Events Schedule 2012

To download a PDF of all the Library's events Jan - April 2012, please click here.

For other News items, please click here.

To download a PDF of the current Members' calendar of events
please click here.

Note for booking Education Events online: the booking link is made live on the home page at 9.30am GMT on specified booking date per event. 1 place is available per person unless stated otherwise e.g. Family Days.

All lectures and guided tours are usually on a first-come, first- served basis, unless otherwise stated.

For Members Events please contact Mary Dowling. Details listed below.

February

Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 February 1-4pm

Family Activity Packs Bring your family and enjoy new activities specially prepared for China through the Lens of John Thomson exhibition and our permanent exhibitions. Suitable for ages 5-11 with colouring for under 5s. We recommend adults guide children when using the packs. Free

Saturday 4 February 2-3.30pm

Silk Worm Club Hong Bao celebrate the Chinese New Year and make your own lucky red packet. Suitable ages 6-11. Free. Booking online under Online Booking. For workshops that require booking, we have set aside a limited number of places for people with no computers. Contact Education Services on the booking date at 9.30am tel: 4070750

Sunday 5 February 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Japanese with Hiromi Anzai. Free, no booking required. For further details please contact Justyna Chmielewska on tel: 4070772

Thursday 9 February 1.10pm

Public Lecture Celtic Tiger, Hidden Dragon: exploring identity among second generation Chinese in Ireland, Nicola Yau

Saturday 11 February 10am-3pm

An introduction to Chinese calligraphy with Tim Wai. A worskhop introducing the basic principles of the art of Chinese calligraphy. Limited to 15 places, €25 per person, materials provided. Please book from Monday 6 February, 9.30am onwards at www.cbl.ie under Online Booking.

Thursday 16 February 1.10pm

Public Lecture Travelling, Discovering and Shooting: a Victorian Photographer's Sport, Dr Yuping Chung, Curator of Chinese and Far Eastern Civilisations, The Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Members' Event - Saturday 18 February 1.30pm

Global Nomad (episodes 5 & 6)
Travel documentary screening - for further information please click here

Members' Event - Saturday 25 February 1.30pm

Red Cliff
Film Club screening - for further information please click here

March

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 March 1-4pm

Family Activity Packs. Bring your family and enjoy new activities specially prepared for our permanent exhibitions. Suitable for ages 5-11 with colouring activities for under 5s. We recommend adults guide children when using the packs. Free.

Saturday 3 March 2-3.30pm

Silk Worm Club Paint your own eggs as part of the festival of Norouz (Persian New Year) and listen to Persian stories with Roxana Manouchehri. Suitable for ages 6-11. Free. Please booking online from Monday 27 February, 9.30am onwards at www.cbl.ie under Online Booking

Sunday 4 March 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Japanese with Hiromi Anzai. Free and no booking required

Members' Event - Friday 9 to Sunday 11 March

Trip to London
including visits to the British Museum, the British Library, the Petrie Museum and Sir John Soane's Museum
For further information please click here

Saturday 10 March 1-3pm

Experimental Film Society Screening of contemporary films by Iranian film-makers, with Q&A session afterwards. Screenings will include works by Bahar Samadi, Kamyar Kordestani, Hamid Shams Javi, Pouya Ahmadi and Rouzbeh Rashidi. Also a short film by guest film-makers, Arash Khakpour & Arash Radkia. Free, no booking required.

Saturday 10 March 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Mandarin with Tiedong Yang. Free, no booking required.

Tuesday 13 - Friday 16 March 1-2pm

A celebration of printmaking techniques with Graphic Studio Dublin. Meet artists from Graphic Studio Dublin and discover printmaking techniques as reflected in the Library's collections. These sessions will take place in the atrium of the Library. Free, no booking required.

Saturday 17 March

St Patrick's Day, Library open

Sunday 18 March 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Arabic with Karma Shawa. Free, no booking required

Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 March 10am-4pm/12-4pm

Persian miniature painting workshop. Learn the art of miniature painting in the traditional Persian style with contemprorary artist Roxana Manouchehri. Limited to 15 places, €50 each, materials provided. Please book online from Monday 19 March, 9.30am onwards at www.cbl.ie under Online Booking.

Members' Event - Saturday 31 March 11.30am

Introduction to the Chester Beatty Library
Guided tour for new Members - for further information please click here

Members' Event - Saturday 31 March 1.30pm

Le Grand Voyage
Film Club screening - for further information please click here

April

Sunday 1 April 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Japanese with Hiromi Anzai. Free, no booking required.

Thursday 12 - Friday 13 April 10am-4pm

Experience Japan Festival. Join Hiroko Imada for this two-day printmaking workshop and learn how to make a colour print. Limited to 15 places, €50 each, materials provided. Please book online from Monday 2 April, 9.30am onwards at www.cbl.ie under Online Booking.

Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 April 1-4pm

Family Activity Packs. Bring your own family and enjoy new activities specially prepared for our permanent exhibitions including the Sacred Traditions and Arts of the Book Galleries. Suitable for ages 5-11, with colouring activities for under 5s. We recommend adults guide children when using the packs. Free

Saturday 14 April 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Mandarin with Tiedong Yang. Free, no booking required

Saturday 14 April 2-3.30pm

Silk Worm Club. Make your own Japanese paper hat and listen to a Japanese story. Suitable for ages 6-11. Free. Please book from Tuesday 10 April, 9.30am onwards at www.cbl.ie under Online Booking.

Thursday 19 April 1.10pm

Public Lecture A Mirror into the Floating World: Japanese prints of the Edo period, 1600-1860, in the Chester Beatty Library. Ruth Starr, Lecturer, Arts of Japan, Trinity College Dublin

Members' Event - Saturday 21 April

History on our Doorstep
Guided visit to Government Buildings - for further information please click here

Sunday 22 April 2pm

Community Ambassador Tour in Arabic with Karma Shawa. Free, no booking required.

Thursday 26 April 1.10pm

Gallery Tour of the East Asian collections, Arts of the Book Gallery, Laura Muldowney, Researcher of the East Asian collections, Chester Beatty Library

Members' Event - Saturday 28 April 2pm

Discoveries, Encounters and Exchanges, 1500-1800
Talk with Ruth Starr, Lecturer, Arts of Japan, Trinity College Dublin - for further information please click here

Saturday 28 April 6pm

Guitar Festival of Ireland concert. A performance by the Tetra Guitar Quartet as part of the Guitar Festival of Ireland. Tickets €20 (concession €18). For purchase of tickets please contact the Guitar Festival of Ireland on tel: 4433432 and website: www.gfi.ie