Interviews
'I can still compete with anyone despite being around so long'
Thu, Nov 02, 2017
WHEN XTC’S Colin Moulding presented the band with ‘Making Plans For Nigel’, it immediately appealed to band leader Andy Partridge who felt the melody “reminded me of Gilbert O’Sullivan”.
Cinema
Film of a family in crisis
Thu, Nov 02, 2017
ROMEO, MAGDA, and teenage daughter Eliza live in a neglected apartment in northwest Romania. When Eliza is assaulted just prior to taking her final exams, her scholarship to study psychology in the UK is put into jeopardy.
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Exhibitions
Denise Hogan to run new series of art workshops and classes
Thu, Nov 02, 2017
THE ARTISTS Denise Hogan and Gill Christie are hosting a range of morning and evening art classes, suitable for both beginners and experienced painters, in Roscam. Classes are strictly limited to 10 students per class and run in 10 week terms with the first class taking place on November 20.
Readings & Events
Family history research and genealogy event at Galway City Museum
Thu, Nov 02, 2017
The Western Family History Association will be in the Galway City Museum this Saturday to provide free family history and genealogy advice for members of the public starting or struggling with their research.
Reviews
Album review: Lankum
Thu, Nov 02, 2017
I RARELY get excited about Irish folk/trad albums, given most are either of the sickly slick super produced variety or else have that purist reductionism which renders trad as a kind of 'living dead' form where jibes that 'it all sounds the same' are not without foundation.
Music
Music & Musings with ConTempo
Thu, Oct 19, 2017
MUSIC & MUSINGS is a new series of short concerts at the Black Gate Cultural Centre, featuring the ConTempo Quartet with emerging and established composers from Ireland, as well as guest artists.
Theatre
Breaking the Fourth Wall Productions presents Nine Months
Thu, Aug 31, 2017
Have things changed for women in Ireland?
Comedy
Extra shows for Galway's Smallest Comedy Club
Thu, Aug 17, 2017
TWO OF Galway’s favourite comedians - Bob Hennigan and Johnny Graham - recently had a successful run of solo shows at Ireland’s Smallest Comedy Club and have added two additional dates.