Category: Arts & Music
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From burritos to design: three Dubliners make their mark on the Irish urban design scene
Design is a key component to what keeps Dublin ticking and as the year of Irish Design continues The City met with a group of designers who seem to be doing everything right. Extra Meat Apparel demonstrate that, like much of life, a…
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Fall Out Boy fans prove emo’s far from dead
Fall Out Boy are not a name that you would necessarily associate with the music scene of 2015. For many, they’re a band consigned solely to the dead subculture of ‘emo’ which was at its peak in the years between 2005 and 2010. But…
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Art auction proves popular with punters
The Third Space Café in Smithfield was transformed into an art auction house as the Supporting Children Out Of Poverty (SCOOP) Foundation held its annual art auction on Wednesday night. The auction was held to raise money for SCOOP towards building a new…
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Top three for free
Feel like the world is constantly asking you for something? We sure do and this is why we’ve put together this new feature of exciting things to do and see in our fair city. A breath of fresh air in the age of…
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Dublin’s Very Own Art House Cinema
‘We do everything from highbrow arts screenings to very lowbrow cult screenings and everything in between. It is a beautiful and comfortable cultural space filled with like-minded film lovers.’ Located in Smithfield, the Light House Cinema is an extraordinary space offering a special…
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A Tourist’s Guide to Galway
Having spent many weekends in Galway and viewing myself as somewhat of a Galway aficionado, I felt compelled to share my experiences of this small city in the west of Ireland. If you wish to escape the busy streets of Dublin but still…
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Peace at Whelan’s, that’s where Happy People were.
What is it about the Whelan’s? How comes all the cool Indie bands are playing in this venue? No one knows, but once more, here I am standing in the queue. A queue? Here in Dublin for a small Indie band? It was…
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Food Nostalgia
By Aoife Lawless The rather ghoulish tradition of the the ‘last meal’ on Death Row was the inspiration for Melanie Dunea’s 2007 book The Last Supper, where she asked celebrity chefs about what they would choose as their final repast. The…
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