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Chef Shuai Wang was the runner-up on the 22nd season of Bravo’s Top Chef and is the force behind two standout restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina—Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ—where he brings together the flavors of his childhood in Beijing and the spirit of the South in some pretty unforgettable ways. He grew up just a short walk from Tiananmen Square, in a tiny home with no electricity or running water, where his grandmother often cooked over charcoal. Later, in Queens, New York, his mom taught herself to cook—her first dishes were a little salty, but they were always made with love. And somewhere along the way, Shuai learned that cooking wasn’t just about food—it was about taking care of people. After years working in New York kitchens, he made his way to Charleston and started building something that feels entirely his own. Today, we’re talking about how all those experiences come together on the plate, the family stories behind his cooking, and what it’s been like to share that journey on national TV. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Content provided by dlr Libraries Podcasts and Dlr Staff. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by dlr Libraries Podcasts and Dlr Staff or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. This week featuring site director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Professor Brian Lawlor, writer, musician and performer Mike Hanrahan, and musician, composer and choral conductor Norah Constance Walsh. This event took place on Wednesday October 11th at the Studio, dlr LexIcon.
Content provided by dlr Libraries Podcasts and Dlr Staff. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by dlr Libraries Podcasts and Dlr Staff or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. This week featuring site director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Professor Brian Lawlor, writer, musician and performer Mike Hanrahan, and musician, composer and choral conductor Norah Constance Walsh. This event took place on Wednesday October 11th at the Studio, dlr LexIcon.
In May 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as well as voices from caregivers and people living with dementia.…
In May 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as well as voices from caregivers and people living with dementia.…
dlr Libraries were pleased to partner with Dublin Book Festival and host three events showcasing some of the best writing Ireland has to offer. Join Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with arts journalist Paula Shields. From acclaimed author Sinéad Gleeson comes Hagstone (4th Estate) a haunting and atmospheric fiction debut. Exploring themes of art, landscape, folklore and the feminine, Hagstone takes in the darker side of human nature, and the mysteries of faith and the natural world. Artist Nell lives on a wild and rugged island, between the reclusive commune of Inions up on the cliff and the strange murmurings that seem to emanate from within the depths of the island. When the Inions invite Nell into the commune, Nell will discover things about the community and about herself that will challenge everything she thought she knew. Please note that this podcast contains strong language.…
dlr Libraries were pleased to partner with Dublin Book Festival and host three events showcasing some of the best writing Ireland has to offer. Join Máiría Cahill in conversation with journalist and writer Olivia O'Leary. Rough Beast (Apollo) is Máiría Cahill‘s harrowing story, told here for the first time in full detail and with unsparing honesty. It is a story of unimaginable trauma and political corruption, but above all it is the story of one young woman’s defiance of those wielding power to inspire fear and silence, and their influence over elected politicians. Please note that this podcast contains strong language and sensitive content.…
dlr Libraries were pleased to partner with Dublin Book Festival and host three events showcasing some of the best writing Ireland has to offer. Join Michael Longley in conversation with journalist and writer Olivia O’Leary. Michael Longley’s Ash Keys: New Selected Poems (Jonathan Cape) looks back on his extraordinary career, showing how his themes, genres and forms have evolved and interlaced since the 1960s. Love, violence, the natural world, art, psychodrama, family, the Great War, the Homeric past and Northern Ireland’s troubled present cohabit in these pages – as do depth, wit and beauty.…
Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin. On Tuesday 8th October, Alanna O’Connor, Liam Lynch, Gráinne McGettrick and Kathleen Brennan hosted the final series of talks on Innovative Arts in Acquired Brain Injury. Alanna O’Connor is a Speech and Language Therapist. Liam Lynch has worked in the Irish Defence Forces, adult education and as a transmission engineer. Gráinne McGettrick is the Director of Policy and Research with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland and a Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Kathleen Brennan is recently retired from working with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland where her role was to actively support families affected by brain injury.…
Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin. On Thursday 3rd October, Laura Sarah Dowdall, Veronica Casey and Mike Hanrahan hosted the second series of talks on Dance and Creative Writing for Well-being. Laura Sarah Dowdall is an international facilitator and speaker on creative health, wellness and inclusion. Veronica Casey is a poet and short story writer who works with adults and children to develop their reading and writing skills. Mike Hanrahan is a writer, musician and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.…
Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin. On Tuesday 1st October, Gráinne Hope, David Hope and Brian Lawlor hosted the first series of talks on Amplifying Voices and Memories Through Music and Storytelling in Care Homes. Grainne Hope is a professional cellist, founder and Artistic Director of Music & Health Ireland, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health (GBHI) and Chair with the Arts and Health Coordinators Ireland. David Hope is a professional musician, songwriter, recording artist, music educator, Music & Health practitioner. Brian Lawlor is a professor of old age psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, and Site Director of GBHI at Trinity.…
On Saturday 21 September 2024, to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of renowned Irish poet Eavan Boland, dlr Libraries were delighted to host this event that featured her poetry, readings by her friends and family plus some music. The late poet lived in Dundrum in South County Dublin, worked a lot with writing groups in the area, and was prominent in the cultural life of the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, in addition to being feted nationally and internationally.…
On Saturday 28 September 2024, to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of renowned Irish poet Eavan Boland, dlr Libraries were delighted to host this event to celebrate the life and work of the much-loved and much-missed poet who died in April 2020. The event featured the poetry of Eavan, readings by her friends and family plus some music. Readers included members of the WEB women's writing group, established following a series of workshops for women writers facilitated by Eavan for publisher Arlen House in the 1980s. The group continues to meet monthly, and dlr Libraries were delighted to be able to support them through this event and other initiatives.…
On September 26 2024, dlr LexIcon welcomed legendary and bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson to talk about her first adult book, Think Again, in conversation with Aoife Barry.
Part of the One Dublin, One Book programme of events for 2024, join Louise Nealon in conversation with Sheila Armstrong, Olivia Fitzsimons and Aingeala Flannery as they meet to discuss the role of the sea in their lives, both on and off the page. At the beginning of Sheila Armstrong’s Fallen Animals, a body washes up on the Northwest coast of Ireland, and the search for his identity causes a ripple effect in the lives of people he would never meet. In Olivia Fitzsimon’s The Quiet Whispers Never Stop, a tumultuous relationship comes to blows on a beach in Donegal. The sea is a constant presence in Aingeala Flannery’s The Amusements, which explores the lives of the characters in the seaside village of Tramore, while in Snowflake; the One Dublin, One Book choice for 2024, Louise Nealon’s characters find solace on a fictional island of their own. In the gorgeous Studio space of dlr LexIcon, the writers will meet to discuss their relationship with the sea, their literary influences and more.…
As part of Poetry Day Ireland 2024, we came together to celebrate the life and work of poet Eavan Boland, who died in 2020. A selection of invited writers read their favourite of Eavan's poems, and shared a memory of their connection with her. There was also music, contributing to what was a friendly and inclusive evening to commemorate the beloved poet. MC: Evelyn Conlon Readers: David Butler - Mise Éire Mary Rose Callaghan - An Irish Childhood in England:1951 Ella Barry - Legends (for Eavan Boland) Susan Connolly - The Lost Land Evelyn Conlon - The Grape Pickers Katie Donovan - The Pomegranate Anne Fitzgerald - That the Science of Cartography is Limited Catherine Phil MacCarthy - The Journey Mary Milne - In Our Own Country Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - The Oral Tradition Mary O'Donnell - A Woman Painted on a Leaf Gerard Smyth - Unheroic Louise C Callaghan - Margin Joseph Woods - Quarantine Máiride Woods - Love Sarah Casey - Eviction Musicians: Róisín Ward Morrow & Breifne Holohan - The Wounded Hussar and Cailín as Contae Lú…
Join broadcaster Rick O’Shea in conversation with authors Elaine Feeney and Paul Murray. Nominated for An Post Irish Book Awards – Book of the Year, How to Build a Boat is the beautiful novel about a young boy whose mission transforms the lives of his teachers and brings together a community. Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards – Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Nero Prize, The Bee Sting explores the failures and vulnerability of the Barnes family and the consequences of a single moment that can change the direction of life. Elaine Feeney is a writer from the west of Ireland. Her 2020 debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O'Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Feeney has published three collections of poetry including The Radio Was Gospel and Rise, and her short story ‘Sojourn’ was included in The Art of The Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories, edited by Sinéad Gleeson. Feeney lectures at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Paul Murray is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies and The Mark and the Void. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Skippy Dies was shortlisted for the Costa Novel award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. The Mark and the Void won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2016. He lives in Dublin. Rick O’Shea is a broadcaster with RTE, currently weekdays on RTE Gold. He was previously a presenter on RTE2FM and of The Book Show on RTE Radio 1. He runs Ireland’s largest book club - The Rick O’Shea Book Club on Facebook, hosts and curates public author interviews at festivals, and chooses the Eason Must Reads lists 4 times a year. He is a member of the An Post Irish Book Awards voting academy. Currently, Rick is literary curator for the annual UCD Festival and a board member of Fighting Words NI in Belfast. He’s a former judge of the Costa Book Awards and Dalkey Literary Awards, and a previous curator of the Waterford Writers Weekend.…
The benefits of the natural world for our mental and physical wellbeing have long been recognised, but perhaps never more so than in the last few years. Writer, journalist and author of This is My Sea, Miriam Mulcahy, is joined in conversation by two nature experts as they explore how our desire to reconnect with nature has resulted in a surge in popularity of activities in the outdoors, as well as a drive towards sustainability and a commitment to ‘leave no trace.’ Wild Derrynane: A Wildlife Year Explorer’s Guide, Stories and Memoir by wildlife film maker, naturalist and outdoor educationalist Vincent Hyland is a visual natural history of the Skellig Coast, and an invaluable record of the area’s changing biodiversity. The forthcoming The Complete Book of Wild Swimming in Ireland by Maureen McCoy, complete with spectacular photos by Paul McCambridge, is a comprehensive guide to discovering dramatic and lesser known locations around Ireland for swimming, diving and snorkelling. Maureen McCoy, from Hillsborough, County Down, is an award-winning open-water swimmer, having swum in the sea, loughs and rock pools with her brothers since she was a small child. In 2009, just after her fortieth birthday, she fulfilled her childhood ambition to swim the English Channel. Maureen enjoys outdoor swimming throughout the year and always keeps a swimsuit in her car - just in case. Miriam Mulcahy is a writer and journalist living in Kildare. She contributes to the Irish Times, writing for the property section every week, and last year curated the Surrealist Gallery at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Visual Arts. This is My Sea, published by Eriu/Bonnier in August 2023 was an Irish no 1 bestseller, was nominated for an An Post Irish Book Award and was one of the Irish Times books of the year for 2023. This is My Sea comes out in paperback this May. Vincent Hyland is a multi-award-winning underwater filmmaker, publisher and digital broadcaster. He was an early adopter of digital technology, establishing Ireland's first digital design bureau in the mid-1980s. He spent ten years working in technology at Microsoft. He established and published Ireland's first Wildlife magazine "Wild Ireland", has filmed the underwater marine life of Galapagos and Antarctica and worked for the BBC's Natural History Unit. He has appeared on BBC, RTE, TV3 and TG4 television including directing and narrating the recent series "Call of the Wild" for RTE One television. His practice combines music, art and outdoor education. His recent discoveries include night-time fluorescence in underwater temperate marine life. He has just published his life's work "Wild Derrynane" - a Visual Natural History of the Greater Skellig Coast. He is nominated in the 'Eco Individual of the Year' category in the Outsider.ie annual awards that will take place in February 2024. He lives with his partner Mo and son, Neil in Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry.…
Reincarnated as the mistress of macabre, the grande dame of the dark, Ireland’s beloved newsreader delights in presenting her fabulously frightful anthology of Irish ghost stories, which have excited, unnerved and, for better or worse, stayed with her over the years.
Readers’ Day in The Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon, Saturday 25 November Programmed by writer Martina Devlin on behalf of dlr Libraries, it features a sparkling range of writers and thinkers.
Readers’ Day in The Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon, Saturday 25 November Programmed by writer Martina Devlin on behalf of dlr Libraries, it features a sparkling range of writers and thinkers.
Readers’ Day in The Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon, Saturday 25 November Programmed by writer Martina Devlin on behalf of dlr Libraries, it features a sparkling range of writers and thinkers.
Readers’ Day in The Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon, Saturday 25 November Programmed by writer Martina Devlin on behalf of dlr Libraries, it features a sparkling range of writers and thinkers.
Readers’ Day in The Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon, Saturday 25 November Programmed by writer Martina Devlin on behalf of dlr Libraries, it features a sparkling range of writers and thinkers.
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. The final week in the series hosted Professor Agustin Ibánez, Director if the Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Roisin Hayes, music therapist and author Kevin Quaid and Dementia advocate Helena Quaid.…
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. This week features Chief Operations Officer of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Dr Anne-Maire Glynn, Poet Tony Curtis and illustrator Caroline Hyland. This event took place on Wednesday 1 November, 2023 at the Studio, dlr LexIcon. Release date: 10 Nov 2023…
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. Week 3 hosted Neuropsychologist Professor Ian Robertson. Poet Ron Cary and Singer Frances Elliott.…
Louis de Bernières, internationally acclaimed author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, for an unforgettable evening of book chat, laughter and music. Louis, whose latest novel is Light over Liskeard, will be in conversation with author Martina Devlin. It's a book which takes a penetrating but lighthearted look at what really matters in life. Louis is also a talented musician, and will duet with guitarist Seán Whelan.…
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. This week we hosted Professor Sven Vanneste who is a neuroscientist, Global Brain Health Institute facility member and Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. Olwyn Lyons, who is a choreographer, dance artist and community dance facilitator who has worked extensively with arts and older people and Dr Anusha Yasoda-Mohan is a perceptual neuroscientist and Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health with a special interest in hearing loss and tinnitus.…
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. This week featuring site director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Professor Brian Lawlor, writer, musician and performer Mike Hanrahan, and musician, composer and choral conductor Norah Constance Walsh. This event took place on Wednesday October 11th at the Studio, dlr LexIcon.…
A five-part series of talks and workshops exploring how engaging in creative arts can improve your brain health. These talks, led by Karen Meenan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will feature neuroscientists, researchers and especially creative artists who work to improve brain health. This week featuring site director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Professor Brian Lawlor, writer, musician and performer Mike Hanrahan, and musician, composer and choral conductor Norah Constance Walsh. This event took place on Monday October 11th at the Studio, drLexIcon.…
WILD WOMEN - A St Brigid’s Day Celebration dlr LexIcon 31st January 2023 Recording of an event held to celebrate St Brigid's day 2023 in dlr LexIcon library. Learn about some of the unconventional and unruly women who followed in Brigid’s footsteps and broke the mould. Meet the women today inspired by them – and her. - Activist Ailbhe Smyth talks about Brigid/St Brigid – pagan goddess and Christian saint. She discusses this fearless, powerful woman who was healer, poet and warrior. - Panel discussion chaired by broadcaster Flor MacCarthy featuring RTÉ’s Zainab Boladale, Senator Eileen Flynn, bestselling writer Sarah Webb and Irish Times columnist Justine McCarthy. - Extract from Call Me Madame, a black comedy about Countess Markievicz by Martina Devlin, read by acclaimed actor and scriptwriter Lise-Ann McLaughlin. The two are in conversation afterwards. Photo credit: Ger Holland…
Karah Preiss content producer & writer based in New York City. Along with actress Emma Roberts, she founded Belletrist, a social media-first community for book lovers and they're currently in a first-look deal for TV at Hulu. Karah shared her favourite books with us through the theme of "Alternative Perspectives". Books discussed: Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett & Luster by Raven leilani…
Ciarán Casey is an Irish economic historian who is currently researching the history of the Department of Finance. Books discussed include: Cormac Ó Gráda- A Rocky Road, Mary Daly- Sixties Ireland, Roy Foster- Vivid Faces and Conor Cruise O'Brien- States of Ireland.
Writer, engineer and artist Adrian Duncan discusses his favourite books on World Building, in terms of architecture and engineering and also in terms of creating a world in historical fiction and memoir writing. Order the books Adrian discussed on our library catalogue here: https://librariesireland.iii.com/iii/encore/?lang=eng Books chosen: An Engineer Imagines – Peter Rice, Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar, Bungalow Bliss – Jack Fitzsimons, Mystery and Manners – Flannery O'Connor. Film on Peter Rice: Floating Structures https://www.ifihome.ie/film/floating-structures/…
This is the second of a two-part podcast produced by the Irish National Opera in partnership with dlr Libraries. The series will explore the different voice types you'll hear in an opera performance. Part 2 explores the higher voices including sopranos, mezzo sopranos and those rare male voices the countertenors. This episode features special guest interview with countertenor Xavier Sabato. Researched and presented by INO Artistic Partner and mezzo-soprano, Sharon Carty. Edited and mixed by Laoise O'Brien. Audio References: Mozart, Overture, Die Zauberflöte. Irish National Opera / Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. 2019. Handel, Pena tiranna, Amadigi di Gaula. Performed by Xavier Sabata. Il Pomo D’oro conducted by Riccardo Minasi. Aparté. https://www.apartemusic.com/produit/bad-guys-xavier-sabata/ Handel, Sorge nel petto, Rinaldo. Performed by Xavier Sabata. Il Pomo D’oro conducted by Riccardo Minasi. Aparté. https://www.apartemusic.com/produit/bad-guys-xavier-sabata/ Handel, Dover, giustizia, amor, Ariodante. Performed by Hilary Summers. Opera Theatre Company / Irish Baroque Orchestra conducted by Markellos Chryssicos. 2016. Bach, Ave Maria. Performed by Alessandro Moreschi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjvfqnD0ws Vivaldi, Ho il cor già lacero, Griselda. Performed by Katie Bray. Irish National Opera / Irish Baroque Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. 2019. Rossini, Non più mesta, La Cenerentola. Performed by Tara Erraught. Irish National Opera conducted by Fergus Sheil. 2019. Highest note ever sung, Adam Lopez. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=172&v=Kdp4NHWr7G8&feature=emb_logo Wagner, Liebestod, Tristan und Isolde. Performed by Miriam Murphy. Wide Open Opera conducted by Fergus Sheil. 2012. Puccini, Un bel dì vedremo, Madama Butterfly. Performed by Celine Byrne. Irish National Opera / RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Timothy Redmond. 2019. Mozart, Der Hölle Rache, Die Zauberflöte. Performed by Kim Sheehan. Irish National Opera / Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. 2019. Mozart, Dove sono, Le Nozze di Figaro. Performed by Máire Flavin. Irish National Opera / Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. 2018. Gluck, Che fiero momento, Orfeo ed Euridice. Performed by Sarah Power. Irish National Opera / Irish Baroque Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. 2019.…
This is the first of a two-part podcast produced by the Irish National Opera in partnership with dlr Libraries. The series will explore the different voice types you'll hear in an opera performance. Part 1 explores the male voices from bass to tenor with special guest interview with vocal coach and répétiteur Brenda Hurley. Researched and presented by INO Artistic Partner and mezzo-soprano, Sharon Carty. Edited and mixed by Laoise O'Brien. Audio References: Mozart, In diesen heil’gen Hallen, The Magic Flute. Performed by Lukas Jacobski. Irish National Opera / Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. 2019. Rossini, Largo al factotum, The Barber of Seville. Performed by Gavan Ring. Wide Open Opera conducted by Fergus Sheil. 2016. Lehár, Dein ist mein ganzes Herz, Land des Lächelns. Performed by Gavan Ring. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Brophy. 2019. Verdi, La donna è mobile, Rigoletto. Performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Antonio Tonini. 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Iv9WdI4LE Luciano Pavarotti masterclass, Barbican London, 1987. https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b755b0342 Perotin le Grand, Viderunt Omne. Performed by the Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow. 2002. Monteverdi, Vi ricorda, o boschi ombrosi, L’Orfeo. Performed by John Elwes. Conducted by Yoshio Watanabe. 1990. Britten, Canticle II, Op. 51 Abraham and Isaac. Performed by John Elwes and Benjamin Britten. ℗ 2013 Naxos Classical Archives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tMcopHJ9Bk…
UKTV Drama-reader, and dlr Library member, Craig Reynolds shares what he has learnt from reading hundreds of scripts for his job working in tv commissioning. We chat best practice for writing with TV in mind and how to go about getting an agent and your script commissioned. A must listen for all our writers and creative writing groups from dlr Libraries.…
Hayley Reynolds from dlr Libraries chats to freelance journalist Jenn Gannon about all aspects of the recent film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women by director Greta Gerwig. If you loved the film and cried like a baby or perhaps are just a huge fan of of the book, Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Plugh, or Master Timmy Chalamet, then this is the mutual appreciation space for you. Spoiler alert - this is for people who know the story of Little Women as there are multiple spoilers from the beginning.…
Louisa from Raven Books in Blackrock shares how she plans and tracks her reading for the year. She gives advice on how to choose what to read next and how to read more widely across genre and authors.
With over 400 letters, memos, cards, telegrams, drawings, notes and photographs, The Presidents’ Letters reveals a personal and unexpected story of Ireland since the inauguration of our first president, Douglas Hyde. Most of these have never been published before and a handful have never been seen by the public. Meticulously researched and handpicked for this unique book, these correspondences bring to life our presidents, Áras an Uachtaráin and all those who have passed through its doors. This podcast from the launch event at dlr LexIcon on 30 October 2021 features Publisher and Managing Director of New Island Books, Edwin Higel, Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, author, political presenter and journalist Flor MacCarthy and Aoife K. Walsh, MC and Commissioning Editor at New Island Books. The podcast finishes with a beautiful rendition of Mná na hÉireann by Niamh Ní Charra - musician, composer, singer and archivist! Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Wednesday 17 November 2021.…
Poet Tom Tracey explores the works and life of American Author David Foster Wallace. Works discusses include: Infinite Jest, Consider the lobster and Brief interviews with hideous men. Tom Tracey on DFW: http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/more-caterpillar-than-butterfly/ Tom Tracey Poetry: https://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/poetry-ireland-review/online-archive/view/our-father1 Mentioned in intv: Clare Hayes-Brady https://humag.co/features/reading-your-problematic-fave Mark O'Connell https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/promiscuous-reading Adam Kelly http://ijas.iaas.ie/issue-9-adam-kelly/…
Writer Madeline Beach Carey discusses some of her favourite memoirs including: Tove Ditlevsen's trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency Deborah Levy’s Living Autobiography: Things I Want to Know, The Cost of Living, Real Estate Edward Said's Out of Place Madeline is the author of the story collection Les filles dels altres. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in El Món d’Ahir, de/rail, RIC Journal, The Sultan’s Seal, The Momentist, Southword, Full Stop, and elsewhere. Carey has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference,the Edward Albee Foundation, Faber Residency, Hawthornden Castle, Greywood Arts, and Ventspils House. Carey teaches writing workshops at the Irish Writers Centre as well as privately. Read some of Madeline's work here: http://www.themomentist.org/near-the-cemetery/ https://echoverseanthology.com/madeline-beach-carey/…
Dan Connaghan, conservation officer at BirdWatch Ireland, shares his personal favourite books and articles on the topic of nature writing. They range from the pastoral literature to writings of an activist nature. Writing/books discussed include: The Peregrine by AJ Baker, The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and Whittled Away by Padraic Fogarty, Pioneers of Ecological Humanism by Brian Norris and The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin, as well as various short stories and articles.…
The wonderful Mila from dlr Libraries shares her favourite #LGBTQIA books for Young Adults. Books reviewed or mentioned include: Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth Queen of Coin and Whispers - Helen Corcoran All the Bad Apples - Moira Fowley-Doyle Perfectly Preventable Deaths - Deirdre Sullivan The Space Between - Meg Grehan Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta Giant Days series - John Allison The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang Keep This to Yourself - Tom Ryan Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron Dread Nation - Justina Ireland Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Wayward Children series - Seanan Mcguire Full Disclosure - Camryn Garrett Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender #loveislove #YoungAdultFiction #readwithpride #DublinPride2021…
Air’ Join Jessica Sinclair, Music Therapist, as she guides you through today’s guided relaxation practice. We sometimes associate ‘Air’ with the majestic creatures who soar through it. Today’s practice will hone in on the soothing, melodic sounds of the birdsong as Jessica guides you through a practice which will leave you feeling calm and connected to the natural world around you.…
Join Jessica Sinclair, Music Therapist, as she guides you through today’s relaxation practice, using warming and holding sounds that we may associate with the element Fire. This practice will leave you feel warm, cosy and relaxed. A great practice to wind down in the evenings.
Writer Eva Kenny discusses contemporary Irish women writers and the themes that occupy them. Books in focus: Niamh Campbell’s This Happy, Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times, Emma Dabiri’s Don’t Touch my Hair, Sinéad Gleeson’s Constellations, Emilie Pine’s Notes to Self and Sally Rooney’s Normal People. Eva is a writer based in Dublin. She holds a doctorate in comparative literature from Princeton University and is at work on a debut collection of stories and essays.…
Join Jessica Sinclair, Music Therapist, as she guides you through a practice which is designed to make you feel grounded and centred, as we focus on the calming and grounding tones and sounds associated with the Earth. A lovely practice to start off the day.
Join Jessica Sinclair, Music Therapist, as she guides you through a gentle relaxation exercise focusing on the calming sounds of water and the ocean. Expect to feel as cool, calm and collected as the sea on a calm summers day following this relaxing practice.
BBC news journalist and author of Bear Markets and Beyond. Dhruti Shah discusses what short stories she keeps coming back to. She also discusses her new book that is a bestiary of business terms that aims to provide financial literacy for all in a fun and accessible way. Some authors/collections discussed include: Birthday Stories edited by Haruki Murakami Sum by David Eagleman Under the Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino A Small Fiction by James Mark Miller…
Writer and actor Kealan Ryan discusses some of his favourite books of fiction that are sometimes considered classically "male" books as they in part deal with the male psyche. Books discusses: The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemmingway, One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey and High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.…
Fiction & arts writer Sue Rainsford, discusses representations of violence in literature & shares some books that have really impressed her this past year. Various books discussed with a focus on Kea Wilson's We Eat Our Own, Susanna Moore's In The Cut, Fernanda Melchor's Hurricane Season and Our Bodies, Their Battlefield by Christina Lamb. Warning: This podcast includes discussion of violence of a sexual nature and war crimes in literature and non-fiction.…
Paul Cuddihy is a writer and journalist, currently the editor of Celtic View, the official magazine for Celtic Football Club, and runs the Read All About It podcast on book recommendations. In this podcast, Paul shares his favourite sports books, both fiction and non-fiction. Books discussed: 1. The Thistle and the Grail by Robin Jenkins. 2. Shoeless Joe by WP Kinsella 3. The Road To Lisbon by Martin Greig & Charles McGarry. 4. The Fight by Norman Mailer (non-fiction). @PaulTheHunted @ReadAllAbout20 @CelticView…
Ruth Ennis is a co-founder and features editor for teen and YA literary journal Paper Lanterns. Ruth shares her favourite verse novels for Young Adults with us and discusses writing her own verse novel after being awarded funding from the Arts Council Literary Bursary. https://paperlanternslit.com/: A literary journal for all things to do with Teen and Young Adult Literature. Books discussed: Run Rebel by Manjeet Man, The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta and One by Sarah Crossan.…
Ulysses 101 dlr LexIcon 2nd February 2023 In collaboration with www.joycetower.ie Recording of an event which was held by the James Joyce Tower and Museum to celebrate James Joyce birthday and the 101st anniversay of the publication of Ulysses. Professor Sam Slote shared a presentation titled "Ulysses at 101". This was followed by a recital from Morgan Cooke on James Joyce's piano, and then Karen Kelly read an extract from "Sirens".…
This talk for parents of children with ADHD and adults with ADHD alike will explain what is ADHD and will also explode some of the popular myths and misconceptions around this condition, which affects 5% of the population. Think of it as a crash course in the condition! Ken Kilbride is the CEO at ADHD Ireland. Ken has over 25 years experience in senior management positions in a wide range of both very large and very small not for profit organisations in Ireland. His role with ADHD Ireland is to enact the vision and strategy of the Board, and in the words of Captain James T Kirk take this ADHD organisation to where no ADHD organisation has ever been before!…
Údar, foilsitheoir agus ceoltóir iomráiteach Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin ag comhrá leis an craoltóir agus scríbhneoir ildánach Cathal Póirtéir, faoina chéad úrscéal ‘Madame Lazare’. Author, musician and publisher Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin in conversation with writer and broadcaster, Cathal Poirtéir about his award winning first novel ‘Madame Lazare’.…
An art exhibition inspired by modern Czech history and major Czech personalities. Illustrations by students from Ladislav Sutnar Faculty, West Bohemian University, Pilsen. Exhibition is open from 18th May to 30th June 2022, at level 3, dlr LexIcon.
Recording from Friday 8 April; a bumper book launch celebrating the release of 5 new exciting titles from Arlen House. It is a celebration of over 150 years of women’s writing, featuring important titles of classic literature that will now be made available to a new generation. We heard from Caitríona Clear (on Kate O’Brien and Annie Smithson), Catherine Dunne (A Name for Himself), Marian Thérèse Keyes (on Anna Maria Hall), Lia Mills (Another Alice) and Arlen House publisher Alan Hayes.…
Recording of the talk Peter Pearson gave in the Studio, dlr LexIcon on the 23rd of March 2022. Peter Pearson is well-known as a passionate advocate for the conservation of Ireland's architectural heritage and also as a historian and highly regarded painter. He is the author of numerous publications including Dún Laoghaire/Kingstown and Between the Mountains and the Sea. His new book The Granite Coast (O'Brien Press) will be published later in 2022. This exhibition is a celebration of his wide-ranging work.…
dlr Libraries were delighted to welcome Ola Majekodunmi and Jessica Traynor for a discussion on books, poems and music that inspire them. Please note that the discussion contains adult themes. If you are interested in borrowing any of the books mentioned, please visit the national library catalogue here: https://bit.ly/35Dt78m Books and Poems Mentioned are: "Questions for Ada" by Ijeoma Umebinyuo "Insistence" by Ailbhe Darcy "Fill Arís" Poem by Seán Ó Ríordáin "The Right To Sex" by Amia Srinivasan "It Is Obscene" Essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "Night Bitch" by Rachel Yoder "Meascra Ón Aer" by Marcus Mac Conghail "As You Were" by Elaine Feeney "Snow Party" Poem by Derek Mahon "We Live Happily During The War" Poem by Ilya Kaminsky Poet- Rupi Kaur Music: Denise Chaila- EP "Duel Citizenship…
Some Light in Darkness dlr LexIcon We are thrilled to bring you a series of four of Tim’s very special Monday Morning Music sessions. He will introduce music which he has enjoyed during Lockdown – and some Christmas music too. These sessions took place in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. If you would like further suggestions by Tim, see last year’s Darkness to Light booklet featuring Tim’s recommendations: https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-news/darkness-light-recommended-listening-tim-thurston dlr Libraries are enormously grateful for the many CD donations Tim Thurston has given to dlr LexIcon for all to borrow and enjoy. Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Thursday 16 December 2021. Some Light in Darkness Monday Morning Music with Tim Thurston 13 Dec 2021 Anon. Puer Natus Est. Theatre of Voices – Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU807565. John Sheppard. Verbum Caro. Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU807517. Giovanni Gabrieli. Quem Vidistis Pastores. Gabrieli Consort and Players – Paul McCreesh. DARCHIV 471333=2. Johann Sebastian Bach. Jauchzet – from Christmas Oratorio. Hanover Boys Choir – Jorg Breiding. Rondeau ROP5003 DVD. Francis Poulenc. 4 Motets Pour Le Temps de Noel. Rias Kammerchor – Hans-Christoph Rademann. Harmonia Mundi HMC902170. Anon - Trad. In Dulci Jubilo, Coventry Carol, Gaudete. The Gesualdo Six – Owain Park. Signum Hyperion CDA68299. Harold Darke, Elizabeth Poston. In the Bleak Midwinter, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. Merton College, Oxford – Benjamin Nicholas. Delphian DCD34192. If anyone has any questions or comments, Tim will be delighted to respond from timthurston1610@gmail.com A Gloria listener has persuaded RTÉ to make available many of past Gloria programmes. They may be found at https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/gloria/episodes/?page=1…
We are thrilled to bring you a series of four of Tim’s very special Monday Morning Music sessions. He will introduce music which he has enjoyed during Lockdown – and some Christmas music too. These sessions took place in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. If you would like further suggestions by Tim, see last year’s Darkness to Light booklet featuring Tim’s recommendations: https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-news/darkness-light-recommended-listening-tim-thurston dlr Libraries are enormously grateful for the many CD donations Tim Thurston has given to dlr LexIcon for all to borrow and enjoy. Some Light in Darkness Monday Morning Music with Tim Thurston 6 Dec 2021 • Benjamin Britten. From Ceremony of Carols. Westminster Cathedral, David Hill. Hyperion CDA66220. • John Taverner. Dum Transisset Sabbatum 1. Tallis Scholars – Peter Phillips. Gimmell CDGIM046. • Anthony Holborne. 2 Works for Viols, Sweet was the Song. Fretwork, Helen Charlston - Soprano. Signum SIGCD680. • Henry Purcell. Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary. Collegium Vocale Gent – Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi HMG508463. • Johann Sebastian Bach. From Christ Lag in Todes Banden – BWV4. Taverner Consort and Players – Andrew Parrott. Virgin 545011-2. • Igor Stravinsky. Fête Populaire from Petrouchka - 1913. Les Siècles – François-Xavier Roth. Musicales Actes Sud ASM15. • Berlioz, Chillcot. The Shepherd’s Farewell, The Shepherd’s Carol. King’s College, Cambridge – Stephen Cleobury. BBC Opus Arte OA815D DVD. If anyone has any questions or comments, Tim will be delighted to respond from timthurston1610@gmail.com A Gloria listener has persuaded RTÉ to make available many of past Gloria programmes. They may be found at https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/gloria/episodes/?page=1 These 4 sessions by Tim Thurston will be available on podcast at https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/online-library/library-podcast by mid December 2021.…
In association with the exhibition All Right on the Night, Anne Makower gave a talk on the Makower family and how they came from Poland to set up a textiles business in London in the mid 19th century. Anne’s grandfather Stanley Makower was a writer/journalist and Anne discussed the correspondence between Stanley and Oscar Wilde who was highly enthusiastic about Stanley’s most celebrated novel, The Mirror of Music. This talk took place as part of a series of events coinciding with the exhibition All Right on the Night celebrating the work of Anne Makower and Christopher Fitz-Simon in theatre, opera, television and radio. The exhibition can be enjoyed online at https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/online-exhibition#all-right-on-the-night Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Thursday 2 December 2021.…
We are pleased to present a talk by Christopher Fitz-Simon on Jane Francesca Elgee, later Mrs William Wilde, later still Lady Wilde, who was born in Wexford 200 years ago. A poet who wrote inflammatory patriotic verse for The Nation newspaper, she was better known in the world of literature during their lifetimes than her now much more celebrated son – upon whose life she cast such an extraordinary spell. This talk took place as part of a series of events coinciding with the exhibition All Right on the Night celebrating the work of Anne Makower and Christopher Fitz-Simon in theatre, opera, television and radio. The exhibition can be enjoyed online at https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/online-exhibition#all-right-on-the-night Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Thursday 2 December 2021.…
Some Light in Darkness dlr LexIcon 29 November 2021 We are thrilled to bring you a series of four of Tim’s very special Monday Morning Music sessions. He will introduce music which he has enjoyed during Lockdown – and some Christmas music too. These sessions took place in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. If you would like further suggestions by Tim, see last year’s Darkness to Light booklet featuring Tim’s recommendations: https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-news/darkness-light-recommended-listening-tim-thurston dlr Libraries are enormously grateful for the many CD donations Tim Thurston has given to dlr LexIcon for all to borrow and enjoy. Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Thursday 2 December 2021. Some Light in Darkness Monday Morning Music with Tim Thurston 29 Nov 2021 1. Anon. Requiem Aeternam, In Paratisum. King’s College, Cambridge – Stephen Cleobury. EMI CDC555096. 2. Thomas Tallis. Organ – Veni Redemptor, O Nata Lux. Dunedin Consort – John Kitchen - organ. Delphian DCD34008. 3. Claudio Monteverdi. Psalm 121 – Laetatus Sum. L’Arpeggiata – Christina Pluhar. DVD1. 545203-2 4. Johann Christoph Bach. Ich Lasse Dich Nicht. Vox Luminis – YouTube. 5. Johann Sebastian Bach. Ouverture from Orchestral Suite No. 1 – BWV1066. Le Concert Français – Pierre Hantal. Mirare MIR017. 6. Joseph Haydn. From Allegro from String Quartet Op. 74 No.3 - Rider. London Haydn Quartet. Hyperion CDA68230. 7. Arr. Ludwig Bohme. Maria Durch, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Calmus Ensemble. Carus 83511. 8. Jaakko Manty Jarvi. Ave Maria, O Magnum Mysterium. Trinity College, Cambridge – Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA68266. If anyone has any questions or comments, Tim will be delighted to respond from timthurston1610@gmail.com A Gloria listener has persuaded RTÉ to make available many of past Gloria programmes. They may be found at https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/gloria/episodes/?page=1…
We are thrilled to bring you a series of four of Tim’s very special Monday Morning Music sessions. He will introduce music which he has enjoyed during Lockdown – and some Christmas music too. These sessions took place in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. If you would like further suggestions by Tim, see last year’s Darkness to Light booklet featuring Tim’s recommendations: https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-news/darkness-light-recommended-listening-tim-thurston 1. Hildegard of Bingen. Ave Generosa. Gothic Voices – Margaret Philpot. Hyperion CDA20039. 2. Carlo Gesualdo. Tanta Opera Bona, Tenebrae Factae Sunt. Taverner Consort – Andrew Parrott. Sony SK62977. 3. John Dowland. Come Again, Sweet Love. Grace Davidson – Soprano. Signum SIGCD553. 4. Heinrich Biber. Dies Irae from Requiem in F Minor. Vox Luminis – Lionel Meunier. Alpha 665. 5. Johann Sebastian Bach. Motet – Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden – BWV230. Vocal Consort Berlin – Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMC902079. 6. Franz Schubert. From Octet, D803. Atlantis Ensemble. Virgin VC791120. 7. Olivier Messiaen. O Sacrum Convivium. Ocalsoloisten Kammerchor Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius. Carus 83523. 8. Russian Orthodox. The Song of the Magi. Moscow Chamber Choir. Warner 4509-96627-2. DVD If anyone has any questions or comments, Tim will be delighted to respond from timthurston1610@gmail.com A Gloria listener has persuaded RTÉ to make available many of past Gloria programmes. They may be found at https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/gloria/episodes/?page=1…
Cómic 20 shows 40 works by 20 Spanish artists (1998-2018) and each artist is represented by two pieces of art, of which one is an early work and the other a more recent one. The artists have been selected from the Injuve Comic Award, open to artists below the age of thirty. This interview between the Curator of Cómic 20, Gerardo Vilches and Dr Michael Connerty, Lecturer in Film, Animation and Visual Culture at IADT took place at the launch of the exhibition on 9 November 2021 at dlr LexIcon. The exhibition was on display between 9 November 2021 - 7 January 2022. Further details can be found at https://cultura.cervantes.es/dublin/en/20-a%C3%B1os-de-c%C3%B3mic/146135 Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Wednesday 17 November 2021.…
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