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The National Leprechaun Museum, opening in Dublin March 2010

This is one of those occasions when the website address may be pretty much all you need to see:

http://www.leprechaunmuseum.ie
Among the myriad of questions I have is: Why has this never been done before?

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A Short View: Where The Wild Things Are.

Go and see Where The Wild Things Are. You don’t need to bring a child, you just need to have been one.

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In case you’re the only person not to have seen Johnjoe already

He’ll be one of the topics in the office this week, I’ll bet, so if you haven’t seen future Horologist Johnjoe (JohnJoe?) from Roscommon yet, here he is.
The John-Joe from Late Late Toy Show fan page on Facebook has 567 fans but there’s an incredible 18,456 members already in the I want Johnjoe from [...]

All the UK’s children’s TV characters together for Children in Need

I liked this a little bit too much for the age of me. ‘Tis very very cute.
Fair play to Peter Kay for bringing it all together. The songs he chose are Can You Feel It by The Jacksons, Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac, Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny) by The Pussycat Dolls, Tubthumping [...]

The Wax Museum Plus is now open in Dublin. Photos and thoughts from a walk around.

Here’s a picture for you. What sort of memories, if any, does it provoke for you?
Photo via dkimages.com
What about this one?

When I was growing up and only getting to Dublin once a year (the sister or meself in the All Ireland Dancing Finals in the Mansion House) there was no greater treat than [...]

I didn’t know the accordion could do that

Okay, one of the few times I’ve ever been impressed enough to say that I didn’t know that a musical instrument could sound like that.
Not sure who he is (I found him over here ) but there’s more videos of him on YouTube here .
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Unf*ckingbelievable

You may or may not have seen these yet.
People in the catering industry have, and it’s doing the rounds in some Facebook circles.
This could actually work as a proper series.
It’s a series of ads for an online recruitment agency based in the UK.  Brilliant, just brilliant.
Hydrogenated dog shit.

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The RTÉ and Rhythm Lab Percussion Spectactular with Noel Eccles and George Hook

On Sunday 4 October at the National Concert Hall at 1:05pm, RTÉ and Rhythm Labs present a PERCUSSION SPECTACULAR where there’ll be 20 top percussionists on stage, led by Noel Eccles in a show that’s about rhythm, beat and getting the full audience to participate!

I was at a workshop at the Concert Hall this [...]

UP

I got to attend the Irish premiere of UP last night. Disney’s new PIXAR movie, this is now firmly at no. 2 in my favourites. Writer/Director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera were also in attendance to a full screen 17 of Cineworld.
I’ll leave the well thought out reviews to those better able for those [...]

Want to go fly a kite or play soccer in the Phoenix Park?

What it’s called: The SARI Soccerfest and Concern Stop Child Labour Kitefest
Where it is: The Phoenix Park, Dublin, Garda and Camogie Sports Grounds
When it is: Sat 12 and Sun 13 Sept, 10am to 6pm
How much it is: FREE

There’s a huge amount happening in Dublin and beyond this weekend (The NMTT Family Gardeners [...]

Down by the bayou…

Back in July Niamh posted about Disney’s forthcoming traditional 2D animation film The Princess and the Frog .  Today the latest trailer debuted online and such is my level of excitement I’ve decided to share it.
One of the very first things John Lasseter did when appointed Chief Creative Officer at Disney following the Disney/Pixar merger [...]

Go see Cirque de Legume at Filmbase this week. You’ll love it.

What it’s called: The Cirque de Légume
Where it is: Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
When it is: Tonight to Saturday September 12 at 9m
How long it is: 55 minutes
How much it is: €16 or €13
What they say:
Quite simply the Greatest Vegetable Circus on Earth! In this piece of comic absurd theatre we meet [...]

Guest Post: Like – Lets get outta here, Scoob

Scooby Doo is very popular in our house. The various incarnations of the show are constantly rerun on Boomerang channel and my rather discerning four year old finds it laugh out loud funny. It also evokes enough nostalgia in the adults that we often find ourselves drawn in to the exploits of those meddling kids.
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Guest Post: Swings and Roundabouts

Please say hello to lilbitz, who has been good enough to put together a guest post for Culch.ie. We talk about the big movies, the best shows and the greatest gigs, but rarely do we touch on things for kids to do. Lilbitz looks at things for you do do with your children today. – [...]