Fintan O’Toole - pointing the way towards a new republic
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
ONE OF our most esteemed political commentators, Fintan O’Toole, is appearing at the Town Hall Theatre next week in a reading/discussion centred around his provocative new book Enough Is Enough; How to Build a New Republic.
In Enough Is Enough, O’Toole detonates the five myths that govern Irish life – from the notion that politicians properly represent their constituents and ‘get things done’ to the dangerous idea that Ireland in the early 21st century became one of the richest countries in the world.
Read more ...Villagers - Conor O’Brien cruises into pole position with Villagers
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
CONOR J O’BRIEN first came to national attention with The Immediate. The avant-garde quartet became the toast of the Irish music scene with their debut album In Towers and Clouds in 2006 which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.
Read more ...The Bahh Band to launch debut album
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
GALWAY GROUP The Bahh Band, whose music fuses Indian classic, Irish trad, and American blues, launch their debut album in Monroe’s Tavern tomorrow at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Woody Allen’s Writer’s Block to receive Irish premiere in Town Hall
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
“I LIKE writing. It keeps my mind off grim subjects. It’s therapeutic in the same way a patient in an institution is given fingerpaints,” so said film maker, writer, actor, and playwright Woody Allen in a 2005 interview.
Allen is best known for his many classic films, but there are many strings to the gifted New Yorkers bow and it is often overlooked that he has also enjoyed success as a playwright with the Broadway plays Don’t Drink the Water (1966) and Play It Again, Sam (1969), as well as with several one-act plays, including Writer’s Block.
Read more ...Frank Naughton concerts at St Nicholas’
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
TENOR FRANK Naughton is promising to dispel some of the doom and gloom pervading the country these days with two seasonal concerts at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church on Friday December 3 and Saturday 4.
Read more ...Dream folk singer Marissa Nadler @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
MARISSA NADLER is something of a Renaissance woman. She is a singer, songwriter, illustrator, and painter, who plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 3 at 9pm.
Read more ...Damien Dempsey’s charity PREDA concert
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
DAMIEN DEMPSEY has never been shy to voice his opinions on life, politics, and society in his music, but he is also a man who practices what he preaches.
The impassioned Dublin singer-songwriter will be returning to Galway next month to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday December 16 at 9pm for the ‘PREDA concert for Justice for Children at Risk in the Philippines’.
Read more ...The Guts to launch debut album in Kelly’s
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
GALWAY BAND The Guts will launch their debut album RAT with a concert upstairs in Kelly’s next Wednesday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Funk v rock @ the Silent Disco
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
THE SILENT Disco in the Róisín Dubh takes a new twist with a themed night this Saturday of ‘Funk’n’Soul v Rock’n’Roll’.
Read more ...Lucia Evans’ vocal studio concert
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
VOCAL STUDENTS of Galway soul singer Lucia Evans will perform in the Salthill Hotel this Sunday at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Leading young Chinese pianist to play NUIG
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
THE ONLY piano recital in this year’s Music For Galway season takes place on Tuesday at 8pm in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, with the great Chinese pianist Jue Wang.
Read more ...Art Essence gallery holds fine art sale
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
FINE ART is normally an expensive purchase, and a painting could set you back enough to lead you to enduring beans on toast for your Christmas dinner.
Thankfully in Galway, you do not have to endure penury to acquire some wonderful art works. The Art Essence Gallery in the Liosbán estate, is holding the Fabulous Fifty and Heavenly Hundred Fine Art and Crystal Sale from this Sunday at 2.30pm until Thursday December 23.
Read more ...We can all own a piece of the song
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
IN THIS era of downloading and Youtube, the means of production have transferred from the record companies to ordinary people, raising questions over the relevance of copyright.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being at the epicentre of the most intense drinking session or walking by the sea hand in hand with the one I love.
Tribal Chamber Choir launch debut album
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
THE TRIBAL Chamber Choir, directed by Mark Keane, will launch their debut album Carols From Galway with a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church next week.
Read more ...New books to be launched in NUIG
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
TWO NEW books by Prof Brian Arkins of the Classics Department in NUI, Galway will be launched tomorrow.
Read more ...Rising comedy star Roisin Conaty to play Laughter Lounge
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
ROISIN CONATY, the pulchritudinous Co Kerry born, London based comic, described by Time Out as “a seriously talented young lady” is coming to Galway.
Read more ...New documentary on Rossport/Shell struggle to be screened at The Eye
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
THE PIPE, the award-winning Irish documentary on Rossport’s struggle against the economic might of Shell, will be screened in The Eye cinema in Wellpark on Saturday December 4.
Read more ...Little Cinema Short Film Club
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
THE NEXT screening by the Little Cinema Short Film Club takes place on Tuesday, upstairs in Kelly’s Bar.
The club screens amateur and professional short films. Filmmakers are welcome to submit their films to screen to the public at the club. The director will introduce the film before the screening. There is an entry fee of €3 with the submitter getting in free.
Read more ...The Coronas - foreign adventures and hanging with Macca
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
DECEMBER IS going to be a amazing month for music fans in the city as three of Ireland’s leading bands - Two Door Cinema Club, Villagers, and The Coronas - come to Galway for a series of major ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concerts.
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