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Ballymena Today loves Minions

Posted by | Sep 3, 2015 |

We aren’t quite sure here at Ballymena Today when exactly Minions took over the world but we see them everywhere. They originally appeared in kids film Despicable Me about five years ago and have since appeared in the sequel and have their own movie which was released this year! If you don’t know what a Minion is then take a look below. This weekend Minions will be taking over the Tower Centre in Ballymena as kids can join the TC club from 12-4pm to make a minion fridge magnet! We are very excited to have Jumping Clay with us this Saturday to show us how to make some fun minion magnets. The event will kick off at 12pm and finish at 4pm. Kids will get the chance to make a magnet and bring it home with them. A perfect weekend activity at Tower Centre. We hope to see lots of you there So if you have a little one who is obsessed with Minions let Jumping Clay help them to build their very on Minion which they can even take home with them! Visit the Tower Centre in Ballymena this Saturday to make sure you don’t miss...

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Ballymena Today loves beautiful interiors

Ballymena Today loves beautiful interiors

Posted by | Sep 2, 2015 |

Ballymena has lots of amazing interior decoration businesses which can help you to transform your home. Whether it is a full room make over or just to update some old furniture to brighten a forgotten corner you can get all you need in Ballymena. Here are a few place who can help you to get beautiful interiors. Tilly Anna’s Furniture Shop Based on Springwell Street Tilly Anna’s sell beautiful up-cycled furniture, and can repaint and transform exisiting pieces of your furniture to give them a new lease of life. Take a look at the Tilly Anna’a Facebook page to see...

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Music Tuesday – Gig n the Bann Festival Pt2

Music Tuesday – Gig n the Bann Festival Pt2

Posted by | Sep 1, 2015 |

Welcome to part two of our Gig n the Bann Festival music feature. Last Tuesday we introduced you to two of the act which are playing at the Gig n the Bann Festival this weekend. Here are two more acts – The Gribbin Girls and Phil Coulter. The Gribbin Girls The ‘Gribbin Girls’ are an acoustic sister singing duo, with a folk type vibe. Both Edel and Clodagh started singing at an early age but it was only about four years ago that they decided upon focusing on it as their sole career!  Having started out singing at wedding ceremonies and drinks receptions,...

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Ad Hoc Theatre Group return to the Braid in Ballymena

Posted by | Sep 1, 2015 |

The Braid in Ballymena will be home to the Ad Hoc Theatre Group with their latest black comedy Natural Causes by Eric Chappell. The group are performing this play on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September at 8pm. Ad Hoc Theatre Group return to the Braid in Ballymena Celia is clinically depressed; her husband, Walter, is in love with his secretary Angie. Vincent, a purveyor of poison is called in to simplify matters, while Withers, from the Samaritans is in the business of saving lives. If the rubber plant could speak it would have strong grounds for complaint. In this blackest of comedy thrillers only the unexpected can be expected – together with a lot of laughs. (Source) Tickets cost £8.00 and are available here. At Ballymena Today we blogged about the Ad Hoc theatre and their brilliant performance of Agatha Christie’s And then there were none. We are sure that Natural Causes will be another great play by the Ad Hoc Theatre...

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Is your Online life ready to go back to school?

Posted by | Aug 31, 2015 |

At Ballymena Today we know that lots of young people are getting ready to go back to school and after a summer of selfies, snap chats and photo albums it is a great time to check that your online life is ready to go back to school too. What do we mean? Well if you have been using social media throughout the summer to keep in touch with school friends and adding new-found friends on Facebook and Twitter now is a good time to go through all your apps and social media accounts to check that your privacy settings are keeping you safe online. Read this from the Safer Internet Centre and carry out the checks – then you can go to school knowing that your online life as protected and secure as you can make it. To make sure you are ‘back to school’ ready we have some top tips for social media which can help you stay safe whilst staying connected to your friends: Friends: consider who you choose to accept or invite as a friend on your social networks. Once you accept someone as a friend they are able to see your content. If someone is aggressive or inappropriate to you online most social networking sites have tools to help you block or delete that person. Privacy: most social networking sites have tools available to protect the things you post online...

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