{"id":5408,"date":"2013-02-15T17:22:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2013-02-18T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T14:55:00","slug":"10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-next-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/02\/10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-next-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"10 THINGS TO DO IN NORTHERN IRELAND THIS WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nitb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5348\" title=\"nitb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nitb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland over the next week (February 18 &#8211; 24).<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Academy of Irish Dance, Sundays at Millennium Forum &amp; Saturdays at Waterside Theatre, Co. Londonderry, <\/strong>various dates between<strong> <\/strong>February 16 \u2013 November 23.\u00a0\u00a0 Pat Henderson, renowned Irish\u00a0dancing teacher, adjudicator and former world dancing champion, has offered her services to teach ceili dancing to children from both sides of the community during City of Culture year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Out of this World \u2013      Island\u2019s half-term Festival, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, <\/strong>February 18 \u2013 20.\u00a0 In conjunction      with Cinemagic, this festival is a real treat for fans of all things Outer      Space.\u00a0 Enjoy three days of jammed      packed activity, workshops and themed films.\u00a0 Dress for mess, for children between      four and 11 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comedy of Errors,      Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, <\/strong>February 19 \u2013 March 2.\u00a0 Shakespeare&#8217;s      classic comedy of mistaken identities between two sets of identical twins      separated at birth.\u00a0 This witty new      musical translation set in 1920s Belfast explores the love, loss and      reunion between brothers in a series of chance encounters and is recounted      with sparkling melodies and sharp modern day language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Story of Thomas      Mellon, Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, <\/strong>February 20.\u00a0 Hear the story of Thomas Mellon and try      your hand at traditional baking in Mellon Homestead and candle-making in      the Pennsylvania Log Farmhouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Isla Grant, Ardhowen      Theatre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, <\/strong>February 21.\u00a0 Scotland\u2019s most popular singer-songwriter Isla      Grant makes a welcome return visit to Ireland after an absence of two      years.\u00a0 Isla is now established in      Ireland, Australia, the UK and her highly entertaining show features all      her wonderful hit songs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Silver Jewellery      Workshop, Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, <\/strong>February 23.\u00a0 Create a unique piece of jewellery in      sterling silver.\u00a0 Each participant      will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques such as piercing,      soldering, rolling, annealing and filing, enabling them to design and make      a beautiful piece of jewellery to take home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lislea Drama Festival, Lislea      Community Centre, Newry, Co. Down, <\/strong>February      23 \u2013 27.\u00a0 Lislea      Drama Association presents their 32nd Drama Festival which runs over three      weekends and two Wednesday nights, attracting groups from all over      Ireland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abseil Challenge,      Europa Hotel, Belfast, <\/strong>February      24.\u00a0 The Northern Ireland Hospice is      looking for individuals with a spring in their step to join them for an      exciting abseil.\u00a0 Do you have what      it takes to descend 130ft down Belfast\u2019s Europa Hotel?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hugh and Lily\u2019s Pop Up Vintage Shop,      Wicker Man, Belfast, <\/strong>until February      28.\u00a0 Step back in time into Hugh and Lily&#8217;s Pop Up      Vintage shop which will offer food and gifts from a bygone era with lots      of old world charm including crockery, furniture and tableware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rhythms of the Year, Armagh County Museum, Co. Armagh, <\/strong>until September 28.\u00a0 Rhythms of the Year explores seasonal celebrations and customs at home and throughout the world.\u00a0 Planned with the help of a youth panel, this exhibition takes a fresh look at traditions alongside the increasing cultural diversity of the community in Northern Ireland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland over the next week (February 18 &#8211; 24). Academy of Irish Dance, Sundays at Millennium Forum &amp; Saturdays at Waterside Theatre, Co. Londonderry, various dates between February 16 \u2013 November 23.\u00a0\u00a0 Pat Henderson, renowned Irish\u00a0dancing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/02\/10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-next-week-5\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5420,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions\/5420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}