On-line creative writing course

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE WESTERN Writers’ Centre is offering an on-line, eight-part creative writing course for prose and poetry.

A family Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS songs and cartoon show theme tunes will be performed at a family Christmas concert this Sunday.

Three shows from The Brennan Sisters

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

CONNEMARA TRAD/folk singers The Brennan Sisters will perform three concerts this weekend - in Tourmakeady, Moycullen, and Galway city.

DJ Dave Barry to get Uptight

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

TOMORROW NIGHT Massimo on Sea Road will reverberate to some of the finest black music of all time.

Galway DJ Dave Barry brings another of his Uptight nights to the venue from 10pm to 2pm. Expect to hear classic funk, sweet soul, and some boogaloo.

Opera and ballet @ The Eye

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

VERDI’S AIDA and the Bolshoi’s production of The Nutcracker will be screened live from The Met in New York to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this month.

Aida will be broadcast this Saturday at 6pm. Set in ancient Egyptian, it stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess; Roberto Alagna as Radamès; and Olga Borodina as Amneris.

Jarlath Regan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

JARLATH REGAN, described as “Dylan Moran on valium” by Three Weeks, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday December 19 at 8.30pm.

Comedy show @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

COMEDIAN DAVE Young has been called “flat-out hilarious” by the Irish Independent, while America Today says he is “thrilling to watch”.

Klub Orange to host charity fundraiser

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

TOMORROW NIGHT sees the launch of a new dance club, Klub Orange, in the Townhouse Bar on Spanish Parade.

ConTempo’s Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will host a Christmas Concert this evening at 8pm in The Mechanics Institute, Middle Street.

NUIG students to launch anthology

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

ABANDONED DARLINGS, a collection of writings from students of NUI Galway’s MA in Writing 2011-2012, will be launched on Wednesday December 19.

The anthology features poetry, fiction, and non-fiction set in harsh Russian winters, the Irish midlands, the Atlantic, and the Americas.

Java Writers launch new collection

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE JAVA Writers group, who meet every Tuesday’s in Java’s café on Abbeygate Street, will launch an anthology of their poetry and prose tomorrow.

Infusions - an Anthology by Java Writers will be launched by the poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop at 6.30pm.

Jack L - the eternal songs of the 27 Club

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

JIMI HENDRIX died after choking on his own vomit; Brian Jones drowned on a summer’s day in 1969; Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris; Kurt Cobain put a gun in his mouth and said farewell to life. All were young men - only 27 years of age.

Mad dogs and Irishmen

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

TOMMY TIERNAN will join Dylan Moran, Joanna Lumley, Omid Djalili, and Caroline Quentin in this year’s run of Sky 1’s excellent short comedy-drama series Little Crackers.

Martin Dyar to launch debut poetry collection

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

MARTIN DYAR, the award winning poet, playwright, actor, singer, and songwriter, launches his debut poetry collection in Galway this weekend.

Who’s The Man? at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

NOT TO be missed at the Town Hall next week is Who’s The Man?, a one-man musical drama, written and performed by Steven Sharpe, about growing up gay in Ireland.

Experience A Viennese Christmas

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

SEÁN COSTELLO, the popular and award-winning tenor, is bringing his Viennese Christmas concert back to the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Fregoli’s Home run

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

FREGOLI THEATRE Company graces the Town Hall Theatre stage next week with the play Home, described by Irish Theatre Magazine as “vibrant and heart-wrenching”.

Rob Wade - new single and Monroe’s gig

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

THE GALWAY singer-songwriter Rob Wade will launch his new single ‘Trained Fighter’ with a gig at Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 9pm.

Delorentos @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

DELORENTOS WILL round off a very successful 2012 with their Winter Tour of Ireland, which takes in Galway next week.

The Original Rudeboys @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 06, 2012

WITH THEIR YouTube viewing figures at 2.4 million; 31,000 fans on Facebook; and 18,000 followers on Twitter; The Original Rudeboys are becoming a phenomenon.

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