Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Happiness is a pursuit, often in the dark, of something that may be unattainable in this world.
Readings in the city
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
THE ACCLAIMED Derry poet Colette Bryce and the playwright and novelist Miriam Gallagher will be reading at two different literary events in Galway next week.
Read more ...Laughable, loveable loosers
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
When lazy process server Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) witnesses a drug-related murder between a crooked cop and a dangerous drug lord, he and his drug dealer Saul (James Franco) have to go on the run. Dale panicked at the crime scene and dumped his joint of a rare new weed called Pineapple express, which was then traced back to Saul. The two fugitives quickly flee with the cop and his accomplice hot on their trail.
Read more ...Inferior remake of sharply observed classic
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
THE REMAKE of The Women, first filmed by George Cukor in 1939 and based on the play by Clare Luce Booth, has handily been released only months after Sex in the City.
Read more ...Classical music and literary events for Clifden arts week
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
CLASSICAL MUSIC to thrill the ears and readings from poems and novels which will stir the imagination are set to be the order of the day at the Clifden Community Arts Week which begins tomorrow.
Read more ...Celebrate the arts in the Gaeltacht
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
TO CELEBRATE the 10th anniversary of Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo, a series of cultural events will take place in Galway from September 25 to 27.
Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo is a partnership founded in 1998 by The Arts Council and Údarás na Gaeltachta to develop the arts in the Gaeltacht. The public will get a taste of various projects supported through this partnership, and artists from all over the Gaeltacht will have the opportunity to get together, share their experiences, and ideas.
Read more ...Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
HARRY COULD not have timed his discovery better, as five years old is exactly the right age to discover dinosaurs!
Read more ...Xklima to play Nuns Island
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
GALWAY ELECTRONICA group Xklima will play the Nuns Island Studio on Saturday at 7.30pm.
Centred around main members Mark Long and Ivan Murray, Xklima blend electronic elements, live sampling, looping, and vocal manipulation with guitar, bass, and live percussion.
Read more ...Martin McDonagh – back to where it all started
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
ON FEBRUARY 1 1996, at the Town Hall theatre, Druid presented the world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s Beauty Queen Of Leenane thereby launching one of the most spectacularly successful writing careers in modern theatre.
Read more ...The return of Tír Na nÓg - legendary folk duo to play The Crane
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
TÍR NA nÓg are experiencing something of a revival and for the first time in several years the duo of Sonny Condell and Leo O’Kelly join forces to play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Thursday September 18 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Kanyu Tree release new single tomorrow
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
A NEW chapter in the story of The Kanyu Tree opens tomorrow when the Salthill based band of brothers release their second single ‘Congratulations’ with two shows in the city.
Read more ...Iron Mike’s sparring partner Big Joe Egan on his life in the ring and other battles
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
IF YOU get into the ring with Mike Tyson on a regular basis for a pummelling, people will generally consider you either very brave, very stupid, or both.
Yet this is what Irish boxer Big Joe Egan has done on a regular basis over the past 25 years which led Tyson to refer to him as “the toughest white man on the planet”.
Read more ...Baboró promises October fun for children
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
BABORÓ, THE Galway based international arts festival for children, returns from October 13 to 19 featuring opera singing sheep, a lost sock workshops, haunted houses, hip hop dance, life size bubbles, and an electric fairy.
Read more ...ALá to run new multi-cultural theatre workshop
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
ALÁ COMMUNITY Theatre will open it’s new venture, the ALá Multicultural Theatre Workshop, this Tuesday in the Ballybane Community Resource Centre.
The workshop is designed for a mix of students of all nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, and traditions and will take place every Tuesday from 7.30pm to 10pm at the centre.
Read more ...Birdsongs: Shearwater to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
THERE IS a Chinese proverb which states: “A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.”
Read more ...Trojan Sound System @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
THE TROJAN label was launched in July 1967 to showcase productions by Duke Reid. Since then it has been a key player in presenting the best in Jamaican rocksteady and reggae.
Read more ...Cologne’s Daso to play De Burgo’s
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
COLOGNE BASED electronic producer Daso will play LowerState at De Burgo’s tomorrow at 10pm.
Read more ...Karl Spain to play The Comedy Club
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
The biggest hit at the Comedy Tent at this year’s Electric Picnic was Limerick’s Karl Spain. Following that triumphant performance, he plays The Comedy Club at Cuba* on Sunday.
Karl will be a regular on this seasons The Panel on RTÉ 2 and he will also be reporting a sideways view on all the Republic Of Ireland’s World Cup qualifiers on RTÉ, where he will be mixing with fans and players.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
I sometimes think I'm quite close to being happy, but something ruins it. I was happy earlier on today but then I had a huge nosebleed.
I sometimes think I'm quite close to being happy, but something ruins it. I was happy earlier on today but then I had a huge nosebleed.
Read more ...Venetian Bookends to open Music For Galway season
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
VENICE’S QUARTETTO di Venezia and pianist Alberto Nosè, from the province of Veneto - the capital of which is Venice - play NUI, Galway’s Aula Maxima on Thursday September 18 at 8pm.
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