Event Guide 118: BizCamp, Fringe Fest, Yoga Mala, Ranelagh Arts Fest, Car Free Day, EYP Twitter, Culture Night

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 118
| 18 September 2009                      Subscribers: 4851
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Hi all!

What a lovely weekend this was! I know it is already long gone and the weather since hasn’t been great, but last weekend was really nice, wasn’t it? If you miss the sun, just remember how you enjoyed it last week and realise that there will be more days like that again. When? Hmmm, ok, you DO realise that you are in Ireland, don’t you? :-P

I didn’t see much of the sun last week because I was inside of the D4 Hotel for three (in my case actually four) days at the “Breakthrough to Success” seminars. Some of you did come to the seminar. Some I met, others I knew about but because I don’t know you personally, I wasn’t able to identify you among the 400 people. I have no exact idea how many people from the Dublin Event Guide Community were there, but – to be honest – I had hoped for more. I had a great time there and met a huge amount of really nice people. Despite the fact that I was at the same event a number of times by now, I still get something out of it and definitely recommend it. A new date has not been set yet, but I expect that it will be back in about 6 months or so in case you are interested and missed it this time. www.breakthroughtosuccess.eu/?af=CLA1035324

This week’s Event Guide will reach you later than I would prefer, but last night – just when I settled down and started working on it – my day job called me to duty because we had a problem with a connection to a customer (my day job is in telecommunications). So I had to work for another 3 hours or so, which then has a ripple effect in the morning and delays the completion of this newsletter. Apologies if it didn’t make it in time for your usual read. I hope you will forgive me. ;-)

For this week’s “Feel Good” Slot, I came across a You Tube video about Gratitude. Gratitude is thankfulness or appreciation for positive things that happen to you. You think it is a little odd to think that the “attitude of gratitude” could make you feel better? Well, there are even studies that show that gratitude can enhance your emotional wellbeing! Try it out! For the coming week start your day by saying thanks to your creator/god/the universe for something good that happened the day before or will happen that day and if you don’t feel better by the end of the week, you will get your money back. ;-) have a look at this www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jF6u4GJQ-U

Last week I said that it seemed to me that the Oktoberfest on George’s Dock was not taking place this year and I am happy to say that I was wrong www.oktoberfest-dublin.com/index.htm! Thanks to Petra L and Miriam A. In addition I mentioned the Festival of World Food which took place in Marlay Park last year and Petra L is telling me that it unfortunately got cancelled. It was planned for 03+04 October and it is not on the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown events list anymore. I can’t find a press release or similar anywhere that states that it is cancelled, but Petra works in the food business and therefore obviously found out first.

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All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no 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 will be busy again. On Saturday I will start the day with a brief visit to www.kravmagaireland.com, because we will have a Refresher Class for people that have trained with us before. (The class was booked out within 2 days from announcing it. :-O) After that I plan to go to the BizCamp Dublin to listen to some talks and later we will sing at a wedding with the Graceland Gospel Choir in Leixlip. Then back to Dublin and either a bit more of BizCamp or of the Krav Maga class.

On Sunday I can take it easy and I am looking forward to it!! In the evening I will be back at the Gardiner Street Gospel Mass and that should be good too.

On Monday the Climate Change Wake-up Call and the Bluegrass gig sound interesting. On Tuesday I might go to the EYP event, not to learn about Twitter, but to see what they teach. (You can get me on www.twitter.com/JoergSt already.) On Thursday I will probably go to the Open Mic event in the Lucan County Bar to support Ian Smith and on Friday I will go for a HUGE dose of Culture during Culture Night!
Busy week! Bring it on!!! :-)

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THE RAGS GIG – AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISER
Amnesty International have a fund-raising event coming up on Sun 20 Sept at 19:30. It is a concert in the Button Factory with a great line-up of bands. You will hear The Rags, Sick and Indigent Song Club, I Draw Slow and The Gandhis. Tickets will be available at the door (EUR 10 each) and proceeds from the concert will go towards Amnesty International’s campaigning work. www.amnesty.ie/amnesty/live/irish/news-events/default.asp?page=2158&rec=20&pos=1 The nice people in Amnesty made a pair of tickets available for a competition so that I can spread the word about their event and if you want to win the pair of tickets, you have to send a mail to dublineventguid@gmail.com with AMNESTY in the subject of the mail and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your mail has to be with my by 18:00 tonight!!

THE SECRET CASTLE OF MAGIC – TICKET COMPETITION
Castle Dracula & Sillybilly.ie present “The Secret Castle of Magic”. The ‘Secret Castle of Magic’ – a show for older kids and adults – opened its doors in November 2008 and is Ireland’s only Magic venue. There is only one public night per month so you have to book in advance. The Secret Castle features Eamonn Murphy (Winner of ‘Irish Magician of the Year 2009), Nevin Cody (Secretary of the Society of Irish Magicians) and Ronan MacGabhann (Winner of the Gold Star for good spelling – Age 7 ;-) ). Tickets are EUR 12 (EUR 10) and children have to be at least 12 to be allowed in.
The next performance will take place on 25 Sept and Sillybilly.ie have made a pair of tickets available for this show. If you want to be in with a chance to win this pair of tickets, you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with MAGIC in the subject and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. IN ADDITION you have to tell me what Sillybilly.ie mainly does. It has to do with kids & Music and you’ll find it here: www.sillybilly.ie/news/42/secret-caslte-of-magic The venue for the show is Castle Dracula in Westwood Club, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3. Your mail has to be with me by 15:00 on Mon 21 Sept.

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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DUBLINBIKES – STATUS UPDATES
Yes, the Dublin Bikes Scheme has been launched successfully last Sunday. Surprisingly all went to plan and even the vandals have delivered what they were expected by damaging the first few bikes. But seriously, it seems it is a great success and the bikes are getting around. If you are a Dublin Bikes subscriber and would like to know where there are bikes available, you can go to dublinbikes.mobi to see exactly how many bikes are at which location. If you have not subscribed yet, you can do that on www.dublinbikes.ie

LUAS VS DUBLIN BUS – ACCIDENT
Most likely you have heard about this first and quite serious collision between a Luas and a Bus. Spookily (at some point) the story went that it happened on the 16th, involved the No. 16 bus and there were 16 people injured. But in the meantime the number of injured people grew to 21. It is not clear who’s fault it was, but it seems that one of the two went through a red light … and CIE says it was not the bus driver. Here is more about the accident www.rte.ie/news/2009/0917/luas.html , but the reason for mentioning it in this category is because I found some interesting pictures here unreal.ie/forum/thread/5068

DUBLIN NEWS REEL – VIDEO NEWS FROM LAST WEEK
Nick Carosello is doing a great job reporting back from the different events that take place throughout Dublin.
Last week it was a video of the Smithfield Horse Market. The link did work for me, but later stopped working, so here is a new working link to the video about the Smithfield Horse Market: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWQnmu8K-IQ
This week Nick saw the Classic Beatles performing at the Septemberfest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcVjiTlXdgI
He was at the 90th Liffey Swim: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1BuJ0oiNF0
And – by coincidence – he was in O’Connell Street when the LUAS crashed into the Bus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pogZaFir3X8
Thanks Nick for all the great videos!

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

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VERONICA BOLAY – PAUL KANE GALLERY
‘The See-Farer’ is an exhibition of new work by Veronica Bolay. It will be on show at the Paul Kane Gallery from Fri 18 Sept to Sat 10 Oct. (Gallery Details: The Paul Kane Gallery, 6 Merrion Square North, www.thepaulkanegallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri 11:00-18:00 and Sat 12:00-17:00)

DAVID LACHAPELLE – SEBASTIAN GUINNESS GALLERY
From 19 Sept – 31 Oct, the Sebastian Guinness Gallery, in association with Canon, Treasury Holdings and Fred Torres Collaborations, will show ‘American Jesus’, an exhibition of photographic works by one of the world’s most respected contemporary photographers, David Lachapelle. Lachapelle is renowned for his iconic pop and celebrity images that for over the past two decades have continuously graced the pages of the leading fashion and entertainment magazines such as Vanity Fair, The Face, Rolling Stone, Vogue and Interview.
The Sebastian Guinness Gallery, located in Eustace Street, Temple Bar and is primarily dedicated to bringing international art and artists to Ireland.
Due to the extensive images on exhibit, the David Lachapelle ‘American Jesus’ exhibition will be located at Connaught House, 1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 which is headquarters to Johnny Ronan’s Treasury Holdings. This exhibition will be open from the 19 Sept-31 Oct, Tues-Sat from 11:00-18:00. Admission is free. www.sebastianguinnessgallery.com/site/home.php?ID=1

BENNIE REILLY – MONSTER TRUCK GALLERY
‘Paradasaeidae’ is an exhibition of new work by Bennie Reilly and will run from 18- 22 Sept. www.benniereilly.com (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)

ELAINE BYRNE – THE LEINSTER GALLERY
‘They Have Eyes’, an exhibition of photography, video, neon and sound by Elaine Byrne, will be on show from 17 Sept-19 Oct. (Gallery Details: Leinster Gallery, 27 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2, www.leinstergallery.com, Open: Mon-Fri: 10:00-17:00, Sat: 10:30-13:30)

FRANK LITTLE – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
An exhibition of photographic work by Frank Little that will be on show at the Alliance Française from 18 Sept-21 Nov. (Venue Details: Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, D2. www.alliance-francaise.ie, Open: Mon-Fri 09:00-19:30 and Sat 09:00 to 13:00)

BRENDAN EARLEY – MOTHER’S TANKSTATION
‘Ghosts of the Future’ is an exhibition of new work by Brendan Early. It will be on show from 16 Sept – 31 Oct. (Gallery Details: Mother’s Tankstation. 41-43 Watling Street, Ushers Island, Dublin 8, www.motherstankstation.com, Open: Thurs- Sat: 12:00-18:00)

‘CERAMICS AT THE HALLWARD 2009’ – THE HALLWARD
‘Ceramics at the Hallward 2009’ is an exhibition of ceramic work by 40 ceramic artists selected from over 300 submissions and it will be on show from 17 Sept – 10 Oct. (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)

JENNIFER TROUTON – MOLESWORTH GALLERY
‘Still’ is an exhibition of new work by Jennifer Trouton and will be on show from Thurs 17 Sept – 08 Oct www.jennifertrouton.com (Gallery Details: Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, www.molesworthgallery.com, Open: ??)

FRANCIS TANSEY – BAD ART GALLERY
‘Geometric Colourist’ is an exhibition by Francis Tansey that will be on show from 17 Sept – 08 Oct. (Gallery Details: Bad Art Gallery, 79 Francis Street, Dublin 8, www.thebadartgallery.ie, Open: Mon-Sat 10:30-18:00)

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‘APOCALYPSE WHEN?’ – COW’S LANE
As part of the Absolut Fringe, ‘Apocalypse When?’ presents Aideen Darcy, Veronica Forsgren and Sinead McGeeney at Cow’s Lane in Temple Bar, Dublin 2 on 18+19 September 2009. A public address calls for citizens not to panic and be driven by fear but to adapt, create and survive. Will you make it? Come along and create your own balloon creatures or plants on Friday 18 September 2009 from 16:00-19:00.

TOWER RECORDS – IN-STORE EVENT
Reemo will perform in Tower Records, Wicklow Street on Fri 18 September at 17:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

INSPIRATIONAL FILM CLUB
The former “Worldview Film Club” is now called “Inspirational Film Club Dublin (IFCD)” and the next film screening is on Fri 18 Sept at 18:45. The film is “Beautiful Mind” (2001) and the theme of the discussion afterwards is “The Power of Spirit”. Check sites.google.com/site/inspirationalfilmclub The IFCD is inspired by the Bahá’í Religion: www.bahai.ie. The event takes place in the National Bahá’í Centre, 24 Burlington Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

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.
* Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation classes in Temple Bar every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3). These are drop in classes, newcomers are welcome. For more information email info@sahajayoga.ie or check www.coolspirit.info or www.sahajayoga.ie. Classes are also on Mondays at 19:00 in Blanchardstown Library.

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OPEN SOURCE BARCAMP – CALLING ALL IT TECHIES
If you have no idea what “Open Source” means, then this event might not be the right one for you. (“Open Source” describes software that is not developed by commercial companies, but by a wide community of people that are interested and that often make their time and services available for free to develop the software and distribute it for free.) If you knew all that and can define it a lot better than me, then you should go to the next OSSBarcamp. After the success of the March event, on Sat 19 Sept the next OSSBarcamp will take place from 09:30 in DIT Kevin Street. OSSBarcamp is a free one day technical event focusing on Open Source Software. There will be three rooms with talks about programming, Linux and Free Software. There are presentations about CouchDB, Gnome, Drupal, Ubuntu,  Python, Documentation, Perl, Using Free Sofware at home, your work and in your communities. Find out more information and register on the website www.ossbarcamp.com/.  Thanks Jaime H for letting me know.

BIZCAMP DUBLIN
On Sat 19 Sept BizCamp Dublin will take place from 10:00-17:00. This is a 1-day free seminar for entrepreneurs and other business interested people. 499 people are registered and registration is closed now. Throughout the day you will get a chance to hear a vast amount of talks about different business related topics and a full list is on www.bizcamp.ie/

CITY CHASE DUBLIN
On Sat 19 Sept the Dublin CityChase 2009 is taking place. It is part Obstacle Course, part Scavenger Hunt and is a very active and exciting race against the clock through Dublin, with lots of interesting tasks. It is relatively pricey, but you might be interested. I will not take part, but if YOU are taking part and are looking for support in your quest to win the title and the qualification to represent Ireland at the World City Chase, let me know! You are allowed to be supported by backup teams as long as they are further away from you, a bit like “phone-a-friend”! ;-) www.citychasedublin.com/

1913/2013 LOCKOUT: SECOND FORUM, DUBLIN
‘1913/2013 Lockout’ curated by Helen Carey is a project developing an exhibition in the public domain to mark the centenary of the Dublin Lockout 1913, examining history, ideas around issues still at play and the work of Artists in this arena. Second Forum: ‘Still At Play’ will take place on 19 September 2009 from 11:00-16:30 in the Oval room, Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Chaired by Evelyn Conlon (author), the forum will include Christiaan Corlett (author of ‘Darkest Dublin’), Anthony Haughey (artist), Jesse Jones (artist) and Padraig Yeates (author of ‘Lockout’). Admission is free but as seating is limited, please reserve a place by contacting helcarey@gmail.com

YOGA – DARTMOUTH SQUARE
A free Yoga class is taking at Dartmouth Square in Ranelagh, D6 on Sat 12 Sept from 11:00-12:30. www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135801788780&ref=mf

JUSTIN LEE COLLINS – EASON’S BOOK SIGNING
Justin Lee Collins will be signing copies of “Good Times” in Eason’s in O’Connell Street on Sat 19 Sept from 12:00. www.eason.ie/events

TOWER RECORDS – IN-STORE EVENT
Codes will perform in Tower Records, Wicklow Street on Sat 19 September at 13:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm
MICHAEL O’MUIRCHEARTAIGH – BOOK SIGNING
Michael O’Muircheartaigh, the GAA commentator, will be signing copies of his book ‘Michael’s GAA Odyssey’, that covers his favourite people, places & moments from the world of GAA. The signing will take place in Hughes&Hughes in Swords on Sat 19 Sept at 13:00.

NO TO CUTS – PROTEST MARCH
After last week’s non-party protest march against NAMA, this week the politically left organisations, Unions, Socialists, Sinn Fein and others are protesting against ALL “cuts and bailouts”. Having seen some reports of last weeks protest march, which was unfortunately hi-jacked by Sinn Fein, I would expect that you will see “No to Lisbon” posters and maybe even “No to everything and everybody”. The protest starts at 13:00 at the Garden of Remembrance and will continue with a march to the Dail, so effects on traffic are to be expected. www.indymedia.ie/article/93620

FRINGE FESTIVAL
The 15th Dublin Fringe Festival will continue until 20 Sept. The 2 weeks are packed with events and while most of them are not free, there are a few free events hidden in the long list of events. If you hear the name “Absolut Fringe Fest” it refers to the main sponsor, which is Absolut Vodka and if you are a Fringe Fest fan you can check the website for all events www.fringefest.com. There is no easy list to find the free events, so you have to trawl through the list of 0-10 Euro events to find the free ones.

MIND THE GAP – FRINGE FESTIVAL
Mind The Gap is a collaborative public art project initiated by Michelle Browne to work with artists, designers, architects and planners to look at open spaces in the city and consider new uses for them. So, it is an event with a lot of subevents. ;-) Let me quote the explanation from the Mind the Gap team: “Over the course of two months the group have explored areas across Dublin city considering how we can re-imagine our civic society. Throughout Absolut Fringe we will present a range of interventions that will inform and delight. The project is based at thisisnotashop on Benburb Street Dublin 7 where you can get information and contribute to our exhibition of ideas for the city.
# 18 Sept at 18:30: Operetta – A lone performer looks out over the city and sings a lament to its citizens. Mind The Gap presents a solo operatic performance on
Foster Place of arias that highlight the current plight of the city and its uncertain future.
# 19 Sept at 08:00-11:00 Don’t Quote Me – Projected on the outside of the iconic Screen cinema, Mind The Gap looks to the silver screen to investigate Dublin’s current dilemmas. The city, planning, corruption, and the fall of a nation are explored through the history of cinema.
# 19 Sept at 12:00-15:00: Flower Show – Following from the tradition of competitive window box competitions in the Smithfield area, Mind The Gap offer you the chance to come to Smithfield Plaza and design your own flower box display to be adjudicated
by Lord Ross of Birr Castle, Father to Lord Oxmantown. Take this opportunity to bring plant life to the plaza.
# 20 Sept at 15:00: The Big Freeze – Goethe famously said “architecture is frozen music.” Taking inspiration from the architecture of Smithfield Plaza, a brass band will perform The Ride of The Valkyries by Wagner. This collaborative performance highlights the peaks and troughs of Smithfield Square as a public space.
# Ongoing event/installation:  Public Seating – Mind the Gap will provide alternative public seating in the city for visitors and commuters over the course of
Absolut Fringe. Seating will be provided on Aungier Street, Hawkins Street and other city centre locations
# Ongoing event/installation:  Sunken Site – Hammond Lane – A series of visual proposals will be presented for an unused site on Hammond Lane and Church
Street. A collection of proposals taken from an open call from designers and architects
explore the possibilities of the disused spaces in the city.
# Ongoing event/installation:  Thisisnotashop – The hub of the Mind The Gap operation, the gallery will host an exhibition of ideas for the city. Inspired by the urban myth that Santiago Calatrava designed the James Joyce bridge on the back of a napkin, we invite you, the viewer, to present your ideas for the city of an ever-expanding array of napkins. The gallery will also host The Smithfield Archive presenting the history of the area and unrealised proposals for its regeneration.
A complete list of all events AND some possible surprise events will be listed here: www.Mindthegapdublincity.blogspot.com

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
# Adult Gallery Talk: Bringing the Dead Zoo to Life Sat 19 Sept from 12:00-12:30 in Collins Barracks: www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=530
# To find out more about Ice Age Animals you hva to come on Sat from 14:00-16:00 to “Inspectorium: Glacial Caps” in Collins Barracks. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=563

NATIONAL GALLERY PROGRAMME
On Sat 19 Sept at 14:00 a Tour to the Highlights of the Collection takes place and at 15:00 the Family Programme looks at “Reflections” with Aoife Dwyer. National Gallery at Merrion Square. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#2

REGULAR SATURDAY EVENTS
* Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets (Temple Bar Food Market on Meeting House Square and the Temple Bar Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.
* 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
* The Art Walk on the Liffey Boardwalk between the Ha’penny Bridge and O’Connell Bridge will feature 18 different artists every week from June until September. It runs every Saturday and Sunday from 11:00-17:00.
* 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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CHILDREN’S 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:
20 Sept – Cycling in the Park
27 Sept – Kings and Queens of Ashtown Castle
Bookings & Further Info: 01 6770095 or phoenixparkvisitorcentre@opw.ie
www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PhoenixParkVisitorCentre-AshtownCastle/Events/

HMV – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
CODES will be performing live and signing copies of their new album “TreesDreamInAlegrbra” in hmv Dundrum on Sun 20 Sept from 12:30. hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1080

GLOBAL YOGA MALA FOR PEACE
A Global Yoga Mala for Peace is taking place in St. Stephen’s Green and everybody is welcome. The event is free, but donations are welcome and the Dublin event is organised by Siobhan Murphy, Tahnee Fournier, Caragh Egan and Anna Fidz. On Sun 20 Sept from 14:00-16:00 a yoga practice and deep relaxation (108 minutes) led by the organisers and set to live music will take place.
Inspired by Shiva Rea, the purpose of the Global Mala is to unite the global yoga community from every continent, school or approach to form a “mala around the earth” through collective practices based upon the sacred cycle of 108 on 20 September. This is the autumn equinox and the yoga world’s offering to bring more awareness to the UN International Peace Day.
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139973666476

SUNDAY SKETCHING – HUGH LANE GALLERY
The Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square has re-starting the Sunday Sketching for 7+ year olds and the Sunday at Noon concerts will start in October again. The title of the Sunday Sketching this week (20 Sept 15:00-16:00) is “Tropical & Imaginary Creatures: Looking at Big Bird by Niki de Saint Phalle”. Admission is free. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=344

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Sunday Event in Collins Barracks from 15:00 is “My Museum: Brave Museum Explorers: Treasure Hunt Trail”
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=539

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
* “An Introduction to Edvard Munch: Prints” by Lecturer Peter Black, Curator of Prints, Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow takes place in the National Gallery on Sun 20 Sept. from 15:00. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
* 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) will be back in Bruxelles, Harry Street near Grafton Street and near the Westbury Hotel from 30 Aug. I listened to them a few times and they are brilliant! The start time is advertised as 18:00, but the actual start is usually significantly later. The next gigs are 30 Aug, 06+13+20 Sept. Admission is free.
* Jazz in The George in George’s Street from 16:30-18:00: Jazz Band Zrazy.
* Sunday Roast is a weekly event in the Globe in Sth George’s Street from 20:00-01:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes. www.myspace.com/sundayroast1
* “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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GLOBAL CLIMATE WAKE-UP CALL
Avaaz is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means “voice” in many languages.) Avaaz receives no money from governments or corporations, and is staffed by a global team based in Ottawa, London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Buenos Aires, and Geneva. On Mon 21 Sept, Avaaz is asking you to make your opinion known about climate change by going out and taking part in a giant worldwide flash-mob. A flash-mob is a fun, peaceful demonstration in which participants assemble suddenly in a public place, blending in with the crowd, perform an unusual action simultaneously for a few minutes, and then quickly disperse. They will be mostly self-organising, so should be easy for everyone involved.
The default time for the wake-up events will be 12:18 on 21 Sept, standing for the 18th day of the 12th month (the final day of the vital UN climate conference in Copenhagen, the deadline for a new climate treaty). Thousands of simultaneous climate wake-up call flash mobs are intended to focus global attention on the climate crisis.
In Dublin the meeting time is the suggested time of 12:18 and the location the North Earl Street junction with O’Connell St, Dublin, that is near the spire and at or close to the James Joyce statue. You are asked to wear something red! More information is here: www.avaaz.org/en/sept21_rsvp/?id=132856 (Thanks to Saundra S. for alerting me to this event!)

RANELAGH ARTS FESTIVAL
The Ranelagh Arts Festival with LOTS and LOTS of free events is taking place from 21-27 Sept. Have a look at the website where you find the programme brochure and a day by day guide for events during the week. The majority of events are free and the organisers of the festival deserve praise for that!!
www.ranelagharts.org/

IMRAM IRISH LANGUAGE FESTIVAL
“IMRAM – A Voyage of Discovery” started on Thurs 10 Sept and will continue until 29 Sept. There are many “Irish language only” events, but a good number of bilingual events as well. You can find all details here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/imram.html The immediate free events are
Mon 21 Sept at 19:00: Irish Writer’s Centre, 19 Parnell Sq: Micheál Ó Conghaile will talk about his life and work with writer, linguist, broadcaster and critic Professor Michael Cronin. Admission is free. Irish language only.
Mon 21 Sept at 20:30: Irish Writer’s Centre, 19 Parnell Sq: Con Trick ‘An Bhalla Bháin’ by Colm Breathnach – Book Launch. Admission is free. Irish language only.
Tues 22 Sept at 19:00: Irish Writer’s Centre, 19 Parnell Sq: “An Dúchas agus an Nua” is a public lecture and debate with Tomás Mac Síomóin and Dáithí Ó hÓgáin. Admission free. Irish language only.
Wed 23 Sept at 19:00: Irish Writer’s Centre, 19 Parnell Sq: Reading by Orna Ní Choileáin, Dáithí Ó Muirí, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín and Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde. Admission free. Irish language only.
Have a look at the website to find the programme for this festival in Irish.

BOWMAC BLUEGRASS COMPANY – LE CIRK
The Bowmac Bluegrass Company will be playing in ‘Le Basement’ (music venue) of the Le Cirk Hotel, Bar and Restaurant, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2, at 21:15 on Monday 21 Sept. Admission is free. The main entrance to ‘Le Basement’ is right opposite the Stag’s Head pub on Dame Lane, or you can access through the main bar entrance of Le Cirk on Dame Street. The Bowmac Bluegrass Company will be playing a mixture of traditional and contemporary bluegrass music. bluegrassireland.blogspot.com/2009/09/bowmac-bluegrass-company-in-dublin-21.html

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* Every Mon from 20:00-22:00 in Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, 78 Grafton Street, the recently-formed music collective the ‘Lazy Band’ is playing roots, trad and folk songs from Ireland, England, America and anything else they like. Admission is free and the bar serves during the show. Some people order up pizzas from downstairs. Laid-back atmosphere, unplugged and informal.
* ‘Hugh Cooney Don’t Like Monday’, a cabaret and live visual performance by Hugh Cooney, will take place every Monday night from 20:30 at The Pygmalion, South William Street, Dublin 2 (formerly Ba Mizu in Powerscourt Shopping Centre). Admission free. www.myspace.com/hughcooneycomotions
* 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.
* From 22:00, the front bar of Whelans is the venue for the Open Mic event “Acoustic Nightmares Night”, organised by the band The Mighty Stef and some members from The Last Tycoons. This is a free event. www.facebook.com/pages/THE-MIGHTY-STEF/17575454643?ref=ts

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EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK
It was once just a Car Free Day, which traditionally meant absolutely nothing in Ireland, while other countries offered, for example, discounted public transport prices etc. Now the Car Free Day has been extended to the European Mobility Week (16 Sept – 22 Sept) with the car free day as a culmination of the week’s activities. But apart from the launch of the Dublin Bikes scheme, which was seemingly (and unnecessarily) delayed to coincide with the Mobility Week most of us have not felt any difference, I guess. Now, on Car Free Day (Tues 22 Sept) suddenly all activities will be let loose: On Tues 22 Sept Merrion Square West will be closed to traffic from 19:00-19:00 and “a number of events will take place throughout the day in Merrion Square to increase awareness of non-motorised means of transport”. Also on Tues 22 Sept, from 08:00-18:00 a section of the Old Blessington Rd in Tallaght will be closed at the junction with Belgard Square East to facilitate events in conjunction with European Mobility Week.
You would like to know what exactly is taking place on Merrion Square? Well, wouldn’t we all like to know that!?!? But you forgot that it is Dublin City organising the event! This means that it will be well organised – by an external event management company – but nobody is allowed to find out about it. Grrrr! Do I sound frustrated? I AM!
At least South Dublin County Council (Tallaght) know how to let people know: roads.southdublin.ie/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=299&Itemid=62 but it just makes it even more shocking that Dublin County Council can’t get their act together.

EYP – TWEET MY WORLD
EYP (European Young Professionals) is inviting to an event where you can learn everything about Twitter. On Tues 22 Sept from 19:30-22:30, the Royal SAS Hotel in Golden Lane, Dublin 8 is the location where you will be taught in 3 workshops all you need to know. I have to admit that Twitter is so trivial that I don’t understand why people don’t just try it out. You can’t do much wrong! But if you prefer to be taken by the hand and instructed on your path, then the workshops “Tweet-my-friends”, “Tweet-my-job” and “Tweet-my-company” will tell you all the tricks and inside knowledge. And as usual the EYP event is free. www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=130085272170

OPEN MIC WITH THE LAST TYCOONS – O’DOONOGHUES
Mark K tells me that on a Tuesday the the band The Last Tycoons do an Open Mic night in O’Donoghues on Suffolk Street, it’s free and anyone can get up, sing a song or do whatever they like. www.facebook.com/pages/ODonoghues-Open-Mic/71834618844

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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GRAND SLAM PLAYERS – EASON’S BOOK SIGNING
Some of the Irish Rugby Grand Slam Players will be signing copies of “Grand Slam” in Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin on Wed 23 Sept form 13:00.

SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
On Wed 23 Sept the Instituto Cervantes, the Spanish Cultural Institute, is inviting to a Short Film Festival: “La Boca del Lobo. Cortometraje contemporáneo (1ª sesión)”. From 18:30 a total of six short films will be screened (with English subtitles). Further details are here: dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha58557_16_2.htm. The Instituto Cervantes is in Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, this is not too far from the Kildare Street entrance of the National Gallery.

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).

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SEPTEMBER LECTURE SERIES – HUGH LANE GALLERY
A number of lectures will take place in coming weeks in the Hugh Lane Gallery:
# Thurs 24 Sept at 16:30: Panel Discussion: The Quick and the Dead (with Lucy Cotter, Brian Maguire, Michael Dempsey, Mark Garry and Patrick T. Murphy.) on  how to address artistic and wider socio-political and cultural discourses simultaneously.
# Thurs 01 Oct at 13:00: Artist Talk: Corban Walker. Corban Walker will discuss his current exhibition ‘Mapping Hugh Lane’. This informal talk will take place in Gallery 8. www.hughlane.ie

DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL
The Dublin Theatre Festival is starting on 24 Sept and one of the public performances is the “Playhouse” where Liberty Hall is turned into a giant (low-resolution) TV screen. Until 11 October you can watch animations on Liberty Hall and can even submit your own animations via playhouse.daft.ie
The Science Gallery was a big influence when the idea to Playhouse was born and you now can find out more about the background to the project on Friday 25th September at the PLAYING WITH THE HOUSE talk by Brian Fallon, founder of Daft.ie and member of the Science Gallery Leonardo Group, in Science Gallery at 18:00. This is a free event but pre-booking is essential on www.sciencegallery.com/events

ARTHUR’S DAY
Today is “Arthur’s Day”. Why on that day is not totally clear to me. I guess it is the 250th anniversary of Arthur Guinness starting his business, but what happened on 24 Sept 1759 is not completely clear to me. I am not impressed with the Guinness’ marketing stunts, by the way. But their marketing seems to work, and after tall they are in the business to make money. But collecting signatures as a condition to give a donation to a charity? The signatures did do nothing and Guinness doesn’t need my signature to give money to their own charity, so I don’t get it! You were meant to believe that your signature is important, but to me that is nearly a condescending way of treating customers. Then the campaign on facebook to have Arthur’s Day as a public holiday. It smells a lot like a marketing stunt, don’t you think?! And “Arthur’s Day” itself isn’t as impressive as I was hoping it would be when I heard first about it. Yes, concerts are a good thing and lots of them will take place on 24 Sept, but considering how much money people leave with Guinness every day, it would have been great if Guinness would have given something back to the customers by providing a free big gig. Instead all concerts cost money. A bit disappointing, I think. The only consolation is that the concerts at least seem somewhat discounted!

OPEN MIC NIGHT – LUCAN COUNTY BAR
Ian Smith, a talented guitar player and friend of mine, is in the process of setting up a new Open Mic event in the West of Dublin. The first night is on Thurs 24 Sept. from 20:00 in the Lucan County Bar (1st floor). The County Bar is on the grounds of the Lucan Spa Hotel on the N4. Admission is free and there are spot prizes for participants. All types of music welcome and both musicians and listeners are very much invited to come along/participate. And there is a taxi company in the building, in case you had a few drinks. ;-) www.lucanspahotel.ie/ENG/map.html

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

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CULTURE NIGHT
On Friday 25 Sept is Culture Night. From 17:00 until late (some locations are open until midnight!) there are hundreds of different events and places to visit. It is a Museum Night combined with lots more. If you are anywhere near Dublin, I strongly recommend that you have a look at the programme on www.culturenight.ie to see what interests you. You can download the full programme here culturenight.ie/docs/Programme2009.pdf or check on the website to see what is happening in the different parts of the City Centre. Free Culture Night buses will help you to get around: www.culturenight.ie/listing.asp?id=16m so there is no excuse anymore. I will definitely make the most of this night.
I would recommend that you particularly pick locations to visit that are normally not free because the rest you can see at any time throughout the year, but the non-free ones you might not see otherwise. Don’t forget either to check pages 40-43 in the full programme!

CULTURE NIGHT: FOAM PARTY
The Science Gallery is inviting to a Foam Party during Culture Night to coincide with their Bubble Exhibition and they are inviting here: “We’ve got bubbles! We’ve got DJ iRate! We’ve got fun prize give aways! We’ll have a member’s only VIP lounge and a mystery bubble room! So make sure to make Science Gallery an essential stop on your cultured trek around the capital. If you’re doing it by bike don’t forget there is a dublinbikes stand right outside Science Gallery… www.sciencegallery.ie” The party will be from 12:00-23:00, so the Science Gallery is starting early! Great! Gives you more time to take all in! ;-)

‘VISUAL CULTURE OF MODERNITY IN IRELAND’ WITH FIONNA BARBER
‘The Visual Culture of Modernity in Ireland’ is a roundtable, workshop and lecture by Fionna Barber that will take place at the National Library of Ireland on Kildare Street, Dublin 2, from 10:45-19:30 on Fri 25 September 2009. One of the key aims of the day is to encourage the expansion of a research network focused on the theme of visual culture and modernity in Irish contexts. For more information and registration please visit www.irishmodvisual.wordpress.com

NOSFERATU – CINEMA IN THE PARK
Dartmouth Square in Ranelagh will be the venue for a film screening of “Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horrors” (1921) with live soundtrack by 3epkano, a Dublin based, seven piece collective who are dedicated to producing original soundtracks for silent and avant-garde cinema. The event tales place on Fri 25 Sept. from 20:00-21:30. Admission is free, but donations for the upkeep of the park are welcome. Make sure you wear warm clothes and bring something to sit on. (Weather permitting and alcohol free!) www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123523646938&ref=mf

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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:

TALEND OPEN STUDIO DISCOVERY ROADSHOW – FREE TRAINING
The Talend Open Studio Discovery Roadshow is a series of free technical workshops which are taking place in a number of cities through Europe. In a 3 hour session you will receive complimentary training in Talend Open Studio – and at the end of the workshop you will leave with a USB key containing the data integration jobs you have developed. The roadshow will be in Dublin on Tues 29 September with the following training times: 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00. The target group is IT Professionals with an interest in data integration, but you don’t need to be a developer or a Java expert. You should have a look at Talend’s website before you decide to register so that you can assess if it is for you: www.talend.com/index.php And here you can register: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=viPBdDXcy6FdxZu_2fdPY2Hw_3d_3d&c=dublineventguide

LEGENDS IN YOUR LUNCHTIME – NCIRL
The National College or Ireland is bringing the “Legends in your Lunchtime” series back by popular demand. From 30 Sept-11 Nov a whole range of prominent speakers will talk about their life/job/business and you can listen and often even ask. The event is free but ticketed and past experience indicates that the tickets will go VERY fast. So if you are interested, do not hesitate and check the website. The event takes place from 13:00 – 14:00 in the National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1 and the speakers will be:
Leslie Buckley, Business Consultant, Founding Director of Digicel on Wed 30 Sept
Maeve Donovan, Managing Director, The Irish Times on Wed 07 Oct
Fergus Finlay, Chief Executive, Barnardos on Wed 28 Oct
Eamonn Fallon, Chief Executive, Daft Media on Wed 11 Nov
www.ncirl.ie/site/event_form.asp?id=160

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MONEY AND COLOUR?
What is it with rich men (or formerly rich men) and colour? During the week I saw developer Sean Dunne in his D4 hotel (he paid EUR 380 mio for the hotel and adjacent site) and he had one of these baby blue sweaters on. Something along these lines: www.designerclothesonline.co.uk/images/Spring%20Collection%202008_0042_IMG_5045.jpg Maybe this is the way you girls want us to dress, but I can’t help but notice that only people with money wear baby blue and pink (static.my-wardrobe.com/images/products/5/8/582569/t_582569.jpg). Does the money interfere with your ability to recognise appropriate colours or am I outing myself as a fashion disaster because I am not going for pink and baby blue? Let me know what you think! (Mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with “Fashion” in Subject.) :-)
Ok, I do admit that I have some colour challenges too in my wardrobe and I think I even have a light blue jumper (not baby blue!!). ;-) But, hey, I am German so weird patterns and strong colours are to be expected. :-) But pink or baby blue jumpers or dress shirts? No way!

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Not the busiest weekend as far as headline events are concerned, but there are still quite a number of events taking place, so get out and enjoy them. And if nothing appeals to you, go for a cycle on the new dublinbikes or go for a walk

Have a great weekend,

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