Event Guide 87: Event Guide Party, Hug Day, Gravitation, Car Boot Sale, Astronomy Lecture, Connector Meeting

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 87
| 13 Feb 2009                      Subscribers: 3409
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Hi all!

Happy Friday 13th! :-) If you are superstitious, you might experience a number of challenges today, but luckily these challenges are limited to the superstitious people. :-O If you don’t believe that there is anything to be worried about on a Friday 13th, then you will have a day as lucky or unlucky as any other. Yep, this and other brilliant information about luck is all scientifically proven. You can read it in the hugely interesting book “The Luck Factor” by Richard Wiseman. (www.amazon.co.uk/Luck-Factor-Scientific-Study-Lucky/dp/0099443244). So, just look forward to a REALLY good day and it will happen. Oh and MY personal proof that the superstition is nonsense: I am born on a Friday 13th! …and for me that was very lucky. ;-) Ok, there could be a FEW people that use this fact as a proof for the opinion that the superstition is actually based on facts, but I will just ignore them. :-))))))

Only for special occasions I send a “Special Event Guide” to you. The upcoming special occasion that was the trigger for this Wednesday’s mail was the 1st Dublin Event Guide Party in 2009 on Saturday 14 Feb. We will meet at 21:00 in the Lotts Café Bar in Lower Liffey Street. Lotts Café Bar (www.thelottscafebar.com) is just a stone throw from the Ha’Penny Bridge (North Side) and is between Pravda and the back of Arnotts. A map is here www.thelottscafebar.com/contact.htm.
We will meet at the back of the Café Bar in the raised area, a few steps up from the street level. If you end up in the in the older style pub at the corner (called The Lotts as well), you should leave and go to the Lotts Café Bar next door. Should you have problems finding us, ring me on 087-2931571. Recognising me will be easy: At a recent visit to the Science Gallery I bought a “battery eating monster” (www.kikkerland.com/prod/1545.html) with two flashing LEDs as eyes. I will wear this mad “thing” on Saturday and you will DEFINITELY find me that way. ;-) I hope to see you ALL! :-)
…and just to make sure that nobody gets the wrong impression. This is an event for everybody – independent from relationship status. If you have no other plans for that evening, come at 21:00 and stay until midnight. If you do have other plans with or without a loved one, then just come for a little while before or after dinner/cinema/other pub etc. It would be great to meet as many Dublin Event Guide Community members as possible.

And finally: If you use Gmail and you can’t see the headlines in this Event Guide anymore, please check if it says at the top of the mail “Images are not displayed.” If it says that, you can choose below between “Display images below” and “Always display images from dublineventguide@gmail.com“. I suggest you choose the second option. And miraculously, you will be able to see all headlines of the different Event Guide sections again! Thanks to Isabelle F. to help me realise that this issue exists. If you use Hotmail, Yahoo or AOL and you can’t see the nice banner headlines over each section, please let me know immediately.

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A big thanks to Maeve L., Blaithin O’D. and The Paul Kane Gallery (www.thepaulkanegallery.com) who sent me donations this week. Every donation is hugely appreciated and I am looking forward to YOURS! ;-) The Paul Kane Gallery is supporting contemporary Irish artists since 1997 and has now a beautiful gallery space in 6 Merrion Square. With new exhibitions every month, Paul’s Gallery is always worth a visit…and if you make your way to The Paul Kane Gallery, tell Paul that it was suggested to you in the “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”. ;-)

And please read this: This Event Guide is sponsored by Esme E, Cliodhna D, Brian L, Padraig S, Kathie S, Orla niF, Jef B, Susanna N, Kate C, Nicola J, Claus Sch, Gordon S, Jeanne M, Fiona O’C, Marta M, Angela C, Isabelle F, Sundra S, Meisoon N, Ruth F, Valerie McN, Estelle O, Aoife M, Mairin M, Fionán O’L, Maeve L, Blaithin O’D, www.stickyfingerstravel.com (The travel guide for parents travelling with their children.), www.target2020.com (…a training company that focuses on personal and career development.), www.thepaulkanegallery.com (An Art Gallery, located at 6 Merrion Square, which supports contemporary Irish artists.) and www.a1computers.ie in Cabinteely (…who repair computers, printers and sort out Internet problems fast and who sell computers, laptops and low priced printer cartridges). The main sponsor is www.kravmagaireland.com, the self-defence training centre for everyone, which provides 12-week or 2-day self-defence training courses for beginners.

I am grateful for all support, the sponsoring is picking up, but YOUR support is NEEDED too! Going to free events saves you a LOT of money. True? ;-) Knowing about these free events is essential, so that you then can decide if you want to go or not. True? This is at least worth 1 Euro per month, which is just 25 cent per newsletter!? Do you agree? Can I count on your 12 Euro per year? Feel free to give more if you can, but please do consider the 12 Euro.
To contribute go to “http ://url . ie/v6z” and just remove the three Spaces in the web address (I have to write it like this, otherwise Spam Checkers complain about the url .ie address.) you then can donate using PayPal or your credit card!
Alternatively you can transfer your donation directly to “Joerg Steegmueller, AIB, SortCode 93-36-78, AccountNo 03556043” or send a mail to me (dublineventguide@gmail.com) and we can arrange a different route for your donation. This Event Guide is a hobby project and NOT a commercial enterprise, so I do need donations!

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 guarantee for correctness can be given.
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Quite a number of you asked me to provide a digested version of the week’s events from the long list of events in this newsletter. It is quite challenging to pick and choose, so to make it a little easier for me, I am describing in this section what _I_ intend to do or what I would do if I weren’t busy with other things. ;-) Maybe that helps you. All events mentioned here are described in further detail further down.

We completed our recording of a number of songs for Kevin Doyle’s upcoming album of Hollywood and Broadway songs, so this weekend I will have a bit more time to enjoy events. On Saturday I will try to go to Rathmines Library to see an exhibition about the bombing of the North Strand in 1941. Not a BIG event and I didn’t even mention it below, but you can find details here if you are interested (www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Events/Pages/exhib_north_strand_bombings.aspx). Later the Valentine’s Car Boot Sale, maybe a visit to the National Museum and DEFINITELY the Dublin Event Guide Party are on my plan.
Sunday doesn’t look too busy, but so I might take it easy and recover from writing this Event Guide before I go to the Gospel Mass in the evening. Maybe I will goto Monsktown to check Gravitation 2009, it sounds cool. ;-)
On Monday the Astronomy Lecture, on Tuesday the Blaze Away Lecture in the National Museum and on Thursday the Connector Meetup sound interesting

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GOSPEL PROJECT ALBUM LAUNCH – TICKET COMPETITION
The Gospel Project (www.thegospelproject.net and www.myspace.com/thegospelproject), a 5-piece vocal harmony group, which was formed five years ago by Cathy McEvoy as an alternative to the larger Gospel choirs, are launching their album on Fri 13 Feb from 20:00 at Radio City (in Isaac Butt’s, Store Street, Dublin 1). In addition to the launch there will be a full-length concert and it promises to be a great night. Tickets are EUR 15 (includes a CD) and are available at the door. Cathy had made a pair of tickets available and Cecelia Gavigan is the lucky winner. For more information about the launch, contact 087-6361314 or info@thegospelproject.net.

COSMIC VOICES – BULGARIAN A-CAPELLA CHOIR
Unfortunately this 20 strong all-female choir had to cancel the concert in Dublin and consequently there was no winner of the tickets. Apologies if you were hoping to win the tickets.

All events in this Competition Section are non-free events, but the organisers are making free tickets available for you to win. I usually get lots of competition entries and unfortunately not everybody can win, so even if you are not the winner, please consider going to an event to support the organisers. :-) If you don’t win, and will go to the event, please help showing the organisers that promoting their event in the Dublin Event Guide is beneficial and mention to them that you heard about the event through “Joerg’s Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”. Thanks!

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ST. VALENTINE IN DUBLIN
With Valentine’s Day looming, did you know that St. Valentine is actually in Dublin? Well, some pieces of him…or should I say “some pieces that are allegedly of him”? Billy W told me that Valentine’s relics are in the Carmelite Church on Aungier Street (between Camden Street and South Great Georges Street). I have to admit that I am quite sceptical about the authenticity of relics in general, but, hey, it doesn’t do any harm to think that St. Valentine’s remains are in this church independent from the degree of truth in it. (It seems, nobody every checked if ANYTHING is in the box! The seals of the box/casket in which the relics are in, have never been broken!) The whole story is described here www.carmelites.ie/ireland/Whitefriar%20St/valentine.htm

PUB + RESTAURANT NEWS
Whenever I am in the City Centre I discover “developments”. Some are just interesting: For example the planning application at Fitzers in Temple Bar (www.fitzers.ie/?section=12), which will result in a COMPLETE change of all aspects of this building. Others are surprising or nearly disturbing: For example the fact that the once very popular night club “Zanzibar” at the Liffey Quays was transformed from a unique Eastern style into a rather cheap looking “Bondi Beach Club”. And others again are shocking. Last week I was shocked to discover that Ba Mizu (www.bamizu.com) in Powerscourt Townhouse had closed. This was once a VERY crowded place and a few years ago it had a delicious food menue. But then the food went from very good to just ok, and last weekend I found out that the place closed already 6 months ago! Pity and shocking that it couldn’t be kept alive. – And regarding me not finding out for 6 months!? – I think I have to get out more.

THE EVENT GUIDE NEWSPAPER IS GONE
If you are in Dublin for more than 3 months you most likely came across the fortnightly printed publication “the event guide” in a pub or in the Temple Bar Information Centre or another venue. “the event guide” was a great little newspaper full of all events in Dublin. It was free and was financed through advertisement.
Totally unexpectedly “the event guide” has now decided to stop printing the newspaper and to become an online publication only. They always had a website (www.eventguide.ie), but the website was one of the worst looking websites imaginable and I expect (or hope) that a big overhaul is taking place at the moment. However, as an online magazine they will have to compete with the brilliant www.entertainment.ie, which will be a tough challenge and additionally I would expect that advertisement revenue will be even less. So we have to wait and see what the future brings for this event guide. www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/02/02/the-event-guide-leaves-the-streets/
I understand a long long time ago “the event guide” was called “Dublin Event Guide”. I never saw it when it had that name and when I started writing this weekly e-mail newsletter, there was no publication in Dublin called “Dublin Event Guide” and certainly not “Dublin Event Guide for Free Events”. And because it described best what my newsletter was about, I used that name. Despite the fact that they never used the name “Dublin Event Guide” again, the people from “the event guide” were at some stage a little unhappy with me for using the name “Dublin Event Guide for Free Events”. But I explained that I had no intention of making their life difficult or of competing with them with my hobby project and I can safely say that the changes that “the event guide” is now encountering are in no way triggered by and have nothing to do with the great success the “Dublin Event Guide for Free Events” is. Never a cent of advertisement was taken from “the event guide” by me.
Thanks to Margaret G. and Ciaran McG to point out this news story to me!

WEBSITE FOR WRITERS
It seems that we have a good few writers among us in the Dublin Event Guide Community and for all you talented people there is a new website, which Eimear Galvin mentioned to me. The website is www.writing4all.ie and it is for all your writing. And Eimear describes: “Writing4all.ie is a new web site that focuses on Irish literary talent. It is an Irish forum where authors can post work for free, receive feedback and review their peers. If you are interested in joining, simply register on the site and allow your creative juices flow. The site also provides a monthly newsletter, access to local writing and reading groups, literary festivals and writing courses. National and international literary news, updated regularly, is a popular feature and we have begun a series of exciting writing competitions.
Since its launch on 16 October 2008, Writing4all.ie, currently has 165 Authors who have contributed 114 Excerpts to the site and there have been 1883 Views of the Excerpts.” So, if you are a writer check it out, maybe it will help you.

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A few weeks ago I suggested/invited everybody on the distribution list who has recently started a company – out of need or because they saw this great opportunity -, to send me some information about their venture and I promised to let everybody in the Dublin Event Guide Community know. I got a good few replies and am still open to receive more. Initially I had planned to list all of these business ideas here together, but to keep the size of the newsletter a little under control, I will now distribute them over a few weeks.

MARVELLOUS FACES – FACE PAINTING
Not too long back Maria Markey-Greene started a professional face painting company, has now a number of regular helpers working for her and has added balloon modelling to the service portfolio. The painted faces are brilliant and while certainly spooky faces around Halloween are a big thing, every festival and every birthday will benefit from having a face painter and a balloon modeller. The joy on children’s faces when they realise that they look spectacular is just amazing. Maria and her team have a good number of customers, but are still looking for more and if you need one or a team of face painters and balloon modellers, then contact Maria via www.marvellousfaces.com. Oh, and mention that you heard about Marvellous Faces in the Dublin Event Guide For Free Events.

I have to admit that this one took me a little by surprise. Not because it is too odd, but just because it is bordering the area we freely talk about in a conversation and even more so the area I typically would write about. But the concept sounds interesting to me and I definitely could see (or smell) some advantages:

JUST A DROP – THE ODOUR STOP FOR YOUR BATHROOM
David Clancy contacted me with the opportunity he is working on. His company is www.justadrop.eu and they are helping with keeping your bath room stink-free. The product is from the USA and seems to have got a good bit of airtime on the Howard Stern Show and David is now importing it to Europe. “Just a Drop” is a product that you squirt in the toilet before you do your business (David said “squirt in the loo before you poo”, but in order to keep all readers even with varying levels of English on board as well, I decided to alter his rhyming :-) ) and “Just a Drop” then stops the odour from escaping. If you are embarrassed about leaving a lasting, negative impression in the toilet at home or in work, then this will be the solution for you. And if you are now curious about the HOW, here comes the science: Just a tiny squirt (from a small bottle that fits in a handbag) creates a seal directly on the water’s surface, blocking odours from escaping, until they are flushed away. Just a Drop is made from plant extracts and David explains that is therefore way more economical, environmentally friendly, discreet and convenient than air freshener. So, have a look at www.justadrop.eu

Next week I will describe two more opportunities that Event Guide readers saw to fight against recession and doom&gloom. Support the small start-up companies if you can!

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LEONARD SHEIL – PAUL KANE GALLERY
‘New Works’ is an exhibition of boat-inspired paintings by Leonard Sheil. It will be on show from 12 Feb – 07 March. (Gallery Details: The Paul Kane Gallery, 6 Merrion Square North, www.thepaulkanegallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri 11:00-18:00 and Sat 12:00-17:00) The Paul Kane Gallery is one of the sponsors of this Event Guide, so if you have a chance, visit this exhibition!

GROUP SHOW – THE LAB
‘a silent year’ is an exhibition of video works by Irish artists Gareth Kennedy, Ruth Lyons and Bea McMahon at The LAB on Foley Street. It will present a chronological library of data, writings, drawings, songs and poems tracing the story of how housing policy, law, greed and romantic ideas have, over time, affected the shape of the built environment in Ireland. The exhibition runs from 11-27 Feb. (Gallery Details: The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin 1, www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsandFacilities/Pages/TheLabFoleyStreet.aspx, Open: Mon-Sat: 10:00-18:00)

BLACK CHURCH PRINT GROUP SHOW – ORIGINAL PRINT GALLERY
‘Symmetry’, a Black Church Print Studio exhibition, will be on show in the Original Print Gallery in Temple Bar from 12 Feb-07 March. The exhibition will include print, sculpture, and video installation works interpreting “Symmetry”. www.print.ie
(Gallery Details: Original Print Gallery, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, www.originalprint.ie, Open: Mon-Fri: 10:30-17:30, Sat: 11.00-17:00, Sun: 14:00-18:00)

LUCY SHERIDAN & SAMANTHA CLARKE – LOVINSPOON CAFÉ
‘Purple Dust Yellow Mountain’ is the title of an exhibition by Lucy Sheridan and Samantha Clarke. It will be on show at The Lovinspoon Café, North Fredrick Street, Dublin 1, from 12 Feb – 10 March. www.lucysheridan.com
www.canvas.ie/Pages/gallery/artistpopups/samantha.htm

LAURA MCMORROW – BOOKCUBE GALLERY
‘all cats are grey in the dark’ is an exhibition by Laura McMorrow at The Bookcube Gallery in Rathmines. The exhibition runs from 12 Feb – 23 March. www.lauramcmorrow.com (Gallery Details: Bookcube Gallery, 203 Lr Rathmines Road, Dublin 6, www.bookcubegallery.com, Opening Hours: not specified on website!)

BARTOSZ KOLATA – THE IVY HOUSE
The Ivy House in 114 Upper Drumcondra Road is inviting to their new exhibition “The Paintings” by Bartosz Kolata. The exhibition will be on show from 12 Feb – 26 April. www.bartoszkolata.com and www.theivyhouse.ie

MARIUSZ SOLTYSIK – BROADCAST GALLERY, DIT
‘In Limbo’ is a drawing, sculpture and video installation by Polish artist Mariusz Soltysik that will be on show at the Broadcast Gallery in DIT Portland Row from 13 Feb – 02 April 2009. www.broadcast-gallery.blogspot.com

LAISE SMITH – MOLESWORTH GALLERY
The Molesworth Gallery invites to ‘Weapons’, an exhibition of paintings by Blaise Smith. The exhibition will be on show from 05-27 Feb. (Gallery Details: Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, www.molesworthgallery.com, Open: ??)

PIERRE-EMMANUEL GODET – CENTRAL LIBRARY
Pierre-Emmanuel Godet, the winner of the 2008 RPA-LUAS Art Competition, will have his winning entry exhibited at LUAS stops and on LUAS trains from 09-28 Feb. ‘The Silent World’, an exhibition of his work, will run concurrently at the Central Library in the Ilac Centre, where the artist will be on site completing an 8 x 1m fresco inspired by the work of J.Y. Cousteau for the duration of the exhibition.
www.pagazine.com

JONATHAN MITCHELL – DANCEHOUSE
Dance Ireland are inviting to a photography exhibition by Jonathan Mitchell. Mitchell’s photos are showing Ireland’s leading dancers and choreographers and is called ‘STILL, LIFE’. The exhibition will be on show at DanceHouse, Foley Street, Dublin 1 from 10 Feb to mid-December 2009. www.danceireland.ie

DECLAN CLARKE – GOETHE INSTITUT
“Loneliness in West Germany” is the title of an exhibition by Declan Clarke which will be on show in the Goethe Institut (37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2) from 30 Jan-28 March. Admission is free. Specifically developed for the Goethe-Institut, this new body of work by artist Declan Clarke references the interrelationship between history, politics and culture, engrained in the ideology of the Institut itself. Clarke has created two new film works along with a number of interventions in the Goethe-Institut’s reading room, gallery space, library, car park and an upstairs apartment.
As part of the exhibition there will be a number of screenings:
* Mon 23 Feb at 18:00
Fear Eats Soul (1974) 94 mins, dir. by R.W. Fassbinder
* Mon 09 Mar at 18:00
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975) 106 mins,
dir. by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta
* Mon 23 Mar at 18:00
Before Your Eyes- Vietnam (1982), 114 mins
The Words of the Chairman (1967), 3 mins, dir. by Harun Farocki
www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/en4102680v.htm

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CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – UCD EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
The UCD Earth Systems Institute is inviting to a weekly seminar about climate change. The next public lecture will take place on Fri 13 Feb from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “Birds are sensitive indicators of climate change: they have been for 140 million years” by Dr. Gareth Dyke, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science. An overview over the whole seminar programme until June 2009 including links to abstracts is here www.ucd.ie/earth.

MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION SEMINARS – TRINITY COLLEGE
The MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies program (School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin), in association with the Trinity Immigration Initiative Migrant Networks Project are hosting a series of seminars in coming weeks:
The next event (13 Feb) will be a lecture by Tomasz Kamusella, Department of Russian, TCD entitled “The Maleability of Ethnicity in Poland’s Upper Silesia: From One Language to Three Identities” and it will take place from 13:00-15:00 in College Green Room 4. www.tcd.ie/immigration/networks/news.php

WORLDVIEW FILM CLUB
The next Worldview Film Club screening is on Fri 13 Jan at 18:45. The film is “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) and the theme of the discussion afterwards is “Purity”. Check worldview.project.googlepages .com/invitation (unfortunately googlepages URLs are suspicious to some spam filters, therefore you have to copy the address in your browser and then remove the space between “googlepages” and “.com”) or check www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27560436112
The Worldview Film Club is inspired by the Bahá’í Religion: www.bahai.ie. The event takes place in the National Bahá’í Centre, 24 Burlington Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

SEOMRA SPRAOI – LAUNCH WEEKEND
Seomra Spraoi is an autonomous social centre in Dublin city centre. It is run by a non-hierarchical collective on a not-for-profit basis. It hosts workshops, political meetings, film screenings and lots more. From 13-15 Feb Seomra Spraoi will celebrate their launch weekend and all events are listed here www.indymedia.ie/article/90987 and here www.seomraspraoi.org:8080/Plone

REGULAR EVENTS – FRIDAY
* James Sheeran (Acoustic/Rock/Trad) is playing from 18:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. And The Eastern Harps (Trad) are playing there from 20:00. Admission is free.
* Sahaja Meditation program every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street (bell 3, next to the IFI), Temple Bar. For more information contact Seamus on SHarten@upc.ie www.templebar.ie/home_ns_9_action_view_nid_229.html

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FREE HUG DAY
Saturday is one of a number of Free Hug Days throughout the year, I guess everybody can declare a Free Hug Day. But it is not the worst day (14 Feb) for such an initiative, so give and receive plentifully on that day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hugs_Campaign
and considering hugs are healthy for giver and receiver eqi.org/ht.htm#Hug%20therapy%20Summary you should not hold back!

VALENTINES DAY BEAUTY TREATMENT – DUNDRUM
This Valentine’s weekend, Dundrum Town Centre will offer an array of beauty treatments for all ladies. Beauty pods will be stationed on Level 1 on the North Mall for the duration of the weekend on Sat 14 and Sun 15 Feb, and will provide free 20 minute beauty slots with therapists from some of Dundrum’s beauty retailers and salons. Choose from a wide range of beauty treatments, from manicures to massages and everything in between. Facials, one-on-one skin consultations, hand, arm and eye massages, makeup and makeovers, brow shaping and manicures are on offer.
Appointments for complimentary beauty treatments are on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be made at the beauty zone appointment desk on level 1, from 09:00 to 19:00 on Sat and 10:00 to 19:00 on Sun. For more information, and to see details of the special Valentines offers that will be available, visit www.dundrum.ie/love

PHOENIX PARK FUN RUN
A 10km Run in Phoenix Park, called “Cupid’s Dash” is taking place from 10:00. Check out the details on www.cupidsdash.ie. Participating is not free, but watching the event is free.

GRAVITATION 2009
On Sat+Sun, 14-15 Feb from 11:00-16:00 Monkstown Pool & Fitness Centre will be home to boards, bikes, blades and beats for Gravitation 2009. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown are providing another promising event and are describing it here: “Experience the power and skill of skateboarding and BMX displays. Marvel at the speed and agility of expert bladers and spin to hip hop beats. Check out some of the city’s top skateboarders with displays from well-known names such as Ben Grove (Indy and Unabomber), Mark (Snowy) Brew and Anto Thornberry (both Boarderco) with exciting BMX displays from Travis Johnston (Simple), Frank Coggins, Matt Gillespie, Mikey McClleland (ramp riders). MC for the day will be Andy Critchlow.” If none of these names ring a bell, then you are not the target group for this event. ;-)
Gravitation 2009 will feature demonstrations by experts over the 2 days at the new state of the art Skate Park just opened at Monkstown Pool and Fitness Centre.
Access and use of the skate park will be free to test your skills, and experts will be on hand to provide tips throughout the event.  The aim of the event is to embrace the wide selection of alternative sports and urban culture in Ireland and provide a platform to showcase boards, bikes, blades and beats at their best. www.dlrevents.ie/gravitation%202009.html

VALENTINE’S DAY CAR BOOT SALE
The Toe Jam Car Boot Sale in the car park area of the Bernard Shaw Pub in South Richmond Street, near Portobello is taking place this Sun 14 Feb from 13:00-18:00. Admission is free. Just go into the pub, then out to the smoking area and leave the door to the car park. The Toe Jam Car Boot Sale is a unique experience. Last time I left with a Yule Log and a very nice memory or experience. ;-)  Let’s see what I pick up this time. In recession times, there might be even more on sale.
www.bodytonicmusic.com/events/other/2008/dec/29/carboot-sale/

LYRICS FOR LOVERS
In the Abbey Talks Series, the Abbey Theatre is inviting to the event “Lyrics for Lovers” on Sat 14 Feb from 18:00-18:45. The venue is the Peacock Theatre, right next to the Abbey Theatre. “Indulge the senses with a cabaret of love poetry and songs performed on Valentine’s Day.” Admission is free but booking essential on 01 87 87 222. www.abbeytheatre.ie/whatson/talks.html

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
* The Adult Gallery Talk: “The Romance of Jewellery: a short history of chatelaines” by Jennifer Lawlor, jewellery designer and Historian is taking place in Collins Barracks on 14 Feb from 12:00. The talk is free of charge and no booking is required.
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=277
* Natural Mystery – Valentine’s Special All Ages: In Kildare Street (on the landing) a Valentine’s Special will take place from 12:00-15:00. “Come and see the Natural History’s handling collection. See some familiar and some unfamiliar items. Put on your thinking hats and see if you can guess what they are.”
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=267
* An Art Workshop “Shot through the heart!” for Age 7–12 will take place on 14 Feb from 14:00-16:00 in Kildare Street. Make your own bow and arrows and be inspired by cupid. Places are limited. Booking is essential.
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=301

MARGARET CORCORAN – ARTISTS TALK
Margaret Corcoran’s exhibition is currently on show in the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery (05 Feb-28 Feb). The show is entitled “The Garden” and consists of paintings of gardens and landscapes. On Sat 14 Feb at 12:30 Margaret Corcoran will give the first in a series of artist talks in the gallery. All are welcome. (Gallery Details: Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Chancery Lane, Dublin 8, www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie, Open: ???)

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
On Saturday 14 Jan from 15:00-16:00 a National Gallery Family Programme will provide an opportunity for adults and children to enjoy the excitement of learning about the arts through a wide range of free Gallery-based activities including exploring storytelling, music, art, poetry and drama. The topic of this week’s event is “Knights, Kings and Castles” with Joseph Coveney. The programme takes place in the Baroque Gallery and is suitable for children from 4-10 years.
www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#4

PAUL HOURICAN – GALLERY NUMBER ONE
‘An Evening With Paul Hourican at Gallery Number One’ is a Valentine’s Night Saturday event. On 14 Feb you are invited to Gallery Number One for ‘An Evening with Paul Hourican’. Admission is free and there will be even some free beer. The talented up and coming songer/singwriter Rob Walsh will be special guest on the evening. Because places are limited, you are advised to reserve your place by sending an e-mail to info@paulhourican.net. The event will start at 20:00 and will go until late. (Gallery Details: Gallery Number One, 1 Castle Street, Dublin 2, www.gallerynumberone.com) www.myspace.com/robneoin and www.myspace.com/paulhouricansoloartist

DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE FOR FREE EVENTS PARTY
If you still don’t know what I am talking about, you must have skipped over the introduction. ;-) From 21:00 we will meet in The Lotts Café Bar on Sat 14 Feb. All the details are in the introduction and I hope to see you tomorrow evening.

REGULAR EVENTS
* Meet the Gardener in Phoenix Park. Until 03 March a gardener will be available on most Saturday mornings from 10:30-12:30 in the Victorian Walled Garden (Ashtown Demesne) in Phoenix Park to answer your questions. The service is free. To check if this Saturday is one of the “most Saturdays” contact 01 677 0095 or phoenixparkvisitorcentre@opw.ie. www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PhoenixPark
* Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets (Temple Bar Food Market on Meeting House Square and – on a long break until 14 March – the Temple Bar Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.
* 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
* Enda Reilly (Acoustic/Rock/Trad – www.myspace.com/endaderoad) is playing from 19:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. Fiach (Acoustic/Rock/Soul – www.myspace.com/fiachmusic) is playing there from 21:00. Admission is free.
* Island of Tranquility – A meditation evening organised by the Worldview Project at 19:00. worldview.project.googlepages .com/invitationtotheislandoftranquality (Pls remove the space before the “.com” in the web address.) is taking place in 24 Burlington Road near the Burlington Hotel in Dublin 4.
* La Vie Latin Club – ObsessionSalsa are running this event every Sat in La Vie, 1-5 Exchequer Street from 22:00. Entrance is free. Best latin tunes, salsa, reggeaton, meringue, bachata will be played. www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33256271269
* Havana Tapas Bar is inviting to a Salsa Night with afro-latin percussion every Sat night 22:30-02:00. Bachata, salsa, merengue, reggeaton with resident DJ Papi Chulo. Food is available until 00:30 and usually there is plenty of room to get dancing.

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CHILDRENS WORKSHOPS – PHOENIX PARK VISITOR CENTRE
Until December 2009 an impressive programme of workshops for children will be provided in Phoenix Park every Sunday from 10:30-12:30. Participation is free. The max number is 20 and the workshops are suitable for ages 5+ (Parental supervision required.) The children’s workshops combine art, nature awareness, history and heritage and are taking place at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.
Next Workshops:
* 15 Feb – Creepie crawlies
* 22 Feb – Save the Planet! Discover Eco Art
* 01 Mar – Spring in the Walled Garden
* 08 Mar – Trees what would we do without them
* 15 Mar – St Patricks Day Cards
* 29 Mar – Medieval Life includes visit to Ashtown Castle
Bookings & Further Info: 01 6770095 or phoenixparkvisitorcentre@opw.ie
www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PhoenixPark

GRAVITATION 2009
Please check Saturday for details about this interesting event!

SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Every Sunday a free concert is taking place in the Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square. From 12:00-13:00 typically classical music will be performed for you. No booking is required. This Sunday the title is “Brahms: Complete Sonatas II” and Gillian Williams, Violin & Arun Rao, Cello with Elisaveta Blumina, Piano perform all the Brahms sonatas for the 2 duo combinations.
www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=263

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
* In the National Museum in Collins Barracks a “My Museum” Family Event will take place. Entitled “Storytelling for Valentines” is for Age 6+, it will take place on 15 Feb, 15:00-16:00. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=278

MUSICA NUEVA DE MEXICO – IMMA
On 15 Feb from 15:00 the Concorde (www.concorde.ie) will perform Música Nueva de Mexico by the composers Ortiz, Hurtado, Torres-Sáenz, Lara, Alvarez. The event will take place in the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Admission is free. www.concorde.ie/events.html (Museum Detail: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, www.imma.ie, Tues-Sat: 10:00-17:30, Sun+Bank Holidays: 12:00-17:30. from 05 June-18 Sept: Thurs: 10:00-20:00)

FAMILY EVENT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
“Sunday Sketching”, the weekly workshop in Hugh Lane Gallery (Parnell Square) for 7+ year olds from 15:00-16:00 is entitled “Create stained glass inspired heart drawings”. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=220

HUGH LANE – NATIONAL GALLERY LECTURE
The National Gallery is inviting to a lecture entitled “Johannes Vermeer (1632-75)” by Dr John Loughman, UCD. It will take place in the National Gallery on Sun 15 Feb at 15:00. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#4

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
*The Mary Stokes Band (Blues) from 18:30 in Bruxelles near Grafton Street and near the Westbury Hotel. I listened to them a few times and they are brilliant! I understand that the Mary Stoke Band will play this week and next week (15+22 Feb) after that they will either only be in Bruxelles every 2 weeks OR only once a month. Nobody seems to know for certain! :-( Tnx Francois G. for pointing out a change!
*Jazz in The George in George’s Street from 16:30-18:00: Jazz Band Zrazy.
*Sunday Roast is the event in Thomas Reads “The Oak” in Dame Street/Parliament Street every Sunday from 21:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes.
* “Loose Change” play in Gibneys Pub, New St., Malahide every Sunday from 18:00-20:00.
* The Tangenteers (Rock/Reggae) are playing from 18:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. Francois G reported that this 18:00 performance is not taking place. I am trying to find out more.
Ro Byrne (Acoustic/Rock/Indie – www.myspace.com/earthquakehair) is playing there from 21:00. Admission is free.
* Songs of Praise, a Rock Karaoke is taking place every Sunday from 21:00 in The Village in Wexford Street, Dublin 2. www.getpraise.com
* Gardiner Street Gospel Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. Everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness. www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
* Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass at 19:00 in Virgin Mary Church, Shangan Road, Ballymun.

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

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ART & PHILOSOPHY SESSIONS – PROJECT ARTS CENTRE
(Knowing not to know) Art & Philosophy Sessions, developed by Sinead Hogan for Project Arts Centre, are aimed at a cross-section of interests and experience, and will build on and become shaped by the interests and direction taken by the participants. Different guests will be leading each of the four sessions throughout 2009. Reading groups will be established between each session which will look at excerpts from key foundational texts. These readings will create a shared body of knowledge and a platform for the sessions.
Participants are now welcome to register for Session 1: ‘IMAGE’, the first reading session for which will be held at the Project on Monday 16 February 2009 at 17:00. Session 1 poses the question ‘Do we image what we do not know?’, and will look at the work of Rancière.
For registration or more information on this and other sessions in the Art & Philosophy series, please contact: gallery@projectartscentre.ie
www.projectartscentre.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=2 then go to the “knowing not to know” events on the screen.

PROF. DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR FOR STUDENTS/RECENT GRADUATES
Visual Artists Ireland is inviting to a free evening seminar for students and recent graduates on Monday 16 Feb from 18:00-20:00 at The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin 1. Sheena Barrett (The LAB) will host the session and provide information on The LAB’s remit as a gallery space. Lee Welch (Artist and Founder & Director of FOUR gallery) will talk about FOUR, looking at its history and what was involved in setting up the gallery. Lee will also talk about presenting your work to an independent gallery and the benefits for artists when working with a Gallery / Curator. Sarah Searson (DIT Professional Practice Lecturer) will talk about developing professional practice. Monica Flynn (Education Officer, Visual Artists Ireland) will talk about Visual Artists Ireland and the practical and professional development supports if offers to artists at all career stages. Claire Behan and Deirdre Morrissey (Curators and Directors of The Market Studios) will talk about establishing an artists’ studio space and the benefits of studio membership in developing and maintaining peer networks after graduation. This event is free but places are limited. More information is available online and bookings can be made by contacting Monica Flynn at: monica@visualartists.ie. www.visualartists.ie

FREE DUBLINESE CLASSES
If you want to know what ‘Story bud’ or ‘Howya me aul flower?’ mean and if you want to be able to use these and many more phrases of Dublinese. Then you can learn a proper inner city Dublin accent at free Dublinese classes. The first class in the series took place on Monday 9 Feb from 18:30-19:30 in Dublin city. Each class will be filmed as part of a documentary project. Both foreigners and Irish people are welcome to take part. For more information on the next classes please contact Eléonore on:
087 2594890 or eleonorenicolas@gmail.com.

DANTE AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS – PUBLIC LECTURES
A series of six public lectures, supported by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, will take place at University College Dublin from 02 Feb – 23 Mar. Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are the seven deadly sins that were deeply rooted in Dante’s spiritual and cultural makeup and affected the conception and composition of his Commedia. Five scholars of Italian language and Literature and one historian will speak about violence and deviancy in the late thirteen century, Giambattista Vico’s philosophy and Leon Battista Alberti’s architecture…
The lectures are:
* 16 Feb at 19:30 – Stefano Cracolici, Senior Lecturer in Italian, University of Durham: “Bizarre Spirits: Dante on Wrath”
* 23 Feb at 19:30 – Hannah Skoda, Junior Research Fellow in History, Merton College, Oxford: “Anger in Inferno and Purgatorio”
02 Mar at 19:30 – Marco Dorigatti, Lecturer in Italian Literature, St Hilda’s College, Oxford: “Dante and Sloth (Accidia)”
* 23 Mar at 19:30 – Christian Moevs, Associate Professor of Italian, University of Notre Dame: “Contemplation, Deadly Sins and Dante’s Paradiso”
All lectures will take place in Lecture Theatre N, Newman Building, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. And more information can be found here: www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=256&citta=Dublino

ASTEROIDS – ASTRONOMY TALK
The Irish Astronomy Society is inviting to “Celtic Rock – Hunting for Asteroids”, a talk by Dave McDonald on 16 Feb at 20:00. He talks about his searches for Asteroids. Last year he discovered only the second asteroid from Ireland, after a lapse of 160 years. The venue is the Dunsink Observatory in Castleknock and a map is here homepage.eircom.net/~irishas/meet/dunloc.jpg. More information about the event: www.irishastrosoc.org Admission is free.

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* Pint&Picture or Cine Café. Howard Linnane’s film screenings are homeless again and he is looking for a new venue. Ring him on 085-1351822 (new number) to check on his plans and when the screenings will resume.
* From 21:30 in the International Bar, Wicklow Street: An acoustic singer-songwriter session hosted by Jacqueline Tuck. Entry is free. The music styles vary from pop to folk to traditional. www.myspace.com/jacquelinetuck
* From 21:30 a traditional Irish music session is taking place in Kennedy’s Pub in Drumcondra. Admission is free.

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DON GIOVANNI – OPERA SCREENING
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (1787) will be screened in a modern staging by Deborah Warner (Glyndebourne 1996) in the Newman Building, Lecture Theatre Q. Organised by the UCD School of Music, this event takes place on 17 Feb at 18:00.
www.ucd.ie/events/?dt=d.en.26818&f=week&d=20/02/2009&sd=Tuesday,%2017%20February%202009&ac=*
A little strange is that the same Opera was screened last week!? If you want to check first, ring the event organiser     Dr Wolfgang Marx on 01-7168563.

BLAZE AWAY – LECTURES IN NATIONAL MUSEUM
A new lecture series, entitled “Blaze Away – A History of Duelling in Ireland” started on 03 Feb at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History in Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. This lecture series coincides with a newly opened exhibition at Collins Barracks, also called Blaze Away. The lectures will examine the history of creating and using pistols and swords in Ireland before mass manufacturing as well as the evolution of small arms technology in the twentieth century.
“The Evolution of Small Arms in the Irish Defence Forces” by Comdt. Gerry Shinners and Lieutenant Alan Kearney, Irish Defence Forces is the next lecture in this series. It will take place on 17 Feb at 18:30.
The Lectures will take place on Tuesday evenings between February and March at 18:30 in the AV Lecture Theatre at the National Museum of Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks. The lecture series is free of charge, but places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
For further information on the lecture series please contact the Education and Outreach Department at Collins Barracks on tel: 01 6486 453 or e-mail: bookings@museum.ie. www.museum.ie

TRADITIONAL MUSIC LUNCHTIME – RATHMINES
Margaret G. reminds me that Rathmines Library in cooperation with the DIT Conservatory of Music is inviting to Lunchtime Trad sessions again. The concerts are
* Feb 17 Peter Browne pipes, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoch sean nos, John Feeley guitar
* Feb 24 Irish Traditional Music Group DIT
* Mar 03 Mairéad Ní Fhlatharta sean nos
All events take place on Tuesdays in Rathmines Public Library and start at 13:15.
Admission is free. www.dit.ie/conservatory/Events/IrishTraditionalMusicConcerts/#d.en.19364

REGULAR TUESDAY EVENTS
* In the Bankers Inn on Trinity Street (off Dame Street) at 21:30: An acoustic singer-songwriter session hosted by Dave Murphy. A contribution is requested but not required. This is a listening club so is very quiet and features a lot of experienced songwriters trying out new material. www.myspace.com/davemurphyandfriends

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GALLERY TALKS – DOUGLAS HYDE GALLERY
On Wed 18 Feb and Wed 04 Mar at 13:15 the Douglas Hyde Gallery will run gallery talks about their current exhibitions. The exhibitions are “Cry”, an exhibition of paintings by Mamma Andersson and ‘The Paradise’ by Nina Canell. The talks will be presented by Barry White and Sheena Malone. The exhibitions will continue until 18 March 2009. www.douglashydegallery.com

CHAPTERS AND VERSE LUNCHTIME READING
..with Greagoir O Duill and another reader. This event will take place on Wed 18 Feb from 13:15-14:00 in Chapters in Parnell Street. All other details you can find here.
www.seventowers.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=259

WEDNESDAY CLASSICAL MUSIC RECITAL – RATHMINES
The DIT Conservatory of Music is providing Classical Music Recitals at your lunchtime. The concerts are:
* 18 Feb – Darren Hatch (Saxophone) & Edward Holly (Piano)
* 25 Feb – Eoin Hynes (Tenor) & Trudi Carberry (Piano)
* 04 Mar – John Quigley (Piano)
* 11 Mar – Gráinne Stafford (Soprano) & Trudi Carberry (Piano)
* 18 Mar – Stefan Ionut-Corlade (Baritone) & Trudi Carberry(Piano)
All recitals will take place in he Theatre in DIT Conservatory Music and Drama, 163-7 Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 from 13:10-13:50. Admission is free.
www.dit.ie/conservatory/Events/WednesdayLunchtimeRecitals/#d.en.18910
ARCHITECTURE DISCUSSION – INSITUTO CERVANTES
If you are an architect and are interested in Irish/Spanish Architectural projects, the discussion in the Instituto Cervantes “AceboXalonso and architecture 53Seven” will take place on Wed 18 Feb at 18:00. For more information, check this website: dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha54058_16_2.htm

FILM SCREENING – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
The Spanish Cultural Institute in Dublin invites regularly to interesting talks and film screenings. All talks and screenings are usually in Spanish but translation into English or subtitles (for films) will be provided.
The next film screening will be on Wed 18 Feb at 18:30. The film is a documentary about the Castles in Catalonia. The title is simply “Castells”.
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha53641_16_2.htm The Instituto Cervantes is in Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 (at the back of TCD near the National Gallery).

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS:
* The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 17:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. The majority of people there are Spanish or English-speaking, but French, Italians, Polish and Chinese are sometimes coming to and everybody is welcome to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.
* “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.thezodiacsessions.com/
* “The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 on Wednesdays as well. www.myspace.com/thesongroom

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CONNECTOR MEETUP
Connor Lynch is inviting to this months Connector Meeting, a meeting that intends to use social networking to connect people. This month’s meeting is themed “Digital Video” and will take place on 19 Feb from 19:00 upstairs in 4 Dame Lane. Featuring 10 of the best Irish digital video creators, channels & curiosities, this ‘social networking social event’ will give you plenty of opportunity to meet other interesting people. www.connector.ie/connect Everybody is welcome, but please reserve your place by e-mailing niall@connector.ie.

IRISH BOTANISTS IN JORDAN – BOTANIC GARDEN LECTURE
On Thurs 10 Feb, Dr Darach Lupton will talk about the role of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland in helping the establishment of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Jordan. This is one of the world’s newest botanic gardens and one of only a few such institutions in the Middle East. The lecture will start at 20:00 and will take place in the Education and Visitor Centre. (Venue Details: National Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, www.botanicgardens.ie, Open: Winter (mid-Nov to 16 Feb): Mon-Sun 09:00-16:30, Summer (17 Feb to mid-Nov): Mon-Sun 09:00-18:00, Admission is free)

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CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – UCD EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
The UCD Earth Systems Institute is inviting to a weekly seminar about climate change. The next public lecture will take place on Fri 20 Feb from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “Climate change and mass extinction: What can we learn from 200 million year old plants?” by Dr. Jenny McElwain, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science
An overview over the whole seminar programme until June 2009 including links to abstracts is here www.ucd.ie/earth.

BELL X1 – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE HMV
Bell X1 will be performing a live acoustic set in HMV on Grafton Street and will be signing copies of their new album ‘Blue Lights On The Runway’ on Fri 20 Feb at 18:00.

IRELAND IN THE HEART – ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA
On Fri 20 Feb at 18:30 the Italian Cultural Institue will host the book launch of the result of a competition “Ireland in the heart/ L’Irlanda nel cuore”. The book contains the best of the 2008 competition and with an English translation it may be read by Irish and Italians alike, rendering its tales, poems, and sensations accessible to two different cultural sensibilities. Complimentary copies of the book will be offered to the public on the night. The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is in 11 Fitzwilliam Square East. www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=249&citta=Dublino

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL
The St. Patrick’s Day Festival website and was launched (with some hiccups) yesterday and the programme was announced for this year. The two surprises for me are a) the Fireworks Display is still not back in Dublin, it will be in Waterford and b) the HUGELY popular Ceili Mor has been cancelled completely. The Denny’s Big Day Out at Merrion Square will take place again and that was a great event last year. In addition there will be a performance on Grand Canal Square and this is the areason why I am already writing about the St. Patrick’s Festival. Co-presented  by St Patrick’s Festival and the Docklands Authority “The Spheres” is a unique spectacle performance which has broad family appeal. Creation, exultation, liberation, life, the universe and everything. The show takes a whimsical look at physics, the miracle of birth and humanity’s existential relationship to our planet. Performed by Strange Fruit a Melbourne-based performing arts company that produces and performs a remarkable style of work that fuses theatre, dance and circus, using a unique elevated medium. Perched atop 4 metre high flexible poles of original design, the troupe delivers a sublime performance, bending and swaying in the air, captivating and engaging the audience in absolute fascination.
The performance will take place on Fri 13 March at 18:30 and at 20:00 and on Sat 14 March at 18:30 and 20:00 on Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 1. The event is free but ticketed and you need to request your tickets here: www.dublindocklands.ie/spheres/index.jsp The duration of the show is 40 minutes. If you want to go, I suggest that you book soooon!

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MOUNTAIN RESCUE OF TWO LUNATICS
This is not just odd, but it is crazy! Two wannabe mountaineers decided to climb Ireland’s 13th highest mountain, the amazingly HUGE 925m high Lugnaquilla. …and they got lost! In the end they needed to get rescued and more than 50 members of the Ranger Wing (Ireland’s elite army unit), two Air Corps helicopters, two Coastguard helicopters, an RAF helicopter and a Garda helicopter and a search team from Wales had to help. Madness! I am not suggesting they should have been left where they got stuck but for getting stuck on there little private adventure, I hope they will now be presented with the bill for this massive rescue operation! www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0210/breaking17.htm

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All, I hope to see you tomorrow! The Lotts Café Bar is prepared for a few thousand people. ;-)

Enjoy the weekend!

–Joerg

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