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CITY SOLSTICE by Ronan Coyle | 21/22 Dec

CITY SOLSTICE by Ronan Coyle Marking the Winter Solstice in the City with an animated illumination of the beautiful Stained Glass window on 4 Camden Street Upper, the workshop of the famous Early & Co ecclesiastical suppliers. It’s there to help lighten the darkest days a little and provide a chance to admire the craftsmanhsip [...]

2 FREE Choir lessons for Children aged 6-12 yrs

This September, we are very excited to offer children the chance to join together and sing together!  As well as being great fun, it will be of enormous benefit to everyone, instantly improving their sight singing, their ears and their rhythm!   SPECIAL OFFER! ***2 free choir lessons for children aged 6-12 years*** Interested in [...]

Critical Take | IFI’s free monthly film club | 29 Aug

In August, the IFI’s free monthly film club, The Critical Take, will discuss three very different new releases: In a Better World, winner of Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards; Knuckle, Ian Palmer’s study of the tradition of bare-knuckle boxing in the Traveller community; and Project Nim, the new documentary from the [...]

Kilmainham Arts Festival | Aug 27-28

New festival featuring workshops, performances, oodles of art exhibitions and plenty to enjoy. Spanning the grounds of IMMA, the Hilton Hotel plaza and function rooms, The Patriots Inn, and outdoor art exhibition on the rails of the old Courthouse. Do not miss this great event! http://kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com/

Archive At the Lunchtime: Part 1 & 2

Join us for FREE screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive (please see calendar for screening times). Simply collect your free tickets at the IFI box office. Our August programme presents public information films designed to promote health and hygiene. PROGRAMME 1: EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS Demonstrating the perils of poor hygiene in a grimy [...]

Open Mic Night @ The Green Room Bar

Play Guitar? Piano? Sing? Think you can make us laugh? Then join us @ The Green Room Bar to showcase your talents and enjoy some like minded people as they do their thing! Don’t want to perform? Sit back and enjoy the show instead! Joe Silva is travelling to Dublin from the US and will be [...]

In Praise Of Hands (Documentary/short) | 17 July

Dir Donald Winkler (1974) In collaboration with the Crafts Council of Ireland’s celebration of the Year of Craft, 2011, this documentary pays tribute to the craftsmen worldwide whose work adds colour and richness to life. Filmed in the Canadian Arctic, Finland, India, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico and Poland, this short, without narration, shows the special skills [...]

Open Evening at the Piano Academy of Ireland

The Piano Academy of Ireland invites you to our Open Evening On Thursday 7th July Time: 7-8pm Venue: 18 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6 Interested in enrolling in our school for the coming year? Want to know more about our piano, musicianship and pre-instrumental classes? Then don’t miss this great opportunity to have all [...]

Temple Bar Revisited | 15 – 23 July

By artist Colm Mac Athlaoich, commissioned by Temple Bar Cultural Trust   5 time periods on 5 canvases in 5 days made into 1 film Artist Colm Mac Athlaoich will take up residency in the Monster Truck Gallery for one week, where he will turn the space into a working studio. Over five days from [...]

Nighthawks @ Made in Temple Bar | 15 Jul

Nighthawks, a Dublin based arts collective which meets in the Cobalt Cafe once a month, features music, comedy, theatre, poetry and dance. Nighthawks regularly feature on RTE Radio 1’s Arena presented by Sean Rocks, and to celebrate Made in Temple Bar, Project Arts Centre will host a special Nighthawks event which will be broadcast live on the night on [...]

Irish Film Institute open day

IFI open day A day of free screenings in the Irish Film Institute. This year’s exclusive sneak previews include Jack Goes Boating, the directorial debut from Philip Seymour Hoffman; Cell 211, an action-packed Spanish film; Armadillo, a new documentary that asks tough questions about the ‘war on terror; and Sensation, a new Irish dark comedy [...]

Piano Academy Open Evening

The Piano Academy of Ireland invites you to our Open Evening On Tuesday 14th June Time: 7-8pm Venue: 18 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6 Interested in enrolling in our school for the coming year? Want to know more about our piano, musicianship and pre-instrumental classes? Then don’t miss this great opportunity to have all [...]

Soul Picnic

Soul Picnic On Sunday May 29th 2011 from midday the 5th annual Soul Picnic will take place live from the beautiful surroundings of Merrion Square Park. Enjoy the very best local, national and international performers in a picnic style. http://www.soul.ie/

Dublin City Soul Festival

Dublin City Soul Festival ~ a celebration of peace, unity and love! There’s loads of exciting events to choose from and what’s more most of them are FREE for you to enjoy because as the old saying goes…”the best things in life are free” ! All we ask is that you make a donation to [...]

Murder in the City

Murder in the City On 11th May at 6:30pm in Dublin UNESCO City of Literature you are invited to discover exciting contemporary European writers in the intimate surrounds of the Sugar Club, Leeson Street. Enter the murky world of crime and murder as writers from Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy and Scotland read and discuss their [...]

Call for Young Artists to Participate in Creative Campus

This is a call to participate in the creation of a site-specific installation/performance work for a multi-media centre in South Dublin County. Selected participants will work collaboratively in inter-disciplinary groups and will receive support from three professional artists who specialise in using electronic and computing technologies creatively. This opportunity is open to all young artists [...]

Sunday Concert @ Hugh Lane

Annette Cleary, cello and Lance Coburn, piano 15 May 2011 Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op.19 (1901)   Webern: Drei Kleine Stucke Op.11 (1914), Two Pieces (1899), Sonata (1914) http://www.hughlane.ie

Sunday Concert @ Hugh Lane

Songs of Seóirse Bodley 08 May 2011 Sylvia O’Brien (soprano) and Seóirse Bodley (piano) Featuring the First Performance of a new full-length song-cycle The Hiding Places of Love by Seóirse Bodley to poems of Seamus Heaney (Commissioned by Sylvia O’Brien with funding from the Arts Council.) The programme will also feature: Ariel’s Songs (1969) Look [...]

Free Kids Events at MindField, 30.4 – 1.5.2011

Free Kids’ and Teens’ Events at Hackerspace All Mindfield Kids Events are free but places are limited. If you see an age appropriate event you would like to sign your child up for, please email nora@mindfield.ie specifying which workshop, how many children, and the age of the child(ren). Please note that in all but the [...]

Bray Jazz Festival

Festival returns for 12th year in 2011 Bray Jazz Festival returns for its 12th year on the May Bank Holiday weekend, with leading name players from the United States, Brazil, and Europe already confirmed to appear. Free Events at this years festival Lunchtime Show:2pm, Saturday 30 April @ The Royal Hotel Andreas Varady Quartet (Slovakia/Irl) [...]

The Last Security Man – Episode 3 Sneak Preview Bash

The Last Security Man is a new online comedy series vying for votes in the semi-final of RTE’s StoryLand Competition. It comes from the creators of acclaimed musical satire Gerry and the Peace Process and Channel 4′s anarchic sketch show iCandy for Comedy Lab. The series follows the exploits of the unlikely pairing of a college [...]

Shebeen Flick: Loved and Unseen Irish Films

Shebeen Flick is a film night showing loved & unseen Irish films on Tuesdays at 7.30pm in Shebeen Chic, 4 Georges Street, Dublin 2. http://www.facebook.com/shebeenflick 26th April Chips (2008) Director: Rachael O’Kane Duration: 3min Comedy Chippers (2008) Director: Nino Tropiano Duration: 52min Documentary *The screening will be followed by Q&A with director Nino Tropiano (tbc)

Saucy Sunday

  Saucy Sundays is a weekly live music session running from 4.30pm every Sunday in The Loft venue at The Grand Social with a line up of fantastic musicians from all round the country. Saucy Sundays is the brain child of Singer/Songwriter Lisa Mc Laughlin and Joey Sauce (The Hot Sprockets) who aim to bring [...]

Shebeen Flick: Loved and Unseen Irish Films

Shebeen Flick is a film night showing loved & unseen Irish films on Tuesdays at 7.30pm in Shebeen Chic, 4 Georges Street, Dublin 2. Entrance is FREE and all are welcome. http://www.facebook.com/shebeenflick 19th April CIRCUS MAN (2009) Director: Jill Beardsworth, Keith Walsh Duration: 13min Documentary   BEZAD’S LAST JOURNEY (2006) Director: John Murray Duration: 70min [...]

Ghostnotes Photo Exhibition by B+

Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 March 2011, 12pm-5pm @ Block T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 www.blockt.ie B+ (aka Brian Cross) was born and raised in Limerick, Ireland. He attended the National College of Art and Design in Dublin graduating in 1989 with a degree in painting. In 1990 he came to Los Angeles to study [...]

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