How can survivorship be placed at the heart of the cancer research agenda? Participants discuss the questions and concerns that matter most to cancer patients and are likely to improve the relevance of cancer research.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite link below.

Mathsweek 2016 is running from 15-23 October this year and there are lots of free events taking place.

The first challenge is, though, to find the suitable events for you, because the website does make life more difficult than it should. You can select “Events for the General Public”, but that covers events in the whole of Ireland. So I would like “Events in Dublin” that are for the General Public, but there is no way to combine two searches. The “Events in Dublin” also contain all events for kids.

What did I do? I chickened out and instead am just posting the link for you so that you can get your head around this:

www.mathsweek.ie/2016/events

Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

The lunchtime talk “Understanding the Powerful ways social media can change your Life and Business” with Paul Dunphy (Social Media Strategist) will take place in the Business Library in the Central Library.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8733996

The New Parents Tour is a free tour for parents, guardians and carers of infants and young children. The route of the tour is suitable for prams and strollers.

The Trinity Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2016-17 continues with a lecture entitled “Dangerous, political and silenced: Policing the Border during the Northern Irish Conflict” with Dr. Vicky Conway (DCU).

Admission is free.

The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.

The performance of a new work “Rivers Unseen” composed by the Trinity Long Room Hub’s 2015-16 artist in residence, Michael Gallen will take place. The piece is a response to three paths of research occurring within the walls of the research institute, as well as to the architecture and context of the building itself. The piece will be performed by Michelle O’Rourke (mezzo soprano), Lina Andonovska (alto flute) and Tonnta Vocal Group conducted by Robbie Burke.

The performance will be followed by a panel discussion with Michael Gallen and his research collaborators, as well as the introduction of the 2016-17 Trinity Long Room Hub Creative Arts Practitioner in Residence, Maarten Rischen.

Admission is free, but registration is required via the Eventbrite link below.

Ronan Browne, who grew up in the Dalkey of the 50s and 60s, will host an evening of poetry, including works which have been published in anthologies over many years.

Admission is free and no booking required. Refreshments from 18:00, the reading begins at 18:30.

Most people that hear about the Irish Disapora in South and Middle Amercia wonder “Why did they go there? How and when did they travel? What was their reputation? What are the present-day connections between the Latin American Irish and Ireland?”

In this talk, Edmundo Murray will illustrate the arrival, settlement and integration patterns of various Irish immigrant groups in Latin America and their relation with Ireland since the European conquest to present times.

Edmundo Murray was born in Argentina in a family with roots in Colombia, Switzerland and Ireland. He studied in Argentina, the U.S. and Switzerland, and got his PhD in Literature from University of Zurich with his thesis “Ireland and Latin America: a Cultural History” (2010).

Admission is free, but booking via the website below is required.

ALMA, five young musicians illustrate their idea of how traditional Austrian music translates to the present and to a contemporary audience. With violins, double bass, accordion, and vocals as well as with great ease, passion and originality, they make the roots grow musical shoots and blossoms.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site below.

Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (Professor Emeritus in History and a former Vice-President at the National University Galway) will be interviewed by Dr John Bowman.

This is part of a series of public interviews at the National Library that considers the relevance of the 1916 Proclamation. Is it seen now as an inspirational text or as a historical document?

Admission is free, but registration is required via the Eventbrite site here.

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcheroo” will perform in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

“Il coraggio del proprio tempo” is a theatrical performance in Italian with English subtitles.

Conceived, written and directed by Paola Albini, it is the story of the Modern Movement and Design. The text is integrated with authentic videos and pictures of the time and is an overview of Italy between the two World Wars and of the intellectuals of the time. It is the story of Rationalism in Italy, the central role of the city of Milan and the life of the people who fought against a totalitarian regime in order to establish a Movement based on social redemption.

It is brought to you by the Italian Institute of Culture, the Irish Architectural Archive and the Fondazione Franco Albini.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below.

The Anseo Comedy Club takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.

“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.

Bad Boy Jake are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

There should be an Inn Jokes event on Wednesday, but just four days away, the website doesn’t show any trace of this going ahead. I suggest you check closer to the day!

Los Paradiso are playing Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Surf in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Mutefish will bring their high powered sounds of Eastern European music, combined with Irish Trad to Whelan’s.

Admission is free.

Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).