Wheatus @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

WHEATUS, THE band responsible for ‘Teenage Dirtbag’, one of the biggest hits of the noughties, are coming to Galway.

The song featured on the soundtrack to the movie Loser, starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, and reached No 1 in many countries, and No 2 in the British charts. Wheatus followed that success up with a cover of Erasure's ‘A Little Respect’, which peaked at No 3.

Galway artists on display in window exhibition

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

FOUR GALWAY artists, Cecilia Danell, Brid Egan, Alannah Barrett, and Arlene McPadden, are exhibiting in an unusual location - the windows of Brown Thomas.

A ‘macho’ exhibition

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

WHAT IS it to be macho? Hard livin’, hard drinkin’, wine, women and song rabble rousing? Beer and crisps street fighter? Muscle-bound body builder? Leather clad, biker, tough guy?

New novel asksWhat Would Kate Do

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

KATE MIDDLETON is something of an icon of style and role model for certain women, and fans of the British duchess will enjoy a new novel entitled What Would Kate Do.

Galway Arts Centre creative writing classes

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginner and continuing creative writing students will take place in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, in September.

The music of the ancient Irish harp

Thu, Aug 15, 2013

EARLY IRISH songs and music will be performed on the harp, Ireland’s national emblem and instrument, at a special concert in Galway city next week.

My Fellow Sponges - folk, prog, and science fiction sounds

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

AMONG THE more beguiling music releases this summer is Bonne Nuit, the debut offering from Galway ensemble My Fellow Sponges which was officially launched a few weeks ago at the Róisín Dubh.

Janeane Garofalo to play the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

JANEANE GAROFALO, the critically acclaimed, award winning comedian and actress plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday August 18 at 8pm.

A lightning rod for controversy, Janeane's well informed opinions and unflinching honesty have inspired laughs all over the world and made her a household name.

Shay Mouse returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

SHAY MOUSE, one of the hit shows of last month’s Galway Arts Festival, returns to the stage for three performances.

NUIG appoints first professor of drama

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

PATRICK LONERGAN has been appointed as NUI Galway’s first professor of drama and theatre studies. His focus will be to develop new courses, build research resources, and partner with theatre companies.

New theatre programme seeks applicants

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

JOLT: VOLITION, a new theatre project, centred on creating original work through workshops, festival events, and discussions, is seeking applications.

JOLT, which runs in Galway under the guidance of Róisín Stack and Craig Flaherty, has been awarded an Arts Council grant to roll out the Volition programme.

Connemara sounds in An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

SONGS, MUSIC, and sean nós dancing from singer-songwriter Don Stiffe and Carna’s Ó Iarnáin family, will form the core of the new Conamara sa Chathair shows.

Revisiting Eclipsed with Margaret O’Sullivan

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

IT IS now more than 20 years since Patricia Burke Brogan’s powerful play, Eclipsed, received its premiere in Galway from Punchbag Theatre Company.

Dott announce album release date

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

IT IS now more than 20 years since Patricia Burke Brogan’s powerful play, Eclipsed, received its premiere in Galway from Punchbag Theatre Company.

Winner of a Fringe First at Edinburgh in 1992, the play was one of the first works to tell the harrowing story of the Magdalen laundries and the women who were incarcerated within their walls. Widely acclaimed during its inaugural run, Eclipsed has since gone on to receive more than 60 productions both in Ireland and overseas, winning a Moss Hart Award in the US in 1994.

Creative writing classes @ GTI

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

BEGINNERS AND intermediate creative writing classes will be held in the Galway Technical Institute in September and bookings are now being taken.

Poetry classes in GAC

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

THE POET Stephen Murray will hold poetry master classes for adults and children at the Galway Arts Centre this month.

Brendan Grace - laughter in Salthill

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

BRENDAN GRACE returns to Galway to play The Salthill Hotel on Thursday August 15.

GAP cinema screening

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

THE BRILLIANT Despicable Me 2 will be the next screening in the Galway Autism Partnership’s sensory movie for families affected by autism series.

Extras sought for film

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

EXTRAS FOR a period drama will be cast tomorrow at 10am in Arus na nGael in Dominick Street.

Alabama 3 - unplugged in Galway

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

ALABAMA 3 have been called many things - pop band, punk rock, blues and country, a techno situationist crypto-Marxist-Leninist electro band.

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