HAPPENINGS:

Anam

This is an exciting, two-day celebration of music, poetry, drama, film and workshops hosted at DCU and showcasing North Dublin culture and creativity.

Curated and produced by South Wind Blows (the team behind Other Voices), Anam will bring together talented students and staff from DCU and leading Irish artists, musicians and writers from the North Dublin region. Events will take place across DCU's three campuses, the Glasnevin Campus, the St Patrick’s Campus and the All Hallows Campus. For details see www.dcu.ie/anam

Diana Ross: Her Love, Life and Legacy

The fantastic documentary ‘Diana Ross: Her Love, Life and Legacy’ hits local cinemas to mark her 75th birthday on March 26 for one night only. Diana was an executive producer of the film which features footage of her iconic 1983 Central Park concert, when a tremendous storm caused it to be abandoned. However, she returned the next day to finish the concert for all her fans. The film also features new footage and interviews with her family. It will be screened in the Cineworld, Movies @ Dundrum and Movies @ Swords.

Traditional music-making 

Well known uilleann pipers, Ronan Browne (pictured here with the All Ireland Uilleann Piping Champion, Sorcha Ni Scola) and Jimmy O’Brien Moran, team up with Derry singer Brian Mullen for a night of traditional music-making on Friday, March 29 at 8.30pm at the Séamus Ennis Arts Centre in the Naul, County Dublin..

Bingo in Raheny 

Fancy a good night out and a chance to return home with a few euro? It’s eyes down for bingo, which takes place at the Raheny GAA Clubhouse, 2 All Saints’ Road every Thursday, from 8.15pm to 10.15pm. 

Contact [email protected] or phone 01-8313530 from 7.30pm to 10pm for more details.

Evita 

The Teachers’ Musical Society will stage Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s classic ‘Evita’, from Tuesday, April 2 until Saturday, April 6.

‘Evita’ opens with a preview night on April 2 at DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra. Tickets are €17 for the opening night and €20 all other nights. 

For tickets, log on to www.eventbrite.ie or email [email protected].

Thrive Festival

Brought to Dublin by the team behind Taste of Dublin, Thrive Festival promises to transform minds and bodies at The Convention Centre on March 30 & 31.

The festival features wellness talks, fitness classes and food demonstrations as well as keynote speakers Gemma Atkinson and Dr Hazel Wallace, The Food Medic, leading the line-up. Bring your gym gear, bring a notebook and bring an open mind say the organisers. Tickets cost from €51.57 per day or €75.86 for the weekend. See thrivefestival.ie for details.

In The Window

Nuala McKeever’s internationally acclaimed one-woman play, takes place at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin on Friday, March 29 at 7.30pm.  

Life hasn’t turned out the way Margaret dreamed. She’s lonely as hell, in a house that won’t sell, with no kids, no husband and a job that’s deathly boring. So tonight, she’s got a date with a bottle of pink fizz and a bowl of pink pills and she’s going to go out in style.

But her romance with death is rudely interrupted by an intruder, a nosy neighbour and a policeman, a tall, handsome policeman.

Across the Waves: The Seafaring Irish

This is a fantastic exhibition running at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum until April 12.

It explores Ireland’s rich maritime history through stories of adventure, tragedy and opportunity.

The people featured in the exhibition left lasting legacies across the globe, both in their new homes and in Ireland, where their stories continue to influence Ireland’s rich relationship with the sea. Across the Waves: The Seafaring Irish is free with entry to EPIC in the CHQ Building from now until April 12 from 10:00am-6.45pm.

Paul McCaffrey 

The lovable, cheeky Paul McCaffrey (Latitude New Act of the Year, tour support for Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges) is doing his first solo tour. ‘I thought I’d have grown out of this by now’ rolls up to The Laughter Lounge on Wednesday, April 3. Paul is in his 40s, but can’t get used to it. This state of affairs, however, is the same for many in his generation it would seem, and so Paul’s show is all about how he and his peers are adapting (or not adapting, rather) to the immense changes that age is bringing.

For more information, visit www.smockalley.com