business both days from 2pm to 6pm and admission is free. Please note that capacity is limited so get there when doors open at 1.30pm if you want a chair or standing room.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s who will be joining us on the edge of Europe over the weekend \u2013 big thanks to Banter Other Voices co-conspirator\u00a0Molly King<\/a>\u00a0for all her programming work on this one<\/p>\n

Dr Suzanne O\u2019Sullivan<\/strong>: tales from the frontline of psychosmatic illness with the Dublin-born neurologist and author of\u00a0It\u2019s All In Your Head<\/a>, the winner of\u00a0the Wellcome Book Prize 2016\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Catherine Murphy TD<\/a>: the Kildare North TD and\u00a0Social Democrats\u2019<\/a>\u00a0co-founder on her political activism, life as a public representative, the Irish parliamentary system, new politics, the Social Democrats and making the headlines<\/p>\n

Paul Howard<\/a>: the man behind the trials, tribulations and triumphs of\u00a0Ross O\u2019Carroll-Kelly<\/a>\u00a0about his new book\u00a0I Read the News Today, Oh Boy<\/a>\u00a0about the life and times of Tara Browne, the inspiration behind The Beatles\u2019 \u201cA Day In the Life\u201d<\/p>\n

Aoife Kelleher<\/a>: the documentary maker behind the award winning\u00a0One Million Dubliners<\/a>,\u00a0Strange Occurrences In A Small Irish Village<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Growing Up Gay<\/a>\u00a0on the art of storytelling on screen<\/p>\n

Aideen Barry<\/a>: a profile of the Cork visual artist whose\u00a0Brittlefield<\/a>\u00a0retrospective at the RHA was one of the year\u2019s cultural highlights<\/p>\n

Eithne Shortall<\/a>: The Sunday Times\u2019 chief arts writer joins us for Banter\u2019s Review of the Arts to talk about the books, films, music, theatre, art and other cultural highlights and lowlights of the past year<\/p>\n

Aoibheann McNamara<\/a>: an odyssey into slow food and slow fashion with the Donegal-born firebrand behind Galway restaurant\u00a0Ard Bia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Tweed Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bringing It All Back Home<\/strong>: we talk to the folks behind\u00a0Bean In Dingle<\/a>,\u00a0Airt<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0WK Fitness\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

There will be also be music at Banter over the weekend from some fantastic acts turning up namely\u00a0Jealous of the Birds<\/a>,\u00a0Jack O\u2019Rourke<\/a>,\u00a0Ailbhe Reddy<\/a>and, as become the tradition at Banter in Dingle, some trad maestros in the shape of\u00a0Cormac Begley<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Caoimh\u00edn \u00d3\u00a0Raghallaigh<\/a>. We will also have some very special suprise guests so don\u2019t say you weren\u2019t warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for our now annual trip to the Kingdom. On Saturday and Sunday December 3 and 4,\u00a0Banter\u00a0joins\u00a0Other Voices\u00a0and takes up residence by the fire in the back of\u00a0Foxy John\u2019s\u00a0in downtown Dingle where we\u2019ll be joined by a fine cast of talkers, makers, do-ers and players for some conversations and music. We\u2019ll be open for … <\/p>\n