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SUMMARY:'no Mean City' Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: Glenn PattersonMarie JonesStephen ReaA new photographic e
	xhibition will show that Belfast is ‘No Mean City’.The permanent e
	xhibition\, on display in the City Hall\, profiles more than 50 of Bel
	fast’s most celebrated citizens\, past and present.The exhibition ha
	s been commissioned by Belfast City Council to mark the centenary of t
	he City Hall. Alongside a commemorative stained glass window\, it is o
	ne of two legacy projects from the year of celebrations to mark the of
	ficial opening of the city’s civic centrepiece in 1906.Photographed 
	by Belfast-born Michael Donald\, the exhibition features a wealth of c
	elebrated citizens from the past century\, from backgrounds as diverse
	 as sport and music\, literature and trade unionism\, drama and medici
	ne\, business and engineering.The legendary George Best\, ‘Titanicâ€
	™ designer Thomas Andrews\, Van ‘The Man’ Morrison\, John Boyd Dun
	lop\, war hero James Magennis\, Baroness May Blood\, Irish President M
	ary McAleese\, Sir Frank Pantridge and chef Michael Deane are among th
	e eclectic mix of portraits featured.Poet John Hewitt rubs shoulders w
	ith Mary O’Malley\, founder of the Lyric Theatre. Seamus Mac Seain\,
	 champion of the Irish language\, stands alongside educationalist Marg
	aret Byers. Ruby Murray shares the stage with Gary Lightbody\, lead si
	nger of Snow Patrol.Marie Jones writes a new script for Kenneth Branag
	h\, while centenarian Lilian Spence looks over the shoulders of mural 
	painters Mark Irvine and Danny Devenny. Boxer Brian Magee squares off 
	with artist Rita Duffy and entrepreneur Lord Rana. Dame Mary Peters sh
	ares memories with Brian Keenan and Sir Otto Jaffa.Former snooker worl
	d champion Alex Higgins shares the frame with film maker John T Davis\
	, while the inimitable Terry Hooley shares stories from the road with 
	‘Moving Hearts’ founder Keith Donald and opera star Angela Feeney.
	 Artists Basil Blackshaw and Oliver Jeffers paint pictures of the past
	 and present with architect Dawson Stelfox\, who scales the heights wi
	th civil engineer LL McCassey. Novelist Glenn Patterson\, actor James 
	Ellis and poet Michael Longley swap stories with missionary Amy Carmic
	hael and the one and only David Healy.‘No Mean City’ will be on di
	splay in the west corridor of the City Hall from Friday (December 15) 
	until the end of June\, and will be rehoused when the City Hall closes
	 for refurbishment next summer.\n
LOCATION:Ireland @ Ireland
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