Art Source 2015 is taking place all weekend at the RDS. An estimated 100 contemporary artists and 30 Irish and international galleries will gather together to showcase painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, prints and ceramic art. Among the features will be the Artzheimer's Exhibition, curated by Eimear Farrell, which is a collection by a variety of contributors representing what it is to live with Alzheimer's disease. Tickets are €10 while children under 16 go free.
The Cork Film Festival concludes this weekend with a host of showings around the county. The Lion King will be shown at the Gate Cinema in Mallow at 11.30am. Tickets are €6. Doctor Zhivago starring Julie Christie and the recently late Omar Sharif is on at Cork Opera House. Tickets are €7.
Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is an ancient Hindu festival that will be celebrated at 1pm in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. The name stands for reaffirmation of hope, celebration of the joys of life, and a renewed commitment to friendship and goodwill. There will be various traditional Indian dances thoughour the day before a fireworks display at 7.30pm. Admission is €15 while children under 12 go free. http://diwali.unitasisac.ie/
The Dublin Book Festival continues with over 50 events and nearly 100 authors taking part over the weekend in venues throughout Dublin. The People of the 1916 Rising takes place on Saturday from 1.30pm - 2.45pm in Smock Alley Theatre and will feature a panel discussion on the famous personalities as well as the women and children of the rising. Tickets are €5.
The Rolling Sun Book Festival finishes up in Westport, Co Mayo, on Saturday where Robert Fisk and Brian Keenan will discuss the future of the Middle East. Apocalyptic Isis, Horrid Dictators and How We're Going to Solve the Middle East - Again! takes place at Hotel Westport at 8.30pm. Fisk will deliver a short lecture and engage in conversation with Keenan. The evening will conclude with an audience Q&A session. Tickets are €2.
Silenced Stories: The Protestant Experience of 1916 and After takes place at Maynooth University, Co Kildare, from 9.30am-5pm on Saturday. The one day event is explores the experience of the Irish Protestant minorities of 1916 and the years that followed, particularly elements within Protestantism that are rarely mentioned in popular narratives about the Rising and its aftermath. These include the urban and rural poor and minority denominations within Protestantism. Tickets are €30 but the unemployed, retirees and students go for €20.
