Event Guide 21: Anthony Horowitz, Faure’s Requiem, Blackboxing, Classical Concert, National Gallery

Hi all!

It is getting cold!!! And with that, all there is in “Festivals” for the rest of the year is Christmas Markets in a few weeks. So to make sure that you are not getting bored at the weekend I will continue making suggestions for free “permanent” events.

But before we come to that there are a few other events worth mentioning:

Are there any Alex Rider fans among us?? If you have never heard that name you are NOT one. :-) Alex Rider is a young James Bond and is the main character in Anthony Horowitz’s books. If you are a fan, then you might want to know that Anthony Horowitz is signing his book “Snakehead” in Eason’s (O’Connell Street) on Saturday (10th) from 12:00 – 14:00. (He will also be on the Gerry Ryan show on Friday morning.)

I already mentioned in in last weeks Event Guide, but want to remind you again: Gabriel Faure’s Requiem will be performed by the Choir of Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook as part of the liturgy during the 18:00 Mass on Saturday 10 November. There is no admission charge. A collection will be taken up during the Mass to cover some of the costs involved.

Until the 1st of December the Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar is showing the exhibition “Blackboxing”. I have read the description of the exhibition about three times so that I could summarise it for you, but even after the third time I still have NO CLUE what they are talking about. :-) So, you MIGHT have to go yourself to see it. …and maybe someone with a smarter head can explain it to me, please? The explanation is here:   www.project.ie/cgi-bin/eventdetail.pl?id=639
The exhibition is open from Mon to Sat from 11:00-20:00 and Admission is Free.

The Sundays at Noon concert in the Hugh Lane Gallery is this week titled “An American and Paris” performed by “Ensemble Avalon – Piano Trio”.

This week was Anti-Racist Workplace Week (www.arww.ie), but I am sure that most of you didn’t even realise that. If you still want to do something for it, maybe hug a foreigner? I might even volunteer! :-) – But seriously: Creating awareness is good and I do know that in virtually EVERY country of the works there is a certain level of inherent racism. On the other hand not everything that is called “racism” is racist! You are welcome to call me a foreigner or even an alien, if you wish. But PLEASE don’t call non-Irish people “non-nationals”. That is a seriously inappropriate expression! Not having Irish nationality doesn’t mean that now there is all lost. 99.9% of the “non-nationals” have a nationality!!! …just a slightly different one. :-)

After this brief rant ;-) I would like to invite you to one of the regular and ongoing, or permanent “events”: Dublin has loads of Museums and sites that can be visited for free. And over the coming months I will remind you of some of them.

Last week I mentioned the weekly Temple Bar Food Market from 10:00-17:00 every Saturday. This week I would like to mention the National Gallery at Merrion Square or with its other entrance in Clare Street. The National Gallery houses the national collection of Irish art and European master paintings. Admission to the permanent collection is free. Special Exhibitions are sometimes free and sometimes charged for. At the moment the special exhibition (FREE!) is called “Paintings from Poland – Symbolism to Modern Art (1880-1939)”. In addition to the normal exhibition the Gallery has talks on different subjects and special tours (Tour of the week).

This weekend the Tour of the week starts on Sat at 15:00 and explains the Polish Paintings. The Family Tour starts at 15:00 as well and is titled “Deep in the Rabbit’s Burrow with Cathy Michael”. On Sunday there are Drawing Studies from 12:15-14:15, then Gallery Tours at 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00.

In addition there is a talk at 14:30 about “Polish Independence Day: Polish Music as a Voice of War during Great War”. with the lecturer Joseph Herter. This talk is followed by a performance in the Shaw Room of Polish music by pianist Jonathan Plowright. The musical part of the event seems to be ticketed.

On Sat from 13:00-17:00, Jonathan Plowright is doing a Chopin Master Class: Six young pianists chosen from music schools all over Ireland will participate in a Chopin Master Class with Jonathan Plowright. The public are welcome to attend.

An amazing amount of events and activities in just one of Dublin’s museums! And nearly all for free!! Drop in for a while if you are in town it is definitely worth it!

Now enjoy the weekend!

–Joerg

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