Sayle Gallery Christmas Exhibition Something for everyone..... 2nd December- 8th January
Art & Culture Events
This yea r ’s C h r is t mas E x h ib i t i o n a t t he Sayl e Gallery, which ope ns o n Fr i day 2 D e ce mb e r, h i g h l i g h t s a w i de range of orig i nal wo r k f ro m t al e n t e d l o cal a r t is t s wh i ch make ideal ‘oneoff ’ C h r is t mas p re se n t s you wo n ’t f i nd a ny where else.
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Wor ks by re now ne d Sayl e G al l e r y A r t is t s , i ncluding David Byrne, B r u no Cave l l e c , Ca ro la Co l l ey, A la n Croll, Catherine Jame s , E i l e e n Sc hae r a nd cu r re n t A r t is t - i n - Residence Hazel Walsh w i l l b e ava i lab l e, as w i l l t ho se by Na ncy Corkish and Jere my Pau l who se re ce n t so l o ex h ib i t i o ns were such a success. Othe r ex h ib i t o r s i nc lu d e Fr i e nds o f t he G al l ery – Wendy Allen, K irs t e n P re s t o n , Ju d i R ivl i n , Ol ive Was sal l a nd Felicity Wood amo ngs t o t he r s . The Sayl e G al l e r y is now t he ma i n ou tl e t fo r distinctive studio glas s by Pe t e r L ayt o n a nd Ju l i e D e n t o n a nd t hese items will also b e fo r sal e d u r i ng t he ex h ib i t i o n , as w i l l hand printed Manx la ngu ag e Ch r is t mas a nd T ha nk You Ca rds. And, just in time fo r t he fe s t ive seaso n , t he w i d e r a ng e o f greetings cards by l o cal a r t is t s has b e e n su p p l e me n t e d by E l ly Kelly ’s quirky Chr is t mas ca rds fea t u r i ng t h re e - l e gg e d ro b i ns and interactive thre e - l e gg e d Sa n t as . T he G al l e r y Sho p also includes affordable gifts i nc lu d i ng ce r a m i c s a nd p r i n t s by a va r i ety of local artists and , i f you real ly ca n ’t c ho o se, G i f t Vou c he r s are also available in d e no m i na t i o ns f ro m £ 5 t o £ 5 0 . For t he se r i ou s co n no is seu r t he Sayl e G al l e r y also has an orig i nal No r ma n Sayl e wa t e rco l ou r fo r sal e by sealed bid auct i o n o n 1 6 D e ce mb e r o r, i f you wou l d p re fer to make sure of you r pu rc hase, t he n t hey also have t wo mo re of Norman’s orig i nals ava i lab l e. ‘Snowga t e , Ka t e’ s Cot t a ge’ by Jere m y Pa u l , f rom h i s re c e n t exhi bi t i o n ‘ Wi l d l i fe - An Ar t i s t ’ s View ’ .
Jere my Pau l ’s ‘ B i rds in Wi n t e r ’ Isle o f Ma n Po s t ’s Ch r is t mas sta mp s 2 0 1 1
CULTURE
Wurlitzer Christmas Concert with Len Rawle Wednesday 14th 19:30//£10//Villa Marina Arcade Len Rawle regales us with all the Christmas Classics on the Wurlitzer, accompanied on the evening by the Castletown Brass Band. Erin Arts Centre Comedy Night Saturday 3rd 19:15//£10//Erin Arts Centre// www.blimppromottions.co.uk Featuring: Sully O’Sullivan, Phil Chapman, Liam Bolton. Peel Pantaloons present ‘Frankenstein the Panto’ @ Peel Centenary Centre Monday 5th & Saturday 10th 19:30// (Saturday Matinee 1430)//£8// www.peelpanto.com Manx Youth Orchestra Christmas Concert Saturday 10th 19:30//£750-£950//Gaiety Theatre//600555 Manx Youth Orchestra Christmas Concert IoM Poetry Society Poets & Pints Sunday 11th 19:30// The Archibald Knox Onchan // 664796 Read your own or others’ poems, and/or listen and discuss. Contact jeffgarland@wm.im The 2011 Author’s Breakfast Monday 12th 09:30//£22//621806//Mount Murray With guest best-selling novelist Lyn Andrews at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club, Santon; organised by Isle of Man Fund for the Blind to raise funds for the Manx Blind Welfare Society. The Isle of Man Literary Society Tuesday 13th 19:30// The Jabberwocky //20 Duke Street Douglas Ann Clark: The Spirit of Christmas – recitation of seasonal prose and verse. Caarjyn Cooidjagh Thursday 15th 19:00//St Catherine’s Church//Port Erin Together with many other artists; Port Erin Commissioners’ Christmas Carol Service
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Dick Whittington Christmas Family Pantomime Taylorian Productions present The Adventures of Dick Whittington. 17th-31st 2:30 & 19:30//£18+//Gaiety Theatre//600555
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