Arts & Culture

Events in Pearse Street Library this week

Events in Pearse Street Library this week

Pearse Street Library will host a poetry reading and a screening of a foreign language film over the next two days.   The poetry reading will take place this evening, with Sean O Meara delving into An Bhe Dhatheangach (The […]

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Do You Have a Story to Tell?

ALIGHT! is calling on residents of Sandymount, Irishtown, Ringsend and Pearse Street to take part in a storytelling workshop. The art and dance project will be collecting stories from people in the area for an upcoming creative showcase. These stories […]

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The Cinema Corner – November 11th

The Cinema Corner - November 11th

Earlier this year the BBC published a poll of the best movies of the century. The number one spot was taken by David Lynch’s surreal masterpiece Mulholland Drive, which you can catch at the Lighthouse on Wednesday as part of […]

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The Cinema Corner – November 4th

The Cinema Corner - November 4th

Fashion designer Tom Ford turned filmmaker back in 2009 with the Colin Firth starring A Single Man. While it’s taken seven years for a followup, it was worth the wait. Nocturnal Animals is one of the year’s best films, the […]

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The Cinema Corner – October 28th

The Cinema Corner - October 28th

Horror fans are spoilt for choice this Halloween weekend. The Lighthouse is hosting a ‘Classic Monsters’ retrospective over the three day weekend, with screenings of classic Universal horror movies like The Wolfman, Frankenstein and The Invisible Man, along with The […]

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Student plays being performed at UCD this week

Student plays being performed at UCD this week

The UCD Drama Society will play host to several performances of two plays put together by the students between today and Friday October 28th. The Ride is a play written and directed by Tzarini Meyler. It is centred around Maggie, […]

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The Cinema Corner – October 21st

The Cinema Corner - October 21st

Horror fans will be spoilt for choice next week, but if you can’t wait that long you can catch Brian de Palma’s knockout adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie late Friday night at the Lighthouse. Featuring a career defining performance from […]

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ALIGHT! brings dancing and art to Dublin 4

ALIGHT! brings dancing and art to Dublin 4

Residents of Ringsend, Irishtown, Sandymount and Pearse Street are invited to take part in ALIGHT!, a new dance, art and performance project. Beginning this Friday October 21st and running until February 2017, ALIGHT! is being coordinated by Dublin City Council […]

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The Cinema Corner – October 14th

The Cinema Corner - October 14th

The Lighthouse continue their David Lynch season with a screening of 1999’s The Straight Story on Wednesday. Loosely based on a true story, it tells the tale of Alvin Straight, an elderly man who rode a lawnmower across several states […]

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Anne Losty Byrne:Profile of an author

Anne Losty Byrne:Profile of an author

Anne Losty Byrne, a local of Pearse Street, has published a book on Amazon Kindle which was inspired from a holiday to Rome, entitled ‘That Year in Rome’. Losty-Byrne is a member of the St. Andrews writers group in Pearse […]

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