Dublin Event Guide 791: Have a great start of the New Year!! – Christ Church Bells, New Year’s Day Festival, Housing Unlocked Exhibition

December 31st, 2022

Have a great start of the New Year!!

Christ Church Bells, New Year’s Day Festival, Housing Unlocked Exhibition

Good Morning!! :-)

Last Day of the year! Are you making it special or is it just another Saturday? Will you celebrate 2022 or can you not wait for 2023 to arrive? Everybody has a different way of dealing with life.

Some of us can’t wait until something that we want to reach in the future will finally happen. Others are most of the time living in the past, having good or bad memories, but holding on to them as if they were still part of the Now.

And then there is the third group. They are the ones who live in the NOW. They accept that the past has happened and won’t change anymore and they know that the future is not here yet.

The NOW is where things happen and where we can influence what happens, so let’s join that 3rd group and neither worry about the past nor about the future. Let’s just be the best people we can be in the Now.

With that in mind, I am wishing you a great transition tonight from 2022 to 2023 and I am wishing you that you will be able to live and enjoy the next year in the best possible way.

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The EPIC Zone

“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are supporting 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.

++ Family Funday: Explorers Tour (Age: 6-12)
Sun 08 Jan – 11:00-12:10 – EPIC, chq Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: Adult EUR 17.50, Child EUR 8.50
On this interactive, guided tour, be prepared to play word games, become artists and designers through drawing challenges and practice your teamwork and problem solving skills as a family – all while learning about Ireland’s history of emigration exploring EPIC’s engaging digital and sensory galleries!
Suitable for families with children aged between 6-12, this Family Tour utilises a mixture of games, sensory and drawing activities so that families can engage with history in an enjoyable, hands on and engaging way.
Families are encouraged to dress up as a team as they step back in time to explore 1500 years of Irish history together.
Find out more at epicchq.com/event/family-funday-explorers-tour/

++ Tiny Tots: Space Explorers – Family Funday (Age: 3-6)
Sun 08 Jan – 10:00-10:45 – EPIC, chq Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: EUR 15 (1 adult + 1 child)
Meet EPIC’s famous figures in these interactive storytelling experiences, suitable for children 3 – 6 years old.
This month, discover all about journalist and explorer Nellie Bly, who is packing to go on a whistle-stop journey around the world! She will need your help to complete this journey in record-breaking time, are up for the challenge?
Help her navigate the globe, and go on a different sensory adventure in each country you visit, evading pirates out at sea, going animal spotting in Egypt, discovering beautiful paintings in France, exploring the sights and smells of sunny Italy and beyond! This is a special sensory, immersive workshop in which parents and children will work together to bring the magic of the story to life – creating, making, interacting, singing, acting and experimenting along the way.
Find out all details at epicchq.com/event/tiny-tots/

++ Family Funday: Nellie Bly Pop-Up
Sun 08 Jan – 13:00-15:00 – EPIC, chq Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: Free with normal museum admission
Join us on 08 Jan, when one our galleries will come alive with stories and activities for you to take part in.
Included as part of general entry, step onto a life-size board game from the 1890s, depicting the story of Nellie Bly, the pioneering Irish-American woman who became one of the very first investigative journalists. Hear how she reported from the front lines of war, went undercover in an asylum and broke world records when she completed an around the world journey in a mere 72 days, before taking part in a challenge to see if you have what it takes to join her!
epicchq.com/event/family-funday-nellie-bly-pop-up/

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 31 December

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-15:00 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Gallery Tour: National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Sculpture Gallery Tour 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/
+ Gallery Tour: National Gallery 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Swingin’ in the New Year with Frankie Monroe – Swing Gig 20:00 (??) The Wild Duck, 17 Sycamore Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/wildduckdublin/
+ Jar of Dirt (Alice in Chains Tribute Band) – with support from Turfboy and Ritual Effect 21:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell St, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/695351285479481/
+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (adm free before 22:00) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin
+ Still at the Rayge – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial
++ Ringing of the Bells at Midnight 00:00 Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8 (A traditional event for which lots of people assemble on the streets around Christ Church to greet the new year together.)

Sunday 01 January

+ parkHIIT Phoenix Park – Resistance Training 10:00-10:30 DASH Container Cafe, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7, D07 V663 Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/498766282377 (Booking required)
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Family Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

++ New Year’s Day Celebrations – with Liam O Maonlai (Hothouse Flowers) Cormac Begley (concertina), Clare Sands (fiddler & singer) and Lorraine Nash (folk singer), Pride Of Plains Marching Band, Street Performers – NYF Dublin Festival 13:00-18:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 nyfdublin.com/event/new-years-day-celebrations-2023/ (No tickets required)
+ Gallery Tour: National Gallery 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ A History of the Handover of Collins Barracks – Family Tour at National Museum Decorative Arts & History 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/012023/January-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Mindfulness Tour: National Gallery 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ An Architectural and Historical Exploration of Collins Barracks – Family Tour at National Museum Decorative Arts & History 15:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/012023/January-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy with Edwin Sammon & Padraig Williams and others 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And the free events for next week….

Monday 02 January

+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Family Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Sculpture – Gallery Tour 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/
+ Open Mic Comedy “Live: At the International” 19:00 The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 liveattheinternational.com/
+ Dublin Fire Community Meetup & Practice – Fire Jugglers etc – Everyone can watch 19:00 Sandymount Strand, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/3324859047831861
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy with Emma Doran & Tommy Nicholson and others 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

Tuesday 03 January

+ Highlight Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – for Families with children from 8 years of age 10:30/12:00/14:00/15:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2022/10-122022/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(5)
+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again – Exhibition Tour – National Library 11:00 Bank Of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street entrance, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
+ Housing Unlocked Exhibition – Eight architect-led solutions to help unlock housing in Ireland 12:00-17:00 former Science Gallery, Pearse Street (Naughton Institute), Trinity College, Dublin 2 housingunlocked.ie
+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 18:15-22:15 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/2041698686022456
+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/ (Not confirmed, so please check!)

Wednesday 04 January

+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013

+ Pop-up chat at the Wonder Cabinet – Natural History Museum 10:30-11:15/12:00-12:45 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2022/202212/Wonder-Cabinet-Pop-Up-Chats
+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Hnefatafl, A Game of Vikings – Drop-in Workshop for Families (Age 8+) 11:30-13:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2022/10-122022/Drop-In-Workshop-Hnefatafl,-A-Game-of-Vikings
+ Housing Unlocked Exhibition – Eight architect-led solutions to help unlock housing in Ireland 12:00-17:00 former Science Gallery, Pearse Street (Naughton Institute), Trinity College, Dublin 2 housingunlocked.ie
+ Painter Martin Gale RHA in conversation with poet Vona Groarke – The Gallery Press – about “Cover VErsions”, exhibition of artworks from 50+ years of The Gallery Press in the RHA 13:00-14:00 RHA Gallery (Royal Hibernian Academy), 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/445977720367 (Booking required)
+ Chester Beatty Museum Public Tour 17:30-18:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/ (No booking required, but limited spaces)
+ The Dublin Sewcial Club – Monthly meetup for stitchers 19:00-22:00 John’s Bar & Haberdashery, 61 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/480434371137

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 05 January

+ Conversations on Art: Dementia-friendly tour – Chester Beatty Museum 12:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/conversation-on-art-dementia-friendly-tour-2/ (Booking required)
+ Housing Unlocked Exhibition – Eight architect-led solutions to help unlock housing in Ireland 12:00-17:00 former Science Gallery, Pearse Street (Naughton Institute), Trinity College, Dublin 2 housingunlocked.ie
+ Irish Sign Language Gallery Tour – National Gallery 17:30-18:15 National Galley, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/irish-sign-language-gallery-tour
+ Crash & Burn Comedy – Stand-up Comedy – Hysteria Comedy Club 19:30-22:30 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/269577001067
+ Rock’n’Rollover in Sin E with Sam Clifford and Altered Lines – Gig 21:00 Sin E, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/1243071373208574

+ Ma Thursdays Open Mic – Mother Reilly’s Bar 21:00-23:30 Mother Reilly’s Bar & Restaurant, 26 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.facebook.com/events/762459318527294

Friday 06 January

+ Highlight Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – for Families with children from 8 years of age 10:30/12:00/14:00/15:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2022/10-122022/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(5)
+ Pop-up chat at the Wonder Cabinet – Natural History Museum 10:30-11:15/12:00-12:45 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2022/202212/Wonder-Cabinet-Pop-Up-Chats
+ The Moving Crib – St. Martin’s Apostolate 11:00-17:30 Saint Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Housing Unlocked Exhibition – Eight architect-led solutions to help unlock housing in Ireland 12:00-17:00 former Science Gallery, Pearse Street (Naughton Institute), Trinity College, Dublin 2 housingunlocked.ie
+ Wonderful Women in Seamus Heaney’s Poetry – Talk – National Library 13:00 Bank Of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street entrance, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
+ Ecology of Food – Panel Discussion – Trinity College 17:30-19:00 Mac Neill Lecture Theatre, Hamilton Building, 16 Westland Row, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/487911104247 (Booking required)
+ Vendetta Love – support from The Psychs, Luna Sky and Daniel Wheatley – Gigs 20:00 Fibber Magees, 81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/3096412213983577

And there is more…

+++ Dublin Zoo Half Price Tickets
Dublin Zoo is trying to tempt you to visit the Zoo after Christmas with half price tickets from 27 December to 01 January. Due to the weather and the general Christmas laziness it is probably a period when a lot less visitors make it to the zoo, but with half price tickets, it is definitely an interesting idea.
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1186341485423321

+++ Limited event updates this week
It is my experience from compiling the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) for many years, that organisers of free events are less organised than organisers of ticketed events.
As a consequence, at this time of the year, event updates are “missing”. They will be made from Tuesday when everybody is back in work, but at the time of writing this Dublin Event Guide, the updates have not been made yet.
This means that there will be some events missing in this week’s list. It won’t be tooo many, but a few.

+++ 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. By buying books from Book Depository you will also help the Dublin Event Guide for no additional cost to you, so two good reasons in one. Use this link: shor.by/BookDepository .

+++ Housing Unlocked Exhibition
The “Housing Unlocked” exhibition is described as a celebration of innovation, optimism and imagination. Eight architect-led proposals will be presented that are intended to unlock the housing potential in our villages, towns and cities.
Housing Unlocked is a partnership between the Irish Architecture Foundation and The Housing Agency.
The exhibition will be open from 14 Oct-18 Dec and from 03-17 Feb (Tues-Fri: 12:00-17:00, Sat: 14:00-17:00). It will take place in the former Science Gallery in Pearse Street (Naughton Institute of TCD). Admission is free. housingunlocked.ie/

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The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get!

Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)