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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 RecommendedCrystal FightersAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 23:00	Feb 18, 2010 €8

	Highly RecommendedDara O'BriainVicar Street, Dublin @ 20:30 Comedy • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Buy Tickets
After leaving college, Ó Briain began working at RTÉ as a children's TV presenter. At this time he also began performing his first stand-up gigs on the Irish comedy circuit. He admitted, "I did the trip from Donegal to Dublin to play to six people; then I turned round and drove home again. I did about three or four years playing to a lot of bad rooms, but learning as I went. It's not bad when someone gives you 40 quid for standing up and telling jokes. I remember thinking: 'This is the life.'"

	Highly RecommendedNanci GriffithNational Concert Hall, Dublin @ 20:00 Folk • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Buy Tickets
Whether performing her own poetically evocative material or the compositions of her influences, friends, and peers, Nanci Griffith possesses a powerful gift for inhabiting the songs she sings - for communicating unspoken intimacy and heartache through her tender voice and lilting, delicate phrasing. Her live performances on her Irish tour will feature all her best- known and best-loved classic songs.

	RecommendedAbigail SmithOdessa Club, Dublin @ 21:00 Experimental • Information	Feb 18, 2010 €10
Members in for free. Multi instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter Abigail Smith has released her first album Night Time Walking. Smith began writing music at a very early age. Her original style of music is the result of a diverse musical up bringing. She has featured on albums by David Kitt, Somadrone, 3epkano, Brianna Corrigan (Beautiful South) and Star Little Thing. She was selected to play at the 2008 Electric Picnic with her group.

	RecommendedArt StudiesNational Gallery, Dublin @ 18:30 Art • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
American Abstract Expressionism; Pollock and Rothko Lecturer Janet McLean, National Gallery of Ireland

	RecommendedBatty Ryan Will Change Your Life!Draíocht, Dublin @ 20:15 Comedy • Information	Feb 18, 2010 €12 - €15
Join Life Coach Guru Batty Ryan (Joe Rooney - Kilinascully, Father Ted) as he takes you through his hilarious and very often misguided ‘ Seven Steps To Success in Life & Business' seminar. Leave your blues at the door, forget the recession - Batty Ryan is here to convince you that the recession is all in your head! Accompanied by his assistant and 'Life Partner', Eastern European Katarina (Sharyn Hayden), 'Batty Ryan Will Change Your Life!' is a comedy show about life, hope and self-improvement. Contains impromptu singing and plenty of audience participation!

	RecommendedBrendan Burns + Craig Hill + Eleanor Tiernan + Kevin GildeaLaughter Lounge, Dublin @ 19:00 Comedy • Information	Feb 18, 2010 €26 Buy Tickets
Brendan Burns: This guy has worked with all the greats including Borat and Ricky Gervais not to be missed! - Australian Craig Hill: Scottish comedian with so much energy he could power up a small village in the west of Glasgow! Eleanor Tiernan: With top class comedy in her veins Eleanor is one to watch out for Kevin Gildea: Packing nearly 20 years of comedy experience into his skinny jeans!

	RecommendedFake BloodThe Twisted Pepper, Dublin Electronica	Feb 18, 2010 €8 - €10

	AlphastatesWhelans, Dublin @ 20:00 Indie	Feb 18, 2010

	Artists ProofDraíocht, Dublin @ 10:00 Art • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
Artist’s Proof is an exhibition by 24 Irish and international fine art printmaking artists. Visitors will be able to see the creative methodology of the printmaker showing the development of the idea from the research and exploration stages through to the rigorous process of making the print, requiring great technical skill. The prints will be displayed alongside two working proofs to provide a glimpse of how it was made.

	Band of SkullsThe Academy, Dublin @ 20:00	Feb 18, 2010 €13.50

	Beatdown: DJ Handsome PaddyPygmalion, Dublin @ 22:30 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Joker, J Dilla, Glitch Mob, Lee Fields, Harmonic 313 and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings.

	Beth Moysés ExhibitionSycamore Club, Dublin @ 18:00 Art • Information	Feb 18, 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 18, 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.

	Big Time!The Bernard Shaw, Dublin DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010
YouTube nights, hat partys... make and do for grown-ups.

	Charlie WinstonThe Village, Dublin @ 20:00	Feb 18, 2010 €16 Buy Tickets

	Control/DeleteAndrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010 €4
Indie and electro.

	Dinosaur EncounterAmbassador Theatre, Dublin @ 10:00 Exhibition • Information	Feb 18, 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!

	DJ Loreana - PandamoniumShebeen Chic, Dublin @ 20:00 DJ	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event

	Eamonn Barrett4 Dame Lane, Dublin @ 22:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
One of Dublin's most in demand DJs and its easy to hear why. Eamonn brings his infectious energy to the decks when he plays. He likes to mix it up and have fun. Expect lots of sonic booms with an indie electro slant !

	IsotopeJJ Smyths, Dublin @ 21:00 Jazz • Information	Feb 18, 2010 €10
Dublin's long running Jazz Session.

	Make Art Not RubbishDraíocht, Dublin @ 10:00 Art • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
Over a seven week period well known artist and sculptor Cris Neumann will facilitate the creation of 3D works by Coolmine and Hartstown Community School students in a project that will be a fun reflection of Vodafone Ireland’s Green Agenda Policy. This educational and environmentally innovative visual arts project will explore the concepts of communication, mobility and technology and how these concepts can work in the reduction and recycling of waste. For more information and photos of the works in progress check out the website: www.makeartnotrubbish.com

	Man in the Mirror (The Music of Michael Jackson)Olympia Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Pop	Feb 18, 2010 €25

	MashSouthwilliam, Dublin @ 21:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
Mash-up breaks edits dubs & versions.

	MuzikButton Factory, Dublin @ 23:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010
Up-beat indie, new wave, bouncy electro.

	Real DJs presents Soul @ SolasSolas, Dublin @ 20:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010
Resident DJ Mr Razor delivers a mix of funk, jazz, hip-hop and latin beats.

	Rolling and TumblingFoggy Dew, Dublin @ 21:00 Rock • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
They say of themselves: "Is Stones, but is blues, rock, soul, dance... as well!"

	SoundcheckSpy, Dublin @ 19:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
Unarocks and Sarah J Fox play indie rock'n'roll.

	The Party by Anton ChekhovBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 13:00 Theatre • Information	Feb 18, 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 18, 2010 Free Event
Australian artists Pat Foster and Jen Berean have opened a new exhibition to coincide with their international studio residency.

	Thursday Night Rock at the Baggot InnThe Baggot Inn, Dublin @ 21:00 Rock	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event

	Thursdays @ Cafe en SeineCafe en Seine, Dublin @ 20:00 DJ • Information	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event
DJs and dancing 'til 2.30am, cocktail promotions.

	What Happens Next Is A SecretIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin @ 12:00 Art • Information	Feb 18, 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 18, 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 @ 14:00 Folk	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event

	Adrian O'KeeffeThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 17:30 Folk	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event

	Christ Deliver Us! by Thomas KilroyAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 19:30 Theatre • Information	Feb 18, 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

	Edel MeadeBewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Jazz • Information	Feb 18, 2010 €10
With quirky compositions, tasty arrangements and a captivating voice, Edel Meade is emerging as a promising young jazz singer. Influenced by Joni Mitchell, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott as much as traditional and contemporary jazz stylists, her original music has garnered high praise at home and abroad from Ireland's leading jazz vocalist Honor Heffernan to New York based vocal jazz legend Sheila Jordan.. Joined by Soyoung Yoon (piano), Martin Gruet (double bass) and Phil McMullan (drums), this promises to be an exciting evening of improvisation and jazz-influenced music. Expect to hear funk/soul grooves, odd metres, Latin flavours, and of course traditional swing. Always expressive, engaging, and abundantly adventurous, this group is best experienced live. Go on, treat yourself!

	Little Gem by Elaine MurphyAbbey Theatre, Dublin @ 20:00 Theatre • Information	Feb 18, 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.

	The FolksmenThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 20:30 Folk	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event

	George MurphyThe Temple Bar, Dublin @ 23:30 Folk	Feb 18, 2010 Free Event

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