Event Guide 48: Dublin City Soul Festival, Dublin News, Exhibitions, Secret Garden, Drum Circle, G ay Theatre Festival, Rollerblading, Clondalkin Festival

Hi all!

What a brilliant response to this week’s Special Event Guide about the name change of this Event Guide. Within the first 24 hours I got well over 100 replies. Thanks for everyone who already did reply. If didn’t get a chance yet, you can still send me your votes and I will take votes until at least the middle of next week before I start counting them. A special “Thanks!” to all who added a comment to their mail. Unfortunately I won’t be able to reply to all, but I VERY much appreciate all your positive and supportive comments about the Event Guide!! Thanks! (By the way, the list of names contains a little error, I have one name listed twice (10 and 14), thanks for pointing it out! It won’t cause any problems, though.)

We are now nearly 1200 in this Event Guide community, welcome to all new members and “Thanks for still being here” :-) to the long-term members. I am aware that there are many different ways people found out about this weekly newsletter so not all know the background of it. When I asked recently about feedback, many of you replied suggesting to “beautify” the Event Guide, to use a nicer layout and to send it in HTML.
The background of the Event Guide and the suboptimal layout strangely have a lot to do with each other ;-) and here is the explanation:
I started writing the Event Guide in June last year as a mail to a few friends. It has grown and grown and currently stands at 1200 community members. The “team” writing the Event Guide hasn’t changed yet, it is still just me (two or three friendly souls have offered to help and I haven’t forgotten about it yet!). So there is NO company behind this Event Guide, there are NO financial backers and there is no production team! It is a “one-man show” and it is just a hobby, I DO have a day job and many other hobbies as well!! This might explain why it does look a little rough and why I have invited people in the past to contribute a little to the cost.
If I turned it into a nicer looking Event Guide, the writing and formatting would even take longer than at the moment, and currently I don’t have the time for it. I spend 8-10 hours every week just writing and researching it and the admin (new subscribers, answering your mails with suggestions etc, promoting it online and to whoever I meet) isn’t even included. I hope you understand that I can’t invest more time at the moment.
The Spam problem is really annoying me and if I sent the Guide as a HTML mail, it potentially would cause even more spam classification problems. So unless I find somewhere money or a sponsor, I can’t solve the Spam problem, nor can I promise a HTML based and nicely layouted Event Guide in the near future.
By the way, it has been suggested to me, that I sell advertisement that I include in the Event Guide and I think this is a good idea for financing the expenses, but even my days unfortunately only have 24 hours and with a day-job, I haven’t found a solution for getting advertisement without a lot of work.
Enough of the complaining!! :-) I just wanted to explain this to you so that you understand why a) I ask for donations and b) the layout is not as nice as I would like it to be.
Last week I asked for your opinion about the large number of exhibition announcements that I have included in the last few weeks and the opinion is very clear: The exhibitions will stay in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)! It was mentioned a number of times that people who don’t want to read them should just skip over that section and I think the “section” thing is a good idea. So while previously I listed them on the day they opened or on the Friday, from this week, there will be an “Exhibitions” section and the normal gallery openings will be in there. The National Gallery, Hugh Lane and the Science Gallery are, however, in a different category and will stay in the Day-sections. I think that will help everybody. Let me know if you disagree. ;-)

Spam? Yes, I have to mention it again! Sorry, Lana! :-) If your weekly Event Guide hasn’t arrived by Friday around lunchtime and it is not in your Spam or Junk Folder either, drop me a mail. And if you need help to make sure that it will never end up there again, do drop me a mail as well. There are serious problems at the moment for Hotmail users. :-(

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DUBLIN CITY SOUL FESTIVAL
The brilliant 2nd Dublin City Soul Festival is just around the corner and Chris Maher and his team have again put a brilliant line-up together. The Soul Picnic in Merrion Square on Sun 25 May AND many other events are free. But in addition to that Chris has made a number of tickets available to you for some non-free events and you have still a chance to get your entry in before closing time of this competition. The website www.dublincitysoulfestival.ie lists all the events, but in the “Next Week” section of this week’s Event Guide and in next week’s Event Guide I will tell you more!
Chris was very generous and made six pairs of tickets available for different events for the Dublin Event Guide Community. The gigs are
–Monday 18 May: Ben Prevo Trio
–Tuesday 19 May: Soul Kitchen Covers
–Thursday 21 May: Owen Brady & Friends
So I have two pairs of tickets for each of the three gigs. All gigs will start at 21:00 (Doors: 20:00) and will take place in Cassidy’s in 27 Westmoreland Street. To be in with a chance and to win a pair of tickets you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com. This mail has to have the subject “Soul – Monday”, “Soul – Tuesday” or Soul – Thursday” depending on for which gig you want to win tickets. In addition the body of the mail has to contain your name and your mobile phone number. Your mail has to be with me by 12:00 on Sat 17 May.
So, have a look at the line-up on the website, decide which gigs you will go to and make sure you go to the Soul Picnic on Sunday (25 May).
Oh, and for the people that love soul and have the funds to pay a little more: If you want to hear a BRILLIANT soul band, the Rance Allen Group, go to the Soul Jam concert on Saturday (24 May) in the Sugar Club. I was at the Rance Allen Group concert last year and they literally blow your socks off! There were only 300 tickets available (EUR 40) and I expect it will sell out if it hasn’t already! Tickets are/were available on www.tickets.ie

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This section is a trial and feedback is explicitly welcome. In the process of researching events, I often find out snippets of information and gossip about Dublin that I find interesting. Maybe it only interests me and nobody else cares, But let me share a few things with you and if you like this new section, let me know.

Habitat closed until further notice. It seems that Habitat at College Green ran out of money and has now closed the shop “until further notice”. It doesn’t seem very likely that they will re-open again. Imagine, the yearly rental is allegedly 1.3 million for that shop.

Ballymun Plaza Hotel closed until further notice. The hotel got suddenly closed a few weeks ago and unconfirmed rumours in the travel industry talk about some dodgy employee who siphoned off money from customers in his own pockets and therefore triggered financial difficulties.

Burlington has reopened. Originally intended for re-development (similar to Jury’s and the Berkley Court), the Burlington now has re-opened and is managed by the Great Southern Hotel Group. I am not sure, though, if this is just a temporary re-opening (like for Jury’s and Berkley Court) or if it is permanent.

Jack Jones in Grafton Street seem to have closed down and the shop in Trinity Street (near Dame Street) is closed for renovation.

All shops in Moore Street (mainly Chinese and African) have been closed and the massive area from Moore Street along the north side of Henry Street to O’Connell Street will be knocked down and re-developed. Since Arnotts want to knock down and re-develop the south side of Henry Street from the Arnotts Shop to the GPO and Penneys, it just needs good timing and the whole area will be one MASSIVE building site.

Guinness have decided to stay in Dublin and in St. James Gate. They were considering moving to a Greenfield site. Now they will reduce the inner city site and sell part of it, build a new brewery outside of Dublin as well, but definitely continue brewing at St. James’ Gate.

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This new Exhibitions section will tell you all about lots of new exhibitions in art galleries, but if you are not too interested in exhibitions, it does allow you to skip that section relatively easily.

JESSE JONES – PROJECT ARTS CENTRE
Jesse Jones’ commissioned 16mm film “The Spectre and the Sphere” is on show from 16 May – 14 June. “The film evokes the spectres of ideology and amplifies residual voices that haunt the cultural vessels of history.” What??? Can somebody please explain that to me? I guess I will have to go there to understand!
(Venue Details: Project Art Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, www.project.ie, Open: Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00)

PETER O’KENNEDY – ST.STEPHEN’S GREEN
Tracking Beacon (NY12508) is a new video by Peter O’Kennedy that is shown in an abandoned Squash Court, that has been turned into a temporary, small cinema at the rear of 92-93 St.Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. (Between Harcourt Street and Earlsfort Terrace.) Ring the bell on the gate for entry. The video will be on show from 16 May to 12 June from Tuesdays to Sundays (closed Mondays) from 13:00-21:00. Duration: 104 minutes. Start times: 13:15, 15:15, 17:15, 19:15. Information / Seat reservation: 086 662 3331

SHEA DALTON – ONE GALLERY
One Gallery is showing new paintings by Shea Dalton from the 14 May – 31 May.
(Gallery Details: One Gallery, The Attic, 3 Clare Street, Dublin 2, www.myspace.com/onegallery, Open: Sat 12:00-17:00 or by appointment: 01 678 4077)

SARAH O’BRIEN – PALLAS CONTEMPORARY PROJECTS
Pallas Contemporary Projects present “Very Common Glory”, the first solo exhibition of drawings and installations by Sarah O’Brien. The preview is on Fri 16 May, 18:00-20:00 and the exhibition runs from 17 May – 14 June 2008.
(Gallery Details: Pallas Contemporary Projects, 111 Grangegorman Road Lower, Dublin 7, www.pallasprojects.org, Open: Thurs – Sat, 12:00-18:00)

INTERFERENCE – RED STABLES
“Interference” is the name of a group exhibition at the Red Stables, which will run from 16-24 May. The exhibition is featuring Michelle Deignan, Maria Mc Kinney, John O’Connell and Sarah O’Neill. For further information contact moxiedublin@yahoo.ie (Venue Details: Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, off Mount Prospect Avenue, Dublin 3, www.redstables.ie, Open: Mon-Fri: 12:00-16:00, Sat+Sun: 11:00-17:00)

ILONA MADDEN – EXPOSE YOURSELF GALLERY
Ilona Madden will show her new work “Dog Portraits” at the “Expose Yourself” Gallery in Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre, 3rd Floor, from 12-19 May 2008.

NCAD, MA ART IN THE DIGITAL WORLD – THISISNOTASHOP
“Occidental Tourist” is the self-organized exhibition by the first year participants of NCAD’s MA Art in the Digital World course. Working primarily, but not exclusively, with lens based digital media the show represents a diverse range of works from the group’s current research interests. The exhibition runs from 16-17 May only! (14:00-20:00) And the participating artists are Aoife Giles, Sheila Hough, Myrna Epstein, Karen McCormack, Gerard Reilly, Coilin Rush, Gary Somers. (Gallery Details: Thisisnotashop, 26 Benburb Street, Dublin 7, www.thisisnotashop.com. Open: 11:00-19:00)

NCAD 2ND YEAR PRINT – MONSTER TRUCK GALLERY
Monster Truck Gallery & Studios is hosting this year’s end of year print exhibition by the students of the National College of Art and Design second year Fine Art Print Making. The exhibition will be on show from 15 May – 20 May 2008 and the participating artists are: Anneke Blennerhassett, Chloe Brennan, Lindi Campbell-Clause, Siobhan Cox, Donal Deery , Luke Deignan, Darren Healy, David Lunney, Ann-Marie Lynch, Anja Mahler, Vera McEvoy, Ben Mulligan, Clare O’Connor, Samantha Ratanarat, Michelle Russell, Conor Vella. (Gallery Details: Monster Truck Gallery, 73 Francis Street, Dublin 7, www.monstertruck.ie, Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun: 13:00-19:00, Wed closed, Thurs: Opening night 18:00-20:00)

CAROLINE LOUISE – STILLORGAN PARK HOTEL
Is a gallery exhibition an exhibition in the way a museum shows items or is it a sales event? Well, Caroline Louise calls a spate a spate and has a Original Art Sales event in the Still Organ Park Hotel. From 16-18 May, she is showing (and selling) her paintings. Opening Hours are Fri: 16:00-19:00, Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00. www.carolinelouiseart.com

ARTS2008
About 20 Galleries will exhibit at an RDS show called ARTS2008 this weekend, but since I was not able to find out any further details and since the website is disastrously bad (looks nice but doesn’t provide ANY usable information), I can’t tell you if it is free or any other information. Pity!

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THE SECRET GARDEN – IVEAGH GARDENS
Lisa Smyth, Claire Percy and Louise Foxe all told me about this special event in the wonderfully magical and well hidden Iveagh Gardens: The Solomon Gallery (www.solomongallery.com) have turned this originally private garden (owned by the Guinness family) into a wonderland of sculptures. For smaller artworks a specially constructed glass pavilion has been constructed. The exhibition runs from 15 May – 27 May and features over 100 works in bronze, steel, timber and glass by a broad range of academic to abstract sculptors. Additionally free tours and public lectures are provided on the Saturdays and you should contact the gallery to check the times: The website is www.solomongallery.com and the e-mail address is info@solomongallery.com. The Iveagh Gardens are open every day from 10:00-18:00 and you can get to the Gardens from Harcourt Street approx. half way between Stephen’s Green and Hatch Street.
I strongly recommend that you go to this outdoors exhibition. I am sure you will enjoy it!

WORLDVIEW FILM CLUB – FILM SCREENING
As every Friday the Worldview Film Club is showing a film free of charge at 19:00 in the National Bahá’í Centre in 24 Burlington Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The film this week is “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring”. The weekly discussion after the screening is about “Spiritual Growth”. For more information check worldview.project.googlepages.com/invitation

DISTRACTORS – IN STORE PERFORMANCE
The Distractors are performing in Tower Records in Wicklow Street on Fri 16 May at 13:00. www.myspace.com/tower_records

MANU DELAGO – IN STORE PERFORMANCE
Manu Delago is performing in Tower Records in Wicklow Street on Fri 16 May at 18:00. www.myspace.com/tower_records

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CALCUTTA RUN
On Saturday 17 May the yearly Calcutta Run takes place. The Calcutta Run is a 10 km run/walk organised by the legal profession that starts and finishes at the Law Society headquarters at Blackhall Place and takes a route through the Phoenix Park. After the run/walk there is a big barbeque, musical entertainment, activities for children and lots lots more. The event is in aid of GOAL’s homeless children in Calcutta and the Peter McVerry Trust’s work in Dublin. Every participant is expected to raise a minimum of EUR 150 in sponsorship. This year is the 10th anniversary of the run and by the end of this year’s race, the organisers hope to have collected EUR 2 million over the 10 years. Registration is from 12:00-13:30. The run starts at 14:00 and the BBQ, band, DJ and family activities (including bouncy castle etc) start at 15:00. You don’t have to be a participant to take part in the After Party including the BBQ, so if you have a bit of time come to Blackhall Place (near Four Courts) on Saturday. www.calcuttarun.com

DRUM CIRCLE
The drum circle is a group of people with drums that meet regularly for drumming fun at the amphitheatre at Dublin City’s Civic Offices near Wood Quay. “The main aim of the drum circle is to have a public space for people to practice and play drumming, whether it be African, Latin-American, Irish, or European rhythms. People are expected to be open to exploring new and different rythms, also please feel free just to sit and listen, or dance, or play the shakers etc.” The event is free to all and takes place every Saturday between 14:00 and 16:00.
This week, however, the drum circle is moving to the Calcutta Run to support the runners and to start the party. For this reason the drum circle takes place from 13:00-15:00. So, if you go to the Calcutta Run, then you will get a chance to hear the Drum Circle and if you even have a drum at home, bring it an join in with the fun! www.dublin.ie/websites/drumcircle/
Thanks to Claire Percy for informing me about this event!

CAR BOOT SALE
The 3rd ToeJam Car Boot Sale will take place this Sat 17 May on the car park of the Bernard Shaw pub in 11-12 South Richmond Street. If you would like to bring your car, or any other goods to sell email the organiser at john@bodytonicmusic.com (0857128342). The event starts at 13:00 and runs until 18:00. It is free to get in and to browse. ;-) Falafel will be sold and if the weather is ok, they might even have a DJ or some live acts there. Since Car Boot Sales in Dublin are rather rare, I will definitely go there. Thanks to all the people (too many to mention) who reminded me of this event!

CENTRE STAGE FESTIVAL CABINTEELY
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown presents another event in their summer series. It is a drama and music festival with 7 free shows over Saturday and Sunday. Again it is a totally free event and as seems to be a direct consequence from “free”, the event is very badly advertised. However, as a reader of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) you are in luck! :-) I found out the details of this brilliant theatre festival:
“The Duck Variations”, Sat 17, 14:00 (Dalkey Players)
“The Moon Cut Like a Sickle”, Sat 17, 15:00 (Young Balally Players)
“As You Like It”, Sat 17, 16:00 (Balally Players)
“The Good Doctor”, Sun 18, 14:00 (Taney Dramatic Society)
“I Dream of Dublin”, Sun 18 May, 15:00 (Horizon)
“Gosforth’s Fete”, Sun 18, 16:00, (St Patrick’s Dramatic Society, Dalkey)
“Swing A Merry Musical”, Sun 18, 17;00, (Dun Laoghaire Musical and Dramatic Society)
The complete programme is listed here on Page 2 on the right hand side: www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/Ebulletin_May08.pdf

DRAMA WORKSHOP – NATIONAL MUSEUM
As part of the Bealtaine Festival for the over 50 year olds, the National Museum is offering a Drama Workshop in the museum in Kildare Street. The workshop runs on Sat 17 May from 10:00-12:00, from 14:00-16:00 and the final stage is on Sun from 14:00-16:00. The title of the workshop is “The Stuff of Myths” and the museum describes “Join us in a creative drama workshop exploring Greek and Roman myths and legends, led by, Ciaran McMahon, a professional actor.” Age: Adults, Booking essential. Please contact the Education and Outreach Department Tel: (01) 648 6332 or bookingsks@museum.ie

EGG & SPOON RACE – DUBLIN IMPROV
The Slow Motion Egg &Spoon Race last weekend was fun and about 20 people took part in it. The bystanders were amused, puzzled and surprised, but I don’t think they were shocked. :-) You can find a video on Facebook if you are a facebook member (www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=14249631518&oid=25475730832) and thanks to Declan there are a good few pictures here www.flickr.com/photos/decsramble/sets/72157605005280212/

HALVES – IN STORE PERFORMANCE
Halves is performing in Tower Records in Wicklow Street on Sat 17 May at 13:00. www.myspace.com/tower_records

JACK CANFIELD – BOOK SIGNING
Jack Canfield will be signing copies of “Success Principles: How to Get from Where You are to Where You Want to be” on Sat 17 May from 13:00 in Eason’s in O’Connell Street.

HERE COMES SUMMER – FAMILY PROGRAM, NATIONAL GALLERY
The National Gallery offers a regular Saturday Family Program. This Sat 17 May from 15:00-16:00 the theme is “Here comes Summer!”. The programme is free and is suitable for children from 4 -10 working together with the accompanying adult. The number is limited to 70 (first come first served) and it will take place in the Baroque Gallery. www.nationalgallery.ie

COLETTE HENRY QUARTETT
A new Jazz Club has opened in Dublin and will host regular jazz gigs. The name is “The 27 Club” in Cassidy’s Bar in 27 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2. (087 2878755 or 01 6708604, 27jazzclub@gmail.com). This week the Colette Henry Quartett will perform there on Sat 17 May from 20:30. Colette tells me that admission is free, but on another website I found that admission to the Jazz Club is always EUR 8. Their website doesn’t give ANYTHING away (www.the27club.com/) so, I guess we should trust Colette, BUT it won’t do any harm to ring the venue, I guess.

TEMPLE BAR MARKETS
Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets, the Temple Bar Food Market on Meeting House Square and the Temple Bar Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane, are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

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SUNDAY AT NOON – CLASSICAL MUSIC AT HUGH LANE
The Hugh Lane Gallery’s Sunday at Noon concerts is back. This Sunday, the ensemble MD7 from Slovenia will perform and will thereby complete an exchange with the Irish group Concorde. The concert starts at 12:00 and goes until 13:00. Admission is free. www.hughlane.ie/concerts/whatson.asp
www.dublinevents.com/events//concert/md7

ROLLERBLADING IN PHOENIX PARK
Last week I went to the second Rollerblade Meet & Train for adults in Phoenix Park and I tell you, it was fun!! About 15 people, most of them beginners with varying experience were there and after practising slowing down and stopping for a while, we went for a nice (but not too long trip) along the cycling paths in Phoenix park. If you always wanted to get the dust of the roller blades that you still have in your attic or garage, come to the next meeting! I will do my best to be there again.
Every Sunday from 13:00-14:00 everybody who is interested in a bit of roller blading is invited to meet at the Papal Cross Car park. There will be a bit of teaching, lots of opportunity to practise and then a bit of a skate trip in Phoenix Park.
See www.skatetraindublin.blogspot.com for details. Experienced Rollerbladers are welcome for demonstrations of technique.
USIT ADVENTURE TRAVEL EVENT
USIT, the travel agency on 19/21 Ashton Quay in Dublin 2 informs “On Sunday 18 May 18th from 14:00-17:00, we’ll have Adventure Travel specialists from around the world on hand to tell you all about global destinations. From tripping outback Australia and the wilderness of Africa to rocking the boat in the Caribbean or climbing the peaks of Everest, they’ll be sharing their experiences and letting you know how to experience it for yourself. www.usit.ie/travel/adventure_event.html

DUBLIN 5 MILE CLASSIC
The Dublin 5 Mile Classic road race takes place around Walkinstown, Templeogue, Rathfarnham & Terenure, on Sun 18 May. The route takes runners from Greentrees Rd towards Templeville Rd, Springfield Ave, Rathfarnham Rd, Templeogue Rd, back on to Templeville Rd, before finishing up again on Greentrees Rd. Up to 1000 participants are expected and traffic delays in the area are likely from 11:00-14:00. The race starts at 12:00.

DUBLIN GA Y THEATRE FESTIVAL
The Dublin Ga y Theatre Festival (I chose the weird spelling to reduce problems with spam classification!) is coming to an end this weekend and in addition to the theatre performances tht are usually ticketed, there are a number f free events as well. You can find the full program on www.gaytheatre.ie.
Here are the free events for this week:
—“A Stint in your Spotlights” (Sun 18 May, 15:00) in The George, Georges Street is the third and final three events at the festival of New Irish Writing. This event shows a funny and touching play about fame, love and playmaking by new Irish playwright, Mark Ward.
—The Story of Zrazy @ The George (Sun, 18 May, 16:30). Performing in The George, Ireland’s leading l esbian duo Carol and Maria give an insight into their successful career as jazz musicians.
—Ga y Poster Artwork (01-31 May) in Front Lounge, Parliament Street. Exhibition of posters of all the plays that can be seen at this year’s festival.

CLUSTER BOMB PROTEST – MULTI-FAITH SERVICE
Next week the Cluster Munitions Conference (CMC) will take place in Dublin and the week long protest starts with a Multi-Faith Service on Sun 18 may in St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Marlborough Street from 16:0-17:00.

NOT FOR SALE SUNDAY – TALK
On Sun 18 May the “Not for Sale Sunday” takes place. The event is about human trafficking and is organised and supported by International Religious Congregations and Missionary Societies in association with CORI and IMU and The Most Reverend Dr John Neill, Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland). The event will take place at 20:00 in St. Anne’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Guest Speaker is Carol Freeman, from the organisation Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking Across Europe. Unfortunately I am not totally certain if this event will be free or not.
www.activelink.ie/ce/active.php?id=3811

WEEKEND EVENTS
If you are just looking for Sunday events, please check the event list for Saturday as well. Many events are taking place on Saturday AND Sunday, but it wouldn’t make sense to list them twice.

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DUBLIN CITY SOUL FESTIVAL
I can’t praise that festival enough and I strongly recommend that you go to a few of the gigs during the week and definitely come to the completely free Soul Picnic next Sunday (25 May) in Merrion Square. So the culmination of the festival is the Soul Picnic, but the build up to it is tremendous and I suggest that you check out the full schedule on www.dublincitysoulfestival.ie or check out the programme brochure on www.dublincitysoulfestival.ie/images/stories/DCSF%20for%20Download.pdf
And this is what is happening:
In the 27 Club in Cassidy’s in 27 Westmoreland Street there will be “7 Nights of Soul” with Doors at 20:00 and show at 21:00:
Mon: “The Ben Prevo Trio” – Monday Night Blues, EUR 5
Tues: “Soul Kitchen”, Some of Dublin’s finest singer/songwriters doing soul covers
Featuring Stace Gill, James McMorrow, Jill Deering, Rhob Cunningham, Tisint and Adela Meally, EUR 5
Wed: “Marie Keane’s Soul Purpose” – 7 piece soul, funk & jazz ensemble, EUR 5
Thurs: “Owen Brady & Friends” – Prepare To Be Happy Soul Jam, EUR 8
Fri: “Salvoblues” with Salvatore on keys & Iseult Sheehy on vocals, EUR 10
Sat: “Woodsy and Friends”, Hosted by Lou Van Laake, EUR 10
Sun: “The Conspirators” – 5 piece jazz, funk & soul band, EUR 8
Free events take place in Thomas Reads in Parliament Street:
Thurs: “The Moog 69s” from 21:00
Sun: “Sunday Roast Soul Fest Special” from 21:00
And more free events:
Fri: “Midnight in the Garden” – Live Jazz in Café Cairo in Trinity Capital Hotel from 19:00
Fri: “Respect Yourself” – Film Screening of the STAX Records Story in Filmbase in Curve Street Temple Bar. The show is at 20:00 and you need to request (free) tickets by sending an e-mail to soulcinema@dublincitysoulfestival.ie
Sat: “Standing in the shadows of Motown” – Film screening in Filmbase at 15:00 on Sat. For this event you have to request tickets the same way as for the previous film.
I will tell you about all other weekend events (free and not free) in the context of the Dublin City Soul Festival in next week’s Event Guide.

CLONDALKIN WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL
“Fused 08”, the South County Dublin Summer Festivals, are starting with the Clondalkin World Culture Festival. Further festivals will follow in Lucan (beginning of June) and in Tallaght (end of June). Seotur is the name of the festival in Clondalkin and it will start on Mon 19 May and go until Sat 24 May.
Most of the events during the Festival are free and here is a selection of all the events:
Mon 19 -Wed 21:
–Workshops HIP HOP with Just Dance. Clondalkin Library, 10:00-11:00 + 11:30-12:30, Age 7-8, Admission free
Tues 20:
–Concert with Niwel Tsumbu (Guitar+Vocals), Clondalkin Library, 13:10, Adm free
–African Rhythm and Song, Workshop, Clondalkin Library, 16:30, Adm free.
Wed 21:
–Storytime with Latin Flavour: Clondalkin Lib, 15:30, Age: 2-6, Adm free
–Salsa for Adults to try: Clondalkin Library, 19:00, Adm free
–Concert The Best of Irish and Scottish, Aras Chronain, 21:00, Adm EUR 10
Thur 22:
–Concert The Best of Irish and Scottish, Clondalkin Civic Centre (outdoors), 13:10, Adm free.
–Latin Evening (Cuba Nica) with music&dance, Clondalkin Library, 19:30, Adm free
Fri 23:
–Concert Cape Breton Island Traditional, Aras Chronain, 13:10, Adm EUR 5
–Cape Breton Island Dance to try, Aras Chronain, 18:30, EUR 5
–Concert Traditional from Ireland and Appalachia, Aras Chronain, 21:00, EUR 10
Sat 24:
–Concert India with Dublin Gurus, Aras Chronain, 13:00, EUR 5
–SeanNos Dancing to try, Aras Chronain, 14:00, Adm EUR 5
–SeanNos Song to try, Aras Chronain, 16:30, Adm EUR 5
–Concert Four Men & a Dog, Aras Chronain, 20:30, Adm EUR 20
For a full programme with more details:
arts.southdublin.ie/images/stories/B16549%20Fused%20Seotur.pdf

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL – LUNCH TIME LECTURES
During May, Christ Church Cathedral is offering a number of lunch time lectures every Tuesdays 13:15. They are all linked to the restoration of the Christ Church Cathedral from 1871-1878. On 20 May, the topic is “Keeping the piece[s]:
Street’s medieval stone collection” and will be given by Dr Rachel Moss (Lecturer and archives manager Trinity Irish Art Research Centre (TRIARC)). The event will take place in the Crypt. Admission Free and all are welcome. cccdub.ie/heritage/lectures/cc-lecture-series/lectures.html

THE BIG BREAKFAST – FORUM
The forum for artists and youth workers is promoting their THE BIG BREAKFAST- a free breakfast and forum for artists and youth workers to explore the opportunities and difficulties in developing participatory arts practice with young people in Dublin City. Young Urban Arts, an Arts Initiative of CityArts, CDYSB and Dublin City Council, invite you to attend the first session in a series of “Big Breakfasts’”.
The first “Big Breakfast” will take place at the Dance House on Foley Street, on the 20 May, from 10:30-12:30. A panel of youth workers and artists will share a diversity of experience through short reflections of their own practice. All attending will have an opportunity to input into the discussion and enjoy a free breakfast.
Numbers are limited so please RSVP to niamh.geoghegan@cdysb.cdvec.ie

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CENTRE – SEMINAR
“AMP – A Meeting Place” is a series of cross-arts interaction seminars for composers, performers, painters, sculptors, animators, filmmakers, dancers and actors. Organised by the Contemporary Music Centre, the series, AMP, is designed to give musicians and artists the chance to interact, discuss, and learn about the ways in which they can impact on each other’s work. The format for each evening will include short
presentations by guest speakers, while also allowing the chance for open discussion.
The second seminar “AMP 2 — Music & Multimedia” is taking place on Tues 20 May at 19:30 in Pravda, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1. The speakers are Tim Redfern, New Media artist, who will speak about his latest project which deals with programming generative graphic systems and their applications in performance and installation. He has also collaborated on installations and image work for Roger Doyle and the DEAF festival.
Linda Buckley, composer, currently involved in writing a documentary soundtrack, and has also collaborated with projects such as ‘if() then() else()’, a multimedia performance that combined traditional disciplines such as music, film and theatre, with technologies such as real-time video processing and multi-channel sound distribution. (lindabuckley.org, eclectronics.org)
Regular updates on the series will be available from the Centre’s site www.cmc.ie and on MySpace at www.myspace.com/ampbycmc. The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland’s national archive and resource centre for new music. For further information contact Aoife FitzPatrick, Promotion Officer, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 on 01 673 1922, or email afitzpatrick@cmc.ie.

DOCKLANDS FUN RUN
The Docklands Fun Run is taking place on Tues 20 May to take part in it does cost some registration fees (see www.dublindocklands.ie/funrun), but watching the Fun Run is obviously free. It is a 8 km run, which starts and finishes at the new Grand Canal Square near Pearse Street. The run starts at 19:45.

NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT FOR SRI LANKA – MEETING
“A Negotiated Settlement for Sri Lanka – Lessons from the Irish Peace Process” is the full title of the public meeting in the Walton Theatre on Tues 20 May (19:00-21:00). The meeting is organised by the Irish Forum for Peace in Sri Lanka (IFPSL) and the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), Trinity College Dublin and is sponsored by Irish Quaker Faith in Action (IQFA).
“As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in what way can Ireland help Sri Lanka to secure human rights and to reach a negotiated settlement? A pioneering facilitator of the Irish Peace Process, Fr. Alec Reid, will speak on the Irish lessons while two leading Tamil and Sinhala peace campaigners, who live in exile, will bring in information about the Sri Lankan conflict and its local and geo-political dynamics. Jurgen Klimke, a German Member of Parliament, who has recently developed a position paper for the ruling CDU about Sri Lanka, will put forward his ideas about how Europe can help to facilitate a peace process in Lanka.”
Keynote Speaker: Fr. Alec Reid – A facilitator of the Irish and Basque Peace Processes. Other speakers: Dr. N.Sathiyamoorthy (Award winning medical practitioner and pioneer of Tamil rehabilitation initiative – White Pigeon, UK);
Mr. Rohitha Bashana Abeywardena (A Sinhala Journalist and a Political Analyst, Hiru Group-Sri Lanka); Mr. Jürgen Klimke – MP-CDU, Germany (Member of the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development).
www.ifpsl.org and irishpeaceforum@gmail.com

NEW MOTHERS TOUR – NATIONAL GALLERY
The National Gallery on Merrion Square is offering – extra for Roisin? and soon for Aisling? – a tour for new mothers, parents, guardians and carers of newborn infants and children. Tours take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month and are focussed on collections on the ground floor (to facilitate buggies). Meeting Point is always the Shaw Room and the tour will last from, 15:00-15:45. This Wednesday (21 May), is the May tour and admission is free. www.nationalgallery.ie

DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA – CONFERENCE
On 21 May from 09:00-16:00 the Democracy in Africa Conference will take place in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. The African Voice Newspaper in partnership with Responsible Policies and Our Own Hands; African Girls Network is inviting you to the conference of the year entitled “When Will Democracy Work in Africa” as well as a Tourism Exhibition themed “Destination Africa” to mark the 44th Africa Day celebrations.
Master of Ceremonies is Mark Little, Prime Time, RTE. Refreshments: Lunch will be provided. Admission is free and limited Childcare/travel contribution will be provided as deserved. Please note that it is required that you register your name in advance of the conference to avail of this service.
Speakers are Mr Phakiso Mochochoko (Senior Legal Advisor (Registry) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) the Hague, Holland) with a talk about the topic: Can there be lasting peace (democracy) without justice? In order to have democracy which one should come first, peace or justice, are the two mutually exclusive or are they two sides of the same coin?
Dr. Petros B. Ogbazghi (PhD) speaking about the topic: Social Exclusion of Africans
Mr.Aki Stavrou (Director Integrating Ireland) with the topic: Conflict and peace
and Her Excellency Mannete Ramaili (Ambassador-Kingdom of Lesotho) who will speak about “Women in Africa: where are they; where should they be?”
Maurice Manning (Irish Human Rights commission) with the Epilogue
For details contact:
Malcolm Eremionkhale 087-2618184 e-mail: theafricanvoice@gmail.com
Thabi Madide 086-1209843 e-mail: responsiblepolicies@02.ie
Neltah Chadamoyo 086-3287711 e-mail: neltahc@gmail.com
www.activelink.ie/ce/active.php?id=2948

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART – PUBLIC LECTURE
Create – the national development agency for collaborative arts – are, in partnership with the Bealtaine Festival, announcing the public lecture “Socially Engaged Art?”. Peter DiMuro, dance artist and producer will talk about this with Willie White, artistic director Project Arts Centre. The event will take place in the Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Trinity College Dublin on 21 May at 16:30.
“Socially engaged art? Peter DiMuro in conversation with Willie White will explore this provocative and ill-defined term. Drawing on 25 years experience as a collaborative dance artist Peter DiMuro will tease out the subtler nuances of this practice, challenging reductive concepts of collaborative arts process and practice.”
The event is free to all but places do need booked, email communications@create-ireland.ie or telephone 01-4736600. This event is followed by a wine reception.

AFRICANS IN THE DIASPORA – PUBLIC LECTURE
The Africa Centre invites you to its 6th Annual Public Lecture “Africans in the Diaspora as Agents of Change” on Wednesday 21 May at 19:00 at the Irish Aid Information and Volunteering Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell Street Dublin 1. The Keynote Address will be delivered by Conor Lenihan T.D. Minister for Integration and the guest speaker is Dr. Noel Tagoe. Admission Free but you have to book tickets by Friday 16 May 2008. For further information contact Mbemba Jabbi: mbemba@africacentre.ie or Telephone 01 865 6951

IRISH CHARITIES ACT – DISCUSSION
If you are involved with a charity, you should be interested in the “New Irish Charities Act”. A discussion of the implications for Irish charities organised by the European Association for Planned Giving (EAPG) is taking place at Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 on May 21 (17:15-19:00, followed by drinks and refreshments). The discussion is lead by Joe Hamill (Assistant Secretary General, Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs) and Philip Smith (Arthur Cox). The new charity legislation will have an impact on all organisations that raise funds or carry out charitable activities in the Republic of Ireland. Awareness and compliance will be important for all charitable bodies so that the new legislation will help charities in their work.
To attend EAPG’s Dublin Roundtable, please email sue@plannedgiving.org.uk Please double-check if this event is free before you book.

CLUSTER BOMB PROTEST – PETITION AND FILM SCREENING
The Cluster Munitions Conference (CMC) is taking place in Croke Park on Wednesday 21 May and Amnesty International is organising a petition-signing street action. If you have some time and would like to support this initiative, contact Amnesty International in Dublin on (01) 863 8300.
In the evening from 20:30-21:30 the film ‘Unacceptable Harm’ by Chris Anderson will be shown at an Outdoor Film Screening on Meeting House Square, Temple Bar.
Another film will be shown in Thursday 22 May: ‘Yellow Killers’ by Svetlana Lukic and Svetlana Vukovic will be shown in the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell Street from 19:30-21:00.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL – SUGAR CLUB
On Wed 21 May the Sugar Club in Leeson Street invites to a screening of the Champions League Final (Manchester United vs Chelsea) on their Cinema Screen. Doors is at 19:00 and Admission is free. The first 50 in get a free pint of Heineken as well. www.thesugarclub.com/whatson.html

WHY MARRIAGE – CONFERENCE
“Why Marriage? Love and Justice in 21st Century Ireland” is the topic of a Public Lecture and a Conference from 21-22 May. The Irish School of Ecumenics is holding thisd two-day conference. On the first day, Wednesday 21 May, there will be a public lecture on ‘Equality and Just Love: A Framework for a Christian Ethic’ by Professor Margaret Farley of Yale Divinity School. It will take place in the Walton Theatre, Arts Block, TCD, at 19:30. All are welcome.
The next day, Thursday 22, there will be an all-day seminar in IIIS Seminar Room, Level 6, TCD Arts Building, beginning at 09:30. The seminar sessions will examine same-sex marriage from theological, legal and ecclesiastical perspectives. Seminar places are very limited, so booking is essential.
www.marriagequality.ie/download/pdf/ise_conference_brochure.pdf And the booking form is here www.marriagequality.ie/download/doc/ise_conference_booking_form.doc

WOMEN IN PRISON – SEMINAR
The public seminar “Women in Prison: the Need for a Critical Review” is taking place on Thurs 22 May from 17:00-19:00 at the Law Library, Distillery Building,
145–151 Church Street, Dublin 7. The Public Seminar hosted by The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.
The Keynote Speaker is Baroness Jean Corston, the author of The Corston Report, a review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system of England and Wales. Her review, called for a radically different approach to penal policy in relation to women.
The response will come from Senator Ivana Bacik, Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology, a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and a practising Barrister.
There is no charge for this event. Further information will be available at www.jcfj.ie
To register your interest in attending this event, please email: prisonseminar@jcfj.ie or telephone: 01-855 6814

SANTORIA – GIG
On Thurs 22 May the Soul Band “Santoria” will play in the Q Bar in O’Connell Street as a 4 piece band from 22:00. Admission is free. www.santoria.ie

SPANISH FILM SCREENING – SHORT FILMS
The Instituto Cervantes (Spanish Cultural Institute) will show the short films “Bichos raros”, “El pan nuestro”, “El ataque de los kritters asesinos”, “Última toma”, “Mariquita con perro” and “Benelux” on Wed 21 May at 18:30. The film screening is free and the films will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles.
dublin.cervantes.es/en/culture_spanish/upcoming_activities_culture_spanish.shtm The Instituto Cervantes has its offices in Lincoln House on Lincoln Place (back of TCD, between Kildare Street and Westmoreland Street).
On Thurs 22 May, the Instituto will show the film “It’s A Free World”. “It’s A Free World” is a film about exploitation of mainly eastern European migrant workers in Britain told from the point of view of Angie, a 30 year old heading an employment agency for immigrants. Don Flynn, Director of the Migrant Rights Network, UK, and Chairperson of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) will respond to the film, and will conduct a workshop from 10:00-12:00 on 23 May.

TEA ALAGIC – ABBEY TALKS
Bosnian émigré, author of Zero Hour and director of The Brothers Size, Tea Alagic discusses how personal experience becomes public theatre. Her talk is called “Bearing Witness” and will take place on Thur 22 May from 18:15-19:00 in the Peacock Theatre. Admission is free but booking is essential on 01 87 87 222

PARENTING WORKSHOPS @ DUNDRUM TOWN CENTRE
The Dundrum Town Centre is offering free parenting workshops on Thursdays from 11:00-12:00, in Frangos World Cuisine, located on Level 3. The upcoming events are: Fiona Fenlon of Jackle International in conjunction with McCabes Pharmacy will provide a workshop giving tips for new mums and mums-to-be: Infant Nutrition with SMA (15 May); “Protect Your Child In Summer” and advice on other children’s skin conditions with LaRoche Posay and Vichy (22 May); and Pain Management in Babies & Children (29 May ). The events are free of charge and available on a first come-first served basis.

ROBOTNIK – IN STORE PERFORMANCE
Robotnik are performing in Tower Records in Wicklow Street on Fri 23 May at 17:30. www.myspace.com/tower_records

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The Event Guide is getting longer and longer and I hope you make good use of all the great event offerings out there! I better go to bed now, it is already 08:30 and I worked through the night on this newsletter. ;-)

Enjoy the weekend!

–Joerg

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