The Coronas @ HMV Galway

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

ONE OF Ireland’s biggest bands, The Coronas, will be in Galway on Wednesday November 16 to do an in-store appearance at HMV Galway.

The band will be in the store at 5pm where they will meet fans, sign copies of their new album Closer To You, and perform live. Closer To You was recorded in LA with producer Tony Hoffer who has also worked with The Kooks, Belle and Sebastian, and Beck.

A session with Pete Mullineaux

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

SALMON POETRY has published a delightful new collection by Galway-based poet Pete Mullineaux entitled Session. The poems are all related to music and sound, and links both with human interaction and nature.

The Old Triangle

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

Now, she says,
let’s begin

let’s begin

Aisling O’Sullivan on the challenge of Big Maggie

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

MAGGIE POLPIN, the central character of John B Keane’s Big Maggie, is one of the author’s most memorable creations and Druid’s new production of the play sees one of Ireland’s finest actresses, Aisling O’Sullivan, take on the role.

Magda Navarrete to bring Latin sounds to Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

DELICATE BOSSA Nova, flamboyant flamenco, fiery rhythms, and electronic beats will be the order of the day when Polish-Spanish singer Magda Navarrete plays Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Sunday November 6 at 8pm.

Nimmo’s, anecdotes, and recipes with Harriet Leander

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

ONE OF the best-loved Galway restaurants of recent years has been Nimmo’s on the Spanish Arch and the eateries’ many devotees will be delighted to learn that Harriet Leander, the genial Finnish chef who did so much to establish its reputation, has just published a wonderful book, entitled Nimmo’s; Anecdotes and Recipes, combining recipes of favourite Nimmo’s dishes with a wealth of great stories and illustrations.

As she recounts in the book’s opening chapter, it was in 1991 that Harriet left her job as a musical archivist in Switzerland and landed at Shannon airport “with two suitcases and ridiculously little money”, little suspecting where her career path would next take her.

The passion of Jonathan Swift – in Claregalway Castle

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

JONATHAN SWIFT has lost the love of his life, a love he never acted upon, but one that has left him melancholy.

Casting call for actors and extras

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

AWARD WINNING TV company Magdamedia is seeking actors and extras for an upcoming TV drama-documentary In am an Ghátair.

Niceol Blue releases debut album

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

OREGON BORN, Galway based singer-songwriter Niceol Blue and her band The Copper Soul release their debut album Rise next week.

Maverick Sabre – London-Irish folk-soul hip hop

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

FOR MAVERICK Sabre, it all began with a journey from London to Wexford and hearing Ben E King’s soul classic ‘Stand By Me’ for the first time.

Jazz great Martin Taylor @ The Crane

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

MARTIN TAYLOR, one of the world's foremost exponents of solo jazz guitar, will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday November 7 at 9pm.

De Dannan to play Kinvara

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

DE DANNAN and singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke will play the Share The Harvest charity concert in Kinvara this Saturday at 8pm.

Royseven @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

IRISH ROCKERS Royseven return to Galway as part of their current Irish tour, to play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday November 12 at 9pm.

Original music night

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE CUCKOO Club Galway, a new night promoting original music, opens in De Burgos, Augustine Street, tonight, at 8pm.

Nuada play Monroe's tonight

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

FOLK AND early music from France, Ireland, and England will be heard in Monroe's tonight from 9pm when trio Nuada take to the stage.

On stage Ruth Bramley, Sam Burke and Ferris Jay will be in period costume and they will play a wide repertoire of Celtic, Folk and Early Music, as well as original material, on bagpipes, whistles, the hurdy gurdy, lute, and bouzouki.

Spirit of Voice festival starts next week

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

OPERA, REGGAE, sean nós, Barbershop, jazz, folk, trad, and hip hop will be performed and celebrated at the 2011 Spirit of Voice festival from Friday November 11 to Sunday 13.

Lunctime concert from Berlin soprano

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE BERLIN based soprano Doerthe Maria Sandmann will be in NUI, Galway’s CUBE theatre for a lunchtime concert today from 1pm to 2pm.

Workshops @ Tulca Festival of Visual Arts

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE TULCA festival, which begins today, will feature a range of workshops looking at issues like artist collectives, planning and local government, and a public art clinic.

Contemporary Artist Collectives: Tactics, Models and Imaginative Possibilities, a workshop with artist and writer Gregory Sholette takes place this Monday in Aras na Gael on Dominick Street. Vagabond Reviews’ Public Art Clinic Research in Public: Critical Co-ordinates at the Art-House-Café will happen in a temporary cultural space in a house at the Sliabh Bán housing estate in Ballybane on Monday November 14.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Great health, great company, great weather, great food, great wine, great music, and great stories combined, by the sea.

An alternative ceramics exhibition

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

3X2, an exhibition of contemporary clay artworks and ceramics, is currently on show at The Shed, Middle Pier, in the Galway City Harbour.

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