Dublin Event Guide No 400: Valentine’s Day Events, Lifelogging – Science Gallery, Brocante Market, Chinese New Year’s Festival

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.

The Drumcondra Village Market is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. Admission is free.

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).

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.

Dublin City Council’s Event Department has pulled out all the stops and started St. Valentine’s Day early with a rose-decorated Ha’penny Bridge on Friday morning and it continues today with a whole series of events. And you do NOT have to be in a relationship to enjoy them!

There will be

+ Pop up portraits of Love on Ha’penny Bridge from 13:00-17:00
+ Guerrilla Love Poetry on O’Connell Bridge, Ha’penny Bridge and Millennium Bridge from 13:00-17:00
+ Alternative Love Trail – a self-guided tour around Dublin to learn something new about Dublin. Get the map here.
+ Meeting House Square Concert with Cathey Davey and Hamsandwich (21:00 – free Admission until full)

All events are free.

Brendan Sayers, Glasshouse Foreman at the Botanic Gardens and orchid specialist will give a demonstration on growing and re-potting orchids.The event is organised by the Irish Orchid Society and required booking via e-mail, but since there is no time for this anymore, maybe ring the Visitor Centre to see if they still have space. [If the Dublin Event Guide reaches you in time on Sat morning.]

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 Spring months ahead. 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 every month.

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.

In Medieval times, a lady would give a knight a love token to carry into ‘battle’ for good luck.

Find out more about love and courting in Medieval times at this Drop-in activity (11:00-12:00 and 14:00-15:00) and make your own love token to bring home.

The event is for ages 6+. Admission is free and 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 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.

“Lifelogging – Do you count?” is the title of the newest Science Gallery exhibition, which started on Friday 13 Feb and will run until 12 April.

Lifelogging is part exhibition, part Science Gallery Lab where you can take part in research projects and it deals with us tracking ourselves, measuring things we do and logging everything from heartbeat to heartbreak.

Get a taste for tracking as you play games with your emotions, use your brainwaves to sort files, generate music wearing sensors, and explore a virtual world filled with real dreams and memories.

The exhibits at this exhibition are fascinating: There is George Reynolds who recorded his health on paper since 2003. A sensible and understandable version of lifelogging. On the other end of the spectrum is Alberto Frigo who takes a picture every times he holds an object with his right hand. He started in 2003 and plans to continue until 2040. On the surface it doesn’t make sense AT ALL. But when you talk to him, you find out that there is a surprising sense to what he does.

The exhibition contains 16 exhibits some so odd that you should get the super helpful and knowledgeable Science Gallery mediators to help you understand what is behind it.

In one area, every week another group/organisation will involve you in their work (the Lab part) and I will explain their project in a separate event posting in the weekly Dublin Event Guide.

Admission to the Science Gallery is free. Opening hours are Tues-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

During the current Lifelogging exhibition in the Science Gallery, every week the focus is on another aspect of lifelogging.

In the first week the focus is on what your emotions look like:

Sensum, ‘the emotional company of the future’, has created a platform that captures your emotional data in real-time, using wearable technology. When this data is combined with traditional market research, it provides a unique insight into how we feel, what drives us and what we connect with most. Sensum will test their newest technologies on you and you’ll get a first look at how the movies, entertainment, and advertising of the future will connect with your emotions.

Admission is free.

For Engineers Week, the guys from Dublin hackerspace TOG will hold their third annual bridge building competition in the Science Gallery on Sat.

This is a family-friendly competition that pits teams against one another to build the strongest bridge. Engineering theory and building materials will be provided to help you during construction. Last year’s winning team created a bridge that held over 41kg with no sign of breaking.

Due to the popularity of the event, this year TWO slots (12:15-14:15 and 15:00-17:00) were made available, but still both are completely booked out. So you can’t take part in the competition this year, but maybe there is an opportunity to see the work the teams did if you are in the Science Gallery.

A free 30-min public tour will take place and no booking is required.

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.

“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 at least 1 day in advance is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

A free screening of the documentary “The High Art of the Low Countries: Dream of Plenty” will take place. No booking required.

“People’s Climate Ireland” and “Young Friends of the Earth” invite you to join them for a photo opportunity with banners and placards at the Sean O’Casey Bridge and a subsequent march to the Central Bank to promote “Let’s make fossil fuels history”. Find out more on the Facebook Page below.

Irish knitwear designer Lainey Keogh has a world-wide profile and international client-list. She will be in conversation with Deirdre McQuillan, Irish Times fashion editor and author.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite website here.

Vassula Rydén is an author, public speaker, and self-proclaimed Christian mystic living in Switzerland who says she receives messages from Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary and has a large followership.

Kathryn Coakley will talk about Vassula Ryden and Ryden’s “True Life in God” publishings.

Admission is free.

Come along for a romantic stroll in the Botanic Gardens to see the first snowdrops and the exotic flowers in the glasshouses. “An alternative Valentine’s Day activity to delight the senses!”

Meet at the Visitor Centre at 14:30. Admission is free.

The family workshop “Tales of Mystery and Adventure” with Libby Simington for 4-10 year olds is an opportunity for families to enjoy creating and learning together through free activities exploring storytelling, music, art, poetry and drama.

Numbers are limited, so come early and check the “rules” on the website below.

For users of the mobile phone dating app “Tinder”, the Bernard Shaw runs a Valentine’s Day party. Admission is free and you even get a glass of prosecco for free.

Speed Dating on Valentine’s Day in the Generator Hostel in Dublin is a free event run by the TheDatingGame.ie followed by DJ Lex Woo till late.

Registration starts at 19:00 and the main event is from 20:00. To let the organisers know that you are coming, register on www.thedatinggame.ie/events/

Live in Sin É will feature a variety of bands and musicians at this weekly gig night on Saturdays. The event is presented by Super Happy Funtimes. Admission is free and the line-up is can be found on the Facebook Page below.

In short the line-up is Created by Comets, Monsoon Season, Niamh Kilcawley.

Every Saturday Robert Coyle will bring his One-man Comedy show “Robert Coyle’s is feeling Numinous; Comedy Attempting Transcendence – probably NOT a cult.” 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.

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 Tetratonic Quartet is a four piece jazz group from Dublin. Playing mostly jazz, from standards to free form, they also include elements of rock and funk. Admission is free.

Acoustic Blues Band “One Horse Pony” will play in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

The 80s tribute band Shift and the 50s ribute band The Shifters are doing a gig in Whelan’s. ….and if you watch closely, you will see that the members of the two bands have an eerie resemblance. ;-)

Admission is only free if you are in before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list via the website below. The gig starts at midnight.

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.

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 Brocante Market will take place on Sunday. 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.

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 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 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.

A wedding show for g ay and straight couples will bring approx. 50 companies showcasing their wedding products to the Morrison Hotel. Admission is free

“Lifelogging – Do you count?” is the title of the newest Science Gallery exhibition, which started on Friday 13 Feb and will run until 12 April.

Lifelogging is part exhibition, part Science Gallery Lab where you can take part in research projects and it deals with us tracking ourselves, measuring things we do and logging everything from heartbeat to heartbreak.

Get a taste for tracking as you play games with your emotions, use your brainwaves to sort files, generate music wearing sensors, and explore a virtual world filled with real dreams and memories.

The exhibits at this exhibition are fascinating: There is George Reynolds who recorded his health on paper since 2003. A sensible and understandable version of lifelogging. On the other end of the spectrum is Alberto Frigo who takes a picture every times he holds an object with his right hand. He started in 2003 and plans to continue until 2040. On the surface it doesn’t make sense AT ALL. But when you talk to him, you find out that there is a surprising sense to what he does.

The exhibition contains 16 exhibits some so odd that you should get the super helpful and knowledgeable Science Gallery mediators to help you understand what is behind it.

In one area, every week another group/organisation will involve you in their work (the Lab part) and I will explain their project in a separate event posting in the weekly Dublin Event Guide.

Admission to the Science Gallery is free. Opening hours are Tues-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

A children’s art workshop to celebrate the Russian Festival of Culture takes place. Admission is free, booking is required on 01-2225553

During the current Lifelogging exhibition in the Science Gallery, every week the focus is on another aspect of lifelogging.

In the first week the focus is on what your emotions look like:

Sensum, ‘the emotional company of the future’, has created a platform that captures your emotional data in real-time, using wearable technology. When this data is combined with traditional market research, it provides a unique insight into how we feel, what drives us and what we connect with most. Sensum will test their newest technologies on you and you’ll get a first look at how the movies, entertainment, and advertising of the future will connect with your emotions.

Admission is free.

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 feature Kaja Draksler on piano.

The event is part of Improvised Music Company’s Solo Piano Series at the Hugh Lane Gallery.

A free screening of the documentary “David Hockney: The Lost Secrets of the Old Masters” will take place and no booking is necessary.

A free 30-min public tour will take place and no booking is required.

A Drop-in Drawing Session with Roxana Manouchehri takes place and is suitable for everybody from age 13. Meet artist Roxana Manouchehri and learn drawing techniques, including line drawing, shading, perspective and decoration during these relaxed and informal sessions.

Admission is free and no booking required. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own sketchbook; dry materials only.

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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!

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

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

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.

The Sunday Lecture in the National Gallery is “The National Gallery London during Wartime” with Alan Crookham (The National Gallery, London). This talk is part of a series on the theme of History Revisited and the Reshaping of Public Memory.

Admission is free and no booking necessary.

Qingsong Wang’s large colour photographs provide an insider’s perspective on China’s transformation into a global economic superpower.

“Working like a film director with vast sets, Wang constructs elaborate, richly detailed scenarios involving a large cast of actors and many props. His approach combines a wealth of references to traditional Chinese art with a modern, cinematic scope. The resulting works are funny, sad, angry, perplexing and provocative – all at the same time.
“Everything is Possible” is the first showing of Wang’s work in Ireland. It features eight of his large-scale photo works, among them a new diptych completed only last year, as well as a video work which comments on the construction based economic boom in China. A series of short behind-the-scenes documentaries also give an insight into the artist’s production process.”

THe exhibition will run until 01 March.

On Sunday at 15:00, Qingsong Wang will be in the Gallery of Photography to talk to Tanya Kiang (curator, Gallery of Photography) about his exhibition.

Admission is free to talk and exhibition.

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.

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

In short, the line-up is The Motives, Spines, Tuath, Markas Carcas, Tickly Teeth, Dean Smyth

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

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! ;-)

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).

“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 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.

The DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble perform a lunchtime concert in the Rathmines Library every Monday in February (02, 09, 16, 23 February).

Admission is free, but booking is required via conservatory@dit.ie

The next lecture in the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2014-15 is “How to be a Bürgermeister in Sixteenth-Century Germany” by Hannah Murphy (Oxford). Admission is free.

The Trinity Long Room Hub’s new ‘Behind the Headlines’ discussion series offers background analyses to current issues by experts drawing on the long-term perspectives of Arts & Humanities research.

On Monday 16 February, the topic will be “After Charlie Hebdo: A Public Forum on Religion, Freedom and Human Rights”

Experts from the Departments of History, Near and Middle Eastern Studies and the School of Law will focus on under-examined aspects of the three topics “Blasphemy and Defamation of Religion”, “Perspectives on France” and “Europe and Islam”.

Admission is free and all are welcome, but registration is required via the website below.

You are invited to the “launch of Victor Feldman’s play ‘A Life’, which also features the poetry of Mary Guckian that inspired the writing of the play. The evening will include dramatic rehearsed readings of the play as well as poetry read by Mary.”

“The play tells the story of the toils of Jenny Larkin, a country girl in mid-70’s Dublin Bedsit land. Jenny’s story moves through her relationships in having to grapple with the journey any young rural woman has to deal with in a big city. Her crisis is further compounded by the conflict of having to also handle her safe country background, such as the pull of her small country town in contrast to the loneliness of the crowd.”

Admission is free and there will be refreshments. Doors open at 18:30, the reading starts at 19:00.

The Book Launch for “The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath” by Peter Cole and Brian McQuinn will take place in the Gutter Bookshop. The book brings together leading journalists, academics, and specialists to provide a detailed, nuanced account of the Libyan revolution and its aftermath.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

Svetlana Maximova will talk about short-story writer and novelist Maxim Gorky who first attracted attention with his naturalistic and sympathetic stories of social outcasts and later wrote other stories, novels, and plays, including his famous The Lower Depths. Admission is free, but booking is suggested via 01-497 3539 This event has been organised to coincide with the Festival of Russian Culture.

Super Happy Fun Times are running an Open Mic night for Music and Spoken Word every Monday in Sin É.

Admission is free.

Pleasing Features will be back in the Workman’s Club to showcase the band Sleepwalk Mechanical and some guests.

The line-up is The Dead Sets (20:15 – 20:45), Watch The Sky (21:00 – 21:30), TADGH (21:40 – 22:10) and Sleepwalk Mechanical (22:20 – 23:00).

Admission is free.

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

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 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).

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

One Man & His Guitar is a slot for solo performers and acoustic acts every Monday on the ground floor of Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

The line-up for the next three weeks is:
+ Mon 16 Feb: Robert Sarkasian
+ Mon 23 Feb: Sarah Red and Friends
+ Mon 02 Mar: Sandra & Jimmy Guil

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 Early Years Music Workshop “Sleeping Beauty” with Eamonn Sweeney and early years drama specialist Gabrielle Breathnach will be in LexIcon in Dun Laoghaire on 17+20+24+27 February. Eamon Sweeney brings music and drama to life for children from 2 to 4 years. Through playful music and drama he will help make fairytales come true.

(Times: 10:15-11:00 for 2-3 year olds / 11:30-12:15 got 3-4 year olds)

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-2719531

www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/Early_Years_Music.pdf

A screening of the documentary “My Father’s War” directed by Ruán Magan will take place and the film will be introduced by Gay Byrne (broadcaster).

The screening is part of a series of talks on the theme of History Revisited and Reshaping of Public Memory. Admission is free and no booking necessary.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesdays now as well. 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 at least 1 days in advance is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

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.

From Tuesday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Social Media Self”.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Skype….we have them and we (mostly) love them, but what do they say about you?

Researchers at the ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin have teamed up with AYLIEN, experts in Text and Sentiment Analysis, to create Bigfoot – a system that captures your online persona and determines how much of your data is out there. Take part in psychometric testing and contribute to real research on social media, online personalities, and data exhaust.

ADAPT and AYLIEN will also run some workshops and events:
+ Keeping Data to Yourself (Tues 17 Feb at 15:00)
+ How to Supercharge Your Start-Up’s Social Media, with Angie Lee (Wed 18 Feb at 15:00)
+ Superintelligence: Hacking Human Genius (Fri 20 Feb at 15:45)
+ A.I. Workshop on Thurs 05 March at 18:00

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery and to the workshops and events listed above is free, but booking via the website below is required.

The next Medical Humanities Seminar lecture is entitled “Romantic Medicine and the Crisis of Modernity: Legacies and Lessons?” by Prof Juergen Barkhoff (Trinity Long Room Hub and Department of Germanic Studies).

Admission is free.

The RDS Lecture “The Digital Revolution: What is it all About?” will feature Gerry Macken (CEO of The Digital Hub) who will discuss the evolution of Ireland’s digital story, its disruptive nature and the issues facing the sector. He will be joined by Andrew Kavanagh (CEO of Kavaleer), an animation start up supported by The Digital Hub.

Admission is free and the event will be in the Merrion Room.

Unfortunately Alchemist Cafes don’t come around too often anymore, but when one is announced it usually is about very interesting topics.

On Tuesday Dermot Walls (Dublin City University) will talk about all kinds of biological viruses and he will cover everything from viruses with ‘hit-and-run’ strategies to viruses that behave as ‘stowaways’.

Dermot Walls has a BSc in Microbiology and a PhD in Molecular Virology at NUI Galway and researches at DCU ways by which a universally found human virus can contribute to the risk of developing certain types of human cancers.

Admission is free and free finger food will be provided.

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.

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 Plateau Sessions, an open mic night with special guests, have the following line-up this week:

Tabloid TV, The Conns, Casual Minds & more

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.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday AND Tuesday. 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 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

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.

The Ireland China Business Association invites to this business seminar in connection with the Chinese New Years Festival. The seminar is for companies who are already active in the Chinese market or are seeking Chinese Market entry.

In this Year of the Sheep, the seminar will focus on the agriculture and food sector.

Admission is free, but booking is required. Find all details about the seminar and about how to book on the website below.

The live streaming of the Chinese New Year Gala TV Show will invite everyone to the DIT campus in Grangegorman.

On the evening of New Year’s Eve, families tune in to watch the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV-4. With over 700 million viewers yearly, it has the largest audience of any TV show in the world. The best musicians, dancers, and acrobats perform on stage. The Dublin Chinese New Year’s Festival presents this live screening to you and will assemble a large gathering of the Chinese Community. There will be traditional finger food and refreshments.

Admission is free and 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.

From Tuesday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Social Media Self”.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Skype….we have them and we (mostly) love them, but what do they say about you?

Researchers at the ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin have teamed up with AYLIEN, experts in Text and Sentiment Analysis, to create Bigfoot – a system that captures your online persona and determines how much of your data is out there. Take part in psychometric testing and contribute to real research on social media, online personalities, and data exhaust.

ADAPT and AYLIEN will also run some workshops and events:
+ Keeping Data to Yourself (Tues 17 Feb at 15:00)
+ How to Supercharge Your Start-Up’s Social Media, with Angie Lee (Wed 18 Feb at 15:00)
+ Superintelligence: Hacking Human Genius (Fri 20 Feb at 15:45)
+ A.I. Workshop on Thurs 05 March at 18:00

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery and to the workshops and events listed above is free, but booking via the website below is required.

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 lunchtime history talk “Memories of the Emergency in Dublin” with Dr Mary Muldowney (author of “The Second World War and Irish Women: An oral history” (2007) and “Trinity and its neighbours: An oral history” (2009)) is taking place in Pembroke Library in Ballsbridge.

Admission is free.

A lunchtime poetry reading with Julie O’Callaghan, Poet will offer a different way of spending your lunchtime. Admission is free and no booking necessary.

The next talk in the ’Trove’ Talk Series is “Here Comes the Sun – Solar Imagery in Early Bronze Age Ireland”.

The discovery of a lunula and two gold discs from Coggalbeg, Co. Roscommon in 2009 offered a new opportunity to look at gold discs, to think about how they may have functioned and how they might relate to lunulae. Mary Cahill, Curator of the Ór exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, will explore some ideas on solar representation in the Early Bronze Age. “Trove” is an exhibition by artist Dorothy Cross at IMMA.

Admission is free, but booking is requried via 01 6486339.

Anna Kiselyova will perform excerpts on piano from some of Tchaikovsky’s compositions.

Anna Kiselyova (MMus, LTCL) is an established classical pianist and piano teacher, regularly performing in major Irish venues and she is an artistic director of the Russian School of Music.

Admission is free but booking is required via 01-8734333 or musiclibrary@dublincity.ie

This event has been organised to coincide with the Festival of Russian Culture.

Befrienders Dublin woll have an information stand in the Central Library on Wednesday. Are you interested in volunteering? Could you help someone who is feeling isolated? Could you give a few hours a week to become a “Befriender”? Visit the Befrienders Dublin Information Stand for more details.

Textile artist Miriam Brady will teach you how to create your own picture ready for framing, using easy wool and silk. The event is part of the Chinese New Year Festival and is for adults. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-674 4888.

This is a free public tour for parents, guardians and carers of infants and young children. The route of the tour is suitable for prams and/or strollers.

The lecture “Art in Transition: Painting in Early 20th Century Russia” by art historian and writer Wanda Ryan Smolin is being held in association with the Festival of Russian Culture.

Admission is free.

A Life Drawing Workshop with Louise Neiland, artist for the Age Group 55+ will take place. Admission is free and no booking required. Further details on the website below.

The next lecture in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2014-15 is “Women, empire and resistance in colonial India: revisiting Gretta Cousins (1878-1954)” with Dr Jyoti Atwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University). Admission is free.

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 Chinese New Year starts on Thurs 19 Feb and to ring in the Year of the Sheep, the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival invites you to tie ribbons and hang your special wishing cards with your hopes and dreams for the year ahead on Millenium Bridge on New Year’s Eve.Enjoy Dragon dancing and further entertainment on the bridge.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

You are invited to play the games “Bloodborne” and “The Order” BEFORE the release at this Sony hosted event in GameStop. No purchase is necessary and there will even be (free) pizza. Admission is free (strictly over 18!), but you have to register via 01-8725488.

Do you work in Public Relations or Event Management and have wondered how you could use radio more effectively for your clients or your events? If so, you are invited to Dublin City FM for a very special evening aimed at giving you a better understanding of how radio works and how it can help publicise your events.

Meet Dublin City fm’s CEO Mick Hanley, station manager Heather MacLeod and Legendary Canadian Broadcaster Norman Jack and find out how to create and submit audio clips for news and lifestyle programmes. The evening is presented by the Irish Academy of Public Relations which is launching a new audio and video course for communications professionals.

There will also be an opportunity to sit in the presenter’s chair, in studio and see how good you might be on radio.

Tickets are free but limited and you need to book via the Eventbrite website at eventbrite.ie/event/15469862776/

The next lecture in the “Making Ireland Lecture Series” is “Bandits Live Comfortably in the Ruins” by Visual Artist Sean Lynch.

I honestly am not sure what he is talking about because I don’t understand this:

“Ahead of his representation of Ireland at the 2015 Venice Biennale, visual artist Sean Lynch discusses the ideas and methodologies adopted in his installations and publications. Over the last decade, Lynch has explored the subjective layers of Irish history and offered alternative readings of the influences that shape society today. In his lecture, he will speak about the notional value of history as a social process and accumulation of knowledge. How can we, as a community facing continued neo-liberalisation, develop structures that can platform marginal and under-valued positions?”

Should you stay away from a talk if already the abstract goes over your head? Or is that an incentive to go and to understand the talk even if the abstract was too obstruse? Either way, it makes you wonder why an abstract is not just written so that everyone will understand it, because without a doubt that could be done here.

For a feel good boost for 2015, this upbeat and interactive workshop will introduce you to some of the brightest ideas from the field of positive psychology. Learn skills to harness the power of gratitude, acceptance, self-compassion, flow and connection, amongst others.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8336297.

The public lecture “Natural killers against cancer: harnessing the immune system for cancer therapy” by Dr Clair Gardiner will cover a very important and hot subject.

Admission is free.

The School of English will be hosting the annual H.O. White Memorial Lecture 2015 in the Mhairtin Ui Chadhain Theatre of the TCD Arts Building.

The title of the lecture is “Equivocation and 1606” by Prof James Shapiro (Columbia University Shakespeare).

Admission is free.

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 Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

“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.

The next Inn Jokes Comedy Club takes place on Wed and the line-up is Joe Rooney, Tom O’Mahony and Edwin Sammon. MC is Colm O’Regan. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. 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).

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.

To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Sheep, this workshop invites children of all ages.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-2225553

Celebrate the Chinese New Year and make your own lucky red packet/envelope at this workshop. Admission is free, but places are limited and booking is required via 01 8304341.

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.

Learn how to make authentic Chinese stir fried noodles with Amoy sauces at this cooking demo in the Asian Market. The event is part of the Chinese New Year Festival. Admission is free and no booking required.

Join Sorcha Nic Suibhne to explore the Museum, searching for sheep and other animals now that the Chinese Year of the Sheep has started. Look out especially for animal-inspired objects from China in the ’Out of Storage’ and ’Albert Bender’ galleries before having a go at creating your own animal for Chinese New Year.

Admission is free, but a EUR 2 contribution towards materials per child is required. Booking is required via 01-6777444 The event is suitable for families with children of ages 6+ and it will run from 12:00-13:15 and 14:30-15:45.

From Tuesday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Social Media Self”.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Skype….we have them and we (mostly) love them, but what do they say about you?

Researchers at the ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin have teamed up with AYLIEN, experts in Text and Sentiment Analysis, to create Bigfoot – a system that captures your online persona and determines how much of your data is out there. Take part in psychometric testing and contribute to real research on social media, online personalities, and data exhaust.

ADAPT and AYLIEN will also run some workshops and events:
+ Keeping Data to Yourself (Tues 17 Feb at 15:00)
+ How to Supercharge Your Start-Up’s Social Media, with Angie Lee (Wed 18 Feb at 15:00)
+ Superintelligence: Hacking Human Genius (Fri 20 Feb at 15:45)
+ A.I. Workshop on Thurs 05 March at 18:00

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery and to the workshops and events listed above is free, but booking via the website below is required.

The next TASC (Think-tank for Action on Social Change) brown bag lunchtime seminar will look at “Comparative Welfare Systems” and Prof David Jacobson will give the talk.

The Seminar will begin at 12:45 and end at 14:15 and the idea of the seminars is that you are free to bring your own ‘brown bag’ lunch to eat during the seminar. Tea and Coffee will be available.

Admission is free and to register for this event contact sbyrne@tasc.ie

Xin Sun (Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin’s Centre for Asian Studies) talks about land policy and development of the real estate market in China.

This Chinese New Year’s Festival event is presented in association with Trinity Centre for Asian Studies.

Admission is free, but booking via the Eventbrite website is required here.

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Young Dublin Symphonia will be in St. Ann’s Church for a lunchtime recital. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

A series of tours entitled “Sense of Place” will take place in Dublin to coincide with the “Phoenix Rising: Art and Civic Imagination” exhibition at Hugh Lane Gallery.

The tours will respond to the work of Mary-Ruth Walsh, which is included in the exhibition. The tours will further engage the audience with the city and encourage participants to re-imagine and investigate how the city has evolved. Each tour will be a bring you to the local area with information provided along the way.

On Thursday the walking tour is with Orlaith Ross. Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite website here.

A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.

Admission is free.

Girl Geek Dinners are a chance for ladies in technology to get together, enjoy some nice food and drinks, and have fun meeting other women in their field. Find out more information on Girl Geek Dinner via the website below and RSVP for the event here.

Men are welcome to attend, but only at the invitation of a woman – if you are bringing someone or are looking for an invitation, send an email to Ireland@girlgeekdinners.com

“Irish guitarists Morgan Buckley & Eoin Flood, originally from Artane and Killiney, return to Ireland from successful performing careers in the UK and US to form a duo presenting programmes of contemporary guitar music from across Europe, the US and Latin America.”

Admission to this concert is free.

“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 at least 1 day in advance is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

A weekly live music gig of the genres Blues/Roots/Rock/Soul will take place in Arthur’s Pub with weekly changing performers:

+ 1st Thursday: Ben Prevo
+ 2nd Thursday: Declan Kennedy
+ 3rd Thursday: Dermot Byrne
+ 4th Thursday: Mick Pyro

Admission is free.

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30), followed by live music (21:00-23:30) by up and coming local and international artists.

Admission is free before 20:00 and free finger food is provided.

In his talk “Goodbye and Hello!” John Fox, wildlife photographer, takes a look at the winter migrant birds that are leaving us shortly and the summer migrants that will be arriving to replace them. 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 New Natives Gig Night presents Red Queen Contest / The Riot Tapes / ZEBRA / VOXX

Admission is free.

A new weekly Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. Every Thursdayteams of 4 people (or at least 2 people) will compete against each other over questions from the areas of General Knowledge, Music, Film, Sports & Entertainment.

Admission is free.

The Dive Bar Open Mic Night is a weekly Open Mic night where no performers are prearranged. Just arrive between 20:30 and 21:00 and ask for Conor or Alan to get your name down. The first performance is at 21:00.

Singer songwriters, poets, instrumentalists and comedy and sometimes even bands are invited to perform. All levels of experience welcome.

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.

A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.

There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)

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.

The Dublin City Rounders will perform Old Timey, Western Swing, Blues, Folk, Rockabilly and Vaudville. Admission is free.

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 Early Years Music Workshop “Sleeping Beauty” with Eamonn Sweeney and early years drama specialist Gabrielle Breathnach will be in LexIcon in Dun Laoghaire on 17+20+24+27 February. Eamon Sweeney brings music and drama to life for children from 2 to 4 years. Through playful music and drama he will help make fairytales come true.

(Times: 10:15-11:00 for 2-3 year olds / 11:30-12:15 got 3-4 year olds)

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-2719531

www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/Early_Years_Music.pdf

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.

Learn how to make authentic Chinese stir fried noodles with Amoy sauces at this cooking demo in the Asian Market. The event is part of the Chinese New Year Festival. Admission is free and no booking required.

From Tuesday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Social Media Self”.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Skype….we have them and we (mostly) love them, but what do they say about you?

Researchers at the ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin have teamed up with AYLIEN, experts in Text and Sentiment Analysis, to create Bigfoot – a system that captures your online persona and determines how much of your data is out there. Take part in psychometric testing and contribute to real research on social media, online personalities, and data exhaust.

ADAPT and AYLIEN will also run some workshops and events:
+ Keeping Data to Yourself (Tues 17 Feb at 15:00)
+ How to Supercharge Your Start-Up’s Social Media, with Angie Lee (Wed 18 Feb at 15:00)
+ Superintelligence: Hacking Human Genius (Fri 20 Feb at 15:45)
+ A.I. Workshop on Thurs 05 March at 18:00

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery and to the workshops and events listed above is free, but booking via the website below is required.

A film screening of Hero (2002, in English, 12) will take place.

“In ancient China the King of Qin has survived an attempt on his life by the assassins Long Sky, Flying Snow and Broken Sword. ‘Nameless’, the man who claims to have slain these would be assassins, is summoned to the kings side to recount his tale.” Nominated for the 2003 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Our understanding of superior mental performance has been transformed by cognitive science. In this talk “Superintelligence: Hacking Human Genius” David Delany will show you how these insights can be practically applied to enhance our own mental abilities and present provocative evidence that converging scientific and technological trends have driven humanity to the brink of a paradigm shift in how we learn, problem-solve and innovate.

David Delany has a PhD in computational neuroscience and researches on the design of novel clinical brain training interventions for psychiatric disorders and cognitive enhancement. He lectures on cognitive science and statistics in Waterford Institute of Technology.

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

Discover the Taste of China through a tour of the Asia Market in 18 Drury Street. Learn the basic ingredients required to prepare and cook an authentic Chinese meal. Admission is free, booking is required via evap@asiamarket.ie

Pegbar returns to host an Arts and Crafts mixer at the Science Gallery.

Come for an evening of crafty fun. You will be provided “with drawing materials, flipbooks, oragami paper and much more for all sorts of activities. It’s the perfect opportunity to get reaquainted with old friends and make some new ones too.” Admission is free however spaces are limited and you have to book via the website below.

David Adams will perform pieces from Beethoven, Reger and Strauss at this organ recital in the National Concert Hall.

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

“Dance First – Think Later” is an exhibition by Cristiano del Mar (Krystian Maruszewicz) and it is his first solo show. The opening night will be on Fri 20 Feb and everybody is invited. Cristiano took the pictures during his folk trips to Warsaw, Belfast, Galway, Cork and at Dublin’s local dance scene.

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 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

A weekly Gig Night in Sin É, organised and presented by Super Happy Fun Times takes place every Friday and admission is free. The line-up can be found on the Facebook Page below.

In short the line-up is: The Turncoats, Eoin Martin Music, Markas Carcas (Mark Flynn), Boom Child

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. followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.

Slidin PK and The Band will play tracks from the 20s and 30s of the past century. West Coast style mixed up with New Orleans vibe. Admission is free.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Band “The Guilty Party” are playing in Whelan’s and admission is free.