Event Guide 138: IFI Open Day, Crafty Market, Engineers Week, Milk and Cookie, Be Inspired, Science Gallery

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 138
| 05 February 2010 Subscribers: 5701
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Hi all!

After last week’s early appearance of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), this week we are back to the normal Friday morning delivery. I know that some of you would prefer receiving this newsletter on a Thursday, but because writing it is a spare-time project not my day job, I will currently only be able to send it occasionally on a Thursday. If I get lots of donations from you I might be able to change that, but for the moment you will have to live with receiving this e-mail on Friday.
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Did you realise that the evenings are getting longer again? I know the last few days it nearly felt as if the day never really started, but last Monday you could sense that spring was on its way! I can’t wait. :-) Now I can’t really complain because I had some more wonderful snow when I was in Germany last weekend and came back to Dublin in sunshine.

Are you too looking forward to spring or summer and sun? Often we make plans for the summer. All the things we intend to do when the weather is better and the sun shines and it is warm!? And then we have summer for one weekend only and that weekend is not long enough to fulfill all the dreams. Have you ever experienced that?

Do you do that maybe in other areas in your life too? “I will do this or that when I am retired?” or “…when the kids are grown up” or “…when I found my perfect partner” or “…when I have enough money”. And like that the fulfilment of your dreams is pushed so far away that it might never happen?

A few weeks ago Dogukan from Istanbul contacted me. He had the idea of setting up the Istanbul Event Guide (for Free Events) and was wondering if I had some advise for him. I told him that the most important thing was to start doing it! We often postpone and postpone until the conditions are perfect only to find out that they are always only CLOSE to perfect. So my suggestion for you this week is DO IT! What ever you wanted to do for a long time and have postponed again and again, start it NOW! Don’t wait any longer! By the way, Dogukan sent his first newsletter in the same week! Just Do it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2uFH0NCMY4

Today the 138th edition of this newsletter is sent to you. I am doing it every week. I can’t do all by myself but asking others for help is perfectly ok! Can you help me growing the Dublin Event Guide Community to 7500!! Please print these Mini-Flyers (6 per page), cut them and hand them out to friends, family and colleagues or just to random people in town. ;-) www.perfectresults.info/event_guide_mini_flyers.pdf
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This Event Guide is sponsored by Esme E, Cliodhna D, Brian L, Padraig S, Kathie S, Orla niF, Jef B, Susanna N, Kate C, Nicola J, Claus Sch, Gordon S, Jeanne M, Fiona O’C, Marta M, Angela C, Isabelle F, Saundra S, Meisoon N, Ruth F, Valerie McN, Estelle O, Aoife M, Mairin M, Fionán O’L, Maeve L, Blaithin O’D, Ciara D, Mike G, Andrej G, Deirdre R, Vanessa O’L, Chris McK, Frank B, Dolores P, Cornelia K, Cathy A, Orla C, Kevin McC, Steph G, Wanda J, Siv M-J, Niamh niS, Gwen H, Jasmin T, Ian O, Eva C, Will P, Gráinne P, Caroline R, Elizabeth F, Suzanne B, Adele G, Jack C, Keeva H, Mairead MacM, Niamh G, Siobhan C, Jackie B, Penny O’D, Kathryn K, Aidan G, Ciara G, Deirdre L, Stephen D, Mary Q, Donald P, Aidan C, Julia Sch, Isak R-B, Sharon O’S, Brajan V, Nancy O’D, Zelie McG, Niamh K, Jennie R, Semin S, Gavin H, David G, Becky B, Emer niB, Niamh N, Esme E, Ciaran H, Louis M, Gerard Ph, Monika E, Mark K, James O’H, Pere SC, Marsha D, Sarah McC, Patrick O’C, Sandra R, Christoph Sch, Deirdre O’B, Ellen C, Eimear O’F Luna B, Leslie C, Elaine McH, Elva O’G, Deirdre G, Martin O’M, Maeve C, Ciara O’C, Sarah D., Patrick C, John O’R, Brian C, Brian R, Caroline C, Elaina O’N, Eilis C, Sandra R, Geraldine D, Nora W, Rachel M, Renata V, Carine S, Ruairi O’G, Donna D, Clare D, Tuna Y, Lisa S-O’G, Aga G, Anna B and www.stickyfingerstravel.com (The travel guide for parents travelling with their children.), www.flamencoindalo.com (A group that supports and promotes the art of Flamenco in Ireland.), www.thepaulkanegallery.com (A great Art Gallery, located at 6 Merrion Square, which supports contemporary Irish artists.) and www.a1computers.ie in Dun Laoghaire/Cabinteely (…who repair computers, printers and sort out Internet problems fast and who sell computers, laptops and low priced printer cartridges). The main sponsor is www.kravmagaireland.com, the self-defence training centre for everyone, which provides regular 12-week or 2-day self-defence training courses for beginners.

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 promise for correctness can be given.

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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “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. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.

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My week will be very busy with all preparations for our gig “The Elvis Presley Story” on Friday and Saturday of next week (see Competition section). We are rehearsing nearly every evening this week so there is unfortunately no time for any other event, not even my normal training with www.kravmagaireland.com.
But if I had time I would do this: On Saturday I would go to the IFI Open Day for some free film screenings. On Sunday the Crafty Market and the Harold’s Cross Car Boot Sales would be my events of choice during the day and Comedy Crunch in the evening. During the week some of the Engineers Week events, the Be Inspired DIT lunchtime talk on Wednesday and any time after Thursday the Love Lab in the Science Gallery would be on my programme. Obviously on Friday and Saturday evening I can’t recommend anything but our “Elvis Presley Story” in the Olympia. ;-)

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ELVIS PRESLEY STORY – OLYMPIA THEATRE – TICKETS
I mentioned this upcoming event last week but hadn’t received confirmation for a competition yet. This week I can tell you more. Kevin Doyle Sings the Elvis Presley Story at The Olympia Theatre on Fri 12 and Sat 13 Feb. And with him there will be a band and a choir on stage that will fill the stage at this massive production with 22 brilliant musicians. Hmmm, am I allowed to call them all brilliant? Well, let’s say 21 are brilliant and I am the 22nd. :-) I am singing in Kevin Doyle’s backing choir and we will perform an amazing celebration of Elvis Presley’s life through his songs for you. If Elvis is not your thing: COME! You will love it! ;-) If you know somebody in your life or your family who likes Elvis, bring them! They will love it too! The atmosphere is always great at our gigs and this one will be extra special. Maybe you will bring the love of your life? Then we will sing some of Elvis’ love songs for you! :-)
So if you are still looking for something special to do at the Valentine’s Day Weekend, come to the Olympia.
The Olympia is a great venue but it has his price so in the past the tickets were a little expensive but this time we were able to get a better price for you and tickets are available from just EUR 25.
Kevin Doyle who sings Elvis Presley was recently praised by Ray Walker who sang with Elvis for 12 years as one of the best Elvis Tribute Performers in the world. And YOU can hear him (and wave at me if you wish ;-) ). The show also features film footage, special guest voiceovers to give you a look into Elvis’ life through sound, image and live performances. Book your tickets here but hurry we hope and expect to sell the Olympia out twice in the coming week. www.ticketmaster.ie/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&q=kevin+doyle
For one extra lucky person I was able to get pair of tickets and if you want to be that extra lucky person, you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the subject ELVIS STORY and include your name and mobile phone number in the body. The mail has to be with me by Mon 08 Feb at 15:00 and if you haven’t heard from me by Tuesday 18:00 you unfortunately didn’t win and better book your tickets here www.ticketmaster.ie/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&q=kevin+doyle so that you won’t miss out. Yes, yes, I admit that I am very passionate and enthusiastic about our gigs but you will understand why when you have experienced it next week! :-)

BIRDBATH – THEATRE – TICKET COMPETITION
Donna Anita Nikolaisen contacted me last week and told me about her upcoming performance of the New York valentine “Birdbath” by Leonard Melfi and directed by Paddy Kelly. Donna and her team will perform Birdbath in the International Bar, Wicklow St, Dublin 1 between 15-20 Feb at 18:00 every day. Admission is EUR 7 and the story sounds gripping: This 1-Act play is set in 1960s New York. Birdbath opens with Frankie Basta (a cashier and aspiring poet played by Tim Dillard) meeting the neurotic and troubled Velma Sparrow (a waitress, played by Donna) showing how their relationship develops during a night in February. This is a play about an unlikely love, the consequence of abuse, guilt and the basic human need – to be understood.
Tickets are available at the door and for more details check www.littlebirdsong.com/theatre.html Donna has made a pair of tickets available for a lucky winner. (You can choose the date when you want to come to the performance.) To be in with a chance to win send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the subject BIRDBATH. Make sure that you include your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your entry has to be with me by 15:00 on Wed 10 Feb.

CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICES – COURSE COMPETITION
The Centre for Creative Practices in 15 Pembroke Street Lower
Dublin 2 is THE place for artists, writers, musicians, photographers and art lovers. In addition to interesting events (exhibitions and concerts) they run a whole range of courses and workshops. In the February- June term the CFCP will cover the following areas:
+ Artistic Professional Development for artists and creative practitioners
+ Digital Arts and Photography
+ Visual Arts and Craftwork
+ Music and Performing Arts
+ Writing and Publishing
And the list of the individual seminars and courses is so long that I can’t list them here but instead have to send you to www.cfcp.ie/courses.htm to check them out!
The CFCP is a run by a wonderful and generous bunch of people and they have offered TWO free places for a course in the centre. So this is how it works: Have a look on www.cfcp.ie/courses.htm if there is a course that interests you and if you find something then enter the competition by sending an e-mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with CFCP in the subject and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your entry has to be with my by Wed 10 Feb (15:00). After that deadline I will draw two names and you then will be allowed to do your course of choice completely free. That is a value of up to EUR 250! An amazing price! www.cfcp.ie

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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30 KM/H IN DUBLIN CITY
I am sure most of you have heard about the new speed limits in Dublin City. Since the 31 Jan the City Centre has a new speed limit of 30 km/h (down from 50 km/h). Dublin City’s justification is that with that lower speed limit accidents with pedestrians will be reduced. I am not sure how many accidents occur in that highly congested city centre area. But I would expect that the rate is not huge. The AA is against the new speed limit and some city councillors called the councillors that support the new speed limit “muppets”. As a car driver I am not to keen on 30 km/h, but I do see a justification for it in areas like Dame Street where there can be plenty of cars and plenty of pedestrians. But in other areas and especially during the night, such a speed limit is nonsensical. Well, Dublin City is known for making stupid decisions when it comes to traffic rules and regulations and as with the car ban at College Green that was lifted again (temporarily) during the Christmas period often enough U-turns were necessary soon after. Interestingly the speed limit is – for technical reasons – virtually unenforceable in streets like Dame Street or in all other streets where there are many pedestrians. But I guess that is a completely different problem!
www.rte.ie/news/2010/0131/transport.html And – very difficult to find – here is the map that outlines the area that is affected by the new speed limit: www.transportfordublin.ie/documents/30kph_speed_limit_zone.pdf

CARLUCCIO’S CAFÉ TO CLOSE
The Irish Times reported on Wednesday “Carluccio’s closes with loss of 60 jobs”. Carluccio’s Café is the light blue tinted restaurant in 52 Dawson Street. It is part of a british chain of Italian Cafes with in-store Delis. And it seems that the high rent in Dawson Street finished the place. I couldn’t find it anywhere in the articles last week, but I seem to remember reading around the time of Carluccio’s opening that the rent in that building was approx. 300,000 per year. If my memory is right, then you wonder how a Café every thought that such a rent would be an ok price AND you have to wonder what planet the property owners live on to charge prices like that. Result? Everybody loses!! www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0203/breaking33.htm

RYANAIR IN THE TOP 10??
The swiss research firm Covalence publishes yearly and quarterly ethical rankings covering 581 companies within 18 sectors. And our beloved Ryanair made it into the Top 10! Unfortunately, though, it is not the Top 10 most ethical companies, instead Ryanair is in the Top 10 of the LEAST ethical companies. They are on position 575 out of 581 companies. Worse than Ryanair are Philip Morris, Chevron, Halliburton and the GM-Food company Monsanto. NOT impressive!
The full list is here www.covalence.ch/index.php/ethical-rankings/across-sectors/ A bit more about the approach in the research can be found here www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/the-least-ethical-compani_n_440073.html

BOOK CLUB IN NORTH DUBLIN
Brian Dalton informed me about a book club that he and some others have recently started. They are in the in the Santry/Whitehall/Drumcondra/Artane and welcome all ages and interests into their group. The group meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 20:00. Contact Brian to find out more: 087-2363282

BIG TAXI DISCOUNTS – TALLAGHT
Competition is typically very good for consumers. Prices go down and/or the service will improve. This week, while searching for free events, I came across an offer from a Taxi Driver in Tallaght for a 50% discount on all fares. He has a 6-seater and is available 24×7 mainly in Tallaght but with longer notice as well all over Dublin. I have not checked this offer and can’t tell you anymore than that I found it here: www.gumtree.ie/dublin/83/53494483.html but it might be interesting enough for some of you to check it out. And if you talk to the taxi driver, tell him about the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). :-)

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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. The banks don’t help anymore, the government doesn’t want to help, so we have to help ourselves! The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) will help you if you have recently started a company and if you could do with spreading the word. I hope being mentioned here and being seen by the 5500+ readers of the Event Guide will kick start something big for you. In return I expect you to tell your clients and friends about the Event Guide and once you have made a nice bit of money, a donation would be very appreciated. ;-) (This offer is for start-ups in relatively early stages only. Established companies can contact me regarding very affordable advertisement options in the Dublin Event Guide.) If you want to promote your start-up/young company here for free, let me know: dublineventguide@gmail.com.

RUN WITH TINA – RUNNING COURSES FOR WOMEN
Tina Murphy recently started ‘Running Made Easy’ courses for women. This is a course for all women who want to take up running and want to do it safely and as easily as possible. It’s suitable for all fitness levels and is especially good for couch potatoes :-). It’s gentle and safe approach, and Tina places a lot of emphasis on proper posture, stretching, correct breathing and listening to your body and going at your own pace. By the end of the 8 week course you will be able to run non-stop for 20 to 30 minutes and you will have lots of fun, make friends and learn to enjoy exercise on the way. Tina’s January courses were booked out immediately but some additional courses are now available with start dates of 15 March & 10 May. The meeting point is in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and you will run on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 18:30. The course duration is 8 weeks and the cost are EUR 150.
Tina was unemployed for a while and decided to start the running groups as a business and has not looked back! So if you want to run AND want to do that with an inspirational person that takes action. Tina’s courses are even more attractive. www.runwithtina.com

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GROUP SHOW – PAUL KANE GALLERY
‘Out of Stock!!’ is a mixed exhibition of gems from the stockroom of Paul’s gallery by gallery artists (Tom Hammick, Veronica Bolay R.H.A., Philippa Sutherland, Michelle Rogers, Ita Freeney and Wesley Triggs). The exhibition runs from Fri 12 Feb-Sat 06 Mar. (Gallery Details: The Paul Kane Gallery, 6 Merrion Square North, Dublin 2, www.thepaulkanegallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri 11:00-18:00 and Sat 12:00-17:00)

GROUP SHOW – MASTER THIEF’S SECRET LAIR
‘The Nine’ is a group exhibition by graduates from the Limerick School of Art and Design (Anna Donegan, Cainneach Lennon, Catherine O’Brien, Lucy Peters, Ailise O’Neill, Chris Boland, Ceri Garfield, Alan Crowley and Stephan Roche). The exhibition runs from 04-14 Feb. (Gallery Details: Master Thief’s Secret Lair, 11 South William Street, Dublin 2, www.mtsl.ie, Open: Mon-Sat: 10:00-17:00, Thurs 10:00-19:00, Sun 12:00-17:00)

JOHN BEATTIE – RETURN GALLERY, GOETHE-INSTITUT
‘The Artist Studio Series’ is an exhibition by John Beattie. The show takes place in the Goethe Institute and runs until 06 Mar. (Venue Details: Goethe Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Tuesday 10:00-20:00, Wed+Thur 10:00-18:00, Fri 10:00-14:30) www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/en5504188v.htm

THE SIX MEMOS PROJECT – THE JOINERY

The first chapter of The Six Memos project, ‘paperplane’, will show work by Caline Aoun, Niall De Buitléar, Guestroom and Vera Klute responding to recent negotiations between European editors and Google regarding a lucrative and legislated agreement on the digitisation of the world’s books. It will be on show until 9 February 2010.
gallery.limerick.ie/Exhibitions/SixMemos/
www.thejoinery.org/events/paperplane (Gallery Details: The Joinery, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, www.thejoinery.org, Open: ???)

GARVAN GALLAGHER – EXCHANGE GALLERY
‘Gubu’ is an exhibition by Garvan Gallagher that will be open from 04-14 Feb. Gallagher will give a talk about his work in the gallery on Mon 08 Feb at 18:00.
(Gallery Details: Exchange Dublin Gallery, 1 Exchange Street Upper, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, gallery.exchangedublin.ie, Open: Tues-Sun 12:00-22:00)

ORLA DE BRÍ – SOLOMON FINE ART
‘Elements of Sculpture’ is an exhibition by Orla de Brí. It will be on show at 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 from 06-12 Feb.
www.solomonfineart.ie

GEMMA GALLAGHER & DAVID TURNER – STONE GALLERY
‘Biography’ is an exhibition by Gemma Gallagher and David Turner. It will run from 04-13 Feb. (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)

‘ARTIST’S PROOF’ – DRAÍOCHT
‘Artist’s Proof’ is an exhibition by 24 Irish and international fine art printmakers, in association with Graphic Studio Dublin and Chester Beatty Library. The exhibition is on show in Draiocht in Blanchardstown from 28 Jan – 27 Mar. www.draiocht.ie

BOLIVIA: REACHING OUT TO AT RISK ADOLESCENTS – PHOTO EXIBITION
The photographs, taken by photographer Crispin Rodwell, document the lives of young people in Bolivia who benefit from an innovative outreach programme called Most at Risk Adolescents. Organised by the Irish Family Planning Association, this exhibition will be on show from 04-11 Feb during office hours in the European Public Information Centre, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. www.ifpa.ie/eng/Media-Info-Centre/News-Events/2010-News-Events

TONDO – PEARSE STREET LIBRARY
The inaugural exhibition of the Tondo artgroup will be on show in Pearse Street Library from 03-26 Feb. The exhibition will show drawing, painting, sculpture and installation by Gerard Cox, Lioubov Kadyrova, Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Eve Parnell.

SEAN HILLEN – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
“Return to Irelantis” is a collection of work by Irish artist Seán Hillen. It will be shown in the Alliance Francaise from 11 Feb – 10 Apr. “Best known for his Irelantis series, where competing myths and visions cohabit a deliciously witty montage, Hillen is one of the most significant artists of his generation.
As the Irelantis images have come to be seen as the most vivid and emblematic expression of the dreams and anxieties of the Celtic Tiger, his works from the ‘Troubles’ era, based on his own photographs, have become more widely-known internationally and are now studied as masterworks of the medium.
In this exhibition the public will get a rare opportunity to see several of the delicate almost miniature original collages, together with a selection of a new definitive edition of archival prints.” Opening reception is on Thurs 11 Feb at 18:30. (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)

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LIFE LASTING SUCCESS CONFERENCE
From Friday until Sunday (05-07 Feb) the second “Life Lasting Success Conference” will take place in the Red Cow Hotel on Naas Road and if you hurry you could still get a free ticket. It is billed as the “Irish Entrepreneurs Superconference” and a number of better-known and a number of lesser known entrepreneurs will tell you what and how they made it. Some of the speakers are Sean Gallagher, Jairek Robbins, Pat Slattery, Tim Paulson, Mark Anastasi, Debbie Allen, Anthony McCarthy, Greg Secker, Chris Guerriero, Owen O’Malley, Jason Osborn. The organisers are offering 20 Event Guide readers free tickets for this event, so if that is something for you go to lifelastingsuccess.com/dublineventguide/

SWOPSHOP MAKEOVER EVENT
“There’s a dress with your name on it…” is the title of the SWOPSHOP First Birthday Exclusive Makeover Event on Fri 05 Feb from 12:00-20:00. I remember a few months ago when, after mentioning the Swopshop in the “Opportunities” section , I met Adele Geoghegan, the owner of the Swopshop, at an Event Guide meeting. And I also remember hearing from some of her customers who were coincidentally at the same meeting how thrilled and happy they were.
On the first Birthday this Fri, the Swopshop (Crow Street Bazaar, Crow Street, Dublin 2, in the heart of Temple Bar, www.swopshop.ie/contact-us.php) will perform four “Acts” for you:
Act One: Style Clinic. You can discuss your current wardrobe with a stylist who will guide you through current trends, classic buys, as well as shape and colour analysis to inform your choices during Act II…
Act Two: Clothes Swop. Usual guidelines apply (see www.swopshop.ie)
Act Three: Makeup makeover. Makeup artists will be on site to colour you beautiful for the Final Act
Act Four: Fashion Shoot. Your own personal mini- fashion shoot.
When you go to this event be prepared that lots of others will be there as well and there could be some long-ish waiting times. Oh, and when you talk to Adele, tell her that you heard about the event in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). ;-) www.swopshop.ie

SHAKE DOWN – PACINO’S RESTAURANT
Mark K tells me about a relatively new weekly live event on Fridays. It is called “Shake Down” and takes place in Pacino’s Restaurant in Suffolk Street. From 23:00-02:30 live bands and a DJ will entertain you while you can enjoy a low priced pizza and a cocktail. This week’s band will be The Hot Sprockets on Fri 05 Feb. On 12 Feb Howlin Dowlin will play and on 19 Feb it will be The Revellions. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604976870

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.
* The Covers play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later: DJ Carlos Irie. Admission is free.
* “Shake Down” in Pacino’s restaurant, Suffolk Street is a weekly Friday event from 23:00. Live Bands a DJ, Pizza and Cocktails and free admission make this event hugely attractive. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604976870

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DUBLIN MAPPING PARTY – OPEN STREET MAP PROJECT
Jef B found out about an interesting but slightly niche event. It is a Dublin Mapping Party which is part of the OpenStreetMap project. Let me explain: In every country there is typically some official organisation that is responsible for all maps in that country. In Ireland it is the OSI (Ordnance Survey Ireland) and they not only create all the maps but charge often a very high price for the use of the maps. In the past creating maps was a complicated task but with GPS devices in most sophisticated phones, mapping is a lot simpler now. The OpenStreetMap project is a project that wants to make reliable maps available for free and as Open Source and it requires the help of many people to achieve that. “Mapping parties are social events where experienced and new mappers can meet to share and learn more about the project. The events are generally held in a public place, and allow time for discussion, mapping and editing. The event is open to all. It’s fun. It’s free. You can help.” The event is taking place in TOG, the Dublin hackerspace at 40 Arran Quay, Floor 2, Smithfield, Dublin 7. The times are Sat 06 Feb from 14:00-18:00 and Sun 07 Feb from 12:00.
wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ireland/Events/Dublin_Mapping_party
Here you can read why this project is really worth supporting. People are really helping people with no commercial intentions:
www.opengeodata.org/2010/01/14/haiti-openstreetmap-response/

IFI OPEN DAY – Free FILM SCRRENINGS
On Sat 06 Feb the Irish Film Institute (IFI) is inviting to their Open Day to mark the end of a major redevelopment project, and to officially launch the new cinema, IFI Café Bar, IFI Film Shop and other new and improved facilities. The whole day all film screenings are free (but ticketed!) and there will be a wide variety of films to choose from. “The selection ranges from classic films to previews of some hotly-anticipated new releases, along with films from many of the IFI’s programming strands including Stranger Than Fiction, IFI Family and Archive at Lunchtime, giving audiences a chance to experience the breadth of programming that is on offer year-round at the IFI. With fourteen free screenings taking place in all three cinemas, special guests, workshops and music, it promises to be a celebration to remember.”
Tickets for all films will be available from 11:00 on Sat 06 Feb and you should expect huge demand so be there early! Tickets will not be available online or by phone and with a maximum of 4 tickets per person, all will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The full list of films, a description of the films and the screening times can be found here www.ifi.ie/cinema/season2_07.asp?SID=193 Screenings will be between 12:30 and 21:20. To give you an idea what will be shown I have included some of the film titles below: Ponyo, Ballroom of Romance, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Eamon, Bringing Up Baby, Grizzly Man, Crazy Heart, A Single Man

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
# This week the National Museum is not running any family or adult events.

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
The Family Programme in the National Gallery in Kildare Street on Sat 06 Feb from 15:00 is “Hi Bear the Hibernator!” with Kitty Rogers. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#4

SCUBA FEST – DUN LAOGHAIRE
On Sat 06 Feb at 20:00 a free Scuba Fest is taking place in Dun Laoghaire’ Royal Marine Hotel. Based on the waterfront of Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Oceandivers are a PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Dive Centre that teaches complete beginners to Scubadive and also run trips and holidays for divers around Ireland and abroad. The biggest concern of the cold water is brushed away by the guys from Oceandivers with “While Ireland may not be the Maldives or the Red Sea, it’s amazing how good the Atlantic coast can be for scuba adventures. With modern dive suits cold is not an issue and once you have your PADI licence, you can explore some of the best diving in Europe. There are shoals of fish and colourful soft coral all within easy reach from the shore. Ireland’s dramatic coastline offers spectacular underwater scenery and there are also hundreds of shipwrecks that are safe to visit.”
If you have ever wondered what it’s like to go scubadiving or if you would like to give it a try, then come along to the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire from 20:00 this Sat 06 Feb for the yearly Scuba Festival. The event is free and there will be a big team of Oceandivers Crew Members to answer any questions you may have about the underwater world. There will be some fascinating presentations with photos and movies showing the beauty of Ireland’s marine life.
www.oceandivers.ie/

DUBLIN TROPICAL – SHEBEEN CHIC
Love Music Hate Racism and Groovalizacion.com invite to the “Dublin Tropical Party” on Sat 06 Feb from 22:00. It is a club event in Sheebeen Chic (4 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2). “The world rhythm laboratory blasting the new sounds of Digital Cumbia, Latin dancehall, Afro Beats, Kuduro, Baile Funk…” Admission is free. www.groovalizacion.com/
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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 Designer Mart is on winter break and will return from 13 March!
* 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 Black Sheep play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later Dj Glenn Brown (Dublin Calling). Admission is free.
* 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
And another month over: 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. Experience it for yourself, it is a different world!! …and definitely not what you would expect in the centre of a European capital. ;-) Nick Carosello went there some months ago and took this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWQnmu8K-IQ
I know that there are concerns about the welfare of the animals and I do know that ISPCA representatives are supervising the horse market. Please note that I am not suggesting that you buy a horse there or that you support the horse traders in any inappropriate acts. Instead I am only reporting that this event is taking place and that it might interest some of you to watch the trading or the horses. Your presence there will not change anything good or bad and if Dublin City didn’t allow this open and somewhat controllable market, the traders would sell their horses elsewhere where the ISPCA and the police could not be present. So leaving that market in place is probably a good idea and better for the animals than driving the trading into the underground.

CAR BOOT SALE – HAROLD’S CROSS GREYHOUND STADIUM
On Sunday 07 Feb from 09:00 the Harold’s Cross Greyhound Stadium Car Boot Sale (every second week) will take place again on the car park of the stadium (151 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin). Visiting is free, selling costs EUR 15 for cars and EUR 20 for vans and spaces might still be available. Contact Damian on 086 8371573 or email lowth666@yahoo.ie for more details. Gates open 08:00 for Sellers and 09:00 for Buyers. www.gumtree.ie/dublin/50/51931850.html

CHILDREN’S ART WORKSHOP – PHOENIX PARK
The weekly Children’s Art Cart Workshops at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre is taking place every Sun from 10:30-12:30. Up to 20 children can participate but they must be supervised by an adult. Children 5 years & over. The upcoming themes are
07 Feb: Make a Valentines card
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,12181,en.html

CRAFTY MARKET
“Visit the Crafty Market, Newmarket Square, Dublin 8 this Sunday and the first Sunday of every month! It is an interesting Art & Crafts Market in Dublin’s Coombe district, a five minutes’ walk from St. Patrick’s Cathedral. 45 stall holders set out their wares in an indoor market for you to browse and buy. Don’t pay through the nose for handicrafts in exclusive shops when you can purchase them straight from the artist in a fun market environment where haggling is encouraged. The market is open from 12:00-17:00. The venue is the Dublin Food Co-op building, on Newmarket Sq. with a cafe and hot food stalls indoors and plenty of free parking outside. www.thecraftymarket.com

SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Nearly every Sunday a free “Sunday at Noon” concert is taking place in the Hugh Lane Gallery. From 12:00-13:00 classical music will be performed for free. No booking is required. This week’s concert is “Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas I”. It is the first in a five concert series featuring the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas performed in chronological order by Irish pianist Fionnuala Moynihan. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=452

WORKING IN AUSTRALIA – INFORMATION EVENT
If working in Australia is something you are considering you might want to go to this information event. On Sun 07 Feb from 13:00-17:00 www.workinaustralia.ie invites to an afternoon full of information about work in Australia and New Zealand. Admission is free and the event takes place in the Westbury Hotel, off Grafton Street.

FRANCIS BACON – HUGH LANE PUBLIC LECTURE
A public lecture entitled “Francis Bacon’s Studio” will take place on Sun 07 Feb at 13:30. Lecturer is Dr Margarita Cappock. “Part of a series of vibrant lectures that will illuminate this extraordinary exhibition and will give the opportunity to debate and explore issues raised by the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue.”
www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=398

SUNDAY SKETCHING – HUGH LANE GALLERY
The Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square is running a “Sunday Sketching for 7+ year olds” programme. This week (07 Jan) the title is “The Art of Sketching (Francis Bacon inspired sketches)” and the event takes place from 15:00-16:00. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=409

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
# The national Museum in Collins Barracks is this week only inviting to a free themed family tour (Age 6+) on Sun 07 Feb from 15:00.
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=932

NATIONAL GALLERY – SUNDAY LECTURE
The Sunday Lecture on 07 Feb at 15:00 in the National Gallery in Kildare Street is: “Earls of Moira in 18th Century Irish Life” by Lecturer Aidan O’Boyle, Trinity College Dublin www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#4

MATINEE BRUNCH CLUB – ODEON BAR & GRILL
The Odeon are inviting all families on Sat+Sun from 12:00-18:00 to a “Matinee Brunch Club”. Good Food, Kids movies (13:00+15:00), major international sporting events on the other big screen, kids under 3 eat for free are the main attractions of this offer. Upcoming Movies are on Feb 6/7 – Wallace & Gromit : Curse of the Ware Rabbit, Feb 13/14 – Monsters INC, Feb 20/21- Ice Age 3, Feb 27/28 – Toy Story. For further information ring 01 672 7690 or check www.odeon.ie/ The Odeon Bar & Grill is in the Old Harcourt Street Station, Dublin 2.

HUMANIST ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY MEETING
The Humanist Association of Ireland is inviting to their First Sunday of the Month Meeting, a monthly meeting for Humanists, atheists, agnostics and freethinkers, on 07 Feb. It is entitled “A Tribute to Justin Keating” and will remember a unique personality, who has left his mark in politics, Humanism and on the people who met him. The vent will take place from 16:00-18:00 in Buswell’s Hotel, Molesworth St, Dublin 1. www.humanism.ie

FREEWAY BLUES ROCK SUNDAY SESSION
The Freeway Blues Rock Sunday Sessions at the Lower Deck Pub in Portobello, Dublin 8 will take place again on Sun 07 Jan from 18:00-21:00. The band “The Freeway” will perform and Special Guests will contribute too. This is a High Energy Blues Rock Session where you will hear Music of Cream, Free Rory Gallagher, Freddie King, Albert Collins etc. Admission is free. www.gumtree.ie/dublin/38/51764138.html (the date in the ad is not updated, but the event date has been changed from 21 Jan to 07 Feb, don’t get confused)

COMEDY CRUNCH – SHEBEEN CHIC
Free comedy, free ice-cream. What more do you want? :-) The Comedy Crunch is a brilliant free Stand Up comedy which decamps regularly downstairs in Shebeen Chic, Sth Great Georges Street. It is sooo popular that from initially monthly it was moved to fortnightly and now to weekly! Make sure you give it a go! It starts at 21:00 and the line-up is changing but always impressive. The next performance is on Sun 07 Feb and the details can be found on: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

SUPER BOWL – SCREENING
Sunday Night is Super Bowl night. The Super Bowl is the American Football Final and it will take place in Florida. Kick-off is at 23:00 and the game lasts up to around 3 hours. A number of pubs will allegedly screen the game, but make sure that you check that they will screen the FULL game as it will exceed the licensing hours for pubs. I heard that Dandelion at Stephen’s Green and the Woolshed next to Cineworld on Parnell Street show the game but it seems the Dandelion will be for pre-registered people only. Check this www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055800936 and dublin.2night.ie/articles/eat%26drink/143/superbowl-2010.html (If this second link doesn’t work, copy it and put a “&” between the words “eat” and “drink”.)

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
* Story Telling Time in Hughes & Hughes in Dundrum, every Sunday from 12:00. Bring all the family for storytelling+cookies plus activities like crafts & face painting. All ages welcome. www.hughesbooks.com/
* The Mary Stokes Band (Blues) will be back in Bruxelles, Harry Street near Grafton Street and near the Westbury Hotel from 30 Aug. The start time is advertised as 18:00, but the actual start is usually significantly later. The gigs are not EVERY week, but most weeks. 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 great Funk/Soul/Reggae/Jazz band Mob Fandango are playing in the newly renovated Camden Street Palace every Sunday evening from 20:00-22:00. Admission is free. www.myspace.com/mobfandango
* From 21:00 in The Bleeding Horse on Camden Street “The Apollo Sessions” is a free show featuring multiple styles of original music from local and international musicians and songwriters www.myspace.com/thebleedinghorsesessions
* 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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SOUL STEP – DANCE WORKSHOP
Do we have teenage girls in the Dublin Event Guide Community or do you know any? You should definitely tell them about this event. (Boys you are invited as well, but I know that most of you are not THAT much into dancing!) On Mon 08 Feb from 17:15-18:30 the Soul Steps are in Dun Laoghaire in the Dance Theatre Ireland for a great free workshop. You probably won’t have this opportunity again! Hand clapping, foot stomping Soul Steps speak the language of rhythm and teach the African tradition of step dance, using the entire body as a percussive instrument. Learn the synchronized hand and foot movements and create Afro-urban rhythms with every slap of the thigh, twist of the hip, turn of the foot, jump in the air, and shout. Rhythms that are integrated with stories of culture and community. Taught by Members of the Soul Steps from around the world – Trinidad to Jamaica.
To register and for further details go to www.dancetheatreireland.com or ring 01-280 3455 (And to be honest _I_ would love to go to that workshop, so if you are – like me – still feeling young, check with Dance Theatre Ireland, they might let you in! ;-) )

ENGINEERS WEEK
From 08-13 Feb the Engineers Week 2010 will take place. Engineers Week is a week long programme of nationwide events with the aim of celebrating the world of engineering. The aim of the week is to create a positive awareness and spark enthusiasm about the engineering profession and to raise awareness about engineering as a career! As a consequence many events are targeting primary and secondary school students. On www.engineersweek.ie there are the categories “Families” and “General Public” but unfortunately the flashy looking (but somewhat difficult to use) website doesn’t reveal which events are targeted at grown-ups. ;-)
One organisation is a lot clearer in their target group. TOG, the hackerspace at Smithfield is running a number of very interesting and free events and they are nearly all targeted at over 18 year olds. Check www.tog.ie/2010/01/engineers-week/ for the TOG offering and to register there.

PABLO NERUDA READING – CLONDALKIN LIBRARY
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the Clondalin Library (22 Monastery Road, Dublin 22) are having a reading of Pablo Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair in English and Spanish on Mon 08 Feb at 18:30. Admission is free. www.southdublinlibraries.ie/find-library/clondalkin

RADIATION & THE SKIN – PUBLIC LECTURE
The UCD Charles Institute invites to the Public Lecture: “Radiation & the Skin: The Science & Risks” by Dr David. E Fisher, an internationally known researcher, clinician and academic, who is Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. The Charles Institute is the first academic institute devoted to dermatology in Ireland. This lecture will review the science and risks of ultraviolet radiation exposure, in relation to sunlight as well as indoor tanning salons. It will take place on Mon 08 Feb at 18:45 in the Royal College of Physicians, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. For more information:
www.ucd.ie/events/calendar?dt=d.en.48480&f=week&d=12/02/2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – GUANTANAMO PUBLIC MEETING
Amnesty International Ireland is hosting a public meeting where former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg will call on the Irish Government to put pressure on EU member states to follow the Irish example and accept other former detainees for resettlement. He is joined by lawyers from Reprieve and the US Center for Constitutional Rights. The event is part of a tour across Europe urging more states to offer the men a safe haven. The meeting will take place in the Irish Aid Centre on O’Connell Street at 19:00 on Mon 08 Feb.
Approximately 50 of the just under 200 detainees currently held in Guantánamo cannot be sent back to their countries of origin because they would face a real risk of human rights violations such as torture or other ill-treatment. They come from countries including China, Libya, Russia, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.
www.indymedia.ie/article/95678

CINE-CAFE – MOTHER REILLY’S, RATHMINES
Howard Linnane’s Irish movie screening night Cine-Café (an evening of short films) and Pint & Picture (full feature film screening) take place on alternating weeks with the next event taking place on Mon 15 Feb at 19:30 in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines, Dublin 6 (Uppercross House Hotel, 30 Upr Rathmines Road (opposite Tesco)). There will be NO movie screening on 08 Feb!

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. www.myspace.com/thelazyband
* ‘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 21:00 in the International Bar, Wicklow Street: The Glór Sessions feature acoustic singer-songwriters, comedy, spoken word and poetry hosted by Stephen James Smith. Entry is free. www.stephenjamessmith.com/Glor.html
* 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
* Upbeat Generation is playing Soul/Funk/Rock Covers in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2 from 22:00. Later: DJ Rasheed. Admission is free.

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PROFOTO2010 – TRADE SHOW
ProFoto2010, a trade show for photographers is taking place on Tues 09 + Wed 10 Feb in the Green Isle Hotel, Newlands Cross, Naas Road between 10:00-17:00. There are seminars etc which seem to be free but it is not certain if attendance is free. The organisers are seemingly very very reluctant to provide COMPREHENSIVE event information. www.dml.ie/PROFOTO2010.asp

NATIONAL GALLERY – LECTURE
On Tues 09 Feb the National Gallery in Kildare Street invites to a lecture at 10:30. The title is “Class Painter – Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford (1818-1891)” by Lecturer Myles Campbell, Trinity College Dublin www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#4

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS – NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
Brian Irvine is the featured composer in a free lunchtime concert by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the fourth and last event in the orchestra’s Horizons series. The concert takes place on Tues 09 Feb from 13:05 in the National Concert Hall. A Pre-concert talk with Brian Irvine will start at 12:30.
Admission to talk and concert is free but you need to book a ticket via 01-417 0000 or here www.rte.ie/performinggroups/2010/0209/horizonsbirvine.html

BUSINESS WEBINAR
The next UCD Business Alumni webinar is on the topic of negotiation and learning how to deal with hardball negotiators, who don’t want to listen or simply refuse to negotiate. It seems that the webinar is open to others as well and “admission” is free. The webinar is presented by Stephen Boyle on Tues 09 Feb from 12:45-13:45 and you can register online at www2.gotomeeting.com/register/618784042

MILK & COOKIE – STORIES TELLING EVENT
The fourth Milk&Cookie event will feature the theme ‘Taking Flight’ and will take place on Tues 09 Feb from 18:30-22:00 in the Exchange Dublin, Temple Bar. Milk and Cookie Stories is for anyone who has a story to tell, or wants to hear a tale told well, in a relaxed, friendly environment – a place with tea, cushions, cookies and friends. The event will consist of open mic storytelling, with one or two featured storytellers. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Find more details here milkandcookiestories.com/events/

REGULAR TUESDAY EVENTS
* Open Mic Night with The Last Tycoons in O’Donoghues on Suffolk Street every Tueas from 20:00. It’s free and anyone can get up, sing a song or do whatever they like. www.facebook.com/pages/ODonoghues-Open-Mic/71834618844
* 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
* From 21:30, O’Briens on Dame Street (next to the Mercantile Pub) is the venue for a further Open Mic event of acoustic rock’n’roll organised by the band The Mighty Stef. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/pages/THE-MIGHTY-STEF/17575454643
* White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2

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BE INSPIRED – DIT LUNCHTIME TALKS
“Be Inspired. Be an entrepreneur” is a series of free live interviews with successful entrepreneurs organised by DIT Hothouse. The 2009 series was a big success and on Wed 10 Feb from 12:45-14:00 the 2010 series kicks off with Dr. Chris Horn, co-founder of IONA Technologies and an inspirational figure in Irelands’ software industry. For more information about Chris Horn and a detailed schedule of the lunchtime talk go to www.dit.ie/hothouse/newsevents/latestevents and select “Be Inspired 2010”. To register for the event send an email to hothouse@dit.ie. Book early, the event usually gets booked out!

RHA LECTURE SERIES
The Royal Hibernian Academy is inviting to the second part of their series of lectures by RHA Members and Honorary Members:
– 10 Feb: Des McMahon
– 17 Feb: Peter Harbison ‘High Crosses’
– 24 Feb: Louis Marcus ‘Documentary Film: Fact or Fiction?’
– 03 March: Bruce Arnold ‘William Orpen’
– 10 March: Carey Clarke
– 24 March: Martin Gale
– 31 March: Brian Ferran ‘The William Scott & FE McWilliam commissions at Altnagelvin Hospital’
There is no admission fee and spaces will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. Lectures begin at 17:30 in the Friends Room of the RHA, Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2. For further information: www.royalhibernianacademy.ie

FILM SERIES – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
The Spanish Cultural Inistute, Insituto Cervantes, is inviting to a series of films that continues on Wed 10 Feb at 18:30. The title of the series is “Sesión 2. Espacio femenino 3a Edición: Mujeres en dirección” and the programme continues with the screening of “Zahira: la que florece” by Nina Rosenblum (in Spanish with English subtitles). dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha61537_16_2.htm The Instituto Cervantes is on Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, quite near the National Gallery.
Subsequent films are Wed 17 Feb “Ella es el matador” by Gemma Cubero y Celeste Carrasco and on 24 Feb “Alcanzando sueños” by Beatriz Pérez Martín.

MEDICINE AND STATE – NATIONAL LIBRARY LECTURE
‘Medicine and the State: The poor law medical service in Ireland, 1851-1921’ by Laurence Geary, Senior Lecturer in History at University College Cork is a lecture in the National Library (Seminar Room) on Wed 10 Feb at 17:30. Admission is free. For more information go to www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=8ca23dfe-f39a-4fbc-a680-e321d0c4bdbb

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS:
* The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 17:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. The majority of people there are Spanish or English-speaking, but French, Italians, Polish and Chinese are sometimes coming to and everybody is welcome to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.
* “The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week. www.thezodiacsessions.com/
* “The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 on 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. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).
* Seven Deadly Skins are playing Reggae/Ska Covers from 22:00 with DJ Dotsie later. The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Admission is free.

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LOVE LAB – SCIENCE GALLERY
From 11 Feb – 12 March the Science Gallery in the Naughton Institute Building at the Pearse Street side of Trinity College is converted into a Love Lab, investigating the Science of Desire. Opening hours are Tuesday-Friday 12:00-20:00 and Saturday-Sunday 12:00-18:00. Admission free but donations are appreciated. At this Love Lab you can participate in research into love, attraction and desire undertaken by some of Ireland’s leading scientists. Find out more on www.sciencegallery.com/lovelab

SOLO SAILING RACES IN FRANCE – TALK
Irish Sailor Paul Ó Riain competed solo onboard his yacht “CityJet” in La Solitaire du Figaro in 2007, a gruelling 1,800 mile 4 stage yacht race between France, Ireland and Spain. Come and hear Paul speak about racing in the world’s most competitive solo sailing event.
British Sailor Steve White staked all to compete in the 2008-9 Vendée Globe solo round the world race. His story, of how he made it to the start of the biggest, toughest and most dramatic round the world sailing race ever and completed his remarkable circumnavigation to finish an incredible 8th place from 30 starters is both inspiring and compelling.
The talk will be in English with questions and answers in French and English. Including photo & video footage and a wine reception afterwards. It will take place on Thus 04 Feb at 20:00. Admission is free but you have to register via info@alliance-francaise.ie The event will take place in Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
www.alliance-francaise.ie/culture/

LMHR SESSIONS PLUGGED – LE CIRK
“Love Muisc – Hate Racism Ireland” is inviting to the monthly “LMHR Sessions Plugged” on Thus 11 Feb from 20:00-02:00 in Le Cirk (basement), Dame St, Dublin 1. The LMHR Sessions Plugged is a monthly event promoting the anti racism message. This month the three bands Ka Tet, Radical Picnic, Dave Clark (acoustic) and the DJ iStandConnected (Transmission) will be there to entertain you. Admission is free. www.myspace.com/thelmhrsessionsdublin
www.facebook.com/pages/LoveMusic-HateRacism-Ireland/89376907708

CLIMATE IN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE – MET SOCIETY LECTURE
The next Irish Met Society Lecture will be “Warm Climates of the Deep Past & what they tell us about the Future” by Dr Rodrigo Caballero (UCD). It will take place on Thurs 11 Feb at 19:30 in the Trinity College Botany Theatre (near the rugby ground)
(www.tcd.ie/Maps/assets/pdf/tcd-main-campus.pdf). Admission is free. www.irishmetsociety.org

DARWIN DAY LECTURE – HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
The Humanist Association of Ireland will hold their yearly Darwin Day Lecture on Thurs 11 Feb at 19:30. The lecture will be entitled “Noah’s Ark or Noah’s Coffin? – The challenge for biodiversity” and it will be given by Nigel Monaghan, Keeper of the Natural History Division of the National Museum of Ireland. It will take place in the Synge Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin. www.humanism.ie

IRISH FESTIVAL AWARDS – SUGAR CLUB
On Thurs 11 Feb from 20:00 the Irish Festival Awards will be celebrated in the Sugar Club. Lesson Street, Dublin 2. I have no details about this event, but if you want free tickets, you can request them on www.irishfestivalawards.ie/

ODEON MOVIE CLUB
Every Thursday for at least the next two months the Odeon Pub in Harcourt Street is running a Classic Movies Club from 20:00. Admission is free. The movie screening will start with a “Film Noir Season” in February. The films are:
11 Feb: Chinatown
18 Feb: LA Confidential
25 Feb: Casablanca
This will be followed by an Irish Season in March: 03 Mar: In Bruges, 11 Mar: The Quiet Man, 18 Mar: The Commitments, 25 Mar: The General.
For Seat/Table reservations call 478 2088 or mail hello@odeon.ie – www.odeon.ie/gallery.html

REGULAR THURSDAY EVENTS:
* A weekly pub quiz is taking place in Peadar Kearneys, Dame Street every Thursday. Register from 19:00. There is no charge.
* Open Mic Night – Lucan County Bar. Set-up and run by Ian Smith, who is a friend of mine, this event will take place every last Thursday in the month at 20:00. The venue is the 1st floor of the Lucan County Bar (on the grounds of the Lucan Spa Hotel on the N4). www.lucanspahotel.ie/ENG/map.html
* Quiz Night in The Lotts Cafe Bar, 9 Lower Liffey St, Dublin 1. Every Thurs a quiz night with great prizes is taking place at 20:00/20:30 depending on football. Participation is free.
* “Thirsty Thursday” Open Mic Night from 21:00 in the Mullingar House in Chapelizod Village. www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111621257112
* The Bionic Rats play live Reggae and Ska every Thursday in Turk’s Head from 22:00. Admission is free. www.turkshead.ie
* The Poor Boys play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later: DJ Tim. Admission is free.

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HUG IN A PUB – THRESHOLD CHARITY EVENT
I am not sure if going to Dicey Reilly’s for a pint is free these days because I remember that the pubs in Harcourt Street had for a while some untypical rules and admission charges to get into a normal pub. Assuming that it is free into the pub you can get a peek for free at this event, but to take part will cost EUR 5: Threshold the charity that works with homeless people will launch Ireland’s first “Hug in a Pub” Campaign in Dicey Reilly’s, Harcourt Street, with clumsy Breffny Morgan, who was on the Irish Apprentice show, and Claire Tully, Ireland’s first page 3 model in The Sun. Breffny & Claire will be lined up with a photographer on standby, where pub goers can come up for a hug and have their picture taken to help raise funds for Threshold. People will pay EUR 5 to have their picture taken with either Claire or Breffny and the pictures will be available on Threshold’s facebook page the following Monday. The event will take place on Friday 12 Feb from 21:00. www.threshold.ie/page.asp?menu=69&page=322

DUBLIN CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
The Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) will run from 12-21 Feb and celebrates the year of the Tiger. A variety of arts and cultural events, exhibitions and activities will take place with a Chinese carnival on 14 Feb (Chinese New Years Day and Valentines Day) being the main event for the masses.www.dublin.ie/arts-culture/chinese-new-year-2010.htm

4 TOP SHOW – SUGAR CLUB
The 4 Top Show is a monthly live house music night in the Sugar Club (Leeson Street, Dublin 2) on the second Friday of each month from 23:00. The next event will take place on Fri 12 Jan. The main features will be resident dj’s Mad Lime and Greg with accompanyment from Giovani Viskardi and Jason Williams on drums, Wooke on sax and Barry McAlister on Irish Flute. There will also be photography and graphic art from up and coming as well as established Irish artists on show. Admission is free. www.thesugarclub.com/what-is-on.html

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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:

ALOYS FLEISCHMANN – RIA LECTURE
The Royal Academy of Ireland is inviting to the lecture “Aloys Fleischmann and the Development of Musicology in Ireland” by Professor Harry White, MRIA, to mark the centenary of the birth of Aloys Fleischmann, MRIA, composer and Professor of Music at UCC 1934-80. The event will take place on Mon 15 Feb at 18:00 in Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. If you want to attend this lecture, you have to hurry and book your free tickets here:
shop.ria.ie/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=22&cat=Event+Registration

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HAND-CUT CHIPS & HOME-MADE PRODCUTS
Have you ever wondered how hand-cut chips are cut? And why they are meant to be better than chips cut by a machine or by a knife? ;-) Does the quality change with the cutting instrument or would it not be possible to achieve a same cut and same taste if the chips where machine cut? I was recently in a restaurant where it was stressed that their chips are hand-cut and the chips where very good, there is no doubt, but since I guess that even “hand-cut” chips are cut with a knife and since machine cut chips are cut by a knife as well, I am still puzzled.
Like everything else of relevance hand-cut chips have their own Facebook Page! www.facebook.com/pages/Hand-cut-chips/121763892053
And have you ever bought “home made” products in a supermarket? Sure the homemade brown bread might not have been produced in the supermarket bakery, but it was certainly not made in your home and possibly not in anybody else’s either?

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Hey, a sunny morning with a blue sky!? How nice! Let’s hope it will last for a while. Have a smiley weekend!

–Joerg

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