Hi all!
One month in 2013 already gone and we didn’t even blink. Are you still on track with your goals? If not, just use the opportunity on the 1st of a new month to renew or re-start them! It is never too late and it was something you were determined to achieve, wasn’t it? So, just start again or if you were so good to keep at it, keep it up!
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As far as the Dublin Event Guide is concerned, we are on track. The subscriber numbers are rising continuously and I am working on some new ideas to enhance it even further. In the meantime, I need your help. It can easily happen that some of the Regular Events are not up-to-date anymore, but I can’t check all of them every week, so if you come across anything in the Dublin Event Guide that needs changing/correcting/modifying, just drop me a mail at dublineventguide@gmail.com to let me know. And if you go to events, tell the people who run it that you heard about their event in the Dublin Event Guide. As long as it is free, it should be listed here and if it isn’t, you can “educate” event organisers by telling them that they should contact me.
The event website landscape is currently in a very unhealthy state. Websites that were once quite good or very good are in total disarray or are discontinued. www.dublinevents.com is a total mess. www.dublinks.com is long gone. www.dublintown.ie is only used by a handful of event organisers. www.dublin.ie is not what it was either. So event organisers really have difficulties to get the word out. If their event is free, I am here to help. If it isn’t a free event, the opportunities are limited.
Tell your friends and family etc about the Dublin Event Guide and get them to subscribe on www.dublineventguide.com and to also LIKE the Dublin Event Guide on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide . Everyone benefits from it!
In my never ending quest for money to pay the Dublin Event Guide bills (EUR 170 per month) I have to ask you again if you can spare EUR 1 per month. If every subscriber would pay EUR 1 per YEAR, I wouldn’t have to ask you for money for the whole year, but unfortunately there are a few that are so nice and helpful to carry the rest. Are you prepared to share a bit of the load? Nowhere else you can achieve so much for just EUR 1 per month. Go to www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm to help. Thanks!
And continue also to help by ALWAYS using the links in the Dublin News section and the ads in the Dublin Event Guides when you order goods. If you buy goods immediately after clicking on a link/ad (Groupon, LivingSocial, Amazon, Book Depository, LastMinute.com etc) that you find in this e-zine/newsletter, you help the Dublin Event Guide because the trader gives a small commission to the advertiser (i.e. the Dublin Event Guide). Use these links as often as possible!
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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-zine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and this section is for the people that want to remind that despite all, life is great and it is important to be alive.
Today’s video clip uses the concept of “Paying Forward” to make a point. Have a look at it. It is a little longer, but just take it in: www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=381305535298974 and maybe you can use some of the Paying Forward idea next week in your life?
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This part is important to “keep the show on the road”:
Last week Sandro M, Michael Q, Sandy B, Eamonn H, Rory O’L and Carol McN were so wonderful to help with a donation. All the support is much appreciated!
Have you helped? Your help is absolutely needed too to ensure that everyone will continue to get the Dublin Event Guide every week. The cost for sending the weekly newsletter is approx. EUR 170 per month and I need your help!
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I appreciate ANY help: EUR 12 would be great (that’s only 25 cent per week!), but even if it is just the price of 2 pints it will help.
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All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no promise for correctness can be given.
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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down
Check out the Temple Bar Designer Market (Sat). It is back the for the first time after Christmas. In the RDS a Sport and Fitness show is taking place and tickets are free (Sat + Sun). On Sunday the Pure Vintage Market in Dublin 8 and Kickstart 2013 in Dun Laoghaire are good places to go. Sunday evening is American Football Superbowl (and I mention that because it is less accessible to many than the normal everyday sports like Rugby and GAA). If you want to watch it in a pub make sure you check if the pub shows the WHOLE game and – unless you want or get something extra for it – you shouldn’t have to pay an admission charge if you choose the right place.
There are plenty of events during the week as well, but I leave you to search through them on your own.
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BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED WITH LIFE?
Are you bothered, bewildered or just bogged down with life at the moment? – Mary Keating, MA, trained psychoanalytic psychotherapist, is available for appointments in Custom House Medical Centre, IFSC or at 20 Lower Baggot Street. Please phone 01-6776253 or 0868783086 or email mkeating@iol.ie for enquiries or to make an appointment. Her fees are appropriate to circumstances, so talk to her if you could do with some help and support. www.agalma.ie/therapists/mary-keating
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Tentheater Berlin – James Joyce Cycle – Ticket Competition
Wed 06-9 Feb: 19:30 – Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2
Croation director Niksa Eterovic is fascinated by James Joace and has been working on his James Joyce Cycle “Ulysses or the Cyclops and his Rhinoceroses” since 2006. After staging four parts of the cycle in Berlin, Granada and Kathmandu, Dublin now has the pleasure to see three cycles in the Samuel Beckett Theatre and O’Reilly Theatre. All details about venues and tickets are here jamesjoyce.ie/tentheater-berlin-bring-adaptation-joyce-dublin/
The second and the fourth part of the cycle will be performed on 6, 7, 8, 9 Feb in the Samuel Beckett Theatre and Tentheater, the international Theatre Company has made a pair of tickets available for a competition in the Dublin Event Guide. If you want to win a piar of tickets to this unique performance, send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail,com with LUCIA in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. The tickets are for the performance on 06 Feb and please make sure that you are available before you enter. Your mail has to be with me by 12:00 on Mon 04 Feb. If you have already entered, please do not enter a second time!
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Full Facial Cosmetics Kit – Competition
Graham Anthony, based in Blanchardstown, are distributors of cosmetics, skin care and beauty products across Ireland. The company has been in operation since 1988 supplying to many outlets across the country including Pharmacies, Beauty Salons and Spas. The products include Decleor, Payot, Royal Effem, Carita and Hive of Beauty which includes every beauty essential in one company. Because they are a distributor, you probably have never heard their name until now. But if you are in that business, and are not buying from Graham Anthony, you should look into that!
To introduce you to their high quality products, Graham Anthony has now made a full facial cosmetics kit available for a competition here in the Dublin Event Guide For Free Events and you have a chance to win great skin care products including Decleor products to the value of over EUR 150!! That is some impressive prize. The products are for women only, but men that have a woman in their life (e.g. a partner or a mother or a female friend etc) certainly can enter the competition too.
To enter the competition you have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail and with DECLEOR in the subject line. In addition, you need to tell me where Decleor is from. The website www.decleor.com/ could help! ;-) Your mail has to be with me by 14:00 on Mon 11 Feb. If you have already entered, please donot enter a second time!
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Sencity – Multi-Sensory Music Event – Ticket Competition
Sat 09 February: 21:00-03:00 – RDS Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Sencity is a multi-sensory music event where the audience cannot only hear but also feel, see, smell and taste the music – anybody is enabled to capture the music’s passion, diverse emotions, vibes and lyrics through different channels. Created and celebrated by people with and without hearing abilities. Sencity will be in Dublin for the first time. This unique multi-sensory live music event will take place on Sat 09 Feb in the RDS Concert Hall.
The organisers are not a big, sterile company, but five extremely enthusiastic and hard-working Germans who all studied in Holland and experienced this event there for the first time. They are working with a team of 16 deaf and hard of hearing young people from Dublin to make SencityDublin happen.
There will be live artists (Signmark, Kormac’s Big Band, The Wonder Villains, Torann Drums and Gavxmas), “aroma jockeys” who intensify the feeling of the songs performed with fitting scents, “food jockeys” who create sensations that impart what the music could taste like, make-up artists, masseurs, hair dressers and many more. The senses are fired up by laser and light shows that turn songs into colours, shapes and pictures. On stage, there are sign dancers translating lyrics and emotions into Irish Sign Language and one of the most exceptional features is the vibrating dance floor which responds to the music’s bass frequency. – Sounds like an amazing event!
Tickets are available at Ticketmaster (EUR 17.50) or at the door (EUR 24) and the link to ticketmaster is on the website: www.your-sencity.com/
The organisers have also made a pair of tickets available for a competition in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) and if you want to win that pair of tickets, you only have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with SENCITY in the subject and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your mail has to be with me by 12:00 on 05 February.
If you have already entered, please donot enter a second time!
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“We are Electronic” – Ticket Competition
02 Feb: 22:30 – Pogo at the Twisted Pepper
At the next “We Are Electronic” event at POGO in The Twisted Pepper, Shifted is over from Berlin to headline The Basement with Sunil Sharpe as support! And to make things even more interesting, the night is starting with a Dublin jazz band called “Butter” in The Stage who do covers of D’Angelo, J Dilla, Bilal, Slum Village, Radiohead, Massive Attack and R Kelly. They will be followed by a dj set by Louis Scully [Discotekken] and the headlining act will be Alias Empire (previously called Dry County)!
Tickets for the event are EUR 12/10 and they are available at the door.
For two lucky Dublin Event Guide readers the event will be even better because they won a pair of tickets each and the winners are Willemein Koelink and Maeve O’Connor. Congratulations!!
For all details about the event, check out www.facebook.com/events/461369237242580
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Promote your non-free event/services/products to nearly 13,000 readers?
If you run a non-free event or sell a product and you would like to run a competition in the Dublin Event Guide to promote your event or product or service, contact me on dublineventguide@gmail.com Often event organisers make free tickets available to promote their non-free events, but I also welcome suggestions for competitions for products. Contact me with your ideas and we will talk! :-)
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Dublin Free Wifi – The Good, the Bad and the Odd!
Dublin Free Wifi was launched on Thursday and this is first of all a good thing. The service will provide 512 kbit/s of download speed and 128 kbit/s upload speed, so it is not fast, but it will do the job for normal web browsing and checking of your e-mails. In about 2-3 weeks time, there will be 12 locations in Dublin that will provide the service (currently there are only 4. That’s ok as well. The other good thing is that is is completely free and unlimited. 24 hours a day every day, with no download volume limitations. That is a really good thing.
So will we all be able to use free Wifi in the City Centre now? Nope! First of all most of us don’t need it! If you have a smartphone, you will have some type of data contract with your mobile phone service provider, so why would you need a slow-ish Wifi service that is only available in a small number of locations. Ahh, ok, so it is for tourists? Yes, in essence it is a service that will MAINLY serve tourists.
But is it where the tourists are? No!! Barnardos Square, Smithfield or the Amphitheatre behind Dublin Civic Offices are definitely not tourist hot spots. They are 3 out of 4 of the initial locations. Here are the areas: maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=207412753852399977177.0004d456fb28076ba3cb0&msa=0 Interestingly St. Stephen’s Green will NOT be part of the final roll-out, but Merrion Square will be. Clarendon Street (where you will never find a tourist, unless by accident) is part of the second phase, but only a very small area in Temple Bar is in it. No Wifi either at College Green or Kildare Street.
So, if the areas are so limited, can we then expect that soon a Phase 3 will cover more areas? No!! The current contract does NOT provide for more than these 12 (very limited areas) and a new contract would be a good bit down the road.
Is the speed at least good? Yes, I tried it out and reached close to 500 kbit/s, but that was on the first day.
Can lots of people use it? Yes and no. I heard that up to 150 people can use the service per hotspot, that is not a bad number if you just consider 150 tourists standing on the street. In Grafton Street it could be tight and also in Merrion Square at times, BUT there is a big other problem. Everybody living along the covered area, can use the Wifi service for free permanently as well and in some areas, I could imagine that the people living there will easily fill the 150 spots and then there is no space left for the tourists.
You said there are a few odd things? Yes! Go to the website to register and you will definitely realise that the company who runs the service is Spanish (they are called Gowex) and has not bothered to adjust the web environment to Irish circumstances. If you want to change any personal data, you HAVE to enter your NIF (the Spanish personal identification number), nobody has it here, so you can’t change or correct your details.
What else? The people in charge in Dublin City decided to give it a fancy name and called it “Dublin Free Wifi”, well it is exactly that, but that name is not very inspired. And the font for the name? Coarse 1985s pixels. A modern service with all attributes that remind you of technology from more than 25 years ago!!
There are some icons chosen as well to represent certain areas. Look at them here www.gowex.com/en/free-wifi/promotions/I know, I can’t recognise anything either. Badly pixelated and awful looking. Interestingly, though, and I have to admit that: When you use a mosaic version of the icons, they don’t look too bad. Check the mosaic and the bigger icons with explanations here thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/dublin-free-wifi-spots-777079-Jan2013
There are a few more things, but I will leave it at this for now and will maybe come back to it another time. The important question is, what should you do to use the service? It is simple. Go to wisp.gowex.com/profile/registro.do (“registro.do” see what I said about Spanish left overs, and just ignore the Spanish phone number for the user support centre) and register. There is Gowex app that you will have to download and that’s it. After that hopefully you will never have to use the website again, because it is a mess!
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Luas: Children can travel for free in February, March and April
Up to two children can travel for free with each adult who has a valid Luas adult ticket from now until the end of April. All details, including the small print are here: www.luas.ie/kids-go-free-2013.html
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Free Family History Service at National Archives
The National Archives of Ireland provides a free family history service to visitors to the archives in Bishop’s Street, where members of the public can consult a professional genealogist about sources relating to their family history. This service is provided free of charge. The service is available from Monday to Friday, 10:00–13:30 and is located on Floor 5 of the National Archives, at the back of the Reading Room. It is not possible to book in advance, and visitors are seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8 www.nationalarchives.ie
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I have some small technical problems with this section, so there will be a bit of a further delay, but the next company introductions will be here soon!
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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.
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Elements: Alternative Materials in Jewellery Design
04-16 Feb
Ranelagh Arts Centre, 26 Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6
Elements is a group show featuring work from Deirdre Ní Chonrua, Ruzica Ruane, Emma Andrews, and Doreen Burke. The show highlights beautiful, contemporary work in jewellery design with a particular emphasis on non-traditional materials and features artists from around Ireland. Admission is free and all are welcome.
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Detouched
25 Jan – 30 Mar – 11:00-20:00
Project Arts Centre, 39 Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This exhibition presents drawing, moving image and sculptural installations which engage with the distance of touch.
Detouched isn’t a word and it might be best understood as describing a detached sense of touch, or an act of touching that doesn’t involve an act of touching.
Art by A.K. Burns (US), Alice Channer (UK), Sunah Choi (KR), Dennis Oppenheim (US) & Seth Price (US) will be shown and the exhibition has been curated by Anthony Huberman (US/CH). Find out lots more details about the idea behind the exhibition on www.projectartscentre.ie/programme/whats-on/1661-detouched-
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Spring Clean Art Sales
02-28 Feb
White Lady Art, 14 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
From Sat 02 February White Lady Art is running “February Spring Clean!”, an exhibition which will give 11 artists the chance to clear out hidden gems from their studios, ready for new work. The show will feature affordable art at competitive prices, with pieces that have slipped through the cracks of previous shows and will be on sale for the whole month of February. Artists that will exhibit are VERZ, Rosemary Fallon, Mon Petit Pois, KIN, KVLR, Boz Mugabe, Loki Nom Art, Marca Mix, Fink and Art-by-Eoin.
The opening night (18:00-22:00) on Sat 02 Feb will showcase this artwork with an evening of live musical performance from talented blues singer-songwriter Mick Heslin, rock-psychedellic-funk band Tic Till Friday, and DJ Guilty Boy Association to continue the funk and wrap up the night. BYOB www.facebook.com/events/496470030394797/
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Colaiste Dhulaigh Street Photography Exhibition
01-07 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
An exhibition of street photography by level 6 students at Colaiste Dhulaigh will take place in the Exchange Dublin. Admission is free. www.exchangedublin.ie/calendar
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Chinese New Year Exhibition
01-15 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Inside Out Project
08-28 Feb
Corner of South William St and Chatham Row, Dublin 2
As a part of Inside Out Global Street Art Action, 8 black and white photos will appear on a wall at that location and there is a possibility that some more will appear on the opposite wall. They are from a group of photography students who are coming from different countries, backgrounds and ages and who want to highlight their differences and also similarities by participating in teh Inside Out Project. www.facebook.com/events/479414192122023
The Inside Out Project is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Everyone is challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world. These digitally uploaded images are made into posters and sent back to the project’s co-creators, for them to exhibit in their own communities. People can participate as an individual or as part of a group. Posters can be placed anywhere, from a solitary image in an office window, to a wall of an abandoned building, or in a full stadium. These exhibitions will be documented, archived and be made available online at
www.insideoutproject.net/ and www.facebook.com/InsideOutProject
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The Ferocious Mingle Marcade
 11:00 – 18:00, Fri 01 Feb
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Fri 01 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Bilingual Workshop of Brigid’s Crosses
13:00 – 15:00, Fri 01 Feb
Connolly Books, 43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Brigid’s Crosses are traditionally made with rushes on 01 Feb and are then hung above the door to celebrate Brigid and keep diseases away. At this workshop you can make your own Brigid’s Cross. Admission is free. Speaking in Gaeilge will be encouraged at the workshop.
www.ionad.org/
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Science Online 2013 Watch Party
13:00 – 17:00, Fri 01 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
ScienceOnline is an annual conference that looks at the role of the internet in science and science communication. It runs from 30 Jan – 02 Feb and people like Ed Yong, Maryn McKenna and Carl Zimmer, as well as representatives of some of the world’s leading universities and science publications will be going along. – But it’s in North Carolina, so not everyone can be there in person!
That’s why the Science Gallery will be streaming some of the talks and panel discussions live or recorded. Three of the talks will be shown over two days and you are invited to share your thoughts on some of the hottest topics in science communication. There will be two sessions, one on Thursday and one on Friday. Admission is free (you can register on the website below), you can come and go whenever you like and you are encouraged to have a conversation about the panel discussion once it’s over.
The Friday session consists of two parts. There is a recorded session of the panel discussion “Why won’t the science deficit model die?“from 13:00-15:30 and a Live Stream from 15:30-17:00 of the discussion “Formal science education, informal science education, and science writing”.
Find more details about the sessions on the website below.
sciencegallery.com/events/2013/01/science-online-2013-watch-party
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Made in Dublin: Films
18:00 – 22:00, Fri 01 Feb
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
18 short dance films by renowned national and international dance artists and filmmakers are shown on a loop every evening between 18:00 and 22:00 over four days. This series of dance film screenings is curated by Núria Font on behalf of Dance Ireland. Admission is free. The event is part of Dance Ireland’s ‘Made in Dublin’ festival, a celebration of Dance Ireland’s 21st anniversary.
www.danceireland.ie/21/index.php/event/made-in-dublin-films
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Greek and European Folk Dance
19:00 – 20:30, Fri 01 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Sahaja Yoga Meditation
19:30, Fri 01 Feb
4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3)
Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3)
A drop in class, with newcomers welcome.
www.sahajayoga.ie
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Cornucopia – Live Music
19:30 – 21:30, Fri 01 Feb
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.cornucopia.ie
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Irish and Italian musical traditions
19:30, Fri 01 Feb
Printing House, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2
This Concert-lecture on the rediscovery of Irish and Italian musical traditions is orgnaised by the Italian Society of TCD. Stefano Cisco” Bellotti, ex-lead singer of popular Italian rock folk band “Modena City Ramblers”, is coming to Trinity College to give a short lecture about the rediscovery of traditional Irish and Italian music through, followed by an acoustic concert.
Admission is free and everybody is welcome.
www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/data/25116.html
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Astronomy Ireland Telescope Nights
20:00, Fri 01 Feb
Astronomy Ireland, Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Park, Swords, Co Dublin
Astronomy Ireland’s weekly free telescope nights are beginning again, and will take place each Friday night at 20:00 if the weather permits. Check the website below for a weather forecast and to find out what you will be able to see at the telescope night. The focus will be on Jupiter and Moon.
astronomy.ie/scopenight.php
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Reverend JM’s Panic Worship + Poison hearts
20:00, Fri 01 Feb
Patriot’s Inn, 760 South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Fri 01 Feb
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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French Friday
23:00, Fri 01 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Are you French or like French people and music? Then this might be perfect for you! The next French Friday takes place and is an “Electronic Party” with Many.Z (Electrofunk / House), Mr Mudd (Electro / Deep House) and Bastos (Drum & Bass). Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/132502960244837/?ref=22
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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght
08:00 – 12:00, Sat 02 Feb
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
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.
www.irishcarboot.ie/
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Dublin Food Co-op
09:30 – 16:30, Sat 02 Feb
Dublin Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Saturday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc. The Co-op is also open on Thursdays 12:00-20:00.
www.dublinfood.coop
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Honest2Goodness Food Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 02 Feb
Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
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.
www.honest2goodness.ie
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Malahide Park Run (free)
09:30, Sat 02 Feb
Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
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.
www.parkrun.ie/malahide/
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SuperNatural Food Market
09:30 – 15:30, Sat 02 Feb
St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
www.supernatural.ie
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 02 Feb
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
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.
www.jamestownmarket.com/
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Merchants Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sat 02 Feb
Merchants Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 3
The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket
www.merchantsmarket.ie/
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Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market
10:00 – 17:30, Sat 02 Feb
Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
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Temple Bar Designer Market
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 02 Feb
Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
I didn’t even realise that the Temple Bar Designer Market had taken a January break, but I found out now that it will re-start this weekend. So have a look and check out what the designers and artists were up to since Christmas. I am sure there will be lots of new and interesting prodcuts and designs.
And when you are there, say Hi to Rory O’Loughlin, a Dublin Event Guide reader and supporter who has a stall at the Designer Market. Rory sells a clever kitchen gadget that he designed and invented, It is called Frogjaw and you can check it out here www.frogjaw.net Have a look at it, have a chat with Rory and tell him that you heard about his stall from the Dublin Event Guide.
templebar.ie/Market/Designer_Mart
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Temple Bar Food Market
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 02 Feb
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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.
www.templebar.ie
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“My Favourites” – Walking Tour
11:00 – 13:00, Sat 02 Feb
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run every Saturday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”
Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is recommended via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095
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Blackrock Market
11:00 – 17:30, Sat 02 Feb
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Brigit and the Celtic Fesitval of Imbolc
11:00 – 15:00, Sat 02 Feb
National Museum, Kildare Street (Archaeology), Dublin 2
The celtic calender celebrates Imbolc, the season of the pregnant ewes (Imbolc means “in the belly”) on 01 Feb. It is also the day of th celtic goddess Brigid, the patroness of poetry. On Sat you can make your own creative-writing notebook to take home. The event takes place in the Learning Resource Room, first floor. No booking required, but places are limited.
www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=3622
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Coaching Workshop
11:00 – 13:00, Sat 02 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
If you would like to know more about “coaching” and start getting the benefits of it, come to this workshop. You will lean what coaching is, what the key pillars are and what it focuses on and why. Admission to this event is free. Unfortunately I couldn’t find who is teaching the workshop and – in all honesty – I think this could be a relevant aspect.
www.exchangedublin.ie/calendar
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Eason Story Time
11:00, Sat 02 Feb
Every Eason store in Ireland
Eason Story Time is back. As part of Eason’s “Get Into Reading” campaign, a specially selected children’s book will be read at 11:00 each Saturday in every Eason store in the country. On the website below are the dates and book titles from now until mid-June and for the next two months I have them included here:
02 Feb: Adams Pirate Treasure by Benji Bennett
09 Feb: Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
16 Feb: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
23 Feb: On the Road with Mavis & Marge by Niamh Sharkey
02 Mar: Jack and The Flumflum Tree by Julia Donaldson
09 Mar: My Mum by Anthony Browne
16 Mar: Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
23 Mar: Brave Beast by Chris Judge
30 Mar: Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson
blog.easons.com/eason-story-time-2013/
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Sport and Fitness Show
11:00 – 17:00, Sat 02 Feb
RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
The Sports and Fitness Show takes place in the Industries Hall (Hall 4) of the RDS on Sat 02 and Sun 03 Feb.
The exhibition is for everyone from the occassional leisure walker to the professional athlete and admission is free if you either simply LIKE the Facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/Sports-and-Fitness-Show/146641932061100 or alternatively print the ticket here www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=477393975652559
Exhibitors are showcasing Sports equipment, apparel & accessories, healthcare and nutrition products, fitness clubs and spas, sports media, training & development services, sports associations and clubs, sports educational institutions, sports services and activities & national sports associations. Unfortunately there is no exhibitor list available, but the Facebook Page does list a range of exhibitors and their products.
There will also be some demonstrations for Capoeira, Zumba, Rip60, Kettlebell, Pilates, Zorbing, Archery, Roller Derby and Boxing. Details and times are on the Facebook Page (see above).
www.sportsandfitnessshow.ie/
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The Ferocious Mingle Marcade
11:00 – 18:00, Sat 02 Feb
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sat 02 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Art for Art’s Sake – Walking Tour
12:00 – 15:00, Sat 02 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The next Walking Tour of Art for Art’s Sake will take place on Saturday. The tours introduce you to galleries, studios, exhibitions and artists in Dublin. They are informal and a frea opportunity to meet other people interested in art and the people who make it happen.
Meeting point this week is the The Lab, 1 Foley Street, Dublin 1 and the tour will visit The Lab, Darcspace, Market Studios, Art Tunnel, Block T Studio.
Participation is free, but donations are welcome. To book your place contact artforartsake.gallery@gmail.com or go to the website below to register.
www.artforartsake.org
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Ha’penny Flea Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 02 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Dux & Co will offer food and the Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.
www.thegrandsocial.ie/
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V-Day Flashmob Rehearsal
12:00 – 14:00, Sat 02 Feb
The Memorial Hall, Building E, UCD Campus, Dublin 4
On 14 Feb is not only Valentine’s Day, but also V-Day, a world wide event and global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. www.vday.org
The theme is “One Billion Rising” and a Flashmob dance event is planned in Grafton Street and Dun Laoghaire for that day. I know it takes away a bit from the Flashmob if it is widely announced before, but “only” 13,000 people get the Dublin Event Guide of 1.5 mio people in the Greater Dublin area, so I think mentioning it here will rather help than damage the event.
A good Flashmob needs to be practised and rehearsed and since it is a dance routine, you need to know what to do. So, if you are interested in this event and would like to take part, come to the public rehearsal on 02+09 from 12:00-14:00. The event is here www.facebook.com/events/416512038419037/ and if you can’t make it to any of the rehearsals, you can practice with this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJQvJNfn0kc
www.facebook.com/VDayOneBillionRisingIreland
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What is Drawing?
12:00, Sat 02 Feb
IMMA at National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Brian Fay (artist and lecturer, DIT) will talk about “A continuous incompleteness /What is Drawing?”, which will discuss the materials and methodologies of drawing. “What Is_?” is a series of booklets of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the “What is? draws are usually very popular. Admission is free, but booking is required via www.imma.ie/en/page_212728.htm
www.imma.ie/en/page_212728.htm
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Coder Dojo
13:00 – 16:00, Sat 02 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
The next Coder Dojo, a hacking/programming/coding hangout/workshop for 10-18 year olds, is taking place on Saturday. If you have kids or friends or similar in that age group, then you should tell them about the Coder Dojo.
A Coder Dojo is a place where kids can hang out with other kids that share their interest for all things Internet, programming/coding and technologies like HTML, PHP or Phyton. It is a place for sharing and learning and creating things. For more details visit www.coderdojo.com/ Participants need to bring a Laptop and eat lunch before they come to the Coder Dojo. Participants under 16 must be accompanied by a parent.
Participation is free, but booking is required on the website.
sciencegallery.com/events/2013/02/coder-dojo-free-coding-club
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Sun Show
13:00, Sat 02 Feb
Astronomy Ireland, Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Park, Swords, Co Dublin
Astronomy Ireland are continuing their weekly Sun Shows at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Swords. Each Saturday, the staff of the Astronomy Ireland Shop will be showing you amazing views of our nearest star. Using special filters and some of the largest telescopes in Ireland you will get to see sunspots bigger than Earth and huge solar flare bursting from our nearest star. If it’s cloudy, there will be a telescope demonstration and you will find out how you can safely observe the Sun and undertake some daytime astronomy using your own telescope.
astronomy.ie/sunwatch2011.php
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Archive at Lunchtime – February – IFI
13:10, Sat 02 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Creative Writing Hour
13:30, Sat 02 Feb
Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Ink Slingers Creative Writing Hour takes place every Saturday at the Irish Writers’ Centre. It is a free creative writing session that is organised and led by the Centre’s voluntary arts administrators. The hour includes writing exercises and prompts to get ideas flowing. It is open to everyone and is suitable for all levels of experience.
www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html
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The Nightmare Club – Bus Tour
14:00 – 15:00, Sat 02 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The authors of “The Nightmare Club” are inviting children aged 7+ to come on board of the Ghost Bus for an hour of spooky stories. Meeting point is outside Aldo at the junction of Liffey Street with Henry Street. Admission is free.
The Nightmare Club is a reading promotion that runs from mid-January until mid-March and is organised by Little Island.
thenightmareclub.com/wp/index.php/category/events/
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Family Programme: Spring flowers and brighter days
15:00, Sat 02 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The National Gallery Family Programme “Spring flowers and brighter days” with Louise Neiland will take place on Saturday. Admission is free, but places are limited to 40.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Glenn Kaufmann – Play Reading
15:00, Sat 02 Feb
New Theatre, 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The New Theatre supports New Writing and there is usually a free Playreading on the first Saturday of each month. The February Reading is “Back From Boston” by Glenn Kaufmann. Admission is free, but a donation of EUR 2 would be welcome.
www.thenewtheatre.com/tnt_php/scripts/page/home.php
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KinoD Film Screening
18:00 – 22:00, Sat 02 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This is a ‘open-mic’ night for film makers. KinoD, the Dublin cell of the Kino free-film-movement, are inviting all filmmakers to come and screen their films at one of the upcoming film screening nights.
www.facebook.com/kinodublin
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Made in Dublin: Films
18:00 – 22:00, Sat 02 Feb
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
18 short dance films by renowned national and international dance artists and filmmakers are shown on a loop every evening between 18:00 and 22:00 over four days. This series of dance film screenings is curated by Núria Font on behalf of Dance Ireland. Admission is free. The event is part of Dance Ireland’s ‘Made in Dublin’ festival, a celebration of Dance Ireland’s 21st anniversary.
www.danceireland.ie/21/index.php/event/made-in-dublin-films
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Wounds – In-Store Event
18:00, Sat 02 Feb
Tower Records Ireland, 6-8 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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Cornucopia – Live Music
19:30 – 21:30, Sat 02 Feb
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.cornucopia.ie
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Saturday Night Live Jazz
20:00 – 22:30, Sat 02 Feb
KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2
This is a weekly Saturday night jazz event in the basement Wine Cave of KC Peaches wholefood restaurant/café. Food will be served until 22:00 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated.
www.facebook.com/KCPeaches
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Sat 02 Feb
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Prison Love
23:30, Sat 02 Feb
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Prison Love will perform in Sweeney’s and admission is free.
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 03 Feb
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
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.
www.jamestownmarket.com
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Longmile Road Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 03 Feb
Wigoders, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12
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Merchants Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sun 03 Feb
Merchants Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 3
The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket
www.merchantsmarket.ie/
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Merrion Square Open Air Gallery
10:00 – 18:30, Sun 03 Feb
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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.
www.merrionsquareart.com/
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Palestrina Choir
11:00, Sun 03 Feb
St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
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.
www.procathedral.ie/music/this-week
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Pure Vintage Fair
11:00 – 17:30, Sun 03 Feb
Dublin Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
The next Pure Vintage Fair will take place this week and it is what it says on the tin. A market/flea market for vintage items, which will take place on the first Sunday of every month. There will be vintage clothes, furniture, collectibles, jewellery and many more vintage items. Sounds interesting and with 30 stalls, it is well worth a visit. There will also be food, hot drinks and Live Music. www.facebook.com/events/201703106638900/
www.facebook.com/purevintagefair
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Sport and Fitness Show
11:00 – 17:00, Sun 03 Feb
RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
The Sports and Fitness Show takes place in the Industries Hall (Hall 4) of the RDS on Sat 02 and Sun 03 Feb.
The exhibition is for everyone from the occassional leisure walker to the professional athlete and admission is free if you either simply LIKE the Facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/Sports-and-Fitness-Show/146641932061100 or alternatively print the ticket here www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=477393975652559
Exhibitors are showcasing Sports equipment, apparel & accessories, healthcare and nutrition products, fitness clubs and spas, sports media, training & development services, sports associations and clubs, sports educational institutions, sports services and activities & national sports associations. Unfortunately there is no exhibitor list available, but the Facebook Page does list a range of exhibitors and their products.
There will also be some demonstrations for Capoeira, Zumba, Rip60, Kettlebell, Pilates, Zorbing, Archery, Roller Derby and Boxing. Details and times are on the Facebook Page (see above).
www.sportsandfitnessshow.ie/
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The Ferocious Mingle Marcade
11:00 – 18:00, Sun 03 Feb
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953
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Making a St. Brigid’s Cross – Demonstration
11:30 – 16:00, Sun 03 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Discover the technique behind making the traditional St. Brigid’s Cross at this step-by-step demonstrations using fresh rushes. The deomostrations will take place at 11:30 and at 15:00 in the Education and Visitor Centre.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sun 03 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Blackrock Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 03 Feb
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Kickstart 2013 – Family Activity Day
12:00 – 15:00, Sun 03 Feb
People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Kickstart 2013 at the People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire is a free family day out with loads of activities to put some colour back in everyone’s cheeks and some movement back into your body. There will be a whole host of activities to help everyone get fit and healthy for the New Year. Originally this event had been planned for 20 Jan, but was postponed due to the bad weather forecast, it will now take place this Sunday.
The DLR Sports Department will be there to provide some sporty fun and DLR Leisure Services will be in the park to offer their fitness assessment and information on the DLR leisure centres in the county.
There will be bouncy castles and inflatable games, face painters and the DLR Events DJ. The popular CoCo Market will take place on Sunday we well.
www.dlrevents.ie/kickstart13.html
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Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 03 Feb
Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
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Sunday at Noon
12:00 – 13:00, Sun 03 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Sundays at Noon Concert Series is back and takes place again in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. Now in its 36th year, this series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June. The next concert will feature Fionnuala Moynihan, piano who will play Haydn Sonatas.
www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/801-sund
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Incontro con candidato Partito Democratico
13:30, Sun 03 Feb
Cafe Costa, 1 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
“Incontro con Andrea Biondi, candidato Partito Democratico alla camera dei deputati, Circoscrizione Estero – Europa” is the title of this event and – you have guessed it – it will not be in English.
In view of the Italian political election next month, the Italian community in Dublin will have the opportunity to meet Andrea Biondi , candidate for the Italian Parlament for Partito Democratico (Circoscrizione Estero – Europa). This will be an open discussion downstairs in Cafe Costa and it will be completely in Italian.
Thanks Maddalena for letting me know!
www.facebook.com/events/533083710058748/
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Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up
14:00, Sun 03 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches. There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!
www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/
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Stella Bass Jazz Trio
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 03 Feb
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Family Drawing Sundays
14:30 – 16:30, Sun 03 Feb
Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
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Springtime in the Gardens – Guided Walk
14:30, Sun 03 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
While we are still at least one month away from spring, which starts either on 01 March or on 23 March according to the Met Office, but definitely not on 01 February, the Botanic Gardens invite to a (premature) springtime walk through the Botanic Gardens discovering what’s out and what is about to come into bloom.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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Theatrical Workshop with Mario Pirovano
14:30, Sun 03 Feb
Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
This workshop will be in Italian and in English, so you should understand the following, otherwise you might not be the right person for it. Admission is free, but booking via iicdublino@esteri.it is required.
Laboratorio Teatrale: Angelo Beolco (detto Ruzzante) rivisitato da Dario Fo a cura di Mario Pirovano “El naturale in fra de gi uomeni e le femene è la più bela cosa che sipìa” –
“ORAZIONE AL CARDINAL MARCO CORNARO” “PARLAMENTO DE RUZANTE CHE IERA VEGNÙ DE CAMPO” (“Il reduce”) “LA VITA”
www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/Menu/Gli_Eventi/Calendario/
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Museum Tour – National Print Museum
15:00 – 16:30, Sun 03 Feb
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
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.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html
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Sunday Sketching – Hugh Lane
15:00 – 16:00, Sun 03 Feb
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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Master European Drawings
15:45, Sun 03 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The lecture “Master European Drawings” with Dr. Audrey Nicholls, University College Dublin will take place. Admission is free and no booking is required.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Saucy Sundays
16:00 – 22:00, Sun 03 Feb
Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Saucy Sundays is a weekly free live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. This week’s line up is Fox.E & The Good Hands; Gypsy Rebel Rabble, Pyramid Hill, Chris Campbell, Mythological Break Beat, Marita Connolly, Laura Elizabeth Hughes.
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001494016795&v=wall
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Long John Jump Band
18:00 – 20:00, Sun 03 Feb
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
The wedding and party band The Long John Jump Band play every Sunday evening in Café en Seine. Admission is free.
www.longjohnjumpband.com/
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Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass
19:30 – 20:30, Sun 03 Feb
St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass invites to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known choirs in Ireland will sing during the mass and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.
www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
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American Football Super Bowl – Screening
20:00, Sun 03 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
The Super Bowl, the American Football final will take place on Sunday and it is the biggest sproting event in the USA and even in Ireland there are lots of people that are interested in it, including myself.
You will be able to watch it on TV: In addition to PayTV stations, BBC Two will show the game live. The programme will start at 23:00 and the Kick-off is at 23:30 (the game will have a duration of 3-4 hours!) but there are also a number of pubs that will screen the game and the pubs promise that – despite the late finish – they won’t kick you out before the Super Bowl is over.
The two pubs that I found that definitely will show the full game are the Woolshed in Parnell Street (next to Cineworld) www.woolshedbaa.com/dublin/whats-on/us-sports/ and Sinnotts in South King Street (opposite of the Gaiety Theatre) www.facebook.com/events/458423934206513/
Admission is free in both pubs, but be prepared that they will be VERY busy and you might not get in if you arrive too late. Sinnotts already start the night at 20:00.
The Mercantile will also show the game ( www.facebook.com/events/411819918902984/ ), but I wasn’t able to find a confirmation that it will be the FULL game. The problem for some pubs might be that with a kick off at 23:30, the game could finish around 03:00 or even 03:30 and that is way beyond the normal Sunday pub closing time.
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Latin Ireland
20:00 – 02:00, Sun 03 Feb
4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
Every Sunday a band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) are additional features. Admission is free.
www.4damelane.ie/
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 00:00, Sun 03 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. This Sunday’s line up is something special. Top notch performers will entertain you: Rory O’Hanlon, Neil Delamere and George Fox is the epic line-up.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Forro de Lampiao – Brazilian Dance
21:00 – 02:30, Sun 03 Feb
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
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.
www.facebook.com/groups/forrodelampiaodublin/
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Rhythm Rocker
21:00, Sun 03 Feb
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free.
www.globe.ie/events.php
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Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads
21:30, Sun 03 Feb
Ha’Penny Bridge Inn, 42 Wellington Quay Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.
www.billytreacy.com/
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Sunday Roast
21:45, Sun 03 Feb
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
The weekly Sunday Roast is an event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The next Sunday Roast line up is Russell Hogg, Oak Hollow, Newco, Island Life.
www.facebook.com/thesundayroast
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Cool Hand Dukes
22:00, Sun 03 Feb
Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2
Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.
www.facebook.com/coolhand.dukes.1
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Chinese New Year events
10:00, Mon 04 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
In 2013 the Chinese New Year starts on Sun 10 Feb and the new year is called the Year of the Snake. Dublin celebrates the Chinese New Year since 2008 and the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) showcases the best of Sino Irish Culture in Ireland.
There will be a Chinese Film Festival in the Lighthouse Cinema, a business seminar, Taste of China events, a children’s programme, lectures, an art exhibition, a concert and the main event for everybody will be the Chinese New Year Carnival on Sun 10 Feb. A good few events are not free, but there are a number of free events and some of them require you to book tickets. Some of the free events are listed here, all events, including the non-free events, can be found on the website www.cny.ie
Children’s Programme
There are a number of events for children in the Libraries in Dublin, in the Chester Beatty Library and in the Hugh Lane Gallery. Most need no booking and all are free, but there is the Silk Worm Club in the Chester Beatty Library on Sat 09 Feb (14:00-15:30) where children (6-11) can make traditional Chinese decorations and there are only 20 places. Booking is required and possible from Monday at 09:30 on www.cbl.ie under Online Booking.
Voices from China – Lectures
A whole range of lectures takes aplce and while all are free, they all seem to require booking. The first lecture takes place on
Tues 05 Feb – 18:00: “The Silk Road, From Dunhuang to Dublin” with Dr Frances Wood, Head of the Chinese Section, British Library. Places are limited and booking is essential through the Chester Beatty Library www.cbl.ie
The second one is in the Hugh Lane Gallery (www.hughlane.ie/lectures/lectures-past/790-china-and-japan ) but there is a EUR 5 fee.
Following this, there are lectures on 10, 12, 14, 19, 21 February and all details are on www.cny.ie
www.cny.ie
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Trinity Arts Festival
11:00, Mon 04 Feb
Trinity College, Dublin 2
This is unfortunately not an event for everyone. Instead it is an Arts Festival for all students of Trinity College Dublin. But since there are more than 16,000 students in TCD and because many (but by far not enough!) TCD students are Dublin Event Guide readers, it makes sense to include this event at least on its first day.
The Trinity Arts Festival runs from 04-08 Feb and unites all arts-related soceities in TCD. There will be lots of workshops, tours, talks, concerts and exhibitions. The website is at www.trinityartsfest.com/ but detailed information is (currently) only available on Facebook. The programme for Monday can be found at www.facebook.com/events/474466175953380 Don’t ask me what is happening on the other three days, no details are posted yet. I guess you have to be patient! ;-)
www.facebook.com/artsfestival
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Mon 04 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Archive at Lunchtime – February – IFI
13:10, Mon 04 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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First Monday Literary Reading
16:00 – 18:00, Mon 04 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This regular open-mic literary event is held on the first Monday of every month and anyone can come along to read aloud one or more of your favourite pieces from literature at the event or you can even request that someone else reads your favourite piece, if you don’t want to. The literary pieces don’t have to be in English or in Irish. Recently an extract from Dante’s ‘Inferno’ was read in the original Italian and some piece from Lorca was first read in Spanish and then translated into English. Admission is free.
For further information contact Howard, who organises the event, on 085 2350530.
www.facebook.com/CINECAFE.PictureShow
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Mister Buffero / Comic Mystery Play
18:30, Mon 04 Feb
Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Comic Mystery Play is the English version of Mistero Buffo by Nobel-prize-winning playwright Dario Fo, translated and interpreted by Italian actor Mario Pirovano. Mistero Buffo, the most important and celebrated monologue written by Dario Fo, has been performed to over ten million people throughout the world since 1969 and the show in the Sugar Club is a series of one-act plays based on apocryphal gospel stories, on popular tales, myths and legends. Lots more details are on the website. Check it out.
Admission is free and no booking is required.
www.thesugarclub.com/listings/event/mistero-buffo-comic-mystery-play
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Envisioning the future of education
19:00, Mon 04 Feb
St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
The seventh Seamus Heaney Lecture Series is entitled ‘Imagining the Future’ and starts with the first talk on Monday:
“Envisioning the future of education” with Speaker Professor Brian MacCraith President Dublin City University and Chair Dr Daire Keogh, President, St Patrick’s College.
Admission is free, but booking is required via heaneylectures@spd.dcu.ie
www.spd.dcu.ie/site/heaney/index.shtml
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Sahaja Yoga Meditation
19:00, Mon 04 Feb
Blakestown Community Resource Centre (next to Lidl), Blakestown Way, Dublin 15
Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Monday from 19:00 in Blakestown Community Resource Centre (next to Lidl).
This is a drop in class, with newcomers are welcome.
www.sahajayoga.ie
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Crossroad Sessions
20:00, Mon 04 Feb
J. Hanlon’s Bar, Hanlon’s Corner, 189 North Circular Road, Dublin 7
A brand new session is coming to Dublin from this Monday and every Monday after that.
The Crossroad Sessions is a new way for musicians from beginners to pro’s to jam all kinds of tunes with all kinds of instruments and all kinds of genres. Different from some Open Mic sessions, Crossroad Sessions is an all acoustic session with no stage and no pressure. Although traditional Irish music is very welcome, Crossroad Sessions is not just trad and will be just as focused on modern styles and genres. All genres, instruments, skill levels and ages welcome.
www.facebook.com/events/595225443826661/
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Irish Astronomical Society – Mars Science Lab
20:00, Mon 04 Feb
Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
The Feburary Meeting of the IAS will take place this week and everybody is welcome and admission is free. The monthly talk will be by Kevin Nolan from the Planetary Society and the topic is “Mars Science Laboratory: In Search of Origins”
www.irishastrosoc.org
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 04 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. This Monday’s line up is Kevin McGahern and Tom O’Mahony.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Loose – Trad Sessions
21:00 – 23:30, Mon 04 Feb
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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Rock & Reggae Night – Hangover Club
21:45 – 02:30, Mon 04 Feb
Fibber Magee’s, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
Every Monday, a mix of musicians from bands like The Seven Deadly Skins / Animal Cracker / Upbeat Generation / Crete Boom & more come together to play a free night of Rock & Reggae.
www.facebook.com/TheHangoverClub
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Managing threats to trees and forests in Ireland
09:30 – 16:30, Tue 05 Feb
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
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Chinese New Year events
10:00, Tue 05 Feb
Dublin (various locations)
In 2013 the Chinese New Year starts on Sun 10 Feb and the new year is called the Year of the Snake. Dublin celebrates the Chinese New Year since 2008 and the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) showcases the best of Sino Irish Culture in Ireland.
There will be a Chinese Film Festival in the Lighthouse Cinema, a business seminar, Taste of China events, a children’s programme, lectures, an art exhibition, a concert and the main event for everybody will be the Chinese New Year Carnival on Sun 10 Feb. A good few events are not free, but there are a number of free events and some of them require you to book tickets. Some of the free events are listed here, all events, including the non-free events, can be found on the website www.cny.ie
Children’s Programme
There are a number of events for children in the Libraries in Dublin, in the Chester Beatty Library and in the Hugh Lane Gallery. Most need no booking and all are free, but there is the Silk Worm Club in the Chester Beatty Library on Sat 09 Feb (14:00-15:30) where children (6-11) can make traditional Chinese decorations and there are only 20 places. Booking is required and possible from Monday at 09:30 on www.cbl.ie under Online Booking.
Voices from China – Lectures
A whole range of lectures takes aplce and while all are free, they all seem to require booking. The first lecture takes place on
Tues 05 Feb – 18:00: “The Silk Road, From Dunhuang to Dublin” with Dr Frances Wood, Head of the Chinese Section, British Library. Places are limited and booking is essential through the Chester Beatty Library www.cbl.ie
The second one is in the Hugh Lane Gallery (www.hughlane.ie/lectures/lectures-past/790-china-and-japan ) but there is a EUR 5 fee.
Following this, there are lectures on 10, 12, 14, 19, 21 February and all details are on www.cny.ie
www.cny.ie
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What is a Master Drawing?
10:30 – 11:15, Tue 05 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The lecture “What is a Master Drawing?” with Anne Hodge, National Gallery of Ireland will take place. Admission is free and no booking is required.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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What you need to know about Social Media
11:00 – 12:00, Tue 05 Feb
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
“What you need to know about Social Media” is a talk by Bríd McGrath of McGrath Barrett Associates on “Safer Internet Day”. If you are new to it and want to understand Facebook and if you are concerned about security and confidentiality, then this short, practical workshop is for you.
From the description I gather that you won’t learn that much about “Social Media” in general, so the title might be a little to “big” for the talk, but you will learn about Facebook and that is not a bad start.
Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Events/Pages/safer_internet_2013.aspx
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Tue 05 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Horizon NSO Lunchtime Concert
13:05 – 14:00, Tue 05 Feb
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
The National Symphonic Orchestra will perform four free lunchtime concerts on 22+29 Jan and 05+12 Feb.
The third concert on Tuesday features composer Raymond Deane. Find all details on the website below.
Admission is free, but tickets are required and can be obtained from the National Concert Hall: 01-4170000 or www.nch.ie
www.rte.ie/orchestras/nationalsymphonyorchestra/horizons2013_overview.html
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Irish Architectural Archive – Lunchtime Lectures
13:15, Tue 05 Feb
Irish Architectural Archives, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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Improve public speaking skills – Toastmasters
18:45, Tue 05 Feb
Temple Bar Hotel, Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Do you want to improve your public speaking and leadership skills? Then this event would be perfect for you: The IE Temple Bar Toastmasters club meet every second Tuesday in the Temple Bar Hotel. In February, the meetings will be on 05+19 Feb and guests are invited to come for free for their first two club visit and you even get tea/coffee and biscuits.
Guests can take part in the Table Topics session where impromptu speaking skills are practised and you can sit back in the second half of the meeting and enjoy the speeches and evaluations. If you discover that the club is your cup of tea then you can join for a recession-busting subscription fee. When you go there, tell them that you found out about it in the Dublin Event Guide! ;-)
www.ie-toastmasters.ie/
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Green Drinks Dublin – Urban Farm
19:00, Tue 05 Feb
Messrs Maguire, 2 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2
Irish Wildlife Trust Dublin Branch continues the monthly event “Green Drinks Dublin” on the first Tuesday of every month. It is a meet-up of people interested in green issues and this month come there will be a talk about Dublin’s Urban Farm, a new garden/farm on top of the Chocolate Factory near Parnell Street and how it is growing food on a Dublin city center rooftop with indoor aquaponic allotments for all season growing. Admission is free and the event takes place on the top floor of Messrs Maguire.
iwt.ie/rsvpmaker/green-drinks-8/
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Romp around Dublin readying Ulysses
19:00, Tue 05 Feb
O’Reilly’s Pub, Seafort Avenue, Sandymount
Bloomsday is still a good bit away, but the Bloomsday Survival Kit team is already inviting to their first event. I will let them explain it:
Feeling inspired to read Ulysses? Join the Bloomsday Survival Kit team on a weekly romp around Dublin, reading as we go! Be prepared for high art and slap stick fun!
On Tuesday head for Sandymount for a stroll across the vast sand (assuming the tide is out!) pondering life, the universe and everything. We’ll also discover who makes the best cooked breakfast as we follow Leopold Bloom as he goes about his morning movements.
Bring your towel, a copy Ulysses and a Bloomsday Survival Kit if you’re lucky enough to have one!
What’s in the Bloomsday Survival Kit? A 50 page in-yer-pocket Manual and a bundle of props to help you explore and bring to life Ulysses and Bloomsday. Onehandle it to your hearts content! Imagine dancing the Glasnevin Shuffle – www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqcCeGRBZqo or listening to Simon Dedalus tickling the ivories in the Ormond Hotel www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o6ncj-1gxM. Check out www.facebook.com/BloomsdaySurvivalKit each week to find out where we’re off to!”
www.facebook.com/BloomsdaySurvivalKit
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The Old Tire Swingers
19:00, Tue 05 Feb
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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Holocaust Memorial Lecture
19:30, Tue 05 Feb
Burke Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
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Leon – Film Screening
19:30, Tue 05 Feb
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
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Back Door Sessions
20:00, Tue 05 Feb
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
This is an open mic night with Special Guests. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play and if you are a performer you get a free beer. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/sweeneysbar
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CAPS LOQ
20:00, Tue 05 Feb
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Comedy Crunch Extra
20:00, Tue 05 Feb
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
Sunday and Monday is not enough for the Comedy Crunch, this week a Tuesday is added to the great programme.
Kevin McGahern & Edwin Sammon, 2 Grown Men perform stand up comedy – with support from Conor O’Toole & David Reilly.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Plateau Sessions – Ray Scully
20:00, Tue 05 Feb
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
This weeks guest acts at The Plateau Sessions are Ray Scully who was on The Voice of Ireland and got through the first round. In addition there will be Laura Elizabeth Hughes and Laura Keane. The Plateau Sessions is an open mic night that features guest acts from all over Ireland. Admission is free.
theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/771/
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The Last Tycoons (open mic)
20:00, Tue 05 Feb
O’Donoghue’s, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
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The Grand Folk Club
21:00, Tue 05 Feb
Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
The weekly “Grand Folk Club” will feature Trad, Ballads, Americana, Folk, World Music & More. This Tuesday, the line-up is: Gary Fitzpatrick (Folk / Contemporary). Admission is free.
www.thegrandsocial.ie/event/grand-folk-club-0
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White Chocolate
23:30, Tue 05 Feb
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 23:30 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.
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First Wednesday – Free Entrance to OPW Sites
09:00, Wed 06 Feb
Various OPW locations in Dublin
Entry charges at nearly all OPW sites are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) launched an initiative last year to encourage more people to visit the historic sites that it manages and this initiative is continuing on all First Wednesdays in 2012. Most sites can already be visited for free, but the sites that normally charge a fee will now be free every first Wednesday until the end of the year.
In the (extended) Greater Dublin Area this will affect the following sites:
+ The Casino, Marino (probably still closed for winter)
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments (closed due to EU presidency)
+ Kilmainham Gaol
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow
www.heritageireland.ie/en/media/Free%20Wednesdays.pdf
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Wed 06 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Poet Enda Wyley in Dublin’s Libraries
12:00, Wed 06 Feb
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Dublin City Public Libraries celebrate the Chinese New Year with visits from author and poet Enda Wyley. Enda will be visiting six branch libraries to meet children and discuss her book ‘I Won’t Go To China!’.
‘ A visit to China is the most exciting thing ever, isn’t it? Especially when it’s Chinese New Year. Chang-ming doesn’t think so. He has been picked for the school team, but his family will be in China then, visiting his grandma. It’s not fair. ‘I won’t go to China’, he decides. But what about Grandma?’
The libraries on Enda’s tour are:
Pearse Street Library on Wed 06 Feb at 12:00 T. 01 6744888
Pembroke Library on Wed 06 Feb at 10:00. T. 01 6689575
Phibsboro’ Library on Thurs 07 Feb at 10:00. T. 01 8304341
Walkinstown Library on Thurs 07 February at 12:00. T. 01 4558159
Cabra Library on Fri 08 February at 12:00 T. 01 8691414
Drumcondra Library on Fri 08 Feb at 10:00. T. 01 8377206
www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Events/Pages/CNY_2013_Enda_Wyley.aspx
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Archive at Lunchtime – February – IFI
13:10, Wed 06 Feb
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Drawing, Contingency and Metamorphosis
16:00, Wed 06 Feb
IMMA at National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Dr. Ed Kr?ma (Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art, UCC) discusses his research interest in the theory and practice of contemporary drawing. For further information and to book a place at this lecture go to the website below.
www.imma.ie/en/page_212729.htm
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Havana International Language Exchange
16:30 – 19:30, Wed 06 Feb
Havana Tapas Bar, Georges St, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
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Spanish Film Screening
18:00, Wed 06 Feb
Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2
The film “El vuelo ddel tren / The magic of hope” will be screened in the Instituto Cervantes in the new film series “New Directors: Spanish Emerging Filmmakers”.
The Dublin based director of the film, Paco Torres, and the Irish singer Eleanor McEvoy, author of two songs of the soundtrack, will attend this event. The film will be preceded by the screening of Paco Torres’ last work, the short film Halowin (6 min).
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha86807_16_2.htm
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Inflamation of the Brain
18:30, Wed 06 Feb
Stanley Quek Theatre, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
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Pitchify
18:30 – 21:30, Wed 06 Feb
Odeon Bar, 57 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
The next Pitchify event will take place on Wednesday. At Pitchify 6 start-ups will deliver elevator pitches (3 minutes each) to present their company idea. Then Catherine Flynn from Facebook Global Marketing Solutions (UK) will talk about “Facebook for Business”, which will be followed by a Q&A. The rest of the evening is reserved for Networking.
Admission is free, but registration is required here www.eventbrite.com/event/5189756702#
www.facebook.com/pitchify.me
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Genealogy: what does it think it is?
19:00, Wed 06 Feb
National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
The next History Ireland Hedge School event at the NLI will discuss “Genealogy: what does it think it is?”. Hosted by Tommy Graham, Editor of History Ireland, the panel will include Catriona Crowe (National Archives), Brian Donovan (findmypast.ie), Fiona Fitzsmons (Eneclann), John Grenham (Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland) and Michael Merrigan (Genealogical Society of Ireland)
Admission is free and no booking required.
www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
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King Kong Club
20:00, Wed 06 Feb
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.
The list of performers is not yet announced on their Facebook Page and I am not sure if it will be put up there, but check it anyway.
www.facebook.com/TheKingKongClubDublin
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The Song Room (open mic)
20:30, Wed 06 Feb
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.
www.hamletsweeney.com/events/
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The Zodiac Sessions (open mic)
20:30, Wed 06 Feb
Bruxelles, Harry Street, Dublin 2
“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.
www.thezodiacsessions.com/
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Bad Boy Jake
21:00, Wed 06 Feb
Gypsy Rose Blues & Rock Bar, 5 Aston Quay, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Trad Session
21:30, Wed 06 Feb
Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru), 4 Prospect Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 11
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).
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National Gallery – Picture Clinic
10:00 – 00:00, Thu 07 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
National Gallery Curators appraise paintings, prints and drawings brought into the Gallery. This free service called “The Picture Clinic” takes place on the first Thursday of every month (except August and January). No appointments necessary.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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The Ferocious Mingle Marcade
11:00 – 18:00, Thu 07 Feb
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Thu 07 Feb
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Dublin Food Co-op
12:00 – 20:00, Thu 07 Feb
Dublin Food Co-op, Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Thursday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc.
The Co-op is also opened on Saturdays 09:30 – 16:30. 12:00-20:00.
www.dublinfood.coop
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Lunchtime Market
12:00 – 15:00, Thu 07 Feb
Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8
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First Thursday Dublin – Gallery Open Doors
18:00 – 20:00, Thu 07 Feb
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Inspired by First Thursdays carried out in London, First Thursdays Dublin is the name given to cultural spaces opening their doors after hours and offering an extra chance to see art, culture and events in a number of venues from 18:00-20:00 on the first Thursday of every month. In the meantime 47 galleries and venue are taking part and it is getting bigger and bigger. It is like a Culture Night for Galleries! ;-)
templebar.ie/Event/First_Thursdays_Dublin
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The European Avant-Garde
18:00, Thu 07 Feb
Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
The book launch and talk for the book “The European Avant-Garde”, with the editors Selena Daly and Monica Insinga and the guests Prof. Declan Kiberd, Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Prof. Gerardine Meaney will take place in the Italian Institute of Culture. Admission is free.
www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/Menu/Gli_Eventi/Calendario/
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Robot Wars: What Makes a Great Robot
18:15, Thu 07 Feb
DIT, Kevin Street, Dublin 8
This Lecture reviews the history of Robot Wars. Different types of Robot technology will be demonstrated including the well known Daleks from BBC Dr Who series and a robot from the feature film ‘Devious’.
Ian Watts, has an outstanding record of success in the various “Robot Wars” programmes, both in the UK and in the United States and he also lectures in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Brighton.
This event will commence with a brief history of Robot wars, from San Francisco/Los Angeles street theatre to the sophisticated Battlebots in Las Vegas. Different types of robot technology are then explained and demonstrated. Numerous robots will be introduced and demonstrated during the lecture.
Admission is free and the event is open to members and non-members. Registration is required via iet.eireann@gmail.com The event takes place in Room KEG-08 in DIT Kevin Street.
www.theiet.org/ireland
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Camus & La Guerre d’Algerie
18:30, Thu 07 Feb
Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
This discussion about Albert Camus and the Algerian War (1954-1962) will be led by Prof. Hugh Gough (UCD) and Dr Philip Dine (NUI Galway). The talk is in English, the Q&A in English and French. Admission is free, but booking via info@alliance-francaise.ie with the subject “RSVP Camus &la Guerre d’Alegerie” is required.
alliance-francaise.ie/culture/
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Dublin Writers’ Forum
19:30, Thu 07 Feb
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
The Dublin Writers’ Forum welcomes writers of all genres, of all ages and all levels of experience. DWF is an open group of writers who share a common passion for all things literary. It is a safe ‘working space’ where on a weekly basis writers can bring their work to be critiqued by other writers.
www.facebook.com/DublinWritersForum
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Dimestore Recordings presents
20:00, Thu 07 Feb
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys
21:00, Thu 07 Feb
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Max Zaska / Patrick Groenland
21:00, Thu 07 Feb
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
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Thirsty Thursday (open mic)
21:00, Thu 07 Feb
The Bridge Inn, 22 Temple Hill, Chapelizod, Dublin 20
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Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul
21:30, Thu 07 Feb
Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.
www.frankryans.com
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Oscillator – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 20:00, Fri 08 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
The new Science Gallery exhibition “Oscillator: Everything in Motion” will start on Fri 08 Feb.
“Oscillator will explore the vibrant vibratory world of oscillators, oscillations, and feedback. Featuring everything from cyclical chemical reactions to swinging bridges, and out-of-control automated pricing schemes to weather phenomena, Oscillator will draw on a diverse range of fields including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, mechanics, neurology, mathematics, logic and the arts.”
www.sciencegallery.com/
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Sociology Public Lecture Series
13:00 – 14:00, Fri 08 Feb
School of Politics and International Relations, G317, Belfield Campus, UCD, Dublin 4
The Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with UCD and the Policy Institute at TCD, is running a series of public lectures in which internationally acclaimed speakers will discuss contemporary sociological issues to promote informed and non-partisan debate and to offer new ideas on cutting-edge sociological issues.
The next lecture is entitled “Social Movements and Political Change: An Analysis of the Arab Uprisings” with Dr. Vincent Durac, UCD SPIRe.
www.tcd.ie/tidi or www.ucd.ie/hdi/
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Data 55.0
18:30 – 20:30, Fri 08 Feb
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
The Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA) was formed in March 2002 with the intention of promoting, exploring, discussing, and exhibiting art and technology in Ireland and the world. D.A.T.A 2.0 is dedicated to both showcasing the work of technologists, musicians, and artists using technology as well as providing a meeting point for the intersection of these disciplines.
The next event takes place on 08 Feb and speakers include: Nurit Bar-Shai, Peter Edwards, Phillip Stearns, LoVid, Sean Montgomery
For more details about the speakers, check the website below. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.
www.data.ie/
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Evening of bilingual Poetry and Music
19:00 – 23:00, Fri 08 Feb
Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2
An evening of music and poetry to celebrate the release of Fuíoll Feá: Rogha Dánta / Woodcuttings: New & Selected Poems by Liam Ó Muirthile (chief translator is Gabriel Rosenstock) ( coislife.ie/Leabhar.aspx?ID=130 ) will take place with contributions from numerous artists:
Poetry: Liam Ó Muirthile, Gabriel Rosenstock (translations)
Music: Peter Browne, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Iarla Ó Lionáird
Master of Ceremonies: Cathal Póirtéir
Wine and refreshments will be served from 19:00, with music and poetry starting at 19:30. Admission is free and all are welcome. You are requested to regiter your interest via julianne@milefailte.ie
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Greek and European Folk Dance
19:00 – 20:30, Fri 08 Feb
Exchange Dublin, Upper Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Toddler Tuesday
12+26 Feb, 12+26 Mar, 09+23 Apr, 07+21 May, 04+18 June
The Culture Box, 12 East Essex, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Pparents/guardians and their children aged between 18 months – 5 years are invited to The Culture Box for an exciting adventure into creative arts activities for under 5’s. This programme of activity encourages children and their guardians to have fun while learning through the arts. Each session will explore a variety of creative and playful elements that include storytelling, movement, painting, building, creative investigation, music making, exploration of colours and shapes, drawing and so much more.
There is no fee mentioned, so it seems to be a free event, but booking is required because only limited places are available. You cannot leave your child unattended, but get a chance to play too! All sessions start at 11:00 and have a duration 1 hour.
Book via echaomhanach@templebar.ie or 01 677 2255
blog.templebar.ie/?p=7059
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Academy Discourse: The Battle for Afghanistan
Wed 13 Feb – 18:00
Royal Irish Academy, Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Please note: This section contains observations taken from the world I live in that strike me as odd. I express my personal opinion and you might not share it. If you are easily offended by opinions that are not identical with your own, please don’t read this section. ;-)
Dublin Free Wifi – Part 2
If you automatically scroll to the This is Odd! section when reading the Dublin Event Guide, then let me re-direct you once more. This week the main “This is Odd!” is built in the Dublin News article about the Dublin Free Wifi Service, so check there for the Good, the Bad and the Odd about this service.
But while you are here, I will add one more aspect to it. Something I encountered on Thursday when I tried out the Wifi Hotspot on Barnardos Square. Whiel standing on Barnardos Square to try out the service and to check the speed, I suddenly got am e-mail from Google that told me that someone possibly tried to hijack my Google Mail account. As the address from which the “suspicious activity” came, an IP address in Frankfurt was given. Definitely suspicious and thanks to Google for watching my back, but it was an odd coincidence that it just happened at the time when I had logged into the Dublin Wifi Hotspot.
My conclusion is that Gowex, the service provider for the Dublin Free Wifi Service uses an address range that appers to be in Frankfurt, so be prepared to experience some interesting stuff (for the geeks: geo location issues in addition to suspicious bheavior warnings) until the initial hiccups are removed.
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The number of events is increasing steadily and while Dublin is still running “Winter Programme” as far as the types of events are concerned, it won’t be long until we – against better judegement – go to outdoor movie screenings etc. ;-) Ah well, it would be a waste of time if we waited for warm weather.
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