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THE NUTCRACKER, one of Tchaikovsky’s great compositions, featuring some of classical music's most popular and loved scores, will be presented as a family concert this weekend.

"I DON'T know much about classic music," Sandy Bates, Woody Allen's character in Stardust Memories noted. "For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr and Mrs Goldberg tried on their wedding night."

DANNY DARCY, the Galway born singer-songwriter, has this week released his new single, 'Jerusalem Is Calling', and his third album is in the works as well.

A LIVE music concert, featuring young musicians from Galway, Gort, Kinvara, Headford, Tuam, and Loughrea, will be broadcast from Nuns Island Theatre this month.

A WINTER Wonderful, a Christmas show hosted by We Banjo 3, the Galway bluegrass/folk sensation, takes place this Saturday, December 18, broadcasting at 1pm Irish time and 8pm in the USA.

“THE COOKS, the cleaners, the porters: unsung heroes on the frontline” was one of the most memorable headlines to appear in an Irish newspaper this year - and perhaps the most pointedly accurate.

LAUGHTER AND craic in the (socially distanced) company of other people awaits on Tuesday, December 15, when Joe Rooney of Father Ted and Kilnascully fame, performs at Massimo.

Normally at this time of year, Mezzo-Soprano Anne Marie Gibbons is busy finalising her Festive Harmony Concert at the Westport Town Hall Theatre, which has been held there annually since December 2016.

A nationwide short story competition is being launched by Specsavers, to encourage children in Athlone to get creative and give people Something to Smile About through their storytelling.

The founder of the Galway Advertiser; the first female conductor at the Academy Awards; and the west of Ireland man who spearheaded the global Covid-19 response are all among 14 individuals who will be conferred with Honorary Degrees by NUI Galway in 2021.