New year poetry workshops

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

THE GALWAY Arts Centre will host poetry workshops with the acclaimed Galway poet Kevin Higgins in January.

New course to help writers at work

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

HAVE YOU got pages of a story, novel, play, poetry in a drawer you have been wanting to show someone, and get some solid advice and feedback on?

Karma’s charity Christmas party

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

KARMA NIGHT CLUB will hold its ‘Big Massive Christmas Fancy Dress Party’ in aid of Cancer Care West on St Stephen’s Night.

New books from Galway medics

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

A POETRY collection from a retired member of staff and a children’s book from a current staff member were launched this week in University Hospital Galway.

Say farewell to Turn @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

IT MAY have taken them six years to get around to doing it but Irish indie pop-punk trio Turn are finally playing their long promised farewell tour.

Have yourself a funky funky Christmas @ Massimo

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

This Sunday Massimo Bar will host a special Christmas Sunday service. The same chilled music policy will apply only this week with a festive twist. This will be Christmas from the ghetto, winter from trenchtown and Nollaig from Harlem. As always there will be great food served from the Eat restaurant and why not have one of their great coffees or even a mulled wine or two.

The Wilful @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

THE WILFUL have a commitment to entertain and if that means playing AC/DC next to ABBA songs they will do so.

Books on my table

Thu, Dec 20, 2012

Despite Liam Mellows and his men answering the call to arms, and for five days to have caused mayhem in the Oranmore and Athenry areas, Galway was slow to realise that the Easter Rising 1916 was to be a permanent affair. The town was known as a ‘showneen town’, that is a town with a close allegiance to the British way of doing things. This was mainly because of the status of having a major army barracks on its doorstep. The army was an important purchaser of supplies from the town merchants; and many local people were soldiers, or had husbands or boyfriends who were in the army.

The Stunning to perform Paradise In The Picturehouse at Seapoint

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

IT BEGAN life in a rented farmhouse; the first to hear its songs were people going to concerts in Salthill in the late eighties and early nineties; and almost quarter of a century later it remained one of the best loved Irish albums.

Alice’s adventures in clubland

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

ALICE IS not your usual clubnight. It does not take place in a specific venue, rather it is a multimedia experience - clubnight, web page, radio show - and a constantly evolving one at that.

ALICE is the brainchild of Galway DJs Byron B Yates and Yoseph Sheridan which revolves between The Factory, The Blue Note, and Kelly’s. Depending on what venue it is being held in clubbers can expect a different visual and aural experience.

Frank Naughton’s Christmas Carols

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

GALWAY TENOR Frank Naughton is bringing his seasonal show, Christmas Carols, to the Town Hall Theatre, on Thursday, December 20 at 8pm.

Under the baton of Mark Keane, Frank will perform favourite Christmas songs. He will be joined by sopranos Delia Boyce, Hildegarde Naughton, and Sandra Schalks, an orchestra, and The Tribal Chamber Choir.

Aoife Kilbane - Renmore’s Snow White

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

WHILE THE ongoing recession and latest bruising Budget may put a dampener on folk’s Yuletide mood, at least the Renmore Pantomime can be relied upon to spread a generous helping of festive cheer when it takes over the Town Hall Theatre.

Who Needs Enemies – A Christmas Tale

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE HILARIOUS Who Needs Enemies? series returns to the Town Hall Theatre stage for it’s seasonal instalment, A Christmas Tale, next week.

Follow Alice Underground

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

WHEN ALICE spotted the White Rabbit and followed him down a hole, she had no idea of the adventures, and troubles, she would get into.

Little Cinema Christmas screening

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE LITTLE Cinema Club will hold its Christmas screening on Tuesday December 18 at 9pm in Kelly’s, Bridge Street.

There will be screenings of locally made short Christmas films. People are encouraged to wear Christmas jumpers, and the best jumper will win a prize.

The Frank & Walters take Trains, Boats And Planes to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

CORK’S LONG-running indie legends The Frank & Walters play their classic debut album, Trains, Boats And Planes, in its entirety, in the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 21 at 9pm.

Vito De Luca @ The Electric Garden

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

WITH HIS mix of French House and Balearic Beat, Vito De Luca has established himself as party-starting DJ and a star remix teams of the nu-disco scene.

The Atlantic Pirates @ An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

THE ATLANTIC Pirates, one of Galway’s finest folk bands, take to the stage of An Taibhdhearc this weekend.

The show is on Saturday at 8.30pm and will features ballads and rabble rousing songs made famous by The Dubliners, as well as a wide range of songs from across the Irish folk tradition.

Jemson Green @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

JEMSON GREEN will bring their hard-hitting rock sound to Monroe’s Live tonight from 10pm.

Jemson Green - Ronan Power (vocals), Shaun Costello (drums), Shane Mason (lead guitar), Bambi Morrissey (bass), and Steve ‘The Deacon’ McCarthy (rhythm guitar) - have enjoyed radio play in both the US and Europe.