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THE CLAIRVOYANT powers of Morrissey, the Berlin Wall, loving a man destined to die, and some fun with the comedy film Top Secret! are all part of a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre.

ONCE THE Galway Arts Festival is over it is time for the Galway Races, which means betting, drinking, fashion, and gee-gees, but for every Galwegian who loves the races, there is a Galwegian who would prefer to do something else.

THE DEBUT collections of poetry from Mary Hanlon and Deirdre Kearney will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Thursday August 6 at 6.30pm.

“THERE’S A cool web of language winds us in,” wrote poet Robert Graves and for those in the arts who deploy text as a key element of their work the recurrent challenge is to break free of that web and find fresh, stimulating, ways to express themselves and communicate with their audiences.

WELL KNOWN British pastel artist Ann Wilkinson is to give a five day workshop in the Galway Arts Centre from September 3 to 7. This is a unique opportunity for aspiring and working artists to learn from an artist and teacher of such a high calibre. Wilkinson is primarily a pastel artist who works on an acrylic base, her favourite subjects being figure composition and still life. More recently, she has worked on seascapes in oils, which she has shown at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition in Britain.

THIS SEPTEMBER Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins.

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is inviting people to the opening of two new exciting exhibitions at 6pm this evening.

THE POET Liz Gallagher and fiction writer Paul Lenehan will read for Over The Edge at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, Church Yard Street, Galway on Friday September 11 at 8pm.

EVELYN WAUGH said you should always give positive reviews to your friends, as it is terribly rude to give a bad review to a book you have not actually read.

TOMORROW WILL see the arts come alive with free events for the Galway Culture Night event and the Galway Arts Centre is taking part.