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FOR THE past 30 years, as a member of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has been one of the key and iconic figures in alternative rock, and next week he plays Galway.

FOR THE past 30 years, as a member of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has been one of the key and iconic figures in alternative rock, and next week he plays Galway.

Opening this evening Friday, November 30 at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar is Flora lucid, a beautiful exhibition of glass sculptures by Mayo artist Emma Bourke. Emma is a visual artist working mainly in the medium of glass. Her artistic practice is inspired by the natural environment in the west of Ireland, and the wild flowers and plants that populate the countryside. Captivated by these enchanting plants, Emma creates collections of these wild flowers out of glass, eternally capturing their beauty.

Opening on Friday, November 30 at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar is Flora lucid, a beautiful exhibition of glass sculptures by Mayo artist Emma Bourke. Emma is a visual artist working mainly in the medium of glass. Her artistic practice is inspired by the natural environment in the west of Ireland, and the wild flowers and plants that populate the countryside. Captivated by these enchanting plants, Emma creates collections of these wild flowers out of glass, eternally capturing their beauty.

The RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet performs together with violinist par excellence Nobuko Imai at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday, November 26 at 8pm.

The RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet performs together with violinist par excellence Nobuko Imai at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday, November 26 at 8pm.

The Irish-American vote used to be a sure thing. If you were Irish-American, you voted Democrat. It was as simple as that. When I was growing up in 1950s Chicago, Republicans were like another species. An analogy from Baseball. As a Chicagoan, you supported either the White Sox or the Cubs. It was a tribal thing. My family were White Sox fans. So I was a White Sox fan. Cubs fans, on the other hand, were weird. Why would anyone support the Cubs? In much the same way, Republicans were weird too. Why would anyone support the Republicans? If you were Irish-American, even to pose the question bordered on the ridiculous.

A Westmeath man and a friend were both killed off Long Island, New York last weekend, when the private plane he was flying in a charity event lost power and crashed into the sea.

Moycullen’s return to action in Irish basketball’s top league this weekend when they host perennial powerhouse UCC Demons at NUI Galway on Saturday at 3.45pm.

Kiltoom girl Orla Shine is making waves in the dance world, having won a place on a prestigious dance project. The 24-year-old from Moyvannion, Kiltoom is one of just six Irish students to secure a place on the Step-Up Dance Project currently being held at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick.