Event Guide 95: Urban Outfitters Good Friday, Car Boot Sales, Farmleigh House Easter, Mad Hatters Tea Party, Haendel Festival

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 95
| 10 April 2009                      Subscribers: 3701
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Hi all!

After last week’s introduction to the Event Guide, I got a lot of supportive messages from you and I appreciate them all hugely. Even one of the 600 SR Technics employees who was made redundant on Friday, contacted me because he came across the Event Guide by coincidence and told me about his recent struggles and challenges and that he found that the Event Guide gave him a lift.

One of the mails I got (Thanks Gerry Keegan!) is a wonderful story that I would like to share with you. It talks about god, but feel free to fill in your preferred deity or if the concept of “god” doesn’t work with you, then maybe filling in “the creative source” or something similar that will do it for you. The story goes like this:

One day I decided to quit… I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality. I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with god. “God”, I said. “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?” His answer surprised me… “Look around”, God said. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo?” “Yes”, I replied. “When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.”, he said. “In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit.”, he said. “Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. …but just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 30 metres tall. — It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. – I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.”
He asked me “Did you know that all this time you have been struggling you have actually been growing roots? I would not quit on the bamboo, I will never quit on you. Don’t compare yourself to others.”, he said. “The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your time will come”, God said to me. “You will rise high”.
“How high should I rise?” I asked. “How high will the bamboo rise?”, he asked in return. “As high as it can?” I questioned. “Yes.”, he said, “Give me glory by rising as high as you can.”

I think this is a nice story! Do you agree? Think about it for a moment and “take it with you”, especially if/when you feel frustrated about your achievements.

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And a quick word regarding the suggestions for improvements: I am told regularly that the Event Guide is too long and because I write it for HOURS, I exactly know what you mean by that. However, I don’t see a way to reduce the length. I could provide less detail per event and I could leave out events. But I don’t really want to do that! Leaving out events would mean that I have to censor what I think is appropriate or good-enough for you. But we are now 3700 people, so prescribing what you should like and what not is just not something I am comfortable with. Leaving out detail is not good either, because it is intended that this Event Guide is a self-sufficient guide for your weekend. Print out the relevant pages and you will find ALL necessary information to attend an event.
My suggestion to reduce the length problem is this: Read the introduction and the sections that are not directly event related as you wish (e.g. Joerg’s Picks, Dublin News and This is Odd!) and then just check the days (there are headlines for the days and if you can’t see them, then check if you allow your mail programme to show graphics or not!) on which you want to go to events. Within the day the events are more or less sorted by starting time! If you use this approach even such a long list should be easy enough to use.
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I am grateful for all support, but YOUR support is NEEDED too! Going to free events saves you a LOT of money AND is good fun. True? ;-) But if you didn’t know about these free events you couldn’t go. True as well? In that case the question is what the value is of finding out about all the events. Do you agree that 1 Euro per month (which is just 25 cent per newsletter) is a very modest amount? It would be great if I could count on your 12 Euro per year!! Feel free to give more if you can, but please do seriously consider the 12 Euro.
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Alternatively you can send a mail to me (dublineventguide@gmail.com) and we can arrange a different route for your donation. This Event Guide is a hobby and NOT a commercial enterprise, so I do need donations! But I spend more than 25 hours per week (for some people that is a half-day job!) on writing and researching it.

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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Since this newsletter is getting longer and longer with all the free events available, this section is meant to provide some help in picking and choosing the events I will or would go to. This is not the “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences, so if it helps you I am glad, but feel free to ignore this section completely! :-) All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.

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Here are my plans for this week:

On Saturday I will definitely go the Toe Jam Car Boot Sale in Portobello and maybe (out of curiosity) to the Findlater Flea Market on Parnell Square. On Sunday I might go to Farmleigh House, then I think the Haendel lecture in the National Gallery sounds very interesting and in the evening I will definitely be at the Gardiner Street Gospel Mass again. Later, Songs of Praise in The Village sounds good, but I am not sure if I will be able to make it. On Monday the Messiah in the Street performance is on my events list and on Tuesday the Latin America Week events sound interesting.

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IMAGINOSITY EASTER FOR CHILDREN – TICKET COMPETITION
Imaginosity, Ireland’s first children’s museum, has a busy Easter planned for all children and to let everyone know about their programme, they have made a family pass (2 adults + 2 children) available for a competition.
Over Easter there are lots of creative and fun activities for children to enjoy Easter at the Museum, including an Easter Treasure Trail, drama and performance and arts and crafts workshops, Easter-Egg painting, Easter Bunny collages and much much more. You can find all the details about Imaginosity on www.imaginosity.ie and you can find the workshops listed here
imaginosity.ie/archive/new_folder/Easter%20Workshops%20Timetable.pdf or a day by day account of the events here imaginosity.ie/calendar/index.php. To give you an idea what is happening, I will list SOME of the events now:
Friday:
11:00 Spring Chicks! Make a cool chicken from cut out paper (Ages 1-4)
14.00 Marble Paint: Easter Eggs. Decorate a cut out Easter egg (Ages 1-4)
16.45 The Day the Easter Bunny came to visit: Drama&Performance Workshops.  Ages (5-10)
Saturday:
12.30 Solar System Mobile. Make your own. (Ages 5-10)
14.30 Make a little chicken from pompoms and celebrate spring. (Ages 4-10).
15.45 Yellow Brick Road. Interactive stories, colours and creative exercises.
Sunday: Closed
Monday:
11.15 Bunnies Day Out: Drama and Dance workshop. (Ages 3-10)
12.30 Get ready for Easter and make a cute bunny. Ages 4-10.
13.30 Easter Buds: Dance workshop. Ages 4-10
Imaginosity caters for children between 6 months and 10 years and offers rich interactive experiences, workshops and classes in arts and crafts, computers, music, and theatre and over this weekend, all has an Easter theme. For a two hour visit, the costs are EUR 8.50 for children and adults, EUR 6.50 for toddlers, EUR 2 for those over 6 months and it is free for the children under 6 months. The museum is Beacon South Quarter in Sandyford, Dublin 18.
To win the Family Pass for a day at a weekend of your choice in April or May you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with IMAGINOSITY in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. The mail has to be with me by 15:00 on Wed 15 April. Good luck!

ERGODOS FESTIVAL – TICKET COMPETITION
The organisers and directors of the Ergodos Festival 2009, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Garrett Sholdice, have offered me some tickets for a competition. They did that already last year if I remember it right and it is great to see that they are back for more. :-)
The Ergodos Festival, is an annual festival of modern music, or – as Benedict and Garrett express it – “music for now”. This year’s Ergodos Festival is running from 17-25 April and you can find all the details on www.ergodos.ie The title or theme of the festival this year is “off grid”. Most of the events will take place in the National Concert Hall or the Unitarian Church on St. Stephen’s Green and the ticket price is EUR 10/6 for each of the 9 events or EUR 39 for a Festival Pass. The music is certainly not mainstream, but that makes it particularly interesting. You should be able to find some still-hidden and upcoming treasures. There are nine concerts, one every day at 20:30 (at 20:00 on Sat 25 April) and I suggest that you have a look through the list on www.ergodos.ie to see which ones you would like.
Benedict and Garrett have made a pair of free Festival Passes available to the total value of EUR 78 for you to win. The festival passes give you access to all nine concerts and it is a brilliant and generous price! If you want to win this great price, send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with ERGODOS in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the message. Your mail has to be with me by 15:00 on Wed 15 April.
If you want to buy tickets, you can do so from www.nch.ie and www.tickets.ie.

ESKIMO JOE
Quadruple Platinum Selling “Eskimo Joe” were in Whelan’s last night and the pair of tickets was won by Mairead McHugh. Congratulations!
www.youtube.com/eskimojoemusic and www.eskimojoe.net

KEVIN DOYLE SINGS HOLLYWOOD & BROADWAY
Kevin Doyle’s “Hollywood & Broadway” gig in the Olympia was a great success and the winners of the tickets were Leslie Coffey, Noreen Bertaut and Cornelia Koller. Congrats! www.doylemusic.net

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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BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT
The budget is over and while we will all have less money in our pockets, it wasn’t as brutal as many feared. However, keep in mind that the levies and tax increases are here to stay and adjust your life/consumption accordingly. This Event Guide should give you lots of opportunities to save money ;-) and if you start shopping around for food prices, reduce your alcohol consumption and stop smoking, then you should have at least the same amount of money – if not more – than before (and you might even live longer ;-) ). If you want to check what impact the budget has on you and what net salary you should get from now, you can use this brilliant little calculator, provided by Karl Grabe: taxcalc.eu/

SHISEIDO MAKEOVER
If you are fast (book before Sun 12 April) you can still get a free Shiseido Makeover in Brown Thomas. Check out all the details here: www.rte.ie/fashion/2009/0327/shiseidomakeover.html

HAIRCUT WITHOUT PAYING?
Yes, it is possible! Check out www.houseofcolour.ie/free-haircuts.html to find out more about the possibility of becoming a hair model for the House of Colour Training Centre and – in return – getting your hair done for free. I am not sure, though, WHO will choose your new hair style in that case. :-)

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The current economic situation requires many of us to be a lot more flexible, innovative and to venture in new directions. No government can’t turn the ride around! They can balance the books – or at least try to, but the solution will not be found by the government. In my opinion only courageous individuals will be able to trigger the turn around. If you are one of the courageous people and have recently started a company – out of need or because you saw this great opportunity -, I am happy to help you! If you want, I will let the 3700+ readers of the Event Guide know about your new business and hopefully that will help you a bit. Let me know what you do and over the coming months I will regularly introduce a new company/project/venture/idea.
(Please note that this offer is for start-ups in relatively early stages, not for established companies/enterprises. If you are established and you want to reach the readers of this Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) I will be happy to discuss the (very inexpensive) advertisement options with you. :-) )

This week, the featured venture is a Homeopathy Practice:

HOMEOPATHY TREATMENT
Elizabeth Flynn, who is a long-standing member of the Dublin Event Guide Community, is telling me that from 10-16 April the annual World Homoeopathy Awareness Week takes place. Each year the focus is on a different aspect of homoeopathy and this year it is all about the treatment of allergies with homoeopathy. To celebrate the event Elizabeth is offering a 50% (!!) reduction on all consultations booked with her from 10 April to 10 May and of the discounted consultation fee (EUR 30) she is promising to donate 10% to me for the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)! I like this idea and hope that many of you will use her services! :-) By the way: The consultation fee includes your remedy and the complaint doesn’t need to be allergy related, but can be anything that bothers you. Check out her website www.homoeopath.ie . Elizabeth tells me that the website needs some updating because she is no longer in Malawi but now practices on Wicklow Street at the Dublin Holistic Centre over Nourish, but the other information is still relevant. Elizabeth is a fully registered Homoeopath. If you want to find out more about homeopathy you should check www.irishhomoeopathy.ie and www.worldhomeopathy.org. You can contact Elizabeth on elizabethjflynn AT gmail.com, just replace the “AT” with the “@”. I am sure you know how to do it. :-). Make sure that you mention the “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) to get the 50% discount.

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GROUP SHOW – HALLWARD GALLERY
‘The Irish Landscape: A Contemporary View’ is an exhibition of work by Niall Wright, John Brennan, Monica Groves, Wendy Dison, Cora O’Brien, Maighread Tobin, Jerry Huysmans, Ian Humphreys, John McNulty, Roxanne Fitzmaurice, Patrick MacAllister and Cormac O’Leary. It will be open from 09 April to 02 May 2009. (Gallery Details: Hallward Gallery, 65 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2, www.hallwardgallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri 11.00-17.30, Sat 12:30-16:30)

LOUISE WARD & AMY WALSH – MARKET STUDIOS
‘Role Play’ is a multimedia exhibition by Louise Ward and Amy Walsh. It will run from 08-19  April and is open from 10:00-18:00 every day.
(Gallery Details: Unit H, The Market Studios, corner of Mary’s Lane & Halston St, Dublin 7 (Turn onto Mary’s Lane at Slattery’s Capel St, UNIT H is opposite Dublin City Council fruit markets), www.themarketstudios.wordpress.com)) www.myspace.com/themarketstudios

SEAMUS HEANEY ARTIST BOOKS – IMMA
To mark the celebrations of Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney’s 70th birthday on 13 April 2009, the Irish Museum of Modern Art will run a special exhibition featuring an extensive display of books on which Heaney has collaborated with leading artists. ‘Artists/Heaney/Books: An Exhibition’ opens on Tues 14 April and runs until 14 June. (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)

GROUP SHOW – MONSTER TRUCK & ACROSS THE WAY
‘Town & Country’ is an exhibition of work by 50 artists that will open at Monster Truck Gallery & Studios, Francis Street, and at the same time in the Across The Way Gallery, Kinsealy. The opening will be on Fri 10 Apr from 18:00 at Monster Truck and then at 20:00 buses will bring the guests to Across The Way. Please note that based on the theme of urban and rural, the event is a fancy-dress opening. The show will feature a vast array of painting, drawing, video, sculpture, installation, photography, sound and performance work, and will run at both venues until Tue 14 April. Advance booking for the bus to Kinsealy is essential, and you can do that by Michelle at: michelle@monstertruck.ie. (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)

JENNY KEOGH – THE JOINERY
‘Windows to the Soul’ (1999) is photographic work by Jenny Keogh. It is a tribute to her mother Bernadette Keogh and the exhibition coincides with the 10th anniversary of her death. The show will open on Tues 14 April 2009 from 18:00-21:00 and will continue until 21 April 2009. www.jennykeogh.com (Gallery Details: The Joinery, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, www.thejoinery.org, Open: ???)

SELECK IMAGERY – NO GRANTS GALLERY
From 14- 28 April 2009 Seleck Imagery, a network of photographers and graphic designers, will show ‘Out of the Darkness’, an exhibition of individual work at No Grants Gallery in Temple Bar.. (Gallery Details: NGG (No Grants Gallery) in Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2) blog.templebar.ie/?cat=32

GARRETT PHELAN – MOTHER’S TANKSTATION
‘The Last Broadcast Revelations’ is the third and final chapter in a trilogy of projects by Garrett Phelan. The exhibition will open at mother’s tankstation on Wed 15 April from 18:00-20:00 and continues until 23 May. www.garrettphelan.com (Gallery Details: Mother’s Tankstation. 41-43 Watling Street, Ushers Island, Dublin 8, www.motherstankstation.com, Open: Thurs- Sat: 12:00-18:00)

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GOOD FRIDAY
The Good Friday is a very strange day in Ireland. Many people think it is a public holiday, but it isn’t. It is a bank holiday, but NOT a public holiday. That means you have no right to a holiday…unless you are a civil servant. – A rule that doesn’t make sense! Many companies do seemingly give their employees a day off, but then quickly subtract the day from the annual leave allowance and therefore force people to take a holiday. Pubs are not allowed to open and alcohol can’t be sold on that day. No, it does not make sense at all. In a pluralistic and tolerant society and in a non-religious state, there should be no pseudo-religious rules (the no-alcohol rule doesn’t apply in other countries!) enforced by the state, but, hey, these are the idiosyncrasies of Ireland. ;-)
A good few of you will not work today, so many won’t get the Event Guide before the Easter weekend, which is a pity, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to get it finished a day earlier.

EASTER FUN – STEPHEN’S GREEN SHOPPING CENTRE
Free Easter fun at Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre means that Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre are presenting a free puppet show from Tuesday 07 April – Sat 11 April, featuring the magic puppetry of Conor Lambert! The free shows will be daily at 12:00 and 13:00 on the top floor. Ding & Dong will be entertaining children of all ages with their mischievous adventures, while the Easter Bunny will be hopping through the Centre with delicious Thorntons chocolate delights for all the little guests! With a host of treats in store including balloon modellers, the Centre will also play host to a free Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday 11 April, where both parents and children can take part. www.dublin.ie/calendar_details.aspx?eventid=1253

NATIONAL MUSEUM FAMILY EVENT
* There is something a little strange about this event: The description says “our special May workshop”, so maybe it is not taking place but they got the date wrong? The 10 May is a Sunday and “My Museum Events” often take place on a Sunday. Hmmm, I suggest strongly you ring before you go (01 6777444). Here is the information as given on the website:
My Museum Family Event: Fairy Folk! on 10 April in the National Museum in Kildare Street from 15:00-16:00: “Fairies are often mentioned in Irish folklore. What did they look like? Join our special May workshop to find out about the wee folk and make your own wings! No booking is required. First come, first served. Maximum 15 children. Ages 5–10”.
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=401

DUBLIN GOOD FRIDAY BASH – URBAN OUTFITTERS
The Dublin Good Friday Bash in Urban Outfitters is becoming a bit of an institution! You are not allowed to sell alcohol on Good Friday, but giving it away for free is ok! ;-) So the clever people in Urban Outfitters realised that the worried alcohol-starved nation can be attracted to an event by being a little cheeky! Urban Outfitters is inviting to a Good Friday bash with Live Music and with free Coors Light AND you will get a 20% discount in the shop on during the event. If you want to join the celebrations, and want to listen to the band “Dark Room Notes” who are launching their debut album you should come to the Dundrum store and if you prefer music from the “Hot Sprockets” and want to attend the launch of the magazine “Limehouse”, hen the Temple Bar store should be your place for an evening out. From 17:00-21:00 the celebrations take place and if it is just the beer (or the shopping) you are interested in, then either store will do. www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=85496968078

SUPERJIMENEZ – TOWER RECORDS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
On Friday 10 April, Superjimenez will be in Tower Records in Wicklow Street from 17:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC – LECTURES
From 20 Feb 2009 to 1 May 2009 the Department of Music in TCD is running a series of public lectures on Irish Traditional Music. The background, forms instruments, practices and aesthetics of Traditional music in Ireland will be explored. The event is taking place from 11:00-13:00 in the Boydell Recital Room, Music Department, House 5, College. Further details from Gráinne at musicsec@tcd.ie or 8961120.
www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/ls_notices.html#12786

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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FLEA MARKET / CAR BOOT SALE
I still don’t know if admission to this flea market is free. The organisers are not very good when it comes to advertising their event! I guess they don’t know about the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) yet. :-P If you go to this flea market, tell them about this event guide. ;-)
This is a flea market/car boot sale (without the car boot) in the Basement of the Abbey Presbyterian Church on Parnell Square (next to the Writers Museum). From 10:00-14:00 you can buy treasures there or enjoy a cup of coffee and a cake. If you want to sell goods, please contact Alan or Ruth 01 8378600 or on findlatersfleamarket@gmail.com, a table for sellers costs EUR 15, but I am not sure if there are still tables available. Subsequent flea markets will take place on 23 May. www.irishtourist.com/board/16847.shtml

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
The events list of the National Museum is working again!
*  The Adult Gallery Talk “The Evolving Form – How my work has developed over time” on Sat 11 April from 12:00 features the contemporary wood turner Liam Flynn in the AV Theatre & Period furniture section in Collins Barracks. No booking is required. www.liamflynn.com and www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=348

EASTER PROGRAMME – DUNDRUM TOWN CENTRE
* Dundrum Town Centre is inviting children (and I will spare you the soooo funny puns of “eggs-tra” etc) to a programme of Easter-themed kids’ activities including balloon modeling, arts and crafts, storytelling, games  and face-painting. It will all take place on Easter Saturday 11 April and Monday 13 April at the Kidszone area on Level 3 from 12:00 – 18:00.
* Classically-trained soprano Alison Vard will perform live at the Gallery Level of the centre, singing classical operatic favourites on Easter Saturday, 11 April between 12:00 15:00.

TOE JAM CAR BOOT SALE
An Easter Car Boot Sale will take place on Sat 11 Apr at the Bernard Shaw Pub in 11-12 South Richmond Street in Portobello. I am a fan of this car boot sale. It is surreal, funky and soooo non-conventional and you meet sometimes wonderful people there! I still have my Christmas log that the most charming car boot sale seller – ever – sold me ;-) The sale is on from 13:00-18:00. Admission is free (enter the pub and then leave it again through the smoking area, the car boot sale is in the car park) and the car boot sale party will continue through the night.
www.bodytonicmusic.com/events/toejam/2009/feb/11/easter-carboot-sale-early-applications-here/

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
Nearly every Saturday 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 “Easter Island” with Valerie Moffat. The programme takes place in the Baroque Gallery and is suitable for children from 4-10 years.
www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html

DUBLIN ZOO – PROTEST
The National Animal Rights Association is unhappy with Dublin Zoo and will protest outside the zoo on Sat 11 April from 13:00-15:00 and from May they want to repeat this on the last Sunday of every month. The incidents that are referred to as an explanation/justification for the protest are up to 15 (!!) years old, which surprised me a bit. Find all details about the protest here www.indymedia.ie/article/91809

CLIMATE CAMP AWARENESS RAISER
If you always wondered what exactly Climate Camp is and what it hopes to achieve, then you can find out on Sat 11 April in Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvedere Court, Dublin 1. Doors open at 18:00 and the event starts at 18:30. All details including the format of the evening can be found on www.indymedia.ie/article/91864
There will be food and this food will be Vegan/Vegetarian. There is no admission charge for the event, but there is a suggested donation for food. It is a non-alcoholic event. And the event will end about 23:00.

REGULAR EVENTS
* 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
* The Dublin Food Coop runs a food market every Saturday (09:30-16:30) and Thursday (14:00-20:00) at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Fresh local and artisan produce, mainly organic, and other products for sustainable living are on sale. www.dublinfood.coop
* 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 informed that there are no more Latin Club Events on Fridays or Saturdays in La Vie. Instead they are working on finding a new venue, so watch this space. 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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It is possible that a number of shops will stay closed on Sunday, but will then open on Monday. If you intend to use Sunday for a big shopping trip, you better check with your preferred shops beforehand!

FARMLEIGH HOUSE – EASTER EVENTS
Farmleigh House was closed since Christmas until mid March and the Easter events are the first events of the new year in this nice estate in the middle of Phoenix Park.
On Sunday the schedule is this:
* 10:00-17:15 Farmleigh Food Markets – Courtyard/Farmyard
* 10:00-17:30 Farmleigh Animal Nursery – Courtyard Stables
* 10:00-17:30 Children’s Easter Novelty Room – Arkle Room
* 12:00-17:00 Birds of Prey (Falconry Display) with Hawks, Falcons and Owls
* 12:30, 14:30, 16:00 Storytelling for Children with Jess Smith Children’s Stories, Songs, and Poetry from one of Scotland’s finest storytellers The Old Kitchen
* 14:00-16:00 Music in the Bandstand with the Dublin Concert Band – Pleasure Grounds
* 13:00 – 16:00 Easter Egg Treasure Hunt with Fluffy the Farmleigh Rabbit (Cowshed Theatre/Grounds) Children and Parents join in the fun, answer the questions, fill out the forms and you will be entered into the draw for Easter eggs.  Draw will take place at 16:30 in the Cowshed Theatre. Limited amount of Eggs available. Persons must be at the draw to receive their Easter Eggs.
www.farmleigh.ie/culturalevents/currentevents/easter2009/

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. The upcoming themes are:
12 April – Birds and their habitats
19 April – Badges to wear
26 April – Kings and Queens of Ashtown Castle
Thanks to Blaithin O’D for searching and finding the new list of themes.
Bookings & Further Info: 01 6770095 or phoenixparkvisitorcentre@opw.ie
www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PhoenixParkVisitorCentre-AshtownCastle/Events/

1916 EASTER RISING COMMEMORATION
In addition to the Good Friday rules, another rather strange Irish event has emerged in recent years. The Easter Rising of 1916 had a huge impact on the fight for freedom of Ireland from the UK. Many of the people involved in this rebellion got killed and with its relevance for Irish history it is only appropriate to celebrate this day and to commemorate the people that have given their lives.
Unfortunately, however, this commemoration is done in a way that reminds more of a Soviet military parade than of a somber commemoration for fallen fighters for freedom. The president and the Taoiseach will be at 12:00 at the GPO and the military parade with all types of weapons and armoured vehicles will walk/drive by the GPO. O’Connell Street will be blocked from very early morning until approx. 15:00.

SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – CITY HALL
Every Sunday a free “Sunday at Noon” concert is taking place. Until recently that concert always took place in the Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square but it has now been moved to City Hall for a while. From 12:00-13:00 classical music will be performed for you. No booking is required. The next concert takes place on Sun 12 April: It is entitled “The Stations”. Matthew Schellhorn, piano, performs a new work by Ian Wilson inspired by the Stations of the Cross. This narrative in fourteen scenes relates to the events leading from Christ’s death sentence to his entombment. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=273

EASTER EGG HUNT – MOUNTJOY SQUARE
The Jesuit Refugee Service is organising an Easter Egg Hunt for children under 12 in Mountjoy Square Park. The event starts at 12:30 on 12 Apr and you should be there on time otherwise the eggs will be gone! There will be children’s games and face painting and other outdoor activities. And if you have an oversupply of Easter Eggs, please bring them there, they will be given to some children then. www.jrs.ie/jrs-news/50-news/193-easter-egg-hunt Thanks to Audrey H for alerting to this event!

MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is inviting to the Mad Hatters Tea Party on Sun 12 April from 13:00-17:00. The Tea Party takes place in Deerpark, Mount Merrion and admission is free. The description says:
“On 12 April from 13:00-17:00 in Deerpark, all is not quite what it seems as a white rabbit, a hatter and a little girl called Alice host a most unusual tea party with fun and games and a host of surprises!
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is one of the most famous scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. To celebrate the beginning of April and the full bloom of spring, DLR Events invite young and old to put on their maddest hat and come to the Mad Hatters Tea Party. Characters in costume from that famous scene in Alice in Wonderland such as the White Rabbit, Alice, and the Mad Hatter himself will be there to greet ‘guests’ to their very special tea party on long wooden tables under a tree! The storyteller will tell tales from the famous book and there will be plenty of games and activities to be enjoyed by all the family.
The event, hosted by DLR Events, is an initiative by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and will feature make and do for the younger children to make a mad hat. Guests will be encouraged to dress up as one of the Alice in Wonderland characters, and wear the maddest hat possible. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to show off hats and costumes on the purpose built “Hatwalk” – strut your stuff to the sounds of the DLR Events DJ!  Bring a picnic or buy some tea and cakes from the tuck shop and join picnic tables under a tree covered in red & white check tablecloths.” www.dlrevents.ie/madhatters_09.html

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
Every Sunday the National Museum invites to very interesting Sunday Family events, but this will not happen this Easter Sunday. Instead I got the following mail: “The National Museum of Ireland regrets that owing to ongoing industrial relations difficulties with the Civil and Public Services Union, its branches at Kildare Street, Dublin 2 and Collins Barracks, Dublin 7 will be closed to the public this Sunday 12th April.” Explain that to your child!

HAENDEL LECTURE – NATIONAL GALLERY
At 15:00 on Sunday 12 April the National Gallery is providing a talk “The Story of Georg Friedrich Haendel’s Messiah” with Lecturer Adrian Le Harivel, National Gallery of Ireland. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html

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 this week entitled “Easter Egg Designs”. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=227

SONGS OF PRAISE IV BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Songs of Praise, Dublin’s Rock + Roll Karaoke night, is celebrating its fourth Birthday on Easter Sunday 12 April from 22:00 till late in The Village in Wexford Street. Admission is free until midnight. Expect extra special events throughout the night for the birthday celebrations. www.getpraise.com

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! It is not clear to me if the band is currently playing every two weeks or only once a month. I will try to find out.
*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.
* The Brazilian Samba Rock Band +55 is playing every Sunday at the Odeon in Harcourt Street from 20:00-22:00, followed by a DJ playing Forro, Axe, and a mixture of Brazilian rhythms and salsa beats. Admission is free before 21:00 and EUR 5 after that.
* 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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Easter Monday is a bank+public holiday in Ireland. Pay & Display parking will not be enforced in Dublin on this day. Most shops will probably be open.

FARMLEIGH HOUSE – EASTER EVENTS
The Easter events continue on Monday in Farmleigh:
* 10:00-17:15 Farmleigh Food Markets – Courtyard/Farmyard
* 10:00-17:30 Farmleigh Animal Nursery – Courtyard Stables
* 10:00-17:30 Children’s Easter Novelty Room – Arkle Room
* 12:00-17:00 Birds of Prey (Falconry Display) with Hawks, Falcons and Owls
* 12:30, 14:30, 16:00 Storytelling for Children with Willie Drennan. Willie has presented TV and Radio shows for BBC Ulster will entertain you with Stories, Songs and Dance from his native Co Antrim The Old Kitchen.
* 14:00-16:00 Music in the Bandstand – Classic songs with the Pearse Butler Band – Pleasure Grounds
* 13:00 – 16:00 Easter Egg Treasure Hunt with Rusty the Farmleigh Rabbit (Cowshed Theatre/Grounds) Children and Parents join in the fun, answer the questions, fill out the forms and you will be entered into the draw for Easter eggs.  Draw will take place at 16:30 in the Cowshed Theatre. Limited amount of Eggs available. Persons must be at the draw to receive their Easter Eggs.
www.farmleigh.ie/culturalevents/currentevents/easter2009/

GREEN GUERILLA GARDENING EVENT
Green Party Councillor Ruairí Holohan is inviting to an Easter Guerilla Gardening Event on Easter Monday 13 April. Meeting point is at 12:00 on the car park next to Booterstown DART station. The mission is to transform a neglected piece of wasteland into heavenly garden before 15:00 and you are asked to “bring bedding plants, flowers, small trees, bushes etc….anything you have or can afford to buy. Don’t forget your gloves and a trowel!” A picnic will follow, for which you should bring your food and a trip to ‘The Punch Bowl’ pub across the road from Booterstown DART Station is optional afterwards. To contact Ruairí Holohan send a mail to dlrgreen@gmail.com.

HAENDEL FESTIVAL
The Haendel Festival will take place this from 13-19 April. There are quite a number of free events provided, however most of them require booking. So I suggest that you have a look at the programme here
www.templebar.ie/docs/handelfestival09.pdf and decide which events you want to attend. If you haven’t booked yet, it is probably too late, but you can still check with the Temple Bar Information Centre.
www.templebar.ie/home_ns_28.html
By the way, I am not sure why this festival is called “Handel Festival”. The name of the composer was “Händel” and the only correct way to anglicise the writing is “Haendel”

MESSIAH ON THE STREET
The Haendel Festival will be opened by a free performance of the Messiah, probably Haendel’s best known composition. Our Lady’s Choral Society will perform well known excerpts from Handel’s Messiah from 13:00 in Fishamble Street. Last year heavy rain and bright sunshine alternated in 10 minute intervals, so be prepared for anything. If the weather is half-way ok, there will be lots of people and the sound amplification wasn’t ideal last year, so let’s hope that it is better this year. But a better idea is to come early and to get a place (standing room only!) closer to the stage.
The performance is taking place on or near the original site where Messiah received its world premiere in 1742.
Don’t forget there are lots more Handel Festival events taking place throughout the week – visit www.templebar.ie/home_ns_28.html for a full programme or call into the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre for more info.
www.templebar.ie/home_ns_9_nid_338_action_view.html

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* 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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LATIN AMERICA WEEK
From 14-22 April, the Latin America Week 2009 will take place. The title is “The Bittersweet taste of Globalised Food – local struggles and food sovereignty in Latin American and Ireland – Dublin – Galway – Limerick – Cork”.
The main events are
* Conference Sat 18 April (10:15-16:00) – The speakers are Alberta Cariño Trujillo (Mexican woman active in the “No Corn No Country” campaign) and Juan Cambindo Cuenu (Colombian sugar cane cutter and trade unionist) Venue: Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
* Photo Exhibition – It runs from 14-18 April and opens on the 14th at 18:00. The exhibition is open daily from 10:00-17:00 in the Irish Aid Volunteer and Information Centre, 27 – 31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
* X Annual Irish – Latin American Film Festival from 15-17 April from 17:00-20:00 in the Irish Aid Volunteer and Information Centre, 27 – 31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.
www.lasc.ie/activities/law/law2009.html

DR ROBERT GALLO – UCD LECTURE
“Viruses, Epidemics and Prospects for Their Control” is the title of a lecture by Dr. Robert Gallo, Director, Institute of Human Virology and Division of Basic Science, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. The event takes place on Tues 14 April at 14:00 in the UCD Conway Institute, Lecture Theatre. After the lecture Dr. Gallo who discovered the HIV/AIDS virus will be presented with the James Joyce Award by UCD’s Literary & Historical Society. To read Dr. Gallo’s biography, please visit www.ihv.org/about/bios/gallo.html www.ucd.ie/conway/
www.ucd.ie/events/calendar?dt=d.en.30846&f=week&d=17/04/2009&sd=Tuesday,%2014%20April%202009

AGAINST THE TAMIL CIVILIAN MASSACRE IN SRI LANKA – PROTEST
“Stop The Slaughter Of Tamils In Sri Lanka” is a protest against the Sri Lankan government on Tues 14 April at 17:30 at the Spire in O’Connell Street. More details can be found here www.indymedia.ie/article/91871 or
www.stoptheslaughteroftamils.org

ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES
Free English language classes are offered in Seomra Spraoi from 19:00-21:00 every Tuesday starting on Tuesday 14 April. Each course will run for 8 weeks. All levels can apply and there will be one or two classes depending on what level is needed. Taught by an experienced TEFL teacher in a relaxed environment. Anyone interested in attending please email liz at keykiet@yahoo.com. There will be a maximum of 14 people per class. Seomra Spraoi is at 10 Belvedere Court. It’s the first laneway on the right after passing Mountjoy Square. For a map see www.seomraspraoi.org
www.indymedia.ie/article/91853

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL
The Champions League Quarter Final (Liverpool vs Chelsea) will be shown on the big screen in the nice surroundings of the Sugar Club in Tues 14 April from 19:00
www.thesugarclub.com/what-is-on.html

FLOWERS OF THE ITALIAN DOLOMITES – BOTANIC GARDEN LECTURE The lecture “Flowers of the Italian Dolomites” by Professor John Richards on Thurs 16 April is this week’s event in the Botanic Garden in Glasnevin. The lecture starts at 20:00 in the Education and Visitor Centre. www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm

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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FAIR WIND WINE – MERCHANT SAILING SHIP IN DUBLIN
On Sat 13 March the Etoile the France a sailing ship / merchant ship was in Dublin the first time this year and this week it will already be back again with more wine. The second shipment this year of “green” wines will arrive in Dublin Docklands on the 15 April. Guests are invited to climb aboard and sample a variety of red and white wines on board the tall ship, Etoile de France until the 18th April. CTMV Fair Wind Wine Ltd, whose inaugural shipment by sail to Ireland took place last July, was the first sustainable transport company to send exclusive French wines to Dublin using green energy. Now a third consignment of 15,000 bottles will arrive soon.The Etoile de France, a 61 year old, three masted tall ship/schooner, will be berthed at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Docklands, Dublin 2 from Wed 15 April to Sat 18 April. Last time the admission charge to enter the ship was EUR 5 per adult (admission is free for under 15 yrs and over 78 year olds), so it is not a free event, but watching the unloading of the ship and the viewing from land are free. ;-)
www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?p=94&n=105&a=1226

SHIPROCKED – THEMED LUNCHTIME READING
A themed literature reading is taking place on Wed 15 April at 13:15-13:55 in Chapters and Verse in Parnell Street.    Steve Conway, a former Radio Caroline DJ, will read from his new book “Shiprocked: Life on the Waves with Radio Caroline” in which he describes his years of work for Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station that was transmitting from an anchored ship in the international sea between Ireland and the UK. www.seventowers.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=268

LATIN AMERICA FILM FESTIVAL
During the Latin America Week 2009, a Film Festival will take place from Wed 15 – Fri 17 April. Some more information can be found here www.lasc.ie/activities/law/law2009filmfestival.html. Unfortunately the organisers do not let us know if there are admission charges or not. Amazingly, they did make the effort on having the programme translated into Irish (see link on website) for the handful of people that insist on that, but didn’t bother providing the COMPLETE information in English. What a pity!
The Film Festival takes place on the Irish Aid Centre, 27-31 Upper O Connell Street (near The Gresham Hotel), Dublin 1 and films are shown at 17:00 and 18:30.

LEINSTER RUGBY PLAYER SIGNING
On Wed 15 April at 18:00 the Leinster Rugby Players are in Best Menswear on Level 1 in Dundrum Town Centre to sign whatever is put in front of them. www.dundrum.ie/happening.asp?nid=763

TSUI KUANG-YU – ARTIST TALK, THE LAB
The LAB, Foley Street, is pleased to present a talk by Taiwanese artist TSUI Kuang-Yu that will take place in association with the current exhibition ‘Invisible Cities’ at the gallery on Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 18:30. The ‘Invisible City’ series is an ongoing action video project that has so far taken place in Amsterdam, Liverpool and Taipei. www.thelab.ie

JAMES LOVELOCK – UCD LECTURE
The UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies invites you to “James Lovelock  in conversation with Professor Frank Convery” on Wed 15 April at 19:00 in the O’Reilly Hall, UCD. James Lovelock is the prophet of climate change. The author of more than 200 scientific papers he is the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). He has been named by Prospect magazine as one of the world’s top 100 global public intellectuals. In April 2006 he was awarded the Edinburgh
Medal at the Edinburgh International Science Festival. If you would like to attend this free event please register by emailing johnhumeinstitute@ucd.ie
www.ucd.ie/events/calendar?dt=d.en.30822&f=week&d=17/04/2009&sd=Wednesday,%2015%20April%202009

JOHN REDMOMD – POETRY READING
Poetry Ireland in association with Wurm in Apfel and eek art collective present a reading by John Redmond, followed by an open mic session. In Sycamore Club, 9 Sycamore St, Temple Bar (next to the Project Arts Centre) at 20:00 on 15 April.
www.wurmimapfel.com and www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/index.php

SPANISH CINEMA – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
The Instituto Cervantes, the Spanish Cultural Institute, wants to take you on a journey through Spanish cinema, from its inception to more recent productions, at the hands of directors that may be described as young, mythical, exceptional and internationally renowned… You can enjoy the best of Spanish comedies, drama, animation and documentaries. From 02 April – 27 May every week a film will be screened in the Café Literario of the Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 (near the National Gallery). The next film on 15 April at 18:30 is “En la ciudad” (2003) by Cesc G ay. All films are in Spanish with English subtitles. dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha53668_16_2.htm

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS:
* CoCo Markets at Docklands. Every Wed from 15 Apr-28 Aug from 12:00-14:30 a CoCo food market is taking place at Excise Walk in the IFSC. www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?p=94&n=341&i=26
* 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 SOME Wednesdays. The frequency got less predictable in recent weeks/months and you should check the website before going. www.myspace.com/thesongroom

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LUNCHTIME MUSIC RECITAL
On Thurs 16 April at 13:00 a free lunchtime music recital will take place in the Music Library of the Central Library, ILAC Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1. The DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Rathmines, in association with the Music Library present a Lunchtime Recital including selections from Haendel, Gluck, Puccini and others with Sarah Dolan (soprano) and Mary Scarlet (piano).
All are welcome, but booking is essential: 01 8734333 or openlearning@dublincity.ie
www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Events/Pages/mk_lunchtime_recital.aspx

CHAD – LIFE IN THE HEART OF AFRICA – PHOTO EXHIBITION
‘Chad- Life in the Heart of Africa’ is an exhibition of photographs by Cavan photographer Hu O’ Reilly. It comprises a series of powerful portraits and beautiful landscape images. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Thurs 16 April from 18:00-20:00. Refreshments are provided, entry is free and everybody is welcome. All images will be for sale, with proceeds going to Irish aid-agencies working in Chad, namely Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Concern Worldwide. The exhibition will be on show in Filmbase, Curved St., Temple Bar, Dublin 2 until 23 April. www.chadexhibition.blogspot.com/

FERTILITY & ACUPUNCTURE – LECTURE
Declan Rothwell contacted me during the week. He is one of Ireland’s leading practitioners of classical acupuncture. Declan is giving a special public lecture entitled ‘Fertility & Acupuncture: A Positive Option’. The lecture will address the basic workings of this ancient Chinese medicine and the very positive findings of research by Dr. Eric Manheimer, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA, which found that that having acupuncture while undertaking IVF will result in a 65% increased success rate and a 91% increase in live births. The event will take place at Stone’s Restaurant, 23 Stephen Street Lower, Dublin 2 on Thurs 16 April 2009 at 19:00. The event is free, but places are limited. Beverages and finger food will be provided. For more information go to www.classicalacupuncture.ie. To reserve a place contact Bernice on 01-8775221 or info@classicalacupuncture.ie

TALKING BOOKS – CONVERSATIONS WITH DERMOT BOLGER
“Talking Books – a series of conversations with Dermot Bolger” is the title of a series of events on Thursdays 16 April, 14 May, 11 June and 09 July in the Deansgrange Library. The talks start at 19:00 and admission is free, but advance booking is essential. To reserve tickets ring Deansgrange Library 01-285 0860.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to present ‘Talking Books’, a series of intimate public conversations by
Novelist, playwright and poet Dermot Bolger will talk with leading Irish writers about the art of writing and the everyday practices, routines and difficulties involved with creating a sustained piece of literature. Broadening out to include questions and comments from the audience, these evenings are intended to be enjoyed by emerging writers and by anyone interested in contemporary Irish writing.
* Thurs 16 April: Dermot Bolger in conversation with Gerard Donovan, author of Schopenhauer’s Telescope and Julius Winsome.
* Thurs14 May: Dermot Bolger in conversation with Brian Keenan, author of An Evil Cradling and Four Quarters of Light: An Alaskan Journey.
* Thurs 11 June: Dermot Bolger in conversation with Deirdre Purcell, author of Falling for a Dancer and Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes.
* Thurs 09 July: Dermot Bolger in a final conversation with Claire Kilroy, author of Tenderwire, & John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Further information:
www.dlrevents.ie/talking%20books.html

———Friday————————

POLISH-RUSSIAN CONFLICT – UCD LECTURE
The lecture “Polish-Russian Conflict in 20th-Century Perspective” by Prof.
Andrzej Nowak (Jagiellonian University, Cracow) will take place on 17 April, 18:00 the Newman House (85 St. Stephen’s Green, D2). The Polish Embassy is inviting to this event. The event forms part of the lecture series “Exploring Polish History and
Culture”, organised by the UCD School of History and Archive in
co-operation with the Polish Embassy in Dublin.
www.dublin.polemb.net/index.php?document=410

CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – UCD EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
The UCD Earth Systems Institute is inviting to a weekly seminar about climate change. There is NO lecture on Fri 10 Apr because it is Good Friday. The next public lecture will take place on Fri 17 Apr from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “Plug-in hybrids – panacea or placebo?” by Dr. William Smith, UCD School of Electrical, Electronic & Mechanical Engineering. An overview over the whole seminar programme until June 2009 including links to abstracts is here www.ucd.ie/earth

AOIFE MORIARTY – TOWER RECORDS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
On Friday 17 April, Aoife Moriarty will be in Tower Records in Wicklow Street from 17:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

MUNDY – HMV IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
Mundy will be playing live and signing copies of his new album ‘Strawberry Blood’ in
hmv Grafton Street on  Friday 17 April at 17:30. hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1080

INFECTIOUS: STAY AWAY – SCIENCE GALLERY
From 17 April – 17 July the Science Gallery will host a new exhibition. The title is “Infectious: Stay Away” and it will be spreading! “What is infectious? AIDS? Ebola? Financial Panics? Religion? Can this event be contained? From April 17 something will be spreading from Science Gallery. INFECTIOUS will explore mechanisms of contagion and strategies of containment through a range of exhibits, experiments and epidemic simulation. INFECTIOUS at the Science Gallery will allow you to probe everything from the immune system to insidious viral marketing and catchy tunes. INFECTIOUS features singing crustaceans, virus sculptures and simulated outbreaks and is an event where the participant helps spread the experience. Expect to be screened for your dangerous ideas as you enter this containment zone.
Opening with a three day long festival of events, talks and performances INFECTIOUS will start spreading on April 17th and will hopefully be contained by July 17th. Find all the performances and workshops here:
www.sciencegallery.com/events Opening hours are Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat-Sun 12:00-18:00.
The Science Gallery is in the Naughton Building at the back of Trintiy College near Westland Row/Pearse Street DART Station. A location map is here www.sciencegallery.com/find_us

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RATHMINES FESTIVAL 2009
This year’s Rathmines Festival will run from Thursday 23 April until Sunday 26 April. The website is here www.rathminesfestival.com and if you want to download the full programme, then check this link rathminesfestival.com/RF09_pdf_Files/Rathmines_Festival_Brochure_09.pdf A large amount of events are organised and the majority of them are free. I will mention a few events in next week’s Event Guide, but in the meantime have a look at the programme brochure.

DRACULA ON SCREEN
“Bram Stoker’s Dracula on Screen” is the title of a film festival in the Irish Film Institute (IFI) from 17-19 April about Dracula. In addition to a whole range of film screenings (not free): www.irishfilm.ie/cinema/season2_07.asp?SID=169 , there are two free, but ticketed events. You should request your ticket soon if you want to attend. The two free events are a Panel Discussion on Dracula and talk about Dracula as a screen character. The Dracula Panel discussion takes place on Sun 19 Apr at 11:15 and all details are here www.irishfilm.ie/cinema/sdispfilm_07.asp?SID=169&filmID=6355. The Screen Character Talk with Kim Newman is taking place on Sun 19 April at 14:45 and you can find the relevant information here www.irishfilm.ie/cinema/sdispfilm_07.asp?SID=169&filmID=6353

JONATHAN SHACKLETON – LECTURE
“Travels to Antarctica – Jonathan Shackleton” is the title of a lecture in the RDS. Jonathan Shackleton, cousin of the famous Kildare born Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, will be making his first speaking engagement at the RDS on his return from his travels to the Antartic. Jonathan has made legendary attempts to reach the South Pole and has accompanied 24 groups to the Antarctic in the past 10 years as historian, guide, photographer and Zodiac driver. Jonathan will be discussing amongst his other adventures how he and 4 other Irish travellers had to be rescued from a cruise ship which ran aground in the sea off Antarctica recently. The talk will take place on Wed 22 April from 18:00-19:30 in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Admission is free, but you have to regiser at  01 240 7254 or lectures@rds.ie.
www.rds.ie/speakerseries.

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This week I have two This is odd! stories and they were both send to me by readers. Thanks for that. If YOU come across a story that puzzles you, send it to dublineventguide@gmail.com and I will include it here:

Linda M describes that Tesco’s own label coffee has a fair-trade logo on it but when you check closer it says 30% and on the back it explains that Tesco only guarantee that a minimum of 30% of the coffee in the packet is fair-trade. Maybe a little fair-trade is better than no fair-trade at all, but like Linda I would expect the complete product to be fair-trade if it carries the logo!

Maurice C tells me that a friend was buying a tea, a coffee and a donut in a café in a Dublin University recently. When he was paying, the cashier asked was the donut with the tea or the coffee and when my friend asked why, he was told that a special offer applies when you buy a donut with one of the drinks but wouldn’t say which when asked. My friend said the donut was with the coffee and was told how much to pay. The cashier then muttered, almost under his breath “you should’ve picked the tea and it would’ve been cheaper”. Unbelievable!!!!
I totally agree! But I even wonder if this shop and its cashier are not in breach of the price display laws: www.consumerconnect.ie/eng/Hot_Topics/Guides-to-Consumer-Law/Prices

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Now, all there is to say before I send this issue of the Event Guide is: HAPPY EASTER! I hope you find some yummy Easter eggs somewhere. :-)

–Joerg

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