Paint studio workshops at Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
GALWAY ARTIST Maeve Curtis will hold her Paint Studio workshops in the Galway Arts Centre, starting in January.
Read more ...GTI creative writing classes
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
ACCLAIMED GALWAY writers Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will hold creative writing classes in the Galway Technical Institute in 2011.
Read more ...New art gallery opens at Bridge Mills
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
A NEW art gallery has opened in Bridge Mills and it is currently hosting the exhibition Behind The Walls of Kylemore, a series of paintings of Kylemore Abbey by Sara Kyne.
Read more ...Well, Holy God!
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
MICK LALLY’s life and work will be remembered and celebrated this Sunday from 5pm when Sean Tyrrell, Johnny Mulhearn, Wally Page, Johnny Moynihan, Tony Small, Lena Ullman, Eugene Lambe, Terry Smith, and Mary Staunton take to the stage for Music and Song Tribute to Mick Lally in Monroe’s Live.
Read more ...Somadrone - the heart and soul of electronic music
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
HE IS a member of The Redneck Manifesto, a ‘Doctor of Music’, and one of Ireland’s leading avant garde composers, whose solo releases explore ambient, minimalist electro-acoustic pop, soundscapes, and mood music - he is Somadrone.
Somadrone, the stage name of Neil O’Connor, made his first solo recordings on 1995 and his first 10 years of experimentation were released as the double album Fuzzing Away To A Whisper in 2005.
Read more ...Fiddler On The Roof
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
FIDDLER ON The Roof, the much loved musical about a Russian Jewish father and his strong willed daughters, will be staged in Galway next year.
Read more ...Attack Of The Circus at Black Box
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THRILLS, SPILLS, and circus skills galore can be anticipated in Attack Of The Circus, an exciting co-production between the Galway Community Circus and Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre, which plays the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Who Needs Enemies? returns to Town Hall
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
EOIN HANCOCK just wants break. He wants to clean up his act, detox himself, put his dissolute past behind him, and live a healthier, simpler, life. Some hope when your friends are pot heads, boozers, and hell raisers.
This is Who Needs Enemies? the debut play of Conor Montague, which returns to the Town Hall Theatre this Monday at 8pm. The play, a runaway success during the Galway Comedy Festival, returns now in an extended form and with a Christmas twist for this seasonal performance.
Read more ...The Celtic Tenors to perform charity concert
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE CELTIC Tenors will perform a charity concert for Voices For Galway in the Radisson Blu Hotel on Monday December 20 at 8pm.
Read more ...KeyWest @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
IRISH ROCK band KeyWest, chosen by The Killers’ Mark Needham as “my top tip this year for success”, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.
The band mix full throttle rock with dollops of blue eyed soul, and melodic and anthemic pop.
Read more ...Eclipse winners
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE FIVE winners of our The Twilight Sage: Eclipse film tie-in goodie bags were: Tallann Maguire, Kilconly; Lorna Real, Galway; Aleksandra Leszczynska, Galway; Milla Gordon, Galway; and Ashley Ferriter, Tullykyne.
Read more ...Singers and Their Songs @ The Crane
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
SINGERS AND Their Songs is an annual series of live sessions in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, promoting Galway based singer-songwriters, acoustic groups, and roots bands.
Read more ...An impressive step forward for The Mighty Stef
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE MIGHTY Stef is something of a character on the Irish music scene with his larger than life personality and that huge, rough hewn, and unapologetically, Dublin voice.
Read more ...Folk-rock double bill @ Kelly’s
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
TWO OF Galway’s leading folk-rock acts - Niall Teague and The Fast Company and singer-songwriter Fia Rua - play Kelly’s this Monday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Wingnut Records in Bell, Book and Candle
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
WINGNUT RECORDS is a new independent music retailer located in Bell, Book and Candle, at The Small Crane.
Read more ...The Nitty Gritty New Year’s party
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE NITTY Gritty, Galway’s only club night to cater for Rockabilly, Soul, 60s Ska, Swing, 50s Rock n’ Roll and the rest, is back.
Read more ...Susan Millar DuMars to launch new short story collection
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
SUSAN MILLAR DuMars, the Galway based writer, poet, and creative writing teacher, will launch her new short story collection, Lights In The Distance, this weekend.
Read more ...Get creative in 2011 with the Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s winter classes programme in January are an opportunity for those who want to try something new for the New Year.
Read more ...Social surrealism at the Galway City Museum
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
CHRIS ORR, Social Surrealist, is the title of a new exhibition which is currently on show in the Galway City Museum.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Dec 16, 2010
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Eating a roll with spicy chicken, cheese, mayonnaise, and lettuce. And world peace.
