Garrett Lombard on DruidMurphy’s ‘sense of excitement’

Thu, May 03, 2012

IT IS all systems go with Druid at the moment as rehearsals proceed apace for the forthcoming production of DruidMurphy, comprising three of Tom Murphy’s greatest plays; Famine, Whistle In The Dark, and Conversations On A Homecoming.

Italian stoner rock/indie band for The Cellar

Thu, May 03, 2012

ITALY’S TALISMANSTONE will play The Cellar Bar’s underground venue tonight from 8pm displaying a bass driven approach to metal, stoner rock, and indie.

TalismanStone are a guitar free three piece from Ravenna, Italy - Andrea (five-string bass, sitar, and synth), Erica (four string bass and backing vocals), and Lucia (drums and tabla).

Flamenco dance concert at Black Box

Thu, May 03, 2012

SOLTANDO AMARRAS, an evening of traditional flamenco dance and music takes place in the Black Box Theatre on Thursday May 10 at 8pm.

Birgit Lochmann’s People

Thu, May 03, 2012

GERMAN BORN, Galway based artist Birgit Lochmann will host her new exhibition, entitled People, in the Town Hall Theatre bar.

Americana night @ The Crane

Thu, May 03, 2012

TWO BANDS, one Irish, the other American, both playing roots, folk, and Americana music, play The Crane Bar this Saturday at 6.30pm.

The Galway Early Music Festival returns this month

Thu, May 03, 2012

BAGPIPES AND harps, France, Spain, and Scotland, the mediaeval world to the 18th century, all will be explored and celebrated for the 2012 Galway Early Music Festival.

Cúirt articles

Thu, May 03, 2012

Last week’s article on the poet Sarah Clancy was written by Kevin Higgins, while the March 22 article on Paul Durcan, Monsieur Durcan poete, Je te salue was penned by Des Kenny. They were not written by Kernan Andrews as was stated in the by-line.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, May 03, 2012

VICKERS VIMY, The Little Smoke, and Emma O’Reilly will play Citóg in The Cellar Bar tonight from 9pm.

Bronagh Gallagher @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 03, 2012

BRONAGH GALLAGHER, the actress, singer, and songwriter is about to release her new album, simply entitled Bronagh Gallagher, and this month will see her on tour across Ireland.

Swedish house duo @ Central Park

Thu, May 03, 2012

THE SWEDISH electro-house duo Dada Life will make their Galway debut this Bank Holiday Sunday when they play a gig at Central Park Nightclub on Abbeygate Street.

The Japanese Popstars DJ set

Thu, May 03, 2012

DERRY ELECTRONIC band The Japanese Popstars will perform a special DJ set at Carbon, nightclub this Bank Holiday Sunday, from 11pm.

Curfew @ The Cellar

Thu, May 03, 2012

THE CURFEW DJ night will throw another massive party downstairs in The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

DJs Fuz and Yoseph will be spinning a concoction of dance, disco, house, and funk. Admission is free and there will be drinks promotions.

The Dictator – advanced screenings at The Eye

Thu, May 03, 2012

SACHA BARON Cohen’s new film The Dictator will receive its world premiere at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Thursday May 10 and Galway audiences will be able to see it.

Red Bird to give a SAMPLE of youth creativity

Thu, May 03, 2012

RED BIRD, an up and coming youth-led arts organisation, will hold SAMPLE, an exhibition of its works, which opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow at 6pm.

Red Bird members are aged between 15 and 22 and their interests range from fashion to creative writing, from journalism to acting, and from film to visual art. The group has been working with Galway artist Louise Manifold since September 2011, who has assisted and guided the group in its creative work.

Book launches at Over The Edge

Thu, May 03, 2012

GALWAY AUTHORS Yvonne McEvaddy and Rejini Samuel will launch their new novels at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering at The Kitchen, Galway City Museum, on Wednesday May 9 at 8pm.

Gerry Hanberry to read at The Ardilaun

Thu, May 03, 2012

GALWAY AUTHOR and poet Gerry Hanberry will next week deliver a lecture on how themes of love and laughter reoccur in the works of Irish writers and musicians.

Gerry will give the lecture, entitled Themes of Love and Laughter - the Legacy and Literary Treasures of celebrated Irish Writers Past and Present in The Ardilaun Hotel on Friday May 11. The talk will cover Percy French, James Joyce, WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Patrick Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney, and Johnny Duhan.

Josh Ritter to read at Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 03, 2012

THE AMERICAN singer-songwriter Josh Ritter will make a welcome return to Galway this summer for a public reading from his debut novel.

Win tickets to American Pie: The Reunion @ Galway Omniplex

Thu, May 03, 2012

AMERICAN PIE: The Reunion, sees the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, May 03, 2012

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

World music @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 03, 2012

LATIN AMERICAN, Malaysian, African, and Balkan styles of music will be the order of the day at The Havana Way night in Monroe’s Live on Friday May 11 at 9pm.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.