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The Galway City Museum will hold classes for children as well as teens and adults on origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, this Saturday.

EVERY TOWN and city has its movers and shakers, its characters, people everyone knows, people who are judged to contribute to local social and cultural life, and help give the place a special character all of its own.

RITA ANN HIGGINS, one of Galway’s greatest and most outspoken poets, will read at the May Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, on Thursday May 26 at 6.30pm.

One thousand origami paper cranes as well as a cheque of more than €4,500 will be making its way to Japan’s Red Cross to help with relief efforts and give the people affected by the recent earthquake tsunami disaster messages of hope and support from Galway.

THE JAPANESE Film Festival takes place in Galway this weekend and as well as great films, Galwegians will also be able to enjoy many different aspects of Japanese culture.

The Galway City Museum will host a Japanese weekend tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday, when the Museum Café teams up with the Japanese Wa Café for food, thought, and origami.

The Japanese Ambassador to Ireland will stop in for a special visit to Galway City Museum tomorrow at 10am to see Irish children participating in the ancient Japanese art of origami.