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CULTURE Of course, every day and night should be
suffused with culture in our books. However, if you do want to put in some steps and explore places, spaces, pop-up performances and concepts; here’s some contenders. Of course, needless to say we’d love to see you drop into the Fruit ’n’ Veg market also for our own intervention with Nialler9 (see roadmap). ACID GRANNY Spencer Dock at 6.30pm and throughout the city Our June cover stars will have the trinity of Glasto, All Together Now and Electric Picnic in their trolley before they get back to where they belong - the streets of our city. Commissioned as part of the DCC ‘Awaken the Metropolis’ fund, the motley collective will roll their wonky, improvised, beats across the city. Down Spencer Dock, Waterways Ireland has a full programme of events throughout the evening including live musical performances from a boat moored in the dock featuring Roxanna NicLiam, Zeztra, John Cummins and Ruby Moss. North Walls is an outdoor street art / mural exhibition with live painting on the evening curated by Fionnuala Halpin (another ‘Awaken the Metropolis’ recipient), there’ll be guided walks curated by the Five Lamps Festival and a couple of creative, drop-in, workshops with artists Rosie O’Reilly and Louise Gambrill and poet John Cummins. 100 Years of Ulysses The Spire at 5pm What have Lemon’s sweets, Brown Thomas and Davy Byrne’s got in common? They all are stops along the route - traced by pavement plaques - marking the lunchtime journey taken by Leopold Bloom through the Dublin of 1904 in James Joyce’s Ulysses. While the streets remain more or less the same, many of the businesses and buildings have changed. This 45 minute stroll will bring you back in time. A New Culture of Sustainability Mud Island Community Garden, North Strand at 4pm Diane and Nathalie from social enterprise The Sustainable Life School tour Drumcondra and local surroundings highlighting sustainable practices and practical tips. The only requirement for participation is is a bit of curiosity and the desire to live more sustainably whilst learning with others. Acid Granny, photo: Malcolm McGettigan 20