Galway artist wins award
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
GALWAY ARTIST John Jennings recently received Best Animation in the 29th Cork Youth Film and Video Festival for his video Man’s First Alien Encounter.
Read more ...Cinema Review - Last Chance Harvey
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Meet Harvey Shine, a middle-aged man who has somehow ended up with a thankless dead-end job and estranged from his family. Then there’s Kate Walker, who feels well on her way to becoming the spinster with 10 cats and an over-needy paranoid mother to bug her 24/7. They meet, eventually learn to tolerate each other, and much much more.
Read more ...Jon Jost to attend Galway Film Fleadh
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
THE AMERICAN filmmaker Jon Jost will host a special workshop at the Galway Film Fleadh in conjunction with the Galway Film Centre. A number of his films will also be screened during the fleadh.
Read more ...The Easter Rising and Europe
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
DESPITE THE general perception that the massive advances in technology threaten the future of the printed book, the parallel growth in the number of new publications would suggest the contrary.
This is certainly true in the case of historical material, especially, at least in Ireland, in the case of books relating to the 1916 Rising. At present, Mercier Press IS publishing at least one new volume a month dealing with various aspects of the War of Independence and the lead up to it. At this rate, by the time we reach the centenary of the Rising, every county with have at least one book describing its part in the fight for Irish freedom. Even government ministers are getting in on the act with the Collins Press publishing Michael Martin’s Freedom To Choose: Cork and Party Politics 1918-1932.
Read more ...New book published on The Quiet Man
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
THE QUIET Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara remains one of the best loved films of all time, and is now the subject of a new book, edited by two Galway based academics.
The Quiet Man...and Beyond: Reflections on a Classic Film, John Ford and Ireland, edited by Seán Crosson and Rod Stoneman and published by The Liffey Press, will be launched today in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media as part of the American Conference for Irish Studies 2009.
Read more ...Galway Arts Festival - 2009 line up
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
GLAM ROCK legends the New York Dolls and a major dance show by the brilliant Michael Clark, inspired by the Glam era of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, are just two of the many exciting shows, concerts, events, readings, and exhibitions lined up for this year’s Galway Arts Festival, which runs from July 13 to 26.
Read more ...Jimmy McCarthy at the Town Hall Theatre
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
CORK SONGWRITER Jimmy McCarthy has written some of the most popular contemporary Irish songs, with Christy Moore, Mary Black, Maura O’Connell, Tommy Fleming, and Mary Coughlan all enjoying chart success with McCarthy compositions including ‘Ride On’, ‘No Frontiers’, ‘Mystic Lipstick’, and ‘Ancient Rain’.
Read more ...Galway Sessions 2009 takes place next month
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
THE GALWAY Sessions, the city’s folk, trad, and roots music festival, featuring singers and musicians from Ireland and abroad, takes place from June 15 to 21, mostly in The Crane Bar on Sea Road.
Read more ...Eclipsed to give view of life inside the Magdalene laundries at Town Hall
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
ATHENRY’S ECLIPSE Theatre Company come to the Town Hall next week with their debut production which, appropriately enough, is a staging of Patricia Burke Brogan’s powerful play about the Magdalene laundries, Eclipsed.
Read more ...Don Baker @ Town Hall
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Irish blues master Don Baker (pictured) and his band play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday June 12 at 8pm. Apart from his harmonica playing, Don is also an accomplished guitar player and songwriter. Tickets are available from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.
Read more ...Steve Earle @ Town Hall
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Steve Earle will play two nights in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday November 9 and Tuesday 10. Tickets are on sale now from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.
Read more ...Looking for the perfect hat
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
GALWAY’S THEATRE company for children, Cups and Crowns, will celebrate its fifth birthday by staging Stitch In Time, a story for those aged seven to 11, in the Town Hall Studio.
Read more ...Do you want to take part in Peter Pan?
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
ANYONE WHO would like to be involved in the upcoming musical production of Peter Pan can enrol in Days Hotel, Dublin Road, Mervue, on Saturday.
Read more ...Win signed Julie Feeney albums
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
ATHENRY BORN singer Julie Feeney will sign copies of her new album pages in HMV Galway on Saturday at 11.30pm.
Read more ...Reggae legend Horace Andy @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
HORACE ANDY is best known for his work with Massive Attack in the 1990s, but to reggae fans he is an icon, gifted with one of the most distinctive voices in reggae music.
Read more ...Latin and trad bands to play Coyotes
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
FANS OF Latin American music and Irish trad have plenty to look forward to with the gigs that are taking place in Coyotes Late Bar.
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Lisa Hannigan @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 9 at 8pm and Friday 10 at 8pm. Tickets are €23/21 and available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.
Read more ...The Commander to release new EP
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
WHAT IF We All Said No, the new EP from Galway’s The Commander will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, EMusic, and Napster from Saturday.
The EP will feature five slices of deep techy house music and no doubt The Commander will be playing some of those tracks (and plenty more) at the EP launch party in The Cellar Bar, also on Saturday. Remixes are on the way from Audiofeen and Keith Disconaut, and Purple Edge Records look set to do the DJ digital distribution.
Read more ...Experience the spirit of flamenco at the Black Box
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
FLAMENCO, THE vibrant, passionate music and dance style, a fusion of the Islamic, Jewish, and Spanish cultures of Andalucia, will take over the Black Box Theatre on Friday June 12.
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