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Dublin Event Guide 742: It’s all over!!?? – Tradfest Temple Bar, Farewell to Science Gallery, Dublin Lunar New Year

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It’s all over!!??

Tradfest Temple Bar, Farewell to Science Gallery, Dublin Lunar New Year

Hi all!

After 680 days of varying levels of restrictions, it seemingly is all over now….at least if the health emergency listens to the Irish government. ;-) Nearly all restrictions are lifted from 06:00 this Saturday morning, as was announced during a government press briefing on Friday evening!

The fact that nearly all restrictions are gone now is great news and it is definitely time to celebrate.

Some might be very surprised about the speed with which all restrictions were lifted, though. In the UK, Boris Johnson did make a similar wide-reaching announcement and there it was called a “publicity stunt”. :-O

But no matter what it is in Ireland, let’s be happy about this second “freedom day”. (Yes, we had the first one, exactly 3 months ago on 22 October 2021! Remember?)

While you celebrate and meet friends, please be aware that the new development will leave a fair amount of people totally confused and discombobulated. Especially elderly people (but not only!) who had a mighty fear driven into them over the last 2 years might take some while to overcome the fear and worry and they could probably do with our understanding, help and support.

For the rest of us, it is time for a re-learning. Re-learning of “socialising”, re-learning of “going out”, of going to events, of dating, of working from an office again. It is amazing how much you can forget in nearly 2 years. ;-)

For the Dublin Event Guide it means that the number of events will dramatically increase and that you will have a LOT more to do in your spare time. HOPEFULLY, some venues that did start charging admission fees in the last few months will return to free events again and with some luck we will – despite the short preparational period – even have some festivals in the summer. (It already has been announced that there will be a St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year!)

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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.

+++ Tiny Tots: Around the World with Nellie Bly
Sat 22 Jan – 10:30-11:30 – Online – Adm: EUR 5
Welcome back Tiny Tots to our next interactive storytelling adventure of 2022! Suitable for ages 6 and under and delivered via Zoom, in this interactive storytelling session you and your tot will sing songs, draw pictures and meet a whole host of characters. epicchq.com/event/tiny-tots-nellie-bly-around-the-world-epic-museum/ (Booking required)

+++ Nellie Bly Museum Pop-up
Sat 22 Jan – 11:00-13:00 – EPIC, chq Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: Included with EPIC entry ticket
Join us for our very first museum pop-up at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum on 22 Jan, where one of our galleries will come alive with stories and activities for you to take part in. Included as part of a general entry, this month drop by our storytelling gallery to step on 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. epicchq.com/event/nellie-bly-museum-pop-up/

+++ Explorers: Around the World with Nellie Bly
Sat 22 Jan – 13:00-14:00 – Online – Adm EUR 5
Do you have a mini-explorer at home? Ignite their imaginations in this fun, interactive workshop all about the feats of investigative journalist Nellie Bly. Suitable for ages 6 – 12 years old, meet Nellie Bly and go on a journey with her as she tries to beat a world record, racing around the world in 72 days. Discover her life story, help her pack and then navigate the globe and complete fun activities in each country you visit in order to make it to the next destination. Solve riddles, translate your name into Egyptian, learn a few new phrases in different languages and write a newspaper report, among much more. epicchq.com/event/explorers-around-the-world-with-nellie-bly/ (Booking required)

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 22 January

+ 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
+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
+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/
+ Glasnevin Indoor Market 10:00-14:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/Glasnevin-Indoor-Market-107579840635438
+ How to Draw Geometric Patterns? – Online Workshop – Chester Beatty Museum from 11:00 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/online-activity-how-to-draw-geometric-patterns/
+ 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/
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about how human bias and prejudice even affects machines that use artificial intelligence in the areas of data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition. – Science Gallery 12:00-17:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias

+ International Folk Session at Hartigan’s 16:00-19:00 Hartigan’s, 100 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/657138951986038
+ Griffs Acoustic Junk Yard – Acoustic Gig with Griff from New Secret Weapon – Grand Social 17:00-20:00 Grand Social, 35 Liffey Street Lower, Dublin 1 www.thegrandsocial.ie/events/griffs-acoustic-junk-yard-2022-01-15-17-00
+ An Irish Night In: A shared night of Irish culture – Embassy of Ireland in Germany 18:00-22:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/202937901727 (Booking required)
+ Fanning at Whelan’s – Episode 8 featuring Auture Monde, Houseplants, Inhaler, Isaac Butler, Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill, Tolu Makay and Ivana Bacik 22:30 Virgin Media Two www.whelanslive.com/event/fanning-at-whelans-15/

Sunday 23 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/parkhiit-phoenix-park-tickets-242331388707 (Booking required)
+ Glasnevin Indoor Market 10:00-16:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/Glasnevin-Indoor-Market-107579840635438
+ 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/
+ Winteryard Flea Market – Bernard Shaw Pub 12:00-17:00 The Bernard Shaw (former Porterhouse North), Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 thebernardshaw.com/event/winteryard-flea-market/
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about how human bias and prejudice even affects machines that use artificial intelligence in the areas of data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition. – Science Gallery 12:00-17:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
+ Sundays@Noon Concert Catch-up: Eblana String Trio – Hugh Lane Gallery 12:00 Online www.facebook.com/events/651131072975133

+ In-gallery talk about Anglo-Irish Treaty delegate’s objects – Hugh Lane Gallery 13:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3434-edith-and-2 (Booking required)
+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/all/3354-sundays23 (No booking required, but limited numbers)
+ Sunday Sketching: Fashionable Ladies in Art – Family Workshop – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3395-fashion

And some free events for next week….

Monday 24 January

+ NO free events!

Tuesday 25 January

+ Pilates: Reset, Restore & Recharge – Workshop – Iconic Offices & CoreStateHQ 12:00-12:45 Online iconicoffices.ie/events/pilates-reset-restore-recharge/ (Booking required)
+ Artwork Audio Description Tour – Hugh Lane Gallery 12:00-13:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/229296049657 (Booking required)
+ Further reading on Francis Place – Talk – National Gallery 13:15-13:45 Online www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/online-talk-further-reading-francis-place (Booking required)
+ Photography: History & Memory – Sean Rainbird & Amelia Stein RHA in conversation – Gallery of Photography / OPW / Holocaust Awareness Ireland 18:00 Online & Bedford Hall, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 www.galleryofphotography.ie/blog/photography-history-amp-memorynbsp (Booking required for in-person event)

Wednesday 26 January

+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about how human bias and prejudice even affects machines that use artificial intelligence in the areas of data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition. – Science Gallery 11:00-18:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
+ Nutrition 101: Optimising your Potential – Webinar – Iconic Offices & NutriKate 12:30-13:10 Online iconicoffices.ie/events/nutrition-101-optimising-your-potential/ (Booking required)
+ Medical and Health Humanities Seminar: Anticipating the Ageing Trajectories of the Marvel Superheroes – Talk – Trinity Long Room Hub 12:30-13:30 Online www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D157441561
+ A Final Response to COV ID-19 – Panel Discussion – Science Gallery 13:00-14:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/249332559397 (Booking required)
+ The Futures of Irish Music – Seminar – Tradfest Temple Bar 15:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/the-futures-of-irish-music/ (Booking required)
+ Contemporary Irish History Seminar: Misjudging Charlie? – Talk – Trinity Long Room Hub 16:00-17:00 Online www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D157231380
+ Chester Beatty Museum Public Tour 17:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/ (Booking required)
+ Paddy Casey – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Porterhouse Temple Bar, 16 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/paddy-casey/ (Start Time could change!)
+ Ronan Gallagher & Band – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:30 The Auld Dubliner, 24 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/ronan-gallagher-band/ (Start Time could change!)
+ From New York to Ballyfermot: The Thompson sub-machine gun – History Talk – Trasna na Tire 21:00 Online www.facebook.com/events/1093865151384778

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 27 January

+ Using the Registry of Deeds: Hints & Tips for Carrying out your own Research 11:00 Online cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873629702 Booking required)
+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about how human bias and prejudice even affects machines that use artificial intelligence in the areas of data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition. – Science Gallery 11:00-19:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
+ Exercise Express – Workshop – Iconic Offices & Dr Ailis Brosnan 12:00-13:00 Online iconicoffices.ie/events/exercise-express/ (Booking required)
+ Ciorcal Comhrá: Saothair Ealaíne Le Turner agus Place – Talk in Irish – National Gallery 13:00-13:45 Online www.nationalgallery.ie/ga/node/122/ciorcal-comhra-saothair-ealaine-le-turner-agus-place (Booking required)
+ Reconnecting Orlan with the Orlanoide – Interactive Performance – Science Gallery 18:00-19:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/249338216317 (Booking required)
+ How To Mainstream Gender, Race And Racism When Teaching Social Sciences – Talk – Women in Research Ireland 18:00-19:00 Online www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D157454857
+ Ancient Wisdom and Unhistorical History: Hegel’s Encounter with Chinese Philosophy – Lecture – Trinity College 18:00-19:00 Online www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D157268329
+ Phelim & The Drew House Band – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 The Norseman, 28 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/phelim-the-drew-house-band/ (Start Time could change!)
+ Drops of Green – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Porterhouse Temple Bar, 16 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/drops-of-green/ (Start Time could change!)
+ The Kilkennys – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Arlington Hotel, 23 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin 1 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/the-kilkennys/ (Start Time could change!)
+ Niamh Regan – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 The Morgan, 10 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/niamh-regan/ (Start Time could change!) + Victoria Keating – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Fleet Inn, 19 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/victoria-keating/
+ The Colonials – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Temple Bar Pub, 47 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/the-colonials/
+ Paddy Casey – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:30 The Auld Dubliner, 24 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/paddy-casey-2/ (Start Time could change!)
+ George Murphy & The Rising Sons – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:30 Fitzsimon’s Temple Bar, 21 Wellington Quay, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/george-murphy-the-rising-sons/
+ Possessing Ireland: George Petrie and the Translation of Landscape – Lecture – Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland – National Library 19:00 Online nli.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173619385 (Booking required)
+ “Strange Flowers” by Donal Ryan – Book Club – Culture Connects at Richmond Barracks 20:00 Online richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173619349 (Booking required)

Friday 28 January

+ BIAS: Built this way – Digital exhibition about how human bias and prejudice even affects machines that use artificial intelligence in the areas of data equity, privacy, surveillance culture, facial recognition. – Science Gallery 11:00-18:00 Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 dublin.sciencegallery.com/bias
+ WB Yeats: Folklore and Fairy Tales – Talk – National Library 14:00 Online nli.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173607058 (Booking required)
+ Seeing Ireland Launch: Art, Culture and Power in Paris 1922 – Talk – Trinity Long Room Hub 17:00-18:30 Online www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D157039482
+ Global Health Diplomacy and North Korea: Ending the Quarantine of Humanitarianism in 2022 – Talk – Dublin Lunar New Year 18:00 Online www.dublinlunarnewyear.ie/events/category/talks-seminars/global-health-diplomacy-and-north-korea-ending-the-quarantine-of-humanitarianism-in-2022/ (Booking required)
+ The Henry Girls – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Fleet Inn, 19 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/the-henry-girls/
+ The Finns – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 The Norseman, 28 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/the-finns-2/
+ Victoria Keating – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Fleet Inn, 19 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/victoria-keating/
+ The Colonials – Gig – Tradfest Temple Bar 18:00 Old Storehouse, 3 Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 tradfesttemplebar.com/event/the-colonials-2/
+ Dublin Lunar New Year Opening Gala – Chinese Embassy 18:30 Online www.dublinlunarnewyear.ie/events/category/celebrations/dublin-lunar-new-year-opening-gala/ (Booking required)
+ Cantonese in Ireland: Movie and Music Appreciation – Workshop – Dublin Lunar New Year 19:00 Online www.dublinlunarnewyear.ie/events/category/workshops/cantonese-in-ireland-online-language-class/ (Booking required)

And there is more…

+++ Goal Setting for Success, the Smart Way!
Through my “Inspiring Leadership Academy”, I plan to run a course about Goal Setting very soon if there is enough interest from Dublin Event Guide readers and it will be either free or very low priced. If you want to find out more, just go to inspiringleadershipacademy.com/NewYear/ and fill in your details. No risk or obligation! If enough people are interested, I will put the details together and send them to you and then you can still decide if you want to join or not.

+++ Dublin Lunar New Year: Year of the Tiger
It was once called Dublin Chinese New Year, but now has been renamed to Dublin Lunar New Year. Possibly to confuse us all, but more likely because also Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea celebrate the start of the year based on the Lunar calendar. The next year is the Year of the Tiger and it starts on 01 February. The Dublin Lunar New Year festivities will be online and in-person this year and will run from 28 January to 06 February. The website with full programme of events is at www.dublinlunarnewyear.ie/

+++ Tradfest Temple Bar
This year’s Tradfest will take place from 26-30 January and will consist of Headline Concerts (not free), the Smithwicks Sessions in pubs (free), a Tradfringe programme (mainly not free, but with some free events) and two Tradkids events in The Ark.tradfesttemplebar.com/events/
A range of gigs from the Smithwicks Sessions are listed in the listings above for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. In total there will be 17 gigs in different venues over these three days this week and you can find them all here tradfesttemplebar.com/events/category/smithwicks-sessions/
The starting times for these events are from 18:00, but it is possible that the organisers will move the starting times now that pubs can stay open longer than 20:00. Some of the paid events are Sold Out, but this undoubtedly based on the low attendee numbers that were allowed until now. With the lifting of the restrictions, I would imagine that the organisers will re-open ticket sales, so if you missed out on any events, keep a close eye on the website and with a bit of luck you will be able to get tickets for some headline events even at this late stage.

+++ Science Gallery: The last week!
This is the last week of the Science Gallery Dublin and I am really sad about it! The current exhibition will close on 31 Jan and this week the last two events will happen on Wednesday and Thursday. It is a huge mistake to close the museum and the fault lies firmly with the management of Trinity College Dublin. On their website they claim “Trinity remains committed to the global Science Gallery Network, an international idea that originated with Science Gallery Dublin, and intends to consult with members on how best to re-imagine Science Gallery Dublin in the future.” but that sounds more like lip service and a commitment with no action is worth nothing. Headlined “The future of the Science Gallery”, the website at dublin.sciencegallery.com/the-future outlines when the Science Gallery closes. Not much of a future it seems!

+++ The Treaty 1921: Records from the Archives – Exhibition
From 07 Dec to 27 March the Coach House in the gardens of Dublin Castle will be the home of a National Archives exhibition about “The Treaty 1921: Records from the Archives”. The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 is the centre piece of the exhibition. Find out more here www.dublincastle.ie/2022_centenary/  Admission is free, but you need to book via www.nationalarchives.ie/2021commemorationprogramme/book-tickets/

+++ 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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+++ 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.

+++ 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! :-)

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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