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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.

	RecommendedStephen K AmosVicar Street, Dublin Comedy • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €23
He's back with a brand new show for 2010. It's full to bursting with more fun, warmth, bonhomie and love than ever before. Forget the credit crunch and welcome to The Feelgood Factor!

	RecommendedTune-YardsWhelans, Dublin @ 20:00 Experimental • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €16.50 Buy Tickets
They describe their sound as: "Your mom when she gets really mad but instead of whoopin' yo' ass she starts making crazy-ass beats with the pots and pans AND yo' ass."

	RecommendedVoiceBox #3: Featuring XL and Alan KavanaghThe Twisted Pepper, Dublin @ 20:30 Monologue • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €5
To get a sense for this, you might want to check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck9C1rdY-tM

	RecommendedJack Wise + Kevin Precious + Jim Elliot + Steve CumminsLaughter Lounge, Dublin @ 20:30 Comedy • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €26 Buy Tickets
Jack Wise: Brilliant entertainer who provides a cocktail of outrageous comedy and eye-popping magic!! Kevin Precious: His wit & naughty humour set him head & shoulders above most on the comedy circuit - UK. Jim Elliot: Infectious, hilarious and very popular with the crowd - Jim is not to be missed! (USA). Steve Cummins: Hecklers have finally met their match! Dont sit in the front row - you've been warned!

	RecommendedBreakageThe Twisted Pepper, Dublin @ 23:00 Drum n Bass • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €10
Breakage aka James Boyle is never been one to be pigeonholed. Moving effortlessly through styles from drum and bass to dubstep, Breakage has proved himself to be one of the most versatile operators in either scene to date. A prodigious talent, he already has a number of classic releases under his belt but continues to develop his sound. Combining rich tones and a sense of spaciousness in the mix, Breakage?s music is both subtle yet devastatingly effective.

	BabaloniaSouthwilliam, Dublin @ 21:00 DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event
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	Beth Moysés ExhibitionSycamore Club, Dublin @ 18:00 Art • Information	Feb 12, 2010
An exhibition of works by Beth Moyses (Brazil), curated by Lourdes Viso and Róisín Russell for Woman's Aid.

	Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90s from the IMMA CollectionIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Feb 12, 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.

	Choice Cuts: The Beatdown - DJ Scope and Handsome PaddyPygmalion, Dublin @ 22:00 DJ	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event

	Darragh O'NeillNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 13:00 Classical • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €16
Following his Carnegie Hall New York debut appearance Darragh returns to the National Concert Hall to give a solo guitar concert of his beautiful renditions spanning centuries and cultures. This performance will feature works from the baroque classics of JS Bach, D Scarlatti, O’ Carolan and G Sanz to music from Japan and Latin America. It’s not just the classics though - Darragh is also a composer and will perform some of his own original pieces described by Martin Adams as "so based on traditional techniques that they seem to spring from inside the instrument".

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Feb 12, 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!

	Disco Not DiscoShine, Dublin @ 21:30 DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010
Disco, house, funk & soul.

	DJ BubblesShebeen Chic, Dublin @ 20:00 DJ	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event

	DJ Eamonn BarrettThe Globe, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event
Eclectic mix of tunes played.

	DJ Rob MClub M, Dublin @ 22:00 DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010
Chart, dance, r&b.

	Do The HustleOdeon, Dublin @ 21:00 DJ	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event

	Dustykid + Al KeeganPOD, Dublin @ 23:00	Feb 12, 2010

	Eddi ReaderButton Factory, Dublin @ 19:30 Folk • Information	Feb 12, 2010
Eddi Reader's sixth solo album, follows one of the most successful records of her near-quarter century career. Though she has always dipped into traditional song - The Blacksmith from her beautiful debut solo record Mirmama; I Loved A Lad; Ay Fond Kiss and Jock O'Hazeldean with Fairground Attraction, the band that made her a star - this was something different: an album of songs by Robert Burns that came about almost by accident , became a word-of-mouth hit and soundtracked her long-come return home to Scotland.

	Fridays @ Cafe en SeineCafe en Seine, Dublin DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event
DJs and dancing until 3am, cocktail promotions.

	InsideOutSolas, Dublin DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010
Soulful disco.

	JedwardHMV Dundrum, Dublin Pop	Feb 12, 2010

	Kevin DoyleOlympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Covers • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €25
For two nights only, Kevin Doyle Sings the Elvis Presley Story will commemorate the life of the King of Rock and Roll through his music.

	NoDiskoPOD, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ	Feb 12, 2010 €6 - €8

	Rory Montane + Aoife NicCanna + Brazillian Marina4 Dame Lane, Dublin @ 22:30 DJ • Information	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event
Both floors of 4 Dame Lane in action with two very different styles on offer. The bar holds court to Rory Montane - a backstage favorite at Oxegen and Slane - with his big bag of guitars and electronic goodies. The club has two favourite lady DJs - Aoife NicCanna and Brazillian Marina. Playing a mix of house and latin breaks and beats.

	RTE National Symphony Orchestra: Baiba SkrideNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 20:00 Classical • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €10 - €35
A night to take the breath away. The fabulous violinist Baiba Skride in Beethoven at his most lyrical and profound. Then Bruckner at his most heaven-storming in music as rich in rustic charm as it is in epic struggle. With its stunningly expressive coda, the expansion of sheer sound in the finale is overwhelming in sonic grandeur.

	The Aftermath + Helen TurnerThe Academy, Dublin Rock • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €12
The band are using this show as a break from recording their second album and will debut some material from the upcoming as un-named album, the follow up to “Friendlier Up Here“.

	The Doors AliveThe Academy, Dublin Covers	Feb 12, 2010 €16.50

	The Leisure SocietySugar Club, Dublin @ 20:00 Folk Rock	Feb 12, 2010 €15

	The Party by Anton ChekhovBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €15
Includes light lunch. At her husband's lavish birthday party, Olya is tired - tired of the guests, tired and angry with her husband, who is flirting with the young girls. And tired for that other reason... Because Olya has a secret. A secret that she hides from them all with catastrophic effects.

	The Problem With StabilityPallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event
Australian artists Pat Foster and Jen Berean have opened a new exhibition to coincide with their international studio residency.

	TrainwreckPOD, Dublin @ 23:00 Party • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €8
Techno/Indie/Soul/Electro/Tech House/Funk/Alternative spread over TWO rooms. ROOM 1: POD TECHNO/ TECH HOUSE/ JACKIN' HOUSE Donal Mooney Steve Neligan Colin Perkins Rory Aungier. ROOM 2: CHOCOLATE BAR: INDIE/SOUL/FUNK/ALTERNATIVE/ELECTRO No Disko Dj's Jane Kenny.

	What Happens Next Is A SecretIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Feb 12, 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.

	Yesterday's Tomorrow TodayThe Joinery, Dublin @ 11:00 Art • Information	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event
Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today is an exhibition of new works by Leslie Cullinan and Helena O’Connor. Both artists work collaboratively to examine notions of time through video installation, sculpture and drawings in pencil and ink.

	The GuitarmanThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 13:30 Folk	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event

	Pello YellowThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 16:30 Folk	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event

	Gypsy RoversThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 19:00 Folk	Feb 12, 2010 Free Event

	Christ Deliver Us! by Thomas KilroyAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Feb 12, 2010 €25 - €38
‘When I have children I’m going to let them grow wild as weeds. No one bothers with weeds and still they grow and grow.’ In a provincial Irish town in the 1950s the children have some questions: What’s happening to them and what’s happening in the world around them? And why? The young heroes of Thomas Kilroy’s urgent new play strive to carve out an understanding of the world beneath the unbearable weight of unanswered questions, confusion and their own desires. And the clergy gather like crows on the horizon. Based on Frank Wedekind’s masterpiece of German symbolism Spring Awakening, Christ Deliver Us! is a play about how hard and how wonderful it can be to grow up during a period of Irish History that we can never again look back on with nostalgia. An Abbey Theatre commision

	Little Gem by Elaine MurphyAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Feb 12, 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.

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