Event Guide 229: Sport&Fitness Show, Trinity Research Week, Milk&Cookie Stories

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 229
| 04 November 2011 Subscribers: 9986
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Hi all!

Reverting to “normal” time last Sunday (instead of summer time) brought the dark evenings back with a bang. And with rain and clouds during the week, the outlook on the next few months appears bleak. It feels wrong to have to switch the light on at 15:00. So it was interesting to hear that a British initiative is underway to move the time in Britain forward by one hour for the whole year (means 1 hour in winter ahead of the current time and two hours ahead of GMT in summer). In essence Britain would adopt the Central European Time (CET) for a 3-year trial. Ireland and Portugal would then be the only countries on GMT and there is an argument for both countries to move to CET as well. Mornings would be darker, but we would have even longer evenings in the summer and it would get dark a little later in the winter. – Not the worst idea if you ask me! www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15490249

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With Halloween over, we now need to wait until the beginning of December for the next series of big events. A variety of Christmas Markets are coming our way and I have to admit that I am looking forward to them. What I am not a fan of, though, is the earlier and earlier start of “Christmas”. The Hilton Hotel at the Grand Canal (Charlemont Place) already has Christmas lights on and the madness will reach the Shopping Centres in no time. As usual Dundrum Town Centre is – unimpressively – leading the charge. MUCH too early, the have “Santa’s Arrival” on 10 November. NOVEMBER!!!!! Total madness!

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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-zine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and this section is for the people that want to remind that despite all, life is great and it is important to be alive!
This week I found a video clip that underlines the fact that Gratitude is the key to a truly fulfilled life. No matter what and how much you have, if you are grateful for the good aspects of what you have, life is significantly better than if not www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2ofrX7jAk

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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 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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This week, I will be busy again with different events that are not even listed in this “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”. I will be at the seminar “Health Explosion” on Saturday, on Sunday I have rehearsals (we are getting ready for a week long gig in the Tivoli in February) and on Monday and Wednesday, I am teaching or training Krav Maga (self-defence) at And as soon as that is done it is Thursday again when I write the next Event Guide.

So YOU have to go to all these other events for me! ;-)

If I had the time I would go to the Sport & Fitness Show on Saturday or Sunday. On Sunday the Knowledge Exchange lecture in the Dublin Exchange sounds intriguing. Then in Monday the TIDI Trinity Development Research Week starts and has a number of interesting talks.

On Tuesday, the Milk&Cookies Stories event would interest me. On Wednesday there is a film screening about the meaning of water in the Science Gallery that sounds good. And Toni Reichental talks about his experience as a Holocaust Survivor AND the “1641 Depositions” a talk in the National Library sounds VERY interesting as well. On Thursday then, I would go to the Moo! gig in Whelan’s.

BUSY week again. No BIG events, but nevertheless a number of interesting small ones!

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SEVILLANAS CLASSES – FLAMENCO EL INDALO
Flamenco El Indalo, an association that that aims to promote and enrich the culture of flamenco in Ireland through a programme of education and entertainment, regularly runs flamenco and sevillana classes. Sevillanas are a traditional folk dance from the south of Spain and Flamenco El Indalo teach it in a short set of three classes. Before the end of the year, there are only two more opportunities to learn Sevillanas and if you are interested, you should check all the details on www.flamencoindalo.com/en/classes/sevillanas The class is not just about dance, it’s about the rhythm and how to clap to it too. So you learn lots of interesting things AND learn how to dance.
For one lucky Dublin Event Guide reader, Flamenco El Indalo are making a free space available on their next course which will take place on 07, 14 and 21 November (19:30-20:30). If you want to win that space and end the year with Sevillana skills, you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject SEVILLANAS07 and your name and mobile phone number in the mail. The mail has to be with me by 18:00 on Saturday 05 November. www.flamencoindalo.com/en/classes/sevillanas

HALLOWEEN IN THE NATIONAL LEPRECHAUN MUSEUM
The Leprechaun Museum in Jervis Street were inviting to DARK STORIES, their Halloween celebration. Dark nights at the National Leprechaun Museum filled with haunting stories from Ireland’s ancient festival of Samhain. Suitable for an adult only audience! In ancient Ireland, Halloween (originally Samhain) is the beginning of the new year, when the veil between our world and the otherworld of the sí (Irish fairies/spirits) is at its thinnest. A time of reckoning when debts are settled and spirits move among us. Take a journey, if you dare, to the dark otherworld of Ireland… through time and space, light and dark, superstition and frightening reality. Through the stories that inspired a world-wide obsession with Halloween frights. Through an old city morgue, beside a disturbed cemetery. The “Dark Stories” run until 05 Nov, so you have another chance to go if you haven’t done so yet. www.leprechaunmuseum.ie/to-celebrate-samhain/
The winner of a pair of tickets for this event was Antoinette Kavangah. Congrats!

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NANDO’S OPENS BIG RESTAURANT
I only tried out Nando’s last week. In September a restaurant opened opposite the Church Pub in Mary Street (extension of Henry Street). The food was delicious, the prices higher than expected (someone mentioned to me that the prices were still 2007 prices and he is right). Nevertheless, it is good news with all the closures of recent months. And Nando’s adds one more: Another Nando’s restaurant will open very soon (Wed 09 Nov), this time on the Southside near the Tourist Office in St Andrew Street. The new restaurant will be over two floors and will have space for 140 guests.
The restaurant chain was started in South Africa in 1987 and has no more than 850 restaurants in 34 countries worldwide! The signature dish is flame-grilled Portuguese Peri-Peri chicken with different degrees of hotness. (You are brave if you go for “hot” or “extra hot”! :-) ) insideireland.ie/2011/11/01/nandos-to-create-60-jobs-in-dublin-39434/

IMMA MAIN BUILDING CLOSURE
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in The Royal Hospital Kilmainham has announced that the main IMMA building will be closed from November 2011 until December 2012 (!!). Extensive refurbishing works seems to be required, but exhibitions will continue in adjacent buildings and the café, bookshop and grounds will also remain open to visitors. The Museum is scheduled to reopen in its full and renewed glory in January 2013. Information on the exhibitoins and programmes during the closure will be available on the IMMA website. www.imma.ie/en/page_212445.htm

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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie. For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is visualartists.ie/category/listings/exhib-lein/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.

PEOPLE OF THE SEA – GENS DE LA MER – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
Gilles Perrin’s People of the sea is an exhibition of documentary photographs of the Irish Fishing industry. These large format black and white images often presented as diptychs and triptychs capture the lives of people working in maritime industries around the Cork coastline. The exhibition will run until 26 Nov. alliance-francaise.ie/gallery/

GROW – GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
08-20 November (Opening 08 Nov: 18:00) – Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. – This exhibition captures Neven Maguire’s 2011 visit to Uganda with the charity Bóthar, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary of working with farming families in Uganda. Award winning photographer Seán Curtin captures celebrity chef Neven Maguire’s trip to Uganda to meet with families whose lives have been transformed thanks to the generosity of the people of Ireland. Five images from the exhibition have been selected for sale and will be available in two sizes, mounted and framed, from the ‘GROW Gallery’ within the online ‘Bóthar Shop’ at www.bothar.ie.

WEATHER EXHIBITION – BOTANIC GARDENS
10-18 Nov: 09:00-16:30 – National Botanic Gardens (Visitor Centre), Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. This exhibition is organised by the Irish Met Society to mark Met Eireann’s 75th anniversary. Old photos, timeline, 3D weather, competition, lectures, trivia – and lots more. A illustrated display of Met Éireann’s history and phenology, describing some interesting weather events from the archives and including an exhibit of weather instruments from the past. Admission is free. www.irishmetsociety.org
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm

A LA MESA – DESIGN AND FOOD – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
10 Oct-21 Jan: Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2. – This exhibition reflects on the current situation of Spanish food and the high number of creative products that turn it into a sophisticated activity. Three subjects, shopping, preparing and serving, enable us to examine the changes in buying habits, the sophistication of kitchen elements and the products we buy. (Opening hours are Monday to Thursday: 14:00-19:00, Saturday: 10:00-14:00. Closed on Fridays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.)
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha71272_16_2.htm

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LUNCHTIME READING – IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE
Fri 04 Nov: 13:00 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Author Karen Gillece will be in the Irish Writers’ Centre for a lunchtime reading on Friday. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

GOTHIC WALKING TOUR – HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL OF GOTHIC HORRORS
Fri 04 Nov: 14:30 – Meeting in Library Bar of Central Hotel
You might think that Halloween is over, but Dublin’s 2nd Halloween Festival of Gothic Horrors is still in full swing. Today a Gothic Walking Tour will take place. The ‘Gothic literary ramble’ is a literary walking tour of relevant landmarks around the city centre taking in the birthplace of Sheridan Le Fanu (just off Parnell Street), one of Bram Stoker’s family homes in Kildare Street, his workplace off Dame Street (in Dublin Castle) and other places of interest around town. Intending walkers (‘ramblers’) should assemble at the starting-point in the Library Bar of the Central Hotel on Exchequer Street in Dublin 2. There is no charge for joining this tour. It will be followed by a reading back at the hotel of extracts from Stoker’s famous ‘Dracula’ and, if time permits, a few paragraphs selected at random from Lawrence Durrell’s ‘Monsieuer, or The Prince of Darkness’ (first published in 1974). The festival will continue for another fortnight.
Organiser is Howard Linnane, who runs Film Screening Evenings as well and you can find more information about the Halloween Festival on www.facebook.com/pages/Dublins-Halloween-Festival-of-Gothic-Horrors/296296653730523
A new website for the festival should be up later today at
dublinshalloweenfestivalofgothichorrors.ie/

BOLIVIA INFORMATION – LASC
Fri 04 Nov: 19:30 – The Ireland Institute, The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 (Upstairs Room). The Latin American Solidarity Centre, together with the Bolivia Information Forum and the Venezuela Ireland Network invite to the talk “The Bolivia of Evo Morales and the MAS: achievements and challenges” with Dr John Crabtree, Oxford University Latin America Centre. Detailed information can be found here
www.lasc.ie/content/lasc-bolivia-information-forum-uk-and-venezuela-ireland-network-present-talk-dr-john-crabtre Admission is free.

LIVE MUSIC – CORNUCOPIA RESTAURANT
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant (19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2) host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday (03 Nov, 17 Nov, 01 Dec) N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics that often have customers singing along and requesting their favourites.
www.cornucopia.ie

SIDEWALK ASTRONOMER – SANDYMOUNT
04 Nov: 20:00-22:00 – Martello Tower car park, Sandymount
The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers will meet to observe the first quarter Moon. If you have a telescope you would like help with or just have general queries about the IAS or astronomy you are more than welcome to come along. If the weather is bad the astronomers will be there from 20:00-21:00. Admission is free, all are welcome and feel free to bring a scope along if you can/wish. www.irishastrosoc.org/wordpress/

JAZZ MUSIC – BIANCONI’S BISTRO & RESTAURANT
Fri 04 Nov: Bianconi’s Bistro, 232 Merrion Rd, Dublin 4
Bianconi’s Bistro & Restaurant in Dublin 4 is providing Jazz every Friday night from this week until the end of January. Bianconi’s is an Italian restaurant with delicious food and, while a little outside the City Centre, it is worth the trip into Merrion Road. There is no cover charge. www.bianconisbistro.ie www.facebook.com/pages/Bianconis-Bistro/271041702925005?sk=wall

REBEL REBEL – TOLKA HOUSE
Fri 04 Nov: Tolka House, Botanic Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
The David Bowie Tribute Band “Rebel, Rebel” will play in the Tolka House in Glasnevin. Admission is free. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find out at what time they will play. www.facebook.com/rebelrebeltribute
www.rebelrebeltribute.com

CROW BLACK CHICKEN – WHELAN’S
Fri 04 Nov: 20:00 – Whelan’s (Front Bar), 25 Wexford St., Dublin 2
Crow Black Chicken play a fusion of jazz, blues, punk, folk and rock after having started their existence as a Blues band. Admission is free. www.crowblackchicken.com/
www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/6185

LIVE MUSIC – STILLORGAN ORCHARD
The Stillorgan Orchard at The Hill in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin has a full programme of live music. The upcoming gigs are:
Fri 04 Nov: Donal Kirk Band
Sat 05 Nov: Dead Ringer
Sun 06 Nov: The Colonials 18:30
Fri 11 Nov: Cajun Kings
Sat 12 Nov: Full Circle
Sun 13 Nov: Flanagans 18:30
Admission is free and the gigs start at 21:00 unless otherwise stated. www.stillorganorchard.com/live_music.html www.facebook.com/thestillorganorchard?sk=wall

QUE PEZON – STONEY’S BAR, HILL STREET
Jose Dominguez tell me that himself and Pia Dunne will perform as the duet “Què Pezón!” every Friday in Stoney’s Bar, Hill Street, off Parnell street. The Show starts at 21:30. www.myspace.com/quepezon and www.quepezon.com

LATE NIGHT JAZZ – TANTE ZOE’S
Fri+Sat: 22:30-01:00 – 1 Crow Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Cajun/Creole Restaurant “Tante Zoe’s” is under new management and will now offer Late Night Jazz every Friday and Saturday night
The line up for the next few weeks is
Fri 04 Nov: Cocktail Corner Band
Sat 05 Nov: Petra Odlozilikova
Fri 11 Nov: Emilie Conway
Sat 12 Nov: Anne Marie Kelly
Fri 18 Nov: Dorota Konczewska (Poland)
Sat 19 Nov: Pia Dunne
Fri 25 Nov: Stella Bass
Sat 26 Nov: Colette Henry
There is no cover charge.

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.
*Graeme McKenna is playing an acoustic gig (Trad to contemporary) every Friday in the Maldron Hotel, Kingswood near CityWest from 19:00.
* Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3) and every Monday from 19:00 in Blakestown Community Resource Center, Blakestown Way, Dublin 15 (next to Lidl). These are drop in classes, newcomers are welcome. For more information check www.coolspirit.info or www.sahajayoga.ie.
* Ruairi Maguires Bar & Organic Kitchen, Pembroke District, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum has every weekend live music from Friday until Sunday at 21:30. Sometimes the line-up is listed here www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000462805646&sk=wall often not.
* 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.
* Songs of Praise, a Rock Karaoke is taking place every Friday from 23:00 in the Mercantile, Dame Street, Dublin 2. www.getpraise.com

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TREASURE HUNT – GAP, DUNDRUM
Sat 05 Nov: 10:00 – GAP, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
Tin Tin’s great treasure hunt takes place this Saturday from 10:00. Great prizes to be won and you might even get to meet Tin Tin himself. Can you solve the clues? www.dundrum.ie/events/treasure-hunt-this-saturday-5th-at-gap/

SPORT & FITNESS SHOW – RDS
Fri 04 – Sun 06 Nov: RDS, Hall 4 (Industries Hall), Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. – (Opening Times: Fri 12:00-18:00, Sat 11:00-18:00, Sun 11:00-17:00)
For the first time sporting professionals, fans, amateurs, families and even those just wanting to slim down have the opportunity to sample the massive diversity of sports, products, services and heath & fitness hobbies on offer in Ireland. Whether you are a leisure walker or an avid runner, looking to learn a new sport or an outdoor adventure enthusiast, the Sports & Fitness Expo has something for you. Meet stars of GAA, Soccer, Rugby, Golf, listen and learn from past pro’s and top trainers or get involved in work shops or fitness classes.
Sports equipment, apparel & accessories, Healthcare and nutrition products, Fitness clubs and Spas, Sports Media, Training & development services, Sports associations and clubs, Sports educational institutions, Sports services and activities & National sports associations will all be present and show you what they have to offer. Tickets are available for free, by your own free ticket that you can find here www.facebook.com/pages/Sports-and-Fitness-Show/146641932061100
www.sportsandfitnessshow.ie/

HA’PENNY FLEA MARKET
The extremely active and buzzing Grand Social (formerly Pravda) near Ha’Penny Bridge is running a Flea Market in the pub every Sat from 11:00-17:00. Vintage, Retro, Clothes, Music, Books, Furniture, Crafts, Bric-a-Brac, Food, Stalls, Live Performances, Vinyl Dj’s. And if you want to sell something yourself, just contact hapennyflea@thegrandsocial.ie thegrandsocial.ie/event/hapenny-flea www.facebook.com/pages/Hapenny-Flea-Market-at-The-Grand-Social/155979801107323

PAUL WILLIAMS – BOOK SIGNING – EASON’S
Sat 05 Nov: 12:00 – Eason’s, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Crime journalist Paul Williams will be signing copies of his new book ‘Badfellas’, a book about how Ireland became a hotbed of gangsterism, murder and mayhem.
www.easons.com/events_display.asp?K=e2011110111400604

FINGLAS ACTIVITY BONANZA – FINGLAS LEISURE CENTRE ETC
Sat 05 Nov: 12:00-16:00 – Finglas Leisure Centre, Mellowes Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. – A day of sports activities in and around the Finglas Leisure Centre is taking place. There will be free access to the leisure centre all day to use the Swimming Pool, Gym, Sauna and Steam Room. In addition Taster Sessions will be available for Boxing, Aerobics, Spinning, Boot Camp, Aqua Aerobics, Life Saving/Water Safety. And on the pitches there will be GAA, Tag Rugby, Athletics, Fun & Games, Self-Defence, Street Striker, Tennis.
The Finglas Youth Resource Centre will offer Table Tennis (12:00-14:00) and Bowls (14:00-16:00). In Mellowes Park (rear of Leisure Centre) you can try Archery, Paint Balling (12:00-16:00) and Prams in the Park (13:00-15:00). All activities cater for all ages and all abilities. www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/SportsFacilities/LeisureCentres/Locations/pages/finglasleisurecentre.aspx www.dublin.ie/calendar_details.aspx?eventid=3338

JOE DUFFY – BOOK SIGNING – DUBRAY BOOKS
Sat 05 Nov: 12:00 – Dubray Books, Grafton Street, Dublin 2
RTÉ Radio 1 presenter Joe Duffy, who has bored, annoyed or entertained (depending on who you talk to) people in Ireland since 1999, has written an autobiography and is signing this new book. www.dubraybooks.ie/news.asp?

STORYTELLING FOR CHILDREN – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
Sat 05 Nov: 12:15 – Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2. “Children’s imagination has no limits and can create a dreamy and magical world just by listening to a story. The Instituto Cervantes invites all children and story lovers to a series of events for children which happen every first Saturday of the month. Let your child get inspired to creative thinking by listing to some wonderful stories told by Leonor Bethencourt. Leonor’s stories easily catch children’s attention and also have educational impact on the young listeners.” dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha69870_16_2.htm

NATIONAL MUSEUM EVENTS
+ The Science Week Workshop “Marvellous Minerals” will take place on Sat 05 Nov from 11:00-16:00 in Merrion Street (Natural History) and is aimed at adults.
Join Stephen Callaghan on this day-long workshop and learn how to identify various Irish minerals. Booking required. Places limited. Contact the Education Department at 01 6486316 or educationnh@museum.ie www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=2518

SYSTEMATIC INNOVATION WORKSHOP – SCIENCE GALLERY
Sat 05 Nov: 12:30-16:00 – Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
How can we use systematic innovation to convert ideas into commercial solutions? In this workshop, Juan J Perez-Camacho and Paul Comiskey will apply the model of systematic innovation to the SURFACE TENSION exhibit, Waterwise: Washing Futures, which invites us to step into the year 2050 and imagine more sustainable washing routines through the use of advanced technologies. Admission is free, but pre-booking is essential: www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/11/systematic-innovation-workshop

URBAN GARDEN PICNIC – 2 ADELAIDE ROAD
Sat 05 Nov – 13:00-15:00: 2 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
An Urban Garden Picnic will take place outside a derelict house in Adelaide Road to promote green space and the reclaiming of disused space in the city. Bring warm clothes, picnic food and flasks of tea. An urban garden will be built and picnic of food that you bring along yourself follows. Find more details here www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101789029935328 and here urbangardendublin.wordpress.com/

CREATIVE WRITING HOUR – IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE
Sat 05 Nov: 13:30 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Ink Slingers Creative Writing Hour now takes place every Saturday (instead of Fridays) at the Irish Writers’ Centre. It is a free creative writing session that is organised and led by the Centre’s voluntary arts administrators. The hour includes writing exercises and prompts to get ideas flowing. It is open to everyone and is suitable for all levels of experience. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

HELEN PARRY JONES – BOOK SIGNING – EASON’S
Sat 05 Nov: 15:00 – Eason’s, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Clairvoyant and spiritual healer Helen Parry Jones will be signing copies of her book ‘Hands of an Angel’. www.easons.com/events_display.asp?K=e2011110111463359

NATIONAL GALLERY – FAMILY PROGRAMME
Sat 05 Nov: 15:00-16:00 – National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
The Family Programme on Sat is entitled “A Wardrobe of Riches” with Mary Broderick. Admission free, no booking required. www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson

RHYTHM ROCKER – THE GLOBE
“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with live bands Pavement Kings and The Wayward Sinner Boys (in alternating weeks, it seems) from 20:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free. www.globe.ie

GOOD FOR THE THRILL – TURKS HEAD
Sat 05 Nov: 23:00-02:30 – Turks Head, 27 Parliament Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Soul, Disco and Funk band “Good for the Thrill” will perform in Turks Head on Saturday. Admission is free. goodforthethrill.weebly.com/
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288139001206873

LATE NIGHT JAZZ – TANTE ZOE’S RESTAURANT
(see Friday for details)

REGULAR SATURDAY EVENTS
* Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30. The Food Market is – until June – divided in parts and distributed in different locations in Temple Bar.
* 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
* Dublin Food Co-op is open every Saturday (09:30-16:30) at Newmarket, Dublin 8 for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc. Additional Co-op opening Thursdays 12:00-20:00. www.dublinfood.coop
* The weekly Honest2goodness food market with fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, wines in Glasnevin is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre. (www.honest2goodness.ie)
* At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food + there’s free popcorn and ballons&facepainting for the kids. www.blackrockmarket.com/ Opening: Sat+Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, Sun: 12:00-17:30
* 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
* Nearly every day and especially at the weekend, the Porterhouse in Temple Bar is hosting live bands that are always worth a visit. www.porterhousebrewco.com/livetemplebar.html
* Trad Session – Schoolhouse Pub in 2-8 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge. Every Saturday from 22:00 singers, guitar, fiddle, banjo, accordion, whistle, pipers, bodhran etc are all welcome to join in. www.schoolhousehotel.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 latin DJs. Food is available until 00:30 and usually there is plenty of room to get dancing and you are invited to add your own percussion. www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821

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SPORT & FITNESS SHOW
(see Saturday for details)

FARMLEIGH FOOD MARKET – FARMLEIGH HOUSE
Sun 06 Nov: 10:00-17:15 – Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin 1
Only one Farmleigh Food Market will take place in November. This Sunday from 10:00, you can enjoy the cheeses to organic vegetables, chutneys, meats, fish and confectionery. Farmleigh Food Markets offers you a selection of fresh food choices for your culinary pleasure. www.farmleigh.ie/Events/Title,13468,en.html

CHILDREN’S ART WORKSHOP – PHOENIX PARK
Sun 10:30-12:30 – Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.
The weekly Children’s Art Cart Workshops is taking place every Sun. Up to 15 children (5yrs+) can participate but they must be supervised by an adult. The title of the next workshops have not been announced, but you can check by ringing 01-6770095. www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,12181,en.html To confirm that it takes place ring.

PEAS & PODS FAMILY MARKET – DUBLIN FOOD CO-OP
Sun 06 Nov – 11:00-17:00 – Dublin Food Coop, Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
The Peas and Pods Family Market for babies, toddlers, children (and their parents) is taking place again. More than 30 stalls will sell their products in the Dublin Food Coop Hall. Check all details on www.peasandpods.ie/

SUNDAY AT NOON – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Sun 06 Nov: 12:00-13:00 – Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Sundays at Noon Concert Series takes place in the beautiful Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. Now in its 35th year, this series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June. The next concert is “Benjamin Dwyer’s Umbilical” with Maya Homburger (Baroque violin), Barry Guy (double bass) and David Adams (harpsichord). www.hughlane.ie/sunday-concerts

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE LECTURE EXCHANGE DUBLIN
Sun 06 Nov: 12:30-15:30 – Exchange Dublin, Exchange St. Upper, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Knowledge is an open collective group that aims to bring education and learning to everyone. “Our public spaces, parks, streets corners – in fact anywhere we can gather – should be places where we share everything we know with each other.” This Sunday’s talk is “Can Anyone Learn Maths?” with Dr. Sara McMurry. “This lecture will be on maths education and learning.
Maths is generally seen as a difficult subject, and failure rates in Junior and Leaving cert examinations are high. But everyone knows some maths – most people can count! To learn maths effectively rote learning is useless. The key to learning maths is to understand rather than memorise, and to develop logical reasoning skills. Logical reasoning is useful in other contexts, so learning maths is an important part of a general education. Practical examples help you to understand what the maths you are studying really means, and for most people diagrams and graphs help by giving you a visual image of mathematical relationships. Everyone is capable of learning about some areas of maths.” www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286908667997466
www.facebook.com/KnowledgeExchange

RITA DONAGH – FILM SCREENING – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Sun 06 Nov: 13:30 – Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The screening of the film “The film director and artist James Scott’s interview with Rita Donagh” (Dir. James Scott, BFI Archive) will take place. Admission is free, but places are limited. www.hughlane.ie/lectures/lectures-past/467-filmscreening-donagh

DUBLIN SKETCHERS – SUNDAY MEET-UP
The Dublin Sketchers Group is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. Collins Barracks, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), sketch for an hour or so, and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches. www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/ Find out on their website where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. Meeting time is usually around 14:00.

HELEN PARRY JONES – BOOK SIGNING – HUGHES & HUGHES
Sun 06 Nov: 14:00 – Hughes & Hughes, Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Dublin 2
Clairvoyant and spiritual healer Helen Parry Jones will be signing copies of her book ‘Hands of an Angel’. www.hughesandhughes.ie/

NATIONAL MUSEUM EVENT
+ A Hands on History event takes place on Sun 06 Nov from 15:00-16:00 in Collins Barracks (Decorative Arts & History) and is aimed at all ages. Fun family learning with the Museum’s collection of objects; a handling session. No booking required. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=2522

NATIONAL GALLERY LECTURE
Sun 06 Nov: 15:00-15:45 – National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The talk “Innovation Dublin Talk: Dublin Contemporary in Perspective” with Lynn McGrane, Dublin Contemporary will take place and admission is free. www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson

SUNDAY SKETCHING – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Sun 06 Nov: 15:00-16:00 – Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The next Sunday Sketching for 7+ Year olds has the title “In the City and in the Countryside”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended. www.hughlane.ie/childrens-workshops/forthcoming

SAUCY SUNDAYS – THE GRAND SOCIAL
Sun 06 Nov: 17:30-23:00 – Grand Social (former Pravda), Liffey Street, Dublin 1 (near Ha’Penny Bridge). Saucy Sundays is a weekly live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. This week the Saucy Sunday line up is Fox Jaw Bounty, Leanne Harte, Eric McGrath, Gordon Anthony Patrick Barry, In Your Sleep, Robin James Hure, Phea Staples, Kiernan McMullan Check for links to the band pages here www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168513566575224
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001494016795&v=wall
www.venueone.com will stream the event online, in case you can’t make it.

SANTORIA – PORTERHOUSE NORTH
Sun 06 Nov: 21:00 – Porterhouse North, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
The Soul band “Santoria” will play as a 4 piece band in the Porterhouse North on Sunday. www.santoria.ie/santorialive.html

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
* The Temple Bar Book Market is taking place every Sat+Sun on Temple Bar Square from 11:00-18:00.
* Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sunday from 10:00-17:00 the Jamestown 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. www.jamestownmarket.com
* The Odeon Bar & Grill (Old Harcourt Street Station, Dublin 2) are inviting all families on Sat+Sun from 12:00-18:00 to a “Matinee Brunch Club”. Good Food, Kids movies (14:00) and kids under 3 eat for free. www.odeon.ie/matinee.html
* Afternoon Jazz in Café en Seine. The Sweet & Lowdown Jazz Trio play every Sunday from 14:00-16:00 in Café en Seine in Dawson Street. Admission is free. www.stellabass.com and a video is here gush.ie/clients/sweetlow/video/
* Sunday Roast is a weekly event in the Mercantile in 28 Dame Street from 21:00-01:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes. www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Ireland/Sunday-Roast/57594006610
* Graeme McKenna plays an acoustic gig (from trad to contemporary) every Sun at 18:00 in Number6 on Smithfield Square. www.number6.ie/
* “Loose Change” play in Gibneys Pub, New St., Malahide every Sunday from 18:00-20:00.
* 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
* Every Sunday “The Latin Beat” will take place in the Odeon in Harcourt Street from 20:00-02:00. A band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) will be additional features. Admission is free. www.odeon.ie/
* Comedy Crunch – Shebeen Chic. The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Shebeen Chic, Sth Great Georges Street from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
* 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
* The Gardiner Street Gospel Mass invites to a 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

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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INNOVATION DUBLIN
Innovation Dublin continues until 18 Nov. This year the events have been extended to run over a month to meet the scale of Dublin’s passion to innovate and promises to be better than ever. Activities will be concentrated in key venues spanning the entire Dublin city and county. The principal aim of the festival is to provide Dubliners with an opportunity to discuss, promote and celebrate innovation in the city. There will be seminars, workshops, discussions, tours, exhibitions, performances and competitions and more detail can be found on www.innovationdublin.ie
A whole variety of Innovation Dublin events will take place in UCD this week and you can find the whole UCD events list here
www.ucd.ie/events/calendar?nd=&d=10%2F11%2F2011&f=week&dt=&lang=en

ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME – FILM SCREENING – IFI
Mon, Wed, Sat in Nov: 13:10 – Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 – The IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings. A number of free programmes will be shown at lunchtime on Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays. The details and the relevant dates when the programme will be screened are:
7, 16, 21, 30 November: ifi.ie/cinema/dispfilm_07.asp?filmID=7650
9, 14, 23, 28 November: ifi.ie/cinema/dispfilm_07.asp?filmID=7651
A double bill that includes both programmes will be screened on the Saturdays in November (5, 12, 19, 26 Nov):ifi.ie/cinema/dispfilm_07.asp?filmID=7652 Admission is free, just collect your ticket at the ticket desk.

TIDI TRINITY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH WEEK – TCD
The TIDI Trinity Development Research Week will run from 07-11 November. And the organisers describe the aim here: “The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) presents a showcase of development research and associated activities. During Development Research Week, TIDI will host sessions in collaboration with researchers and students from TCD and other education institutes, as well as NGOs, to highlight development research and its application across a range of topics.” The full programme is here www.tcd.ie/tidi/assets/doc/Development%20Research%20Week%202011/Flyer%20no%20crops%20for%20web.pdf
And the website with all details can be found at www.tcd.ie/tidi/development-research-week/2011.php The lectures/talks that take place during the week are
+ Mon: Lunchtime Session: ‘Democracy, Development, and Economic Justice’
+ Mon: How Can a University Change the World?
+ Tue: Lunchtime Session: How to Fund Development Research
+ Tue: Financing for Development: Tobin Taxes, National Tax Systems and International Tax Transparency
+ Wed: Lunchtime Session: Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: Dominant Representations of International Development and their Impact on Development Activism
+ Wed: Evidence Based Aid: Helping Decision Makers Before and After Natural Disasters
+ Wed: Water: Film Showing and Discussion
+ Thurs: Climate Change Challenges
+ Thurs: Democracy, Peace and Development in Africa
+ Fri: Development Research: From Theory to Practice
+ Fri: The Business of Aid
If any of these topics interest you, go to the website to find out more details and make sure that you check if you need to pre-book. It is required for a number of events.

CAN A UNIVERSITY CHANGE THE WORLD – TALK – TCD
Mon 07 Nov: 15:00-17:00 – TCD/UCD Innovation Academy, 3-4 Foster Place, College Green, Dublin 2 – The TIDI Trinity Development Research Week will be launched with the talk/event entitled “How Can a University Change the World?”
This is a showcase of research addressing global challenges, by TCD researchers from across the college’s three faculties. List of speakers:
+ David Taylor, TIDI Chair, School of Natural Sciences “TIDI – Opportunities for Engagement”
+ Jane Ohlmeyer, Vice Provost for Global Relations “TCD’s Strategy for Global Engagement”
+ Carol Newman, Department of Economics/IIIS “The Micro-foundations of Development: an Exploration of Access to Resources and the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor in Vietnam”
+ Bruce Misstear, School of Engineering “Sustainable Groundwater Development”
+ Juliette Hussey, Department of Physiotherapy “Developing Cardiac Rehabilitation in Vietnam”
+ Joanne McVeigh, Centre for Global Health “EquitAble and the Equiframe Manual”. The event is followed by a launch reception at 17:00.
www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/data/20832.html

MICHAEL KEYES – BOOK LAUNCH – GUTTER BOOKSHOP
Mon 07 Nov: 18:30-20:00 – Gutter Bookshop, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8
The Book Launch for “Funding the Nation” by Michael Keyes will take place in the Gutter Bookshop on Monday. The history book describes how Daniel O’Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell raised money to fund their political work and its relationship with nationalist politics in nineteenth-century Ireland. Admission is free. www.gutterbookshop.com

SONG CYCLE – WHELAN’S
Mon: 20:00 – Whelan’s, Wexford Street, Dublin 2
Song Cycle claims that it is a weekly singer songwriter showcase every Monday, upstairs in Whelan’s. However, this week it didn’t make it on Whelan’s website, so I am not completely sure if the “weekly” applies to EVERY week. Admission is free – if it takes place. www.whelanslive.com

KILMAINHAM ARTS CLUB – MONTHLY SHOWCASE
Mon 07 Nov: 20:30 – Patriots Inn, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
The Kilmainham Arts Club is a free event, showcasing artists on the first Monday of every month. The line up this month is:
+ Italian Poet and Novelist Claudio Sansone will read from his work.
+ Artist and Filmaker Shane Sutton will talk about his animated feature project “The Quest for a real Hard Hob”
+ Laban Dance Demonstration by Dance facilitator Niamh O Connor of www.freeyourself.ie
+ Music from the amazing multi-instrumentalist Shane Atlas aka ‘Captain Atlas’
+ Presentation of Claynation workshop by City Artsquad
+ Photographer Christine Redmond will share some of her images kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com/

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* From 21:00 in the International Bar, 23 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 www.facebook.com/TheGlorSessions
* Solar Trio Gig in Anseo (Camden Street, D2) on the first three Mondays of every Monday. Jazz standards along with totally improvised on the spot jams.
* In O’Byrne’s Beverage House at 199 King St North (Corner of Capel Street and Bolton Street) a live music session “Jam with Karmann Reeves” will take place. Musicians are welcome to participate. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001158421465
* Comedy Crunch – Shebeen Chic. The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Shebeen Chic, Sth Great Georges Street from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
* Comedy Night in Panti Bar. A new free Comedy Night with comedy improv, stand up and sketch every Monday night in Panti Bar on Capel St from 21:00. entertainment.ie/event/Comedy/Pantibar/A-Bear-A-Bull-And-A-Chicken-Walk-Into-A-Bar/2563419.htm
* 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 Whelan’s 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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NATIONAL GALLERY LECTURE
Tues 08 Nov: 10:30-11:15 – National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The talk “Innovation Dublin Talk – ‘Modern Painters of the Celtic Revival'” with Donal Maguire, National Gallery of Ireland will take place and admission is free. www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson

NATIONAL LIBRARY PRESERVATION PROJECT – TOUR
Tues 08 Nov: 11:30 – National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Clean Sweep Tour will take place in the NLI. The Trustees’ Room has become home to The Clean Sweep, a major project to clean and protect the 50,000 rare books in the National Library. This behind-the-scenes tour of the Preservation project The Clean Sweep is limited to 10 per tour and booking is essential. Contact learning@nli.ie or (01) 603 0346. If you can not make the tour the project is open to the public from 14:00-15:00 Monday to Friday. www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

CLIMATE CHANGE – BRITISH GOVERNMENT QUESTION TIME
Tues 08 Nov: 13:45-15:00 – Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Young people from across the UK will travel to London next week to debate the future of climate change policy with William Hague, Chris Huhne, and Martin Davidson and the Science Gallery will be screening a live webcast of the event in their Paccar Theatre. To reserve your place or to submit a question for the speakers, send a mail to NS@britishcouncil.org Admission is free. www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/11/live-webcast-question-time-climate-change

DOUGLAS HYDE GALLERY – AUTUMN DISCUSSIONS
Tues 08 Nov: 17:00 – Douglas Hyde Gallery, TCD
The Douglas Hyde Gallery presents a series of ten weekly discussion groups focusing on key elements in the Gallery’s recent exhibition programme, taking into account films, music, and texts relating to the proposed themes. The groups will be introduced by John Hutchinson and discussions led by Kathy Tynan.
The discussion groups will take place each Tuesday from 13 September 2011. Interested participants should ideally be available for all ten sessions. Numbers are very limited so please confirm your attendance with the Gallery in advance.
www.douglashydegallery.com

CANCER PREVENTION – LIFE SCIENCES LECTURE – RIA
Tue 08 Nov: 18:00 – Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
The Life Sciences Lecture entitled “Cancer Prevention: A View from The Cliff” by Professor Colm O’Morain, MRIA will take place in RIA’s Acadeny House. Admission is free, but booking is essential on www.ria.ie/Events/Events-Listing/Life-Sciences-Lecture-%281%29.aspx

MILK & COOKIE STORIES – EXCHANGE DUBLIN
Tues 08 Nov: 18:30-22:00 – Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. – 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 is free, everyone is welcome and stories of all kinds are welcome. This month the theme for stories is justice and retribution. Tel your stories about Getting Even, Tit-for-tat, eye-for-an-eye or measure-for-measure.
As always, there will we a Bake-off as well, where you can bring your finest treats and having them battle for king of the cookie, so bring your bestest cookies. The winner will win a prize and the admiration from the audience.
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286508854705400

PEREGRINE READINGS – IRISH WRITER’S CENTRE
Tue 08 Nov: 19:30 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Marita Conlon-McKenna, Conor Kostick and Mary Rose Callaghan will read at the Irish Writers’ Centre as part of a series of prose readings, the Peregrine Readings. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

REGULAR TUESDAY EVENTS
* Open Mic Night with The Last Tycoons in O’Donoghue’s on Suffolk Street every Tues 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
* O’Byrne’s Beverage House at 199 King St North (Corner of Capel Street and Bolton Street) has a live music session with Sean Og McKenna and Friends every Tue at 21:00. Musicians welcome to participate. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001158421465
* Live Jazz and Blues from 21:00 every Tuesday in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2.
* 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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REGGAE MOVEMENT EXHIBITION – GREEN STREET GALLERY
Wed 09 Nov: Little Green Street Gallery, Little Green Street (off Capel Street), Dublin 1. – The Reggae Movement Exhibition on Tour will present “Soundsystem: From Jamaica to Europe 1950 -1995”. From 09-13 Nov from 10:30-18:00 (elsewhere I found: “12:00 until late”. Not sure which is correct.) every day you can learn about the history of the Soundsystem. In word, music and pictures, the exhibition follows the story of the soundsystem from Jamaica in the 1950s to the UK in the 60s and 70s, and then to Europe. The soundsystems gave birth to ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall, hip-hop, jungle and drum and bass – and taught nations and generations how to dance. Jamaican artist Freestylee illustrates the story with additional artwork by Mau Mau. After opening in Berlin in September, and showing in Amsterdam in October, the Exhibition will be in Dublin for five days. Admission during the day is free. There are gigs and film screenings every evening from 19:00, but I wasn’t able to find out if they are free or not. Check thereggaemovement.com/ for more details and check out www.facebook.com/pages/Poster-Fish-Promotions/217938028267917?sk=wall as well. This is the facebook page of the local promoters, who regularly run free events and we might hear more from them in the future. Launch of the exhibition is on Wed 09 Nov at 18:30.

WATER & ITS SYMBOLIC NATURE – SCIENCE GALLERY
Wed 09 Nov: 17:30-20:00 – Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
As part of Trinity’s third annual Development Research Week and in collaboration with the Science Gallery, TIDI will host a screening of the Oscar-nominated film “Water” by Deepa Mehta, with a discussion afterwards chaired by Chandana Mathur, Lecturer in Anthropology from NUI Maynooth. This unique film screening will reflect on certain cultural and religious concepts as well as the symbolic nature of access to water. Admission is free, but you have to book on the website: www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/11/water-film-deepa-mehta

TASTE OF WORDS – LITERATURE & GASTRONOMY – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
Wed 09 Nov: 18:00 – Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2. – The first event in the new series of events “The taste of words: literature, gastronomy and much more.” at the Instituto Cervantes takes place on Wed. “The great literary bouffe. From the Greeks to the present day” is the title of this lecture with Jesús Ruiz Mantilla. Jesús Ruiz Mantilla will host this talk about the history of literature on gastronomy and will bring you along that surprising journey. The lecture is in Spanish with English interpreting. dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha77391_16_2.htm

MAGGIE STIEFVATER – BOOK SIGNING – EASON
Wed 09 Nov: 18:00 – Eason Bookstore, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin. – Meet Maggie Stiefvater who will be reading and signing her new novel “The Scorpio Races” in Eason’s in Dundrum. www.easons.com/events_display.asp?K=e2011110211243098

TOMI REICHENTAL – HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR – RDS
Wed 09 Nov: 18:00 – RDS (Minerva Suite), Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
In the RDS Speaker Series, the next events is with Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental. Born in Slovakia in 1935, Tomi was arrested and sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944, when he was nine years old. Tomi, his mother, his brother, his aunt and his cousin survived the concentration camp. Thirty-five members of his family perished in the Holocaust. For over fifty years, Tomi did not speak about his experience during the Holocaust. He now speaks to students in schools, recounting his story and helping them to understand the human face of this tragic event of European and world history. His talks are organised through the Holocaust Education Trust Ireland (HETI). www.rds.ie/cat_event_detail.jsp?itemID=1096024 The RDS Speaker Series events are usually free and I would expect the same for this event, but I suggest you double-check and register your interest via 01 240 7254 or librarydesk@rds.ie

1641 DEPOSITIONS – NATIONAL LIBRARY
Wed 09 Nov: 19:00 – National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
For centuries the 1641 Depositions (4000 witness accounts, 20,000 pages of sworn statements made by survivors after having experienced their terrors) lay hidden among the archives of Trinity College Dublin, almost illegible and worded in archaic language. Now, modern computer technology and on-line access to TCD’s history records have made them plain for all to see. They were sworn statements made by survivors of alleged attacks by Catholic Irish rebels against Protestant settlers, particularly in Ulster, during the 1641 Rebellion. Discuss the 1641 Depositions and their significance and truth with Mícheál Ó Siochrú, Jane Ohlmeyer, Eamon Darcy (Trinity College Dublin) and Patrick Fitzgerald (Ulster American Folk Park). All welcome. Admission is free and booking is not required. www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

IRISH MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION LECTURE – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Wed 09 Nov: 19:00 – Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Irish Museums Association is inviting to the Annual White Lecture. Dr. Penelope Curtis (Director of Tate Britain) will talk about “Building on History – A New Archaeology, Tate Britain and the Millbank Project”. The lecture starts at 19:00, a reception preceeds it from 18:30. Admission is free, but booking is essential.
The IMA Annual White Lecture provides a forum for some of the most influential national and international contemporary museum professionals to speak on matters relating to museums. It is held in memory of Dr. James White, who was one of the founders of the Irish Museums Association. For more information and/or bookings please contact Gina O’Kelly, Irish Museums Association, on (01) 412 0939 or email office@irishmuseums.org.

MORNING HUSH – WORKMAN’S CLUB
Wed 09 Nov: 20:00 – The Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2.
“Morning Hush” are a Dublin based band playing melodic, catchy tunes and heavy pop music and have been described as sounding “like a blend of Phoenix, Death Cab and The Pumpkins”. Admission is free.
www.theworkmansclub.com/2011/10/24/morning-hush-091111/

THE LAZY BAND – WHELAN’S
Wed 09 Nov: 20:00 – Whelan’s (Front Bar), 25 Wexford St., Dublin 2
The Lazy Band is back every Wednesday in Whelan’s.
www.myspace.com/thelazyband
www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/6273

JAZZ – O’REILLY’S PUB – SANDYMOUNT
Every Wed from 21:00-23:00, The Swing Factory (Paul Sweeney – trumpet, Neil McMahon sax, Bob Whelan vocals/keys Dave Fleming bass, Ian Hyland – drums) will be playing Jazz in O’Reilly’s Pub in Sandymount, D4. Admission is free.

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS
* The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English. www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
* “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 every Wednesday. www.hamletsweeney.com/events/
* 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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BUILD YOUR WEBSITE FOR FREE – WORKSHOP
Thurs 10 Nov: 14:00-16:00 – Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. – At the “Build your own Website for Free” workshop, an Innovation Dublin Event, you will be able to find out how to create your own website in just 2 hours. Whether you own a business, run a social club or just want to understand more about web development, you should attend. The event is free, but booking is required. Ring 087 3249714 or send a mail to info@businessbloomer.ie Alternatively you can fill in the booking form on www.businessbloomer.ie

CHRISTMAS LIGHT CEREMONY – DUNDRUM TOWN CENTRE
Thurs 10 Nov: 18:00 – Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
At a time when Santa should work hard to get the Christmas presents manufactured at the North Pole, the people from the Dundrum Town Centre are already interrupting him and will have to take the blame if some children won’t get the Christmas presents they requested. In an unjustifiable move, the Dundrum Town Centre is starting “Christmas” just a few days into November on Thurs 10 Nov. The Christmas lights will be turned on and Santas Grotto will be open from that day. “Santa” will arrive as part of a parade from the Dundrum Luas Stop to Town Square, joined by RTE’s Cor na nOg. The Hamleys Santa Bear will there to entertain. www.dundrum.ie/events/santas-arrival/
Already on 02 Nov “Dundrum on Ice”, a 500 sqm ice rink at the Dundrum Town Centre opened. It will stay there until 28 January. A whole three month period! Admission is not free and at a sizeable EUR 14 per hour, I am not too sure if the ice rink will be busy for that whole period. www.dundrumonice.ie/

L’ÉVOLUTION DU RUGBY – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
Thurs 10 Nov: 18:30 – Alliance Francaise, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Jean-Michel Aguirre is a former French rugby union player who played for the French team 39 times between 1971 and 1980. If you are interested in rugby, then you will enjoy this talk with Jean-Michel Aguirre who will answer your questions both as a player and as a coach. He will also explain what playing rugby means in the South-West of France. Talk and Q&A in French. Admission is free but you need to register via e-mail to info@alliance-francaise.ie alliance-francaise.ie/culture/

THEMED READING – CHAPTERS BOOKSTORE
Thurs 10 Nov: 18:30 – Chapters Bookstore, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
The themed reading “Snow & Other Disasters” will feature the following poets and writers Maeve O Sullivan, Ann Morgan, Bernie O Reilly, Roger Hudson, Karl Parkinson, Ross Hattaway and Eamonn Lynskey. It is a regular literary event run by the Seven Towers Agency, a small publishing house and event host. Admission is free. www.seventowers.ie

PUB STANDARDS – BULL & CASTLE
Thurs 10 Nov: 18:30 – Bull & Castle, 5-7 Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2.
Pub Standards is an open meeting loosely aimed at web design & development geeks, but that doesn’t mean chitchat needs to be work-related. There is no structure, no presentations, just a friendly get-together with likeminded people and a few beers. pubstandards.ie/

CAREER AND JOBS – CENTRAL LIBRARY
Thurs 17 Nov: 18:30-20:00 – Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
The Dublin City Public Libraries Career Direction and Development Programme will skip one week and will then continue on 17 Nov with the talk “Being successful at getting that important job: Useful interview techniques: a talk with career coach”. This talk will be presented by Jane Downes from Clearview Coaching Group ( www.clearviewcoachgroup.com). Admission is free, but booking is recommended. To book, contact 01-873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie www.dublincitypubliclibraries.ie
www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/Events/Documents/Career_Direction_and_Dev_Prog%5B1%5D.pdf

MET SOCIETY LECTURES – BOTANIC GARDENS
Thurs 10 Nov: 19:00 – National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
To accompany the Met Eireann exhibition in the Botanic Gardens, there will be three lectures on Thursday evening in the Visitor Centre. The lectures are
+ The Early Years of Met Éireann by Tom Keane
+ The History of Numerical Weather Prediction by Prof. Peter Lynch
+ The History of Weather Forecasting and TV Weather by Gerald Fleming
There will also be some old Met Éireann manuscripts on display during the interval. www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm

MOYA CANNON – IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE
Thurs 10 Nov: 19:30 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Moya Cannon’s fourth poetry collection ‘Hands’ will be launched by Theo Dorgan. This volume has been described as “a book of journeys”. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

MOO! – WHELAN’S
Thurs 10 Nov: 20:00-22:00 – Whelan’s (Frontbar), 25 Wexford St., Dublin 2
“Moo” is a great rockabilly/country/western band from Dublin and they will be in Whelan’s on Thursday. (www.youtube.com/user/lopsymoo?feature=mhum) Admission is free. www.facebook.com/moo.dublin and www.mooband.com or www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/6438

RAILWAY SESSIONS – OPEN MIC – O’REILLY’S ROCK BAR
Thurs: 20:30 – O’Reilly’s Rock Bar, underneath Tara Street DART Station, Dublin 2
If you are a Singer, Songwriter, play an Instrument or just want to jam then come to the Railway Sessions in O’Reilly’s every Thurs at 20:00 and showcase maybe a new song or a cover. All performing musicians will receive a complimentary drink. The event starts at 20:30. To contact the organisers: info@dublinsocialtv.ie An Indie-Rock Club starts immediately afterwards at 23:00. Admission free.
entertainment.ie/event/gigs/O%27Reilly%27s-Rock-Bar/Railway-Sessions/2575255.htm

ODEON MOVIE CLUB
Every Thursday the Odeon Pub in Harcourt Street is running a Classic Movies Club from 20:00. There is no cover charge. The theme for November will be “Buddies” and the films are: 10 Nov: 48 Hours, 17 Nov: Beverly Hills Cops. www.odeon.ie/gallery.html

BANDA BAQUE SOUL BAND – SIN E
Thurs 10 Nov: 21:00 – Sin É, Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
Sin È are running regular live music events and one regular event is with the Brazilian Soul + Funk Band “Banda Baque Soul” on Thursdays. www.facebook.com/sin.e.dublin?sk=wall

REGULAR THURSDAY EVENTS
* Lunchtime Market at Christ Church Cathedral from 12:00-15:00. www.irishvillagemarkets.ie/christchurch.php
* 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.
* Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s, Dame Street (formerly Le Cirk) with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00 and the line up is here: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000163463304&sk=wall
* Songs from a Café is a Dublin singer-songwriter showcase session, dedicated to the art of contemporary songwriting. 20:00-22:00 at Brick Alley Cafe. www.facebook.com/songsfromacafe
* The Max Zaska group (06+20 Oct, 03 Nov) and the Patrick Groenland (13 + 27 Oct, 10 Nov) group will perform on alternating Thursdays from 21:00 in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street.
* “Thirsty Thursday” Open Mic Night from 21:00 in the Bridge Inn in Chapelizod Village. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bridge-Inn-Chapelizod/350005960758
* Open Music Night in Darky Kellys pub in Fishamble Street, Christ Church, Dublin 8 organised by the music duo R.E.D.. Would you like to perform or just listen? Names of contributors are taken from 21:30 and the gig starts at 22:00. www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Mic-Night-Dublin/121048244620948
www.myspace.com/redmusic11
* The Bionic Rats play live Reggae and Ska every Thursday in Turk’s Head from 22:00. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/TURKSHEADDUBLIN

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CANADA’S EAST COAST JOB FAIR – CROKE PARK
Fri 11 – Sat 12 Nov: 11:00-17:00 – Croke Park Convention Centre, Jones Road, Dublin 3. – A Canada’s East Coast Job Fair takes place for everybody who is looking for new opportunities in a new country. Meet directly with employers from Canada’s East Coast who are recruiting for a number of positions in sectors including trades, agriculture, construction, healthcare, childcare, engineering, automotive, hospitality, mining and others. www.canadaseastcoast.ca/default.asp?id=190&sfield=Content.Id&mn=1.162.178.339&search=453

LUNCHTIME READING – IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE
Fri 11 Nov: 13:00 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Poet Maurice Harmon will be in the Irish Writers’ Centre for a lunchtime reading on Friday. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

THE BUSINESS OF AID – TCD SEMINAR
Fri 11 Nov: 13:30-14:30 – Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
TIDIs TCD/UCD Development Research lunchtime seminar series continues with a seminar entitled “The Business of Aid” by speaker Dr. Derek Fee, Former Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Zambia. Admission is free. www.tcd.ie/tidi
www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/data/20831.html

LET’S WALK & TALK – CA MARCHE !
Fri 11 Nov: 14:00-15:30 – Meet outside the Alliance Francaise in Kildare Street.
Come for a stroll and chat in French. Within the framework of Dublin City Council’s community initiative “Let’s Walk & Talk”, “Ça marche!” is a great way for everyone to stay healthy, meet other people and practise French. The walk lasts an hour and a half and it’s on every second Friday of the month. Make sure you arrive on time. Participation is free. www.letswalkandtalk.ie
Admission free alliance-francaise.ie/culture/

LIFE SIZE CLUEDO – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
Fri 11 Nov: 19:30 – Alliance Francaise, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Life-size Cluedo is taking place in the Alliance Francaise. You have to help unmasking the murderer and your investigation team can have up to 5 members. Admissions is free, but you need to book by e-mail to info@alliance-francaise.ie
www.alliance-francaise.ie/

MAMUSKA DUBLIN – BACK LOFT
Fri 11 Nov: 20:00 – The Back Loft, 7-11 St. Augustine Street, Dublin 8
Mamuska Dublin returns on Friday, with another packed and varied line-up of short performance and film to challenge and inspire. Audience and artists mingle in an atmosphere of play and discovery. Admission is free. www.lacatsalons.blogspot.com
The line up is
Clown Coop – INTERACTIVE CLOWNING
Darren C – ‘Hello’ – MULTIMEDIA SPOKEN WORD
‘Madarka Madarka’ (Dir: James Ward), ‘Untitled no. 80’ (dir: Stefan Riebel), ‘Heron’ (dir: Marek Bogacki) – SHORT FILMS
Kimberly Campanello – ‘Bucranium’ – MULTIMEDIA SPOKEN WORD
Rachel Mulcahy – ‘Exploratory Dance’ – DANCE
Elizabeth Hilliard – ‘The Bright Kid’ – MUSIC
Tanya O’Keeffe & Olivia Hassett – PERFORMANCE ART
La Cosa Preciosa & Cleo McCann ‘Escape’ and ‘Horde’ (dir: David Bickley) – SOUND INSTALLATION & FILM
Angelika Lindenau – ‘Laughter Yoga’ – INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE

———Pre-Announcements————————

This section contains events that will 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:

EUROZONE – WAITING FOR GODOT? – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
Tues 15 Nov: 18:30 – Alliance Francaise, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
The Irish Politician and former President of the European parliament (and nearly Irish Presidential Candidate for last weeks election) Pat Cox, will talk about Europe and the Eurozone crisis. The description goes “We have been waiting for quite some time for a sense of a definitive European response to the Eurozone crisis. Rather like waiting for Monsieur Godot, we are not sure that such a response will ever arrive. The theme of this address will be to argue why decisive steps must be taken now.”
The talk is in French and the Q&A will be in French and English. Admission free, but you have to pre-book by e-mail to info@alliance-francaise.ie

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Please note: This section contains observations taken from the world I live in that strike me as odd. I express my personal opinion and you might not share it. If you are easily offended by opinions that are not identical with your own, please don’t read this section. ;-)

BIG LIPS FOR CHRISTMAS!?
Did you know that lots of us want big lips for Christmas? No, I didn’t know that either and even more I wonder why anybody would want to have big lips. I get the idea behind beauty surgery and can see how enlarging or reducing certain part of ones anatomy can make a difference, but big lips? I didn’t realise that the ladies (or the guys) are so particular about lip sizes as this press release seems to suggest.
www.irishpressreleases.ie/printer-page.php?p=15235 Interesting as well how a surgery just seems to invent “facts” about our preferences!

DAMN, WHO MOVED THAT CONTINENT?
On Broadsheet, the satirical online magazine, I found a funny picture that I have to share with you. CNN used a map to show where Cannes is (where the G20 summit is taking place at the moment). It seems that they possibly got the right spot, but then somebody pushed the map (or the continent) to the right and suddenly Cannes (France) ended up in the North of Spain. Ooops! www.broadsheet.ie/2011/11/03/live-from-cnn/

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