Galway Earth Festival to be held on Monday

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

THE GALWAY Earth Festival takes place this Monday. A co-operation of musicians, artists, and volunteers, it will seek to raise funds and public awareness of the local and global environment through music, food, lectures, and craic.

There will be stalls and activities in the Black Box Theatre from 2pm to 5pm, a concert featuring a host of Irish and international acts from 5pm to 2pm, and a variety of talks and lectures in the Rowing Club, Woodquay, from 2pm to 6pm.

Leading German orchestra to play Town Hall

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

THE MUSIC of Vivaldi, Bach, and Mozart will fill the Town Hall Theatre when The Junge Köln Philharmonie play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday August 6 at 8pm.

A new look at the Tir na nÓg story

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

WILLIAM HENRY is best known for his highly praised books on Eamonn Ceannt and Galwegians who fought in World War I, but his latest book is one for the children to enjoy.

Julian Gough at Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

THE NOVELIST and singer Julian Gough will read from his latest book, Jude: Level 1, in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop next Tuesday at 6pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A full house.

A full house.

The darkest Batman yet

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

THE DARK Knight, the second Batman film directed by Christopher Nolan, possibly comes closest to representing the darker side of the urban vigilante’s character of all the Batman movies.

Baby Mama

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

Two women, one apartment, and nine very eventful months. Baby Mama is a predictable comedy about a successful and single businesswoman whose plans of having a child are thrown when she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. The film’s opening sequence shows the career-driven Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) on a blind date, where she explains, “ Some women got pregnant, I got promoted. I want a baby now, I'm 37." Needless to say, her blind date rapidly flees the scene.

Tuam Arts Festival seeks short films

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

THE TUAM Arts Festival is calling on film makers and producers to enter their films for the festival’s ‘We Like Short Shorts’ programme this August.

‘We Like Short Shorts’ will feature short films in any genre. The only criteria for entry is that the film must be under 20 minutes long (films under five minutes are especially welcome).

Nanci Griffith’s long love affair with Ireland

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

TEXAN SONGWRITER Nanci Griffith released her debut album Lone Star State Of Mind in 1987 and made an immediate impact when it peaked at number 23 in the US charts.

Nigerian star D’Banj to play Leisureland

Thu, Jul 31, 2008

THE NIGERIAN Afro-beat and r’n’b star D’Banj and the Mohits All-stars will play the Koko Revelation Concert in Leisureland, Salthill, on Monday August 4.

Coming up at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

JAPANESE METAL, Swedish fun, English cool, and Irish brilliance are on the cards over the next few months with a host of brilliant acts set to play the Róisín Dubh.

ODi - getting what she deserves

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

IRELAND HAS no shortage of singer-songwriters. You cannot step into any music venue without encountering some hopeful, strapped with an acoustic guitar, proclaiming ‘three chords and the truth’.

Comedian Jon Kenny goes back to front at the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

AFTER SUCCESSFULLY battling Hodgkin’s disease more than eight years ago, Limerick-born comedian Jon Kenny has made a remarkable return to form and Galway audiences are in for a treat when Kenny brings his show to the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday July 31 to Saturday August 2.

Theatre review: Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Farber Foundry: Molora
SOUTH AFRICA’S Farber Foundry provided an early highlight of this year’s festival with the first-week staging of Molora, director-author Yael Farber’s adaptation of The Oresteia.

Calvin Harris and New Young Pony Club to DJ @ Cuba*

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

CALVIN HARRIS, currently riding high in the charts with ‘Dance Wiv Me’ with Dizzee Rascal and the very hip New Young Pony Club will perform DJ sets in Cuba*, Eyre Square.

New Young Pony Club

Enjoy A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Stress!!

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

A SUNNY Day In Glasgow are not Scottish, they are a Philadelphia based trio and they will perform their acclaimed mix of indie, pop, and techno at Stress!! in De Burgo’s this Tuesday at 10pm.

Kurt Cobain approved Calvin Johnson to play Bell, Book, & Candle

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

CALVIN JOHNSON, the American indie-rock legend and the founder/owner of K Records, will play Bell, Book & Candle, the Small Crane, Sea Road, on Monday at 5pm.

Disconauts’ summer party

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

THE DISCONAUTS’ Summer Party takes place this Saturday. Things kick off with soulful party grooves on board the Corrib Princess and afterwards a club night in The Cellar Bar.

Berlin DJ to play Lowerstate

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

PANTHA DU Prince, the Berlin based electronic music producer will perform a live electronic set at Lowerstate in De Burgo’s on Friday August 1.

Foot stamping at Freedom Café

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

TOES WILL tap and feet will stomp at the next Unchained Melodies gig in Amnesty International’s Freedom Café this evening from 5pm.

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