Hi all!
This edition is much too late again, but luckily a LITTLE earlier than in some weeks! I hope you enjoy it nevertheless and find lots of free events that interest you!
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It will be an interesting weekend after the election, it could (and probably will) change the political landscape and the power distribution in the Dail completely. We will find out a lot of details during the day on Saturday, but – depending on the number of re-counts required – the final results will only be clear early next week.
The free events are continuing as if nothing has happened. At least for now! But there often are medium to long term effects from a change in the government configuration, because money will get distributed differently or budget cuts will happen. Unfortunately it is extremely rare that culture and arts will get a significant additional amount of money.
Speaking of money (and I really don’t like doing it, but there is no avoiding!): For February we are currently 20 Euro short and Tuesday is already 01 March. In March money for the next EUR 190 bill has to be collected, so if you can, please help with a donation. Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a guideline, then consider EUR 12 as explained in the next paragraph.
This is my weekly appeal, but in some weeks I need to stress it more (see paragraph above) than in other weeks: Please don’t forget that there are two areas the Dublin Event Guide needs your continued help with every week: Your donations help paying the bills for sending the Dublin Event Guide every week, so please help if you can. Just 1 Euro per month (12 Euro per year) would be great. Unfortunately not many subscribers are prepared to or able to help, so please don’t rely on others!
And secondly: without you spreading the word we would have never reached 24,000 subscribers and 60,000 Facebook Likes. But it is just the start!! The goals are MUCH bigger than that! :-) Imagine if everyone just got ONE additional person to subscribe to the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). That would be an immediate increase by a few thousand subscribers. Can you help?
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Here is the explanation regarding donations: To send the Dublin Event Guide and for domain names and for web hosting, I have a monthly bill of EUR 190 to cover. This is not for me, but all that money goes directly to external service providers. I am working approx. 35 hours on the Dublin Event Guide every week and don’t make any cent, that’s why I ask you to help with the cost if you can. If you can spare EUR 1 per month (that’s just 25 cent per edition!!) please donate EUR 12 for the year (or more if you can …or even less if you can’t). You can make your donation at www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm using Paypal or CreditCard or send me a mail dublineventguide@gmail.com and I can suggest other ways. I am also looking for some corporate sponsors, if you know someone, send them my way. :-)
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Have an event-full weekend and week,
–Joerg
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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-mail magazine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and there could be more in the coming week and this section is for the people that want to overcome the hurdles, achieve more and remember that despite all, life is great!
Today’s Feel Good Slot brings you a quote again and it is possible that I used that at some stage before in this section. It is an iconic quote by the Dalai Lama and I don’t think hearing it a second time will do any harm. ;-)
He said:
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
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Last week only Pascale N was so wonderful to support the Dublin Event Guide with a donation. Thanks a lot! Please keep in mind that without donations there won’t be a Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events): Your donation will ensure that the Dublin Event Guide will continue arriving in your Inbox every week and every donation will benefit EVERY Dublin Event Guide reader!
The cost for sending the weekly newsletter is approx. EUR 190 per month and a donation from you of just EUR 12 per year will ensure that I will be able to pay the bills.
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All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no promise for correctness can be given.
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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.
This weekend the 1916 drill re-enactment on Saturday afternoon looks interesting (in Collins Barracks). On Sunday the Dublin Flea Market is back again and on Tuesday the Green Drinks Dublin will talk about Dublin Foxes (FOUR legged!!) and then it is time for another First Wednesday! 200 more events should fill the gaps inbetween! :-)
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The Dvide – Play – Ticket Competition
Mon 29 February – Sat 05 March – 20:00
Sean O’Casey Theatre, St. Mary’s Road, East Wall, Dublin 3
The New Form Theatre Company will perform The Divide from 29 February. “The Divide” is a romantic tragedy comedy that covers taboos within Western society. It shows a deeply religious devote Muslim woman torn from ambition and love for someone who is the forbidden fruit whilst at the same time showing the all too hidden human side of the elder lover.
The Preview for the play will be on Monday 29 Feb at 20:00 (EUR 10 for all tickets) and the official run is from Tuesday 01 March until Saturday 05 March. Performances are at 20:00 with an extra performance on Sat 05 March at 14:00. Tickets are EUR 15/10 and can be booked with the theatre by ringing 01-850 9000 or 089 966 9489. Alternatively you can buy tickets online via this Eventbrite page.
The organisers have given me 3 pairs of tickets for the 29 February for a competiton and the winners are Orlaigh Murphy, Bernie Whelan and Rachel Cox. Congratulations!!
www.facebook.com/thedivideplay
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National Childrens’ Science Centre for Dublin
After many many years of discussions and quite a number of different ideas that never materialised, the National Children’s Science Centre “Exploration Station” has moved a big step closer to becoming reality. Let’s hope it will happen this time! The charitable trust “Irish Children’s Museum” is working on this for more than 17 years and a science museum (with a permanent exhibition) is really missing in Dublin. The wonderful Science Gallery with its four yearly temporary exhibitions is quite different, despite the fact that it also targets a similar age group.
If the planning permission that was now submitted by the OPW will be granted, then the new Exploration Station will take over the (currently empty) North Wing of the National Concert Hall and will add a big building with planetarium in Iveagh Gardens. The work on the National Concert Hall part will be funded by the state, but for the new build another EUR 13 mio have to be raised through philanthropic donations, foundations and corporations.
IF planning permission is granted and IF the money can be raised and IF everything else goes according to plan, the new museum will open at the end of 2018.
It is a great development in a quite good location. As I said, I hope we won’t get disappointed this time, but it is definitely not yet all done and dusted, a lot of hurdles and hiccups can still endanger the project. I haven’t seen any plans yet, but I hope the impact on the wonderful Iveagh Park will only be small, on the other hand, space is limited in the City Centre for any new development of that sort and maybe we have to sacrifice a bit of the park for the cultural and touristic improvement such a museum will bring to Dublin.
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ALERTS: Cancer causing Irish Tap Water and Johnson’s Baby Powder and Beer
During the week, three new cancer warnings emerged:
The most important one was about Irish tap water: The environmental pollutant Trihalomethane, which is cancer-causing, has been found in Irish tap water in excessive amounts. It gets into the drinking water as a result of a reaction between organic materials (e.g. peaty soil) and chlorine, which is added by Irish Water as a disinfectant. 400,000 people in Ireland might be affected and environmental activist Erin Brockovich (her true story was the background to the film from 2000, called “Erin Brockovich” with Julia Roberts) has warned that this puts especially pregnant women in danger.
The second one was about Johnson’s Baby Powder and came from a court case that determined that Johnson & Johnson knew since the 1980s that their talc-based baby powder carries a cancer risk. A woman who used it for many decades died of ovarian cancer and her illness was linked to the Baby Powder. There are over 1000 more cases filed in Missouri, USA and New Jersey, USA.
And in Germany (it hasn’t made it into the News in Ireland yet!) it was found that Glyphosat, a Monsanto-manufactured pesticide that is suspected to cause cancer, was in 14 of the most popular beer brands in Germany. For drinking water the max glyphosat limit is 0.1 microgramme, but oddly there is no limit for beer. The lowest amount found in beer was 0.46 microgramme and the highest amount was a huge 29.74 microgramme per litre. All German media outlets (in German) have reported extensively about it and the question is regularly thrown up if it is really cancer causing or not. An English language article is here. The full results of the Umweltinstitut Munich measurements are here (in German only). Since the same Monsanto-produced pesticides (e.g. Roundup) are used in Ireland and other countries, there is a high likelihood that similar results would be found in beers here.
At the moment, nobody can tell you for certain if any of these chemicals would or will affect you or others negatively, but as long as you are aware of the possible problem, you can decide how relevant the information is for you.
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More dog-friendliness!
Since the MVP Pub in 29 Upper Clanbrassil Street was first forbidden to let dogs anymore and they then announced a few days later that they will ignore this (at least for now) and will let you and your four-legged friends back in again, the focus was put on dog-friendly establishments.
And it turns out that there is another place, a Café that is also in Clanbrassil Street, that will let dogs in. In this case, the dog-friendliness is even expressed in the name. The Café is called “Pupp” and is in 37 Lower Clanbrassil Street. Interesting that they are both in the same street! But it is great and I’d say if the two will be able to resist and HSE issues, there will be many more that will loosen their “No dogs!” policy.
People that have dog phobias or allergies might not be too happy and we also have not yet heard if dogs were asked for their opinion about this new trend, but in the spirit of inclusion, the cross-species-tolerance has to be welcomed. ;-)
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The former “Opportunities” section is now Eventbrite’s section to give recommendations, tips & tricks on how to organise and run good events. Eventbrite is the main sponsor of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) and their support is very much appreciated! All information in this section is supplied by Eventbrite.
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In the next few weeks this section will be filled with information and help from Eventbrite that focuses on organisers of events. So if you are an event organiser for big or small events, watch this space!
And you can find lots of events at www.eventbrite.ie … or download the Eventbrite app to find events around you.
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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is www.visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.
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Little Stories, Little Prints – Exhibition
see below
Libraries in Dublin
Fifty Printmakers from eight printmaking studios around Ireland were invited by The Leinster Printmaking Studio, Clane, Co. Kildare to create ‘little prints’ on ‘little known events or incidents’ during or around the time of the 1916 Rising and the exhibition will tour the Dublin Libraries in 2016.
Each library displaying the exhibition will host a workshop in basic printmaking. Participants will be invited to illustrate an incident/artefact of their choice. A small selection of the resulting work may be added to the website and may be included in the display in the library. Please check with the library for date and time of their respective workshop.
The schedule for 2016 is
+ January 2016 – Coolock Library
+ February 2016 – Charleville Mall Library
+ March and April 2016 – Central Library
+ May 2016 – Rathmines Library
+ June 2016 – Walkinstown Library
+ November 2016 – Dublin City Library and Archive
+ December 2016 -Finglas Library
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/little
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Tree Week Exhibition: Post Colony
Sun 28 February – Sun 13 March
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevein, Dublin 9
“Post Colony” is an exhibition by artist Gareth Kennedy featuring large-format charcoal drawings, a series of photographs by the project photographer Brian Cregan and wood-turned objects made from the wood of the invasive species, Rhododendron x superponticum. Find out why this plant is so problematic, especially in Killarney National Park.
Admission is free. www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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Troika Fiscal Disobedience Consultancy – Exhibition by Nuria Guell
15 January – 19 March (Mon-Sat: 11:00-20:00)
Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Artist Nuria Guell (in collaboration with Catalan activist Enric Duran) has created an international fiscal disobedience consultancy against the Troika that will be the subject of her solo exhibition.
The exhibition will include continuous screenings of the films Debtocracy (2011), Castroika (2012), Everyday Rebellion (2013) and How To Start A Revolution (2011).
Admission is free. projectartscentre.ie/event/nuria-guell/
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Honest2Goodness Food Market
 09:30 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.
www.honest2goodness.ie
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Park Runs: Malahide, Cabinteely, Shanganah, Marlay, Raheny
09:30 – 13:00, Sat 27 Feb
Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.
A whole range of Parkruns take place every week (and if you know some more, please tell me):
+ Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
+ Cabinteely Park, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
+ Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin
+ Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Co. Dublin
+ St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
+ Father Collins Park, Donaghmeade/Clongriffin, Dublin 13
+ Tymon Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24
www.parkrun.ie/
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SuperNatural Food Market
09:30 – 15:30, Sat 27 Feb
St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
www.supernatural.ie
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The Green Door Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.
Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 27 Feb
Belgard Road, Dublin 24
The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.
It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.
www.facebook.com/belgardmarket
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Bonsai at the Botanic Gardens – Exhibition Opening
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 27 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
An exhibition of bonsais from Andrew J. Murray’s collection will be on display in the Teak House of the Botanic Gardens from 27 Feb-17 April.
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 27 Feb
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.
www.jamestownmarket.com/
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Marlay Park Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.
www.dlrcoco.ie/markets
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Marsh’s Library – Free Admission – AONTAS Festival
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 27 Feb
Marsh’s Library, St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8
During the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival (22-27 Feb), the Marsh’s Library is waving its admission charges on Monday and from Wednesday until Saturday (not on Tuesday).
Marsh’s Library, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, is a very well-preserved library of the 18th century and it is well worth a visit. At the moment they are also showing the exhibition ‘The Unicorn & the Fencing Mouse’, which consists of doodles, annotations and marginalia found in a selection of books from their collection.
www.marshlibrary.ie/
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Reviewing the Rising: Historical sources – Workshop
10:00 – 13:00, Sat 27 Feb
Rathmines Library, 157 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6
“Reviewing the Rising: workshop on historical sources” is a series of hands-on workshops with historian Cecelia Hartsell, looking at the range of primary sources for the 1916 Rising. Find out how to read and use a historical document and what it can tell us. Each workshop will begin with a lecture on the 1916 Rising by a historian of the era (or should that maybe read “a historian of the area”???).
+ 20 February (14:00-16:30) at Rathmines Library. Lecture by Shane Kenna. Booking required via 01-4973539
+ 27 February (10:15-13:00) at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.
+ 10 March (18:30-20:30)at Ballyfermot Library. Lecture by Lorcan Collins Booking required via 01-6269324
Admission is free.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/reviewing
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Temple Bar Markets
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 27 Feb
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.
www.templebar.ie
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UpDog Yoga – Free Classes
10:00 – 14:00, Sat 27 Feb
MVP, 29 Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 2
Four free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).
The sessions can be booked following these links:
+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced
Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.
www.facebook.com/freeyogaireland
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Blackrock Market
11:00 – 17:30, Sat 27 Feb
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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DIT Junior Conservatory – Open Day
11:00 – 15:00, Sat 27 Feb
DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Chatham Row, Dublin 2
Do you want to know more about music lessons for children and teenagers (Ages 3-18)? Come to this Junior Conservatory Open Day. Experience and try new instruments, enjoy musical performances and meet the teachers.
Admission is free.
www.dit.ie/conservatory
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Terenure Village Market
11:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Bushy Park, Tempelogue Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W
The Terenure Village Market has moved to Bushy Park and is from now on a weekly market.
The market has now grown to 40 stalls offering a whole variety of foods and crafts.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/terenurevillagemarket
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sat 27 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Boardgame Playtest
12:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Cafe Costa, 1 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
This event is for boardgame designers and players. Come to this event to play through and develop your own prototype games or help other game developers with your opinions. Bring your prototypes or game ideas.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/353421971494749/
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Camino de Santiago – Practical Information Day
12:00 – 15:00, Sat 27 Feb
St. James’s Parochial Hall, St James’s Church, James’s Street, Dublin 8
The Camino Society Ireland, a voluntary organisation to promote the pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela, is inviting to a Practical Information Day.
Camino Experts will answer your questions and provide information on walking routes, pilgrim passports and books, member application forms as well as tips for packing.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/957281294338818
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Family Drawing Weekend – Royal Hibernian Gallery
12:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
Come to the Family Drawing every weekend (Sat+Sun) in the RHA Gallery. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Find out all details via the link below.
Admission is free.
www.rhagallery.ie/learn/rha-kids-2/
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Ha’penny Flea Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 27 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.
www.thegrandsocial.ie/
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Performance Tours ACT II: Skewing Narratives – Tour
12:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
This is a specially commissioned gallery tour by artist Eimear Walshe. The tour will bring you on a journey through a disrupted history of the Hugh Lane Gallery using feminist arthistorical strategies. It will provide an introduction to the work of some of the women in the Collection, and discuss the history of radical feminist activism that inspired Jesse Jones’ exhibition “No More Fun And Games”.
Admission is free. The tour will take place at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00.
www.hughlane.ie/lectures/lectures-past/1457-performance-tours-act-ii-skewing-narratives
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Qigong – Drop-in class – Chester Beatty Library
12:00, Sat 27 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Qigong is a traditional Chinese form of meditation coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm state of mind.
Come to this gentle Qigong practice outdoors on the Roof Top Garden of the Library (weather permitting) or indoors with a view of the roof garden. Suitable for all ages.
Admission is free and no booking required, but numbers are limited.
www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx
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Lollipop Day – Dublin Gospel Choir
12:30 – 14:00, Sat 27 Feb
Grafton Street, Dublin 2
The yearly Lollipop Day is the main fund raiser for the Oesophageal Cancer Fund and this year it takes place in two parts on Friday and on Saturday. On Friday 26 Feb the event will be outside Debenham’s in Henry Street and on Saturday 27 Feb at the same time outside Dunnes in Grafton Street.
Volunteers will sell Lollipops and Deric Hartigan from TV3 will be the MC and the Dublin Gospel Choir will sing.
www.facebook.com/lollipopday
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Sat 27 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.
www.ifi.ie/
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Toejam-All city Graffiti Wars – Street Art event
13:00 – 18:00, Sat 27 Feb
The Bernard Shaw, 12 Richmond Street South, Dublin 8
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Buddhist Art and Religion – In Focus Tour
13:10, Sat 27 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour
14:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run every Saturday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”
Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095
www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/
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1916 Re-enacted: Foot and Arms Drill
14:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
National Museum, Collins Barracks (Decorative Arts & History), 7 Benburb Street, Dublin 7
This is a demonstration of the uniforms, weapons and drill of the police in Ireland in 1916.
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) were the first to respond to the 1916 Rising and are central to the story of Easter week in places like Ashborne and Enniscorthy.
Experience the sights and sounds of these two forces at a drill on Clarke Square at Collins Barracks with re-enactors of Lord Edward’s Own Reenactment group.
www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events?id=2823
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Chester Beatty Library – Arabic Language Tour
14:00, Sat 27 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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Chester Beatty Library – Irish Language Tour
14:00, Sat 27 Feb
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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Eason Story Time for children
14:00, Sat 27 Feb
Eason, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Every Saturday a kid’s book will be ead in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below). Suitable for age 0-6 with their parents.
Admission is free.
www.easonedition.com/event/eason-story-time/?instance_id=8176
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Film Screening about Architect Robin Walker
14:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
dlr LexIcon – Library and Cultural Centre, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Robin Walker is one of Ireland’s most celebrated figures in modern architecture. The film “Talking to my Father” film follows his eldest son architect Simon Walker around Dublin and West Cork as he explores the buildings from his father’s bold vision and imagination. Robin Walker worked on the iconic Busárus building, the Bank of Ireland building on Suffolk Street, the new buildings at the university of Maynooth and the restaurant building at UCD. He died in 1991.
Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.
events.dlrcoco.ie/event/free-film-screening-talking-my-father-2015
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European March for the Refugees Rights
15:00, Sat 27 Feb
Ha’penny Bridge, Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Family Workshop – National Gallery
15:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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Sunday Sketching – Hugh Lane Gallery
15:00 – 16:00, Sat 27 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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Trekking on Nepal’s Himalaya Trail – Talk
19:30, Sat 27 Feb
Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
Gerda Pauler will be in Dublin to talk about her new book “Dolpo” and her experience of trekking on Nepal’s Himalaya 1700km Trail.
The event is organised by the Nepal Ireland Society. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1507130116259425/
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Jazz at Barker’s Bistro
20:00, Sat 27 Feb
Barkers Bistro, Blackrock Shopping Centre, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Lisa Jameson (vocals) and August Koorsgaard (piano) will perform jazz standards in Barker’s Bistro. Admission is free.
www.barkersofblackrock.ie/
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Saturday Night Live – The Wine Cave
20:00 – 22:30, Sat 27 Feb
KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2
This is a weekly Saturday night live music event event downstairs in the Wine Cave of KC Peaches Cafe. Food will be served until 21:30 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated.
www.facebook.com/KCPeachesWineCave
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Stomptown Brass – Gig
20:00, Sat 27 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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The Jazz Cafe – Live Jazz, Blues and Soul
20:00 – 22:30, Sat 27 Feb
The Jazz Cafe, 17b Asdills Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00.
Admission is free.
www.thejazzcafedublin.ie/
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Andy Early – Gig
21:00, Sat 27 Feb
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Sat 27 Feb
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.
www.stillorganorchard.com/specials/
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Penrose / The Smoking Giants – Gig
22:30, Sat 27 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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Midnight Blues Club: Dublin Blues Cartel
23:55, Sat 27 Feb
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
A Midnight Blues Club will take place in the Mezz on Saturday. The great “Dublin Blues Cartel” will perform.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/mezzdublin
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Car Boot Sales – Ballymun
08:00 – 13:00, Sun 28 Feb
Trinity Comprehensive Secondary School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9
In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale in Tallaght, Irish Car Boot Sales run a weekly Sunday Car Boot Sales in Ballymun.
Admission for buyers is free.
www.facebook.com/irishcarboot
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 28 Feb
Belgard Road, Dublin 24
The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.
It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.
www.facebook.com/belgardmarket
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 28 Feb
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.
www.jamestownmarket.com
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Marlay Park Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sun 28 Feb
Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.
www.dlrcoco.ie/markets
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Merrion Square Open Air Gallery
10:00 – 18:30, Sun 28 Feb
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.
www.merrionsquareart.com/
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UpDog Yoga – Free classes
10:00 – 14:00, Sun 28 Feb
MVP, 29 Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 2
Three free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).
The sessions can be booked following these links:
+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced
Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.
www.facebook.com/freeyogaireland
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Children’s Art Cart – Phoenix Park
11:00 – 12:30, Sun 28 Feb
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
Every Sunday a free Children’s Art Cart Workshop will take place in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. They are for kids aged 6-11 and the children must be accompanied by an adult.
The themes for February are:
+ 07 Feb: Make a Valentine Card
+ 14 Feb: Paint a Spring Scene
+ 21 Feb: Medieval Life
+ 28 Feb: Make a stamp and paint
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,35961,en.html
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Dublin Flea Market
11:00 – 17:00, Sun 28 Feb
Dublin Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
The next Dublin Flea Market is taking place in the Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket, just off Cork Street, Dublin 8 on Sun from 11:00-17:00. The flea market takes place every last Sunday of the month and admission is free. For more information or if you want to sell your own stuff, check out www.dublinflea.ie
“A bizarre bazaar of vintage clothing, bric-a-brac and what nots, old and new. Stalls include hand-made goods, art, jewelry, furniture, records and lots more unwanted items that may just be your treasure!”
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dublin-Flea-Market/144081015625205
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Dun Laoghaire Market
11:00 – 16:00, Sun 28 Feb
People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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Palestrina Choir
11:00, Sun 28 Feb
St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.
www.procathedral.ie/music/this-week
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Forgotten Voices – Walking Tour
11:30 – 13:30, Sun 28 Feb
Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
This is a two hour walking tour with Johanna StJohn, exploring the lives of the people who lived in Dublin’s inner city from the Georgian Period to middle off the last century.
The tour will begin at the Four Courts (front entrance facing the Liffey) and end in Smithfield. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated. Booking via: jsfolkloregirl024@gmail.com or turn up on the day.
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sun 28 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Blackrock Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 28 Feb
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Sundays: 12:00-17:30. Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Family Drawing Weekend – Royal Hibernian Gallery
12:00 – 16:00, Sun 28 Feb
Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
Come to the Family Drawing every weekend (Sat+Sun) in the RHA Gallery. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Find out all details via the link below.
Admission is free.
www.rhagallery.ie/learn/rha-kids-2/
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Guided Walks – Botanic Gardens
12:00 – 15:30, Sun 28 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Every Sunday, the National Botanic Gardens invite to two guided walks. The first one is at 12:00 and the second one at 14:30.
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/educ/info.htm
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Sunday at Noon – Classical Concerts
12:00 – 13:00, Sun 28 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.
The next concert will feature the RTE Contempo Quartet with their “Essential Quartet Series 6”, playing works from Kevin Volans and Dvorak.
www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/1448-sundaysnoon-rte-contempo-essential-quartets-6
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The Role of Women in the 1916 Rising – Talk
13:30, Sun 28 Feb
Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Dublin 14
Historian Liz Gillis (author of “Women of the Irish Revolution”) will talk about “Women of the Irish Revolution”, the story of the role that women played both directly and indirectly in the Irish revolution.
Admission is free.
events.dlrcoco.ie/event/role-women-1916-rising
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Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up
14:00, Sun 28 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches.
There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website below or on their Facebook Page where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!
www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/
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Hugh Lane Gallery – Guided Tour
14:00, Sun 28 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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Stella Bass Jazz Trio
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 28 Feb
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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The Jazz Cafe – Live Jazz, Blues and Soul
14:30 – 17:00, Sun 28 Feb
The Jazz Cafe, 17b Asdills Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00.
Admission is free.
www.thejazzcafedublin.ie/
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Astrophotography – Techniques and Possibilities – Talk
15:00, Sun 28 Feb
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
The Irish Astronomical Society invites to the “Introductory talk on the techniques and possibilities of Astrophotography” by John Dolan (IAS).
Admission is free.
www.irishastrosoc.org/
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Caravaggio at the National Gallery – Talk
15:00 – 15:45, Sun 28 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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Museum Tour – National Print Museum
15:00 – 16:30, Sun 28 Feb
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html
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National Museum – Collins Barracks – Public Tour
15:00 – 15:45, Sun 28 Feb
National Museum, Collins Barracks (Decorative Arts & History), 7 Benburb Street, Dublin 7
This public tour will bring you to some of the highlights of the museum.
Admission is free and no booking required. Places will be allocated on first come, first served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts.
www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events?id=2810
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Bal Folk – European Folk Dance Session
16:00, Sun 28 Feb
The Cobblestone, 77 North King Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Travel around European traditional dancing culture without a ticket at the Bal Folk Dance Sessions.
And if you don’t know how to dance, don’t worry! Workshops are provided and admission is free.
The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub. The time alternates a little: On 1st+2nd Sunday of the month it is from 16:00-19:00 and on 3rd and 4th Sunday from 18:00-22:00. And on every 4th Sunday there is also a Breton session from 15:00.
www.facebook.com/groups/674963209289378/
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Wiley Fox Trad Session
18:00 – 20:00, Sun 28 Feb
Wiley Fox, 28 Eden Quay, Dublin 1
Every Sunday evening from 18:00-20:00, the Wiley Fox is hosting a trad session, where some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians will play for you.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/thewileyfox
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Sweeney’s Dixieland Jazzmen
18:30 – 20:30, Sun 28 Feb
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Jawbone – Acoustic Folk & Blues Night
19:00 – 21:00, Sun 28 Feb
Arthur’s Pub, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
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A-Musing – Comedy Club
19:30, Sun 28 Feb
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass
19:30 – 20:30, Sun 28 Feb
St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.
Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)
www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
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The Song Room – Gig Night
20:00, Sun 28 Feb
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Apollo Sessions
20:30, Sun 28 Feb
Bleeding Horse, 24 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2
Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.
www.facebook.com/apollosessions
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 00:00, Sun 28 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Rhythm Rocker
21:00, Sun 28 Feb
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe. Admission is free.
The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).
www.facebook.com/rhythmrocker
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Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads
21:30, Sun 28 Feb
Ha’Penny Bridge Inn, 42 Wellington Quay Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.
www.billytreacy.com/
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Cool Hand Dukes
22:00, Sun 28 Feb
Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2
Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.
www.facebook.com/coolhand.dukes.1
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The Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig
22:30, Sun 28 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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The 68s – Gig
23:00, Sun 28 Feb
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Five Lamps Arts Festival
09:00, Mon 29 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).
The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.
A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well!
www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Mon 29 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Mon 29 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.
www.ifi.ie/
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‘Choose Your Own Tracks’ – Photo Trail
14:00 – 16:00, Mon 29 Feb
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Emily Gallagher will run a weekly “just for fun” photo trail where you get instructions to hunt for specific snaps around the city centre. Afterwards the symbolic significance to the snaps will be shared. The overall theme is “Get a glimpse of directions you may wish your life to take and discover decisions you may desire to make.”
Meeting point is the Meeting House Square.
Participation in the photo trails is free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 0852725095
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Engineering, Building, Earthquakes and Nepal – Talk
15:00 – 17:00, Mon 29 Feb
Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
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Áille na hÁille- A Terrible Beauty – Charlie Lennon – CD Launchoncert
17:00, Mon 29 Feb
Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2
Áille na hÁille- A Terrible Beauty is a CD by composer Charlie Lennon and includes a suite to honour the people who fought and died in the 1916 Rising. The CD will be launched by Mary Kennedy (RTÉ) and Charlie Lennon and friends will play selections from the CD.
Admission is free.
www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/events/
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Introduction to 3D printing
18:00 – 20:00, Mon 29 Feb
dlr LexIcon – Library and Cultural Centre, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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Planetary – Film Screening
18:00, Mon 29 Feb
UCD Cinema, Student Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4
“Planetary is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call – a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. It is a poetic and humbling reminder that now is the time to shift our perspective. Planetary asks us to rethink who we really are, to reconsider our relationship with ourselves, each other and the world around us – to remember that we are Planetary.”
Guest speaker is Oisín Coghlan, Director of Friends of the Earth Ireland.
Admission is free, but seats must be reserved via developmentforum@ucdvo.org
This event is free of charge.
www.ucdvo.org/events/ucdvodevelopmentfilmseries/
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Italian Film Screening: Italian Movies
18:30, Mon 29 Feb
Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
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Dark side of the Universe – Talk
20:00, Mon 29 Feb
Ely House, 8 Ely Place, Dublin 2
“Dark side of the Universe” is a talk by Dr Martin Topinka (DIAS). It is an introductory level talk about two “dark” cornerstones of today’s cosmology: dark matter and dark energy.
Admission is free. The event is part of the monthly lecture programme by the Irish Astronomical Society.
www.irishastrosoc.org/
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Song Cycle
20:00, Mon 29 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free.
www.whelanslive.com
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The Circle Sessions – Open Mic
20:00 – 23:30, Mon 29 Feb
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
The Circle Sessions is an “Open Mic” that provides an opportunity for up and coming musicians, spoken word artists, poets and comedians to perform.
Come to this weekly show to perform or to simply watch a great mix of music, poetry, spoken word and comedy.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/thecirclesessions/
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The Comedy Shed
20:30, Mon 29 Feb
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 29 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Jazz Jam Session – Grand Social
21:00, Mon 29 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Every Monday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.
Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).
www.facebook.com/pages/Jazz-Jam-Session-at-The-Grand-Social/224553674385198
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Trad Sessions
21:00 – 23:30, Mon 29 Feb
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan – Gig
21:30, Mon 29 Feb
JJ Smith’s Jazz & Blues Club, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Donal Kirk and Anto Drennan are playing music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.
Admission is free.
www.jjsmyths.com/gigs/mondays/767-donal-kirk-and-anto-drennan-11.html
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Five Lamps Arts Festival
09:00, Tue 01 Mar
Dublin (various locations)
The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).
The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.
A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well!
www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/
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1916 Cafe – How do we get the Democracy we want? – Workshop
09:30 – 14:15, Tue 01 Mar
Wynn’s Hotel, 35-39 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
A discussion and workshop about “How do we get the Democracy we want?” will take place on Tuesday. So if you have time (not very employee-friendly time!) and have some good ideas how to achieve a better democracy, this is an event you should go to.
Admission seems to be free, but booking is required. The deadline is over, but you might want to try it anyway if you are VERY interested.
www.facebook.com/events/948054985248393/
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Irish Art in a Time of Revolution – Talk
10:30 – 11:15, Tue 01 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour
11:00 – 13:00, Tue 01 Mar
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesdays now as well. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”
Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095
www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Tue 01 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Dublin burning: the Easter Rising and its consequences – Lecture
13:00, Tue 01 Mar
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
Dr Brian Hanley presents a three part lecture series which will examine in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations.
The lectures are
+ On the eve: Dublin before the Rising
+ Thank God we have lived to see this day
+ Who fears to speak
And the three lectures take place on these three days in these libraries:
* Tuesdays at Central Library: 23 February, 01, 08 March at 13:00. Book via 01-8734333
* Wednesdays at Rathmines Library: 24 February, 02, 09 March at 18:30. Book via 01-4973539
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/dublin
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Artist in Conversation: Vanessa Donoso Lopez – Instituto Cervantes
18:00, Tue 01 Mar
Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2
Vanessa Donoso López (artist at the Temple Bar Gallery & Studios) and Helen Carey (Director of Fire Station Artists’ Studio) will talk about being a long term foreigner: language, homesickness, compatibilities between cultures, and other immigrant related issues. They will discuss how these circumstances influence Vanessa’s practise and how this translates into an actual creative process.
Admission is free.
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha105674_16_2.htm
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Data-Driven Prediction – An exploration – Talk
18:00, Tue 01 Mar
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
The Engineering and Computer Science Lecture “Show me your data, and I’ll tell you who you are: an exploration of data-driven prediction” with Dr Brian MacNamee will guide the audience on an exploration of the current state of the art data-driven prediction technology, its applications and likely consequences (good and bad). And the data the lecture is referring to are the digital footprints that we leave everywhere. (Find more details about this lecture on the website below.)
Admission is free.
www.ria.ie/events/engineering-and-computer-science-lecture-series-2016
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Drop in Maker Evening
18:00, Tue 01 Mar
dlr LexIcon – Library and Cultural Centre, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Do you have an idea but need some help figuring out where to get started or what creative technologies might help bring the idea to life? Maybe you just want to bounce your idea off someone else?
Drop in to the Dún Laoghaire LexIcon Lab where Creative Technology Curator, Dr. Jake Rowan Byrne, other “makers” and
members of the community will be there and keen to help out.
Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.
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IrishBizPeople – Business Networking Event
18:00 – 21:30, Tue 01 Mar
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
A business networking event will take place on Tuesday. Admission is free, but booking via the website belwo is required. The guest speakers have not yet been announced unfortunately.
www.diamondevents.ie/networking-events.html
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The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance – Book Launch
18:00, Tue 01 Mar
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
The launch of the book “The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance” will take place in the Long Room Hub. Clare Guest (Visiting Researcher in Italian at Trinity College) views the Renaissance as a decisive point in the story of ornament, when its subsequent identification with style and historicism are established.
Admission is free, but booking is required via tlrh@tcd.ie
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/details/2015/clare_guest.phpThe lkaunch
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What is happening in Palestine? – Seminar
18:00 – 20:00, Tue 01 Mar
Newman Building, UCD Campus, Belfield, Dublin 4
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Reaction and Experience of the 1916 Rising – Talk
18:30, Tue 01 Mar
Rush Library, Chapel Green, Rush, Co. Dublin
“Reaction And Experience Of The 1916 Rising” is a talk by Thomas Earls Fitzgerald in which he compares the various idealistic reactions to the Rising to the rather brutal and more mundane ground level experience.
Admission is free, but booking is required here.
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Table Top Tuesdays – Board Game Night
18:30, Tue 01 Mar
Black Sheep, 61 Capel Street, Dublin 1
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Aengus Fanning Tribute Concert
18:45 – 19:45, Tue 01 Mar
Sean O’Casey Theatre, St. Mary’s Road, East Wall, Dublin 3
Aengus Fanning was the editor of the Sunday Independent for 27 years until his death due to cancer in 2012.
Patrick McDonnell who is the producer of the new play “The Divide“, which will be on stage in the Sean O’Casey Theatre from 29 Feb – 05 March, is also the nephew of Aengus Fanning and he has organised a charity event as a tribute to Aengus Fanning. Local musicians will perform and the audience is invited to help raise funds for the cancer unit in the St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. The tribute concert will precede the performance of the play “The Divide” on 01 March.
Admission to the tribute concert is free, but you have to register with the theater via 01-850 9000. And if you are interested, the play, which starts at 20:00 is EUR 15/10, but I am not sure if tickets are still available.
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Green Drinks Dublin – The Dublin Fox
19:00, Tue 01 Mar
J.W. Sweetman, 2 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) continues to bring you Dublin Green Drinks on the first Tuesday of every month in J.W. Sweetman’s. Green Drinks is a monthly event in 711 cities around the world to bring people with an interest in green issues together.
“The Dublin Fox” is this month’s talk by Grace Bond from Trinity College. Grace is undertaking a final year project in Environmental Sciences on fox distribution in south west Dublin and she will be sharing some of her findings. Is the urban fox doing as well as its rural cousins and is it a charming addition to the city or an annoying pest?
Meet up on the top floor of J.W. Sweetman’s. Doors open at 18:30 and the talk is at 19:00. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/Green-Drinks-Dublin-73308564711
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Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig
20:00, Tue 01 Mar
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/Sin.E.Pub
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Ukulele Tuesday
20:00 – 22:00, Tue 01 Mar
Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.
www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday
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Blue Moon Folk and Blues – Gig
20:30, Tue 01 Mar
The Beerhouse, 84.5 Capel Street, Dublin 1
Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. Admission is free.
www.beerhousedublin.com/
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The Folk Club
20:30, Tue 01 Mar
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/TheGrandFolkClub
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Tue 01 Mar
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Phoenix Big Band
21:00 – 23:00, Tue 01 Mar
Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4
The Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.
Admission is free.
The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666
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Sober Lane Pub Quiz
21:00, Tue 01 Mar
Sober Lane D4, 82 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4
Every week there is a free pub quiz in Sober Lane, the new-ish pub in Irishtown. There are lots of other weekly events happening there too, check them out here.
www.soberlane.com/
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The Lounge Quintet – Jazz Gig
21:00, Tue 01 Mar
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Camden Sessions – Singer/Songwriter Night
21:30, Tue 01 Mar
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
A totally unplugged Singer/Songwriter night (no PA, no microphones) with original music is taking place upstairs in Anseo every Tuesday from 21:30.
Please check on the Facebook Page below if the event is going ahead as it seems to get cancelled every now and then and if you want to play a 15-30 min set or just want to play one song make yourself heard via the same Facebook Page.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/TheCamdenSessions
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International Bar Jazz Night
21:30, Tue 01 Mar
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.
Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.
www.international-bar.com/jazz/
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First Wednesday – Free Entrance to OPW Heritage Sites
09:00, Wed 02 Mar
Various OPW locations in Dublin
Entry charges at nearly all OPW-managed Heritage sites in Ireland are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) wants to encourage people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therfore started this initiative in 2011.
Most OPW owned sites can already be visited for free, but the sites that normally charge a fee will be free every first Wednesday as well. In the (extended) Greater Dublin Area this means you can visit the following sites for free:
+ The Casino, Marino (closed from 01 Nov-13 March)
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ Kilmainham Gaol
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow
+ Rathfarnham Castle
As you can imagine, this event is very popular and therfore it is strongly recommended to arrive early at the venues. Once the day’s tickets are given out, you will not get access anymore to Kilmainham Gaol, Newgrange and Rathfarnham Castle. Dublin Castle has continual access for self-guided tours.
www.heritageireland.ie/en/media/Free%20Wednesdays.pdf
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Five Lamps Arts Festival
09:00, Wed 02 Mar
Dublin (various locations)
The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).
The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.
A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well!
www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/
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Cafe Drawing Session – Rua Red
11:00, Wed 02 Mar
Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, D24
Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.
ruared.ie/
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Historical Walk – Phoenix Park
11:00 – 12:30, Wed 02 Mar
Dublin Visitor Centre, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
A historical walk in Phoenix Park will cover the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979 and the Eucharistic Congress of 1932. Meeting point is at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre at 11:00 from where you will walk to the Papal Cross.
Admission is free. If the weather is bad, check if the event is taking place via 01-6770095
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,36021,en.html
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Wed 02 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Wed 02 Mar
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.
www.ifi.ie/
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De-Anglicising the Irish Nation – Lecture
13:00, Wed 02 Mar
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
The lunchtime lecture “Douglas Hyde’s ideology of de-anglicising the Irish nation: inspiration, input and impact, 1874–1922” with Professor Liam Mac Mathúna is the first lecture in a new series of Lunchtime Lectures on “Intellectual life in Ireland 1910-1920”.
Douglas Hyde’s lecture “The Necessity of De-Anglicising the Irish Nation” in 1892″ was a pivotal moment for Irish language and helped to inspire the founding of the Gaelic League the following year. This lecture will analyse how Douglas Hyde learned the Irish language and how his personal experiences led him to champion the country’s national culture.
Admission is free.
www.ria.ie/events/douglas-hydes-ideology-de-anglicising-irish-nation-inspiration-input-and-impact-1874-1922
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Holistic Indian Head and Back Massage – Five Lamps Festival
13:00 – 17:00, Wed 02 Mar
Marino College of Further Education, 171 North Strand Road, Dublin 1
As part of the Five Lamps Festival a free holistic Indian Heand and Back massage is provided by the students in Marino College. There are a number of time slots between 13:00 and 17:00.
Admission is free, but booking is required. At the time of writing this there were still a few slots available here.
www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/
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Low priced books with free delivery!
13:00, Wed 02 Mar
Dublin (various locations)
 
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www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg
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Military Archives Collections Lunchtime Talk
13:00, Wed 02 Mar
Rathmines Library, 157 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6
Military Archives Collections Lunchtime Series:
Records and documents relating to Easter Week 1916 are contained in the Military Service Pensions Collection in the Military Archives and staff from the Military Archives will present three lunchtime talks on research and access to revolutionary period collections including the various genealogical sources available with reference to the Irish Citizen Army, Cumann na mBan, Na Fianna Éireann and Dublin Brigade Activity Reports.
Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-4973539 or rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie The talks will take place on 17+24 February and on 02 March.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/military
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Constitutions, referendums and the family – Discussion
14:00, Wed 02 Mar
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
“Constitutional Conversations: Constitutions, referendums and the family” is a discussion about the recent changes to the family in Irish law duethe marriage referendum. Dr Fergus Ryan, Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University, will provide an overview of the recent changes and their implications before opening the session up for a discussion.
Admission is free, but booking is required via info@ria.ie
www.ria.ie/events/constitutional-conversations-constitutions-referendums-and-family
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Crises compared: Ireland in the 1980s and Ireland from 2008-2016 – Discussion
16:00, Wed 02 Mar
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
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Havana International Language Exchange
16:30 – 19:30, Wed 02 Mar
Havana Tapas Bar, Georges St, Dublin 2
The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.
www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
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Critical Response: Francis McKee
18:00, Wed 02 Mar
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Francis McKee (Director of the Centre of Contemporary Art, Glasgow, CCA) will talk about Grace Weirs recent films.
More detail can be found on the website below where you also have to register. Admission is free.
www.imma.ie/en/page_237077.htm
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Asgard & its role in Irish history – Talk
18:30, Wed 02 Mar
Raheny Library, Howth Road, Dublin 5
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Dublin burning: the Easter Rising and its consequences – Lecture
18:30, Wed 02 Mar
Rathmines Library, 157 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6
Dr Brian Hanley presents a three part lecture series which will examine in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations.
The lectures are
+ On the eve: Dublin before the Rising
+ Thank God we have lived to see this day
+ Who fears to speak
And the three lectures take place on these three days in these libraries:
* Tuesdays at Central Library: 23 February, 01, 08 March at 13:00. Book via 01-8734333
* Wednesdays at Rathmines Library: 24 February, 02, 09 March at 18:30. Book via 01-4973539
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/dublin
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Dublin PubhD – Science Talks
18:30, Wed 02 Mar
Against the Grain, 11 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
Dublin PubhD or “PhD in the Pub” is an event where once every month three postgraduate or postdoctoral students will share the content of their PhD in under ten minutes and without the help of Powerpoint or other visual helps.
The event is open to all and welcomes presenters at any stage of their research degree, even those who have submitted their thesis and can offer insight into life after the PhD. Talks last ten minutes with an additional twenty minutes allocated for questions and answers.
The topics are listed on the website below,
Admission is free.
pubhd-dublin.skepticireland.com/
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Women in 1916 – Lecture Series
18:30, Wed 02 Mar
Coolock Public Library, Barryscourt Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
This is a three part series about women and social justice in 1916. The series will reflect on women in the era of the 1916 Rising, how they lived and worked and what roles women played in society with topics to include living conditions in the tenements, the suffragettes and more.
Each event will feature a speaker and songs from the era performed by the An Góilín Singers Group. There will be an audience Q&A and the event will be recorded for broadcast on Near FM.
The dates and the presenters are:
+ 24 Feb: Ann Matthews, writer and historian
+ 02 Mar: Catriona Crowe, National Archives
+ 09 Mar: Rhona McCord, writer and historian
Admission is free, but booking is required. Contact Coolock Library via 01-8477781 or coolocklibrary@dublincity.ie
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/women-1916
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Back Door Sessions – Open Mic Night
19:00, Wed 02 Mar
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Maura Dowdall Competition Final – Concert
19:00, Wed 02 Mar
Royal Irish Academy of Music, 38 Westland Row, Dublin 2
Students of the RIAM compete for a performance opportunity (a concerto appearance with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra), the Maura Dowdall Prize of EUR 600 and the Colin Stavely Prize for Strings.
Admission is free.
riam.ticketsolve.com/#/shows/873540598
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The Future of Food – Discussion
19:00, Wed 02 Mar
Wigwam, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
At the next Comhlamh First Wednesday even, the topic is “The Future of Food” and topics like food sovereignty, trade in food commodities, food self-sufficiency, local responses and the TTIP will be discussed.
Speakers will be Ross Golden-Bannon, Rose Hogan, Norman Rides, Jose Omar Rodriguez Romero and moderat or is Aoife Carrigy.A LOT more detail about the speakers and the topic itself is available on the Facebook page below.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/481638045375638/
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Swan Youth Services Concert – Five Lamps Festival
19:30, Wed 02 Mar
Marino College of Further Education, 171 North Strand Road, Dublin 1
The Swan Youth Service promotes positive involvement of young people in the St. Agatha’s, North Strand and North Wall areas. Young talents who have written their own songs are performing at this concert.
Admission is free, but booking is required via 087-973 7401
www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/
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Brand New Switcheroo – Roots Gig
20:00, Wed 02 Mar
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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King Kong Club
20:00, Wed 02 Mar
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.
Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.
www.facebook.com/TheKingKongClubDublin
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Anseo Comedy Club
20:30, Wed 02 Mar
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).
Admission is free, donations are welcome.
www.facebook.com/StandUpComedyClub
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The Song Room (open mic)
20:30, Wed 02 Mar
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.
www.theglobe.ie/events
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The Zodiac Sessions – Open mic/Gig
20:30, Wed 02 Mar
Bruxelles, Harry Street, Dublin 2
“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.
www.facebook.com/zodiacsessions
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Bad Boy Jake
21:00, Wed 02 Mar
Gypsy Rose Blues & Rock Bar, 5 Aston Quay, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Los Paradiso – Gig
21:00, Wed 02 Mar
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Jazz Pigs – Gig
21:30, Wed 02 Mar
4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/dublinjazzpigs
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Trad Session
21:30, Wed 02 Mar
Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru), 4 Prospect Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 11
Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).
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Picture Clinic – National Gallery
10:00 – 12:00, Thu 03 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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Agri Careers – Jobs Fair
11:00 – 20:00, Thu 03 Mar
RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
AgriCareers is Irelan’s biggest job fair event for the Agri-food and Agricultural sector. A wide range of jobs are on offer, not just for farmers and agricultural science graduates, but it also for accountants, IT experts, engineers and people with an in-depth knowledge of agriculture from production all the way through to processing, sales and marketing.
There will also be career advise, a seminar programme and optional mentor sessions.
Admission is free, but registration is required via the website below.
www.agricareers.ie
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Easter Rising 1916 – Let’s Walk & Talk
11:00 – 13:00, Thu 03 Mar
Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2
“Let’s Talk and Walk” are historical walking tours in Dublin that are organised by Dublin City. All walks are free, have a duration of 1.5-2hr and are lead by a historian.
The 1916 Walk and Talk series will visit the main areas of action of the 1916 Rising, both in the city centre and the suburbs and the full programme is available in PDF format here.
The next walk will take place on Thursday. It is called “Easter Rising 1916: Royal Hospital Kilmainham, via Kilmainham Gaol to Richmond Barracks”.
Starting point is in the courtyard of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and it will finish at Richmond Barracks.
Admission is free and no booking required.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-community-community-and-social-development-service/lets-walk-and-talk
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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Tour
11:00, Thu 03 Mar
Grangegorman Cemetery, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7
Every Thursday a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome. Ring 01-6770095 for more information and to check if the tour is going ahead.
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,24861,en.html
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Thu 03 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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The Green Door Market
12:00 – 16:00, Thu 03 Mar
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.
Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Éamonn Ceannt, The Piper – Bi-lingual talk + performance
13:00, Thu 03 Mar
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
“Éamonn Ceannt, The Piper: Cultural Politics in early 20th Century Ireland” is a bi-lingual talk about the history of the Dublin Pipers’ Club and Na Píobairí Uilleann and a performance of traditional airs and tunes by members of Na Píobairí Uilleann.
“Éamonn Ceannt was a skilled Uilleann Piper and founding member of the Dublin Pipers’ Club. The origins of the Dublin Pipers’ Club are tied up with the Literary Revival, which focused interest on all aspects of Irish culture including music. The National Literary Revival that began during the closing decade of the nineteenth century heralded the birth of the Gaelic League, the Feis Ceoil and the Dublin Pipers’ Club. Many members of the Pipers’ Club had dual membership of the Gaelic League and later of the Irish Volunteers.”
+ 03 March 2016 at 13:00 in Central Library. Book via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 07 March 2016 at 18:30 in Donaghmede Library. Book via 01-8482833 or donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 08 March 2016 at 18:30 in Raheny Library. Book via 01-8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 09 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dolphin’s Barn Library. Book via 01-4540681 or dolphinsbarnlibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 10 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.
Admission is free.
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-and-amenities-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/%C3%A9amonn
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Irish education and Pearse’s St Enda’s School – Talk
13:00, Thu 03 Mar
Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2
“Political & Social Life in Dublin in 1916” is a series of four lunchtime t and the second one is “Irish education and Pearse’s St Enda’s School” by Elaine Sisson (cultural historian and senior lecturer in the Department of Design and Visual Arts at the IADT).
Her talk will explain the Irish education system in 1916 and then look at the philosophy of St Enda’s and how its curriculum and ethos differed radically from contemporary schooling.
Admission is free.
www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/events/
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Relatively Speaking – Guided Gallery Walking Tour
13:00, Thu 03 Mar
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Relatively Speaking is a guided walking tour that takes place across three of Dublin’s contemporary art galleries, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Project Arts Centre and the Gallery of Photography. The tours introduce the current exhibitions and also offer an interesting insight into the work of the artists.
Beginning at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, you will be introduced to the new solo exhibition Imitation of Life by Amie Siegel. Then at the Project Arts Centre, Núria Güell’s solo exhibition “Troika Fiscal Disobedience Consultancy” will be shown and finally the tour will end at the Gallery of Photography, where “Framing Perceptions”, an exhibition of photographs by award-winning Guardian photographer Graeme Robertson is on show.
The complete tour takes approximately 60 minutes with 15-20 minutes per each gallery.
Participation is free, but booking is required via this Eventbrite link.
www.templebargallery.com/events/
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Support the Dublin Event Guide – Buy your books here!
13:00, Thu 03 Mar
Dublin (various locations)
If you regularly or occasionally buy books online, you can help the Dublin Event Guide hugely even without having to pay cent directly. In fact you even save money this way:
Buy your books from The Book Depository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Book Depository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!
www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg
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Kaiser Franz Josef and Austro-Hungarian Monarchy – Talk
13:10, Thu 03 Mar
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
The talk “21 November 1916 – The death of Kaiser Franz Josef and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy” with Dr Declan M. Downey (R RAH, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin and Trustee, Chester Beatty Library) will take place.
Admission is free.
www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx
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Yeats 2016: Public Tour of the Yeats Exhibition
14:00, Thu 03 Mar
National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
You are invited to this pulic tour of the exhibition “Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” on the first Thursday of each month during 2016.
The tour will introduce the life and work of the poet and following the tour you can listen to a selection of voices speaking some of his best loved poems, including Easter 1916.
Admission is free and booking is not required.
www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
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Storytelling at the National Print Museum
15:30, Thu 03 Mar
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
To celebrate World Book Day (UK & Ireland) 2016, the Print Museum invites to a after school storytelling hour featuring books from the Museum’s Junior Library. Suitable for ages 3-7..
Admission is free.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/
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Brazilian Dance – Forró
18:00, Thu 03 Mar
D-One Bar, 89 Capel Street, Dublin 1
A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/donebardublin
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Covering Refugees and the Far Right – a Reporter’s Story
18:00 – 20:00, Thu 03 Mar
Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Daniel Trilling is a London-based journalist and editor of New Humanist magazine asks if it is right to take a neutral position when far right groups attack refugees or how a reporter should report in this case.
More details about his talk are on the Facebook Page below.
Admission is free. The event is organised by the DIT School of Media and bis the Solidarity Aliance against Racism and Fascism
www.facebook.com/events/473425839532431
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Drop-in Life Drawing Workshop
18:00 – 19:00, Thu 03 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
A series of 8 free life drawing workshops on Thursdays from 21 Jan until 10 March takes place in the National Gallery.
The workshops are suitable for adults and teens and will explore aspects of life drawing. They will be led by artist Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire.
Admission is free and no booking required, but there is a limited number of places and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson/Drawing_Courses/Drop-in_LifeDrawing/LifeDraw_28Jan.aspx
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Little Museum of Dublin – Free Admission Thursday
18:00 – 20:00, Thu 03 Mar
Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
On Thursdays from 18:00-20:00, the Little Museum of Dublin waives all admission charges thanks to sponsor Guinness.
Visit the museum and find out lots more about Dublin.
www.littlemuseum.ie/
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Women in Processes of Peace and Reconciliation – Talk
18:15, Thu 03 Mar
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
“Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation, Remembering and Forgetting: A Feminist Critique and Re-imagination in an Intercultural and Interreligious Context” is the super-long titled lecture by Prof Lieve Troch from the Ecumenical Institute of the Methodist University in São Paulo. She is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Confederal School of Religions, Peace Studies and Theology.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/fellowships/2012-visiting/lieve_troch.php
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L.A. Weatherly – “Broken Sky” Book Signing & Chat
18:30, Thu 03 Mar
Eason, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
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Thursdays at the Opera – Screenings: Macbeth
18:30, Thu 03 Mar
Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
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“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour – Night Walk
19:00 – 21:00, Thu 03 Mar
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run next Thursday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”
Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095
www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/
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Captain Jack White – Talk
19:00, Thu 03 Mar
dlr LexIcon – Library and Cultural Centre, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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The Xchange – Language Exchange
19:00, Thu 03 Mar
Czech Inn, Essex Gate, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Beach – Gig
20:00, Thu 03 Mar
The Bernard Shaw, 12 Richmond Street South, Dublin 8
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Changing Gears
20:00, Thu 03 Mar
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Dimestore Recordings presents
20:00, Thu 03 Mar
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00, follow the link for the line up.
www.facebook.com/DimeStoreRecords
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Table Quiz Thursday – Grand Social
20:00 – 23:00, Thu 03 Mar
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
A new weekly Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. Every Thursdayteams of 4 people (or at least 2 people) will compete against each other over questions from the areas of General Knowledge, Music, Film, Sports & Entertainment.
Admission is free.
www.thegrandsocial.ie/event/table-quiz-thursdays/2015-02-12/
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Singer Songwriter Night – Mother Reilly’s
21:00, Thu 03 Mar
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Every Thursday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/motherreillysADMIN
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Brady’s Fun Pub Quiz
21:30, Thu 03 Mar
Brady’s Pub, 5 Terenure Place, Terenure, Dublin 6
A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.
There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)
www.facebook.com/pages/Bradys-Pub-Terenure/138965189474826
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International Bar Jazz Night
21:30, Thu 03 Mar
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.
Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.
www.international-bar.com/jazz/
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Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul
21:30, Thu 03 Mar
Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.
www.frankryans.com
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McLoughlin’s Trad Night
21:30, Thu 03 Mar
McLoughlin’s Bar, 73 Upper George’s Street, Dun Laoghaire
A weekly Trad Music Night is taking place in McLoughlin’s in Dun Laoghaire. It is an acoustic night and all musicians are welcome. Admission is free.
www.mcloughlinsbar.ie
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McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions
21:30, Thu 03 Mar
J. McNeills, 140 Capel Street, Dublin 7
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Woolshed Karaoke
21:30, Thu 03 Mar
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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Lee Scratch Perry Afterparty
22:00, Thu 03 Mar
Turk’s Head, 27 Parliament Street, Dublin 2
Lee “Scratch” Perry is a 79 year old Jamaican Music Producer and he will be at the Academy on Thursday for a performance of his Reggae and Dub music,.
After the gig, the Turk’s Head is inviting to an Afterparty. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/153869028331064/
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Fri 04 Mar
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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The Green Door Market
12:00 – 19:00, Fri 04 Mar
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.
Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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IMMA Curators Lunchtime Talk
13:15 – 14:00, Fri 04 Mar
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
IMMA curators invite to insightful exhibition walkthroughs on 04 March and 3 further dates later in the year, where a thematic selection of artworks are explored in detail, providing background information on IMMA’s exhibition programme.
The event on Friday will look at “Nick Miller and the studio of Edward McGuire” and will be led by Johanne Mullen, Collections, IMMA.
Admission is free and no booking required. Meeting point is the main reception.
www.imma.ie/en/page_237099.htm
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Cornucopia – Live Music
19:30 – 21:30, Fri 04 Mar
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics.
www.cornucopia.ie
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The Jazz Cafe – Live Jazz, Blues and Soul
20:00 – 22:30, Fri 04 Mar
The Jazz Cafe, 17b Asdills Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00.
Admission is free.
www.thejazzcafedublin.ie/
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The Statics – Gig
20:00, Fri 04 Mar
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Fri 04 Mar
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.
www.stillorganorchard.com/specials/
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Ska ‘n’ Reggae with The Bionic Rats
21:00 – 02:30, Fri 04 Mar
Turks Head, 27 Parliament St, Dublin 2
“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live. followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/TURKSHEADDUBLIN
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Locoswing – Gig
21:30, Fri 04 Mar
Patriot’s Inn, 760 South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
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Gavin Povey and the Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops
22:00, Fri 04 Mar
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
“Gavin Povey and The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops” will play New Orleans style Piano Rhythm & Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rock’n’ Roll.
Gavin Povey has played piano with Van Morrison, Finbar Wright, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Cropper, Shakin’ Stevens and many more.
This gig will take place on 04+11+18 March and 01 April.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leeson-Lounge/114810058553792
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1916: Where were the women? – Farmleigh House Writer-in-Residence event
10 March – 20:00
Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin 15
In the week of International Women’s Day, Farmleigh House writer-in-residence Lia Mills will talk to guest speakers about some of the many Irish women who were involved in and around the Rising. Speakers will be Tina O’Toole, Celia de Freine, Lucy McDiarmid and Medb Ruane. Their topics and further details about the speakers can be found on the website below.
Singer Esosa Ighodaro will entertain. with her blend of soul music influenced by funk/rock and West African music.
Admission is free, but tickets are required and they will be allocated by lottery. Every winner will receive 2 tickets and to enter the draw, you have to send a mail to farmleighinfo@opw.ie with the subject “1916: Where were the women?”. Your mail has to arrive before 12:00 on Monday 29 February. (Only successful applicants will be notified.)
www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,36004,en.html
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Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks
07+13+14+20+21+27+28 February
Every month the Dublin Mountain Partnership runs free guided walks in the Dublin Mountains on some Saturdays or Sundays during the month. The walks have varying difficulty and duration and the details can be found on the Dublin Mountain Partnership website: www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/?no_cache=1
In February there will be 8 walks/hikes on 07+13+14+20+21+27+28 February.
All walks are free, but pre-registration is required.
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Not free, but interesting nevertheless:
Smock Allies: Scene and Heard – Festival of New Works 2016: 17 Feb – 05 March
Audi Dublin International Film Festival: 18-28 February
Bray Comedy Festival 2016: 24-28 Feb
Five Lamps Arts Festival 2016: 29 Feb – 16 Feb
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Please note: This section contains observations taken from the world I live in that strike me as odd. I express my personal opinion and you might not share it. ;-) If you are easily offended by opinions that are not identical with your own, please don’t read this section and I am VERY serious about that!
Fianna Fail vs Fine Gael – No real difference, but big enemies!
The election is over and at the time of writing this, the polling stations are just about to close so I have no idea yet, what the outcome of the election will be. BUT, we all have certain expectations and these expectations are usually influenced by the media reporting in the last few days and weeks.
Most commentators expect the outcome to be a “hung” Dail. Hanging in this case is nothing bad or negative and it is a strong word for the situation that means nothing else that not one party or one previous coalition has a clear majority. Big deal! Just find new alliances and form a new coalition. Yes, that’s what most would think, but in Ireland things work a little different, because for some odd reason the two parties that ALWAYS have been the biggest parties in the Dail, really don’t get on with each other.
Substantial difference of opinion? Different ideologies? Not at all! And that is the oddest thing about it! Fianna Fail and Fine Gael really have largely the same opinions about society, economy, justice and nearly all other areas of politics. Yes, there are some differences, but they are really quite small and sometimes you feel they disagree just to pretend that they have separate identities.
So, why do two parties that have the same opinions not work together? Looking at this situation from the outside (or as a foreigner) really doesn’t show any reason for their opposition to each other. But if you ask that question in Ireland, most informed people will have an immediate answer and they will tell you that it goes back to the Irish Civil War.
WHAT? So, the separation of these near-twins goes back more than 90 years and they still haven’t realised (or are struggling with the realisation) that they are more alike than different? Any coalition, Fianna Fail with the Greens in the previous Dail and Fine Gael with Labour in the just finishing Dail period HAS to be much more of a challenge than a coalition between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. Do they not realise that?
Seemingly they don’t! And so it could happen that if there will indeed be a “hung” Dail we will have sooner a re-election than a cooperation between these two oh so similar parties.
(BTW: I am no suggesting that either of them or a coalition of the two is the best solution for Ireland. They both have not convinced in their periods of governing the country and with that in mind, putting two bad apples together wouldn’t create a yummy peach, it just would probably cause a bigger rotten fruit. The above article is more a reflection on the astonishing fact that they feel they can’t work together, 90 years after their disagreement. Imagine if that idiotic stubbornness was still in place in Northern Ireland! They would still kill each other!)
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