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Culture Desk
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In the North Inner-City, “Dublin Modular” Offers Electronic Music, Art, and Community
“We just want to bring everyone together,” says Tadhg Kinsella, who founded the collective, which has so far put on about ten events.
Love Yourself Today, Reviewed
This new documentary chronicles Damien Dempsey’s Christmas concert at Vicar Street in 2019, and the lives of three of the fans who were there.
The Working-Class Writing Archive Is Seeking More Material
“Did your granda write poems?” and “Did your granny write stories?” the project is asking.
Dean: M(h)aol’s Feminist Punk Is a Jolt to the Establishment
“It’s a savagely loud and airtight set of post-punk songs, the most exciting release from an Irish guitar band I’ve heard in a while.”
No Secrets for the Artists Working in Public in the Douglas Hyde Gallery
Three artists are using corners of the gallery as their studios, creating works that will be on show there when the exhibition From Here to There opens later this month.
Deadly Cuts, Reviewed
In this new film, “The action is so zany that it feels like the film reel might unspool and burn up at any second.”
With a Paintbrush and Layer of Gold, an Artist Brings Weeds and Wildflowers into the Gallery
“My whole thing is to make wild weeds and plants, that most people disregard, precious,” says Yanny Petters.
Follow the Dead, Reviewed
Neither of this film’s “core elements, the horror or the comedy, is handled well. It’s not scary or all that funny,” writes our reviewer.
Seeing Non-Fiction as Left Behind, the Journal “Tolka” Seeks to Elevate It
“So much fiction is made up of these neatly tied-up, often moralistic stories, but good non-fiction begins with no set agenda,” says co-editor Seán Hayes.
Rose Plays Julie, Reviewed
Intimate and distressing, this film sees a young woman search for identity. Her quest reopens the wounds of the past and brings danger to her doorstep.
A New Play Takes Inspiration from a Woman Who Tried to Find Healing by Meeting Her Attacker
Playwright Geoff Power’s “Stronger”, due to premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival, dramatises an effort at “restorative justice”.
A Play Looks at When Pillow Talk Gets a Bit Serious
“Changing the Sheets”, written by and co-starring Harry Butler, along with Máiréad Tyers, is part of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival.