Made in Ballinasloe exhibition

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BALLINASLOE artist collective Group 8 launch their third annual exhibition of art and writing, Made in Ballinasloe, this Saturday at 7pm in The Regency Room in Hayden’s Hotel.

Made in Ballinasloe is a collaborative work the group undertook around the theme of all the things that are made in the town and its environs. There will be sculpture, photography, installations, textile work, video and paintings.

Video game inspired exhibition opens today

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

GAME ON/Re-Newing Media Art, a screening programme of film and video works using imagery and media of video games, desktop interfaces, and online software, opens this in Galway evening.

A Scots/Irish concert from Maeve Cairney

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE KINVARA based soprano, Maeve Cairney, will perform a special concert of Irish and Scottish music this Sunday in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street.

See Le Corsaire live from the Bolshoi

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BOLSHOI Ballet’s production of Le Corsaire will be broadcast live via satellite to The Eye Cinema this Sunday at 3pm.

The romantic swashbuckling tale of a beautiful slave girl, rescued from a forced marriage by a handsome pirate is one of the great classics of Russian ballet. It features lush romantic music by Adolphe Adam and the classic choreography by Marius Petipa, re-fashioned for this production by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka.

Family gospel choir concert on Sunday

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GOSPEL Wedding Group will perform the next Adventures In Music concert in the St Patrick’s Brassband Hall this Sunday.

The Gospel Wedding Group features 12 singers who have been performing together for the past four years. The ensemble is made up of solo voices who specialise in lush harmonies, energetic performances, gospel music, and harmony singing, both a cappella and accompanied.

Canadian comic for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

ONE OF Canada’s most outspoken and hilarious comedians Dana Alexander, the Maple Leaf nation’s only black female comic, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Galway Film Centre/RTÉ Short Film Awards

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GALWAY Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, will be granting two awards of €9,500 each as part of its 2012 Short Film Awards.

New eBook from Dick Byrne

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A NEW book from the Galway author, playwright, and personality Dick Byrne, My Love Is On The Wind, is now available from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing store.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

The show is open to the public and comedians, and admission is free. Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set.

Attend Sunday Service @ Massimos for great good and music

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

Grab the Sunday papers, bring the family in for brunch, have a coffee, meet some mates for the cure, get the world famous full Irish breakfast or have some of the wide selection of sarnies and lunches from the amazing 'Eat' chefs all to the soundtrack of smooth Soul, chilled Jazz, cool Rocksteady, funk and anything groovy and easy like a Sunday should be - all served up on lovely vinyl.... Every Sunday - Massimos 1-3ish

The Renaissance of the Delorentos

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

IT IS probably Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous quote: “What does not kill me makes me stronger,” and it holds true for Delorentos who have came through a gruelling couple of years to re-assert themselves in 2012 as a great indie-rock band delivering their finest album to date.

A Tale Of Two Cities – from Broadway to Galway

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

2012 IS the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’s birth and the Galway Musical Society is marking the occasion with the Irish premiere of the irresistible, award-winning Broadway musical of his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities.

Grand Pocket Orchestra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

IRISH ART-pop eccentrics Grand Pocket Orchestra will undertake something of a ‘mini-residency’ in the Róisín Dubh this month when they play two nights at Strange Brew.

Pinocchio’s adventures to the dark side

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

EVERYONE IS familiar with the Disney version of Pinocchio, the story of the little puppet boy whose nose grows longer when he tells lies and his singing side-kick Jiminy Cricket.

Two films from Galway Film Society

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE GALWAY Film Society will screen two films over the coming week - one about a nervous new pope, the other about gender and identity in pre-teens.

ALâ seeks actors for Granuaile show

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

GRACE O’MALLEY - clan leader, pirate queen, rebel, heroine, and Irish feminist icon, will be the subject of a new drama from ALâ Community Theatre.

New exhibition at Bar Eight

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

CREATIVE WRITING classes with the writers Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars, will he held this month in the Galway Technical Institute, Fr Griffin Road.

The Inishbofin Experience @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

SOME OF Inishbofin’s finest musicians, along with an array of Galway folk and trad talent, will gather for a special concert in Monroe’s Live on Friday March 9.

Curfew @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

THE CURFEW DJ night in The Cellar Bar is back this Saturday with more tunes, glowsticks, and all round divilment.

DJs Yoseph and Fuz promise “another banging night” with electro/chillwave and disco remixes. “Curfew will make you forgot those mid-week blues,” says Yoseph. “So break your curfew and come play. You’ll find us in the basement. Just follow the glow-sticks!”

Annette Buckley to play Garvey’s

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

ANNETTE BUCKLEY, the Cork singer-songwriter, whose music has been called “haunting and deeply original” by the Irish Independent, plays Galway next week.

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