Eleven intimations of genius

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

IT IS extraordinarily difficult nowadays to understand the bombshell caused by the publication of Edna O’Brien’s first novel The Country Girls in 1960.

By today’s standards the book is totally harmless but in the stifling atmosphere of 1950s and early 1960s Ireland, it was tantamount to a moral Armageddon.

Fíbín returns with An Triail

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

FÍBÍN IS bringing its acclaimed stage adaptation of An Triail to the Black Box Theatre on Monday and Tuesday at 10.30am and 1.30pm.

Seoda Phádraig at Galway City Museum

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

SEODA PHÁDRAIG, the Annual St Patrick’s Festival Concert of ‘Music and Song of the Nation’ takes place in the Galway City Museum on Sunday at 8pm.

GMIT creative writing classes

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

POET AND short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will host creative writing classes for beginners at the GMIT.

The sound garden

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

ANYONE WHO caught the band’s mesmerising winter acoustic tour would be already familiar with some of the new material featured on Bloodless Coup.

Steve Mason to play Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

HE WAS an essential part of King Biscuit Time and before that The Beta Band, but he is now a solo artist about to release a new single and undertake a headline British-Irish tour.

Edinburgh’s Steve Mason plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday April 17 at 9pm and his new single, ‘All Come Down’ will be released through Double Six on Monday April 25.

Fight Like Apes return to Strange Brew

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

FIGHT LIKE Apes are back on the road and as part of their upcoming Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 14 at 9pm.

Emmet Scanlan’s charity concert for Haiti

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

EMMET SCANLAN & What the Good Thought will play a charity gig in the Druid Theatre this Sunday at 7pm with the proceeds going to the Haven Partnership, which is building homes in Haiti.

The band have just returned home from a British tour and are due to release a single for the Haven Partnership later this month. The band have been busy working on new material and are eager to give Galway the first taste of what the next album has in store.

The Crane to celebrate tenth birthday

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

MICK CREHAN has been at the helm of The Crane Bar on Sea Road for a decade and to celebrate this milestone, the venue will host a party running from Thursday to Sunday.

In those 10 years The Crane has become one of the city’s leading live music venues and an essential port of call for all those (both performers and the public) who love Irish trad, folk, roots, singer-songwriter, or Americana.

Track Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

TRACK DOGS, formerly known as the Garrett Wall Band, are coming to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday March 24.

The Shoos @ Monroe’s Live

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

DUBLIN BAND The Shoos, who release their debut album Rescue Room next month, play Monroe’s Live on Saturday at 10.30pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
‘The gang’ (family) enjoying my shepherd’s pie, that’s perfect happiness.

Canadian Theatre Company to make Irish debut in Galway

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

A CANADIAN Theatre Company is getting ready to make its Irish debut with a production of Enda Walsh’s Bedbound in Galway next month.

MacKenzieRo, the Irish Repertory Theatre Company of Canada, will stage Bedbound at the Druid Lane Theatre from March 30 to April 2 at 8pm.

Musical medics to hit the right note with debut performance

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

MUSIC AND medicine have come together at NUI, Galway to form a unique partnership that is a nationwide first for any university.

Oil and Water - it’s a family affair

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

OIL AND Water, an exhibition of new paintings by sister and brother Mary and James F Horan is currently on show in University Hospital Galway.

Enjoy a Celtic celebration tonight

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

AS PART of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations this year, Club Árus na nGael, 45 Dominick Street, is hosting a Celtic night tonight from 9pm.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

THE NEXT North Beach Poetry Nights’ Slam takes place on Monday in The Crane Bar at 9pm, and the guest poet will be Dave Rock.

Dave’s performing style is highly physical and expressive and often very joyous, combining slam pieces with traditional poetry. He is also a storyteller, working with traditional and his own invented folktales. His chapbook, A Single Unstruck Match, was published in 2008.

Gulliver travels to the Town Hall

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

BRAY-BASED theatre company Wonderland Productions comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its acclaimed staging of Jonathan Swift’s classic of adventure and satire, Gulliver’s Travels,

As If I Am Not There @ The Eye

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

THE AWARD winning film As If I Am Not There will be screened at the Eye Cinema and its director Juanita Wilson will attend one of the screenings.

Miquel Barcelo mask workshop

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

MIQUEL BARCELO of The Gombeens will host a mask workshop in the Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue, on Saturday March 26 and Sunday 27 from 10am to 5pm.

This workshop is designed for actors to take them out of their comfort zone through constant theatrical provocations.

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