Granby Park: Upstart on their Dominick Street pop-up
Since 2011, Upstart have featured prominently in the ‘Dublin enthusiasts’ list: they are a non-profit, voluntary arts collective who believes public life can be greatly improved with a good dose
Interview with Rosie O’Reilly, Creative Director of Re-Dress
The world of fashion, by design, is an independent sphere of creativity, innovation and money; setting the trend and captivating a large market in the process. Despite the rather precarious
Barfly: Beerhouse
A strange quirk of fate, destiny or kismet meant that I found myself reviewing a bar I was supposed to review exactly two years ago but crapped out on at
Soundbite: Kate Packwood of The Wild Flour Bakery + Cube Cakes recipe
Kate shared with us her passion for baking and her commitment to making magic happen in the oven.
Interview: Lia Williams of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire
Lia Williams stars as Tennessee Williams’ finest creation, Blanche Dubois, at The Gate. After a trip down the Mississippi and a bump on the head, she tells us how her
Utopia, Part III: Mexico City
1: Santa Fe, Santa Muerte The cricket shirr goes electric when I see her. Could be it’s the electric wires overhead are frayed almost gone, or that I’m scared, or
Istanbul Rising
Istanbul is a city divided; it straddles the Bosphorus with the European continent on one side and the Asian continent on the other. It is the site to many laboured
Literary Review, August: Louis MacNeice, W.G. Sebald, de Souza Leão
Zoo Louis MacNeice ‘Faber Finds’ resuscitates major works that have fallen out-of-print – or, in this case, a minor prose work by a major poet: Louis MacNeice’s 1938 portrait
Interview: The White Review
At some point every bibliophile dreams of making their own magazine, and in 2011 two Trinity alumni decided to make the leap of faith with The White Review. Benjamin Eastham
Rumbullion: Ireland’s First Rum Festival
The ever imaginative crew over at Bodytonic have done it again. This bank holiday weekend The Twisted Pepper will play host to Ireland’s first ever rum festival. Since the launch
Interview: Swans’ Michael Gira
Swans are reaching the final leg of an extensive tour in support of their towering The Seer LP from last year. However, they’re not playing any of the songs from
Entry Level: Irish Cricket
A brief tour through the ‘innings’ and ‘outings’ of Irish cricket’s days of yore.
Gleaming the Cube: 3d
2013 has been pretty weird. Ok, really weird. For a couple of weeks there not too long ago it seemed all that we as skatenerds took for granted was being
The Big One-Oh: Electric Picnic 2013
Questions regarding the future of Stradbally’s big weekend out have been as rife as Wayne Rooney transfer rumours over the past year. Electric Picnic’s return for a tenth run out,
All’s Welles That Ends Welles: A Primer in Orson
When radio is done right, it can create images that are just as lucid and evocative in your mind as any to have ever appeared on the big screen. Studio…
Madison
Downstairs off Wicklow Street is Madison, open on Friday and Saturday nights only. It promises both 'the sexiest crowd around' and 'the sexiest beats anywhere' on its website. Sounds pretty…
GAZE 2013: Film Festival Highlights
The air of the city is still vibrant with Gay Pride festivities, and yet another wave of LGBT creativity is about to take over: this August bank holiday weekend marks…