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Last week, only Fernanda helped with a donation. Not a huge problem for the February bills, we are looking good there. But I have to admit that my motivation dips when I do all this work and there are hardly any donations. Thank you so much, Fernanda!! Your help and support is much appreciated by me and (hopefully) by all other readers of the Dublin Event Guide, because without you, the Dublin Event Guide couldn’t continue!

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Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 17 February

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Mother Tongues Festival 2024 – journey through languages and cultures with storytelling, performances, family workshops in multiple languages Fri 16 + Sat 17 Feb various times Rua Red, The Civic and Tallaght County Library all in Tallaght, Dublin 24 mothertonguesfestival.com/programme-2024/

+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ 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

+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Drop-In Workshop: Ancient Board games of Viking and Medieval Ireland 10:30-12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/January-March/Drop-In-Workshop-Hnefatafl,-A-Game-of-Vikings-(1)

+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 11:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/

+ 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/

+ Dublin City Record & Tape Fair 12:00-17:00 The Circular Bar, 536-538 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/270930019348255
+ Sketching meet-up in National Museum Decorative Arts & History 12:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/816831072727 (Booking required)

+ Freedom for Palestine – Protest March to Department of Foreign Affairs 13:00 Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/900990295031788
+ Minecraft – Gaming Weekend for kids 13:00-17:00 The Square SHopping Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 22 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=814472737390785 (Booking required for gaming slots)
+ From Barracks to Museum: An Introduction to Collins Barracks – Tour at the National Museum 13:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/022024/February-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Recovered Voices: Stories and Experiences of the Irish during World War One – Tour at the National Museum 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/022024/February-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Metal to the Masses 2024 with more heavy metal bands competing for your votes – Gigs  20:00 Fibber Magees, 79 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1497104224467304/

+ 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 midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin 

+ Evening with James Brown – Gig 21:30 Green Isle Hotel, Saint John’s Drive, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22 www.eventbrite.ie/e/838573314357 (Booking required)

+ Slipstream – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 08:00-13:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 irishcarboot.ie

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)

+ St. Patrick’s Park Market – Books, gifts and crafts 11:00-17:30 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/stpatricksparkmarket/

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Sunday Family Drop-in – National Gallery – Workshop for families with children of all ages 11:30-13:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Vintage Boombox – Gig 14:00 Cafe en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/683402390614295
+ Food & Drink in the Museum’s Collections – Tour at the National Museum 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/022024/February-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Game, Set, Match: The History of Sports in Irish Society – Tour at the National Museum 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/022024/February-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History

+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited places)

+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 15:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/

+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/

+ Ballads, Airs and Musical Hall Singers: Finding Music in Irish Art – Talk 15:30-16:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/sunday-talk-ballads-airs-and-musical-hall-singers-finding-music-irish-art
+ Pop Up Gallery Market Dublin – creatives and small business owners 14:00-18:00 (Facebook) or maybe 17:00-21:00 (poster) Generator Hostel, Smithfield Plaza, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/941019624258172
+ Bionic Rats – Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae – Gig 18:00 Grand Social, 35 Liffey Street Lower, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1050525576594718
+ Sausage Factory – Work In Progress Comedy – Hysteria Comedy Club 20:00 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/797065252627 (Booking required)
+ Traditional Irish Music Slow Session 20:00 Online or at the Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin www.tseac.ie/slowsessions (Booking required)

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And the free events for next week….

Monday 19 February

Tuesday 20 February

Wednesday 21 February

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 22 February

+ Sing For Fun – Weekly Choir Workshop 11:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173633651
+ The Drama of Dissection: Performance Making, the Medical School Anatomy Laboratory and the Critical Medical Humanities – Talk 13:00-14:00 ticketpass.org/event/EYAXWR/the-drama-of-dissection-performance-making-the-medical-school-anatomy-laboratory-and-the-critical-medical-humanities (Booking required)
+ Rising Tide – Poetry and Music 18:00-19:45 Pearse Street Library, 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/812512545897 (Booking required)
+ History of Drumcondra – Talk 18:30-19:30 Drumcondra Library www.dublincity.ie/events/history-drumcondra-chat-mary-muldowney (Booking required)
+ 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 23 February

+ Hugh Lane Gallery Tour for People with a Hearing Impairment 11:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/828697144467
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/January-March/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Christ vs. Secularism: The Ethics of the Day – Talk 19:00-20:00 JM Synge Theatre, Trinity College thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events/tcd-sullivan-ethics (Booking required)
+ Outkastz 009: Light Grey, Speakers & Poorme – Gigs 20:00 The Workmans Club (The Cellar), 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 theworkmansclub.com/events/outkastz-009-free-customer-appreciation-night-w-light-grey-speakers-poorme/

And there is more…

+++ Irish Astronomical Society vs Astronomy Ireland
The Dublin Event Guide regularly lists the great events that are organised by the Irish Astronomical Society (www.irishastrosoc.org/). The Irish Astronomical Society is a volunteer organisation that organises talks and in the past organised the very popular Sidewalk Astronomy events, which unfortunately didn’t return (yet) after the lockdowns.
On Monday, for example, there is a talk “Dark Skies and Big Telescopes: a Road Trip around Arizona” by Nicola Fletcher (IAS). Admission is free and I therefore happily include their events every month and can recommend them.
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The Irish Astronomical Society is completely separate from the other Astronomy organisation in Ireland, which is called “Astronomy Ireland” (astronomy.ie/). Astronomy Ireland is a commercial organisation that seemingly doesn’t run free events at all (anymore). For that reason they are normally not mentioned in the “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”. Being commercial is not a bad thing per se, but it explains why they are not mentioned here. The reason for mentioning them today is to explain the difference between the two organisations because I was contacted by Dublin Event Guide Readers who were concerned about Astronomy Ireland having been in the news during the week: www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0215/1432581-ex-astronomy-ireland-worker-stripped-of-finance-duties/

+++ Docklanders Photography Exhibition
“Docklanders” shows the lives and history of the communities in and around the Dublin Docklands. The exhibition contains images by Jeanette Lowe, old photographs from the local community and some of the 6,000 photographs collected and preserved by the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society.
The exhibition will take place in the building at the corner of Creighton St./Windmill Lane (facing this building: 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2, D02 F206) and will be open from 02-22 February (Wed to Sun 12:00-17:00). There is no website or Facebook page, but I am pretty confident that the information is correct. ;-)
If you are in the area have a look and tell me if it is a good exhibition!

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+++ IKEA Crafting / Music / Cooking Workshops
Ikea in Ballymun runs a variety of crafting, music and cooking workshops it is always worh checking out. The workshops are free and usually go for 45 minutes. They are always for children, but the age is often not fixed. There are specific Toddler and baby workshops at times as well. Check them out on www.ikea.com/ie/en/stores/events/ikea-ballymun/

+++ Some more events:
Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=13&month=11&year=2023&search=week

+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries

And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.

Take care,

–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)