Come and enjoy the festive fun and Christmas spirit at The Red Stables, St. Anne's Park, Dublin 3 Dublin City Council Arts Office are delighted to present the Red Stables Christmas Art Programme 2010. The programme includes Family art workshops, Christmas Storytelling, a Puppet Show and a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with Lord Mayor of Dublin, Gerry Breen. Saturday 11th December Family Art Workshops 12pm-3.15pm - Drop by the Tack Room and make your own Christmas tree decoration for the Red Stables Christmas Tree and take one home too, with artists’ Mary Noonan and  Fionnuala Hanahoe. Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 3.30pm - Join the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Gerry Breen as he switches on the Christmas Tree lights. There will be live music with Geraldine Mangan and Patrick Charles singing a selection of festive melodies from 3 – 4pm in the Courtyard and 4.30 – 5.30pm in Tír na nÓg Caife. The Christmas Story 4-5pm - Family storytelling, poetry and Christmas songs with Aideen McBride in the Exhibition Space. Enjoy magical winter tales from Eastern Europe and other snowy climates. Tír na nÓg Caife - Drop in to the café for a festive treat of mulled wine and mini mince pies, €1.50 per person. Sunday 12th December Family Art Workshops 12pm-4pm - Drop by the Tack Room and write and decorate your own Santa letter or make a wonderful Christmas star or angel with artist Martina Galvin. Be inspired by symbolic dolls from other cultures and design and make your own Christmas hero or figure. Storybear 3.30-4.30pm - Family interactive Christmas storytelling session with Púca Puppets, for 7-9 year olds, in the Exhibition Space. Storybear loves Christmas stories and helps puppeteer, Niamh Lawlor tell and draw one, if you promise to help! Booking advised. Contact Victoria t: 01-222 7843 e: victoria.kearney@dublincity.ie Tír na nÓg Caife at The Red Stables opens Mon – Sunday 9.30am – 6pm Contact Tony: 01 854 2145/087 2749796 e:info@tirnanog-caife.ie www.tirnanog-caife.ie Further Information For further information please contact The Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Mount Prospect Ave, Dublin 3. www.theredstables.ie T. 01222 7377 E. red.stables@dublincity.ie Dublin City Council Arts Office, The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin 1. T. 01 222 7843. E: artsoffice@dublincity.ie Workshop images by Fionnuala Hanahoe  | 
