Irish-based American-born poet Chris Agee will give a reading from his work at Ballina Arts Centre on Tuesday, May 6 (8 p.m.).
Chris was born in San Francisco and grew up in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.
He attended Harvard University, where he studied with the poet and translator Robert Fitzgerald. Since 1979 has lived in Ireland.
He is the author of three collections: In The New Hampshire Woods (Dedalus Press, 1992), First Light (Dedalus Press, 2003), and Next to Nothing (Salt, 2009).

WORLD renowned guitarist Paco Peña and his Flamenco Dance Company are coming to the National Concert Hall in Dublin for concerts on June 5 and 6.
Flamenco sin Fronteras is the brand new show written by the legendary flamenco guitarist.
It combines the best flamenco dancers with a sensational band of musicians and virtuoso singers and is packed with all the integrity, depth and raw energy that have become Paco Peña's trademark.
Flamenco encompasses so much – music, dance, costumes and atmosphere – and is such a seductive package, which explains why Pena's shows are a success around the world.

CRYSTAL Swing have taken the Irish music scene by storm this year and you can see what the fuss is about at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, when they perform live with a five-piece band at the venue on Saturday, May 22.
Although they have been performing as a family band for three years now, it is since the appearance of Mary, Derek and Dervla on Rural TV's Hot Country show that the band has become an international hit.
Their website and YouTube videos are attracting tens of thousands of hits per day from across the globe, while Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites are all in animated discussion about the band.

THE Mayo Male Voice Choir celebrates its 10th anniversary with a concert in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on April 22.

Guest performers include mezzo soprano Ann Marie Gibbons from Louisburgh, her husband, Australian-born tenor Hugh Francis, internationally renowned baritone David Durham, who has a holiday home outside Castlebar, and Sean Costello from Ballinrobe.

MUSIC Network's April classical tour features virtuoso guitarist Xuefei Yang and wunderkind cellist Natalie Clein.
These two truly spellbinding performers are used to filling concert halls on their own, so don't miss out on a unique chance to experience their talent at close range at Áras Inis Gluaire, Bhéal an Mhuirthead, on Thursday, April 29.
Yang and Clein will perform a programme that highlights and celebrates the diversity of this musical partnership, spanning the music of Baroque favourites Bach and Vivaldi, through works reflecting the traditions of Catalonia and China, taking in a little flamenco and nuevo tango along the way, and bringing us bang up-to-date with two contemporary pieces written specially for the duo.
Natalie Clein's remarkable talent first came to the world's attention when, aged 16, she won the BBC's Young Musician of the Year award.
Since then she has won a Classical Brit Award and performed with many of the world's finest orchestras and chamber music ensembles.

IF you want to describe Keith Barry's latest touring success, The Asylum, you could do worse that take his own words as a starting point: "It's the craziest, edgiest show I've had to date."
There's a lot going on in The Asylum – hypnosis, mind control – and Keith believes it's 'darker' and 'more bizarre' than anything he's done before.
That's saying something.
"It will be mind-blowing," he promises. 
It's a far cry from when he first developed an interest in magic, at five or six years old, thanks to a Paul Daniels magic set he was presented with.
But what really piqued his interest in the magic was a book he purchased while on a school tour of Edinburgh aged 14. It was entitled Magic For The Complete Klutz. 
"My interest snowballed from there," Keith explains, "and I always wanted to make a career of it, but I also always thought I'd never do it full-time if I had to do just kids' parties."