TunnelVision – a film series with Clinton & Moriarty

On May 5th we have a very special Artist Breakfast Club with the collaborative duo Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty. The artists will be screening video pieces that have been inspired by their research that explores visions of progress through the history of the Irish State. They have curated a

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Arracht (Film Still)

Sligo Film Society Spring season of film continues at The Model with a special preview of the new Irish-language feature, Arracht.

Sligo Film Society, in partnership with The Model Cinema, will screen a special preview of the new Irish-language feature, Arracht, ahead of its nationwide release. The current SFS Spring season has reached the midway point and the latter part of the programme packs many big titles that have been wowing critics and

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Pictured at the Dublin International Film Festival at The Model this year: (l to r) some of the SFS committee members Dave Gunne, Patrick Curley, Edel Doherty, Jack Lynch with producer Anne Robinson and writer and actor Damian Callinan. (pic by James Connolly)

Sligo Film Society celebrates 75 years

Sligo Film Society is celebrating 75 years of screening Irish and international cinema, making it one of the oldest regional film societies in Ireland. To mark its 75th year, Sligo Film Society will have a wine reception for audience members at the final screening before Christmas on Thursday, December 19

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The Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet Children’s Exhibition

Here are some examples of the fun and colourful activities children and families have been getting up to in The Flying Carpet gallery upstairs at The Model. Why don’t you come in this weekend to this cosy space and create your very own painting which you can display in our

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Guest Blog: Owen Kilfeather

We invited Owen Kilfeather to write the following blog post to mark his performance in The Front Room here at The Model: Nowadays we listen to music streamed from the cloud (a faux-metaphysical term for a data-centre server in an industrial estate just off the M50) into a sleek pocket-sized

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Guest Blog: Edel Doherty

We invited Edel Doherty to write a blog post to mark her performance at The Front Room: When I was asked to write a blog ahead of hosting this month’s edition of The Front Room, two things sprang to my mind. The first was my Dad’s record player which resided

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