Dublin Event Guide 296: Science Gallery “Oscillator”, Brocante Vintage Market, Jobs Expo

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) 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 on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

At a rather strange time for a theatre performance, the Italian Institute of Culture, invites to a streaming of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Macbeth”. The performance is streamed from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

The public lecture “Making the Post-2015 Framework more accountable to the world’s poor” will take place in Room G317. Lecturer is Dr Lorna Gold, Head of Policy & Advocacy, Trócaire

More details can be found on www.tcd.ie/tidi or www.ucd.ie/hdi/

SmartConnections Europe invites you to a free Demo Event held by Antonio Manta, Photographer and Fine Art Printer from Italy and Technical Representative for Epson and Master Hasselblad.

At the workshop you will be able to follow the creative process of a photographic project from the shooting through its printing until the display in a gallery.

Admission is free.

A free Greek and European Folk Dance class open to all. Contact Katerini Papathanasiou on papath.kat@gmail.com

The final lecture “St Edgar and his Demons’ (King Lear)” with Prof. Ewan Fernie, Chair of Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon in the UCD/Abbey Theatre Shakespeare Lectures series will take place on Friday.

Admission is free to all UCD alumni & friends, students and staff. The term “UCD friend” is not defined anywhere, so I leave it to you to interpret it appropriately.To book your place, go to secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CDB/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=142769

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.

The Socialist Party of Ireland is running an EU Presidency Counter Summit with lots of discussions about Austerity, Resistance and Left Alternatives.

The event will start on Friday evening with a rally from 19:30-22:00. Then there will be sessions on Saturday morning/early afternoon/late afternoon and evening with many speakers and topics from austerity via abortion to Palestine. On Sunday an early afternoon session (13:00-15:00) will preceede a closing rally (15;30-17:30). The website is here www.countersummit.eu a more compact summary is here www.indymedia.ie/article/103198

Unfortunately I couldn’t find anywhere a statement about admission charges or pre-registration requirements. so I assume that the event is free and that you do not have to pre-register.

Astronomy Ireland’s weekly free telescope nights are beginning again, and will take place each Friday night at 20:00 if the weather permits. Check the website below for a weather forecast and to find out what you will be able to see at the telescope night. The focus will be on Jupiter and Moon.

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers will meet at the Martello tower car park in Sandymount to observe the 6 day old Moon. This event is free and open to everybody. The event is weather dependent, so you should check the website after 18:00 on the day to see if it is going ahead.

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. On Fri and Sat the bands will be Fri 15 Feb The Cutbacks and Sat 16 Feb Full Circle.

The Urban Mojo Blues Band will be in Mother Reilly’s playing their Blues.

The Objectorz and the #1s will perform in Whelan’s from midnight. Doors to the upstairs venue will open at 23:30 and admission will be free if you arrive before 22:30.

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.

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.

Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.

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

The Socialist Party of Ireland is running an EU Presidency Counter Summit with lots of discussions about Austerity, Resistance and Left Alternatives.

The event will start on Friday evening with a rally from 19:30-22:00. Then there will be sessions on Saturday morning/early afternoon/late afternoon and evening with many speakers and topics from austerity via abortion to Palestine. On Sunday an early afternoon session (13:00-15:00) will preceede a closing rally (15;30-17:30). The website is here www.countersummit.eu a more compact summary is here www.indymedia.ie/article/103198

Unfortunately I couldn’t find anywhere a statement about admission charges or pre-registration requirements. so I assume that the event is free and that you do not have to pre-register.

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

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

The 1st National Conference to address poverty, economic inequality, social exclusion & multiple disadvantage in the LGBT community will take place this Saturday. Admission is free, but you will have to register by Friday 15 Feb at the latest via nlgfederation@gmail.com

“The National Le sbian & Ga y Federation (NLGF) – in conjunction with Dublin City Council Social Inclusion Unit and The Community Foundation for Ireland – invite you to attend the first national conference to address poverty and social exclusion in the LGBT community. The event will explore how issues relating to poverty, economic inequality and multiple disadvantage impact upon LGBT people and will discuss solutions to tackle poverty and inequality amongst LGBT people and promote social inclusion.”

The facebook page says deadline for registration is Thurs 14 Feb, but on Indy Media (www.indymedia.ie/article/103262) a deadline extension to Friday 15 Feb is announced.

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.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run every Saturday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is recommended via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

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.

Eason Story Time is back. As part of Eason’s “Get Into Reading” campaign, a specially selected children’s book will be read at 11:00 each Saturday in every Eason store in the country. On the website below are the dates and book titles from now until mid-June and for the next two months I have them included here:

09 Feb: Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
16 Feb: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
23 Feb: On the Road with Mavis & Marge by Niamh Sharkey
02 Mar: Jack and The Flumflum Tree by Julia Donaldson
09 Mar: My Mum by Anthony Browne
16 Mar: Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
23 Mar: Brave Beast by Chris Judge
30 Mar: Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson

The Irish Plastic Modelling Society is meeting in the Exchange and everybody is welcome. Admission is free.

Over the course of two days thousands of job seekers are expected to attend this free exhibition at the Croke Park Conference Centre. You can explore employment opportunities in Ireland and abroad (including Australia, Canada, UK, etc), attend seminars and improve your CV at the free Career Clinic. 44 exhibitors will be there.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) 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 on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Dux & Co will offer food and the Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

The new Science Gallery exhibition “Oscillator: Everything in Motion” will start on Fri 08 Feb and will continue until 14 Apr.

“Oscillator will explore the vibrant vibratory world of oscillators, oscillations, and feedback. Featuring everything from cyclical chemical reactions to swinging bridges, and out-of-control automated pricing schemes to weather phenomena, Oscillator will draw on a diverse range of fields including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, mechanics, neurology, mathematics, logic and the arts.”

I had a look at some of the exhibits at a press launch during the week and I definitely recommend that you check it out yourself. Admission is 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 on three days every week in February.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
02+16 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programmes-1-2-2/
09+23 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programmes-3-4-feb-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
04+20 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-feb-2013/
06+18 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-feb-2013/
11+27 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-feb-2013/
13+25 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-feb-2013/

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.

Join Debbie Thomas in the Reading Area of the Natural History Museum, where she will introduce you to the crazy world of her comedy adventure book “Jungle Tangle”. Admission is free and no booking required but places limited. The event is for Families with children aged 6-10 years.

The Family Programme ‘Sailing to America’ with Lynn McGrane will take place. Admission free, no booking required, but places are limited,

Too Good to Resist (working title) is a creative social documentary in development by Treasa O’Brien and Mary Jane O’Leary exploring Irish reactions (or lack of) to austerity measures and structural adjustment in the wake of the bleating Celtic Tiger economy that never thought for society.

Treasa O’Brien, will present the film–in–progress and discuss her own position as an insider/outsider migrant in the making of the film.

Admission is free. This event is part of CFCP’s Migrant Artists on Ireland series.

The 7-piece funk band “Early House” are performing in Whelan’s “Live From the Window” slot in the Front Bar. Admission is free.

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.

This is a weekly Saturday night jazz event 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.

A talk and discussion by Treasa O’Brien and Deepa Mann-Kler as part of the CFCP’s Migrant Artists on Ireland Series will take place.

The series will look at the questions, is Ireland a country of plural monocultures or is there a sense of multiculturalism, community cohesion or interculturalism? How do the minorities view the majority in the host country and vice-versa?
Every month from January till June two artists will take over the space in the CFCP and present their works as exhibitions, concerts, performances, screenings, mime show and installations. An opportunity to meet each artist will be provided ina monthly “Making of” Q&A session.

Admission to the talk is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are listed on the website below. On Fri and Sat the bands will be Fri 15 Feb The Cutbacks and Sat 16 Feb Full Circle.

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

The Long Mile Road Market behind Wigoders on Long MIle Road (across the road from Aldi) hosts more than 50 stalls and there is also a Cafe on site.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.

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.

Over the course of two days thousands of job seekers are expected to attend this free exhibition at the Croke Park Conference Centre. You can explore employment opportunities in Ireland and abroad (including Australia, Canada, UK, etc), attend seminars and improve your CV at the free Career Clinic. 44 exhibitors will be there.

The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) 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 on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

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.

The new Science Gallery exhibition “Oscillator: Everything in Motion” will start on Fri 08 Feb and will continue until 14 Apr.

“Oscillator will explore the vibrant vibratory world of oscillators, oscillations, and feedback. Featuring everything from cyclical chemical reactions to swinging bridges, and out-of-control automated pricing schemes to weather phenomena, Oscillator will draw on a diverse range of fields including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, mechanics, neurology, mathematics, logic and the arts.”

I had a look at some of the exhibits at a press launch during the week and I definitely recommend that you check it out yourself. Admission is free.

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the 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 Luisa Sello (flute) , playing pieces from Bach, Verdi, Vivaldi, Mozart, Rossini and others.

The Socialist Party of Ireland is running an EU Presidency Counter Summit with lots of discussions about Austerity, Resistance and Left Alternatives.

The event will start on Friday evening with a rally from 19:30-22:00. Then there will be sessions on Saturday morning/early afternoon/late afternoon and evening with many speakers and topics from austerity via abortion to Palestine. On Sunday an early afternoon session (13:00-15:00) will preceede a closing rally (15;30-17:30). The website is here www.countersummit.eu a more compact summary is here www.indymedia.ie/article/103198

Unfortunately I couldn’t find anywhere a statement about admission charges or pre-registration requirements. so I assume that the event is free and that you do not have to pre-register.

The Cruise Broker’s Cruise Sale is your opportunity to get all questions on cruises answered and get the best cruise deals available. Cruise companies taking part include Pullmantur Cruises, MSC Cruises, Silversea Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises, along with experts from a number of other companies. You can get exclusive deals to suit all budgets and there will be free child places, special rates on cruises leaving from Dublin and free upgrades on many of the cruises offered at the show.

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!

“The Oneness Meditation is specially designed to raise the consciousness of mankind worldwide. The Oneness Meditator, Guillaume De Meuter, will sit in deep meditation in front of the group and serve as a portal for the divine universal energy flowing through him. The Oneness Meditation is open to everyone, irrespective of religious denomination or race. Please arrive on time so that the event can start punctually.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Contact 083 325 4569 if you have questions.

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 Contemporary music ensemble Concorde present the second event in the series Up Close with Music at the RHA Gallery. Each concert offers listeners the chance to hear newly commissioned pieces from Irish composers alongside selected international repertoire from the past decades and to meet with composers and performers during the interval.

The programme is presented in two parts, at 14:30 and 15:45 and listeners are invited to join for either or both performances.

Come to the Family Drawing Sundays in the RHA. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Admission is free. For further information, contact Ruth Carroll on 01 6612558 or via ruth@rhagallery.ie

Come to this springtime walk through the gardens discovering what’s out and what is about to come into bloom.

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. 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.

Step back in time with Dervilia Roche and experience what it might have been like to go to school about 200 years ago. Suitable for Families with children aged 7-12 years. Admission is free, no booking required.

The Public Lecture “The Bunch of Grapes. Insight into resoration and conservation.” with lecturer Sue White (Conservator) is taking place. This talk is free and everybody is welcome. No booking required, but places are limited.

The next Sunday Sketching for 7+ Year olds has the title “Trees and Branches”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended.

‘The relevance of Old Master Drawings to contemporary art’ with Dr Declan Long, National College of Art and Design is a public talk in the National Gallery. Admission is free.

Saucy Sundays is a weekly free live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. The line-up and links to all bands/performers are available via the Saucy Sundays Facebook Page (see link below).

The wedding and party band The Long John Jump Band play every Sunday evening in Café en Seine. Admission is free.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass invites to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known choirs in Ireland will sing during the mass and 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.

Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.

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. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

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 the Grand Social (new loation!) and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.

“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.

Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.

The weekly Sunday Roast is a free event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The line-up for the upcoming Sunday Roast is available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below). The line-up this week is When Good pets Go Bad, Benny Volance, Declan Greene.

Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.

The lecture “From Late Antiquity to Early Modernity: Towards a New History of Gaelic Literature” with Professor David Dumville, Sixth-century Professor in History, Palaeography & Celtic University of Aberdeen will take place in a series of lectures. The first two lectures will be on Monday from 11:00-12:00 and from 14:00-15:00. Admission is free and everybody is welcome. No booking required.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings on three days every week in February.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
02+16 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programmes-1-2-2/
09+23 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programmes-3-4-feb-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
04+20 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-feb-2013/
06+18 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-feb-2013/
11+27 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-feb-2013/
13+25 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-feb-2013/

‘European Identity and the Crisis’ is a talk by Prof Ettore Recchi (UNICH) as part of the Euro-Visions lecture series organised by the IIIS and the Trinity Long Room Hub.

Is EU identity affected by the Euro-crisis? To answer this question on the basis of available evidence, Prof Recchi will draw on a conceptual distinction between the “identity of the EU” and “identification with the EU”.

Admission is free. More details are on the website.

In their Business Focus 2013 series, Tallaght Library runs a whole range of events:

+ Life coaching for business – Mon 18 Feb_ 19:00
+ Making money from crafts – Tues 19 Feb: 19:00-21:00
+ Goal setting for 2013 – Thurs 21 Feb: 10:00-12:30
+ Social media training – Sat 23 Feb: 10:00-12:00
+ Innovation talk by Sean Holan – Mon 25 Feb: 18:00-20:00
+ Excel training for business – Wed 27 Feb: 10:00-12:00

To book any of these events phone Tallaght library on 01-462 00 73,

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 Comedy Theatre Company presents “Cat Among Pidgeons, a new farcical comedy by Tom O’Brien that takes a wry look at a marriage in crisis, not helped by the arrival of a pet cat, and the onset of a troublesome allergy.

The performance is not taking place on one day, but runs from 12 Feb – 23 Feb and admission is normally EUR 15/12. However, there is a spcial night on Monday. On Mon 18 Feb you pay what you like when you leave the theatre and therefore this event fulfills the Dublin Event Guide requirement of “free” on that one night. Because it is no different from other events that are free where a donation is appreciated. If the show is good, donate generoulsy. ;-) You should book via 087-2503210

This performance of the TCD German Department Drama Group at St. Kilians German School will take place on Mon + Tues (18+19 Feb). Teh play is a comedy with the title “Pension Schöller” and is in German (with English subtitles). Admission is free and all are welcome.

The talk “The alleged conflict between science and faith” with Physicist and priest Dr Andrew Pinsent will take place.

“He will expose one of the great myths of our time ie that science and faith cannot support each other. Father Pinsent is Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at Oxford University as well as holding a number of theological posts. He has completed research at CERN the world famous research centre in Switzerland and holds doctorates in particle physics and a degree in theology and a doctorate in philososophy.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via info@ionainstitute.ie or phone (01)6619204

The Monday Echo is a weekly songwriter and poetry live showcase held on Mondays in the basement of The International Bar. Usually, the show has 3 songwriters and 3 poets who perform for roughly 20 minutes each. Admission is free.
The weekly line-up can be found via the Facebook Page below.

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. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

The 4-piece band Loose Trad are performing every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. www.loosetrad.com/ Admission is free.

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 National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The lecture ‘Noel and Alina Moffett in London’ with Shane O’Toole, architect and architectural critic will take place. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie

Coinciding with the exhibition preview and launch of Analysing Cubism, this seminar investigates early forms of European Cubism, outlining the various directions taken by Irish artists Mainie Jellet, Evie Hone and Mary Swanzy. The seminar will revisit the life, work and legacy of these artists, examine their creative relationship to Paris and Ireland, and explore the significant role the artists played in the history and development of Irish Modernism both nationally and abroad.

Speakers are Peter Brooke (painter and author), Julian Campbell (art historian and author), Dr Riann Coulter (art historian and Curator of the F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio), Dickon Hall (author of books on Nevill Johnson and Colin Middleton), Dr Roisin Kennedy (art historian and writer and currently research associate with Humanities Institute of Ireland), Seán Kissane, (Curator, Exhibitions, IMMA), Peter Murray (Director, Crawford Gallery), and Grace Weir (artist).

This seminar is followed by a wine reception and the exhibition preview of Analysing Cubism in IMMA’s New Galleries at 18:30.

It appears that the event is free, but booking via the website is required.

An Information & Advice Stand will be in the Central Library helping with “Information on Welfare, Work, Education & Training Options for Unemployed People” with Richie McRitchie, Information Officer from I. N. O. U. (Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed). Admission is free.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the TCD Green Campus Committee, the Simon Perry Sustainability Symposium 2013 will be held in Science Gallery.

This event will cover how universities can be used as “living laboratories” to teach students life skills through participation in the college setting and how Chartered Engineers design this infrastructure. The speakers will discuss the learning through living in a college environment and TCD’s story of applying to become Dublin’s first Green Flag campus.

The speakers will include:
Comedian Abie Bowman, Kingspan Divisional Marketing Manager Louise Foody, from An Taisce Green-Campus Programme Deirdre O’Carroll, from Grangegorman Development Agency Paul Dunne and a representative from Engineers Ireland – Young Engineers Society.

Admission is free, but booking is required on the website below.

“Marriage Equality: The civil rights movement of our generation” is a panel discussion as part of LGBT History in February event series. The event is intended to help document the history of the marriage equality movement in Ireland to date.

Admission is free, but booking is required. All details are on the website below.

Do you want to improve your public speaking and leadership skills in a fun and supportive environment? Then this event could be perfect for you: The IE Temple Bar Toastmasters club meet every second Tuesday in the Temple Bar Hotel. And guests are invited to come for free for their first two club visit and you even get tea/coffee and biscuits.

Guests can take part in the Table Topics session where impromptu speaking skills are practised and you can sit back in the second half of the meeting and enjoy the speeches and evaluations. If you discover that the club is your cup of tea then you can join for a recession-busting subscription fee. When you go there, tell them that you found out about it in the Dublin Event Guide! ;-)

In their Business Focus 2013 series, Tallaght Library runs a whole range of events:

+ Life coaching for business – Mon 18 Feb_ 19:00
+ Making money from crafts – Tues 19 Feb: 19:00-21:00
+ Goal setting for 2013 – Thurs 21 Feb: 10:00-12:30
+ Social media training – Sat 23 Feb: 10:00-12:00
+ Innovation talk by Sean Holan – Mon 25 Feb: 18:00-20:00
+ Excel training for business – Wed 27 Feb: 10:00-12:00

To book any of these events phone Tallaght library on 01-462 00 73,

This is an open mic night with Special Guests. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play and if you are a performer you get a free beer. Admission is free.

The next Plateau Sessions Open Mic night will feature Corner Boy, Daryl and The Window Shoppers and more.

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 next Kinoteka screening is “Wings of Desire” by Wim Wenders from 1987. Two angels face the old dilemma: to remain pure and heavenly or to descend into the murkiness of human existence, with all its pain, futility and mortality, but also with the hope of encountering some life-changing emotions.

The weekly “Grand Folk Club” will feature Trad, Ballads, Americana, Folk, World Music & More. This Tuesday, the line-up is: Justine Nantale (African Traditional /Contemporary) + Guests. Admission is free.

A Tribute To Art Blakey by The Lounge Quartet plus.
Following the success of their November show, The Lounge Quartet plus, return with this special evening of fine musical entertainment playing some classic jazz from Art Blakey as arranged by saxophonist Brian Wynne. Also featuring Bill Blackmore – trumpet, Colm O’Hara- trombone, Tom Harte – guitar, Tom Dunne – drums, Paidge McConaloig – Bass.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 23:30 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings on three days every week in February.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
02+16 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programmes-1-2-2/
09+23 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programmes-3-4-feb-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
04+20 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-feb-2013/
06+18 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-feb-2013/
11+27 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-feb-2013/
13+25 Feb: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-feb-2013/

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.

The film screening of “25 Kilates / 25 Carat” by director Patxi Amezcua (2008) will take place in the film series “New Directors: Spanish Emerging Filmmakers”. In Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.

“A History of Woolworth’s Stores” is a talk by Barbara Walsh of Raheny Heritage Society in Raheny Library. Admission is free, and booking is recommended via 01 8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie

Serial Entrepreneur Raomal Perera will explain “How to Build a Startup” based on using the Lean Startup methodologies.

He will introduce the key steps of the Customer Development process: how to identify and engage the first customers for the product, and how to gather, evaluate and use the feedback to make the product, marketing and business model far stronger. The focus will be on SEARCH and not the EXECUTION. This introduction is NOT limited to technology startups.

Admission is free. Currently the event is oversubscribed, but it seems that Raomal is planning to run another event, so keep an eye out for it. And also check if there are some cancellations closer to the day so that you could still register.

The public lecture “Surveillance, Fear and Israeli Colonialism” by Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, a leading expert in the field of human rights and women’s rights in Israel/Palestine, will take place on Wed. All are welcome and admission is free.

The DIT Fashion Society is having a Charity Model Auction in Whelan’s on Wednesday. Admission is free. Music will be provided by MC William Meara and all proceeds go to a charity.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.

The list of performers is not yet announced on their Facebook Page and I am not sure if it will be put up there, but check it anyway.

The New Natives event on Wednesday will feature Verona Riots, Franko Franko, Completely Different Animals. 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 are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

At this month’s Inn Jokes there will be a secret special guest headliner, a “well known star of TV and stage, one of the finest comedians to coome out of this country” and he will be supported by George Fox and Al Porter. All is organised and MC’d by Colm O’Regan and admission is free.

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).

In their Business Focus 2013 series, Tallaght Library runs a whole range of events:

+ Life coaching for business – Mon 18 Feb_ 19:00
+ Making money from crafts – Tues 19 Feb: 19:00-21:00
+ Goal setting for 2013 – Thurs 21 Feb: 10:00-12:30
+ Social media training – Sat 23 Feb: 10:00-12:00
+ Innovation talk by Sean Holan – Mon 25 Feb: 18:00-20:00
+ Excel training for business – Wed 27 Feb: 10:00-12:00

To book any of these events phone Tallaght library on 01-462 00 73,

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) 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 on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

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.

The Lithuanian Embassy will provide information on Lithuania, its people, culture and business opportunities at the Business Library in the Central Library. Admission is free.

The Public Lecture “Chester Beatty’s Chinese paintings” with Laura Muldowney, Curatorial Assistant, East Asian Collections is taking place as part of the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival.

The Music Composition Centre invites to a Composition Grad Show Preview.

The Irish Decorative & Fine Arts Society invites to the lecture “Chinese Jade: An Introduction” with Professor Alan Fletcher, M.R.I.A.

Affluent Chinese have been incredibly interested in recent years in seeking to buy back the porcelain treasures which were exported in thousands from China to the West from the 18th century onwards. Jade has not escaped this fascination. This precious stone, with the earliest examples dating back to 6000BC in the Dushan region, will be the focus of Professor Fletcher’s third lecture for Dublin Chinese New Year Festival.

Admission is free, but booking is required via Erica at collectioncare@hotmail.com (086 0333 756) or Seana at seana.kevany@gmail.com (087 669 8236)

The free public Renewable Energy lecture “Integrating Renewable – What Europe Needs” with Jonathan O’Sullivan (EirGrid) will take place on Thursday. The talk will discuss the challenges that Europe and Ireland in particular face in the quest to integrate renewable energy sources to the power systems. Booking is required via iet.eireann@gmail.com and everyone is welcome.

Edited by Kevin Barry, this book is about Peter Rice (1935 –1992) who is widely regarded as the most distinguished structural engineer of the late twentieth century.

“His innovations in materials and design greatly advanced the nature of modern architecture. Following early work on the Sydney Opera House, he defined the structural elements of significant buildings such as the Centre Pompidou, the Menil Collection museum, Lloyd’s of London, the Gare TGV at Roissy, the Pyramide Inversée of the Louvre,”

The book will be launched in Dublin Castle!? The same Dublin Castle that is closed to all visitors because of the EU Presidency? Hmm! According to the Culturefox website this is the case and allegedly the event is also free.

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.

The lecture “Pacific birds conservation adventures in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii” with Susan O’Donohoe will take place on Thursday. Admission 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, follow the link for the line up.

“The Decline” is a french punk-rock band with a folk and country flavour. Their gig in Dublin starts at 20:00, but from 15:00 you are already welcome to Seomra Spraoi for cake and tea. Admission to the gig is free, donations are welcome.

Bad Boy Jake are every Thursday until the end of February in the newly re-opened Rathmines Inn, playing their rock, blues and Americana.

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.

Crime-noir fiction author Ken Bruen will be in the Irish Writer’s Centre for a reading. He is the author of the award-winning “Jack Taylor” series which have been recently adapted for a series of TV movies.

‘Classicising Modernity: The Ideology of Choral Performance in Nazi Germany’ is a talk by Dr Eleftheria Ioannidou of Birmingham University, organised by the Departments of Drama and Classics at Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Ionnaidou’s research focuses on fascist appropriations of Greek tragedy in the inter-war period. Admission to this event is free and all are welcome.

A free Greek and European Folk Dance class open to all. Contact Katerini Papathanasiou on papath.kat@gmail.com

Paddy Cummins will talk about his work as a healer. More information can be obtained from Sheila at 0876330474.

The Addison Lodge are inviting local bands, musicians, poets, comedians and performers to share their talents at the new Addison Lodge Open Mic Nights in Glasnevin (opposite the Botanic Gardens). The event starts on Friday 22 February and will take place every week. Admission is free.