Event Guide 261: Yestival, Bikeweek, Bloomsday, Streetfeast, Active 8, Love:Live Music

The Irish Writers’ Centre will attempt to make history this Bloomsday by claiming the Guinness World Record for ‘Most Authors Reading Consecutively From Their Own Books’. 111 writers will read for 28 hours in one venue.

The readings, of 15 minutes each will run for 28 hours, all through the night, culminating at 14:00 on Bloomsday. The current record of 75 writers is held by the Berlin International Literature Festival.

The readings will be open to the public and the worldwide audience can join in too, as the whole event will be streamed live on the Irish Writers’ Centre website. There will be a broad range of texts and tastes and audience members are invited to stay all night and cheer on the writers reading into the small hours. The complete schedule of readings (including Seamus Heaney and Roddy Doyle) is here: www.writerscentre.ie/readfortheworldprogramme.pdf

The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.

The Rehab Group in Sandymount are inviting to a “Sandymount Fair” as a fundraising event. There will be a BBQ, plant, jewellery sale, Bric-a-brac and much more. The Rehab Group is an independent, not-for-profit organisation which provides training, employment, health and social care and commercial services for people with disabilities.

The Central Library presents a public reading with members of the Dublin Writers’ Forum (DWF). The DWF was founded to provide a creative space where people with a passion for writing can come together and support each other in making their work as good as it can be. It meets on a weekly basis.

The Bambir, an Armenian band that combines hard rock, Armenian traditional music and poetry, pulsing beats and whirling trances, ancient tales and pagan wails into their own unique sound and they will be in Whelan’s nor for one, but even two gigs on Friday. First they will play in the Front Bar from 19:00-21:00 (Admission is free.) and then at the Midnight Hour gig where Admission is free if you come at the right time. Neither of the gig is listed on the Whelan’s website, but I was told about it by the band themselves. www.youtube.com/TheBambir

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)

A drop in class, with newcomers welcome.

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant 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 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.

A Quarter Inch Collective Release Party w/ Ginola, Ilex, The Bridges of Madison County, Simon Bird & Gavin Elsted (plus more TBC) will take place. More details at

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are: Fri 15 June The Amigos
www.facebook.com/thestillorganorchard?sk=wall

The Brady’s Sessions is a new monthly singer/songwriter night on in Gub Dandys in Bradys Pub Terenure. Keith McLoughlin will host the second Bradys Sessions on Friday. The event is open to all singer/songwriters/duo acts who can play their own material plus covers. Admission is free. The line-up on Friday is Cathryn Green, Peter Fitzpatrick, Daniel Thomas, Clara Rose. Please email Keith on facebook or at keitho89@hotmail.com to enquire about playing any future events.

A new Jazz Club with Live Jazz Music by Lucille Blue (vocals) and Cormac McCann (piano/vocals) has been launched in the basement of the La Caverna Restaurant. Doors at 22:00 and the performance starts at 22:30 every Friday night. There are only about 50 seats, so you might want to book on 087 6739315

The next French Friday will take place for all people French or Francophile. It will start after the football match (France vs Ukraine) and there will be French music and lots of nice people.

A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, has up to 200 cars/sellers. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line stop and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on their website.

Bloomsday is an odd day that triggers vastly different reactions. For Joyceans (fans of James Joyce, a group of literature lovers that is not necessarily growing significantly) it is the most important day of the year. For the rest, i.e. the large majority of people that are not really too much into Joyce and his books, this day leaves them completely cold and indifferent. However, the minority is much louder than the silent majority and celebrates the day with lots of events.

Bloomsday is anything but a “historic day”, instead it describes a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, a fictional character from Joyce’s novel “Ulysses”. The activities on the day retrace Bloom’s movement on that day (16 June) in 1904 as described in the novel. Nothing of the things people re-enact today has happened in reality.

Instead a few Joyce or Ulysses fans went on that pilgrimage around Dublin the first time in 1954 and since then the James Joyce Centre has been the main promoter of the events.

The day involves a range of activities including Ulysses readings and dramatisations, pub crawls, Bloomsday breakfasts and other events. Enthusiasts often dress in Edwardian costume to celebrate Bloomsday and retrace Bloom’s route around Dublin.

The list of Bloomsday events in Dun Laoghaire, Glasthule and Sandycove is as long as my arm and I can’t list all the events here, so instead I will point you in the right direction to where you should go find out all details. Not all events are free and unfortunately the charges are not specified, but to find the events list go to

The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Saturday at Newmarket 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. The Co-op is also open on Thursdays 12:00-20:00.

The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It 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.

The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

Everybody is totally focused on James Joyces Ulysses and all other James Joyce works are ignored. Well, Howard Linnane from the Cine Café is breaking with that and is running a Open Mic reading from Joyce’s collection of short stories ‘Dubliners’. Every hour a new short story will be started. People attending can volunteer to read if they want.

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sat+Sun 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.

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

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.

A fundraising market selling “almost everything” from crocheted crafts to jazzy jewellery”, cakes, vintage clothes and bric and brac takes place on Sat and Sun.

At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.

The Dublin Food Cycle will take place on Saturday with lots of different starting points at 11:00 and from all three routes all participants will finally make it to the Phoenix Park Walled Garden. The routes are:

Route 1: Northside

Santry Walled Garden (11:00), Ballymun Muck n’ Magic Garden (12:15), Finglas Community Garden (13:30), Phoenix Park Walled Garden (14:45)

Route 2: City Centre

Mud Island Community Garden (11:00), Summer Row Community Garden (12:00), Serenity Community Garden (13:00), Sitric Road Community Garden (14:00), Phoenix Park (15:00)

Route 3: Southside

Pearse College Allotments (11:00), South Circular road Community Garden (12:15), Weaver Square Community Garden (13:30), Phoenix Park Walled Garden (14:45). You can join at any point and visit the other gardens on your route and also to enjoy the talk at the Phoenix Park walled garden.

The weekly Ha’penny Flea Indoor Market takes place on Saturdays and stalls offer Vintage Men and Women’s Clothes, Contemporary Crafts, Books, Vinyl Records, Vintage and Handmade Jewellery, Vintage Hair Styles, Art, Photography and lots more.

This is a fun event exploring the weird and wonderful diversity of insects and minibeasts living in and around the pond at the botanic gardens. The workshop is suitable from age 8 upwards. Admission is free, but advance booking is essential via 01-804 0300.

The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.

This will be the third year for “Yoga in the Park” and I think it is a brilliant initiative for a very worthy cause. From June until September, Fiona from www.twopalmsyoga.com invites to an hour of Yoga in Phoenix Park. No booking is required and you decide how much you give, the class is donation based. All proceeds go to the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that does invaluable work for the homeless people in Dublin. Just bring a mat or a towel, some water and (hopefully) even some sun protection to the class. Should the weather be bad, the bandstand will be shelter or even training location. The training is suitable for all levels, so even total beginners are very welcome.

Yestival! is a one-day Bike Festival in the City Centre. Fade Street (the street between the Market Bar and Hogan’s, off Sth Great George’s Street) will be closed for the day and Bike Yestival will celebrate the exploding cycle culture that has spread in Dublin and the great and innovative bicycle-related projects that came with it with a whole range of events.

“The Bike Yestival will feature a cycle-generated music stage with singer Luka Bloom and many other artists. Bike-fixing workshops will be on offer and Fade Street businesses will be hosting bicycle films. In addition to this there will be cycle-powered smoothies, a Bike Museum, a vintage bike and fashion show and an expo for Dublin’s great bicycle shops.

At 13:00 a Street Feast will take place (bring a dish and receive another dish), Luka Bloom will sing at 15:00, at 16:00 a Slow bicycle race will start. From 18:30-21:00 Velocoustic sessions at Cafe Rothar will take place. Find out more on the Yestival website.

Lots of Joycean characters are buried at Glasnevin Cemetary and therefore it is a popular spot for all the Joyce fans. To celebrate Bloomsday, Glasnevin Museum will run a series of events from 10:00-17:00. The one free event is at 12:00-12:30: The Dublin Shakespeare Society presents a Rehearsed Reading from the ‘Hades’ Chapter, Ulysses, by James Joyce, featuring Ian Blackmore, Terry Byrne, Joe Jordan, Val O’Donnell, Jim O’Keeffe, Blaise Reid.

Other events are 10:00-16:00 Joycean Breakfast and lunch in Glasnevin Museum’s Tower Café and at 13:30 a Joycean Tour of Glasnevin Cemetery with Shane MacThomais (Tickets EUR 6) will take place. Booking is required, check the website for details.

The James Joyce Centre will run some surprise events: “Keep your eyes peeled for street-side theatrics this Bloomsday afternoon. From the Joyce Centre to St Stephen’s Green you’re likely to catch Dedalus philosophising, Bloom waxing poetic, Gerty daydreaming and Sirens luring loiterers. The Citizen will be on his soapbox, the Evangelist will save your soul, and Molly may try mollifying you.” Free admission.

The Dublin SPCA Animal Welfare Charity invites to their Open Day on Saturday to raise awareness of animal welfare, responsible pet care and pet adoptions. Comedy, Panto, family entertainment, food stalls, information stands, dog training demonstrations and advice, education, fun items for the kids, face painting, a bouncy castle, body art and more are provided.

The Saturday Talk “Rings, Rocks and Rosaries-The Power of Jewellery in Medieval” for Ages 14+ will take place in the National Museum. “A talk by Jill Connaughton, Trinity College on ways people used impressive jewellery to communicate their social status, religious beliefs and tastes.” No booking required.

The Slovak Cultural Week will take place from Fri 15-Fri 22 June. You will be able to meet Slovak artists on Sat, go to a Family afternoon on Sun, enjoy a Slovak movie night on Mon, attend a Entrepreneur’s Night on Tues, take part at Arts & Crafts workshops on Wed and come to a Intercultural Networking event in Thursday. And all these events are for free.

Astronomy Ireland are continuing their weekly Sun Shows at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Swords. Each Saturday, the staff of the Astronomy Ireland Shop will be showing you amazing views of our nearest star. Using special filters and some of the largest telescopes in Ireland you will get to see sunspots bigger than Earth and huge solar flare bursting from our nearest star. If it’s cloudy, there will be a telescope demonstration and you will find out how you can safely observe the Sun and undertake some daytime astronomy using your own telescope.

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 first film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-21/ and it will be screened sometimes on the Mondays. The second film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-21/ it will be screened alternating on Wednesdays. The Saturday double-bill will continue and all information is here: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-8/
Admission to all lunchtime screenings is free, just collect your ticket at the ticket desk.

Daniela My and Martin Briody (voice) with Cormuin O Raghallaigh (piano) will perform a selection of arias and duets by Mozart and Bel Canto masters, as well as Neapolitan and other songs. Admission is free, donations are welcome

Due to the Read for the World reading marathon, the next Ink Slinger event will take place on 23 June, NOT on 16 June.
The Ink Slingers Creative Writing Hour takes place every Saturday 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.

Bloomsday in the National Library will be a celebration of James Joyce in the library where he studied, wrote and set part of Ulysses. All events are free and admission is on a first-come first-served basis.

+13:30-19:00: The Music of Joyce’s World with Denise Kelly-McDonnell (harp), Ellen Cranitch (flute), Jane Hughes (cello), Main Hall (with intermissions)

+13:30/15:00/16:00/17:00/18:00/19:00: A Taste of Ulysses – short extracts read by actors Mark Lambert and Barbara Brennan, Reading Room. Each set of readings will be introduced by Gerry O’Flaherty, Chairman, James Joyce Institute, Dublin.

+14:00: Joyce in Bloom: A talk for Bloomsday by Senator David Norris, Seminar Room

Oltremara is presenting Traditional Dances from the South of Italy (Pizzica and Tammurriata) and Christine Warner will introduce you to Circle Dances.

Through the fast and energetic rhythm of Pizzica Dance (originally from Lecce area) and the slow and earthy steps of Tammurriata Dance (originally from Naples) you will experience the link between body, soul, music and earth. Oltremara will guide you into the rhythm and teach you these Italian Dances.

Circle Dance with Christine Warner will follow: Dancing in a circle is an ancient tradition practiced by many cultures worldwide to celebrate the cycles of life, connect with nature and bond communities together. Modern circle dance draws on the folk dance traditions of Europe, but also includes more recently choreographed dances.

All are welcome and no previous dance experience is needed. The aim is simply to experience the joy of dancing. Admission is free and donations to support the Organic Food Coop are appreciated. www.oltremara.org and www.dublinfood.coop

A Scalextric Grand Prix is taking place this Saturday in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centrecentre. I have no idea how it works and if you can take part or if you need to pre-register, but I’d say you can at least watch the some of the races for free.

At the Bandstand in St Stephen’s Green, Peter Sheridan hosts a gala afternoon of readings and songs from Ulysses. Joyceans of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. Come and read your favourite few words from the book of the day. There will also be music of the era and songs from the big blue book of Eccles. Admission is free, limited seating available.

As part of the first Pop-Up Dublin Biennial Exhibition the Opening events are celebrating Bloomsday and will include a screening of the film shorts ReJoyce, presented in association with the Contemporary Music Centre. The discussion which follows the screening will look at Joyce’s rich history in music and film and how the Dublin cityscape features in both.

+ 17:30-19:00: Short Films inspired by James Joyce: ‘ReJoyce Dublin 2004 – Celebrating Bloomsday 100’ this will be followed by a discussion with Vincent Kennedy, Composer Sean Walsh, Director of Bloom Prof Luke Gibbons and Prof Gerry Kearns.

+19:00-21:00: Bloom (2003). This feature film is the most recent adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The film stars Angeline Ball and Stephen Rea.

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant 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 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.

Electronic band with folk roots “Come On Live Long” will perform in the Workman’s Club with support from “Bantum”. Details are here

This is a weekly Saturday night residency of a Jazz Quartet, featuring Michael Nielsen (guitar), Sam Comerford (sax), Cormac O Brien (bass), James Mackin (drums) in the basement Wine Cave of KC Peaches wholefood restaurant/café. Food will be served until 22:00 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhQAT3y1cFo

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are: Sat 16 June Full Circle
www.facebook.com/thestillorganorchard?sk=wall

The Urban Mojo Blues Band,is a Dublin based five piece band drawing influences from electric Chicago blues and rock to produce a lively uptempo grooving blues will be performing every Saturday in Oil Can Harry’s. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Urban-Mojo-Blues-Band/87569518524

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.

The Brocante Market will take place on Sun it is a collection of antiques, furniture, vintage jewellery, collectables and curiosities from the past and present, second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house and garden. If you are an interior designer or just have and eye for style and are looking for a special piece or maybe a bargain then this is the market for you. The market is held every 3rd Sunday of the month.

The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.

On Sunday Shanganagh Park in Shankill will be a hive of health and fitness with Active8, a free bicycle event to encourage children & adults to bring their bikes, get out, get fits and enjoy the family day.

The event will include a cycle trail around the park with prizes for all those who complete the course, Bicycle maintenance checks and fixes and an off road cycle trail area coordinated by Biking.ie . Unicycle enthusiasts can learn to ride a unicycle with the DLR events Unicycle instructors and workshops or try cycling a seven-seater bike.

There will also be music by a DJ and a bike-driven smoothie maker and there will be a Cycle skills and an obstacle area. Active8 is an initiative by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and is a family friendly event.

At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Sundays: 12:00-17:30. Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30.

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

Street Feast is a day of local lunches across Ireland on 17 June, hosted by you and your neighbours. They can be anywhere, out on the street, in a local park or in your front garden. If you haven’t planned anything yet, you could still do so or just join some of your neighbours or some of the public events that are listed on the website (“Go to a Streetfeast”).

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series takes place in the beautiful Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. Now in its 36th 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 will feature the “New Dublin Voices”, a chamber choir, with their “Summertime” concert that is put together for seasoned listener but also to appeal to people who wouldn’t normally choose to go to choral concerts.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches. There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!

Afternoon Jazz in Café en Seine. The Stella Bass Jazz Trio play every Sunday from 14:00-16:00 in Café en Seine in Dawson Street. Admission is free. A video is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aKqtOB5S8

The Family Programme on Sun is entitled “Nature in Art” with Claire Crowley. Admission free, no booking required, but places are limited.

The talk “Art & Anatomy: drawing upon the figure” with Una Sealy, RHA.Pointillism will take place and admission is free.

The My Museum on Sun is called “Swords, Pikes and Muskets” and is suitable for all ages. “Come and see historical re-enactment group Claíomh, in Clarke Square, and take a closer look at some of the clothing, arms and armour used by Irish Royalists and Confederates during the Cromwellian and Confederate Wars of the 1640’s.” No booking required, drop in event.

Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. (17+24 June and 08 July). Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.

The next Sunday Sketching for 7+ Year olds has the title “People and Portraits”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended. Materials are provided.

Saucy Sundays is a weekly live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. The line-up for the next Saucy Sunday will be Cal Folger Day, Myles Manley, Alan Tully, Officially CALI, Polly Barrett (Music), Twin Terrace, Deetrich.

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.

Every Sunday a band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) are additional features. Admission is free.

The weekly Sunday Roast is an event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The next Sunday Roast line up is The Boo Box, Emily Whelan, The Last Crash, Lost Colours. www.facebook.com/events/354830351228857/

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. This Sunday’s line up is Steve Cummins, Rory O’Hanlon, FJ Murray.

Rogério from the Brazilian dance project “Forró de Lampião” in Dublin tells me: Forró de Lampião is Brazilian music that has the same roots as Samba and there is a whole culture that has developed around “forro”. Every Sunday, free dance classes take place in Sweeney’s Bar on Dame Street and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.

Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys are playing a weekly gig in Whelan’s Front Bar on Sundays. Their music is swing, blues, bebop and doo wop. Admission is free. www.whelanslive.com

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free.

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 first film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-21/ and it will be screened sometimes on the Mondays. The second film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-21/ it will be screened alternating on Wednesdays. The Saturday double-bill will continue and all information is here: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-8/
Admission to all lunchtime screenings is free, just collect your ticket at the ticket desk.

The Let’s French Festival is taking place from 18-27 June and this screening is part of the festival: The innovative 1902 silent film “Le Voyage Dans La Lune” by Georges Méliès was the first science-fiction movie and used ingenious special effects to re-create a fantastical trip to the moon and back.

With that version of the film fully restored and for the first time in color, Air’s Nicolas Godin & Jean-Benoît Dunckel were asked to write a new, modern score and decided to expand their composition for the original 16-minute film into a full-length album, also titled Le Voyage Dans La Lune.

This is a free but ticketed event. Tickets must be collected from the IFI Box Office when visiting.

Today’s theme at the Pop-Up Dublin Biennial Exhibition is “Everyday Life in the City”. This day explores how the urban context directly influences and is influenced by everyday experiences, group conduct and social meanings.

+15:00-17:30: Film Screening “Trafficked” (2010). Filmed in Dublin in a hit-and-run style, Trafficked has a gritty, grainy feel that gives the film an immediate and exciting texture. As Ireland confronts the issue of immigration, Trafficked tackles it head on. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Ciaran O’Connor and Martin McCabe, GradCAM

+17:30-18:00: Happy Hour and Installations (Gallery 1)

+18:00-19:00: Dublin Urban Salon (Gallery 3): Discussion of Henri Lefebvre’s The Practice of Everyday Life Volume 2 (1961)

Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Monday from 19:00 in Blakestown Community Resource Centre (next to Lidl).

This is a drop in class, with newcomers are welcome.

The free talk “Slaying the Three Dragons – Doubt, worry and fear” by Anthony Strano will take place on Mon.

Doubt, worry and fear are the dragons we all face from time to time. For some of us they never go away; they overshadow our lives, stopping us from moving forward or enjoying the present. Is it possible to free our minds from these three dragons forever?

That’s the promise of this lyrical and persuasive new self-help title by Anthony Strano, who has 30 years experience of helping people live happier, more fulfilled lives. Anthony presents his original approach, based on the principles of Raja Yoga meditation. His book Slaying the 3 Dragons and the enclosed CD, ‘8 Principles of Spiritual Well-being’, make traditional ideas accessible to modern readers, and contain new ways to achieve wellness in mind, body, and spirit. Anthony, born in Australia of Italian parents, co-ordinates the Brahma Kumaris centres in Greece, Hungary and Turkey and travels internationally conducting lectures, workshops and seminars. Contact Nick Gent on 01-668 7480 or dublin@ie.bkwsu.org to reserve your place.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. This Monday’s line up is not yet announced, check the facebook page to find out.

Every Monday, a mix of musicians from bands like The Seven Deadly Skins / Animal Cracker / Upbeat Generation / Crete Boom & more come together to play a free night of Rock & Reggae.

The Director’s Talk “Where do we go from here…?” with Sean Rainbird, Director, National Gallery of Ireland will take place and admission is free.

Dublin City Public Libraries’ Career Direction and Development Programme continues with an event “Match Your Skills to Your Career Choice and Job”. Career Coach Jane Downes (Author of The Career Book – Help for the Restless Realist) will provide useful tips on how to be Career Smart when job hunting. This interactive workshop will look at how Career Intelligent you are and match these skills to a career choice and job in the jobs market today. How can you be more proactive in your job search while maximising your chances of finding employment or changing careers. All are welcome to come along to this free career workshop, which is an invaluable opportunity to assist you find the ideal job. However, due to popular demand, booking is recommended via 01-873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie.

On Tuesday the focus at the Dublin Biennial exhibition is “Art and Architecture”.

+ 17:00-17:30 Installations and Films with Video installations, sculptures, film clips and installations by: Michelle Browne; Blaithin Quinn; culturstruction (Tara Kennedy and Jo Anne Butler); choreographer /dance artist Fearghus Ó Conchúirr and choreographer/dance artist Ríonach Ní Néill and film artist Joe Lee.

+17:30-19:30: Short presentations and discussion with artists and scholars: Blaithin Quinn, TransColonia, Tara Kennedy and Jo Anne Butler, culturstruction, Michelle Browne, independent artist Prof Gerry Kearns, Joe Lee. Chair: Dr. Ríonach Ní Néill, Galway Dancer in Residence

The Plateau Sessions is an open mic night that features some special guest acts from all over Ireland. On Tuesday the special guest acts are Alexa Merlot, Stephen Rice and Champagne Animal.

An 8km Docklands Fun Run with 3000 participants will take place on Tuesday. Participation (you can still register!) is not free, but watching the event is free and there is also some (non-specified) post-run entertainment on Grand Canal Square where the Start and Finish is. All details including the course map can be found here:

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.

The Comedy Crunch will run Edinburgh Previews every Tuesday in June and July. Admission is free and the line-up for the different weeks is 12 June: Colm McGlinchey + Special Guest; 19 June: Rory O’Hanlon and Foi Arms & Hog; 26 June: Danny O’Brien + Trevor Browne; 03 July: David Reilly, Kevin Lockard & Special Guest.

White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.

The Dublin Inner City Employment & Enterprise Services Expo will take place on Wed. This is not a job fair but a showcase of the range of employment and enterprise supports available within the inner city such as the provision of training and education, job clubs, social welfare support and Ideas Generation Workshops. The event is organised by the Inner City Organisations Network (ICON), a voluntary organisation made up of community projects, local tenant’s groups, as well as individuals working and living in the area. Admission is free.

Dublin City Council will host a Lunchtime Bike Ride in the city as part of the Bike to Work Day initiative. Participants will gather on Grand Canal Square at 12:45 next to the Grand Canal Theatre. You will then go for a leisurely 6 km (30 minute) cycle. I couldn’t find the exact route, but saw a few points on the route mentioned: Samuel Beckett Bridge, City Quay, Merrion Square, Pepper Canister Church and part of the new Cycle Path along the Grand Canal. At the end the cycle will return to Grand Canal Square where market stalls will be selling food. There will be winners of various prizes, including best dressed competitions: Best Company Team prize (most people from one organisation), Best Dressed male, Best Dressed Female, and for the best dressed bike. The first 500 people to register will get a goody bag filled with cycling enthusiasts’ gadgets and everyone who registers online using the form below is in with a chance to win an Apple iPad 3.

Dublin City Council is inviting everyone who travels by bike to participate in this event (over 16 years old). Users of Dublin Bikes are also encouraged to attend. To register and for more details go to the website

The Poetry Reading “Romantic Verse and W.B. Yeats” with Professor Maurice Harmon and Kathleen Watkins will take place and admission is free.

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 first film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-21/ and it will be screened sometimes on the Mondays. The second film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-21/ it will be screened alternating on Wednesdays. The Saturday double-bill will continue and all information is here: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-8/
Admission to all lunchtime screenings is free, just collect your ticket at the ticket desk.

The screening of the film “Spirited Away” will take place. Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl, becomes trapped in an alternate reality that is inhabited by spirits and monsters. (125 minutes) English

The Wednesday theme at the Dublin Biennial is “Art as Public Life”. The events on the day examine the wealth of community partnerships based on creative practices across the city. Discussions, installations and film screenings will take place at 15:00-17:00 (Postwar: The films of Daniel Eisenberg), 17:00-17:30 and 17:30-19:30 (Short presentations and discussion with artists and scholars: Roger Hudson, Director of Wordweaver; Aga Szot, The Icon Factory; Aaron Copeland, Upstart; Laragh Pittman, City Art Squad; Dr. Ailbhe Murphy, Vagabond Reviews Chair: Dr. Marisa Ronan, Dublintellectual.

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.

“El tren de la memoria” (2005) by Marta Arribas & Ana Pérez is the next film to be screened in the Instituto Cervantes. The film will be in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.

The next Irish Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) roundtable discussion will take place on Wednesday. The format for these round-table discussions is informal and the discussion will be facilitated by Simon O’Connor. Simon O’Connor will present the topic ‘Children in War – what does and should IHL have to say?’ before the discussion is opened. Attendance at the event is free however it is essential to register in advance as space is limited. Please contact Louise at lscollins@redcross.ie or on 01 6424647 to register or to find out more information.

On Wed Laura Carvalho (from Sao Paulo, Brazil and currently graduating from the MSc. in Environment and Development from TCD and has recently returned from a field trip in Rwanda, Africa) will talk about the People’s Summit and about the Rio+20 Conference and explain who these organizations are, what they want and will outline the solutions they offer for Social and Environmental Justice.

“The Word Depot” is a creative writing group from Drogheda who are visiting the Gutter Bookshop to share readings from their new work. There will also be music to accompany the readings and demonstrate some of the group’s new songwriting. Admission is free and all are welcome.

The Launch of “Outward and Return” by Gréagóir Ó Dúill will take place This collection of poetry will be launched by Jack Harte, writer and Chair of the Irish Writers’ Centre. Admission is free.

The 4 Dame Lane Movie Club will feature a movie every Wednesday from 20:00. The upcoming movies are: 20 June: Coming to America, 27 June: The Money Pit.Admission is free.

“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.

“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.

Bad Boy Jake, a band from Dublin that draws influences from all over the music spectrum including Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, blues rock and classic rock, is playing every Wednesday in Mother Reilly’s.

Inn Jokes is a free monthly comedy club hosted by comedian Colm O’Regan. The show is on the third Wednesday of every month in the Patriots Inn Pub in Kilmainham. On the first rest day of Euro 2012 the next Inn Jokes will take place and the mystery guest headliner is “a TV star in Ireland. He was one of the regulars on The Panel, he has played every festival in the world and every year he goes to Edinburgh with a five star show. His show about Vikings won an IFTA”. (I will have a guess and would say that this mystery guest is Neil Delamere. But don’t tell anybody! :-) ) Joining the Special Guest are the excellent Gerry McBride and Patser Murray. www.innjokes.com

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 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.

DJ Dotsie plays afterwards.

This is a slightly unusual listing: The Contemporary Music Centre launches CMC’s Live at Your Place, presenting new Irish music in unexpected places. Musicians from Crash Ensemble will give an early morning concert to Dublin City Council’s Traffic Control Centre staff at the council’s offices on Wood Quay as part of love:live music. You and I are unfortunately not invited to the live event, but we can listen nevertheless: Commuters across Dublin will be able to listen in as the concert is broadcast on Dublin City FM’s Live Drive (103.2FM) from 08:30.

Crash Ensemble members Clíodhna Ryan (violin) and Kate Ellis (cello) perform the concert, which features music by Irish composers, Enda Bates, Judith Ring and Benedict Schlepper Connolly.

love:live music is a day long celebration of all forms of music in Ireland through free live music events in cities, towns and villages all over the country. love:live music is highlighting Ireland’s rich, prevalent and diverse musical landscape, showcasing ‘new Irish music’ against the backdrop of traditional Irish music, from the indigenous to the avant-garde. love:live music is presented by Music Network in association with RTÉ Lyric FM and funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Arts Council Deis Funding. love:live music is the Irish celebration of the International Music Day, which is celebrated in 120 countries worldwide.

The festival lasts for one day only and lots of events will take place on that day. I always find it is a pity that love:live music takes place on a Thursday, because as a consequence the vast majority of people miss this great event or just get a chance to enjoy ONE single event.

All details about the different events are on the website below and I will also list a random selection here.

The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.

The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Thursday at Newmarket 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.
The Co-op is also opened on Saturdays 09:30 – 16:30. 12:00-20:00.

love:live music will see hundreds of unique and free musical performances across the country including:

+ The Royal Irish Academy of Music will present a live music installation from 12:00-15:00 at St Stephen’s Green, Dublin

+ Samba percussion performance by Scoil Treasa Naofa involving children from 10-13 years of age from 11:00 on Grafton Street, Dublin

+ Waltons New School of Music presents a Gospel Gathering at St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre from 18:30-19:15

+ Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Eireann presents a range of over eighty events throughout the country including céilí and open air sessions

+ Opera Theatre Company (OTC), Ireland’s national touring opera company, will present operatic favourites by the best of Ireland’s young opera talent in Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin. OTC’s Young Associate Artists will present a glorious mix of opera’s greatest moments. Prepare to be treated to a lively musical experience, taking in arias from Mozart to Puccini

+ In co-operation with An Post an en-masse harp performance will take place at Dublin’s GPO and regional post offices around the country.

Lunchtime Market at Christ Church Cathedral from 12:00-15:00.

The screening of contemporary Italian films takes place over four weeks and you are invited to discover them with a glass of wine. Two screenings will take on each day. The first one at 13:00-15:00 and the second one at 18:00-20:00.
The film line up is
+ Tues 12 June: “Baciami Ancora” by Gabriele Muccino (2010)
+ Thurs 14 June: “La Passione” by Carlo Mazzacurati (2010)
All films are in Italian with English subtitles. After the evening screening a Q&A with Monica Insinga will take place. Admission is free. On the website you find a link to “Click here to download brochure”. In that brochure you can find more details about the movies.

A love:live music event takes place: Phil Horan and Thomas Charles Marshall will perform traditional Japanese music in the Arts of the Book Gallery. Free, no booking required.

The talk ‘Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain’ by author Elaine Fox will take place on Thurs. Prof. Elaine Fox, author of “Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain – The New Science of Optimism and Pessimism” talks about why some of us are optimists and others are pessimists and what can we do about it. Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01 8734333 or centralibrary@dublincity.ie

The talk ‘Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain’ by author Elaine Fox will take place on Thurs. Prof. Elaine Fox, author of “Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain – The New Science of Optimism and Pessimism” talks about why some of us are optimists and others are pessimists and what can we do about it. Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01 8734333 or centralibrary@dublincity.ie

This concert with David Leigh (organ) and St Kevin’s Consort of Voices, takes a brief whistle-stop tour through the relationship between the organ and singers, from the poise and artifice of de Grigny’s alternatum setting of the Pentecost hymn Veni creator spiritus, through one of Bach’s best known chorales, via a nod at the organ as accompanimental instrument, right through to the world of jazz and Naji Hakim’s concert showpiece Gershwinesca, based on (amongst others) the songs Summertime and I got rhythm. Leading Dublin organist, choral director and Pipeworks Associate Artist, David Leigh is joined by the St Kevin’s Consort, an octet of voices drawn from Ireland’s finest ensemble singers. Admission is free.

The theme on Thursday is “Reclaiming Space In the Modern City” and the events “evaluate the role artists play in re-contextualising the modern city, especially in the context of the post-boom Dublin”. There will be installations, presentations and discussions between 17:00-19:00 and all details can be found on the Biennial website.

Music Network in association with RTÉ lyric fm presents Lá Ceoil, a free live music event on Meeting House Square as part of the love:live music festival. Lá Ceoil will see performances from Buffalo in the Castle, We Banjo 3, The Unwanted, Tarab, Mick O’Brien, members of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and DIT Traditional Music Ensemble, and special guest Seán Mac Erlaine along with the world première of an exclusive commission by RTÉ lyric fm composer in residence Linda Buckley.

The schedule is

18:00-19:30: Buffalo in the Castle, We Banjo 3, The Unwanted

19:50-20:50: Members of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and DIT Traditional Music Ensemble with Mick O’Brien and special guest Seán Mac Erlaine

21:10-22:00: Tarab with special guest (TBA)

Admission is free (from 17:30) and no booking required. Lá Ceoil will be broadcast by RTÉ lyric fm (98.7) and will be streamed on www.rte.ie/lyricfm

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As part of Traveller Pride Week, Amnesty International Ireland, in collaboration with Pavee Point Travellers Centre and the Irish Network Against Racism are screening the film “A People Uncounted”. A depiction of the racism experienced by Roma during the Holocaust and still today in Europe. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Chair Anastasia Crickley (Representative of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination) and panel members Martin Collins, Pavee Point; Gabi Muntean, Roma Community Worker; Enico Vincze Working Group of Civil Society Organisations, Catherine Lynch, Irish Network Against Racism. Admission is free, but you need to book your space by contacting sheila.student@pavee.ie

The Dublin Writers’ Forum welcomes writers of all genres, of all ages and all levels of experience. DWF is an open group of writers who share a common passion for all things literary. It is a safe ‘working space’ where on a weekly basis writers can bring their work to be critiqued by other writers.

Belfast Band “Cashier No 9” will be in Whelan’s in Thursday for a free gig and they will be supported by “Futures Apart”. This is Whelan’s contribution to the free music festival throughout Ireland on Thursday “love:live music”. www.facebook.com/cashierno9

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, follow the link for the line up.

For the French Fête de la musique day (or the Irish love:live music day) and in connection with the Let’s French… music festival, the Alliance Française opens its doors and presents Monsieur Roux supported by Barrie Cassidy.

Monsieur Roux, the French singer/song-writer, will amuse you with his topical lyrics. Full of energy, he will make you laugh or cry depending on your mood. Armed only with his guitar, supported occasionally by Damien on the drums, Monsieur Roux will introduce you to his sharp view of society with music to match his words.

Barrie Cassidy will take you on a wonderful trip through his international repertoire. Flying from France with a touch of Manu Chao, the Irish singer will definitely warm up the atmosphere. Admission is free.

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 in Temple Bar.

Foam Café is a place I had never heard about and I discovered that it is just off Jervis Street in the Italian Quarter at 24 Strand Street. Well, the event they are inviting to sounds interesting, so well done to the Foam Café for putting their name on my map. ;-) An Evening of Diverse Vocal Harmonies takes place with “Eclectic Spree”, an 8-piece all-female vocal group who will sing popular current and classic hits sung acappella. Then there is the boogie-woogie trio The Lindy Hops, who will bring a swingtime twist to their close harmony numbers from The Andrews Sisters to Beyonce. And finally the bluegrass band Slim Pickins will entertain. If I didn’t write the next issue of this Event Guide, I would definitely go to the gig! Admission is free as it is a love:live music event.

Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys are playing a weekly gig in the Mercantile Hotel on Thursdays. Their music is swing, blues, bebop and doo wop. Admission is free.

The Max Zaska group and the Patrick Groenland 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.

Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.

For the Euro 2012 Quarter Final, which coincides with love:live music, the soul band Santoria will perform in the Q Bar. They have varying configurations and in the Q Bar they will be as a 6 piece band.

The Bionic Rats play live Reggae and Ska every Thursday in Turk’s Head from 22:00. Admission is free.

This year’s LGBTQ Festival is taking place from 22 June-02 July. (If you are not too sure what LBGTQ means, check it out here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT if I unravelled the abbreviation, spam filters through which this e-zine goes on its way to you, would get a collective panic attack.) The LBGTQ Festival plays an important role in celebrating diversity and creating mutual respect and whether you’re LGBTQ, have friends or family who are, want to learn more about diversity or just want to take part in a colourful and multi-facetted festival, Dublin Pride 2012 is a festival that features events that will interest nearly everyone. The colourful Dublin Pride Parade will take place on Sat 30 June. Find out about the details of the festival on the website.

The theme on Friday is “Why Dublin?”and will cover “What makes Dublin a world city for art, culture, and scholarship?”The Discussion will trace the city’s history, its architecture, its unique character, and the reasons behind the cultural resurgence currently under way. There will be film screening and a discussion and, sponsored by Dublintellectual, the events will be followed by a wine reception after approx. 19:30. All details can be found on the Biennial website.

The Dublin Sketchers group are presenting an exhibition of their work in the Drawing Room in Dun Laoghaire, hosted by IADT. During a busy year the Dublin Sketchers have been tracing the city, with pencils and paints, seeking out subjects, scurrying from rain, basking in light and they have created “Sketching Out and Drawing In”. The exhibition will open on Fri 22 June from 18:00-20:30 and will also open on Sat 23 and Sun 24 June from 11:00-18:00.

The exhibition presents sketches, drawings, notebooks and other art works created on the weekly Sunday explorations of Dublin by 40 Sketchers and over the weekend, there will be a live drawing event as well.

Professor James Chandler, University of Chicago will talk about “Maria Edgeworth, Edmund Burke and the First Irish Ulysses” and he will look at Maria Edgeworth’s 1812 novel “The Absentee” as well as its social and cultural contexts. Admission is free, but booking (on the website) is required. The talk will be followed by a wine reception.

James Chandler is the director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities and holds the Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professorship in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two books on English Romanticism: Wordsworth’s Second Nature (1994) and England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism. His discourse is organised in conjunction with the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference (2012)

Author Alison Wells will launch her funny new sci-fi comedy ‘Housewife With A Half Life’ in Hughes & Hughes Dundrum on Friday. All are welcome to come along to the launch and book signing and there will be readings and refreshments. Go to the website to download your invitation and for more information.

Spoke is an open mic night at the Irish Writers Centre, taking usually place on the third Friday of every month (this month on the 4th). Writers, spoken word artists and musicians are all welcome to perform. Admission is free. If you would like to perform, be there at 19:30 as it is then when people are signed up. writerscentre.ie/spoke/ Every Spoke will feature a guest performer. This month it will be poet Sarah Clancy.