Could you contribute to an exhibition about 1916? The National Print Museum has put out a call for ephemera related to the 1916 Rising, so that it can put together an exhibition which engages the public with a fresh slant!
Read more →Do you want to get involved with local heritage? The Heritage Council is looking for groups to take part in the inaugural year of its Adopt a Monument Scheme! The Heritage Council is charged with taking care of Ireland’s national […]
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We’ve only got two new movies this week, but one of them is a biggie. Quentin Tarantino’s latest is The Hateful Eight, which sees him sticking with the western genre following the misfire that was 2012’s Django Unchained. This one’s a […]
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Celebrate the influence of WB Yeats on today’s artists with “A Lonely Impulse of Delight” at SO Fine Art Editions. 2015 marked 150 years since the birth of Sandymount native WB Yeats, but you still have a chance to take […]
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It was Florence McDonnell who answered Bernie Byrne’s call from Home Instead, for people to share their personal stories that were passed down by family members from 1916. “My father would sit the whole family down every Friday night and […]
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Playing all week at the Irish Film Institute is a restored version of Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece The Red Shoes. Following Moira Shearer’s ballerina as she becomes a sensation, the film combines vivid colours and outrageous camerawork to create one […]
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The Mansion House’s 300th anniversary celebrations have come to a close with the launch of a new book outlining its history, The Mansion House Dublin, 300 Years of History and Hospitality! Edited by City Archivist Mary Clark, the book is […]
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Switch off your Telly and get The Smell of Rebellion, as Irishtown Stage School takes on Matilda! Based on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel, the school is putting on a mini-production of Tim Minchin’s massively popular musical tonight in Ringsend College.
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John Carpenter’s Halloween is often mistakenly credited as the first slasher movie but director Bob Clark beat him by four years with his seasonal Canadian thriller Black Christmas. With a sorority of college girls menaced by an unseen stalker, the […]
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There’s a distinctly Eastern European flavour to the roundup this week. The pick of the new releases is 11 Minutes, the latest from veteran Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski. It sees a bunch of characters linked by the events that occur […]
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