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The Australian musician Jessie Lloyd, artist in residence for Galway’s Song from an Open Road Festival, holds her indigenous culture at the heart of her creativity - Sounding Sionna: A Celebration Of Music & Dance takes place in UL Concert Hall - Transformer is Lou Reed’s second album, which turns 50 this month.

Jack Viertel will take part in The Stars and Stripes Shaded Green, a series of public readings exploring Irish American theatre at Druid - Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, was released in cinemas in November 1942, 80 years ago this month - Nutcracker Sweeties by Ballet Ireland, an Irish twist on The Nutcracker.

The tender relationship between Calum, played by Paul Mescal, and his daughter is the cornerstone of Aftersun - Hereafter by Vona Groarke is the imagined story of her great grandmother - In My Father’s Dragon, a young boy is having trouble adjusting to life in a new town - 1899, an eight-part series set on an 19th century ocean liner.

In Nocebo, Irish film maker Lorcan Finnegan explores themes like consumerism, human exploitation and the fast fashion industry - Chris Thile, American mandolin player, songwriter and composer - New albums by Bruce Springsteen and Warhaus.

Louise Kennedy and Wendy Erskine - John Francis Flynn with Ross Chaney on drums - Jessica Fahy - Art and Writing at the Hugh Lane

New films: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Aisling Trí Néallaibh: Clouded Reveries, No Bears - Independent director John Sayles is in Ireland to take part in the first Dingle International Film Festival this weekend - Berte & Harmey’s work, Nul Punt Wolk, looks at aerial imaging, aviation, mapping and landscape boundaries.

Frank Berry’s new film Aisha turns its lens on the Irish immigration system through the experience of a Nigerian woman who lives in an asylum centre - What should poetry do? This is the question that poet Pat Boran explores at The Leaves Festival - New series The English starring Emily Blunt is set in 1890s mid-America.

In The Crown season 5, the royal saga has reached the 90s and the public implosion of the Prince and Princess of Wales' marriage - The filmmaker Ciara Nic Chormaic has made a feature documentary about Doireann Ni Ghriofa and her creative process - Cowboy Junkies bring their blues-tinged alt-country sound to the National Concert Hall on Nov 17.

Glen Hansard read The Philosophy Of Modern Song, the long awaited new book from Bob Dylan - Wendy Erskine reading from her short story Anti Treaty about a cut throat tv talent show - Dave Hanratty and Zara Hedderman review Alpha Zulu by Phoenix, Palomino by First Aid Kit, and Back Home by Big Joanie.

We review new films: Living, Watcher and The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby - Short Stories in Print, a limited edition collection of unpublished work by some of Ireland’s leading writers - Fermanagh singer and songwriter Clara Tracey’s new album is called Black Forest.