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A Proposed Exhibition For The Irish House, Wood Quay 

You going to the Proposal exhibition? It is, quite humorously, not an exhibition but, as I've said, a proposal for an exhibition to be held in the legendary Irish House pub. Which you may not be familiar with as it no longer exists. Although some of you might be familiar with it for its historic social importance or from a scene from JoeStrick's 1965 Ulysses adaption. It's elaboratestuccoed facade could easily rival the Bernard Shaw and, in fact, trump it with blatant nationalist symbolism. I suppose I should say the building no longer exists as a whole because the plaster figures from it's front were preserved (by Guinness) and now (owned by Diageo) are shown here and there - for example in the Civic Tristbuilding where they create a comfortable backdrop for work created as a proposed exhibition within the walls they used to coat.

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Putty Hill 

Here's a movie that got clear reviews across the board from critics and in a sick twist saw very few audience filled cinemas. Filmed after an teenage boy's heroin overdose, relatives and friends come together to pay their respects. What becomes apparent is that none of them really knew much about him. The film was shot in just 12 days after funding fell through for another feature. The people lined up to appear, many actual working class Baltimore dwellers, who the director, Matt Porterfield, had been preparing and building up trust with switched to this. The trust stayed put. Sky Ferreira stars, sings I Will Always Love You, and stirs intimate moments. The fact that Porterfield and his cinematographer went to school together and have a strong collaborative relationship gives a powerfully visual element. 

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Opera in the Open: Cosi Fan Tutte 

DCC usually conducts these open air performances on the sloping grass behind the Civic Offices, however, Grand Canal Dock is employed tonight to help launch the Tall Ships festival. The Opera's controversy doesn't stem from the fact that the title loosely translates mockingly as 'All Women are Like That', rather it's due to the snobbish misunderstanding of why Mozart would ever have written such sweet melodies to go with the base language within the lyrics written by Lorenzo da Ponte. The story is of two husbands who fake being called to war, leaving their wives and returning disguised (as Albanians) to saucily test their fidelity.Leeeewwd. But the Viennese of the time were not offended, nor should we be.