The Christmas lights are on
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Science Week, Dublin Book Festival,
Fingal & South Dublin County Inclusion Week
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Hi all!
Last Wednesday evening the Christmas lights in Dublin were switched on – with no large audience and no stars or VIPs. Even before the little issue of a still spreading illness, the low profile was chosen in previous years as a result of the mad popularity this event had before. You could say it was killed because it was TOO popular.
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Last Wednesday was only the 10th of November and that feels still early, BUT think about it: Christmas is less than 6 weeks away. That time will FLY! And, as the cynics point out, the Christmas lights are – int he first place – not there for you to just enjoy, instead they are there to attract people into the City Centre to buy more (The shops pay for the lights with their payment to the “DublinTown” organisation!). So like it or not, it is not a surprise that the they are put up early.
I like Christmas lights and Christmas atmosphere and in all honesty, I think 6 weeks is definitely ok for Christmas lights on the street. For Christmas trees in homes I would wait another bit though. ;-) When I was a child, the Christmas tree would not get into the living room before 23 Dec, but that is MUCH too late! I think the Saturday before advent is a good time, so 27 November this year! ;-) Still too early? Or is it too late. Let me know!
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Last week the Dublin Event Guide was quite late again. There are a number of reasons for that, but the main reason is that the number of events and the complexity of events are growing. (Festivals are a lot more work to dissect and to fish out the free events, than the online events of the past.) Oh and Facebook is making it now sooooo difficult to find free events. Unreal!
Previously (i.e. pre-lockdown) I focused on weekend events and only “sprinkled in” a few most-know-about weekday events and I might have to return to that. At the moment, though, the weekend events are still a lot scarcer than they were before, so the goal of getting this newsletter out to you is clear and definite, but the path to it not so much yet. ;-)
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And finally: All over Europe new lockdown’s are becoming more and more likely. The Netherlands already went back to Lockdowns and a whole range of other countries are considering them. So prepare yourself! Mentally and otherwise! Prepare yourself for the eventuality that we might be going back before we go forward. There is still hope that it won’t come to it and then all is good, but if it comes to it and it hits you unprepared, the impact could be mcuh more severe then if you get your head around the possibility right now.
No matter what happens, I will do my best to tell you about the events that are taking place either online or in person.
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Donations in November:
EUR 299
(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)
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If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.
The counter on the left shows the current donation status. By the end of the month EUR 200 will be extracted to pay the bills. If more money has been donated, the rest will be carried forward. If donations have stopped below the EUR 200, the missing amount will be carried over.
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Last week the wonderful people that helped with a donation were Keelan, Leagh, Tanya, Tonia, Enid! Thank you very much! You are appreciated and your donation is as well!
With the above counter you know at all times where we stand and when donating is needed. Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and all donors will also get some additional bonuses. The first of those bonuses is described above.
Here are some more details about donations:
Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that! If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee for just EUR 3. All donations will be used in full for the Dublin Event Guide.
To donate, use the Dublin Event Guide Donation Page here: gturl.eu/DEGdonate. It is really easy to use and uses Stripe’s trustworthy payment processing. You can even sign up for a yearly subscription on the donation page! Yearly subscriptions will give some important financial stability and reliability to the Dublin Event Guide and are therefore very much appreciated! (Look for the RED subscription buttons at the bottom of the Donation Page.)
In case the donation page doesn’t work for you, the old links are here: You can donate via www.paypal.me/DublinEventGuide or for Revolut users among you, just use @joergbrb
To buy one or two or even three virtual coffees for the Dublin Event Guide, come to the “Buy Me a Coffee” page here www.buymeacoffee.com/DublinEventG
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And there is one other way to help and it is even free: If you come to www.DublinEventGuide.com and check out some of the ads and click on the ones that you find interesting, that also helps with a few cent! ?
Thank you!!
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“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are currently sponsoring the Dublin Event Guide and this section of the weekly newsletter will contain relevant information about events in general or about EPIC-related news and happenings.
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+++ Out in the World: Multi School Workshop
Tue 16 November – 10:30-11:30 – Online – Adm: EUR 35 per class
This workshop, for secondary school students, provides a platform for students to explore key human rights issues through the six themes of the Out in the World exhibition (exclusion, community, love, solidarity, defiance and return). Students will take part in discussion and practical exercises to put them ‘in the shoes’ of characters from EPIC and the Out in the World exhibition, building upon their empathy, problem solving, teamwork, community and social and world citizen skills. epicchq.com/event/out-in-the-world-multi-school-workshop/
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+++ You in the World: Multi School Workshop
Wed 17 November – 10:30-11:30 – Online – Adm: EUR 35 per class
This workshop, for secondary school students, will explore what it means to be part of a minority community through interactive art activities. Students will explore some intangible issues regularly encountered by minority communities, such as self-expression, censorship, identity, misunderstanding and exclusion, through drawing, colouring and paper craft! So have plenty of paper and art materials such as colouring pencils at the ready. epicchq.com/event/you-in-the-world-multi-school-workshop/
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Free events in Dublin this weekend…
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Saturday 13 November
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+ Irish Car Boot Sales – Market 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 irishcarboot.ie/
+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 (lower car park) www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Glasnevin Indoor Market/Food Fair 09:00-14:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/Glasnevin-Indoor-Market-107579840635438
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket
+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/
+ Red Stables Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/RedStablesMarket
+ CLOSED: Marlay Park Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 www.dlrcoco.ie/en/markets/marlay-park-coco-market
+ Let’s Talk Science Festival – Talks, Exhibition, Discussions – Rediscovery Centre 10:30-14:00 The Rediscovery Centre, The Boiler House, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/lets-talk-science-2021-tickets-198833354917 (Booking required)
+ Let’s Talk Science Festival: Jawsome Sharks – Family Event for Age 7+ – Natural History Museum & Rediscovery Centre 11:00 Online www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/202111/Let-s-Talk-Science-Festival-Jawsome-Sharks (Booking required)
+ How to Make a Phenakistoscope – Teen Workshop – Chester Beatty Museum 11:00 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/online-activity-for-teens-how-to-make-a-phenakistoscope/
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Daily Guided Tours of the National Botanic Gardens 11:30-12:30 / 15:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/199211716607 (Booking required)
+ Daily Guided Tours of the National Botanic Gardens 11:30-12:30 / 15:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/199211716607 (Booking required)
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition, class and artificial intelligence – Science Gallery 12:00-17:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
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+ Session in Hartigans – Open session every Saturday 18:00-23:00 Hartigan’s, 100 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/416267773448881
+ Creep supported by Element X / Turfboy – LIve Gig – Fibber Magees 19:00 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1070634600432645/
+ Adult Swim Festival – Music, Comedy & Mayhem from your Couch – 19:00-05:25 Online www.adultswim.com/presents/festival/schedule.html
+ The Algorhythms – Live Gig 22:30-01:30 Tolka House, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/343112390907041
+ Whelan’s Midnight Hour with LA DI DA (Indie Pop) + Support 23:30 Whelan’s, Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/midnight-hour-w-la-di-da/ (Booking required)
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Sunday 14 November
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+ Irish Car Boot Sales – Market 08:00-13:00 Trinity Comprehensive Secondary School, Ballymun Rd, Ballymun, Dublin 9 irishcarboot.ie/
+ Glasnevin Indoor Market/Food Fair 09:00-16:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/Glasnevin-Indoor-Market-107579840635438
+ CLOSED: Marlay Park Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 www.dlrcoco.ie/en/markets/marlay-park-coco-market
+ CLOSED: People’s Park Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 People’s Park, Park Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin www.dlrcoco.ie/en/markets/d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-coco-market
+ Dublin Record and CD Fair – Market 11:00-17:00 Grand Social, 35 Liffey Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/564627754610086
+ Herbert Park Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 11:00-16:00 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/Herbert-Park-Market-405930226496273
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Sunday Family Workshops at National Gallery (40 min) 11:30/12:30/13:40 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/sunday-family-workshops (Registration from 11:00 at the Merrion Square Entrance)
+ Daily Guided Tours of the National Botanic Gardens 11:30-12:30 / 15:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/199211716607 (Booking required)
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition, class and artificial intelligence – Science Gallery 12:00-17:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
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+ Sunday Family Workshops at National Gallery (40 min) 11:30/12:30/13:40 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/sunday-family-workshops (Registration from 11:00 at the Merrion Square Entrance)
+ Daily Guided Tours of the National Botanic Gardens 11:30-12:30 / 15:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/199211716607 (Booking required)
+ Curious About Conservation? – Science Week 2021 – Talk (All ages) – National Museum 13:00 Online www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/112021/Curious-About-Conservation-Science-Week-2021
+ Play it Forward Launch with Skein Press and The Stinging Fly – Play it Forward is a nurturing programme for talented writers – Dublin Book Festival 14:00-15:00 Online and In-Person in Smock Alley Theatre dublinbookfestival.com/programme/play-it-forward-launch/ (Booking required)
+ Sunday Public Tour – Hugh Lane Gallery 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3347-sundays
+ November Choral Remembrance Concert with Dublin Bach Singers 13:15 St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough St, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/4231164993677453
+ Organ Freeman – Weekly Jazz Sundays 18:00-20:00 The Big Romance, 98 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/residency/4141-organ-freeman-weekly-jazz-sundays.html
+ Gardiner Street Gospel Choir at Mass 19:30-20:30 Online www.facebook.com/TheGSGC/
+ Jawbone Acoustic Blues & Folk Commune – Gig 19:30 The Circular, 538 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/386899743127520
+ Baile de Favela – Funk Party for Brazilian community & friends 20:00 Fibber Magees, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/bailedefaveladublin/ (Booking required)
+ Writer Kerri Ní Dochartaigh in conversation with artist Katie Holten – Dublin Book Festival 20:00-21:00 Online dublinbookfestival.com/programme/solas-nua-presents-is-it-about-a-bicycle-writers-in-conversation-dbf/ (Booking required)
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And lots of free events next week….
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Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)
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+++ Social Inclusion Week Fingal & South Dublin County
After last week’s Social Inclusion Week in Dublin City, this week (15-21 November) it is Fingal and South Dublin County who are celebrating their Social Inclusion Weeks. There are lots of events taking place and you can find them at
www.fingal.ie/fingal-inclusion-week-2020 for Fingal and
www.sdcc.ie/en/news/social-inclusion-festival-2021.html for South Dublin County
All events are free and there is a mixture of online and in-person events.
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+++ We alth Accelerator Weekend for women – Learn about inve sting
Ladies, this is especially for you! My friend Joakim and his partner Bernie are running an interesting online event. They have many years of experience in inves ting and are sharing their insights at a 2-day event on Sat+Sun 27+28 Nov from 09:00-15:30. If you are interested in learning how to inv est and get a steady stream of inc ome that way, then you have to join their Wealt h Accelerator Weekend. Tickets are free AT THE MOMENT if you register at katchingsecrets.com
Joakim and Bernie are running courses tailored for women, because they have realised that courses in that area are too male-focused and women are often left behind. Register at katchingsecrets.com
(The odd gaps in words in the text above is to make sure that spam filters don’t do silly things with this mail. Talking about a topic like the one above shouldn’t disqualify an e-mail, but spam filters are very black and white.)
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+++ Visit Dublin Castle for free
Until the end of 2021, entry to Dublin Castle is free for all visitors. You will be able to visit the State Apartments on a self-guided tour. There are currently no guided tours and therefore the Medieval Undercroft and Chapel Royal are not accessible. Opening hours are Mon-Sun & Bank Holidays: 09:45-17:45 (last admission 17:15). Tickets can be booked at dublincastle.admit-one.eu/?p=calendar&ev=SELFGUIDE for free there will also a limited number of tickets available at the ticket desk.
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+++ Low Priced Books with free delivery
Book Depository is the place where you can buy low priced books, usually for better prices than on Amazon and Book Depository always delivers for free. And by buying books from Book Depository you will also help the Dublin Event Guide for no additional cost to you. Use this link: shor.by/BookDepository .
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+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or NLP or some Business related “soft skills”? Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
The lowest cost for courses this month will be around 12.99. Check out the website at shor.by/GqCk And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)
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+++ National Gallery tickets available here
The National Gallery is usually free anyway, but in current times you will have to book tickets to get access and you have to enter the building on the Merrion Street side. Tickets are available here: www.nationalgallery.ie/visit-us/book-your-ticket The National Gallery also is running events again and because the events have limited number of spaces, they can book out relatively fast, at least before I can write about the events, so check out the events 1-2 weeks in advance here www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on and then book tickets for them.
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And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.
Take care,
–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)
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