Arts & Culture

Cinema Roundup 31st July

Fans of Soviet silent cinema are in for a treat this week. Newly restored, Dziga Vertov’s 1929 classic Man With a Movie Camera plays all week at the Irish Film Institute. Regularly voted the greatest documentary of all time, Vertov takes […]

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Opera in the Open 2015

Opera in the Open 2015

Opera in the Open kicks off in Merrion Square this week! The theme of this year’s programme is French opera, and to celebrate the French Embassy’s Cultural Service relocating to Merrion Square, Orphée et Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck will […]

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Cinema Roundup July 24th

Cinema Roundup July 24th

On Monday evening you can visit the Chocolate Factory, well in spirit anyway, as the Lighthouse screens Willy Wonka, which just might be the greatest children’s movie ever. Of course, there’s plenty for grownups too, with a wonderfully iconic performance from […]

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Cinema Roundup July 17th

Cinema Roundup July 17th

On Saturday night the Lighthouse cinema celebrates the 25th anniversary of TV’s greatest show, Twin Peaks, with a screening of the spinoff movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, along with a Peaks themed table quiz and pre screening party (costumes […]

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Sarah Lundberg Summer School: “Kathleen Lynn, a Truly Radical Woman”

Sarah Lundberg Summer School: “Kathleen Lynn, a Truly Radical Woman”

This weekend sees the first annual Sarah Lundberg Summer School event, as East Wall History Group presents Kathleen Lynn, a Truly Radical Woman. The Summer School has been set up to honour activist, historian and publisher Sarah Lundberg, who passed […]

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Cinema Roundup July 10th

Orson Welles’ classic film noir Touch of Evil has been reissued by the British Film Institute and can be seen this week at the Irish Film Institute and Lighthouse Cinema. It’s the definitive 1998 version, which was reconstructed using notes […]

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Cinema Roundup July 3rd

The Lighthouse cinema is launching a new season of movies throughout the summer. Tilted ‘Films You’d Love Your Kids To See’, it will showcase some of the great ‘kids’ movies of the ’80s and hopefully introduce them to a new […]

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Cinema Roundup June 26th

Cinema Roundup June 26th

It’s another great week for Dublin cinemagoers, with one of the year’s best new releases and a bunch of classics returning to the screen, the best of which is The Third Man, playing all week at the Irish Film Institute in […]

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Cinema Roundup 19th June

Cinema Roundup 19th June

On Saturday, the IFI opens its doors for free screenings of a host of classics, along with the Irish debuts of Manglehorn, starring Al Pacino, and Cannes hit The Wonders. Boasting arguably the strongest lineup in the history of the […]

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Sandymount Community Day Art Exhibition

Sandymount Community Day Art Exhibition

Take in some of what Dublin’s art scene has to offer at Sandymount Community Day! Sandymount Green will play host to an art exhibition with the theme of Sandymount Strand and Dublin Bay from 2-5pm this Sunday. It will feature […]

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