28th Mar 2011 ⁄ The official portrait of former Lord Mayor – now East Belfast MP - Naomi Long has been unveiled at Belfast City Hall. Each year, a portrait of the previous Lord Mayor is commissioned and placed on display in the corridor leading to the Council Chamber and Lord Mayor`s Parlour.
Former Councillor Long`s portrait is by the internationally acclai...
28th Mar 2011 ⁄ Belfast City Council is backing a unique design competition, which could set one local fashion student on the path to international success. House of Fraser`s flagship Belfast store has teamed up with Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education and University of Ulster to launch Project Protégé – an initiative which will see one design st...
28th Mar 2011 ⁄ BBC`s Sarah Travers and Mark Simpson will host the Belfast Business Awards in the City Hall next month. The prestigious Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday 14 April with 21 awards presented in recognition of the fine work of business enterprises, retail outlets and businessmen and women from across the city...
16th Mar 2011 ⁄ Social Development Minister Alex Attwood has launched a £300,000 funding package aimed at encouraging arts, cultural and community based events in Belfast’s Laganside area.
This funding covers activities taking place between April 2011 and end of March 2012.
Alex Attwood said: “This is good news for the arts in Belfast and throughout Nor...
10th Mar 2011 ⁄ The 11th Belfast Film Festival was launched today by Belfast-born internationally acclaimed director and screen writer, Terry George. 130 films from 25 countries will be screened over the 16 days - commencing on 31st March with the much anticipated Killing Bono, which stars another Northern Ireland born native, Marty McCann, who also helped launch ...
9th Mar 2011 ⁄ The Environment is the theme for this years St Patricks Day carnival procession – organised, for the sixth successive year, by Belfast City Council. Once again, the carnival will be followed by a free open air concert, featuring pop stars Lemar and Stacey Solomon.
This year`s carnival will be encouraging people to think about how they can...
9th Mar 2011 ⁄ MTV has announced that Belfast will play host to the 2011 European Music Awards. The awards will be broadcast live from Belfast`s Odyssey Arena in November this year and will be packed with unprecedented performances and appearances.
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Pat Convery, said: "It is fitting that the EMAs are coming to Belfast - on...
28th Feb 2011 ⁄ The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is encouraging older people to take part in the arts with a range of new projects happening across the country.
The three year £700,000 programme, which is jointly funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, provides opportunities for older people to engage with the arts, using creativity as a tool to tackle and ...
28th Feb 2011 ⁄ Culture and Arts Minister Nelson McCausland believes that the Northern Ireland Creative Industries sector is helping to rebuild and rebalance the local economy.
He was speaking as he announced that March 2011 has been designated ‘Creativity Month’. This initiative aims to promote a range of events across Northern Ireland to raise the profil...
26th Feb 2011 ⁄ Arts and Culture Minister Nelson McCausland has welcomed results from a survey into people’s experience of the arts in Northern Ireland.
The Minister was commenting on findings contained within the survey report “Experience of the Arts in Northern Ireland: Findings from the Continuous Household Survey 2009/10 – DCAL Research Findings”. ...
26th Feb 2011 ⁄ The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has learned with great regret of the death of one of Northern Ireland’s foremost artists, TP Flanagan, who has passed away at the age of 81...
18th Feb 2011 ⁄ Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced 109 new jobs in a £7million investment by leading US-based technology firm, KANA Software Inc, in Belfast.
Invest Northern Ireland has offered £981,000 to help the company open a new development, consulting services and technical support unit in Belfast.
KANA Software, which acquired local fi...
22nd Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Birmingham design agency’s newest recruit has big plans for the company. Barques Design, based in the Jewellery Quarter, has appointed Kathryn Small as business development manager...
