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Social Centre Gig Brazil night with film and music and food.
This Friday, the 28th, starting at 8pm,St Nicholas of
Myra Parish Hall, Carman's Hall
There will be a film: Raw-Farming: Documentary on
Brazilian womens organic farming movement (courtesy of
LASC,details <a
href="http://www.lasc.ie/activities/tnt.html">here</a>).,
followed by live Brazilian music and food.
The venue is the St Nicholas of Myra Parish Hall,
Carman's Hall (a street running between Francis St and
Meath St). Admission free or donation. For more
information contact 087-2861238. All welcome.
Map Flyer and further info at http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68333
Read about the project and update of what we've been
up to since the launch below.
Idea
Today in Ireland there is virtually nowhere indoors
for people to congregate that isn't a pub or
overpriced cafe.
Many readers will be aware of the success of
autonomous social centres in other European cities,
independent of local authority, church, business or
other controlling body. These spaces have provided a
focal point for many of the social movements in the
West, where public spaces have been eaten away by
consumerism, property speculation and the culture of
the car.
They celebrate collective cooperation and diversity
and have numerous day-to-day uses: community drop-in
centre, inexpensive cafe, political meeting space,
library, gig venue, arts centre, and internet cafe, to
name a few.
Several attempts were made in Dublin in the past
couple of years to set up autonomous centres in
buildings that had been derelict for years, but these
have been evicted by the City Council or by "heavies"
employed by the owners. Clearly the Council would
prefer to see buildings remain derelict rather than
put to any use.
Seomra Spraoi is the provisional name of a collective
which has come together to create a social centre
space in Dublin
Uppdate
In early December there was huge response to the call
for a gathering to initiate an Autonomous Social
Centre in Dublin over a hundred people came and
watched films about centres across Europe and chatted
over vegetarian food served afterwards, then on the
21st of December we had a well attended gig in the
Voodoo Lounge, where fans of both punk and dance were
entertained and more funds were raised, how long
before
we can use/raise that money towards a building is the
question.
After the Xmas break we had another meeting in the
first week of January to see how far we got with
research on the finance and structure of the proposed
social centre. We have expanded on our wishlist of
functions for the centre and now we have
to start making these a reality under one roof. As we
organise we coming across the very factors which have
made it necessary to take this ambitious project on,
small borrowed rooms, restrictions on their use, no
consistent place for people to know where we are.
We have been talking to people involved in social
centres and how they go about it and making contacts
with them and remembering our own experiences on our
travels to spaces around Europe and elsewhere. We are
still refining the question of what do we want and how
do we make it happen within the restriction of doing
it the legal way, (Insurance, finance, legal form
etc.).
Next we will be concentrating on the search for a
location, raising more money and getting more people
involved. We are looking for more people or groups who
think they could help with the project in any way or
possible co-host events of the type that one day may
be held in the centre.
To get in contact us [email protected]
or subscribe to the mailing list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gimme_space
Give Us Some Space:
New Initiative to Create Dublin Social Centre
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67739
This Friday, the 28th, starting at 8pm,St Nicholas of
Myra Parish Hall, Carman's Hall
There will be a film: Raw-Farming: Documentary on
Brazilian womens organic farming movement (courtesy of
LASC,details <a
href="http://www.lasc.ie/activities/tnt.html">here</a>).,
followed by live Brazilian music and food.
The venue is the St Nicholas of Myra Parish Hall,
Carman's Hall (a street running between Francis St and
Meath St). Admission free or donation. For more
information contact 087-2861238. All welcome.
Map Flyer and further info at http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68333
Read about the project and update of what we've been
up to since the launch below.
Idea
Today in Ireland there is virtually nowhere indoors
for people to congregate that isn't a pub or
overpriced cafe.
Many readers will be aware of the success of
autonomous social centres in other European cities,
independent of local authority, church, business or
other controlling body. These spaces have provided a
focal point for many of the social movements in the
West, where public spaces have been eaten away by
consumerism, property speculation and the culture of
the car.
They celebrate collective cooperation and diversity
and have numerous day-to-day uses: community drop-in
centre, inexpensive cafe, political meeting space,
library, gig venue, arts centre, and internet cafe, to
name a few.
Several attempts were made in Dublin in the past
couple of years to set up autonomous centres in
buildings that had been derelict for years, but these
have been evicted by the City Council or by "heavies"
employed by the owners. Clearly the Council would
prefer to see buildings remain derelict rather than
put to any use.
Seomra Spraoi is the provisional name of a collective
which has come together to create a social centre
space in Dublin
Uppdate
In early December there was huge response to the call
for a gathering to initiate an Autonomous Social
Centre in Dublin over a hundred people came and
watched films about centres across Europe and chatted
over vegetarian food served afterwards, then on the
21st of December we had a well attended gig in the
Voodoo Lounge, where fans of both punk and dance were
entertained and more funds were raised, how long
before
we can use/raise that money towards a building is the
question.
After the Xmas break we had another meeting in the
first week of January to see how far we got with
research on the finance and structure of the proposed
social centre. We have expanded on our wishlist of
functions for the centre and now we have
to start making these a reality under one roof. As we
organise we coming across the very factors which have
made it necessary to take this ambitious project on,
small borrowed rooms, restrictions on their use, no
consistent place for people to know where we are.
We have been talking to people involved in social
centres and how they go about it and making contacts
with them and remembering our own experiences on our
travels to spaces around Europe and elsewhere. We are
still refining the question of what do we want and how
do we make it happen within the restriction of doing
it the legal way, (Insurance, finance, legal form
etc.).
Next we will be concentrating on the search for a
location, raising more money and getting more people
involved. We are looking for more people or groups who
think they could help with the project in any way or
possible co-host events of the type that one day may
be held in the centre.
To get in contact us [email protected]
or subscribe to the mailing list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gimme_space
Give Us Some Space:
New Initiative to Create Dublin Social Centre
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67739
