GRAINED

A one night only event!
Thursday 03th December from 6-9:30 pm

Finding a grain of reality in today's popular view of conflicts and taking it with a grain of salt, Cannons & Muses presents a collection of work that shows the grainy reality behind the polished image reflecting from the mass media.

Mamuska Dublin - 13th December

MAMUSKA DUBLIN
Sunday 13th December 2009, 8PM @ THE BACK LOFT,

Presenting Mamuska Dublin as part of an all-day in-house curated programme along with the 'Bah, Humbug' visual art and ephemeral cafe salon. A unique occasion to present and view evolving works, raw ideas, unrehearsed visions, trials and errors, short masterpieces, playful nonsense and first steps... all in the context of an informal environment where like minded audience and artists meet and mingle.

Complimentary drinks will be on offer with a raffle at the end of the night.

Line-up:

1 - Rachel Devlyn - 'Bel Canto' - DANCE
2 - Ruth Lehane - clowning sketch - CLOWNING
3 - Antje Schneider - Plusminus 1 - DANCE
4 - Seamus Bradley - Waggle Dance - MUSIC/SPOKEN WORD
5 - Diane Reddington - Simple Traces II - DANCE/LIVE DRAWING
6 - Paul Roy - Autocoma1/Tunnel - VIDEO/SOUND ART
7 - Victor Feldman - Hufbaker poem - ENACTED POETRY
8 - Tatty Franey - Bellydance - DANCE
9 - Surprise guest
10 - Anne Lillis - Jean D'Arc de Triomphe - COMEDY/CABARET

FREE ADMISSION. Supported by the Arts Council.

Bah Humbug call for Artists

Bah Humbug is a one day visual art salon hosting an ephemeral café featuring live piano performance & fusion music from the Back Loft's DJ set.

The ethos of Bah Humbug is to engage the public in visual art and mix together emerging artists with established artists. This event will be an opportunity for visual artists to sell their work and engage in a Christmas salon of music, tea, food and art at accessible prices. This is the first in-house produced platform of La Catedral Studios for visual exchange and engagement in the contemporary art scene.

On the day pianist Alberto Gariglio will accompany the exhibition with his original music played live on the old upright piano of the Back Loft along with selected fusion music on the DJ set.
To hear some of Gariglio's music click here

The exhibition will open on Sunday the 13th of December from 2pm-7pm.
For more information on application guidelines please click here

DUPA

Opening reception 6-9 pm Wed 2nd December.

"Established in 1948, Dublin University Photography Association (DUPA) is the photography society of Trinity College Dublin. We offer members the opportunity to improve their photography skills, while providing a forum for exhibiting their work. With over 300 wonderful members/DUPAlings, this year's Christmas Exhibion promises a delightful array of festive photos and seasonal snaps!
See our flickr group on this link .

TickleToc.com

Monday 9th of November-8pm, admission 7 euro.

Tickletoc.Com & friends invites you to a night of mayhem, movie madness music and live entertainment. Presenting an evening of TickleToc's finest and most unusual films along with fellow collaborators in the world of music, performance and visual arts. A rollercoaster ride of acts will entertain you along with screenings of favourites, including - Daddy's Girl, Giddy: Tiggy and H.C.S and recently nominated for the Irish Music Television video award Mol An Aimsir by Enda Reilly.
PROGRAMME:
This unique event will feature the night's premier of 2 new surprise films, and acts by Uncle Dangerous's Uneasy Listening, shocking musical comedy, Kevin McGahern, Bulmers King of Comedy finalist, the Cullen family, a mix of rock, opera and instruments. 4 Theye, experimental audio-visual entertainment, Simon Toal performing an excerpt from his play "Love, Death and Balloon Modeling".
More info:http://www.tickletoc.com/
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/TICKLETOC

SKINNY WOLVES PRESENT JAMES BLACKSHAW

Friday 27th November 8pm-11pm 10Euro BYOB

Tickets available at tickets.ie , road records and city disc records.

Initially inspired by the guitarists of the 60’s Takoma label to teach himself fingerpicking, James Blackshaw writes long-form pieces primarily for solo 12-string guitar and piano that are heavily influenced by minimalist composers and European classical music and which use drones, overtones and repeating patterns alongside a strong inclination for melody to create instrumental music that is both intelligent, hypnotic and emotionally charged. Blackshaw has recently signed to Michael Gira's (Swans/Angels of Light) Young God Records label and his seventh studio album was released in May 2009.

http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw

Supporting acts:

Cian Nugent http://www.myspace.com/ciannugent

At last an Atlas http://www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas

Owensie http://www.myspace.com/owensiemusic

MONICA HARKIN AND GUESTS

Saturday 28th november8pm, Adm E 8

Not quite jazz, not quite folk, not quite the blues - the music is blend of all three with some other musical surprises thrown in for good measure! Monica and company, who comprise of Michael on piano, Ciaran on double bass, Dave on guitar, Aaron on drums and Oisin on the viola have received a really great reaction to the Dublin audiences that they're played to. The songs have strong melodic lines beautifully suspended by the musical arrangements of the band. There's album's worth of songs which the band plan to record before the end of the year, for a sample of what they sound like check out www.myspace.com/monicaharkin