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Culture Desk
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In a new exhibition, black and white photos of inner-city Dublin in the 1970s and ’80s are re-imagined in vivid colours
“Fragments from Life” at the Sean O’Casey Community Centre features photos from Brian Palm’s archive, ornamented with subtle collage that’s often easy to miss.
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“Life goals can be difficult to obtain when work comes and goes, payments are late and you find yourself having trouble paying your rent.”
Council’s culture company hiring “visitor experience assistants” as self-employed contractors
Critics say it means fewer benefits and limits who can apply. The company’s CEO says seasonal surges make it necessary.
Apocalypse Clown, Reviewed
This “bemusing but often amusing comedy” won Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh this year.
“Even as the world is collapsing, you can still have these moments of joy”
A new exhibition at The Horse gallery, “Realism at the Dawn of the Apocalypse”, brings together works from artists Ciara Lee and Lily Musker.
In Skerries, a circle gathers to share songs, one after another
“We just set up the kind of group that we wanted, informal, where you could come to sing or simply listen,” says Sara Dennedy, of the Skerries Folk Group.
Youth, Reviewed
“Despite the themes of hardship and inequality that run through the book, [it] is also a celebration of our young folk.”
Photo of the Month: August 2023
“I took this photo at around 9.30am on a Sunday morning walk with my one-year-old son.”
In the aparthotel art gallery that replaced the Tivoli Theatre, a new exhibition critiques hotels pushing out Dublin 8 cultural spaces
As the show’s opening approaches, the artists say they aren’t sure what to make of the fact that the hotel owner hasn’t raised an eyebrow at the subject matter.
In Stoneybatter, a group of “frustrated” writers find an audience: each other
“This is a very solitary thing, and if your stuff isn’t getting published, you kinda don’t have any idea whether this is an absolutely deranged life choice or not.”
Dean: Anna Mieke and Adrian Crowley lead night of rootsy music at The Complex
It was “a long night of performances with majesty, grace and a sense of thematic cohesions”.
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“I work from old photographs because a lot of the Dublin I grew up in has disappeared over the last few years.”