Don't miss it: a weekly guide to going out, staying, and generally living the life.
exhibitions
The must-see Yeats exhibition at the National Library continues to win rave reviews from punters. At Collins Barracks, 500 Years of Irish Silver represents some of the best objects in the national coffers - hop on the Luas. In Limerick, the Hunt Museum has curated a show in honour of Louis le Brocquy's 90th year - Allegory & Legend - and is well worth a stopover. Tours 10.30am and 2.30pm, Mon-Sat. 2pm, Sun
spectacles
Take That - minus Robbie but with the Pussy Cat Dolls - return to show us how mature they've become. RDS Arena, Wednesday. Alternatively, the turn Vicar Street into a Love Shack that night (www. ticketmaster.ie for both concerts). From Monday, will vie with Germany in domestic battles for the remote control. Will Roger Federer match Borg and Sampras's four consecutive wins at Wimbledon?
music
The West Cork Chamber Music Festival starts today in the unbeatable setting of Bantry House, and lasts until July 2nd so there's still time to make your way there. Highlights include French cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand and viola player Kim Kashkashian. Violinist Patrycia Piekutowska and pianist Beata Bilinska hail from Poland, the T'ang Quartet lands from Singapore, and flautist Sharon Bezaly is from Sweden. See www.westcorkmusic.ie
opera
Opera a la Carte, under artistic director Nicholas Heath, returns to Loughcrew House (left) for the seventh year with Puccini's most popular work, La Boheme (1896), a light-hearted, almost conversational lyric tale of aspiring artists and lovers in mid-19th-century Paris. A wealth of classic arias includes Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen). Heath's production is set in the Paris of 1968. Friday and Saturday, July 1st. Telephone: 049-8541356.
performance art
From Tuesday to next Saturday, Dublin's docklands will be brightened up by on-street performances. Look out for Yingmei Duan during morning rush hour - she'll be barefoot, dressed in pink pyjamas and hugging a computer. In Mayor Square from Wednesday to Friday, midday-2pm, Amanda Coogan's Ar-ra-na-veen will involve 27 volunteer performers humming or singing along to the national anthem. See www.docklands.ie
poetry, music, song
See Seamus Heaney and Liam O'Flynn perform their programme of poetry and music in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin, tomorrow at 8 pm. At time of going to press, free tickets are available from Temple Bar Cultural and Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, 01-6772255, www.templebar.ie. In Kildare, children bring song, dance and drumming to the streets tomorrow, 2pm, starting a week-long arts festival. www.kildare.ie