Japanese Film Festival comes to the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

JAPAN HAS one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world. Its first films were screened in 1897 - only two years after the Lumière brothers made their famous screenings in Paris. Today the country is currently the third largest feature film producer.

See Verdi’s Aida live at The Eye

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

GALWAY OPERA lovers are in for a treat this Saturday at 6pm when Verdi’s Aida will be transmitted live to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark via satellite from The Met in New York.

Eleanor Shanley to play Clonbur

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE SINGER Eleanor Shanley and Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe will join forces for a concert at the Fairhill House Hotel, Clonbur, this Saturday.

Themed nights @ Karma

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS are themed nights at the Karma club and the venue is determined to take the idea of themed events to the next level.

Sun Seekers

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE SUN Seekers will launch their new EP Escapade in the Róisín Dubh this Monday at 9pm.

Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS, and ventriloquist Nina Conti was born and raised in the Hampstead area of London surrounded by intellectuals, actors, and artists.

She hangs brightly - Hope Sandoval to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

SHE WAS the gentle but sensuous and hypnotic voice of Mazzy Star. Today she takes that voice into quieter, more sparse, musical realms backed by My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. She is Hope Sandoval.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - featuring Ó Cíosóig and Irish band Dirt Blue Gene - will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 29 at 8pm.

Obama approved Hypnotic Brass Ensemble to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

“I CANNOT get enough of these guys, they soothe the soul.” So said US president Barack Obama about the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, who play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 22 at 9pm.

New Christian O’Reilly play in Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

GALWAY-BASED playwright Christian O’Reilly, whose plays have been staged by Druid and Rough Magic, will see his latest play premiere at the Galway Theatre Festival in a production by Decadent Theatre Company.

Entitled Here We Are Again Still, the play was commissioned by the Galway City Council under the Per Cent For Art Scheme, whereby a portion of the funding for a local authority capital project is reserved for spending on an original art work.

Zelig to stage The Donahue Sisters

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

AFTER A successful run in London at the Hen & Chickens Theatre, Galway company Zelig brings Geraldine Aron’s The Donahue Sisters to the second Galway Theatre Festival.

One woman’s intimate confession

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

A WOMAN is condemned to solitude following a forbidden sexual relationship. Alone, she manifests three different forms of herself to recount a story of desire, power, and fate.

Moonfish stage The Secret Garden

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

FRANCES HODGSON Burnett’s much-loved children’s story The Secret Garden is among the attractions at the Galway Theatre Festival where it is being staged in a new adaptation by Moonfish Theatre Company.

Expect big riffs from Bronto Skylift

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

SCOTTISH DUO Bronto Skylift have been compared to Lightning Bolt due to their mixture of heavy guitar riffs and free form drumming.

Jabbas @ Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

JABBA THE Hut was a nasty piece of work, the galaxy’s leading criminal, he had a score to settle with Hans Solo, and inspired the name of an Irish indie/electro/pop act.

The band are Jabbas (vocals, guitar, synths), Mick Foley (drums, percussion), Mani (bass, vocals, guitar), Karen Clark (vocals). Their influences include Beck, Cut Chemist and Animal Collective to New Order, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Talking Heads.

See the ‘sexy and postmodern’ MagneTs

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

THERE ARE six microphones, no instruments, only a fusion of glorious vocal harmonies and jaw dropping beatboxing on songs from Joy Division to Scissor Sisters.

Wallis Bird is back

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

WALLIS BIRD returns to Galway for what is sure to another high energy, exuberant, and fun filled gig at the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday October 21 at 8pm.

Dutch trio to teach Galway about brass

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Dutch brass trio De Jongen Driest will take up residency in Galway as part of the Galway Ensemble in Residence’s Autumn School Programme and treat the city to two concerts.

Galway Arts Centre Poetry Slam

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s new season of Poetry Slams returns on Tuesday at 7pm in the centre on Dominick Street.

The guest performers will be Gary King; winner of the March Slam. His collection Pluto’s Noon Sky will be published in early November and inludes winners of the September Slam, James Caulfield and Pete Ryan. Winners on the night go forward to the Grand Slam for the Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2010.

Australian poets to read in Gort

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

TWO OF Australia’s finest poets, Robert Gray and Alison Croggon, will read in the Gort Public Library on Friday October 23 at 8pm.

Glass painting workshop

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

THE ART Essence Gallery in Liosbán will host a glass painting workshop on Saturday October 24 from 10.30am to 5.30pm.

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