Portumna Shorelines Arts Festival starts today

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

ODAY SEES the opening of the Shorelines Arts Festival, which will be held throughout this weekend, in Portumna, selected as County Galway’s first Village of Culture.

Ciana Campbell, broadcaster and chair of the Ennis Book Club Festival will open the festival today and this will also mark the opening of the Gallery at the Workhouse, designed as a new exhibition space for the mid-west of Ireland.

Norwegian punk for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

“HONNINGBARNA ARE so good they could have been genetically modified to be the voice of a modern punk generation,” according to The Fly.

Moving statues and the rural vernacular

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE MOMENTOUS Irish summer of 1985, with its spate of religious apparitions, is revisited in Gerry Conneely’s new comedy, The Year of Moving Statues, which comes to Druid Theatre next week.

The play has already enjoyed a sell-out run in Conneely’s hometown of Kinvara, and over a weekend chat, he filled me in on its details, beginning with his recollections of 1985.

Scottish composer to work with young Galway orchestras

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE SCOTTISH composer James Ross has been appointed the first Composer in Residence to the Galway Music Education Partnership and he will be working with youth orchestras and composers in Galway.

From Norway to Galway

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

A POTENTIALLY fascinating play awaits theatre goers to An Taibhdhearc on Saturday September 21 at 8pm, when a Norwegian theatre company takes to the stage.

Power Performance Academy enrols for new term

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE POWER Performance Academy is taking enrolments for its new term this Saturday and those aged between four and 17 are invited to go along.

New Galway film wraps up shooting

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

A Galway Film Centre/RTÉ funded short film, The Weather Report, has wrapped and post-production work on it has now begun.

Learn to sing harmonies

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

Galwegians interested in learning to sing in harmony can check out new singing classes in Áras na Gael, Dominick Street, by Kate Duignan, a natural voice practitioner.

Classes are held on Fridays at 5.30pm (beginners) and 7.30pm (for those who want to be part of a pop-up choir). Classes are for seven weeks and cost €7 each or €12 for both.

Galway Gospel Choir seeks men

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

GALWAY GOSPEL Choir is looking for male singers – basses and tenors - to join the group who begin rehearsals for the new season this week.

Martin Dyar lands place on US international writing programme

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

NUI GALWAY graduate and award winner poet Martin Dyer has been awarded a place on the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

New Irish comedy film to be screened at The Eye

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

THE O’BRIENS Movie, a new Irish comedy film shot in Headford, will be screened this evening in The Eye Cinema.

Stay Golden with ASIWYFA

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

AND SO I Watch You From Afar are set to take over the Róisín Dubh in December where they will curate two nights of live music events.

Preston Reed returns to Galway

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

WHEN TOTAL Guitar described Preston Reed as “the world’s most gifted guitarist” and Guitarist described his playing as “spellbinding” they were not exaggerating.

The Latchikos release debut single today

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

GALWAY BAND The Latchikos release their debut single ‘Off to Bondi-Junction’ and play three gigs in Galway city and county this week.

Metal night @ Monroe’s

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

GALWAY ALTERNATIVE metal band Between The Lines, formerly known as Black Tooth, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.

Sons Of Gingerbread @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

SONS OF Gingerbread are not a band easy to pigeonhole, with a sound that encompasses funk, jazz, rockabilly, folk, reggae, ska, prog, and soul.

John Grant to return to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

JOHN GRANT, the marvellous American singer-songwriter behind the acclaimed albums Queen Of Denmark and Pale Green Ghosts, is coming back to Galway.

Music For Galway launches new season

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

PREMIERES OF new music, Handel’s Messiah, and the revolutionary sounds of Debussy, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky all form part of Music For Galway’s 33rd concert programme series.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

WRITERS JOHN Foulcher, Rachel Coventry, and Padhraic Harris will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday September 26 at 6.30pm.

Resonance @ The Shed

Thu, Sep 19, 2013

ARTSPACE STUDIOS will open Resonance, a collaborative exhibition, featuring visual artists, graduates, academics, writers, and community groups, as part of Culture Night.

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