Dublin Event Guide 824: One more Mini Guide – Heritage Week, Dublin City Council Funtropolis, Gateway to the City Festival, India Day Festival

August 19th, 2023

One more Mini Guide

Heritage Week, Dublin City Council Funtropolis, Gateway to the City Festival, India Day Festival

Hi!!

I left no stone unturned (or something to that extent ;-) ) to get another mini Dublin Event Guide out to you. Like last week, it will just be very very short. But I want to make sure that you know about the top events this coming weekend.

From next week, when I am back home, the full Dublin Event Guide will return, so the weekday events will be included again. I am still trying to find a solution on how to ensure that the weekly newsletter is sent earlier, but I won’t worry too much about that during my holidays. :-)

This weekend the top events are Heritage Week, Dublin City Council Funtropolis, Gateway to the City Festival, India Day

And a bit more information about the free 2-hour event called “Introduction to AI and ChatGPT” that I will run on 30 Aug today. It will now definitley take place on 30 Aug from 19:30-21:30 and early next week everybody who has replied via this link www.getthislink.com/AIclass will get a mail from me. The mail will come from joerg AT inspiringleadershipacademy.com, so watch out for that.

The “Introduction to AI and ChatGPT” event will be online and is suitable for everyone who wants to know more about the impact Artificial Intelligence might have on our lives and our society. If you know nothing about ChatGPT yet, it is the perfect event for you. 53% of the people attending have no experience with ChatGPT yet. If you know a little, it will also be perfect and 43% of the people attending will be at the same point as you are. But don’t worry, if you are a frequent user, there will be really good information for you too.

We will look at the amazing new opportunities AI brings, at the risks and also how you can use it even if you never got a chance to try ChatGPT or any other language models. You don’t need to know ANYTHING about technology to understand what we will talk about at this 2-hour event.

Add your name via www.getthislink.com/AIclass There will only be 100 places and 120 people have already registered, but since it is a free event, it usually happens that a good few people don’t join, so there is still space for people that will DEFINITELY attend and if I get another 30 people to sign up, I might even buy more “seats” for this online event.

Donations in August:
EUR 191

(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)

If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.

The counter here shows the current donation status. By the end of the month EUR 200 will be subtracted to pay the bills. If more money has been donated, the rest will be carried forward. If donations have stopped below the EUR 200, the missing amount will be carried over.

Thank you soo much for helping again this week! This week the following wonderful people donated: Geraldine, Sheila, Frank, Mirjam, Sidita, Gabriela! Thank you! :-) Your donation will keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and will motivate me to continue week after week. I appreciate you and your support!

With the above counter you know at all times where we stand and when donating is needed. Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and all donors will also get some additional bonuses.

Here are some more details about donations:
Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that Euro! If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee for just EUR 4. All donations will be used in full for the Dublin Event Guide.

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Thank you!!

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+++ Homecoming: JKF in Ireland

This is a new, temporary exhibition that brings you back to to 1963 when John F Kennedy, the President of the USA, was in Ireland for 4 days. This was the first visit to Ireland by a US President, while in power.
The exhibition will be on show until September 2023 and admission is included in the normal ticket price.
epicchq.com/homecoming-jfk-in-ireland/

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 19 August

++ Heritage Week events in Greater Dublin www.getthislink.com/HeritageWeek23b
+ National Gallery Events: www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ National Museum Events: www.museum.ie/en-IE/EventCalendar

+ Car Boot Sales Tallaght 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket

+ St Audeon’s Church – Visit this medieval church – no admission charge 09:30-17:30 St. Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre, Corn Market, Dublin 8 heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/st-audoens-church/

+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/

+ Bushy Park Market – 30 stalls with hot food, artisan produce, crafters and makers 10:00-16:00 Bushy Park, Rathdown Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.facebook.com/bushyparkmarket

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
++ Dublin City Council Funtropolis – Storytelling, street theatre, circus, live music, food & drink – mobile sensory unit for neurodiverse children 12:00-18:00 Mountjoy Square Park, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.dublin.ie/funtropolis

+ Digital (Tribute to Joy Division) – Gig 20:00 Fibber Magees, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/296821502859402/

+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (Adm free before midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin

+ Donal Kirk Band – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

Sunday 20 August

++ Heritage Week events in Greater Dublin www.getthislink.com/HeritageWeek23b
+ National Gallery Events: www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ National Museum Events: www.museum.ie/en-IE/EventCalendar

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 07:00-12:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)

+ St. Patrick’s Park Market – Books, gifts and crafts 11:00-17:30 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/stpatricksparkmarket/

+ St Mary’s Hospital Guided Tour (formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School) 11:00 Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf
+ Gardening for Kids – Children’s Erasmus Education Garden Drop By Activity – 20min session (Age 4 and up) 11:00/11:40/15:30/16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/events/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

++ India Day Festival – Music, Dance, Food, Culture 11:30-17:00 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/695567339637
++ Dublin City Council Funtropolis – Storytelling, street theatre, circus, live music, food & drink – mobile sensory unit for neurodiverse children 12:00-18:00 Mountjoy Square Park, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.dublin.ie/funtropolis

++ Gateway to the City Festival – Busking, Live Stage, Circus, Storytelling, Vintage Cars, Children’s Games, Market 13:00-17:00 Synnott Place / Dorset Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/DorsetStreetTogether/

+ National Print Museum – Guided Tour 13:00 National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/event-calendar/ (Adm. free)

+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited places)

+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And there is more…

+++ Dublin City Summer Chorale: Earth Songs – TICKET COMPETITION
Dublin City Summer Chorale presents “Earth Songs”, a concert to celebrate our planet & humanity. It is a 60 minute concert of music that is inspired by our love of the planet Earth, our struggles and accomplishments as a human race and overall, the sheer beauty of both people and planet. The concert will feature music by Haydn, John Rutter, Eric Whitacre and others and will be performed by over 100 singers accompanied by organ and piano.
The concert will also feature the all-male vocal ensemble, The Brook Singers and organist Rónán Murray.
It will take place in Whitefriar’s Church on Friday 25 August at 19:30 and tickets can be bought for EUR 10 via www.eventbrite.ie/e/earth-songs-tickets-690735557647 or at the door.
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For one lucky reader of the Dublin Event Guide, the Dublin City Summer Chorale has made a pair of tickets a available. To win this pair of tickets, you need to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the subject line EARTH SONGS and with your name and phone number in he body of the mail. Your mail has to be with me by Tuesday 22 Aug at 18:00.

+++ Discover the Magic of AI: Free Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT!
Ever interacted with Alexa or been intrigued by Netflix’s on-point movie suggestions? Both are powered by the wonders of Artificial Intelligence (AI). And recently, the game-changer arrived: ChatGPT, an AI marvel that crafts human-like text and streamlines countless tasks.
You might only know me as the creator of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), but you might now know of my deep roots in Computer Science & Computer Engineering.
My IT expertise has driven a profound interest in AI and ChatGPT and I realised that many would love to or need to know more about it. So I decided to offer a free 2-hour online class, “Introduction to AI and ChatGPT”. I will explain AI and ChatGPT in simple terms so that everyone will understand. The class will most likely take place on Wed 30 August from 19:30-21:30 on Zoom.
If you are interested, sign up here www.getthislink.com/AIclass and help me with a very short survey.
And if you wonder why it is free, remember that I love free events and I also think that EVERYBODY needs to know about AI, what is possible, but also about the risks.
70 people have already signed up and there are only 100 places, so get your name on the list as soon as possible. www.getthislink.com/AIclass Feel free to bring friends or family.

+++ Heritage Week 2023
Heritage Week brought us more than 1800 events nationwide from 12-20 August. In the Greater Dublin area there were a total of 220 events, but out of these the impressive number of 83 events still remain for the coming weekend and you can find them at www.getthislink.com/HeritageWeek23b If you are interested in history and heritage, then there is definitely something on this list for you! The Heritage Week website is at www.heritageweek.ie/

+++ Coming Up….
Not this coming weekend, but the next weekend after that, you can already look forward to:

+ Dalkey Lobster Festival 25-27 Aug
+ Ukulele Hooley 26-27 Aug
+ Dublin City Council Smithfield Fleadh 26-27 Aug

+++ IKEA Crafting / Music / Cooking Workshops
Ikea in Ballymun runs a variety of crafting, music and cooking workshops and there are still some places available. The workshops are free and go for 45 minutes and are for children. Check them out on www.ikea.com/ie/en/stores/events/ikea-ballymun/

+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or something completely different? Nearly every subject is there! Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get! – Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)

+++ Some more events:
Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=21&month=08&year=2023&search=week

+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries