Cinema review:- Legend

Films Reviews Mon, Sep 14, 2015

THE LATEST movie about the Kray twins, Legend, has been much hyped in the last few months, but it is all a bit of a let-down, concentrating only on a four year period and omitting the brothers rise to power in the east end of London.

Album review: Eternal Summers

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 10, 2015

ALMOST AS soon as the 1990s hit the '20 years ago' mark, a generation of young bands, many barely old enough to remember the decade, delved headlong into exploring the indie-rock sounds of that time, in the process reviving many of the styles of that era.

A child-delighting feast of shows

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

FOR THOSE of us blessed with kids, or who can borrow kids, a highlight of the year is the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children. So it was with great delight that your trusty correspondent attended the Monday evening launch for this year’s festival where details of the 2015 programme were unveiled.

Sam Amidon to play Strange Brew

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

"WHAT DISTINGUISHES Sam Amidon from the pack of folk revivalists currently enamoured with pre-rock Americana: He not only has an impressively deep knowledge of traditional song forms, but takes liberties with the country's past in order to document his own personal present.”

Republic of Telly's Kevin McGahern @ Roisin Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

THE RÓISÍN Dubh Comedy Clubh - it's not a misprint, say it out loud! - sees the return of weekly comedy to the Dominick Street venue and for its opening night the headliner is Republic of Telly's Kevin McGahern.

Gemma Bovery to open new GFS season

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GEMMA BOVERY, the French film starring English actress Gemma Arterton, opens the Galway Film Society's Winter Season 2015, when it is screened in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday September 20 at 8pm.

Bernie Keogh and Cathy Hughes joint exhibition

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

BERNIE KEOGH and Cathy Hughes have been friends for a long time. They were also born and reared in the west of Ireland. Both are also artists, and to mark it all, they are holding a joint exhibition.

Galway City Library poetry reading

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

THE POETS Susan Millar DuMars, Robyn Rowland, and Elaine Gaston will read from their work at the Autumn Poetry Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday September 17 at 6.30pm.

Young writers sought for Comórtas Uí Chonaire competition

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

Comórtas Uí Chonaire, a competition to inspire a new generation of young writers to engage in creative writing as Gaeilge has been launched as a project for the upcoming 1916 Easter Rising commemoration.

Kicking Oscar’s Corpse

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

A FASCINATING story connected to Oscar Wilde arrives at the Town Hall Theatre next week with Brendan Murphy’s Kicking Oscar’s Corpse. Set against the backdrop of WWI, the play centres on a libel case brought about by the dancer Maud Allan against the right wing British MP Noel Pemberton-Billing in 1918.

Josh McClory of The Strypes @ Roctoberfest

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

JOSH MCCLORY, the guitarist and main songwriter with the great Cavan blues-rock/r'n'b band The Strypes, is among the latest acts confirmed to play Monroe's Live as part of its Rocktoberfest event from October 1 to 4.

Gormley's Fine Art opens in Galway tomorrow

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GORMLEY'S FINE Art, one of Ireland's leading art galleries, has opened in Galway at 22 High Street, and will display works by Kenneth Webb, James Brohan, John Behan, Arthur Maderson, Ian Pollock, Gordon Harris, and Eileen Meagher.

The ten mile reversal into Irish rural life

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 10, 2015

TWENTY-NINE years later, the route directions still resonate: “You drive as far as Malin Head and reverse 10 mile”. These were given to my brother Tom in 1986 when he received an invitation to what turned out to be one of the more singular book launches he ever attended.

Music at the Clifden Arts Festival

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

CHRISTY MOORE, Finbar Wright, Mick Flannery, trad and classical,, all kinds of music from all manner of performers will be heard at the 38th annual Clifden Arts Festival which runs from September 17 to 27.

The magic of animals - on canvas

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

JEAN O’CONNOR grooms dogs professionally part-time and tends horses, and for 10 years worked with members of the US equestrian team. Little wonder then that her art focuses extensively on animals.

Over The Edge Culture Night open mics

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

OVER THE Edge will hold two special Culture Night open-mics - one for fiction writers, the other for poets - with prizes for the best readers, at Kenny’s Bookshop and Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park, Tuam Road, Galway on Friday September 18.

Galway Arts Centre autumn classes

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GALWEGIANS THINKING of taking up a new creative endeavour for the autumn should check out the upcoming classes in the Galway Art Centre, Dominick Street, which include storytelling via comics, photography, and writing poetry.

Leading sitar player gives Galway concert

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

WORLD RENOWNED sitar player Surajit Das, accompanied by tabla player Subrata Paul, will give a concert of Indian classical music at the Nun's Island Theatre on Wednesday September 16 at 8pm.

Johnny Duhan - new album and Town Hall show

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

JOHNNY DUHAN, one of Ireland's leading songwriters, best known for 'The Voyage' covered by Christy Moore, plays his first Galway concert in two years, at the Town Hall Theatre, on Friday September 18 at 8pm.

Beechmount Artists information evening

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

THE BEECHMOUNT Art Studio in Lackagh will host an information evening on Friday September 18 at 8pm about its new initiative, Beechmount Artists, a programme to develop student’s work practice with the final goal of selling work online.

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