There’s a weekend of events lined up at Dublin’s autonomous social centre Seomra Spraoi to mark the move to their new home.
There’s a weekend of events lined up at Dublin’s autonomous social centre Seomra Spraoi to mark the move to their new home.
Seomra Spraoi is an autonomous social centre in Dublin city centre. It is run by a non-hierarchical collective on a not-for-profit basis. It hosts workshops, gigs, political meetings, film screenings, a vegan cafe and lots more. The centre seeks to be a hub of positive resistance in a city and society where public spaces have been eaten away by consumerism, property speculation and the culture of the car. Read more about Seomra Spraoi.
It is a focal point for action, a place to perform, a space to be creative, and perhaps most importantly of all, a place for people of different backgrounds and nationalities to discuss and have lively arguments about anything, from politics to the music of Stevie Wonder.
Launch Weekend
From Friday 13th to Sunday 15th February, Seomra Spraoi is hosting a dizzying array of events to celebrate its new home on Belvedere Court. There’ll be live music, hot food, gardening, a film screening and children’s activities; workshops on bike repair, stencil graffiti, electronic music and cross-stitching; a radical walking tour of the area, some political discussions and a fancy dress party. Come in over the weekend and take part!
Schedule of events:
Friday 13th February
7pm – 11pm
A night of acoustic music with Heathers, Cian Nugent & Jay Baker
http://www.myspace.com/heatherswhatsyourdamage
http://www.myspace.com/ciannugent
Saturday 14th February
12pm – 4pm
Bike repair workshop in the seomra, hosted by our newly formed bike group
12pm – 4pm
A radical walking tour of the north inner city, hosted by local historian Terry Fagan. Places on the walking tour are limited to 15 and the cost is 6.50, to book a place, please email [email protected]
12pm – 4pm
Gardening & seed planting. help grow the new seomra’s garden!
2pm – 3pm
Lunch, Zapatista coffee and fancy cakes (Veggie/vegan & gluten free options available). Cooked & served by Dublin’s sexiest chefs The People’s Kitchen
3pm – 4:30pm
Stencil graffiti workshop
4pm – 6pm
Social Centres Workshop – A popular education participatory exercise on the historical trajectory of social centres, mapping out the link between capitalism, social movements and social centres
4pm – 6pm
A workshop on electronic music hosted by Herv
http://www.myspace.com/hervmusic
– 8pm – 1am
Paisean Faisean – fancy dress party with music from DJs Deki & Krossphader
Sunday 15th February
2pm – 3pm
Lunch – guaranteed to cure your hangover… Veggie/vegan & gluten free options available. Cooked & served by Dublin’s sexiest chefs The People’s Kitchen
3pm – 4pm
3 Minutes of Infamy – A representative from each of the groups that use Seomra Spraoi will speak for three minutes about their group, what they do and how you can get involved.
4pm – 6pm
A panel discussion on autonomous social spaces in Dublin with speakers from Seomra Spraoi, The Joy Gallery & The Shed. The Joy Gallery is a not-for-profit art space focusing on experimental art, music/art cross-collaborations and new media work. http://www.redspace.cc The Shed is a workshop space in the heart of Dublin, off Bolton street in Dublin 1. This project has been created to give location to foreign artists resident in Ireland or in general artists working on International Issues and their unconventional approach to art and communication. http://www.myspace.com/mcbett
7pm – 9pm
Film screening hosted by the Seomra’s cinema group
More info available at http://www.seomraspraoi.org
