Headford gets ready to rock at Headstock

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

FIVE GALWAY bands will be taking to the stage of the Headford Town Hall on Saturday April 7 for a night entitled Headstock.

Community Skratch Games

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

THE COMMUNITY Skratch Games returns on Saturday April 7 and Sunday 8 in The Bierhaus.

Do mention the war

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

AS WELL as being a poet of note, Kevin Higgins is also a perceptive, cutting, witty, and rather wise critic, and a new book collects some of the best of his reviews and essays.

Salmon has published Mentioning the War – Essays and Reviews (1999 - 2011) by Kevin Higgins. The collection will be launched by Darrell Kavanagh on Saturday April 7 at 3pm in the Galway Arts Centre.

Auld Ireland through a Swedish lens

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHS taken by Swedish photographers in the early 20th century are on display at NUI Galway’s James Hardiman Library.

BAAD by name but not by nature

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

AN EXHIBITION of work by part-time art and design students in the Cluain Mhuire campus, GMIT, entitled The BAAD Art Show, opens today at 2pm.

Gerry Hanberry reading

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

GALWAY WRITER Gerard Hanberry will be reading from More Lives Than One, a biography of Oscar Wilde and the Wilde family, this weekend.

Talk on Kate O’Brien at Forge At Gort

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

KATE O’BRIEN, one of the most notable and controversial Irish writers of the 20th century, will be the subject of a public lecture at the Forge At Gort festival.

David Mitchell - language animal storyteller

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

OVER THE last 13 years, British author David Mitchell has produced a series of stunning novels such as Ghostwritten, number9dream, Cloud Atlas, and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet.

Brian Holton; climbing the Jade Ladder

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

BRIAN HOLTON is something of a one-man Tower of Babel. Among the languages he grew up with or learned are English, Scots, French, Greek, Latin, Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, and Chinese.

Rural Savage @ Citóg

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

THE BRILLIANT Rural Savage, the Galway based Donegal punk trio will headline the next Citóg gig at The Cellar Bar tomorrow night.

Monsieur Durcan, poète, Je te salue

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

READING HIS new collection, Praise In Which I Live And Move And Have My Being, the image of Paul Durcan that emerges is of a shadowy figure in a great cloak moving imperceptibly in and out of the cracks, crannies, and crevices of the human experience.

Drawing workshop in Connemara

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

A ONE day intensive drawing workshop with artist Denise Hogan, takes place in Connemara, on Saturday March 31 from 10.30am to 5.30pm.

The workshop will be held in Ballydoulough (three minutes from Cornamona, 10 minutes from Clonbur, one hour from Galway). Participants will draw with brush, paints, egg tempera, charcoal, etc.

KATS auditions

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

THE KNOCKNACARRA Amateur Dramatic Society will host auditions for its upcoming production of Agatha Christie’s whodunit, The Unexpected Guest.

The auditions will take place on Monday March 26 and Tuesday 27 in the Joyce’s meeting rooms at 8pm. The play features a cast of 10. The cast consists of male and female adults. The play is due to be shown in early November.

Sunday Service @ Massimos

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

Sunday lunch will never be the same again. Every Sunday from 1-3pm Dave Barry will be spinning a mix of laid back soul, jazz, funk and reggae all on vinyl while the staff of EAT restaurant serve up some great food. Perfect for a lazy Sunday. Find EAT and Massimo on Facebook.

The songs of Nick Cave @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

THE MUSIC of Nick Cave will be celebrated, sung, and performed in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday March 31 at 9pm by The Van Diemens.

Noisy Plug Sessions @ Kelly’s

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

THE NOISY Plug Sessions at Kelly’s, Bridge Street, returns this evening at 9pm with The Little Shakers, Niceol Blue & The Copper Soul, Eyes of Vegas, and Mojo Gogo.

Rory Gallagher tribute band @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

RORY GALLAGHER tribute band Shinkicker play Monroe’s Live on Friday March 30 at 11pm.

Paul Creane & The Changing Band @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

PAUL CREANE & The Changing Band have been described by Hotpress as blending “folk stylings with an indie sensibility to create a provocative work of depth and charm”.

Get Deeper @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

GET DEEPER, the new nu-disco, deep house, and tech house clubnight, takes place in The Cellar this Saturday.

This is the second in Get Deeper’s monthly residency and will see DJs Koolcharski (Get Deeper) and Ruairi (Lower State) man the decks. Admission is €8/5.