We organise lots of cultural events during the year. If you attend a TBCT event you will discover a whole different world in the heart of Dublin’s city centre: outdoor markets, concerts, circus, street spectacle, fire artists, comedians, magicians, musicians, movies, painters, sculptors, opera, public artworks, workshops, talks and walks.
We know that more and more people find out about our events online. We strongly believe that people’s habits are changing and that we need to take a step further and engage with the blogging community. In that sense, bloggers can help us spreading the words about our events but also, getting closer to our audiences’ expectations.
If you blog, are interested in what we do and want to share it with your readers, please get in touch! You can contact me through this blog http://blog.templebar.ie; send me an e-mail at jmomboisse@templebar.ie or even call into the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre – it’s right in the heart of Temple Bar at 12 East Essex Street.
Our 2009 Events Diary is now at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre! Come in and pick up your free copy or visit www.templebar.ie to find out more!
Julie Momboisse, Culture Corner Editor, Temple Bar Cultural Trust
Presented by Opera Ireland and sponsored by BMW
in association with, Dublin City Council and Temple Bar Cultural Trust
February 28, 8pm | Meeting House Square & Smithfield
On Saturday 28th February, the Opera Ireland season will open with a free live broadcast of its opening night performance of Mozart’s classic Don Giovanni, sponsored by BMW, live from the Gaiety Theatre into Meeting House Square in Temple Bar and to an invited audience from the local community in Smithfield. The company will also present the Irish premiere of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, Mazeppa as part of its Spring season of opera which runs from 28th February to 8th March.
Following the critical success of its 2008 productions of Madama Butterfly and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Ireland will present its winning formula of pairing familiar operatic masterpieces (Don Giovanni by Mozart) alongside Irish premieres of lesser-known works (Mazeppa, Tchaikovsky) a co-production with Opera de Monte Carlo who will present their production in Monte Carlo in 2012.
The outdoor live broadcast on Meeting House Square is FREE and we recommend you dress for the weather and come early to this free seating event.
If you would like to attend the performance at the Gaiety Theatre below are full details on how to book:
BOOKING & LISTINGS INFORMATION
DON GIOVANNI (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
An opera Ireland co-production with Opera de Monte Carlo
With the RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Opera Ireland Chorus
February 28, March 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8 (six performances) at 8.00pm, Gaiety Theatre
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
BOX OFFICE – 1890 67 37 27
ONLINE BOOKINGS – www.operaireland.com
Ticket prices: €10 Student standby tickets, €25 – €125 [Season Tickets and group discounts apply]
ALL PERFORMANCES START AT 8PM
From today, February 18th you can pick up your free copy of our 2009 Events Diary. This is the first time we at TBCT have produced a Diary like this and we hope that you will find it useful throughout the year and when planning your visits to Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter.
This will guide you through all of our events for 2009. If you attend a TBCT event you will discover a whole different world in the heart of Dublin’s city centre: outdoor markets, concerts, circus, street spectacle, fire artists, visual art, workshops, talks and walks.
There is something in our programme for people of all age groups including family groups, children and older people.
If you have any questions about our events or if you want to collect or buy tickets, why not:
- Call into the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
- Call us on our Culture line +353 1 888 3610 from March 9th
- Send us an email at info@templebar.ie
- Sign up to our e-zine via www.templebar.ie
Call in and pick up a copy of our all new Events Diary today and we look forward to seeing you during 2009.
No Grants Gallery (NGG) is a Temple Bar Cultural Trust initiative to support artists who do not have grants or other public funding to support their work. It is an exhibition space that allows total accessibility for artists. Our main aim is to encourage independent artists who have not received public funding and who struggle to establish themselves in the art world. We at Temple Bar Cultural Trust are here to provide a creative outlet in an environment that is as passionate about art as the artists themselves.
The Creative Writing Exhibition at NGG is a new initiative at the Gallery and will see a collaboration of all literary writers exploring poetry, lyrics and book extracts. The collection will be individually framed or mounted by the artist and hung at NGG from the 1st – 15th May. On Tuesday the 5th May, there will be a Slam session by a collaboration of performers representing the displayed pieces. The NGG Creative Writing Exhibition is open to a great range of artists so if you are interested in showing or performing please contact Carol Eakins on ngg@templebar.ie
NGG – No Grants Gallery – c/o Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 – Ph: 01 677 2255
NGG – Upcoming exhibitions: http://www.templebar.ie/home_nav_2_t_18.html
For our February menu resident chefs Will and Brian have conjured up a Valentine’s Day menu to make that special someone swoon. Our friends at Vaughan Johnsons wine shop have suggested some fine wines to accompany this romantic tour-de-force. Go on, let nature take its course.
All of the ingredients used in these recipes can be purchased from some of the finest growers and producers in the country who are all trading at the Temple Bar Food Market every Saturday on Meeting House Square from 10am – 4.30pm.
STARTER
Tempura oysters with apple and fennel salad
MAIN
Whole roast quail with root vegetable gratin, crispy ‘seaweed’ friture, lemon & thyme cream
DESSERT
Chocolate fondant with scented vanilla cream
Click here to go to download the menu of the month and get cooking!(PDF) www.templebar.ie/markets
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FEBRUARY 18th SO ENTER NOW TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO WIN!
Acclaimed playwright Marina Carr brings us to a world where things aren’t quite what you’d expect. The Giant Blue Hand tells the story of the adventures of two young boys and their encounter with the mysterious giant blue hand. Along the way they will meet Aunt Farticus Fume in pink wellingtons and Queen Dalia the Empress of Dreamers, in an adventure where “children must be braver than adults if they are ever to recover those they love.”
Performances run from 10 February to 22 March with public performances each Saturday and Sunday at 2pm & 4pm. There are additional public shows during the midterm break 17-18 February at 4pm, 19 – 20 February at 2pm & 4pm and at 4pm on 17 March (St. Patrick’s Day). For further information and to book tickets, contact the box office on 01 6707788 or see our website www.ark.ie
The Ark and Temple Bar Cultural Trust have teamed up to offer one lucky winner the prize of a family of four ticket to The Giant Blue Hand on Friday 20 February at 4pm. To be in with a chance to win this prize simply answer the following question and forward your answer, full name and contact details to culturecorner@templebar.ie
What colour is the giant hand in The Ark’s new theatre production?
a) Green b) Pink c) Blue
Good luck!
Fiona Cashell www.myspace.com/mellowfi has a varied background in a number of areas including graphic design, advertising and education. Her style is graphically inclined with favoritism towards a semiotic appeal using a variety of mediums and visual references.
Earlier this year she exhibited her artwork in the well known Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku Tokyo, Japan. Having recently returned from Japan after a time spent there, the artist will be showcasing new material, alongside artwork created in Japan in her new exhibition at the No Grants Gallery at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre. This exhibition will be simply entitled ‘explorations’. In this exhibition the artist aims to show a variety of new and old work, and of the varying difference in style that is apparent due to changing circumstances in life; socially, emotionally and artistically. The artist is not afraid to push into new conceptual and semiotic territories. New work is greatly inspired by the spontaneity, humor and simplicity of David Shrigleys recent material.
The artist also counts the lasting impression made by the uniqueness of Japanese graphics as having a major impact on her artistic sensibilities. In result; the evolution we see inevitably stems from ‘explorations’ of the self, place and outwardly influences.
Come along to the opening night on Friday 6th February!
NGG c/o Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
New media, Temple Bar Cultural Trust | TBCT February 25, 2009 | 
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