Galway short film to be screened at international film festivals

Mon, Jul 19, 2021

POLITICS AS Usual, the debut short film by Galwayman Liam Kimball, will be screened at a variety of film festivals throughout 2021.

Galway poet Mary Lee to launch new collection

Thu, Jul 15, 2021

MARY LEE, the acclaimed Galway poet will launch her latest collection of poetry, Everyday Epiphanies at a special Zoom event on Friday July 23 at 7pm.

Cosmic Leaf release new album today

Thu, Jul 15, 2021

COSMIC LEAF, the experimental, indie/alternative duo of Aaron Coyne and Aaron Hurley, today released their new album, Are Androids Stung By Electric Bees?.

Art inspired by the landscape and history of Oughterard

Thu, Jul 15, 2021

CUIMHNÍ, AN exhibition of paintings and prints by artists Leah Beggs and Kathleen Furey, opens tomorrow at the Courthouse, Oughterard.

‘It’s like three festivals in one - the digital, the indoors, the outdoors’

Thu, Jul 15, 2021

IT HAS been a long time since we have been able to say “Let’s go out to the cinema this evening”, but this summer we can, and indeed being ‘out’ at the cinema - literally - will be the highlight of summer 2021 in the city.

'Getting to Know...' Ros na Rún's Marie Bheag Breathnach

Thu, Jul 15, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A Covid free world.

Film review: Another Round

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 14, 2021

THE PICK of the films that will be screened at the Pálás cinema, which re-opens on Friday July 16, is Another Round, the Danish film which won the 2021 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

‘We’ve had to be imaginative in the way we present things’

Wed, Jul 14, 2021

IN 2020, the Galway International Arts Festival declared the autumn programme of events that year would be the only time the festival ever took place outside July.

Outdoor exhibition and theatre show on Inis Óirr

Tue, Jul 13, 2021

AN CRIÚ Collective - the artists group which works with large arts and theatre organisations in Galway - will open their first outdoor exhibition on Inis Oírr, this Saturday, July 17, at 3.30pm.

GIAF launch 2021 festival programme

Tue, Jul 13, 2021

DESPITE ALL the obstacles the Covid-19 pandemic has put in the way, the 2021 Galway International Arts Festival has emerged triumphant, with an impressive, and exciting array of events for the autumn.

Live drive-in park’n’party outside the Black Box

Mon, Jul 12, 2021

THE BLACK Box Theatre car park and grounds will be the location for Galway's biggest party of the summer - the live drive-in park’n’party.

Album review: David Kitt

Music Reviews Mon, Jul 12, 2021

NECESSITY IS the mother of invention, as the old saying goes, and it certainly applies to 20, what might be called a ‘new/old’ album from singer-songwriter David Kitt.

Album review: The Goon Sax

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 08, 2021

THE THIRD album from the Aussie indie-pop trio is like the child in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem: "When she was good, she was very good indeed, but when she was bad she was horrid.”

New novel explores life from an Irish language viewpoint

Thu, Jul 08, 2021

AN TAOIBH Eile Den Scamall, the new novel by Galway born author Conor Bowman - his first novel as Gaeilge - has just been published by Arlen House.

Engage Art Studios’ weekly exhibitions

Thu, Jul 08, 2021

ENGAGE ART Studios is marking its re-opening with the ‘Summer Weekly Showcase’, a weekly series of visual art exhibitions.

Become a friend of the Galway International Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 08, 2021

GALWAY INTERNATIONAL Arts Festival has announced details of its 2021 Friends Campaign, ahead of the 44th annual Festival, which runs from August 28 to September 18.

Kenny Gallery re-opens with exhibition by Luke McMullan

Thu, Jul 08, 2021

THE KENNY Gallery’s first major exhibition since the onset of the Covid pandemic opens tomorrow - A Constant State of Motion by the Irish artist, Luke McMullan.

Freaky - ‘clever in a brainless way’

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 07, 2021

I HAD planned on reviewing the latest Fast and Furious movie this week. While quite enjoyable, they are the same thing over and over again, so Instead I am going to talk about Freaky.

‘At his core, Michael Collins was a true Republican’

Wed, Jul 07, 2021

AUGUST 22 2021 will mark the 99th anniversary of Béal na Bláth and the death of one of the most significant figures in modern Irish history - Michael Collins.

Outdoors, indoors, and online - Galway Film Fleadh 2021

Wed, Jul 07, 2021

The Galway Film Fleadh returns from Tuesday July 20 to Sunday 25, both in-person and online, and boasts a programme of 11 world premieres, 45 new films, and more than 100 shorts.

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