Dublin Event Guide 382: Sculpture in Context, Guinness Amplify, Fusion World Culture Market, Maths Week 2014

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 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 Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

When I heard about the event the first time, I expected a BIG French Farmers outdoors in the middle of Merrion Square. With sizzling huge pans of garlic potatoes, cheese dishes, delicious crepe, fresh baguette etc. These markets did come for a while directly from France (via the UK) to Ireland but haven’t been seen for much too long. However, it turns out that I got carried away a bit. My dreams are not what this fair is all about.

Instead, the “French Food Fair” is taking place in one of the buildings on Merrion Square (The Royal Society of Antiquaries at 63 Merrion Square is the location) and I guess there will be less fresh food to eat and more (freshly) packed food to take away and prepare at home. Irish and Ireland-based French food producers will sell breads, macarons, chocolate, charcuterie, cheese etc.

Admission is free.

There will also be two free talks about cheese and about bread making and one non-free talk (EUR 5) about chocolate making with film screening of “Chocolate”. Face Painting and jugglers will be there to keep the kids entertained.

Ketty Elizabeth, who writes the blog “French Foodie in Dublin” is behind the French Food Fair.

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.

Celebrating the work of eight ceramic artists who have worked on the Design & Craft Council of Ireland’s primary schools CRAFTed programme, come with your kids to The Ark to discover how artists come up with their ideas.

Make|Shape leads playfully through techniques, processes and explorations of clay and provides artists, children and teachers with the unique opportunity to share skills and ideas, and collaborate on new projects.

Join The Ark’s investigation of clay, from rolling and shaping, marking and making to glazing and firing. Then roll up your sleeves and get making yourself. A hands-on experience perfectly made for kids.

Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable from Age 4.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

This is the last weekend of the Sculpture in Context exhibition!

Sculpture in Context is a brilliant exhibition in the Botanic Gardens from Thurs 04 Sept – Fri 17 Oct and it is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Every year a panel of selectors chooses sculptures from established and from upcoming artists and they will then be expertly placed in the garden setting of the Botanic Gardens and it makes a visit to the Botanic Gardens even more interesting then at other times.

Admission is free and I strongly recommend Sculpture in Context!

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

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.

Discover the beautiful restored Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden and learn about growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbs and lots more. Meet OPW professional gardeners Brian and Meeda at the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden. They have lots of advice to plan your perfect garden for the Autumn months. Please bring suitable footwear. Admission is free and car parking is available.

The Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden is located next to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, and the Phoenix Café. The OPW professional gardeners are on site on the second Saturday of the month, (February to November).

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.

On Saturday “Books Are My Bag” takes place, a UK&Ireland bookshop promotion of independent bookshops. The trademarked (!!) slogan “Books Are My Bag” might not do it for you and the artist-created (Ohh no!) über-ugly “exclusive bag” (see here i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03058/5OctSLtraceyemin_3058551a.jpg) wouldn’t get my vote, but Dubray Books are doing something that should appeal to many:

More than a dozen of Ireland’s bestselling authors, including Joseph O’Connor, Sinead Moriarty, Martina Devlin, Alan Glynn and others will be in the eight Dubray books branches (Grafton Street, Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire, Rathmines, Stillorgan, Bray and Galway + Kilkenny). Check with your local branch which author will be there.

The Irish Aid Volunteering Fair 2014 will be held in the Printworks, Dublin Castle on Sat. 11 October 2014.

The fair will showcase volunteering options in a variety of developing countries. 26 Volunteer Sending Agencies will give advice and presentations detailing their placements, the application process and their personal experiences.

There will be various information stands and presentations which will provide a detailed insight into overseas volunteering and this is open to the public.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

Irish Record Fairs are coming to Thomas House for a record fair on Saturday. CDs, DVDs, Vinyl and all music genres can be found. Admission is free.

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. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

The signature event of Maths Week (11-19 Oct) is Maths in the City:

Grafton Street will be transformed into a mathematical paradise. Puzzles, mathematical magic, music, maths shows and maths presenters will all be gathered together and presented all in one place.

Admission is free.

The Happy Pear in Greystones is a well-known and popular organic food shop and cafe and the owners, David & Stephen Flynn have now published their first book with recipes. A Book Signing will take place in D

Storytelling for children og Age 3+ will take place in the Instituto Cervantes (I would expect it is in Spanish, but the website doesn’t say that.) Tom Thumb and Thre Three Little Pigs will be told and there will also be other fun activities for children.

Admission is free. Duration: 35-45min

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

A Mandarin language tour and family-friendly activities with Tiedong Yang will take place. Admission is free and no booking required.

Join Me in the Pines (Dave Geraghty) will perform at three free In-Store gigs this weekend:

+ Sat 11 Oct at 13:00 in HMV Grafton Street
+ Sat 11 Oct at 16:00 at HMV Dundrum
+ Sun 12 Oct at 14:00 at HMV Liffey Valley

Part of the Festival+ events at Dublin Theatre Festival, “THE AENEID: IN DEVELOPMENT” is a story telling event around the myth about the foundation of Rome.

Admission is free, but tickets are required. To book contact the Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office on 01 677 8899.

“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 required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

“Dragon Jelly” by Claire Freedman will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below).

Admission is free.

A protest march against water charges takes place.

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This is a totally misguided campaign in my opinion and you can read more about the flip side of the argument in the “This is Odd” section of this Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events).

(A)pollonia is a two-day theatrical event combining Polish dramaturgy and Irish theatre makers. It presents new dramatic forms that tackle complex historical and current issues.

Part of the unrivalled Dublin Theatre Festival, catch the performance and its accompanying discussions at the Project Arts Centre and the Workman’s Club, 10th-11th October.

“Poland, with its war trauma, political upheavals, romantic megalomania and brutal neoliberal transformation for centuries used theatre to define its identity, to challenge the heroic foundation myths, to exercise empathy and to ignite revolutions. Now the most powerful Polish dramas reflecting the permanent crisis of modern times are available in an anthology, (A)pollonia – Twenty First Century Polish Drama and Texts for the Stage.”

+ 11 Oct – 14:30 at Project Arts Centre:
Experience a medley of topics, scenes and questions based on (A)pollonia, directed by Rosemary McKenna.

+ 11 Oct – 21:00 at Workman’s Club:
Ireland Talks Back – The Party, a club night of music, spoken word, live action role-playing games and Irish writers’ responses to Rosemary McKenna’s afternoon medley.

All events are free, but it says that tickets are required: Contact the Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office on 01 677 8439.

The Delorentos are in HMV in Henry Street for an In-Store Gig. Admission is free.

The River by Jez Butterworth is a Play Reading of a tense and haunting ghost story by the writer of the acclaimed ‘Jerusalem’.

Admission is free with a suggested donation of EUR 2.

During the Sculpture in Context exhibition, a rare opportunity will be availble every Saturday: At 15:00 every week, you can join the artists for a guided tour to gain an insight into this exciting contemporary art exhibition.

Admission is free.

Join Me in the Pines (Dave Geraghty) will perform at three free In-Store gigs this weekend:

+ Sat 11 Oct at 13:00 in HMV Grafton Street
+ Sat 11 Oct at 16:00 at HMV Dundrum
+ Sun 12 Oct at 14:00 at HMV Liffey Valley

“4 Scenes from the Life of Je sus” is an event that takes place as part of Festival+ events at Dublin Theatre Festiva.

The event “investigates the historical and social links between religion, mental illness and creativity by reimagining key scenes from the New Testament as events in a modern context.

Admission is free, but booking is required through the Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office on 01 677 8899.

You might remember that Arthur’s Day is gone (Good decision!) and it has been replaced with “Guinness Amplify”, a programme of 800 gigs around Ireland. Dublin’s Amplify weekend is this weekend from 09-12 October.

The full list of Saturday events is here www.guinnessamplify.com/schedule/weeks/19

Some of the gigs are listed as separate events in this edition of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), but I wasn’t able to include all separately.

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.

Every Saturday until 22 Nov Rober Coyle will bring his One-man Comedy show to Accents Cafe. Admission is free.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event 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.

State.ie present their monthly Faces 2014 Gig Night and on Saturday, the line up will be Ghosts, Leanne Harte, Dah Jevu, Annie Graham. Admission is free.

The Devils Jukebox is live music from 20:00-23:00 and DJs with Alternative, Punk, Rock, Metal & Garage after that. Every Saturday! Admission is free.

D-Riculous All Stars will play in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

The Hip Neck Blues Collective and The Weathermen are the Saturday line-up at Sweeney’s Guinness Amplify gigs. Admission is free.

One Horse Pony is an acoustic blues band from Cork and they will perform in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

The Architecture Expo will take place in Hall 1 of the RDS.

See the latest products and technologies from a long line up of the Industry’s top suppliers under one roof at Architecture Expo Exhibition. Meet up with Exhibitors and learn about their latest news and views on what is happening in the construction industry and catch up with colleagues. Gain valuable insights in to the trends shaping Architecture in Ireland and prepare for the ever changing built environment needs for the year ahead.

Admission is free, but registration is required here.

Bootleggers Hillwalking Club are holding a newcomers day on 12 October. There are 2 Wicklow walks planned, one for beginners and one for more experienced walkers. Meet at 09:30 on Merrion Square opposite the National Gallery. See www.bootleggers.ie for event details and guide on what to wear/what to bring.

The walk is free, but there is a EUR 8 contribution to petrol cost in case you need a lift.

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

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 weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

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.

This is the last weekend of the Sculpture in Context exhibition!

Sculpture in Context is a brilliant exhibition in the Botanic Gardens from Thurs 04 Sept – Fri 17 Oct and it is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Every year a panel of selectors chooses sculptures from established and from upcoming artists and they will then be expertly placed in the garden setting of the Botanic Gardens and it makes a visit to the Botanic Gardens even more interesting then at other times.

Admission is free and I strongly recommend Sculpture in Context!

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

The next Fusion Sundays Market will take place this Sunday in the Dublin Food Co-op.

It is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today. The Market features a huge array of International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food. The market is held every second Sunday of the month.

There is always a great atmosphere and I definitely recommend this monthly market.

Admission is free.

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) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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.

“Made by Hand” or “Hecho a manos” is a new Sunday weekly market in Viva, Portobello with most things made by hand and some vintage clothing and curiosities too. Admission is free.

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

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. 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 be a double-bill with concerts at 12:00 and at 13:30:

+ 12:00: Camerata Kilkenny with special guests Anja Pöche Lipfert, soprano & Rachel Beckett, baroque flute will perform works from Bach
+13:30: Muzika Trio (Darlene Rivest, violin, Michele Venturella, cello and Ann Kojovic-Frodl, piano) will perform Shostakovich.

Come to the White Lady Art Gallery to make scary eye-ball necklaces.

Admission is free, no booking required. All ages are welcome, but kids under 13 need to be supervised.

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Buffalo Sunn will be in HMV Henry Street for an In-Store Gig. Admission is free.

A Japanese Intercultural Tour with Community Ambassador Hiromi Anzai will take place. Admission is free and no booking required.

The Delorentos are in HMV in Grafton Street for an In-Store Gig. Admission is free.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), 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 below or on their Facebook Page 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!

Join Me in the Pines (Dave Geraghty) will perform at three free In-Store gigs this weekend:

+ Sat 11 Oct at 13:00 in HMV Grafton Street
+ Sat 11 Oct at 16:00 at HMV Dundrum
+ Sun 12 Oct at 14:00 at HMV Liffey Valley

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

A fun storytelling session featuring books from the National Print Museum’s Junior Library is taking place at 14:15 this Sunday. The session will feature “Lost in the Toy Museum” by David Lucas, a new addition to the Junior Library. Children are invited to bring along one of their own toys, which they think would like to live in a Toy Museum.

Suitable for 3-7 year olds. Admission is free, but spaces are limited and will be allocated on first come, first served basis.

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

Join Adrian McBreen on a journey around the Museum exploring objects with ‘hidden’ connections to writers and writing. Hear the stories behind artefacts linked to James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, W. B. Yeats and others.

Admission is free and no booking required. Places allocated on a first come first served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts. Suitable for adults.

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.

Brian Keary is a classically trained guitar player who also has experience of different styles / genres of music ranging from ragtime and folk to baroque and contemporary. He will perform in Sweeney’s (Ground Floor) on Sunday afternoon.

House Dublin is a restaurant and bar in Leeson Street. On Sundays the Camembert Quartet is playing in their Green House from 17:00-19:00. Admission is free.

The Guinness Amplify line-up in Sweeney’s on Sunday is Cult Called Men and Rivers & Crows. Admission is free.

You might remember that Arthur’s Day is gone (Good decision!) and it has been replaced with “Guinness Amplify”, a programme of 800 gigs around Ireland. Dublin is the last region and Amplify arrives with us from 09-12 October. The full list of gigs can be found on www.guinnessamplify.com/schedule/dates and there are too many to list them all here.

The site is a little more complicated than it should be and somebody should be told that gigs times in the same venue of 21:30, 21:30, 8.00 and 8.00 for four bands does confuse bit time! Decide for ONE way to write the times and then stick with it!

The gigs for Sundayare here

Admission to all gigs is free.

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

The Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. 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).

This weekly Latin Music event will take place every Sunday. You will be able to dance salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia and reggeaton. Live music, food tasting and free admission, what more could you want?

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass is back after the summer break and invites you 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 gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)

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).

This week the Sudnay Roast is the Guinness Amplify Wrap Party and the line-up is: InterSkalactic, I

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.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Sin É, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free. For the line-up check here www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

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. Admission is free.

The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).

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

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 Dublin Blues Cartel will be in Whelan’s again and will perform mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic rock twist, sandwiched with swing, Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues and rap of all eras. Admission is free.

The Architecture Expo will take place in Hall 1 of the RDS.

See the latest products and technologies from a long line up of the Industry’s top suppliers under one roof at Architecture Expo Exhibition. Meet up with Exhibitors and learn about their latest news and views on what is happening in the construction industry and catch up with colleagues. Gain valuable insights in to the trends shaping Architecture in Ireland and prepare for the ever changing built environment needs for the year ahead.

Admission is free, but registration is required here.

The Royal College of Physicians invites to their yearly St. Lukes Symposium, a 5-day event to celebrate achievements in medicine, promote health and share knowledge.

A number of free events for everybody take place on Monday and Tuesday, after that the events are only for medical practitioners.

The free St Luke’s Symposium events are:

Mon 13 Oct
+ 150 Years on Kildare Street – Guided tours of the building at 11:00, 13:15 and 15:00
+ Cookery Demonstrations: Healthy Meals in 15 Minutes (16:30-17:15) with Domini Kemp
+ Looking after your Health & Well-being – Panel Discussion (18:00-20:00)
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Tues 14 Oct
+ Heritage Centre Lectures: Architecture, Design & Medicine (10:00-15:00)
+ History of Medicine Research Award (15:00-17:00)
+ Musical Event: Synaptic Serenades – Musical Narratives of Stroke, Alheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease (18:30-20:30)

Regsiter for the events at www.rcpi.ie/list.php?page_element_id=1&se=1

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.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

Professor Raymond Flood (Gresham Professor of Geometry at Marsh’s Library) will give a talk entitled “Never at Rest: Isaac Newton and his revolutionary discoveries”.

“Newton made discoveries in mathematics and science that revolutionised the world and are still important. His range of interests was breath-taking. His reluctance to make his work known – always in uneasy contention with his reluctance to let anyone else take the credit – led to many controversies.”

Admission is free, but booking is required here
This is a Maths Week event.

Maths and the Book of Durrow with Michael Brennan is a talk in the Martin Ui Chadain Theatre in TCD’s Arts Building.

The Book of Durrow in Trinity College Library is one of the more mystifying manuscripts from Early Christian Ireland. It has a heterogeneous display of ornamental motifs – spirals, fretwork and interlace.

In this talk a methodical examination of the ornamented pages will reveal a delightful underlying uniformity. The ‘mathematics’ are to be found in the systematic way that the artist stuck to his plan, and in the thinking now needed to unravel the artist’s system

This is an open mic night with Special Guests every Monday. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play. Admission is free.

CLÓ DRAíOCHTA 4 – Taispeántas Clóghrafaíochta

In collaboration with IMRAM, Dublin Institute of Technology lecturers Clare Bell and Brenda Dermody have curated a special exhibition of poetry rendered by design students. Poetry selected for the exhibition includes work by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Marcus MacConghail, Gabriel Rosenstock, Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin and Mícheál Ó hAodha.

IMRAM has booked 30 city-centre poster sites to display the best of the students’ work, ensuring that Irish language literature will have a presence in Dublin city centre during the festival.

On Monday IMRAM presents a party night of poetry and music to launch this year’s exhibition in style. The poets will read their work as the students’ work is projected onscreen. This will be followed by a fun?filled performance by Retrospect – a string quartet that plays stunning versions of hits by New Order, ABC, Marc Almond and others. The band is the brainchild of Irish violist, arranger and producer, Karen Dervan. The night will will come to a close with a DJ set of jazz, funk, salsa and blues from Billy Ó hAnluain.

Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free.

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 Crafty Monday Sessions is an Open Mic night for acoustic singer/songwriters and original bands. Admission is free.

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

Patrick Mahony sings songs from Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Matt Monro and many more every Monday in the Cafe en Seine. Admission is free.

The Pyro Blues Executive play in the Leeson Lounge every Monday and admission is free.

As part of Children’s Book Festival Alva O’Dea will give a bilingual book reading for children at the Central Library at 10:00 and 11:30.

Irish Author Alva is home from Germany to read and sing from her bilingual children’s book‚ Mama Amelie und das Welpenchaos/ Mama Amelie and the Puppy Chaos. Children of all ages can follow the illustrations on the screen while listening to the funny rhymed story in German and English.

The Royal College of Physicians invites to their yearly St. Lukes Symposium, a 5-day event to celebrate achievements in medicine, promote health and share knowledge.

A number of free events for everybody take place on Monday and Tuesday, after that the events are only for medical practitioners.

The free St Luke’s Symposium events are:

Mon 13 Oct
+ 150 Years on Kildare Street – Guided tours of the building at 11:00, 13:15 and 15:00
+ Cookery Demonstrations: Healthy Meals in 15 Minutes (16:30-17:15) with Domini Kemp
+ Looking after your Health & Well-being – Panel Discussion (18:00-20:00)
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Tues 14 Oct
+ Heritage Centre Lectures: Architecture, Design & Medicine (10:00-15:00)
+ History of Medicine Research Award (15:00-17:00)
+ Musical Event: Synaptic Serenades – Musical Narratives of Stroke, Alheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease (18:30-20:30)

Regsiter for the events at www.rcpi.ie/list.php?page_element_id=1&se=1

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 “The Dublin Townships and the Great War” with Dr. Seamas O Maitiú (Historian and Author) is the next one in the lunchtime serise of historic talks in City Hall.

Admission is free and no booking required (first come, first served)

Professor Tom Banchoff talks about the collaboration of the mathematician and the artist.

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Italian poet Mario Luzi, the launch of the book “Il Filo Della Vita” edited by Alessandro Gentili, takes place. Music by Giulio “Julyo” D’Agostino.

Admission is free. The City Assembly House is where the Irish Georgian Society is based.

Milk and Cookie Stories is a story telling event for for anyone who has a story to tell, or wants to hear a tale told well, in a relaxed, friendly environment – a place with tea, cushions, cookies and friends.

Admission is free, everyone is welcome and stories of all kinds are welcome. If you would like to tell a story, just come along and sign up on the night, or “if you feel inspired to share your own home-baked goods with Dublin’s friendliest audience, we’ll also be having our awesome Bake-Off.”

At the October event the theme is “Dublin Ghost Stories”.

I will let the organisers talk, I couldn’t say it any better ;-):

“Enjoy an evening with the author of the phenomenally successful ‘Murderous Maths” series of books. Kjartan Poskitt is the author of Scholastic’s “Murderous Maths” series which have sold over 1,500,000 copies world wide. His latest book “Everyday Maths For Grown Ups” is written to help adults who have never quite grasped how sums work. Over the last 10 years he has entertained schools, teacher conferences and theatre audiences with items from his books including strange numbers, bizarre facts, tricks, predictions, flexagons and magic squares, and he has presented numerous science and maths programmes for BBC TV.”

Admission is free and some finger food will be provided as well.

Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.

The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.

A free improv comedy night with the Improrphans takes place. Donations appreciated.

Every Tuesday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.

Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).

The Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.

Admission is free.

The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666

There will be free comedy upstairs in the Wicked Wolf in Blackrock on every second Tuesday. New acts and surprise guests will entertain you and the event is organised by Maxine Jones.

The dates are 14+28 October, 11+25 November and 09+23 December. Put the dates in your calender as I will probably not be able to inclde the event every week.

A totally unplugged Singer/Songwriter night (no PA, no microphones) with original music is taking place upstairs in Anseo every Tuesday from 21:30.

Please check on the Facebook Page below if the event is going ahead as it seems to get cancelled every now and then and if you want to play a 15-30 min set or just want to play one song make yourself heard via the same Facebook Page.

Admission is free.

Intellectual property refers to the right to claim ownership of your ideas. It can be a confusing and difficult process to understand everything about Intellectual Property due to the intangible nature of a person’s thoughts and ideas.

The National College of Ireland are hosting a half-day training course to guide people through this process. Attendees will get a run through of the main forms of intellectual property, how to manage it and the difficulties that can arise.

Dr. John McManus will be the speaker at this course.

Admission is free, but registration is required via the website below.

The Growing Your Business Seminar will focus on the key drivers of growth and profitability in small businesses.

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

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.

Alessandro Gentili, editor of the book “Il Filo Della Vita” with poetry of Mario Luzi, will give a lecture on Mario Luzi.

Admission is free.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

The RIA Library’s exhibition (2 July – 30 Jan) is “Mapping city, town and country since 1824: the Ordnance Survey in Ireland”. In connection with this exhibition, there will be series of lunchtime lectures covering all aspects of the OS project. Admission is free and booking is not required.

The next lecture is:

“George Petrie’s “Topographical Department” (1835-42)” with Paul Walsh, Department of Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht:

‘Patrick Kavanagh and Kavanagh’s Weekly’ by Peter McDonnell is a lecture in association with Ballsbridge, Donnybrook & Sandymount Historical Society on Wednesday. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6689575.

A two day conference organised by the School of English, Trinity College Dublin.

“Best known for his Gothic masterpiece Uncle Silas and the vampire story ‘Carmilla’, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a prolific writer, whose extensive output included historical, sensation, and horror novels, poems and ballads, numerous stories of the supernatural, political journalism, and a verse-drama. However, while his name is well known to aficionados of the horror genre, much of his work still remains in the dark.”

Two events take place on 15+16 Oct:

+ 15 Oct – 15:30-17:30: The Arts Council of Ireland, Le Fanu’s home at 70 Merrion Square. (Limited capacity! To reserve e-mail Valeria Cavalli at cavalliv@tcd.ie)
+ 16 Oct – 09:30-18:00: Long Room Hub – Conference. The conference will be followed by the launch of “Irish Gothics: Genres, Forms, Modes, and Traditions”, edited by Christina Morin and Niall Gillespie.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

For more information, please visit www.josephsheridanlefanu.wordpress.com. For any further queries, please contact Valeria Cavalli at cavalliv@tcd.ie or Jarlath Killeen at killeej@tcd.ie.

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 El perro del hortelano/The dog in the manger will be screened and is based on a comedy by Lope de Vega (1562-1635). The film will be in Spanish with English stubtitles. Admission is free.

Benjamin Rabe, a german artist from Hamburg will be in Dublin on Wednesday and he will talk about “The History of Mobile Art and Painting on the iPad”.

Benjamin Rabe is also a blogger, web designer and app developer who has been active in the Digital Art domain since the very beginning. He does many different things involving mobile art and creation, including so-called “Tagtool” sessions. With the help of an app called “Tagtool”, the artist can “paint with light” by hooking up the iPad to a projector and projecting the images onto the side of a building.
This will be his first visit to Ireland, part of which is a live Tagtool session at Charleville Castle in Tullamore on Tuesday. His talk in Dublin on Wednesday is a presentation of the History of Mobile Art in general, about the progression from humble beginnings of painting on the iPhone in 2008, to organising the world’s first MobileArtConference in New York City in 2010 and the current position that mobile art takes in the world today. Mobile Art has come a long way and is now exhibited in museums around the world.

The event is organised by MaglusStylus.com, a company that manufactures and sells a stylus for tablets and iPads especially for artists, designers and other high-intensity tablet users.

Admission to the talk is free.

German illustrator Binette Schroeder will speak about the visual tradition of Little Red Riding Hood.

After this talk, Little Island will launch its first picturebook, The Wizardling, written and illustrated by Binette and translated by former Laureate na nÓg Siobhán Parkinson.

Admission seems to be free.

The UCD Earth Institute is inviting to their next public lecture: “The Deep Sea: From Exploration to Exploitation” with Dr Cindy Lee Van Dover (Harvey W Smith Professor of Biological Oceanography in the Division of Marine Science and Conservation of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University and Chair of the Division and Director of the Duke Marine Laboratory).

“Though the deep sea is the largest biosphere on our planet, few people think about this wilderness from one day to the next. Yet the history of deep-ocean exploration is an exciting one, and includes discoveries of strange environments; black smokers, lava ponds, and brine pools, and even stranger animals, like the yeti crab, swarms of blind shrimp, and thickets of giant tubeworms. With access and discovery come the desire to exploit the resources of the deep sea: oil and gas, minerals, genetic resources. The nascent discipline of deep-sea environmental management is racing to keep pace with emergent deep-sea extractive industries. The next century promises to be a century of deep-ocean industrialization.”

Admission is free, but registration is required via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-deep-sea-from-exploration-to-exploitation-tickets-13069022799?ref=devg

This is a Maths Week event that is co-organised by the Irish Skeptics.

Matt Parker is world’s only stand-up mathematician and he will cast a humorous eye on matters mathematical

Parker is possibly the only person to hold the prestigious title of London Mathematical Society Popular Lecturer while simultaneously having a sold-out comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and he is always keen to mix his two passions of mathematics and stand-up.

Originally a maths teacher from Australia, he now lives in London and works both as a stand-up comedian and a maths communicator. This involves spreading his love of maths via books, radio programmes, TV shows, newspapers, school visits, live comedy shows and occasionally harassing people in the street.

Admission is free, but I am not sure if booking is required and how to do it. Maybe this address can be used to find out more: mathsweek@wit.ie

Christ Chruch in Taneystill keeps the tradition of bell ringing alive. The 8 famous church bells that carry a LOT of history, are rang by bell ringers and the bell-ringing team in Taney is looking for new members to join them. To give you a chance to discover this team sports AND musical performance AND work out, they are running a free beginners lesson on Wednesday.

Everybody is welcoem and admission is free, but booking is required by ringing Michael on 086-3570842.

To get an impression what it is all about, have a look here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouMJP4Fox2w

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.

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

“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.

Every Wednesday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. 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).

A two day conference organised by the School of English, Trinity College Dublin.

“Best known for his Gothic masterpiece Uncle Silas and the vampire story ‘Carmilla’, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a prolific writer, whose extensive output included historical, sensation, and horror novels, poems and ballads, numerous stories of the supernatural, political journalism, and a verse-drama. However, while his name is well known to aficionados of the horror genre, much of his work still remains in the dark.”

Two events take place on 15+16 Oct:

+ 15 Oct – 15:30-17:30: The Arts Council of Ireland, Le Fanu’s home at 70 Merrion Square. (Limited capacity! To reserve e-mail Valeria Cavalli at cavalliv@tcd.ie)
+ 16 Oct – 09:30-18:00: Long Room Hub – Conference. The conference will be followed by the launch of “Irish Gothics: Genres, Forms, Modes, and Traditions”, edited by Christina Morin and Niall Gillespie.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

For more information, please visit www.josephsheridanlefanu.wordpress.com. For any further queries, please contact Valeria Cavalli at cavalliv@tcd.ie or Jarlath Killeen at killeej@tcd.ie.

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

A free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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.

Ireland’s bird population is always changing and over the past 100 years the changes have become more pronounced and rapid than ever before. Join Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland for an informal discussion about the changing face of Ireland’s bird life. In association with the Natura natura exhibition and Dublin City Council Art Office.

Admission is free, but booking is required via naturanatura.eventbrite.ie and for more information please call 01 648 6339.

An In Focus Tour in the exhibition “Chester Beatty’s A-Z: from Amulet to Zodiac” will focus exclusively on the Western Collections. It will be lead by Dr Jill Unkel, Curator of the Western Collections, Chester Beatty Library.

Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. The tour is limited to the first 15 arriving. It is free and no booking required.

As a tribute to the Italian actor and director Nino Manfredi, his films will be shown at 13:15 and 18:30 on Thursdays between 02 Oct and 04 Dec.

The next screening is on Thursday: “Io la conoscevo bene” by Antonio Pietrangeli (1965). (In Italian with English subtitles.)

Admission is free,

The walk commemorates Hamilton’s famous creation of a strange new number system, called Quaternions, on the banks of the Royal Canal in Dublin on October 16, 1843. Quaternions now play a fundamental role in computer games and animation, special effects in movies, space navigation, physics, engineering and many other areas. The walk will retrace Hamilton’s steps from Dunsink Observatory to Broombridge in Cabra where he had his Eureka moment. Hamilton performed a piece of mathematical graffiti by scratching his quaternion formulas on the canal bridge. In an act of mathematical vandalism, Hamilton opened up a whole new mathematical landscape where mathematicians could now feel free to conceive new algebraic number systems that were not shackled by the rules of ordinary numbers in arithmetic. Hamilton freed algebra from arithmetic and he was called the Liberator of Algebra.

Admission is free, but booking is required with Fiacre O’Cairbre at (01) 7083763.

“When the Engineer met the Mathematician: A Public Conversation” will take place from 15:30 on Hamilton Day.

Science Communicator & STEM educator Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain will moderate a discussion with Mathematician Professor Cedric Villani and Engineer Dr Salam Al-Sabah on the future of Science, Technology, Maths and Engineering with a view to motivate and engage young people in STEM.

The voice of the Mathematician and the Engineer will show the diversity of opportunities open to young people in these sectors.

Directly after the Public Conversation, nine of Ireland’s top Maths Students will be awarded the Hamilton Prize in recognition of their achievement.

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

Matt Parker, the world’s only stand-up mathematician will cast a humorous eye on matters mathematical at UCD at this Maths Week event.

Parker is possibly the only person to hold the prestigious title of London Mathematical Society Popular Lecturer while simultaneously having a sold-out comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He is always keen to mix his two passions of mathematics and stand-up.

Originally a maths teacher from Australia, He now lives in London and works both as a stand-up comedian and a maths communicator. This involves spreading his love of maths via books, radio programmes, TV shows, newspapers, school visits, live comedy shows and occasionally harassing people in the street.

The event will take place in Room AG116 in the Agricultural Science Building at UCD. The website doesn’t explain if a) the event is fre and if b) booking is required. I expect it is free, but because only 30 people fit in the room, I am not sure how demand is controlled.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta record a series of special book review programmes hosted by broadcaster and writer Cathal Póirtéir. Joining Cathal will be leading writers and critics, reviewing the very latest fiction and poetry titles.

There will be two recordings on 16 Oct:

– Clár 1: Filíocht
Ceol Baile le Marcus Mac Congáil; Táinrith le Biddy Jenkinson agus Aimsir Ársa le Cathal Ó Searcaigh
Painéal: Róisín Ní Ghairbhí agus Mícheál Ó Ruairc

– Clár 2: Prós
An Colm Bán le Liam Ó Muirthile; An Bhean Feasa le Alan Titley agus An Domhan le Gabhan Ó Fachtna
Painéal: Antain Mac Lochlainn agus Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Admission seems to be free.

“Performance” by Naomi Seks will be performed by Damien Devaney.

Naomi is a visual artist , who is currently in residence at the IMMA and she is also a Lecturer in Fine Art at the DIT. CHeck the details about this performance on the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required

Unfortuantely, I will never be able to spell Naomi’s name correctly. In “Seks” you will have to replace the “ks” with an “x” to get the correct spelling. Spam Filters would get much to excited about that, so I will always have to use a modified spelling.

The lecture “History on a Plate: Pickled Pigeon, Barm and Assorted Flummery from Ireland’s Edible Past” with Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary, will be a tasty exploration of Irish social history through food and recipes.

Admission seems to be free, but booking is required via booking@nli.ie

Dublin City Libraries and the Local Enterprise Office – Dublin City invite to a series of six business lectures designed to empower potential entrepreneurs. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

The 6 lectures are:

11 Sept: An Introduction to Self Employment
18 Sept: Ideas Generation & Market Research
25 Sept: Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
02 Oct: Digital Marketing Strategy 5 big players (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, YouTube)
09 Oct: Financing your Business
16 Oct: Writing the WINNING Business Plan

More information about the lectures and about the speakers can be found on the website below.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run next Thursday. 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 required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

The Royal Irish Academy will honour the great Irish Scientist William Rowan Hamilton with a programme of events to mark the anniversary of Hamilton’s historical discovery. The Hamilton Lecture 2014 will take place in Burke Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin at 19:00 and as in previous years, the Academy will host a public lecture with Field’s medallist Professor Cedric Villani. Villani, internationally renowned for his scientific work in partial differential equations and mathematical physics, will give a public lecture entitled “Thinking the unaccessible – Large time behaviours, from infinitely small to infinitely large to infinitely long”

Admission is free, but booking is essential via the website below.

This is a public meeting and discussion with Harry Browne – journalist, writer, Patricia McKenna – Former MEP and Richard Boyd Barrett TD – People Before Profit about what should be done and what shouldn’t be done regarding ISIS.

Admission is free.

An alpine enthusiast for many years, with Gold Medals for exhibiting, John Dower will deal with designing and building miniature gardens in containers. The event is organised by the Irish Garden Plant Society and the Alpine Garden Society.

Admission is free.

Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00, follow the link for the line up.

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.

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

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing.

Pete Pamf will perform and admission is free.

The 2014 Festival is taking place on the 17 and 18 October in the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) and the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.

On Friday 17 October, there will be industry talks from animation professionals from the UK and the USA at IADT. Admission to these talks will be free. The talks will take place in A019, Atrium Building, IADT. The topis are

09:30 Q and A with Kristina Yee: How to market a student film
10:30 Aaron Wood, Slurpy Studios and Sqwigly Online Magazine: Pitching for Commercials
11:30 Q and A with Sandrine Flament, Plymptoons Studios: The artistry of the animation illustrator
13:00 Will Becher from Aardman: The Making of Shaun the Sheep
14:30 Bill Plympton Masterclass: An afternoon with Bill Plympton.
16:30 Close

The full downloadable programme is here:

www.blackrockanimationfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DAFF-2014-programme-sv.pdf

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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.

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This is a discussion about the various ways in which digitization has triggered transformations in architecture and of our built environment, both on a formal and material level. It discusses the impact of digital technologies, whose incessant computation and connectivity afford an augmented and expanded human perception of buildings and (public) spaces. Speakers are Nathalie Bredella, (architect, lecturer at Universität der Künste Berlin), John Dingliana, (Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin), Marlie Mul, (artist, Berlin) and Chris Timms,(artist, Dublin).

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

The Irish, Spanish and Latin American Literary Festival (ISLA) will run from 17-19 October.

On Friday afternoon and evening two events will take place:

From 16:45-18:00, the discussion “Portraying through Writing: Ireland, Spain and Latin America” with John Banville, Diamela Eltit, José Ovejero and Helena Buffery (UCC) will discuss the use of place and the relationship of the local reality to the meaning of global matters.
www.dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha96623_16_2.htm

From 18:15-19:30 “Building Identities”, a discussion with Donal Ryan, Christodoulos Makris, Anamaría Crowe Serrano and Philip Johnston (UCD) about identity, language and poetry will take place.
“Identity is bound by language. Words express thoughts, wishes, fears, from the internal monologue, that brings out the collective conscience, to poetry performed in public.”
www.dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha96625_16_2.htm

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.

In his talk “Theories, Facts and Mind Games”, Matthew Jebb, Director of the Botanic Gardens “will look at ways of enthusing young minds to delight in understanding science and biology by demonstrating how powerful the human mind can be in interpreting the world around us.”

The talk is a keynote lecture to the Institute of Biology of Ireland. Admission is free.

The weekly European Folk Dance Workshop/Session takes place in the Tap Bar every Friday.

The dances are French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese folk and traditional dances and everybody interested to join in or to learn is welcome. Admission is free, but donations (suggested: EUR 3) are very welcome

“Electric Fridays with DUB” is a weekly gig/open mic night in the basement of The International Bar. Admission is free.

Musicians, artists, bands who want to play a 25 min set should contact the organisers via the Facebook page below. A PA and some equipment is available.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live and the DJs Tommy Rash and Fukszy are on the decks until late. Admission is free.

Blues and Classic Rock with the Mojo Witnesses in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

Big live reggae sound from The Reggulators at this gig in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

Otis will perform and Whelan’s. Admission is free.

The Faux Kings will play in the Midnight Hour at Whelan’s. Admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list on the website below. The gig will start at midnight.

LINGO is a new spoken word festival in Dublin from 17-19 Oct and there will be some free and some non-free events. The festival opens on Friday at 19:00 in the Workman’s Club with a non-free event (EUR 10) and the first free event is on Friday evening in the Liquor Rooms.

It is a festival club with jazzy house band Bee Loud Glade accompanying performance poets followed by slamming hip-hop.

I will tell you about more free events next week, but in the meantime check out the other events on the website below and also have a look in the competition section of this Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) for a Lingo event ticket competition.