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Catch a repeat of last weeks show, today at 6pm on @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social!

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Looking for an exciting new role or opportunity? Look no further! Explore our detailed Grants & Opportunities page, now updated with the latest offerings for writers, playwrights, screenwriters, artists, creators and much more! smashingtimes.ie/fundingoppor...

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How your mood affects confidence, timing & learning. Our fluctuating moods play a major role in shaping our confidence, how we perceive time & how effectively we learn, writes Paveen Phon-Amnuaisuk @tcddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social #BrainAwarenessWeek www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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#NationalTreeWeek 🌲🌳 As part of our #TreesProject, Smashing Times will host a major event titled The Art of Nature on 14 Oct at Rathfarnham Castle, bringing artists, activists, & citizens together to explore the critical role of the arts in promoting #ClimateJustice

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Our March 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter is out now! Our theme this month is Artists and the Irish Language. This month we have 10 We Admire, Spotsolas: News, Grants/Opportunities, News From the Network, & more. Check your inbox or subscribe here: smashingtimes.ie/media/newsle...

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Our March 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter is out now! Our theme this month is Artists and the Irish Language. This month we have 10 We Admire, Spotsolas: News, Grants/Opportunities, News From the Network, & more. Check your inbox or subscribe here: smashingtimes.ie/media/newsle...

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All of us at Smashing Times wish Irish Modern Dance Theatre great success with Begin Anywhere and Four Solos, presented at Dance Limerick, & continuing at the Project Arts Centre from 11-15 March & the Civic Theatre, 18 March @imdtjohnscott.bsky.social Book your tickets here: ✅

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🌳🌲It's #NationalTreeWeek 🌲🌳 Did you know our ongoing Creative Europe #TreesProject uses the arts to celebrate nature and trees, highlight the importance of biodiversity, and advocate for climate justice #CreativeEurope Learn more on our website now! smashingtimes.ie/projects/trees

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Mary Moynihan and Freda Manweiler delighted to be working in Iveragh Pennisula, Kerry on #IrishinResistance, exploring stories of Irish people involved in resistance during World War II. Mary and Freda at grave of Hugh O'Flaherrty at Daniel O'Connell Memorial Church, Cahersiveen.

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Happy International Women's Day to all! Explore our Digital Art Exhibition Women’s Voices Then and Now – A Creative Celebration of Women’s Stories from 1916 to 1923. #InternationalWomensDay #WomensVoices #IWD View it here: buff.ly/aq2RUzw

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Explore the Smashing Times Creative Arts for Health and Well-Being Hub, an online interactive platform offering a range of services delivered online. The hub will offer a unique programme of creative activities for health and well-delivered online. View it here: buff.ly/CxkMQbk

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Out today! Keep an eye on your inboxes for the March 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter. Featuring 10 We Admire, Grants and Opportunities, Comment, and lots more. #STNewsletter Sign up here:

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Today, NWC launched our new ‘A Shared Feminist Future’ 📖✨to mark International Women’s Day this week, presenting the key findings and recommendations of the Women’s Assembly at the Mansion House in Dublin. 🏛️🇮🇪 #AllIsland #WomensVoices

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Have you visited the Smashing Times Virtual Arts Hub? This unique space is an online centre dedicated to sharing artworks that promote #equality #humanrights and #diversity! 🔴 Explore it now! buff.ly/8s3MHo4

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The March 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter comes out tomorrow Friday, 7 March, featuring 10 We Admire, Grants and Opportunities, Comment, and more. Keep an eye out for it in your inboxes! Sign up here: buff.ly/R8JMFmk

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Tune in now @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social to the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show, featuring Mary Moynihan and Freda Manweiler on International Women’s Day, a look at the ‘Powerful Women in the Arts’ story series, and a feature artist interview with @jesstraynor.bsky.social

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Freda from #SmashingTimes recently took part in a Bodies Partner Meeting in Cologne, Germany. The meeting was held to further develop a large scale funding application to Creative Europe Co Operation Partnerships which promote & implement inclusive practices within performing arts #CreativeEurope

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#SmashingTimes, Samaritans, Eimear Burke, Ben Waddell and John from the West Waterford Suicide Prevention group in the Heritage Centre in Lismore bringing the Blackwater Community College the project #ActingfortheFuture, fostering positive mental health and wellbeing for young people. #Samaritans

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The weird historic traditions around Pancake Tuesday in Ireland. By @marionmcgarry.bsky.social ATU www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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The only Irish person who has won both an Oscar and an Emmy... Unsung Hero www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

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As capacity has been reached, submissions have now closed for the April edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. Thank you to everyone who submitted; we will be in touch towards the end of the month! #Tintreach

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"I am incredibly grateful to have been part of the residency with Theatre in Palm. More than anything, it reaffirmed my love for artistic collaboration and the boundless possibilities it offers." #TheatreinPalm

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Why art is essential in uncertain times www.bbc.com/arts/arts-in...

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Celebrating #WorldWildlifeDay Be part of the solution to help protect our precious ecology Why not support nature by joining your local clean up group or in your garden you can avoid insecticides/herbicides/fungicides or even create a natural pond www.antaisce.org/ponds-for-bi...

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“Happiness is to live your life with love, grace and gratitude.” ☺️ #SmashingTimesInspirations #MondayMotivation

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Submission slots are running out quickly for the unthemed April 2025 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal! ⚡ Submissions are accepted until we reach capacity ⚡ #Tintreach Find out more:

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“In this experience of mine, there was one continuing marvel: the precision timing running through it all…by some special graciousness of fate I am deposited—as all good photographers like to be—in the right place at the right time” Powerful Women in the Arts blog:

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Check out the April 2025 edition of Tintreach which comes out on Thursday, 17 April. We are calling on artists to submit any type of work you want to share. A small fee is paid by Smashing Times to artists who are selected for publication. Submit here https://buff.ly/3CSk04e

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Check out the first-ever edition of #Tintreach The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal which will appear quarterly and features work from across all artforms. Issue one featured work by Chrissie Derwin, Jessica Traynor, Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Bronagh Mallon, view it now!

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#ST10WeAdmire Carla Morrison Flores (born 1986) is a Mexican guitarist and singer. She began putting out music in 2009 and released her debut album, Déjenme Llorar (Let Me Cry), in 2012 which was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards. 🧵

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#ThroughHerEyes RIP Jennifer Johnston. Here's a biographical fact about the multi-award-winning writer to give you hope. She left Trinity in 1951 without completing her degree in English and French - then, in 2001, received an honorary degree from the university. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

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Check out 'A scream in search of a mouth', written & directed by Vassia Mentekidou, taking place at the @smockalley.bsky.social this weekend. Vassia was recently one of our brilliant participants from the #TheatreinPalm residency! 🙌 For more info visit: smockalley.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Join us on 7 March for First Fridays! The museum will be open late from 6pm to 9pm with free admission and special events throughout the evening. The Commons Café will also be open with a special menu for the evening. Book your free ticket now: moli.ie/events/first...

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President Michael D. Higgins yesterday welcomed members of the Beartla Ó Flatharta Céilí Band, All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band Champions at the 2024 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, to Áras an Uachtaráin where they performed for the President and staff.

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@smashingtimes.bsky.social at 6pm: Our featured artist interview & live performance is with Carol Scott & Sebastien Luthers from traditional Irish group CAS. Plus, a look at 'Ten We Admire', followed by a discussion on myths & legends! 👂: Dublin South FM 93.9 💻: dublinsouthfm.ie #communityradio

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Submission slots are running out quickly for the unthemed April 2025 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal! ⚡ Submissions are accepted until we reach capacity (we will post here when this is reached) ⚡ #Tintreach Find out more: https://buff.ly/3CSk04e

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📹 Watch: Arts, Fascism and Democracy: The Politics of Division versus the Politics of Inclusion: https://buff.ly/3ETdXwN Find out more: https://buff.ly/4ibdqom

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Looking for an exciting new role or opportunity? Look no further! Explore our detailed Grants & Opportunities page, now updated with the latest offerings for writers, playwrights, screenwriters, artists, creators and much more!

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🎻 Listen to the latest edition of the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio show featuring an interview with two members of the brilliant traditional Irish group #CAS Broadcast 19 & 26 Feb 2025 @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social. Available to listen on #Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/1aG4...

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🌍 Across the Divide – South Caucasus and Moldova. Freda Manweiler from #SmashingTimes attended an event promoting conversations with artists from Moldova and the South Caucasus in Brussels last week. Some wonderful exhibits on display! #EU4Dialogue #Europe #EU

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Have you seen the new Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal? ⚡⚡⚡ ‘Tintreach’ is the Irish word for lightning, which symbolises the spark that animates art, making it striking and engaging. Submissions for the April 2025 Edition of Tintreach are also open now!

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