Lions Club to auction work by leading Galway artist
Thu, Dec 03, 2020
An atmospheric landscape by Joan Hogan, one of Galway’s leading artists, will be auctioned by the Lions Club tomorrow.
Read more ...Rusted Rail releases new Songs of Green Pheasant album
Thu, Dec 03, 2020
WHEN THE Weather changes, the first new album in almost a decade from singer-songwriter Songs of Green Pheasant, is released tomorrow, Friday December 4, via the independent Galway label, Rusted Rail.
Read more ...Film Review: Mank
Films Reviews Tue, Dec 01, 2020
NETFLIX HAS two big budget prestige films out this month - Hillbilly Elegy, traditional Oscar bait and frankly one of the worst films I have seen this year; and Mank, from director David Fincher, which is a Hollywood biopic, traditionally a genre that does well at award season.
Read more ...Sean Keane - new single and Town Hall show
Mon, Nov 30, 2020
SEAN KEANE, one of Galway's finest, and best loved singers, this week released his new single, 'I'll Be There', ahead of his virtual Town Hall Theatre show later this month.
Read more ...A darkly humorous look at surviving 2020
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
COME THE end of the year, the question will not be, "How was 2020 for you?", but rather "How did you get through 2020?" In his new book, Galway poet Kevin Higgins will provide his answer.
Read more ...'Bare Feet on Grass' - The Raines release new single
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
'BARE FEET On Grass’, the new single from The Raines, the Galway folk 'supergroup' of Yvonne Tiernan, Ruth Dillon, and Juliana Erkkonen, is a poignant, yet hopeful song inspired by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Read more ...Oughterard virtual artwork market
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
AN ONLINE art market takes place tomorrow evening in Galway, with work by more than 20 artists available to purchase.
Read more ...Galway Pride plans series of online events for December
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
As the days darken towards the end of an unprecedented and difficult year, a bit of joy and colour will be brought to Galway when Galway's LGBT+ community hosts Winter Pride.
Read more ...EP Review: Laura Groves
Music Reviews Thu, Nov 26, 2020
AS BLUE Roses, she recorded piano based songs which had the shifting tonal qualities and structures of classical music, and over which her voice danced beautifully.
Read more ...Eoin Dolan - Good human being
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
IT ALL began with something that no longer exists. It started at a rehearsal by the long defunct Renmore Brass Band, but it would have a profound effect on one young member of the audience.
Read more ...Galway made film is Ireland’s entry for Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
ARRACHT, AN Irish-language feature film which was made in Connemara, has been selected as Ireland’s entry for the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category for 93rd annual Academy Awards.
Read more ...'Getting To Know...'
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A day when the painting is going well and the coffee is good, followed by a pint of Beamish with the fella.
The Stinging Fly - Galway 2020 edition
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
LISA McINERNEY, the acclaimed and award winning author of The Glorious Heresies and The Blood Miracles is the guest editor of a special Galway 2020 edition of The Stinging Fly.
Read more ...Doire Press to mark 10th birthday with online reading
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
CONNEMARA BASED publishing company, Doire Press, will mark its 10th birthday with a cross-border/cross-genre reading and panel discussion as part of this weekend's Dublin Book Festival.
Read more ...ROPES seeks submissions
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
ROPES, THE annual literary journal from NUI Galway's MA in Publishing and Literature students is seeking submissions for writers and artists.
Read more ...Online contemplative dance retreat
Mon, Nov 23, 2020
A free, online, contemplative dance retreat for professional dance artists will take place this Sunday, November 29, from 10am to 4pm.
Read more ...World premiere of new music to be performed at St Nicholas'
Thu, Nov 19, 2020
THE WORLD premiere of Rhona Clarke's O Vis Aeternitatis, along with music by Handel and Purcell, will be performed in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church this weekend.
Read more ...New poetry collection from Denis Mockler
Thu, Nov 19, 2020
THE POET and songwriter Denis Mockler will launch his new collection of poems, More Poetry From The Heart Of Galway, with a series of Facebook Live events.
Read more ...Album review: Marina Kaye
Music Reviews Thu, Nov 19, 2020
ANY HONEST look at the music created over this past decade reveals a basic truth - most of the best music is being made by women.
Read more ...InterAction 2.0 - a weekend of virtual theatre for Galway
Thu, Nov 19, 2020
A WEEKEND of theatre from Galway will close out the month of November. InterAction 2.0 will feature visual, online theatre shows where the focus will be on the immersive, the challenging, and the imaginative.
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