What’s On this September 2018 in Dublin
Did you know that Dubiner Thomas Kinsella turned 90 years old on May 4th of this year? His poem ‘Another September’ which was voted by the public, came 35th in the Irish Times Top 100 Favourite Poems in 1999, is quite fitting for this time of year. Enjoy!
Another September by Thomas Kinsella
Dreams fled away, this country bedroom, raw
With the touch of dawn, wrapped in a minor peace,
Hears through an open window the garden draw
Long pitch black breaths , lay bear its apple trees,
Ripe pear trees, brambles, windfall-sweethened soil,
Exhale rough sweetness against the starry slates.
Nearer the river sleeps St.Johns, all toil
Locked fast inside a dream with iron gates.
Domestic autumn, like an animal
Long used to handling by those countrymen,
Rubs her kind hide against the bedroom wall
Sensing a fragrant child come back again
– Not this half tolerated consciousness
That plants its grammar in her unyielding weather
But that unspeaking daughter, growing less
familiar where we fell asleep together.
Wakeful moth-wings blunder near a chair
Toss their light shell at the glass and go
To inhabit the living starlight,Stranded hair
Stirs on the still linen. It is as though
The black breathing that billows her sleep, her name,
Drugged under judgement, waned and – bearing daggers
And balances – down the lampless darkness they came,
Moving like women: Justice, Truth, such figures.
Things to See & Do this September 2018 in Dublin
Kids Seafood September – Month of September – properfood.ie for details
Life at the Edges – June 26th – September 30th – sciencegallery.com
IFI Family Film Festival – August 27th to September 2nd – ifi.ie/familyfest
99th Dublin City Liffey Swim – September 1st – leinsteropensea.ie
India Day – September 2nd – indiaday.ie
A Fear & Loathing Actor in Dublin – September 3rd to September 8th – eventbrite.com
12 Points Festival – September 5th to September 8th – 12points.ie
The Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival – September 7th to September 16th – bleedingpig.ie
Vitality Expo – September 8th and September 9th – vitalityexpo.ie
Dublin Fringe Festival – September 8th to September 23rd – fringefest.com
- One to watch: Wandering Star Theatre Company, Lex Talionis (A Tale of Vengeance & Feathers) by Liam Heylin at Smock Alley Theatre
Ocean Film Festival – September 13th – oceanfilmfestival.co.uk
Oktoberfest Dublin – September 14th to October 6th – oktoberfest-dublin.de
Dublinternational 2018 – September 15th – bluefirestreetfest.ie
Let it Be – September 17th to September 22nd – gaietytheatre.ie
Culture Night – September 21st – culturenight.ie
The Last Waltz Live – September 21st – olympia.ie
Dublin VegFest – September 22nd and September 23rd – dublinvegfest.com
Dogs Unite Dublin – September 23rd – guidedogs.ie
Dublin Festival of History – September 24th to October 7th – dublinfestivalofhistory.ie
IFI Documentary Festival – September 26th to September 30th – ifi.ie
Dublin Podcast Festival – September 26th to October 17th – dublinpodcastfestival.ie
Age Action Sunset Run – September 27th – ageaction.ie
Hard Working Class Heroes – September 27th to September 29th – hwch.net
Dublin Theatre Festival – September 27th to October 14th – dublintheatrefestival.com
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The Circle Session Spoken Word, Music & Poetry – Mondays – international-bar.com
Battle of the Axe Comedy & Open Mic Club – Tuesdays & Thursdays – battleoftheaxe.com
Dublin’s Underground Beat Music & Poetry – Wednesdays – international-bar.com
The Sunday Shank Live Ska & Reggae – thefoggydew.ie
Kaleidoscope contemporary/classical music – 1st Wed of Month – kaleidoscopenight.com
Sin After Sin – Monthy Rock & Metal Night – thefoggydew.ie
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