Event Guide 103: Phantom First Friday, Art Walk, Horse Market, Crafty Market, Shakespeare Festival, Alchemist Cafe

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 103
| 05 June 2009                      Subscribers: 4190
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Hi all!

Wow! I love this brilliant weather! Can we please have lots more of it? Dublin just looks gorgeous in the sunshine and with warm temperatures. Don’t you think? I know, we are STILL in Ireland and realism requires us to appreciate every hour of sunshine and to make most of it, because it is NOT the normal weather. But I AM hoping that we will have a good few more nice days and with your help and with intensive prayers to the weather gods, we hopefully will have wonderful weather on 20+21 of June for the Street Performance World Championship in Merrion Square.

Next week’s issue of the Event Guide is No. 104 and therefore it is time to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)!!!! In addition 100 issues and 4000 subscribers are more milestones that require some proper celebration.:-) Do you want to join me? Will you meet me on Sat 13 June from approx. 20:00 in a City Centre venue in Dublin? The “alternative” Valentine’s Day party was such a big success, that I suggest we will have another great evening, meeting lots of nice people and having a chat with them. The near-100 people that were there last time had a great time and maybe we can gather even more this time!?!?! If you want to be part of the celebrations, please help me assessing the numbers and drop me a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with “2nd Birthday” in the subject line. Please let me know with how many people you intend to come (“1” if you are on your own to meet the wonderful members of the Dublin Event Guide Community, “2”, “3”, …. if you will bring more people).. During the week you will find out more details about the WHERE and WHEN in a separate mail! Please send your mail before Tuesday lunchtime, if possible.

And finally: Last week I mentioned the concert of the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, the best Gospel Choir in Dublin, and we do need you! The Gospel Choir urgently needs to raise money to guarantee the survival of the weekly Gospel Mass in Gardiner Stree Church (Sundays at 19:30) and a concert on 06 June in the Helix in Dublin City University (DCU) is a fundraiser for this. I am involved with the Gospel Choir and do the sound engineering and all technical and logistical challenges at gigs and would appreciate if you could make it to the concert. I promise an exciting and interesting evening full of very modern Gospel Music. The tickets cost EUR 19 (incl. booking fee) and you can buy them here www.helix.ie/2009_Q1/GardinerStreetGospelChoir.htm and if you want to find out more about us, then check out www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
I know that the Helix is ideal for visitors who have to use public transport, but the good news is that the Dublin Bus routes 3, 4, 11, 11A, 11B, 13, 13A, 16 and 19A all come from the City Centre and stop outside the University at the Ballymun Road and Collins Avenue entrances, or near to the university with stops on the Swords Road and Glasnevin Avenue.
So, I hope to see you on Saturday in the Helix!
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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.
To contribute you can transfer your donation directly to “Joerg Steegmueller, AIB, SortCode 93-36-78, AccountNo 03556043” or go donate using PayPal or your credit card by going “http ://tinyurl . com/68dmlq ” and just remove the three Spaces in the web address (I have to write it like this, otherwise Spam Checkers complain about the tinyurl address.)
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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This weekend I will spend the whole Saturday preparing the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir gig and hope to see you at the concert in the Helix from 20:00. Some tickets will still be available at the door, I am told. On Sunday I will probably go to the Horse Market in the morning and to the Craftymarket after that. I might as well give the Art Walk a try while I am out and about. Next week I will try to catch one of the free Shakespeare performances in town and would like to go to the Alchemy Café, but will probably not be able to fit it in. :-/ So this weekend is not the busiest, but there are still a good few things to do, so get out and enjoy Dublin. ;-)

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SHAMANS OF BULGARIA – TICKET COMPETITION
Another chance to enter this competition:
Raffael Abarca’s Lx Promotions is bringing the “The Shamans of Bulgaria” show to Dublin. Elitsa Todorava and Stoyan Yankoulov are the Master Percussionists performing in this show. Elitsa & Stoyan, a former choir singer of “Mystery voices” and a jazz drummer, took ancient rhythms, broke them down and created new captivating arrangements and compositions to accommodate an ensemble of their own haunting and blend authentic ethno folk with jazz & world music style through drumming and singing, creating a dramatic performance spectacle. The performance is taking place in the National Concert Hall on 10 June at 20:00. Tickets are available on www.nch.ie/Box-Office/Performances/-The-Shamans-of-Bulgaria–Elitsa—Stoyan.aspx for EUR 30/25/20. A small snippet from their performance can be seen here www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3qjUDsHzUg and more information is here lxpromotions.com
Raffael has made TWO pairs of tickets available for this event for the Event Guide Community. If you want to be in with a chance to win a pair of these tickets, just send an e-mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject SHAMANS and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. The mail has to be with me by 12:00 on Mon 08 June.

CASTLE PALOOZA FESTIVAL – TICKET COMPETITION
Have you heard of the Castle Palooza Boutique Music & Arts Festival? I only heard about it last year, but it is already in its fourth year so the word needs to be spread. :-) Cherrycool Promotions, the organisers of the festival, have now made a pair of tickets available to the Dublin Event Guide readers for a competition and it is a great price! Castle Palooza is an exclusive two-day festival in the magical Charleville Castle, Tullamore, where 2,500 lucky ticket holders will enjoy a fun-filled weekend of music, entertainment and art. The announced performers are David Kitt, Project Jenny Project Jan, R.S.A.G, Channel One, Robotnik, The Lost Brothers, Dark Room Notes, Noise Control, 8 Ball, Glint, Le Galaxie, Nell Bryden, The Ambience Affair, Followers of Otis, Patrick Kelleher & DJ’s Tu-Ki, Baz and Steve Reddy. In addition Super Extra Bonus Party, 202s, Skibunny, The Lowly Knights, Toy Horses, Scribble Sound System, Angel Pier, The Hot Sprockets, So Cow, Yngve & the Innocent, Not Squares, Land Lovers, Lauren Guillery, The Spikes & Hogan have been announced just recently. In addition to the music on two stages, this year’s festival will also include lots of other entertainment: From the live Rocky Horror Picture Show; a Ceilí; Crafternoon Tea; dance workshops (including disco, burlesque, bollywood & circus tricks); performance artists and exhibitions to a cocktail bar and a party bus. And the organisers are providing hot showers and proper flushing toilets! Festival luxury pure!
The festival will take place on 01+02 August.
Two-day tickets including camping are EUR 89 and if you are more into a bit of additional festival luxury there are ‘Couples Treat Yourself Tickets’ and the same for singles and you can find out all the nice things that are included on the website. Tickets are limited to a 2,500 capacity festival & are available on www.castlepalooza.com & from usual outlets.
To be in with a chance to win a pair of two-day tickets including camping for a total value of EUR 178 you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject PALOOZA and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. The mail has to be with me at 15:00 on Wed 17 June! Check out www.castlepalooza.com

YOGA ADVENTURE BREAK – OUTDOORS IRELAND
This is a brilliant prize from Outdoors Ireland and you have another chance to enter the competition! Outdoors Ireland is Nathan Kingerlee’s company and a good few of you will remember that Nathan offered recently climbing trials/tasters for free. I hear it was very successful and this time Nathan has an even better offer!
Outdoors Ireland had offered a free place on one of their upcoming Yoga Adventure Breaks in Killarney in Kerry for one of the Event Guide readers, a prize to the value of EUR 275! Nathan Kingerlee from Outdoors Ireland hasn’t told me yet who won the prize, so I will announce the lucky winner next week In the meantime you can find out more about the Yoga Adventure Breaks on outdoorsireland.blogspot.com/2009/04/yoga-activity-weekends.html

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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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BICYCLES FOR DUBLIN
I mentioned last week that the bicycle stations for the bicycle rental scheme are currently being installed. Not in all locations this is being done at a good spot and many many car park spaces are being sacrificed even if plenty of other space is available nearby (e.g. at the Radisson Hotel in Golden Lane). Now I found out what the likely rental conditions will be: It seems that there will be a yearly fee of 10 Euro and for this the first 30 minutes of bike use will be free. Since Dublin is very small, I guess 30 min will bring you in most cases to your destination and a EUR 10 charge per year is very fair. I am looking forward to the launch in July and will tell you all about the scheme when new details emerge.
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0501/1224245759208.html
The downside of the deal, however, is that a lousy 450 bikes are provided. The advertisement agency that won the deal certainly pulled the wool over the esteemed city councillor’s heads.

SWIMMING POOL MAP
Last week I found an interesting map with all the bus routes for you (mkmap.com/dublin), this week I found a map with all the swimming pools in Dublin. If you are interested, have a look here: maps.dublinbynumbers.com/sport-and-fitness-map-swimming-pools.html

ELECTION FRIDAY
Today is the big day all parties were working towards. All over Ireland the Irish members of the European Parliament and the members of the local councils will be elected and I expect there will be lots of surprises and shock developments. Opinion polls and forecasts are very interesting, but in the end, the only decider is who people actually vote for. The websites www.rte.ie/news/elections and www.irishtimes.com/indepth/elections2009 will probably the best ones to follow the elections and to find out the results.

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In order to beat an economic downturn not governments can help, but individuals are needed that take the initiative and to create new markets and new opportunities for themselves and for their customers and hopefully employees. If you are one of the courageous people that has recently taken the risk and has started a company and if you could do with spreading the word, I am happy to help you! My contribution will be to let the 4000+ readers of the Event Guide know about your new business and hopefully that will kick start something big for you. In return I expect you to tell your clients and friends about the Event Guide – not a demanding task, I would think. :-) (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 affordable) advertisement options with you. :-) )

If you want to promote your start-up/young company here for free, let me know: dublineventguide@gmail.com.

QUACK + DIRK – A WORKSHOP-BOUTIQUE
Deirdre Cantwell has recently set up a workshop-boutique in Fairview, where she makes dresses on site in her sewing /dressmaking area, and sells her frocks while she is creating! It all happens in-shop, is a very interactive & individual process by keeping the overheads to an absolute minimum, Deirdre can offer extremely affordable prices (e.g. dresses from EUR 29!) …and have a look at the pictures on her website (www.quackanddirk.com), the dresses are really gorgeous, if I may say so as a guy!! ;-) She also stocks city-wear from London and one-off vintage pieces. Have a look at the website (opening hours and directions can be found there are well) and when you make it to Deirdre’s shop to buy this cool summer dress, tell her that you heard about Quack+Dirk in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). By the way, Quack+Dirk are showcasing their wares at the Howth Market every Sunday in June, so pop by! And another nice offer: Deirdre is running a competition at the moment and if you send her a picture of yourself with your Quack+Dirk purchase you can win a EUR 50 voucher to spend in the shop. Send your entries to lookgood@quackanddirk.com

There are a few more companies on my list who will get mentioned here in coming weeks, so if your new venture hasn’t been mentioned yet, don’t despair.

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GROUP SHOW – MONSTER TRUCK GALLERY & STUDIOS
‘Process Visible’ is an exhibition of paintings by Séamus O’Rourke, Emma Roche and Adam Bohanna. The show will run from 04-14 June 2009.
(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)

NCAD GRADUATE EXHIBITION
The exhibition will feature work by graduating students in Ceramics, Glass, Fashion, Visual Communications, Education, Painting, Metals, Textiles, Sculpture, Media, Industrial Design and Print. The show will open at the NCAD campus at 100 Thomas Street at 18:00 on Friday 05 June 2009 and will run from 06 to 14 June 2009.
www.ncad.ie/

MOLLY MISHKAS & LOGAN McLAIN – NCAD GALLERY
‘The Social Contract’, an exhibition of work by recent graduates of Painting and Textile Design, Molly Mishkas and Logan McLain will open on Friday 05 June 2009 at 16:00 before the opening of the NCAD Degree Show. The show will run until 4 July 2009. www.mollymishkas.com www.loganmclain.com www.ncad.ie/gallery

NCAD MFA & MADW DEGREE SHOW – DIGITAL DEPOT
The National College of Art and Design would like to invite you to the MFA and MADW Degree Show at the Digital Depot, 157 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. The exhibition will open on Friday 05 June 2009 at 18:00 with a wine reception. Fearturing MFA artists Cecilia Bullo, Peter Burns, Daniel Lipstein, Mary Noonan, Emer Roberts and Robert Sherlock alongside MADW artists Aoife Giles, Sheila Hough, Karen McCormack, Gerard Reilly, Cóilín Rush and Gary Somers. The show will run from 05-15 June. Open Monday to Friday 10:00-20:00, Sat 10:00-17:00, Sun 14:00-17:00. www.ncad.ie

IADT DEGREE SHOW – IADT, DUN LAOGHAIRE
The School of Creative Arts Graduates from IADT, Kill Avenue, will show their work from Fri 05 June 2009 (14:00) until 11 June 2009. The Exhibition 2009 will display work by graduates from the Makeup, Production Design & Art Direction, Animation, Photography, Visual Communications, Visual Arts Practice, Film & Television Production and Modelmaking courses.
www.iadtprojects.com

DIT GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2009 – DIT SCHOOL OF FINE ART
23 final year students of Dublin Institute of Technology, St. Joseph’s Convent, Portland Row, Dublin 1 display their work. The exhibition will open with a reception on Monday 08 June 2009 from 18:00-20:00 and continues on 09 June 2009 from 10:00 to 17:00. www.ditgraduateshowcase09.com

OUR LADY’S HOSPICE EXHIBITION – NO GRANTS GALLERY
‘Inspirations’, an exhibition of work by members of Our Lady’s Hospice residents’ art group is on show in the No Grants Gallery 04 – 08 June 2009. www.olh.ie (Gallery Details: NGG (No Grants Gallery) in Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2)

CHEKA KIDOGO – WOLFE TONE SQUARE
Cheka Kidogo, an exhibition by fashion photographer Rankin will be on show on Wolfe Tone Square (beside the Jervis Centre) from 01 May to 31 July 2009. Rankin travelled with Oxfam to a refugee camp in Eastern Congo and used his celebrity portraiture with entirely different subjects – the residents of Mugunga camp, home to 250,000 people displaced by Congo’s harrowing violence. Photographed against Rankin’s trademark white backdrop rather than in their everyday surroundings, those in the portraits boldly defy the war victim tag and shine out as real people with individuality, humour and warmth. The exhibition’s name Cheka Kidogo, meaning “laugh a little” in Swahili, celebrates the spirit of the Congolese people in the face of adversity, but was also the phrase that people called out to their friends being photographed. For more details visit www.oxfamireland.org/drc

DIT PHOTOGRAPHY DEGREE SHOW – GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The 2009 DIT BA Photography exhibition features the diverse photographic projects of 17 final year students and includes the work of graduate Peter Murray, Smedia Photographer of the Year 2009. The exhibition will be on show from 10 to 21 June 2009. www.dit.ie (Gallery Details: Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, wwww.galleryofphotography.ie, Open: Tues-Sat 11:00-18:00, Sun 13:00-18:00)

GOYA – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
“Goya. The portrayed conscience” is an exhibition in the Instituto Cervantes that will be on show from 04 June – 25 July. One of most famous series by Francisco de Goya (Fuendetodos 1746 – Bordeaux 1828) is the collection of etchings published in 1799 under the title “Caprichos”. “Goya. The portrayed conscience” compiles 80 etchings belonging to the Instituto Cervantes and printed on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition in Seville in 1929. Besides the visual impact, artistic and technical interest of the “Caprichos” we shouldn’t forget about their instructive ethical message conveyed through image and text. Their critical overtone alerted the Inquisition, which is why they were withdrawn from circulation almost immediately. Goya would describe them as “capricious matters which aim to show the ridicule of things, to whip the prejudice, pose and hypocrisy justified with time”. (Instituto Cervantes Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Mon-Thurs: 14:00-22:00, Sat 10:00-14:00, Fri+Sun closed, dublin.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm)

JIM McPARTLIN – MILL THEATRE
‘Beyond the Pale’ is an exhibition of landscape paintings in watercolours and acrylics by Jim Mc Partlin at the Mill Theatre Dundrum. The exhibition will be on show from 06 to 18 June 2009. (Venue Details: Mill Theatre Gallery, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, www.milltheatre.com, Open: during theatre opening hours)

FERGUS MARTIN – GREEN ON RED GALLERY
Green on Red Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Fergus Martin that will be on public view at the gallery from 4 June to 4 July 2009. The show will run from 03 June 2009 – 04 July. In conjunction with the exhibition the artist will be in conversation with Barbara Dawson, Director of the Hugh Lane, on Wednesday 17 June 2009 at 19:00.www.fergusmartin.com (Gallery Details: Green On Red Gallery, 26-28 Lombard St. East, Dublin 2, www.greenonredgallery.com, Open: Mon- Fri 10:00 – 18:00, Sat 11.00 – 17.00)

KATE MURPHY – STONE GALLERY
‘Everywhere There Are Palaces’ will be on show from 05 June to 04 July 2009.
(Gallery Detail: Stone Gallery, 70 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, www.stonegallery.ie, Open: Mon-Fri 10:00-17:30, Thurs 10:0-19:00, Sat 11:00-17:30)

GROUP SHOW – PALLAS CONTEMPORARY PROJECTS
‘Latent Connections’, is an exhibition by Elaine Hurley, Suzannah Vaughan and Sinead Curran comprising of video, light and installation. It will run from 03 June .- 06 June from 12:00-18:00. (Gallery Details: Pallas Contemporary Projects, 111 Grangegorman Road Lower, Dublin 7, www.pallasprojects.org, Open: Mon-Sat: 12:00-18:00)

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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 05 June from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “The future of crop production in Ireland: climate change and sustainable land use” by Dr. Fiona Doohan, 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

THE CHAPTERS – HMV IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
The Chapters will be playing acoustic live and signing copies of their album ‘Perfect Strangers’ in hmv Henry Street on Friday 05 June at 17:00. hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1080

JULIE FEENEY – HMV IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
Julie Feeney will be playing live and signing copies of her new album ‘Pages’ in hmv Grafton Street on Friday 05 June at 17:00.

JULIA O’FAOLAIN – BOOK LAUNCH
The Alliance Française is inviting to the launch of the latest novel by Julia O’Faolain entitled “Adam Gould”, a historical novel set at a critical time in French history. Paris at the end of the 19th Century and more precisely in the Passy asylum of Dr Blanche, where one of the most famous inmates was the writer Guy de Maupassant.
Dr. Heather Ingman (School of English, Trinity College) will present the author and her book. You will have the option to continue the discussion at a convivial dinner from the Burgundy Region at the Café des amis from 19:00. Prior online booking is essential before 02 June. The book launch will take place on Fri 05 June at 17:30 in the Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
alliance-francaise.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f430b2e54d3eff7aec5ef3661&id=6b4fb9dcaa&e=0903eadddf

FERRY TALES – THEATRE AT THE FERRY TERMINAL
“Ferry Tales” is a live theatre performance at Dublin Port Company’s Ferry Terminal and the generous Port Company is inviting us to come to this performance for free! Carpet Theatre will take over Dublin Port Company’s Ferry Terminal for a limited run of four performances, inspired by the myriad of characters that pass through Dublin Port on ferries every day. Ferry Tales will bring the audience on board an interactive journey to catch a phantom ferry from Dublin Port.   The performance begins as soon as the audience steps onto a bus at Busáras Bus Station destined for Dublin Port.  A host of fascinating characters get caught up in a pattern of coming and going as Carpet Theatre unpack the experience of collective travel through the generations: check-in rituals, meetings and partings, tears of joy and despair when the ship comes in.
The performances take place on Fri 05 June at 20:15, Sat 06 June at 14:15 & 20:15 and on Sun 07 June at 14:15. Meeting point is the Busáras Bus Station behind the Customs House.
The tickets are free, but are strictly limited and must be booked in advance at Dublin Port Company (01) 887 6821. www.dublinport.ie

WORLDVIEW FILM CLUB
The next Worldview Film Club screening is not on Fri 05 May at 18:45 but instead on 12 June!!

PHANTOM FIRST FRIDAY
On every first Friday of the month the radio station Phantom 105.2 invites you to come to the “First Friday” event in the Andrews Lane Theatre (ALT) off Trinity Street and only seconds from Dame Street. Admission is free before 22:00 (EUR  7 or EUR 5) after 22:00. Doors open at 20:00. This evening the live band line-up is “Messiah J & The Expert”, “8 Ball” and “Heritage Centre”. The live music will be followed by DJ Derek Byrne. www.phantom.ie/content/view/2137/1/

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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ART WALK – ART-FAIR AT THE LIFFEY BOARDWALK
The Liffey Boardwalk between the Ha’penny Bridge and O’Connell Bridge will be transformed this summer into THE ART WALK, an open air art-fair, organised by the North Dublin Student & Artists League and sponsored by Dublin Port Company.
Up to 200 participants including established artists, up-and-coming artists and student artists from a number of art colleges will exhibit their work at The Art Walk between June and September. With 18 different artists showcased every weekend, the exhibition will be continuously evolving with a wide range of living art from paintings to photographs on show.
The Art Walk will run from Sat 06 June to September, every Saturday and Sunday from 11:00-17:00. For artists to register their interest in exhibiting at The Art Walk email martinbeirne@gmail.com.

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
* The Adult Gallery Talk “The United Nations: celebrating Irish Peacekeeping” by  Major General Vincent Savino will take place on Sat 06 June from 12:00 in the Soldies and Chiefs section in Collins Barracks. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=378
* “The X Club – Thomas Henry Huxley” is a workshop for Ages 8-12 in Kildare Street on Sat 06 June from 11:00-12:00. Know as Darwin’s Bulldog, Huxley was one of the first anatomists to link birds to dinosaurs. Join an anatomy class with a difference! Booking is essential.
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=442

PHOTO WALK
Kate Southall, a Dublin based photographer, and Phil O’Kane, a photographer from Belfast, are inviting to a photo walk on Sat from 12:00. Details are here kesouthall.co.uk/blog/?p=613 or here icedcoffee.ie/2009/06/02/dublin-photo-walk-6th-june-2009/ and you can register your attendance here www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196214695579

ROSS O’CARROLL KELLY – HUGHES&HUGHES BOOK SIGNING
On Sat 06 June from 13:30, Ross O’Carroll Kelly creator Paul Howard will be signing copies of his new book “We Need to Talk About Ross” in Hughes & Hughes in Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre.

REGULAR SATURDAY 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
* Sunday Market & Car Boot Sale at Kart City
Old Airport Road, Santry, Dublin 9. The Kart City Weekend Market is open every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from 08:00-16:00 and until the end of May all car boot sellers can sell for free. sundaymarket.ie/
* Blackhorse Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Saturday from 10:00-18:00 the Blackhorse Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line. theblackhorsemarket.com
* 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.
* Conrad Hotel Latin Club – ObsessionSalsa is running a weekly Latin Club in the Conrad Hotel at Earlsfort Terrace. Admission is free before 22:00 and EUR 5 after that. obsessionsalsa.com
* 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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HORSE MARKET – SMITHFIELD PLAZA
Every first Sunday of the month, the horse traders from Dublin and surrounding areas come together and sell and buy horses on Smithfield Plaza. This tradition is in place for many many years and after the modernisation of Smithfield Plaza, Dublin City tried to move the market to another location. This has not been successful yet and consequently the horse market is still a monthly feature in the City Centre. It starts relatively early in the morning and goes on until all traders have left, which is around 13:00. If you want to experience this somewhat anachronistic event, you should consider coming relatively early. I would recommend around 09:00-10:00 experience it at its peak. Especially all the photographers among you should find plenty of four-legged models. And if you did take some nice pictures, maybe you can share them with all by letting me know the link to your online photo album. A search on Google brought me to this website: www.flickr.com/photos/deadlyphoto/sets/72157605373424018 Have a look at the pictures, it is a different world!! …and definitely not what you would expect in the centre of a European capital. ;-)

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:
07 June – Animals in the Phoenix Park Zoo
14 June – Summer flowers in the Park
21 June – Tracing fun
Bookings & Further Info: 01 6770095 or phoenixparkvisitorcentre@opw.ie
www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PhoenixParkVisitorCentre-AshtownCastle/Events/

FARMLEIGH HOUSE FOOD MARKET
In Sun 07 June from 10:00-17:15 the next food market in Farmleigh House at the northern end of Phoenix Park will take place. www.farmleigh.ie/culturalevents/foodmarket/#d.en.1506

CRAFTYMARKET
Every first Sunday in the month The Crafty Market takes place in the Dublin Food Co-op building at 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8. It is an Arts and Craft Market and it runs from 11:00-17:00. All the details about this market are on www.thecraftymarket.com. I haven’t been at the market yet, but I will try to go there this weekend to have a look.

SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – CITY HALL
Nearly every Sunday a free “Sunday at Noon” concert is taking place. For 3 months “Sunday at Noon” moved from the Hugh Lane Gallery to the City Hall, but now it is back in the Hugh Lane Gallery. From 12:00-13:00 classical music will be performed for free. No booking is required. The next concert is on 07 June: Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin) is playing Bach and Telemann. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=324

PAUL HOWARD – EASON’S BOOK SIGNING
Paul Howard will be signing copies of “We Need to Talk About Ross”. He will be in Dundrum Shopping Centre on Sun 07 June 2009 from 15:00. www.eason.ie/events

CONCORDE CONCERT – NATIONAL GALLERY
Concorde, the contemporary music ensemble, present new works by Judith Ring and Stephen Gardner on Sun 07 June from 15:00-17:00 in the National Gallery on Merrion Square.
Concorde introduce 2 new works, both commissioned by the ensemble. Stephen Gardner has written a lively duo for Concorde’s Paul Roe on clarinet and Elaine Clark on violin, entitled klezmeria. Judith Ring has written a sextet for the group which includes a layer of tape music, crafted in her unique style.  She met with each member of Concorde to explore their instruments and record sounds and then used these samples to inspire her composition, Within an Egg of Space. www.concorde.ie/

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Events in the National Museum today are:
* My Museum Family Event: “The Sound of the Barracks: Music in the Museum”. On 07 June from 14:30 in Collins Barracks, you will learn about the role of music and sound in the daily life of a soldier stationed in Collins Barracks. Listen to and recreate some of the sounds and music. AGE 6–9 www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=379

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
The Picture This! Kids Art Workshop will deal with “A Vendor of Books” by Walter Osborne with Olive Knox (Room 18). The workshop will start at 15:00 on Sunday 07 June. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#2

NATIONAL GALLERY TALK
On Sun 07 May from 15:00 the National Gallery will invite to the lecture “Harry Clarke (1889-1931), Artist Extraordinaire” by Lecturer Dr Nicola Gordon-Bowe, Writer and Art Historian. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#2

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
* Sunday Market & Car Boot Sale at Kart City, Old Airport Road, Santry, Dublin 9. The Kart City Weekend Market is open every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from 08:00-16:00 and until the end of May all car boot sellers can sell for free. The website of the market is sundaymarket.ie/
* Blackhorse Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sunday from 10:00-18:00 the Blackhorse Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line. theblackhorsemarket.com
* Gigs in The Mezz. Every Sunday 5 acts ranging from Soul to Funk, Rock, Reggae, Hip Hop and Alternative/Indie music will perform between 15:00-21:00 in The Mezz, Eustace Street, Dublin 2 (in Temple Bar near Dame Street) Admission is free.
* 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
* The Burning Effigies are playing afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul every Sunday from 23:00 in Turk’s Head in Parliament Street. www.turkshead.ie
* 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 Vir gin 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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SUZANNE LACY: ARTIST TALK – FIRE STATION ARTISTS’ STUDIOS
American artist and writer Suzanne Lacy will give a talk about her practice at Fire Station Artists’ Studios on Monday 8 June 2009 at 11:30. Lacy’s work includes large-scale public performances and installations, photographs and text on issues of social justice and equity. Booking is essential as places are limited. Admission is free.
To book your place please contact Jessica Cunningham at: 01-8069010 or on artadmin@firestation.ie Fire Station Artists’ Studios is in 9-11, Lower Buckingham Street, Dublin, 1. (www.firestation.ie and www.suzannelacy.com)

DUBLIN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
The first Trinity College Shakespeare Festival will take place from Mon 08 June until Sun 14 June. It will feature performances and workshops based on the work of William Shakespeare throughout the week. Scenes of Shakespeare and full length performances will take place all around Dublin in its most idyllic locations, and all this will be running alongside an extensive community outreach programme which will take place in the form of workshops, performances and talks in primary schools around Dublin. The scenes and full length performances of Shakespeare will be performed in the various locations:
St. Stephens Green, Trinity College, Merrion Square Park, Civic Amphitheatre, Liffey Boardwalk, Grafton Street, Steps of Custom House, Christchurch Cathedral. Most performances are free and only the headline act “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (daily at 19:30) which will be performed in the Rose Garden in Trinity College Dublin by the British Shakespeare Company does cost money (EUR 18/10).
For all details check out www.dublinshakespeare.com
Because the calendar on the website is extremely cumbersome to use and because you might be able to catch one of the performances during the week if you have the event information at your fingertip, I will list all events with location information:
** Mon 08 Jun
12:00 – 12:20 Titus Andronicus Act I Sc. I (Steps of Custom House, 25 Eden Quay)
13:30 – 13:50 Henry IV Act I Sc. I (Merrion Square Park)
15:00 – 15:20 Romeo and Juliet Act I Sc. IV (Bandstand – St. Stephens Green)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)
** Tue 09 Jun
13:30 – 13:50 Merchant of Venice Act IV Sc. I (Yeats Memorial – Stephen’s Green)
15:00 – 15:20 Richard II Act V Sc. V (Christchurch Cathedral)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)
19:30 – 21:30 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Garden – Trinity College Dublin)
** Wed 10 Jun
13:30 – 13:50 Julius Caesar Act I Sc. I (Grafton Street)
15:00 – 15:20 Act IV Sc.I (Band Stand Area- St. Stephens Green)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)
19:30 – 21:30 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Rose Garden – Trinity College Dublin)
** Thu 11 Jun
13:30 – 13:50 Julius Caesar Act III Sc. II (Wolfe Tone Statue – St. Stephens Green)
15:00 – 15:20 Dance Piece based on Romeo and Juliet (St. Stephens Green)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)
19:30 – 21:30 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Garden – Trinity College Dublin)
** Fri 12 Jun
12:00 – 12:20 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by Tom Stoppard- Act I
Abridged (Civic Amphitheatre)
13:30 – 13:50 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by Tom Stoppard- Act II
Abridged (Civic Amphitheatre)
15:00 – 15:20 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by Tom Stoppard- Act III Abridged (Civic Amphitheatre)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)
19:30 – 21:30 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Garden – Trinity College Dublin)
** Sat 13 Jun
12:00 – 12:20 Shakespear’s Women by Chris McCormack (Civic Amphitheatre)
13:30 – 13:50 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act II Sc. I (Merrion Square Park)
14:30 – 16:30 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Garden, Trinity College Dublin)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)
19:30 – 21:30 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Garden – Trinity College Dublin)
** Sun 14 Jun
12:00 – 12:20 Doglett by Sarah Finlay & Ger Adlum (St. Stephen’s Green)
13:30 – 13:50 Merry Wives Act II Sc. III (Merrion Square Park)
15:00 – 15:20 Shakespeare: Now and Then by Kathy Clarke (Liffey Boardwalk)
17:00 – 18:15 Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra (Yeats Memorial – St. Stephens Green)
18:00 – 19:00 Lecture on the work of Shakespeare (Trinity College Dublin)

CARERS WEEK
The National Carers Week (i.e. a week to think of the people that care for others) will run from 08 – 14 June and a number of events are planned in Dublin and in other parts of Ireland. You can find out about the details here: www.carersweek.ie/events.htm#dub

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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SALMON LAUNCH
Poetry Ireland in association with Salmon Poetry presents the launch of Standing in the Pizzicato Rain by Georgina Eddison, St Michael in Peril of the Sea by Janice Fitzpatrick Simmons, Downstate by David Gardiner, Leaf, Sunlight, Asphalt by Ben Howard, What Vanishes by John Menaghan and Along the Liffey by Sheila O’Hagan.
The event takes place on Tues 09 June at 18:30 in the Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephen’s Green West, D2. www.salmonpoetry.com and www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/index.php

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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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. 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 07 June at 18:30 is “Un franco, catorce pesetas
” (2006) by Carlos Iglesias. All films are in Spanish with English subtitles. dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha56768_16_2.htm

ALCHEMIST CAFÉ
The Alchemist Café Dublin is part of the Café Scientifique movement, a group of people that are interested in discussing scientific topics outside of the typical scientific environment and instead over a cup of coffee or similar. The Alchemist Café in Dublin invites regularly to free discussions and the next one deals with the topic “The Big Bang: fact or fiction?”. Dr Cormac O’Raifeartaigh of the Waterford Institute of Technology discusses the origins of our universe. How old is it? How did it come into being? The Big Bang model of the origin of the universe is one of the most famous of all scientific theories. But is it just a theory or established fact? The evidence for the Big Bang will be reviewed in this session, and the limitations of the model explained. Recent discoveries that have revolutionized our view of the universe will also be discussed. The Alchemist Café will take place in the Flux Café in the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin on Wed 10 June 2009 at 20:00. The event is free and all are welcome. www.alchemistcafedublin.com/

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
* Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday until July. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).
* The Covers play Indie Rock and Alternative from 22:00-01:30 every Wednesday in the Turk’s Head in Parliament Street. (www.turkshead.ie)

———Thursday————————

THEMED READING – CHAPTER AND VERSE
A Chapters And Verse Themed Reading will take place on Thurs 11 June at 18:30 in Chapters in Parnell Street, Dublin 1. The theme is “Dublin Can Be Heaven” and in honour of James Joyce and with Bloomsday approaching, Irish Writers will read from work about Dublin. Featured artists are: Ulick O’Connor and Eamon Carr with Oran Ryan, Ross Hattaway, Steve Conway, Catherine Ann Cullen and Noel Ó Briain. www.seventowers.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=291

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 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

COLOMBIA’S STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY
A public meeting entitled “Colombia’s struggle for democracy” will take place on Thus 11 June at 19:30 in the Central Hotel in Exchequer Street, Dublin 2. Colombian activist Carmen Luisa Castro and Irish journalist Michael McCaughan will report on the latest developments in Colombia. www.indymedia.ie/article/92443

NATIONAL PRINT MUSEUM – LECTURE
The National Print Museum in Haddington Road (entrance next to the Beggars Bush pub) in Ballsbridge is inviting to another free lecture on Thurs 11 June at 19:30. The title is “200 Years of Trade Unionism” and the lecture will commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Dublin Typographical Provident Society. It will reflect on the 200 year history of the Irish Print Group (SIPTU) from the DTPS, through the IGS and IPU to the present day. It will be given by Owen A. Curran, who was a former compositor/operator, and served as General Secretary of the Irish Print Group for twenty-four years. www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/mg1258/lectures/index.html

A WEEKEND OF FREE PERFORMANCES – PROJECT ARTS CENTRE
From 11-13 June “If I Can’t Dance…” is taking over the building using Project Arts Centre’s three spaces for a series of free performances, screenings and installations.
All of the performances and screenings are free but ticketed. To reserve your place contact Box Office on 01 8819 613 or at box-office@projectartscentre.ie
The schedule of events is:
* THURS 11 June
All Day – Screening Installation by Joachim Koester
All Day – Installation by Suchan Kinoshita
20:00-20:10 Screening by Olivier Foulon. Free ticket required.
20:30-21:00 Performance by Sarah Pierce. Free tickets required.
* FRI 12 June
All Day – Screening Installation by Joachim Koester
All Day – Installation by Suchan Kinoshita
17:00-20:00 Screening/Round Table with Sarah Pierce. Free tickets required.
21:30-22:30 Performance by Keren Cytter Free tickets required
* SAT 13 June
All Day – Screening Installation by Joachim Koester
All Day – Installation by Suchan Kinoshita
15:45-15:55 Screening by Olivier Foulon. Free ticket required.
16:00-16:30 Performance by Sarah Pierce. Free tickets required.
18:00-19:00 Performance by Keren Cytter Free tickets required
19:00-20:00 Wine & Cheese Reception with Artists and Curators
20:00-23:00 Performance by Jon Mikel Eube Limited. Free Tickets required.
The Project Arts Centre is at 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
www.projectartscentre.ie/index.php/news/570-news-020609

REGULAR THURSDAY EVENTS:
* The Bionic Rats play live Reggae and Ska every Thursday in Turk’s Head from 22:00. Admission is free. www.turkshead.ie

———Friday————————

CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – UCD EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
The UCD Earth Systems Institute is inviting to a weekly seminar about climate change. The final public lecture of this long-running programme will take place on Fri 12 June from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “The Nano-Environment: Nanotechnology applications and impact on the environment” by Dr. Iseult Lynch, UCD School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology. An overview over the whole seminar programme until June 2009 including links to abstracts is here www.ucd.ie/earth

———Pre-Announcements————————

This section contains lots of events this week that happen in the future some of them require free tickets and it is mentioned where this is the case. Put the events in your diary and for the ticketed events hurry to request your tickets:

CAR BOOT SALE
On 14 June, as part of the Liberties Festival, a Car Boot Sale will take place in Newmarket Square (off Cork Street) Dublin 8 from 12:00 to 16:00. There is no charge for taking part, but anyone interested in taking part must register with the SICCDA offices, 90 Meath St. telephone 01-4536098.
The Dublin Food Cooperative will also be open, selling organic fresh fruit and vegetables and the Café will offer the usual range of teas coffee, soups salads and organic home made foods. www.activelink.ie/ce/active.php?id=4062

STREET PERFORMANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The next BIG event in the festival calendar is the Street Performance World Championship from 18-21 June in Merrion Square. Make sure you mark it in your calendar and watch out for the little programme booklets that you can find in many pubs and venues! www.spwc.ie

WALTONS GUITAR FESTIVAL – FARMLEIGH HOUSE
Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park is regularly inviting to free, but ticketed concerts and the first concert of that type is part of the Waltons Guitar Festival and will take place on Wed 01 July at 20:00. The description says: “A concert of laid-back Brazilian lullabies, fiery tangos, graceful Scarlatti and riotous Klezmer.” Performers are Alec O’Leary (guitar) and Deirdre O’Leary (clarinet) and they will play a mixture of classical, jazz and Brazilian folk music by Laurindo Almeida and nuevo tango with incorporated elements of baroque music and jazz by Argentinian Astor Piazzolla.
This concert is free but entrance is by ticket only.  To apply for tickets please send a mail to brian.dockery@opw.ie with the Subject “Woodroad Tickets”. Please include your name, address and a daytime contact telephone number.
The Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland is an annual event celebrating the music of the guitar in its many forms. The largest event of its kind in Ireland, the festival attracts top artists from around the world. It is a comprehensive guitar summer course based in Dublin city centre, comprising of daily tuition, concerts/gigs, seminars and exhibitions. www.gfi.ie and
www.farmleigh.ie/culturalevents/currentevents/waltonsguitarfestivalofireland/

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______This is odd!!______________

RECOMMENDED VS COMPULSORY!!!
A friend of mine and long term Dublin Event Guide Community Member was a little careless and got caught by a speed control a few months ago. It was not the “police man with hairdryer” type of speed control, but the white van with the blacked out window at the back and the camera inside. Some while later this friend got a letter and was told that she has 28 days to pay the fine by credit card and had to provide details including driving licence number/origin and credit card number etc. In addition it was “recommended” that she should send a copy of her driving license. Well, a recommendation is not more than that and without thinking much more about it, she did send all the REQUIRED information in time, but not the RECOMMENDED copy of the license. Three weeks later, she got a letter back saying something along the lines “we cannot proceed with payment of this fine as you haven’t provided a copy of your driving licence”. :-O I should mention at this point that her license is a french license, but nowhere in the initial letter it said that “if your driver’s license is not issued in Ireland, you have to send a copy”.
Since the straight forward payment route was rejected, she did go to the post office to pay and was told “Sorry we cannot take your payment because you’re too late…ring the fine office…”. Hmmmm.
She rang the fine office and was told: ‘No you can’t pay now anymore, you will have to go to court…because you’re too late…’
She now will have to go to court, will prove that she wanted to pay but that her attempt was rejected and hopefully the case will be thrown out, but it will cost and time in court. This is odd!!!
The solution would be a simple sentence in the original letter that makes it COMPULSORY to send a copy of the license back in case the license is not issued in Ireland. – This can’t be THAT difficult!
Oh, and if YOU want to avoid being caught, you can check the Speed Enforcement Zones on the Garda Siochana website garda.ie/sez/Default.aspx or nicely pictured in a map, on www.mypois.ie/main_vr2.php?pid=67&dz=11 Please note that Speed Enforcement Zone only means that a speed control MIGHT happen in that area at some time.

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Let’s hope that there is more great weather in store for us! Ohh, and don’t forget to drop me a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com if you are coming to the Event Guide Community Meet-up on Sat 13 June! Thanks!

–Joerg

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This Event Guide (the “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”) is an Event Guide with a difference. It covers mostly free events based on the thinking that free events deserve additional support and that non-free events have the money to pay for advertisement. The Guide is a _guide_ and not just a listing and is therefore at times quite extensive. It is sent for free to anybody who is interested and if you want to be added to the mailing list or know somebody who would like to receive this guide, just send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject “Subscribe”.
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BTW: I am not paid or otherwise rewarded for compiling and distributing this Event Guide it is purely a hobby. However, I won’t say No to donations ;-) and if you want to help me with the running of it (no minimum amount!) just send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the word “Donation” in the subject and I will reply with a link that will allow you to make your donation by PayPal or per credit card or follow the link just above this section. Advertisement in or sponsorship of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) is possible and very welcome, please contact me for more information.
Please note: The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Event) is not related or connected to the former fortnightly printed publication “the event guide” that you found until the beginning of 2009 in pubs and other venues.
Copyright 2009 by Joerg Steegmueller.
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