The Alice Collective @ Róísín Dubh

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

THE ALICE Collective is an intriguing collection of artists and performers led by singer-songwriter Mary Cahir, and they will play the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9.30pm.

New Galway choir hosts auditions

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

A NEW choir, The Galway Sings Project, will host an adult education singing class, starting in Thursday September 17 in room AM 110 in the Arts Millennium building, NUI Galway.

The Cure tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GLWAY FANS of The Cure fans have a chance to don the eyeliner, don black gear, and use tons of hairspray and gel when Fire In Cairo, the tribute band to The Cure play Galway this month.

Dance classes for toddlers and children

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

MISS LAURIE And Stepping Up Dance Arts has added new classes and venues for its autumn dance classes for aspiring dancers, ranging in age from toddlers to 10-year-olds.

Hirsute - a photo celebration of bearded Galwegians

Wed, Sep 09, 2015

NOT SINCE the days when angry young men stomped the streets, loudly declaring "The seventies will be socialist!", and their more cerebral brethren reclined on cushions in patchouli soaked rooms, stoned out of their minds to Pink Floyd and Genesis, have beards been so predominant.

Theatre review: Vernon God Little

Theatre Reviews Wed, Sep 09, 2015

THE MAN sitting behind me laughed uproariously. Volleys and explosions of mirth erupted from other punters nearby. A standing ovation greeted the final curtain. Yet Vernon God Little completely bypassed my own funnybone and that is nothing to do with Decadent’s fine stage adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Booker-winning novel. His brand of humour just doesn’t float my boat.

Cinema review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Films Reviews Tue, Sep 08, 2015

DARKLY FUNNY and surprisingly profound, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s second feature is a real gem. If nothing else, it at least had my favourite film title of the year. It is a fresh take on this new wave of young adult weepies - The Fault In Our Stars, Now Is Good, and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. Flms in this subgenre have been more hit than miss but are we getting to a saturation point of watching beautiful young people die?

Style, decadence, glamour, opulence

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

STOCKINGS, SUSPENDERS, lavish lingerie, suggestive dances, and lashings of sauce, burlesque is no longer about women performing for men, today it is about women performing for women, and artists and audience celebrating the diversity of female forms.

Padraic McCormack - 'a writer in the John B Keane mode'

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 03, 2015

PETER MANDLESON'S autobiography includes a photograph of him relaxing at Mick Jagger’s house. It is hard to imagine former Galway West Fine Gael TD Padraic McCormack ever wanting to hang around with rock stars. Instead McCormack has a genuine interest in the eccentricities that make otherwise unremarkable people, in unremarkable places, far more interesting than anyone photographed with the late Princess Margaret.

Clifden Arts Festival - Connemara’s mecca for culture

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Christy Moore, Mairtin O’Connor, Louis De Paor, Mick Flannery, and Fr Peter Mc Verry are among the many names who will be taking part in the 38th Clifden Arts Festival, which runs from Thursday September 17 to Sunday 27, and features theatre, literary, comedy and music events, workshops, and more than 200 family events.

Acts annouced for Rocktoberfest

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

THE HOT Sprockets are among the first round of bands announced for Galway’s new indoor music festival, Rocktoberfest. The event takes place in Monroe’s Live from Thursday October 1 to Sunday 4, and will feature more than 20 acts across two stages.

Jim Kavanagh – viewing ‘The Cosmological Sublime’

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

A MAJOR new exhibition of paintings by Galway artist Jim Kavanagh is currently running at Market Street Gallery, the former Connacht Tribune printworks, entitled As I See It –The Cosmological Sublime.

Return of Star Of The Sea

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

ONE OF the big hits of last year’s Galway International Arts Festival was Star Of The Sea, the superb stage adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s acclaimed novel jointly produced by Moonfish and An Taibhdhearc. Audiences now have a second chance to see this much-praised show when it returns to An Taibhdearc for a short run prior to embarking on a national tour.

Eternal Summers - new album and Róísín Dubh show

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

FOUR ALBUMS into the game, it is only this year that Virginia indie-rock trio Eternal Summers have finally made it across to Europe, and one of their stops is the Róisín Dubh, where they play on Friday September 11 at 9pm.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

GALWAY ADVERTISER arts editor Kernan Andrews, poet Kate Ennals, broadcaster Clara Rose Thornton, and writers Susan Lanigan, and Ruth Aylett, will all read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in The Kitchen, Galway City Museum, on Friday September 11 at 8pm.

Patricia Routledge in conversation at the Town Hall

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

"SHE'S SINGING at me! She's always singing at me!" the beleaguered and long suffering divorcee Emmet would utter in panic stricken moments whenever Hyacinth Bucket ("it's pronounced 'Bouquet!") crossed his path in the classic sit-com Keeping Up Appearances.

Olaf Tyaransen film to be screened at Electric Picnic

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

DON'T YOU Know Who I Am? the acclaimed rock‘n’roll short film, written and produced by award-winning Galway author Olaf Tyaransen, will be screened at Electric Picnic this Saturday.

Celebrate Sondheim with Stella Bass

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, one of the greatest songwriters and lyricists of modern times, responsible for 'Send in the Clowns', 'I Feel Pretty' and the Oscar-winning 'Sooner or Later', as well as musicals such as West Side Story and Sweeney Todd, is 85 this year.

Guess How Much I Love You comes to Baboró

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

GUESS HOW Much I Love You, the much loved and award winning children's story written by Irish author Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram, will be brought to the stage as part of the Baboró International Children's Festival.

Galway Choral Association seeks new members

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

THE GALWAY Choral Association is welcoming new members ahead of the start of its new season of rehearsals on Sunday September 6, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, in St Patrick’s Band Hall. Prospective members can attend up to three rehearsals before deciding to join.

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