Celebrate the violin in Clifden
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
THE IRISH Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists will bring their The Three Fddlers - a celebration of the violin concert to Connemara next week.
Read more ...Joshua tree region inspires TULCA exhibition
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
THE JOSHUA Tree Desert in Southern California is one of the most iconic places in the USA. Gram Parsons died there and U2 named an album after it.
Now the desert has inspired American artist Andrea Zittel’s latest exhibition Sufficient Self, which will be shown in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, as part of the TULCA visual arts festival.
Read more ...Japanese/Korean avant pop @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
THE JAPANESE/Korean avant garde pop duo 10 play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday at 9pm, with support from Galway guitar/keyboard duo Mirakil Whip.
Read more ...cinema reviews Due Date
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
They say that it is hard to live up to high expectations and this could certainly be the case for director Todd Phillips as Due Date failed to have the same side-splitting impact as his previous work.
Read more ...Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows @ The Eye
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows comes to cinemas this weekend and The Eye has fun family events planned to mark the big occasion.
Read more ...The Blues Brothers charity screening
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
THE BLUES Brothers, one of the best loved films of all time, will be shown in The Eye Cinema on Monday at 7pm.
Read more ...Canadian funnyman for Laughter Lounge
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
CANADIAN COMIC Pete Johansson has been making people laugh since becoming a stand up comedian in his teens.
He has been making people laugh all over the world and he will do the same for Galway when he plays The Laughter Lounge at the Róisín Dubh next Wednesday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...The Magic Numbers heavenly melodies and west of Ireland connections
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
IN 2005 London group The Magic Numbers became instant radio favourites with the release of their eponymous debut album and its catchy singles ‘Love Me Like You’, ‘Forever Lost’, ‘Love’s A Game’ and ‘I See You, You See Me’.
Read more ...Oedipus Loves You
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
ARGUABLY THE most toured production in Irish theatre history, Pan Pan Theatre’s Oedipus Loves You is a daring take on the enduring myth of Oedipus.
It is finally coming home with a highly anticipated national tour including two performances at the Town Hall Theatre this Monday and Tuesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Could you grow a moustache like US civil war general Ambrose Burnside?
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
THE RÓISÍN Dubh will hold a Silent Disco on Wednesday November 17 at 11.45pm, after The Laughter Lounge show, to raise funds for Movember.
Read more ...Sarah Lynch’s Letter To Friends
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
GALWAY BASED singer-songwriter Sarah Lynch launches her much-anticipated debut album Letter To Friends next Tuesday at 8pm with an intimate gig live at her home-away-from-home, the Druid Theatre.
Read more ...Language Unbecoming A Lady at Town Hall
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
IN A dressing room, an ageing drag queen reveals his life and loves, victories and defeats. This is the hit play Language Unbecoming A Lady.
The play explores themes of identity and love found and lost, and uses the music of Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Billie Holiday and more, to reveal the story of one gay man’s life.
Read more ...Core Theatre College to perform free show
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
GALWAY’S CORE Theatre College will present a showcase of its work in the Nuns Island Theatre on Sunday November 21 at 8pm.
Read more ...Leading Cuban musicians to play Kelly’s
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
FANS OF salsa music in Galway are in for a real treat when a host of Cuban musicians stage a salsa concert upstairs in Kelly’s Bar on Friday November 19 at 11pm.
Read more ...Hip hop punk from Milk Kan @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
ENGLISH PUNK/hip hop trio Milk Kan have been described by BBC Radio 1’s Steve Lamacq as being “somewhere between Bob Dylan and Mike Skinner”.
Read more ...Fight Like Apes return to Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
THE MIGHTY Fight Like Apes are coming back to Galway next month to unleash their brilliant mix of wild indie-pop and mischievous mayhem.
Read more ...TULCA exhibition to ask ‘Do we have this in common?’
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
AS YOU walk around Galway city this month, you might notice some strange and slightly surreal images have been erected around the bus and bicycle shelters at Eyre Square and the Spanish Arch.
Read more ...Matthew Sweeney goes Over The Edge
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
THE POET Matthew Sweeney, whose work has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Award and The Irish Times/Poetry Now Award will be reading in Galway.
Mr Sweeney will be the main reader at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday November 18 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Family fun concert with Frank McNamara
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
FRANK MCNAMARA is best known to Irish audiences for being The Late Late Show musical director from 1979 to 1991, but he is a highly accomplished musician who has performed across the world.
Frank McNamara is a world class pianist who has conducted The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, but he and his family are coming to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday November 19 at 8pm for a concert for Galway families.
Read more ...Burke and Hare
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
This is just the best British comedy I have seen in ages where the gags are so dark that you find yourself laughing when you know you really should not, and that is what makes it great.
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