Coordinated by Derry-based Sole Purpose Productions, this exhibition is the culmination of work with people impacted by mother and baby institutions, using the arts to explore their experiences and to provide a safe and friendly space where difficult experiences can be explored through discussion and creative techniques. The exhibition includes poetry and art created by […]
As part of the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism, The Linen Hall will host an exhibition of Soroptimist International Belfast’s ‘End Violence Against Women’ banner campaign. We will have banners from the following groups on display: East Belfast Mission, Braniel Community Centre, Cityside Sewers, Hens' Shed Stranmillis, Hydebank Young Offenders and Soroptimist Belfast and […]
Drum roll, please, as we, in partnership with the Ulster-Scots Agency, announce the results of our fourth Ulster-Scots Writing Competition. We’ll reveal the winner and runner-up for each of the two categories in the competition: prose and poetry. The winning entries will be published in a special edition anthology. Join us for a celebration of […]
We are delighted to have the opportunity to show In Each Other's Shelter We Survive, a film documenting the process through which the participants and Sole Purpose Productions came to create their powerful exhibition with people impacted by mother and baby institutions. After the screening, some of the women and facilitators involved in the project […]
Join leading Classics scholar Professor Michael Clarke for a fascinating talk on the Early Modern Irish heroic saga Caithréim Conghail Cláiringnigh, 'The Martial Career of Conghal Cláiringneach', found in a seventeenth-century manuscript but incorporating older materials. The events of the saga supposedly take place in Ireland and the distant Otherworld in the early first century […]
Join us for a special event in association with Soroptimist International Belfast and White Ribbon NI. Volunteers will be on hand in our Performance Area to talk to you about the End Violence Against Women exhibition from 11 am to 1 pm. At 12 pm, there will be a brief talk, followed by a Q&A […]
Come and explore The Linen Hall’s world-renowned political collection every Wednesday on a collections-based tour which explores the history of the recent past through the prism of the rare and unique artefacts and objects we have been collecting for over 50 years. Started in 1968 with one civil rights leaflet, this incredible collection now holds […]
We are thrilled to present the ‘Winter Exhibition’ by the talented members of the Antrim Art Club. This wonderful art club has been promoting the love of art within our community since 1951. At the ‘Winter Exhibition’ you will have the pleasure of exploring a diverse selection of nearly forty paintings, from stunning landscapes to […]
Come and explore The Linen Hall’s world-renowned political collection every Wednesday on a collections-based tour which explores the history of the recent past through the prism of the rare and unique artefacts and objects we have been collecting for over 50 years. Started in 1968 with one civil rights leaflet, this incredible collection now holds […]
Belfast-based singer songwriter Anthony Toner makes his first solo appearance at The Linen Hall with an intimate acoustic show, featuring a selection of songs from his extensive back catalogue and some readings. Patrons can expect some peerless guitar playing on a repertoire that includes old favourites like ‘Sailortown’, ‘East of Louise’ and ‘Well Well Well’, […]
Come and explore The Linen Hall’s world-renowned political collection every Wednesday on a collections-based tour which explores the history of the recent past through the prism of the rare and unique artefacts and objects we have been collecting for over 50 years. Started in 1968 with one civil rights leaflet, this incredible collection now holds […]