Shaskeen at the Tavern

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE WELL established traditional Irish music group Shaskeen play in Campbell’s Tavern on Saturday night.

Cinema Review - Funny People

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

The life of a comedian is not all fun and games, in fact it can be down-right depressing, especially if you’re George Simmons, who is forced, through a terminal illness, to reassess his life, and connect with lost loves and human beings in general.

Meet The Yellow Bittern director at The Eye

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

IRISH FOLKSINGER Liam Clancy, the man Bob Dylan called “just the best ballad singer I’d ever heard in my whole life”, is now the subject of a major documentary feature.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good dinner, a good laugh, a good haircut, a good tan, a good performance, probably in that order too.

New exhibitions at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is inviting people to the opening of two new exciting exhibitions at 6pm this evening.

Ceramics exhibition in An Spidéal

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

SLIDING ROCK Contemporary Ceramics based in An Spidéal craft centre will host an exhibition of work by Nanette Ledwith and Kathleen Standen.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

CORK POET and novelist Martina Evans will be the guest reader at the next North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday September 7 at 9pm.

September reading at Sheridan’s Wine Bar

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE POET Liz Gallagher and fiction writer Paul Lenehan will read for Over The Edge at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, Church Yard Street, Galway on Friday September 11 at 8pm.

Liz is from Donegal but lives in the Canary Islands. Her work featured in the 50 Best New Poets 2007 Anthology from Meridian Press. She is also one of six winners for the Oxfam Ireland Poetry Calendar 2009.

A spinning world

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE TAPESTRY of Colum McCann’s novel Let The Great World Spin is so rich and deep, so varied and rewarding, that the book needs to be read several times before it can be fully appreciated.

The first reading is merely an introduction to an intricate cast of characters who are touched in one way or the other by one of those unusual events that can only happen in New York city. The second reading allows the reader to fully appreciate McCann’s mastery not only as a storyteller, but also as a word craftsman and novelist.

The unusual health of the Galway poetry scene

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

EVELYN WAUGH said you should always give positive reviews to your friends, as it is terribly rude to give a bad review to a book you have not actually read.

David Geraghty, finding a place for his music

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

KILDARE MAN David Geraghty began his musical journey in the mid-1990s when he joined Damien Rice, Paul Noonan, Dominic Phillips and Brian Crosby in the band Juniper for the recording of their second EP Manna. When Rice left the band in 1998 the remaining members continued to play together and formed the band Bell X1. To date Bell X1 have released four critically-acclaimed albums and have been gaining success in the United States in recent years, with Paste Magazine describing them as “one of Ireland’s greatest bands”. Geraghty released his debut solo album Kill Your Darlings in 2007 and earned himself a nomination for the Choice Music Prize alongside Roisin Murphy, Kila, and Delorentos. Next week sees the release of his second solo album The Victory Dance and as part of a nationwide promotional tour he plays Roisin Dubh on Friday September 11.

Chris Meehan and his Redneck Friends

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

IN THE 1930s at the height of The Great Depression in the United States a songwriter and bandleader by the name of Bob Wills toured with a 21-piece orchestra bringing joy and cheer from coast to coast. Wills was a huge influence on performers such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, and John Prine and is widely credited with raising the spirits of a nation through his Western Swing ensembles.

Galway Americana Festival

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THE GALWAY Americana Festival 2009 programme was launched last Friday at The Crane Bar to a large captive crowd with music provided by the excellent Jeff and Vida Band. The festival runs from September 10 to 13.

Highlights this year include Los Angeles blues men Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan at The Crane, and the rockabilly sounds of Spellbound at Kelly's on Thursday September 10; Nashville bluegrass legends Bill Evans and Megan B Lynch at The Crane, and Maryland-native Mark Brown of Uncle Buckle at Johnston's Hall in Kinvara on Saturday September 12.

Return of Enda Walsh’s Walworth Farce

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

DRUID HAVE only recently completed their acclaimed run of Tom Murphy’s The Gigli Concert but the company are not resting on their laurels.

Galway Theatre Festival call for scripts

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

FOLLOWING LAST year’s resounding success, the Galway Theatre Festival returns from October 20 to 24. The festival is now accepting submissions of unproduced scripts, not exceeding 90 minutes in length, for a series of rehearsed readings. Applicants are requested to include a brief account of their writing and theatre experience with their submissions.

Text in Action, artists working with words

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

“THERE’S A cool web of language winds us in,” wrote poet Robert Graves and for those in the arts who deploy text as a key element of their work the recurrent challenge is to break free of that web and find fresh, stimulating, ways to express themselves and communicate with their audiences.

Glas Vegas auditions

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THE VARIETY show Glas Vegas is back for a fourth series, and it’s even bigger, louder, and a little bit weirder than before.

For one lucky talented performer or group, this autumn will bring an adventure and opportunity most entertainers only dream of. Over 13 episodes, hundreds of acts will take to the stage, hoping to become the next big thing in the world of showbiz. Singers, musicians, sean nós dancers, acrobats, comedians, and magicians to mention just some of the acts on the show, will be giving the performance of their lives to impress judges.

Loughrea music showcase

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

AN EVENING of Loughrea's best songwriting talent will take place in the Loughrea Hotel and Spa on Sunday at 7pm. The event is run by the Emerging Network of Independent Galway Musicians and Artists (ENIGMA). The aim of the evening is to showcase local talent with the objective of getting each performer into the Irish charts. The free event will feature Ultan Conlon, Neev Kennedy, Wokajo, Una MacLochlainn, and James Finnegan. They will each be releasing a single on the evening. Audience members will be asked to download a song on their phones from each performer so have some credit in your phones, all proceeds will be donated to charity.

That’s Gas charity night at Kellys

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

TOMORROW NIGHT at Kellys from 8pm there will be a night of words, film, and music for Afri’s work in support of the Rossport communities. Johnny Moynihan, Sean Tyrrell, Donal O'Kelly, Rita Ann Higgins, Margaretta D'Arcy, and John Arden are just some of the names that are involved.

Autumn choral programme

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

AN EXCITING programme of sacred and secular choral works has been planned for the autumn/ winter season for Galway Choral Association’s Adult Choir

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