{"id":10305,"date":"2019-01-11T18:33:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=10305"},"modified":"2019-01-11T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:33:57","slug":"meet-me-at-the-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/11\/meet-me-at-the-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Me At The Pub"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center will screen \u2018The Irish Pub\u2019 at Magic Lantern Cinemas<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

By DANA DUGAN<\/em><\/p>\n

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A sign behind publican Paul Gartlan reads, \u201cI\u2019m somewhat of a bull*****er myself, but occasionally I enjoy listening to an expert\u2026 please carry on!\u201d Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Center for the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Home is found in many places, among many different types of people and across the globe, no matter where one hails from.<\/p>\n

For many, home is in any kitchen they cook in; for some, it\u2019s the French bistro in town, or the fitness center where they spend the majority of their days. This is the gist of the Sun Valley Center\u2019s multi-genre exhibition called \u201cAt the Table: Kitchen as Home.\u201d The exhibition seeks to explore the culture of the kitchen along with the different <\/span>concepts of home. <\/span><\/p>\n

As part of The Center\u2019s current BIG IDEA project, the documentary \u201cThe Irish Pub\u201d will be screened twice, at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10. at the Magic Lantern Cinemas in Ketchum.<\/p>\n

\u201cA pub is like a large, extended family,\u201d said Kristine Bretall, The Center\u2019s director of Performing Arts. \u201cIt\u2019s a place where people hang out together, where they\u2019re welcome. People know you and you feel that coziness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ireland is known for its friendly and numerous pubs. Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Center for the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unlike most American bars, Irish pubs have a softer feel, not as transactional, but as a place that seemingly exists to make people feel at home. Bonds are formed over long wooden bars where, \u201cCheers\u201d-like, everyone knows your name.<\/p>\n

The characters in this 2014 documentary, directed and written by Alex Fegan, are publicans who run and own classic Irish pubs that have been in their families for generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople come in for a drink and I get to talking to them, and they stay for the night,\u201d says one such character.<\/p>\n

Another reiterates that idea. \u201cChat is very important. You have to make people feel welcome when they come in,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the documentary reveals a simplicity to the life of an Irish publican, and the very character of Ireland. Fegan interviews pub owners about their lives and work, while revealing a commitment to the importance of neighborhood pubs in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go to England for tea,\u201d a female server says with a smile. \u201cYou go to Ireland for the pub.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Presented by the Sun Valley Center, \u201cThe Irish Pub\u201d will be screened at Magic Lantern Cinemas on Thursday, Jan. 10. Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Center for the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Irish Pub\u201d takes the audience back to a time before social media, even to a time before radios and televisions, when community was created through face-to-face interactions; where storytelling, gossip and making music were served up daily.<\/p>\n

In much of Ireland, the pub is still the community living room, a homey place to connect with family and friends, to find out what\u2019s happening around town.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to come out and meet people and my neighbors\u2014that and have a chat,\u201d says a patron at O\u2019Shea in Borris, County Carlow. \u201cI don\u2019t come for the drink, really. I\u2019d have a drink but it\u2019s for the chat I\u2019d come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents of the Wood River Valley may recognize aspects in the movie that are similar to living in a small mountain town. Everyone kind of knows each other, and maybe too much of each other\u2019s business, but in that it\u2019s truly like extended family.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re a large, extended family, it also gives us a chance to forgive and forget and move on. In this case, \u201chome might not even be that place we think of as home,\u201d Bretall said. \u201cA pub is a public place, but it encompasses that feel. Anonymity isn\u2019t cozy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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