Go mad to the music of the mediaeval era
Thu, May 13, 2010
MUSIC AND madness is the theme of this year’s Galway Early Music Festival 2010 which takes place from Friday May 28 to Sunday 30 and features music from the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre writing workshops
Thu, May 13, 2010
THE POETS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will hold classes in poetry and creative writing in the Galway Arts Centre.
Read more ...Galway Camera Club to hold charity exhibition
Thu, May 13, 2010
THE GALWAY Camera Club’s new exhibition, Images For Life, will open in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán, on Saturday at 1.30pm.
Read more ...Daring New York jazz comes to Nuns Island
Thu, May 13, 2010
VIOLINIST MARK Feldman and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier are regarded as two musicians bringing chamber music into the future in the way they combine classical and jazz.
Read more ...Hollywood casting agent Dan Hubbard to give Galway acting workshop
Thu, May 13, 2010
CASTING GIANT Dan Hubbard, whose credits include The Hurt Locker, Bourne Supremacy, and King Kong, and who can list Kate Winslet among his discoveries, is set for a special two day workshop in Galway on June 19 and 20.
Read more ...The Laughter Lounge to celebrate fifth birthday
Thu, May 13, 2010
THE LAUGHTER Lounge in the Róisín Dubh will hold it’s fifth birthday party on Wednesday with sets from Damien Clark, Addy Van Der Borgh, and Keith Farnan.
Read more ...A charity comedy showdown
Thu, May 13, 2010
A COMEDY showdown, in aid of the Irish Cancer Society, featuring 16 comedians, will take place in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Sunday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Challenging issues in Crucified Ireland
Thu, May 13, 2010
CRUCIFIED IRELAND, a new Forum Theatre presentation will be staged by Galway community theatre ALâ in the Town Hall studio from May 19 to 22 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...The Singing Irish Clown
Thu, May 06, 2010
GALWAY’S OWN Little John Nee returns to the Town Hall Theatre stage next week with Johnny Patterson, The Singing Irish Clown, staged by Barabbas. The play was written by Little John and features himself in the cast along with Roger Gregg and Bryan Burroughs.
Read more ...Galway’s Fashion Fiesta starts on Monday
Thu, May 06, 2010
GALWAY CITY’S inaugural fashion week - The Fashion Fiesta - kicks off on Monday and runs until Friday, and aims to lay the basis for an annual May fashion extravaganza.
Read more ...GMIT students’ exhibition opens tomorrow
Thu, May 06, 2010
SURFACE is the title of this year’s annual exhibition by the GMIT’s third year painting students and it opens tomorrow at 6pm at No 8, Lombard Street, beside Ryan’s Homestores.
Read more ...Enjoy a concert of Summer Airs
Thu, May 06, 2010
IT IS the month of May and officially summertime, so why not welcome in the new season at the Summer Airs concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Friday May 14 at 8pm.
Read more ...Swing back to a golden era of song
Thu, May 06, 2010
COOL DUDES and glamorous dames will be taking to the stage of the Town Hall to perform the great songs of Frank Sinatra, Nat ‘King’ Cole and Bing Crosby, in Strictly Swing.
Read more ...Dancing on the ceiling
Thu, May 06, 2010
AERIAL DANCE is dance with a difference. It has all the beauty and grace of professional dance, but the dancers are suspended from the ceiling!
Read more ...The Wizard Of Oz auditions
Thu, May 06, 2010
JOHNNY DUHAN, one of Ireland’s most respected songwriters and the writer of ‘The Voyage’ and ‘Don’t Give Up ‘Til It’s Over’, will play the Town Hall.
Read more ...Saw Doctors’ concert to support 48 Hours magazine
Thu, May 06, 2010
THE SAW Doctors will play a one-off, intimate, concert at Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, on Wednesday June 2, with all proceeds going to the internet magazine, 48 Hours.
Read more ...Jerry Fish to play Monroe’s in June
Thu, May 06, 2010
JERRY FISH & The Mudbug Club will be bringing their much loved “indie lounge lizard schmooze, mariachi swampadelica” styled act and music to Monroe’s Live on Thursday June 3.
Read more ...‘Suave’ clarinettist Paul Roe to play Galway
Thu, May 06, 2010
SUAVE IS a term normally reserved for the Pierse Brosnans and Bryan Ferrys of this world, but the classical musician, clarinettist Paul Roe, has this quality too.
Read more ...Dark thoughts from the early noughties
Thu, May 06, 2010
LOUIS DE PAOR’S agus rud eile/and another thing was first published in the original Irish eight years ago. In this new edition by Cló Iar-Chonnachta, English language translations perform a valuable service by making the work of one of our best poets available to a wider audience.
Read more ...The mystery of the disappearing man
Thu, May 06, 2010
“HE LEFT them there, standing under the sycamore tree, the two dray horses, the plough lying on its side nearby, the soil fresh on its blade. And of himself, not a sign ever of him anywhere. Gone. Like the wind. Just like that. Done a bunk, as they say...”
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