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	Emergenza Information	Dec 09, 2009 - Apr 27, 2010
Emergenza is the world's biggest festival for unsigned bands, with an average of 6,000 bands participating every year in 200 different cities all over the world. Every year the national finalists gets to spend three days in Germany at the Taubertal Open Air festival, where the world final takes place, with an average of 30,000 people showing up over the weekend. This is where, every year, the best band wins a professional production for their first album and where plenty of other musicians are rewarder for their skills with prizes from the festival's sponsors.

	Highly RecommendedAdam GreenThe Academy, Dublin @ 19:30 Indie • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €17.50
Green's off-kilter style has achieved a somewhat moderate college radio following in the United States and enjoys increasing popularity in different European countries, particularly Germany

	RecommendedThe County Sessions Cork NightButton Factory, Dublin @ 19:30 Folk • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €17.50 Buy Tickets
Featuring John Spillane with: Conal O Grada, Johnny McCarthy, Colm Murphy, Gearoid O'Duinnin... plus surprise guests.

	RecommendedThe Ruby Sessions: James GuilmartinDoyles, Dublin @ 21:00 Singer Songwriter	Jan 26, 2010 €6

	RecommendedMovie Club: Monsoon Wedding + Moore Street MasalaOdessa Club, Dublin @ 20:00 Film • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
This month's pick is Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair's celebrated movie. Although set in the Punjab and with one great dance number, it is not a Bollywood film. Nair made this movie about an Indian family using Western narrative style, which opened this story up for audiences in outside of India. The humanity which infuses it is universal and made it a big hit with audiences and won it critical acclaim around the globe. Although it has darkness at its core, it's ultimately a feelgood movie, a celebration of love, family and life as lived by Punjabis.

	A Light in the Darkness Turner's Watercolours & Silhouettes and MiniaturesNational Gallery, Dublin Art • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
The National Gallery of Ireland's famous Vaughan collection of watercolours by JMW Turner (1775-1851) will be on display for the month of January. It includes Turner's most striking works in watercolour painted during his later European tours: the Doge's Palace in Venice, Lake Lucerne, and the fortresses at Bellinzona in Switzerland. This year the exhibition will be complemented by a display of seventeenth-, eight eenth- and nineteenth-century silhouettes and miniatures from the Mary A. McNeill Bequest, comprising works by John Comerford, Richard Crosse and William Grimaldi.

	Art in the Age of Queen VictoriaNational Gallery, Dublin @ 10:30 Art • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
Lecturer Dr Philip MacEvansoneya, Trinity College Dublin

	Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90s from the IMMA CollectionIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €0
Between Metaphor and Object features a range of works from the IMMA Collection, primarily sculptures and installation works from the 1990s. It provides perspectives on the diversity of practice that is represented in the IMMA Collection from this period, explores its particularities, and considers them in the context of international trends of the decade. The title of the exhibition references perceived polarities in art since the 1960s and also proposes the idea of the continuous flux visited upon artworks in the mind of the viewer between symbolism and objecthood. Notably the exhibition incorporates a number of pieces from the Weltkunst Collection, which is on loan to IMMA since 1994. This significant collection of British sculpture and drawings of the 1980s and ‘90s will return to the Weltkunst Foundation in 2010 and the exhibition acknowledges the generous loan of these works.

	Brendan O'CarrollOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Comedy • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €30
Comedian Brendan O'Carroll is bringing Mrs Brown to the BBC in a new TV series. A pilot show was filmed in front of a live audience in Scotland in October and will be screened by RTE, which is involved in the production, over the Christmas period. The BBC will also show the pilot later next year ahead of the screening of all six episodes.

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €10
Nobody has ever seen a living dinosaur, but scientists can give us a good idea of what they looked like and how they moved. We often imagine dinosaurs as colossal flesh-eating beasts that lived on our planet for an incredible 160 million years. Some were indeed gigantic, but many were only as heavy as a Labrador dog and many were vegetarian! Did you know that the Ornithomimus could run faster than an Olympic sprinter? See how the sociable Triceratops lived in herds, caring for and protecting their young. Meet Dilophosaurus, a relative of the first dinosaur found in Scotland. Come face to face with the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the fiercest land predators ever known. This massive animatronic model, 4 metres tall and 7 metres long, is so lifelike you’ll think it’s the real thing! Walk past the head of a hungry Tyrannosaurus and watch as his terrifying jaws go SNAP!

	Funky Sourz: DJ Andy PrestonClub M, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ	Jan 26, 2010 €5

	GroovalizacionSouthwilliam, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
Electropical global beats.

	Hed-DandiDandelion, Dublin @ 21:00 DJ • Information	Jan 26, 2010
DJs Dave McGuire and Steve O.

	Jack and the BeanstalkGaiety Theatre, Dublin @ 18:30 Theatre • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €16.50 - €35
The much-loved traditional pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk returns to The Gaiety Theatre. Join Jack and his beanstalk on a giant adventure, where Jack must outwit and outrun the giant. This classic tale will capture children’s interest and spark their imagination. When Jack swaps his cow for some magic beans, they grow into an enormous magic beanstalk. Can Jack climb the beanstalk, save the lovely princess from the giant and escape with all his arms and legs? Come along and follow Jack up the beanstalk to find out!

	Jelly DonutThe Village, Dublin @ 22:30 Techno • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
Minimal techno.

	JezabellePurty Kitchen (Temple Bar), Dublin @ 19:00 Rock • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
Live classic rock.

	Picturing New YorkIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 14:00 Photography • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €0
Picturing New York comprises 145 masterworks from the photographic collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, covering the period from the 1880s to the present day. It celebrates the tradition of photographing New York, a tradition that frames and influences the perception of this vibrant urban centre. Including photographs by such influential photographers as Berenice Abbot, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, Lisette Model, Alfred Stieglitz and Cindy Sherman, it explores both New York and its inhabitants, highlighting associations – from the vast, overwhelming architecture and bright lights, to the diversity of people that lie at the soul of the city.

	Taste: DJs Mo Kelly & Alex DonaldSolas, Dublin @ 20:00 DJ	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event

	The Paddys Wake SessionWhelans, Dublin @ 20:00 Acoustic • Information	Jan 26, 2010
After the success of their recent gig at Whelan's the Paddys Wake Sessions return to the mainstage on January 26th. The Paddys Wake Sessions have an infectious energy on stage, their mixed music styles and their diverse backgrounds are key strengths as they take their audience on a journey with their emotive love songs and rousing political commentaries with only one promise...... to entertain, move and inspire. Tony, Emer, Antoinette and Steve are a unique collective of talented Irish singer-songwriters / musicians that initially came together for a once off charity gig but after playing just a few songs they immediately recognised that something special had formed between them. They went on to form The Paddys Wake Sessions and are now an established ensemble with each member bringing their individual style and influence to the music. The sessions are primarily acoustic based with guitars, piano, mandolin, bodhran and various percussive instruments...... but anything can happen!

	TrashedAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 22:30 DJ • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €5
Indie and electro.

	Tuesday Nights LiveCaptain Americas (Grafton St), Dublin @ 20:00 Rock • Information	Jan 26, 2010
Live slot for local up and coming bands.

	What Happens Next Is A SecretIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
This is an experimental exhibition which attempts to addresses the question of what happens when artworks become part of a collection and are subsequently shown in many different contexts. Working from a potential list of works, the artworks will be changed during the course of the exhibition, with removal of artworks generating absences which call to mind gaps in our memory and point to the partially hidden nature of Museum collections. Additions of works will draw out new and perhaps unexpected associations, and new narratives will emerge within the overall structure of the exhibition. Other strategies such as repositioning works within the exhibition will be used to alter the pace of the exhibition. A list of these potential works will not be disclosed in advance.

	I Am Of Ireland by Edward CallanBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:15 Theatre • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €15
Includes light lunch. Bosco Hogan gives one of his finest and most accomplished performances in a richly drawn portrait of W.B. Yeats: the poet, the mystic, the visionary and the man. For lovers of great literature, theatre and Irish culture, I Am Of Ireland promises to be atmospheric, evocative and insightful. Bewley's Café Theatre are proud to present, in association with Focus Theatre, a revival of an entertainment on the life and work of one of Ireland's great creative icons.

	El DesperadoThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 14:00 Folk	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event

	Eamon MitchellThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 17:00 Rock • Information	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event
Eamon was a former member of early 90s Dublin bands "The Conspiracy", "Babylon The Bride" and "Drowning Kristiania". Eamon also played on stage with U2 in Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork in 1987 where they performed they Curtis Mayfield classic "People Get Ready".

	Enda ReillyThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 19:30 Folk	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event

	The Seafarer by Conor McPhersonAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €25 - €38
A thrilling tale of a debt with the Devil… “Drink yourself up on to the next shelf in the basement. Drink to where possibility feels infinite and your immortality feels strong.” It’s Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who’s recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. With the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul… In the midst of this raucous tale of drinking, craic and card playing, there is a tender story of a family, and of redemption. So, pull up a chair alongside Sharky, Nicky, Ivan and co and enjoy a great story, well told.

	Little Gem by Elaine MurphyAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Jan 26, 2010 €25
Amber has fierce bad indigestion and the Sambucas aren’t getting rid of it. Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist. Kay’s got an itch that Gem can’t scratch (but maybe Kermit can). Paul is just using Amber until he can get to Australia. The Hairy Man fancies Lorraine but fails to rise to the occasion, and Gem doesn’t like the neighbours coming in to ‘mind’ him. And if all that wasn’t bad enough, Little Gem makes his presence felt and…well…life is never the same again.

	Big Dog & BearThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 21:45 Folk	Jan 26, 2010 Free Event

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