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National Drawing Day 2010
Nationwide, this Saturday (may 22nd), people will be doodling, painting and scribbling to their hearts content. Nationwide Drawing Day is part of the Catch up on Culture Week. Over 50 venues are taking part, including the National Gallery, Science Gallery, Glucksman Gallery and National Museum, with various free and low cost drawing events. And it’s [...]
Posted in Events, Kids, The Arts, The CulchBy Sharon
Donegal Live in Templebar
Live music, song and dance are the order of the day in Meeting House Square for DONEGAL LIVE with performances from Altan, Clannad, The Plea, The Henry Girls, Donegal Tenors, Donegal Youth Orchestra, Aoife Ni Fhearraigh, Maria McCool, The Roots Orchestra, An Crann Óg, Fidil, and Aine O’ Doherty & Friends.
Posted in Events, The Culch, TourismBy Sharon
In Handel’s Day
After the 250th Handel celebrations last year, it has quickly rolled around to that time of year again. Tomorrow, 13th April Dublin will celebrate In Handel’s Day. Last year I was lucky enough to go to the live performance of Handel’s Messiah in full in Christ Church Cathedral and it was a beautiful, almost surreal [...]
Posted in Events, Music, The CulchBy Niamh
Spirit Store Culture Dig – Limerick
Hello Culchies, please welcome Froodie to the mix. She’s a Limerick based blogger, so she’s a genuine culchie, unlike most of us imposters. Please make her feel welcome. Today, she wants to tell us about a fairly cool project she’s working on this Summer. – Darren For six weeks last year, the Spirit Store Art [...]
Posted in Events, The CulchBy froodie
Kiss USA
You might remember late in 2008, The Performance Corporation created a flash mob in Dublin’s Ilac Shopping Centre as part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. It was a wonderful video of couples kissing among busy Saturday shoppers while a beautiful song played and then they all scattered at the end of the music. [...]
Posted in Events, The CulchBy Niamh
Powerscourt, paintings and romance
I have always thoroughly adored Dublin’s Powerscourt Centre. Long before it was ever home to some of my favourite shops and spaces (Circus, The Loft … places where dreams are made ) I always found it one of the city’s most beautiful areas in which to wander and spend time. The incredible interior combined with [...]
Posted in Fashion, Random Whimsy, The Arts, VintageBy Beatrice
Out with the weighing scales and in with the (homemade) corset
So it’s ‘so-long’ the Noughties and ‘hola’ the … 10ees?? Has anyone actually figured out what this decade is called yet? ? Well regardless of its title a new year, and particularly a new decade gives us all the opportunity to forget the unfulfilled resolutions of the past and focus on the many prospects for [...]
Posted in Events, Fashion, Random WhimsyBy Beatrice
Out with the weighing scales and in with the (handmade) corset
So it’s ‘so-long’ the Noughties and ‘hola’ the … 10ees?? Has anyone actually figured out what this decade is called yet? ? Well regardless of its title a new year, and particularly a new decade gives us all the opportunity to forget the unfulfilled resolutions of the past and focus on the many prospects the [...]
Posted in Events, Fashion, The Arts, The CulchBy Beatrice
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?
Posted in Events, Kids, The Culch, The Internet, TourismBy Darragh Doyle
Beacons of Hope
If you are out and about rambling Dublin city over the Christmas and want to get away from the throngs of crazy shoppers and queues then head on down to Dublin Castle Courtyard for a little bit of colour, peace an a lot of Hope! Here you will find for no entrance fee an [...]
Posted in Events, The Arts, The CulchBy Amy
Smash Hits Christmas Dance Party
Smash Hits – like so totally the ultimate 90s band – are playing a special 90s Christmas party in The Button Factory next Saturday evening 5 December in aid of International Volunteer Day. Described as “a 6-pc band performing the cream of 90s dance, pop and RnB chart classics from Technotronic, N-Trance, Culture Beat, Dr. [...]
Posted in Gigs, Music, The CulchBy Niamh
2009 IMTV Irish Music Video Awards Winners
Last night a few of us Culch.ies went along to the IMTV Irish Music Video Awards to see what it was all about. This was the first of the IMTV Video Music Awards and they did a great job. In The Sugar Club - always a great venue – the awards started off relatively on [...]
Posted in Events, Featured Post, Music, The CulchBy Niamh
French knickers, charity and teapots…
I feel like Christmas is coming early for us Vintage lovers with such lovely fashion happenings taking place this weekend … all ethical and very little new… just as Beatrice likes it But before we start wishing the week away, there’s a Tuesday treat in store as the guys from re-dress.ie hold possibly the most [...]
Posted in Events, Fashion, VintageBy Beatrice
Christmas coming to Dublin…tomorrow?
The Christmas lights are going on in Dublin – tomorrow! The lovely Miriam O’Callaghan from RTÉ’s Prime Time will be there with her three year old son Jamie to switch on the lights at 4.00pm on Henry Street. Will it even be dark by four o’clock? I hope so!
Posted in Events, The CulchBy Niamh
Tommy and Hector, kicking and starting
Tommy Tiernan and Hector Ó h’Eochagáin are to host a fundraising evening in Vicar Street on 22 November in aid of ‘The Complex’. You may have heard them perform together on their own radio show on i102104.ie – imaginatively called The Tommy and Hector Show – but this is a chance to see them on [...]
Posted in Comedy, Events, The Arts, The Culch, TheatreBy Niamh
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