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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 156
| 11 June 2010 Subscribers: 6689
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Hi all!

After the busy weekend last week and before the must-go Street Performance World Championship we will have a slightly quieter weekend to recover. ;-) But from today most football fans will look at events in Dublin as a type of disturbance anyway. ;-) At least if they take place between 12:30 and 21:00. The Football/Soccer World Cup is starting today with the Opening Ceremony this afternoon and the first match at 15:00. Matches will take place up to three times per day with the starting times of 12:30, 15:00 and 19:30. But not every day will have three matches, so just check here world-cup.irishtimes.com/?mi=3 The final match will be on 11 July, so if you hate football, you could have a long month ahead of you. I am not a big football fan and would never watch a match during the normal season. But European Championship and World Cup are different :-) so I will definitely watch a few matches if and when I have time and have to admit that I strongly support ONE of the teams ;-) You can guess which one! Lol
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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.

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This weekend, I will definitely go to the Marlay Summer Fair on either Saturday or Sunday and will meet some friends who I haven’t met for a LONG time. In the evening I will sing at a gig in Lucan with the Valley Gospel Singers and after it, you will find me in the Mint Bar, listening to The Ratzingers.
On Sunday I will try the Ferocious Mingle Market in the Food Co-Op, will go to the Point Village Market and in the evening I will be at the Gardiner Street Gospel Mass (it is the second last before the summer break, so if you always wanted to come to hear us sing, you better do it this week or next week).
During the week I will be busy, and there is no event that totally grabs my attention, so being otherwise busy is fine. ;-)

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RIP – ROCK, INDIE, POP CLUB NIGHT – TICKET COMPETITION
Daragh L. told me that he is promoting a new gay club night called “Rock Indie Pop” or RIP in short. He describes “RIP (Rock, Indie, Pop) is Dublin’s newest alternative to the mainstream gay clubs, with an eclectic mix of music, performance art, dancers and drinks promos. The venue is the Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Entry is EUR 10 (or 8 for students/unemp.) Doors open at 23.00. Find out more at www.rockindiepop.com” To promote this new event which will take place the first time on Sat 18 June in the Button Factory, Daragh has made 3 pairs of tickets available for a competition here. If you are interested in winning a pair of tickets, just send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with RIP in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your mail has to be with me by 13:00 on Tues 15 June.

CHARITY 90s NIGHT – TICKET COMPETITION
Laura Ryder’s charity event is taking place tonight. Laury will climb the Kilimanjaro in August she is raising money for the teenage mental health charity Headstrong and the Simon Community with it. On Fri 11 June she is inviting everybody to the Sugar Club, Leeson Street, for a 90s night with live music from “Pump Up The Jam”. The event starts at 20:00 and it is important that you are there BEFORE 23:00 because if you arrive after that time then the next act on the evening gets all the money and NOT “her” charities. Admission is EUR 10 and if you arrive before 23:00 Laura’s charities get the money AND you are still allowed to stay for the following gig which is a Brazilian night. Two gigs for the price of one! Laura’s facebook page is www.facebook.com/lollipopversuskilimanjaro and the event page is
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125762744104854
Laura had made one pair of tickets available for a competition here and the winner was Danny Groenland. Congrats!

All events in this Competition Section are non-free events, but the organisers are making free tickets available for you to win. I usually get lots of competition entries and unfortunately not everybody can win, so even if you are not the winner, please consider going to an event to support the organisers. :-) If you don’t win, and will go to the event, please help showing the organisers that promoting their event in the Dublin Event Guide is beneficial and mention to them that you heard about the event through “Joerg’s Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”. Thanks!

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MERRION SQUARE TO BE RENAMED
Are you surprised about that? And are you similarly curious to find out what the new name might be? Well here is the real surprise: The park is currently not called “Merrion Square” (all the maps are wrong!) instead it is called “Archbishop Ryan Park”. It got this name in 1974 when Dublin City wanted to honour Archbishop Ryan for giving the park to Dublin as a gift. But apart from a sign at the entrance on the side of Fitzwilliam Street there is hardly any indication that the park has that name. The City Councillors should have realised that renaming the park but not the streets around it, which are all called “Merrion Square” (South, North, East and West) is wasted time. Until 24 April you could submit your suggestion for a new name (www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0423/1224268946987.html)
and it turns out that only 567 did respond. 13 wanted to keep the current (official) name, Brigid Park was the suggestion of 113 (that was triggered by the article in April!), Oscar Wilde Park was proposed by 219 (triggered by Oscar Wilde’s statue in a corner of the park), Merrion Arts Garden was suggested by 98 and 45 thought Merrion Square was the best name (www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0507/1224269870332.html). Not a strong vote for Merrion Square, but it seems that the City Councillors will propose the renaming of Merrion Square to the brand new name of …. Merrion Square. Probably the smartest decision since 1974!

APARTMENT BARGAINS
A few years ago most of us would have expected that bargains and apartments are two completely contradicting terms, but it is amazing what a bit of economic correction and some banking trouble can do to apartment prices. This weekend the Anglo Irish Bank is putting the first sets of apartments from bankrupt developments up for sale. The apartments are in Carrickmines and in Templeogue and the prices are One-beds start EUR 135,000 (1-bed), EUR 180,000 (2-bed) and EUR 250,000 (large 2-bed) in Carrickmines and EUR 275,000 and EUR 325,000 (2-bed, down from EUR 525,000) and EUR 340,000 (3-bed, down from EUR 620,000) in Templeogue. Not bad and a lot more realistic than what they were originally on the market for. www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2010/0610/1224272187779.html?via=mr Due to my day-job, I know the development in Carrickmines well, actually too well and could tell a few interesting stories about it. And I know the original builder too well as well, so I will stay away from it, but I am sure the apartments will be sold once the weekend is over.

SINGLE MEN WANTED
Do you remember reading about Outdoors Ireland in this Event Guide? Nathan Kingerlee is regularly running outdoor adventure events and he has made free tickets available for competitions before. For that reason I want to help him today and I want to help some of you: Nathan is looking for single men! But don’t worry, not for himself! ;-) Instead he is organising a Singles Weekend on 26-27 June and while a lot of women have signed up to it, there are still a few places for men to make sure that there is a balance. Guys, don’t be shy! Nathan tells me that the girls are very nice. ;-) You can find out more here outdoorsireland.blogspot.com/2010/06/single-men-wanted.html Oh and check out the Nationwide video clip that he mentions on the website. (As you can imagine, this event is not free.)

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In order to beat an economic downturn not governments can help, but individuals are needed that take the initiative and to create new markets and new opportunities for themselves and for their customers and hopefully employees. The banks don’t help anymore, the government doesn’t want to help, so we have to help ourselves! The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) will help you if you have recently started a company and if you could do with spreading the word. I hope being mentioned here and being seen by the 6500+ readers of the Event Guide will kick start something big for you. In return I expect you to tell your clients and friends about the Event Guide and once you have made a nice bit of money, a donation would be very appreciated. ;-) (This offer is for start-ups in relatively early stages only. Established companies can contact me regarding very affordable advertisement options in the Dublin Event Guide.) If you want to promote your start-up/young company here for free, let me know: dublineventguide@gmail.com.

Some vacancies for this slot! If you want to be mentioned, contact me asap!

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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/exhib-lein/
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.

DUBLIN SKETCHERS – SOL ART GALLERY
“Drawing a Crowd” is the title of an exhibition by the Dublin Sketchers. It is their first exhibition and will take place in the Sol Art Gallery in Dawson Street, Dublin 2. The exhibition will be on show from 11-17 June. It will open at 18:00 tonight. www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com

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DUBLIN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
The Dublin Shakespeare Festival with 45 free Shakespeare performances is taking place from Mon 07 June until Sat 12 June. The website with all the details is www.dublinshakespeare.com/ and if you want to see the full programme, you can find it here
www.vividgraphicdesign.net/dublinshakespeare.com/fullprogramme.pdf This is a must-go event for Shakespeare or English literature fans! ;-)

TRANSFORMING IRELAND – EARTH SCIENCES LECTURE
The UCD Earth Sciences Institute is running a series of seminars on most Fridays between March and December. The next lecture will be on Fri 11 June (12:30-14:00):
“Achieving the potential of wave power by 2020” by Andrew Parish, CEO Wavebob and “Software tools to efficiently manage large portfolios of wind and other distributed energy generation technologies” by Des Farren, CEO Servusnet
The event will take place in the Mont Clare Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2. To find out more about upcoming lectures, contact esi.admin@ucd.ie

ENEMIES – IN-STORE EVENT – TOWER RECORDS
The “Enemies” are in Tower Records in Wicklow Street for an In-Store Event on Fri 11 June at 13:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010
Today the World Championship of football (soccer) will kick off in South Africa. Without a doubt it will bring back memories (for example of a fateful game Ireland vs France) and it will create stress, excitement and annoyance in some people. I am not a big football fan normally, but the World Cup is something special, so I will watch some games and I think life is too short to get annoyed over it as many people (and a higher proportion of women) do. Go for a walk, read a book or – even better – just join in and enjoy the even. ;-) The matches in the group stages (until 25 June) are at 12:30, 15:00 and the latest game at 19:30, so unless you go for replays, all is done by 21:15 ;-). A good Match schedule is here world-cup.irishtimes.com/?mi=3

REGULAR EVENTS – FRIDAY
* James Sheeran (Acoustic/Rock/Trad) is playing from 18:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. And The Eastern Harps (Trad) are playing there from 20:00. Admission is free.
* 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) and every Monday from 19:00 in Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 15. These are drop in classes, newcomers are welcome. For more information check www.coolspirit.info or www.sahajayoga.ie.
* The Covers play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later: DJ Carlos Irie. Admission is free.
* “Shake Down” in Pacino’s restaurant, Suffolk Street is a weekly Friday event from 23:00. Live Bands a DJ, Pizza and Cocktails and free admission make this event hugely attractive. Check www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604976870 to find out which band will be there this week.

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SUMMER FAIR 2010 – MARLAY HOUSE
What an interesting event and what a bad bad bad way of promoting it. Let me tell you first what the event is about: The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board is running this as a fair/exhibition for craftspeople, designers, food makers, business owners. It will take place in Marlay House from 11-13 June with an invitation-only launch on Fri 11 June and the main event (everybody is welcome) on Sat + Sun. (Admission is free). So there is a Enterprise Board that organises a fair in a nice environment for its members to showcase their products and services. That is a good and commendable idea.
The problem is how it is promoted: I would expect that some PR and Marketing people are members of the County Enterprise Board and it would be great if they got involved in this event to make sure that it is promoted properly. Have a look how it is promoted to the outside world: www.visitdublin.com/events/freeevents/Detail.aspx?id=242&mid=7589 Can you tell me what the event is about? No, not how old the venue is or if it is similar to the Winter Fair. I don’t care about that, just tell me what the event is about! Dooooh! Someone really messed up! Well, maybe the organiser has better information you wonder? I checked: www.dlrceb.ie/DLRCEB_Winter_Fair_2008/Default.325.html Check it out and weep! If I were an exhibitor, I would strangle someone. ;-)

POINT VILLAGE MARKET
The Point Village Market, will from now on take place every Sat+Sun from 08:30-17:30 and this week with the Maritime Festival around the corner you have an opportunity to check both out in one visit. The Point Village Market is next to the Point Depot (a.k.a. The O2) at the final LUAS stop in the Docklands.
There will be 100 stalls at the market every weekend, some permanent some more transient. 30 stalls per week are being designated for the public, 15 of which are for anyone who wants to offload their bric a brac, spring clean their wardrobe or generally de-clutter their living space. The other 15 are being designated for students that hold a valid student card and have made the products that they are selling, these student stalls are free of charge and all of the public stalls are given on a first come first served basis. The regular core stalls encompassing the remaining 70 units will be hand picked by VSC events Ltd. www.vscevents.ie/pointvillage.html

CAR BOOT SALE – IRISHTOWN, DUBLIN 4
The Metropolitan Church in 57 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4 is the venue for a new Car Boot Sale. It takes place on Sat 12 June from 09:00-14:00. Admission for buyers is free (EUR 15 for sellers). The subsequent dates are 26 June and 03+17 July. dublincity.olx.ie/car-boot-sales-irishtown-dublin-4-iid-93754493

THAI CULTURAL FAMILY DAY
On Sat 12 June from 14:00-16:00 the Thai Cultural Family Day will take part in the Chester Beatty Library. “Join us for our annual Family Day celebrating Thai culture. We are delighted to welcome back the Thai Dance Academy and Thai Music Circle London to perform on the day. We will also have activities for families to explore the Library’s Thai collection.” The vent is free, but you have to book and you can do that online on www.cbl.ie from Mon 07 June from 09:30.

7TH FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
The Filipino Cultural Affairs Committee invite to the Filipino Independence Day on Sat 12 June. The 7th Filipino Day in Ireland will feature a Filipino Community Parade, a Big Raffle, lots of traditional Filipino music, clothes, jewellery and food stalls. Entertainment with guest celebrity Pokwang, the Filipino Queen of Comedy will be part of the programme as well. The event will take place in St Anne’s Park, Raheny from 10:30-19:30. www.balitapinoy.net/journal/646811/DUBLIN And to give you an idea here is a video from last year’s festival: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVJm7hb9r10

ANTI-EU PROTEST – CITY CENTRE
An Anti-EU organisation called “People’s Movement” will demonstrate on Sat 12 June at the following locations 12:30 Dail, Kildare Street, 13:00 Labour Party HQ, Ely Place, 13:30 Fine Gael HQ, Upper Mount St, 14:00 Fianna Fail HQ, Lwr Mount St. www.indymedia.ie/article/96820 The AA doesn’t list this protest, so it might not cause much of a traffic disruption, but be aware of it in case any of the locations are relevant to you.

MARK JOYCE – ARTIST RESPONSE – IMMA
On 12 Jun at 13:00-14:00 the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham Gaol is inviting to an “Artist Response: The Grass is Always Greener on the other side” with Mark Joyce, the Irish painter and IADT lecturer. “He will speak from the context of his own practice, exploring classic tropes found in manifestos of artists and composers in the Modernist period and how this may inform Morton Feldman’s relationship to the Visual Arts.” www.imma.ie/en/page_212225.htm

GAZA – WHAT NEXT – PUBLIC MEETING – CENTRAL HOTEL
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will hold a public meeting entitled “Gaza – After the Flotilla, What Next?” on Sat 12 June at 14:00 in the Central Hotel, Exchequer St. Dublin 2. Two people, who were on two separate boats that were part of the Flotilla, will be at the event and will talk about their experiences. Dr Fintan Lane was on the Challenger 1 as a passenger and Derek Graham was First Mate on the MV Rachel Corrie. www.ipsc.ie

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
# The Adult Gallery Talk “The Devil is in the Detail” is taking place on Sat 12 June from 12:00-12:30 in Collins Barracks. It is a talk with Rudolf Heltzel, Silversmith, in the Palatine Room. No booking required. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come, first served basis. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=1230

CANTOIRI CHOIR – SUMMER CONCERT
The Cantóirí Choir is inviting to a free concert on Sat 12 June in the chapel at St Patrick’s Hospital in James’ Street, Dublin 8 from 18:30-19:30. Cantóirí is a Dublin choir with an international membership. Their repertoire spans the centuries, from the Renaissance to the 20th Century and their particular speciality is folk music from all over the globe. Cantóirí sings each song in the original language. www.cantoiri.com

STORYBOOKS FOR SMALL DOGS – WHELAN’S
Storybooks for Small Dogs, a band that has been compared to the Pixies, the Misfits, the Strokes and Lloyd Cole will perform upstairs at Whelan’s in 25 Wexford Street on Sat 12 June from 20:00. Admission is free. www.myspace.com/storybooksforsmalldogs

THE RATZINGERS – MINT BAR
If you are a longer term reader you know that I love the Ratzingers! They are a brilliant cover band that always creates a great atmosphere and provides super music. The Ratzingers will be again in the Mint Bar in the basement of the Westin Hotel and I will be there. :-) The gig starts at 22:30. www.facebook.com/pages/event.php?eid=124082180955406&ref=mf

REGULAR SATURDAY EVENTS
* Don’t forget that 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. The Designer Mart is on winter break and will return from 13 March!
* 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
* The Dublin Food Coop runs a food market every Saturday (09:30-16:30) and Thursday (14:00-20:00) at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Fresh local and artisan produce, mainly organic, and other products for sustainable living are on sale. www.dublinfood.coop
* Meditation through Breathing: Every Saturday from 11:00-12:00 this event will take place in Iveagh Gardens (at the back, near fountains). The event is free of charge, but since it is weather dependent, you are asked to call beforehand to ensure the class is on (087 2045168). Suitable for all. No previous experience required. Wear comfortable warm clothes and bring a yoga mat/light blanket.
* Car Boot Sale in Tallaght – Every Saturday from 09:00-15:00 a car boot sale is taking place at the Victory Centre, Firhouse Road, Tallaght. Ring 086-3394009 / 086-1961815 for more information. www.gumtree.ie/dublin/01/58061901.html
* Blackhorse Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Saturday from 10:00-18:00 the Blackhorse Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line. theblackhorsemarket.com
* The Black Sheep play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later Dj Glenn Brown (Dublin Calling). Admission is free.
* Havana Tapas Bar is inviting to a Salsa Night with afro-latin percussion every Sat night 22:30-02:00. Bachata, salsa, merengue, reggeaton with resident DJ Papi Chulo. Food is available until 00:30 and usually there is plenty of room to get dancing.

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CAR BOOT SALE – HAROLD’S CROSS GREYHOUND STADIUM
On Sunday 13 June from 09:00 the Harold’s Cross Greyhound Stadium Car Boot Sale will take place again on the car park of the stadium (151 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin). Visiting is free. If you want to sell your wares, check www.haroldscrosscarbootsale.com/ for details.

FARMLEIGH HOUSE – FOOD MARKET
The next Food (Farmer’s) Market will take place in the Victorian Courtyard and Farmyard of Farmleigh House, in the Northern part of Phoenix Park from 10:00-17:15 on Sun 13 June. www.farmleigh.ie

CHILDREN’S ART WORKSHOP – PHOENIX PARK
The weekly Children’s Art Cart Workshops at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre is taking place every Sun from 10:30-12:30. Up to 15 children can participate but they must be supervised by an adult. Children 5 years & over. The next workshops are
13 Jun: Summer in the walled garden
20 Jun: Cycling in the Park
27 Jun: Deer of the Park
04 Jul: Summer flowers of the Park
11 Jul: Badges to wear
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,12181,en.html

FEROCIOUS MINGLE MARKET – FOOD CO-OP
A new regular event (every second Sunday) is starting this Sun 13 June in the Dublin Food Co-op on Newmarket Square in Dublin 8. The new market is called The Ferocious Mingle Market and is an “Old Charm Irish market packed with banter & craic”. It will take place from 11:00-17:00 and will have 40 stalls. Traders, but as well visitors are invited to wear Fancy Dress. With Car Boot sales and Flea Markets appearing at every street corner in recent months, I guess the Old Charm style and the Fancy Dress (if kept up) will make the Ferocious Mingle Market different than all the others and could be very essential. Either way, let’s wish the guys good luck! …and I will definitely have a look this Sunday. www.thejosiebaggleycompany.com/pages/FerociousMingleMarket-info.htm and www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Market/119919821374353

SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Nearly every Sunday a free “Sunday at Noon” concert is taking place in the Hugh Lane Gallery. From 12:00-13:00 classical music will be performed for free. No booking is required. This week (Sun 13 Jun) the jazz pianist Simon Nabatov (www.nabatov.com) will perform. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=510

ACTIVE 8 – SHANKILL
On Sun 13 June from 13:00-17:00, Shanganagh Park in Shankill will be a hive of health and fitness with Active8, a free bicycle event to encourage children to get out and get fit. 13 June is the start of National Bike Week and to celebrate this Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown are running Active8 on that day. Active8 is an afternoon of cycling events and will include Cycle skills and an obstacle area. The event will also include a cycle trail around the park with medals for all those who complete the course, Bicycle maintenance checks and fixes and an off road cycle trail area, a “Bling Ur Bike” area and an area where you can learn to ride a unicycle are all part of this event. This year one of the highlights of Active8 is the Rothar 2010 Kids Bike Swap where kids can trade up or down for their next bike. This event provides families with a cost-effective opportunity that allows them to trade a child’s bike that has been outgrown for a larger bike that provides both a better fit and ride for their child’s next summer season of riding! This initiative is run by “Rothar” see www.rothar.ie The idea behind Active 8 is to build a habit of regular exercise in a safe environment for children and bring back the bike in anticipation of long bright spring and summer days! Active8 is an initiative by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and is a family friendly event. Admission is free. www.dlrevents.ie/active8-10.htm

BIKEWEEK 2010
From Sun 13 June – Sun 20 June the National Bike Week is taking place. A great opportunity to run cycling related events and to promote the use of the bicycle, but it seems there a bit of a gap between the intention and the realisation. I wanted to tell you about the events that are taking place in Dublin and checked the calendar of events. Have a look at it: bikeweek.ie/calendar Any chance of identifying an event that is suitable for you? I gave up! :-( The Dublin Cycling Initiative’s website doesn’t even mention the Bikeweek: dublincycling.ie/events If you are a cycling enthusiast, I suggest that you spend some time to trawl through all the events on the bikeweek.ie website to find the ones that are in Dublin and that are suitable for you and hopefully next year we will be able to search for location on the website. ;-)

ALICE MAHER – PUBLIC LECTURE – HUGH LANE GALLERY
In this public lecture “Talking to my hair” on Sun 13 June (13:30) artist Alice Maher, whose work is included in the current exhibition in Hugh Lane Gallery, will discuss her own practice, referencing the role that memory plays in her work. This talk is free and everybody is welcome. Space is limited, so arrive early. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=484

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
# This week’s “My Museum” Family event is entitled “Animal Tales” and takes place on Sun 13 June from 15:00-16:00 in the Natural History Museum on Merrion Square. “Join our storyteller in the Discovery Zone to hear some animal tales! Please note drop-in events are not limited in number but can get busy – you may have to return later to take part in any activities. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=1231
# Another family event, entitled “Hands on History” takes place on Sun 13 June from 15:00-16:00. It is for Families with children 5 yrs+ in Collins Barracks. “Fun family learning with the Museum’s collection of objects especially for handling. No booking required. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come, first served basis.”

NATIONAL GALLERY – SUNDAY LECTURE
The Sunday Lecture on 13 June at 15:00 in the National Gallery in Clare Street & Merrion Square is: “Exhibitions that Foster and Encourage New Talent” by Lecturer Nora Hickey, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html

MATINEE BRUNCH CLUB – ODEON BAR & GRILL
The Odeon Bar & Grill (Old Harcourt Street Station, Dublin 2) are inviting all families on Sat+Sun from 12:00-18:00 to a “Matinee Brunch Club”. Good Food, Kids movies (13:00+15:00), major international sporting events on the other big screen plus kids under 3 eat for free are the main attractions of this offer. Upcoming Movies are on 12+13 June: Shrek, 19+20 June: Up; 26+27 June: Monsters Inc. www.odeon.ie/

COMEDY CRUNCH – SHEBEEN CHIC
Free comedy + free ice-cream! The Comedy Crunch is a brilliant free Stand Up comedy which is downstairs in Shebeen Chic, Sth Great Georges Street every week. It starts at 21:00 and the line-up is changing but always impressive. The next Comedy Crunch is on Sun 13 June. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
* The Temple Bar Book Market is taking place every Sat+Sun on Temple Bar Square from 11:00-18:00.
* Blackhorse Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sunday from 10:00-18:00 the Blackhorse Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line. theblackhorsemarket.com
* Sunday Roast is a weekly event in the Globe in Sth George’s Street from 20:00-01:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes. www.myspace.com/sundayroast1
* “Loose Change” play in Gibneys Pub, New St., Malahide every Sunday from 18:00-20:00.
* From 21:00 in The Bleeding Horse on Camden Street “The Apollo Sessions” is a free show featuring multiple styles of original music from local and international musicians and songwriters www.myspace.com/thebleedinghorsesessions
* Every Sunday “The Latin Beat” will take place in the Odeon in Harcourt Street from 20:00-02:00. A band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes will be additional features. Admission is free. www.odeon.ie/
* The Burning Effigies are playing afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul every Sunday from 23:00 in Turk’s Head in Parliament Street. www.turkshead.ie
* Gardiner Street Gospel Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. Everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness. www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
* Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass at 19:00 in Holy Spirit Church, Silloge, Ballymun.

WEEKEND EVENTS
If you are just looking for Sunday events, please check the event list for Saturday as well. A good few events are taking place on Saturday AND Sunday, but it wouldn’t make sense to list them twice.

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———Monday————————–

JAPANESE PEACE BOAT
On 14 June Dublin will host a visit from the Japanese-based Peace Boat, including ten atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Everyone is welcome to attend the following events:
09:30-11:00: Press conference, Georgian Room, Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin 2
11:00-12:00: Buswell’s Hotel – Round Table discussion
13:00-14:00: Visit memorial cherry tree in Merrion Square, Dublin.
15:00-17:00: Public meeting at the Art Exchange Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Peace Boat is an international Non-Government Organisation (NGO) working to promote peace and sustainability through the organisation of peace voyages onboard a large passenger ship. Peace Boat also actively participates in advocacy and educational activities on issues such as disarmament, conflict prevention and development as an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. More details on www.peaceboat.org and www.indymedia.ie/article/96923

FIFA WORLD CUP – SUGAR CLUB
The Sugar Club is inviting to the FIFA World Cup 2010 game Italy vs Paraguay. Doors at 18:00. Admission is free. www.thesugarclub.com/what-is-on.html

SAVE OUR SWIMMING POOL – PROTEST
In December 2009, Dublin City Council announced that due to cutbacks in the budget there was no more funding available for the swimming pools in Sean McDermott Street, Coolock and Crumlin. On Mon 14 June at 18:00 a demonstration against the Sean MacDermott Street swimming pool closure will take place at City Hall while the Council Meeting will be taking place.
www.iconnetwork.ie/news/2010/04/14/save-our-swimming-pool-campaign-continues www.indymedia.ie/article/96930

INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER WEEK – GUTTER BOOK SHOP
The Gutter Bookshop in Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 is celebrating the Independent Booksellers Week (Mon 14 – Sun 20 June) with a number of special events:
+ Travel Photography – An Introduction on Mon 14 June (18:30-19:30)
Dave McKane, from the Institute of Photography in Dublin, will be giving a free talk on making the most of your camera whilst travelling. Suitable for all abilities, he will give hints and tips on capturing beautiful and professional images. This event is free but places are limited so please contact the Gutter Bookshop to book a seat.
+ Poetry Night – Book Launch for “Yeats and Sligo” by Kevin Connolly on Thus 17 June from 18:00-19:30
+ Kids Event – A Puffin Party on Sat 19 June at 14:00-17:00
To celebrate 70 years of wonderful children’s books from Puffin the Gutter Bookshop is inviting to a party with games and art activities through the afternoon. All ages welcome, young children should be supervised.
+ Book Launch for “Keys to the Cage: How People Cope with Depression” by Sue Leonard on Wed 23 from 18:30-20:00.
www.gutterbookshop.com and Tel 01 6799206

CINE-CAFE – MOTHER REILLY’S – RATHMINES
I am not sure if Howard Linnane’s Irish movie screening night Cine-Café (an evening of short films) and Pint & Picture (full feature film screening) is still running. The website or facebook page for this event is still missing. The event usually did take place on Mondays at 20:00 in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines, Dublin 6 (Uppercross House Hotel, 30 Upr Rathmines Road (opposite Tesco)). Check with Howard 085-1351822 if the event will take place and which films he will show.

GIRAFFES + JAZZBERRIES – WHELAN’S
Daniel F tells me that his band, the Giraffes (folk-jazz-fun -www.myspace.com/giraffeslove) and band Jazzberries (funk/soul/blues – www.myspace.com/sallayg) will be in Whelan’s in 25 Wicklow Street on Mon 14 June. Admission is free and doors is at 20:30.

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* Every Mon from 20:00-22:00 in Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, 78 Grafton Street, the music collective the ‘Lazy Band’ is playing roots, trad and folk songs from Ireland, England, America and anything else they like. Admission is free and the bar serves during the show. Laid-back atmosphere, unplugged and informal. www.myspace.com/thelazyband
* ‘Hugh Cooney Don’t Like Monday’, a cabaret and live visual performance by Hugh Cooney, will take place every Monday night from 20:30 at The Pygmalion, South William Street, Dublin 2 (formerly Ba Mizu in Powerscourt Shopping Centre). Admission free. www.facebook.com/pygmaliondublin
* From 21:00 in the International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street: The Glór Sessions feature acoustic singer-songwriters, comedy, spoken word and poetry hosted by Stephen James Smith. Entry is free. www.stephenjamessmith.com/Glor.html www.facebook.com/TheGlorSessions
* From 21:30 a traditional Irish music session is taking place in Kennedy’s Pub in Drumcondra. Admission is free.
* From 22:00, the front bar of Whelan’s is the venue for the Open Mic event “Acoustic Nightmares Night”, organised by the band The Mighty Stef and some members from The Last Tycoons. This is a free event. www.facebook.com/pages/THE-MIGHTY-STEF/17575454643
* Upbeat Generation is playing Soul/Funk/Rock Covers in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2 from 22:00. Later: DJ Rasheed. Admission is free.

———Tuesday————————

NATIONAL GALLERY LECTURE
On Tues 15 June a National Gallery lecture will take place at 10:30. The topic is “Harry Clarke and other highlights of Taking Stock: Acquisitions 2000-2010” by Lecturer Niamh MacNally, National Gallery of Ireland. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html.

MARY O’ROURKE – NATIONAL LIBRARY
Mary O’Rourke, former minister and still TD will be in the National Library for a “Reading and reflection” on Tues 15 June at 13:00. www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

TALES OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN
Tales of Medieval Dublin, a series of monthly lunchtime lectures at the Wood Quay Venue in the Civic Offices by the Friends of Medieval Dublin and Dublin City Council is starting on Tues 15 June at 13:05-13:45. Sean Duffy will talk about “The Abbot’s Tale – Beraid, the Pre-Viking Abbott of Dubh-Linn (died c. 650 AD) www.fmd.ie

TEGAN AND SARA – IN-STORE EVENT – TOWER RECORDS
“Tegan and Sara” are in Tower Records in Wicklow Street for an In-Store Event on Tues 15 June at 14:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

BOOK LAUNCH – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
On Tues 15 June at 16:30 the book “La Orden del Finnegans” will be launched in the Instituto Cervantes. The event will take place with the renowned Spanish writers: Eduardo Lago, Enrique Vila-Matas, Antonio Soler, Jordi Soler, Malcolm Otero and José Antonio Garriga Vela and with an introduction by an award-winning Irish writer.
The six Spanish authors formed La Orden del Finnegans (“The Order of Finnegans”), which takes its name from the pub in Dalkey and not the Joycean book. The Order has very few golden rules and its members seemingly have a healthy drive to oust one another from the group. These illustrious and comic gents convene on the 16th June every year in Dublin and add new commitments and rules to the Order. This they do with the thinly-veiled hope that one of them will slip up, and they will at last be able to follow Brendan Behan’s maxim, according to which the order of the day for any Irish republican organisation is first and foremost that of split. One of the decrees set in stone by the Order on Bloomsday last was the creation of this collective book. It looks as if the members’ obstinate desire for the self-destruction of the group, may not, alas, be as easy as first thought.
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha60904_16_2.htm

THE STAVES – IN-STORE EVENT – TOWER RECORDS
“The Staves” are in Tower Records in Wicklow Street for an In-Store Event on Tues 15 June at 17:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

FIFA WORLD CUP – SUGAR CLUB
On Tues 15 June the FIFA World Cup 2010 game Brazil vs South Korea will be shown in the Sugar Club in Leeson Street. Admission is free. Doors at 18:00. www.thesugarclub.com/what-is-on.html

JUERGEN HABERMAS – ACADEMIC LECTURE
“The Political: The Rational Meaning of a Questionable Inheritance of Political Theory” by Prof. Jürgen Habermas is the title of an Academic Lecture that will take place on Tues 15 June at 18:00. The venue will be the Clinton Auditorium, University College Dublin, Dublin 4. The lecture will be in English. Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
www.ucd.ie/philosophy/newsevents/habermaslecture/
www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/en5985514v.htm

CUBAN HEALTHCARE IN HAIT- FILM SCREENING
The Cuba Support Group and Latin American Solidarity Centre invite you to attend a film screening and talk on “Cuban Healthcare in Haiti”. The seminar will include a screening of the film Haiti’s Healthcare Reborn (22mins) focusing on Cuba’s response to the Haitian earthquake in January and its 10-year commitment to rebuild the Haitian healthcare system from the ground up. With Dr David Hickey
(Beaumont Hospital and visiting professor of surgery at Havana University) and Maria Aleida del Riego (ICAP-Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples). The event will take place in Liberty Hall on Tues 15 June from 18:30-20:00. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

JOHN MAHER – BOOK LAUNCH – IRISH WRITER’S CENTRE
On Tues 15 June at 19:00 the Book Launch of “Rondo” by John Maher is taking place in the Irish Writer’s Centre on Parnell Square. This event is free and all are welcome. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

REGULAR TUESDAY EVENTS
* Open Mic Night with The Last Tycoons in O’Donoghues on Suffolk Street every Tueas from 20:00. It’s free and anyone can get up, sing a song or do whatever they like. www.facebook.com/pages/ODonoghues-Open-Mic/71834618844
* In the Bankers Inn on Trinity Street (off Dame Street) at 21:30: An acoustic singer-songwriter session hosted by Dave Murphy. A contribution is requested but not required. This is a listening club so is very quiet and features a lot of experienced songwriters trying out new material. www.myspace.com/davemurphyandfriends
* From 21:30, O’Briens on Dame Street (next to the Mercantile Pub) is the venue for a further Open Mic event of acoustic rock’n’roll organised by the band The Mighty Stef. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/pages/THE-MIGHTY-STEF/17575454643
* White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2

———Wednesday———————-

BLOOMSDAY – FACTS AND QUESTIONS
Wed 16 June 2010 is Blooms Day. Bloomsday celebrates the day on which the action of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses takes place, 16 June 1904, the day on which (we believe) Joyce first went out with his future wife, Nora Barnacle. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Ulysses. The novel follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 08:00 on 16 June through to the early hours of the following morning.
One of the earliest Bloomsday celebrations was a Ulysses lunch, organised by Sylvia Beach, publisher of Ulysses, and her partner Adrienne Monnier in France in June 1929. The first Bloomsday celebrated in Ireland was in 1954, the fiftieth anniversary of the first Bloomsday when the writers Patrick Kavanagh and Flann O’Brien visited locations like the Martello Tower at Sandycove, Davy Byrne’s pub, and 7 Eccles Street, reading parts of Ulysses and drinking a great deal as they went!
Today, Bloomsday is celebrated by Joyceans across the globe with readings, performances, re-enactments, and a host of other events. In Dublin, enthusiasts dress in Edwardian costume and gather during the day at many of the locations where episodes of Ulysses take place. The James Joyce Centre hosts Bloomsday breakfasts (including kidney, which Mr Bloom eats for breakfast in the novel) and other events in the run up to June 16 as well as on the day.
If Star Trek fans played through a day of their beloved film/book, or if the fans of Glee or SATC did something similar we would probably call them “mad” or wonder if they lost it and need psychiatric help. Possibly similar attributes should be applied and questions should be asked about Joycean’s? An odd bunch these Blooms Day celebrants!!

BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATIONS
The website www.jamesjoyce.ie/detail.asp?ID=137 and the PDF www.jamesjoyce.ie/docs/BLOOMSDAY_2010_JamesJoyceCentre.pdf list most of the official Bloomsday events and if you are interested you should have a look for all the details there. Many events are free.
In addition to these events the National Library and Libraries in Dublin will have film screenings in 16 June

BLOOMSDAY – NATIONAL LIBRARY
In the National Library a screening of three films by Alan Gilsenan, commissioned in 2004 as part of the NLI’s exhibition James Joyce and Ulysses will take place. These films, all approximately 12 minutes in length, are entitled: ‘Controversy and censorship: Ulysses in the public eye’; ‘Joyce’s contemporary legacy’; and, ‘An enduring relationship: James Joyce and the National Library of Ireland’. The films will run continuously throughout the day, admission is free and no booking is required. Visitors can also view a virtual first edition of Ulysses which uses ‘turning the pages’ technology in the National Library’s exhibition Discover Your National Library: Explore, Reflect, Connect. www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

BLOOMSDAY IN DUBLIN LIBRARIES
Two Films from Irish Film-Maker Ian Graham. “Joyce – the Journey Home” and “James Joyce: The Trials of Ulysses” will be screened in the Cabra Library in Navan Road, Dublin 7 and in the Central Library in Ilac Centre, Henry Street on Wed 16 June from 14:00-15:40.
www.dublincitypubliclibraries.ie
Additionally the Central Library in ILAC Centre, Henry Street will present “Bloomsongs – Songs from Joyce”, a selection of songs from the life & works of James Joyce in celebration of Bloomsday 2010. Wed 16 June from 13:00-14:00.

JAMES CONWAY – BOOK LAUNCH
On Wed 16 June at 19:00 the Book Launch of “Vertebrae of Journey” by James Conway is taking place in the Irish Writers’ Centre. The book is James Conway’s first collection of poetry. The event is free and all are welcome. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS
* The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 17:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. The majority of people there are Spanish or English-speaking, but French, Italians, Polish and Chinese are sometimes coming to and everybody is welcome to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.
* “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/
* “The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesdays. www.myspace.com/thesongroom
* Songs of Praise, a Rock Karaoke is taking place every Wednesday from 21:00 in The Village in Wexford Street, Dublin 2. www.getpraise.com
* 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).
* Seven Deadly Skins are playing Reggae/Ska Covers from 22:00 with DJ Dotsie later. The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Admission is free.

———Thursday————————

DL5-8 – ART, MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE – DUN LAOGHAIRE
This is your last chance! If you want to experience DL5-8, then it will have to be this week: Until Thurs 17 June, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in association with GradCAM – The Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media at IADT (Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dún Laoghaire) are running a new weekly Dún Laoghaire-based music and arts programme, DL5-8. The programme runs every Thursday evening 20 May to 17 June and features film screenings with live performances, temporary art works, traditional and improvised music gigs featuring local and international artists, public talks with artists and creatives. Check www.creativepolicies.com for the details of this event.

SIMON FAGAN – IN-STORE EVENT – TOWER RECORDS
Simon Fagan will be in Tower Records in Wicklow Street for an In-Store Event on Thurs 17 June at 18:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

FIFA WORLD CUP – SUGAR CLUB
On Thurs 17 June the FIFA World Cup 2010 game Mexico vs France will be shown in the Sugar Club, Leeson Street. Doors are at 18:00 and Admission is free if you are wearing something green! Read the details: “Put your Irish green jersey to good use this year – wear it for Mexico when they play France on June 17th! Just because Ireland aren’t in the World Cup this year, doesn’t mean you can’t support anyone – Mexico’s kit is green, so you can get behind them, especially when they play France! We’ve got a special screening on in The Sugar Club with complimentary Jose Cuervo Mojitos and tasty burritos from Pablo Picante to help get you in the mood. Admission is free from 18:00 but if you’re not wearing any green, you won’t get in!” www.thesugarclub.com/what-is-on.html

THE BEAUTY SPOT – DAKOTA BAR
“The Beauty Spot at Dakota” is a weekly event that was launched on 13 May. It runs on Thursdays from 19:00-01:00 in the Dakota Bar, 8/9 South William Street, Dublin 2. It is a new night of Fashion, Beauty, Shopping and Drinks in association with Style Nation. “Featuring at the Beauty Spot will be regular beauty tips and advice given by Top Make Up Artists, Hair Stylists, alongside a ‘Pop Up Shop’ hosting vintage & contemporary fashion and accessories. The weekly Beauty Bar will have a different theme and treatments every week. Check out www.stylenation.ie for more info on The Beauty Spot and keep an eye on the twitter pages at www.twitter.com/stylenationshow and www.twitter.com/beautyspotlive
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114929628540407

VENEZUELA – DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
The Venezuela Ireland Network and the Latin America Solidarity Centre are inviting to the screening of the documentary “Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela”. (Director Pablo Navarrete, 65mins, 2009) The screening will take place on Thurs 17 June at 19:30 in the Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 and will be followed by Q&A with the executive producer Roberto Navarrete. Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Chavez’s controversial presidency, this feature-length documentary takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela’s revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward. More details on lasc.ie/ and www.alborada.net

ODEON MOVIE CLUB
Every Thursday the Odeon Pub in Harcourt Street is running a Classic Movies Club from 20:00. Admission is free. The theme this month is “Dark Comedy” and the films are 17 June: M*A*S*H, 24 June: Indian Film Festival Screening ‘Luck by Chance’. For Seat/Table reservations call 478 2088 or mail hello@odeon.ie – www.odeon.ie/gallery.html

FRENCH CARIBBEAN NIGHT – LET’S FRENCH – FESTIVAL OF FRENCH MUSIC
“Let’s French”, the 5th Festival of French Music will take place from 16-21 June. Most events are not free, but one of the few exceptions is a French Caribbean Night on Thurs 17 June in the South William Bar from 21:00. “Come and Join us on 17 June in the South William Bar to celebrate French Caribbean Music. Often understated, this night will offer Creole-aficionados the chance to sample some of the best Biguine, Calypso and Zouk music straight from Martinique and Guadeloupe. www.lets-french.ie/programme/

REGULAR THURSDAY EVENTS
* Quiz Night in The Lotts Cafe Bar, 9 Lower Liffey St, Dublin 1. Every Thurs a quiz night with great prizes is taking place at 20:00/20:30 depending on football. Participation is free.
* “Thirsty Thursday” Open Mic Night from 21:00 in the Mullingar House in Chapelizod Village. www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111621257112
* The Bionic Rats play live Reggae and Ska every Thursday in Turk’s Head from 22:00. Admission is free. www.turkshead.ie
* The Poor Boys play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later: DJ Tim. Admission is free.

———Friday————————

ALTERED IMAGE & MODES OF PRACTICE – IMMA
The Irish Museum of Modern Art will run a Seminar entitled “Altered Images & Modes of Practice” on Fri 18 June from 11:00-16:00. Find all the details about this free seminar and book on www.imma.ie/en/page_212238.htm

WORLD REFUGE DAY – FILM LAUNCH
FOMACS and The Irish Refugee Council are inviting to the launch of “Burden of Proof”, a short animated film on the story of asylum in Ireland. The event will take place on World Refuge Day, which is on Fri 18 June (12:00). It will take place at the European Parliament House, 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. Admission is free, but you need to book your place with Maeve Burke or Ann Nolan via maeve.burke.fomacs@dit.ie or Tel: 01 4023006. www.fomacs.org or www.pbmailertest.com/template_v2.php?draftid=509

TRANSFORMING IRELAND – EARTH SCIENCES LECTURE
The UCD Earth Sciences Institute is running a series of seminars on most Fridays between March and December. The next lecture will be on Fri 18 June (12:30-14:00):
Dermot Byrne, Eirgrid will talk about ‘Achieving 16% renewables in final consumption by 2020 – the role of the grid’ and Prof. Chen-Ching Liu, UCD will discuss ‘Keeping Future Grid Secure and Smart’.
The event will take place in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. To find out more about upcoming lectures, contact esi.admin@ucd.ie

BRIAN KEENAN – READING – NATIONAL LIBRARY
Brian Keenan will be in the National Library on Fri 18 June from 13:00 for a Reading and Reflection. Admission is free and booking is not required. In 1986, when teaching in Beirut, Brian Keenan was captured and held hostage for the next four and a half years. Following his release he wrote the bestselling account of his imprisonment, An Evil Cradling, which won many prizes. His second book, Between Extremes, which he co-wrote with fellow hostage John McCarthy, was also a best seller. His other books include Four Quarters of Light a fascinating account of a journey through Artic Alaska, and Turlough a novel based on the life of the Irish harpist, composer and singer Turlough O’Carolan. His memoir about his early life in Belfast I’ll Tell My Ma was published last year. www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

BELLAJANE – IN-STORE EVENT – TOWER RECORDS
Bellajane will be in Tower Records in Wicklow Street for an In-Store Event on Fri 18 June at 13:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

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This section contains lots of events this week that happen in the future some of them require free tickets and it is mentioned where this is the case. Put the events in your diary and for the ticketed events hurry to request your tickets:

STREET PERFORMANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The wonderful Street Performance World Championship is back next weekend and whatever you do you just HAVE to go to it! :-) This is not an optional event, it is a must-go event! ;-) You will enjoy the performances, this year the last performance on Saturday and Sunday will start at 18:30 so the festival will go until 19:30. Starting at 12:30, you can watch 7 1-hour long full performances per day or you can flit between the performances. There are some differences this year apart from the later finish. On the website it says the festival starts on Thurs 17 June already, but when you check the timetable on the website you can’t find anything for Thurs and Fri. The explanation is this: Thurs+Fri are warm up days for the performers. There will be performances on two pitches from 12:00-19:00 with the last performance starting at 18:20 on both days. Because the timetable is not fully fixed it is not on the website. (but it would have been great if the website would say that somewhere!) Speaking of which: The website is quite problematic. All runs through flash and that means that you have not much of a chance if your screen doesn’t have the resolution/size the programmers expected. Not the smartest solution!
I will tell you a bit more next week, but don’t forget to schedule the SPWC in for next weekend! www.spwc.ie

SPACE HOOPER – WORLD RECORD
A fun event during the Street Performance World Championship will be a Guinness World Record Attempt fir the most amount of people bouncing on Space Hoppers (that’s the big bouncy ball with “horns”). This attempt is going to happen at Merrion Square, Dublin 2 near the Peppercanister Church at 14:00 on Sun 20 June. If you want to take part you have to register. The first 1,500 people to send an email to worldrecord@spwc.ie will be invited to become part of the World Record. The bouncy ball will be provided, but you will be asked to donate money EUR 2 – 10 for participating. The donations go to Africa Aware a charity that helps AIDS orphans and abandoned children in Malawi. www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123680067652792

TOY STORY 3 In-Cinema Gaming Events
To celebrate the release of TOY STORY 3 – THE GAME and TOY STORY 3, Disney/Pixar have teamed up with Whizz Kids Summer Camps to find Ireland’s Top Toy Story Gamers. You are invited to join them to experience TOY STORY 3 – THE GAME, before anybody else…and on the big screen! Entry is free but pre-registration is essential. In Dublin the event will take place on Sat 19 June in Movies@Dundrum. If you want to take part go to www.whizzkids.ie for registration and further details including a list of prizes to be won. All entrants must be under 12.

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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. ;-)

RYAN TUBRIDY TO TAKE OVER FROM GERRY RYAN
It has been announced on Thursday that Ryan Tubridy will take over Gerry Ryan’s radio slot (www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0610/breaking56.html) and this is not overly odd it is more a decision that is not the biggest surprise. But would be odd if it is true, is that allegedly the pay package that Ryan Tubridy will get is for EUR 1 mio as it was reported last Sunday: www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfcwkfqlcwey/rss2/ Tubridy decided that he should release a statement yesterday saying that he does not get more money for taking over Gerry Ryans slot. But consider this: In 2008 he had a salary of EUR 533,333, the last year for which figures are available. This was a nearly 50 per cent increase on his 2007 earnings of EUR 366,867. This was BEFORE he took over as the presenter of the most prestigious TV chat show, the Late Late Show. So if from 2007 to 2008 he got a nearly 50% increase. How much of an increase would he get for being in charge of the most important RTE programme? Maybe he is on EUR 800,000? Or more? And if you add bonuses and pension etc, then I wouldn’t be surprised if in a few years we will find out that it IS actually 1 mio he is getting!
If RTE was a private company, they could pay whatever they wanted and while I have doubts that a single employee can be worth 1mio, it would be their decision. However RTE is NOT a private company. Instead it is a semi-private company that is meant to be neutral and balanced and therefore gets your and my money to guarantee the neutrality through our license fees. However in addition they take advertisement money and get lots of money for it and if the argument for the TV licence is to guarantee neutrality, then this implies that advertisement corrupts neutrality. If a radio and TV show host gets between 500,000-1 mio because he is attracting a multiple of this in advertisement, then this is the clear declaration of RTE that they are not and don’t want to be independent and neutral. And then we should help them and put them on the same footing as TV3 and 98 FM etc. RTE should definitely not receive any further TV licence fees.

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Have a wonderful weekend and wish me all the best for the 3rd anniversary of the Event Guide! ;-)

Take care,

–Joerg

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