GMIT graduates exhibit @ 126

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

THREE GRADUATES of the GMIT and Limerick School of Art and Design will hold an exhibition of their work entitled Sensory Threshold in the 126 gallery on Queen Street.

Galway Youth Orchestra auditions

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

THE GALWAY Youth Orchestra will hold a registration day in the GTI, Fr Griffin Road, this Saturday from 11am to 12.30pm.

Stagecoach Galway theatre and dance classes

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

STAGECOACH GALWAY is running a new series of classes in dance, drama, and singing for those aged from four to 17 in St Mary’s College, starting Saturday September 10.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

AMERICAN, IRISH, and British poets will read from their work at the September Over The Edge Writers Gathering in The Kitchen at the Galway City Museum on Friday September 9 at 8pm.

Galway writers to read at Sheridan’s Wine Bar

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

FOUR GALWAY fiction writers will read stories which have been shortlisted in the RTÉ Francis McManus Short Story Competition at Sheridan’s Wine Bar this Monday at 8pm.

The writers reading at the event will be Davnet Heery, Aideen Henry, Geraldine Mills, and Jim Mullarkey.

Win tickets to Friends With Benefits @ Omniplex

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

MILA KUNIS and Justin Timberlake star as Jamie and Dylan, two friends who think that adding sex into the mix will not cause any problems.

Scrubs stars to bring the laughs to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

FANS OF the US hospital set comedy Scrubs are in for a treat later this year when The Blanks, better known to Scrubs fans as Ted’s Band or The Worthless Peons, play Monroe’s Live.

Rubberbandits return

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

The mighty Rubberbandits return to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday September 28 at 8.30pm for a night of brilliant hip-hop comedy mayhem. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and www.roisindubh.net

Galway Film Centre events and courses

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

FOR MANY filmmakers, the journey is just beginning when they have their finished DVDs in their hands. Next step is to get that film out there and into film festivals.

Cancer Care West comedy fundraiser

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

DES BISHOP will host a comedy charity fundraising night for Cancer Care West in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday, starting at 8.30pm.

Pete Mullineaux acting classes

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

GALWAY BASED actor, poet, and singer-songwriter Pete Mullineaux will again be holding his popular acting classes in the Galway Arts Centre.

The book auction

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

FOR SOME unknown reason, I have only ever attended two book auctions and did not bid at either, so when an important customer asked me over a fortnight ago to attend one in Kells and to bid on his behalf I felt as though I was going out on my first date. The prospect was as fascinating as it was terrifying.

Blues, wit and haiku

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

THERE ARE those who say there are too many women poets nowadays. For these reactionary critics all was well in the garden of poetry until it was ruined by feminism and the advent of poetry workshops, which have conspired together to encourage many more women to write poetry. And most of it, shock horror, does not even rhyme.

In this context, it’s great to be able to welcome debut poetry collections by three very different female poets; each of which does its bit to confirm that the old style poetry world, in which women knew their supposed place, no longer exists except in the dreams of male versifiers of a certain age.

Made in Galway; Future stars of dance

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

EIGHT GIFTED Galway dance students, members of Corrib Dance Academy and Youth Ballet West, have recently secured placements on elite courses at prestigious schools in the UK and mainland Europe. The eight dancers are Stephanie Dufresne, Mary Walsh, Elspeth McKeever, Rebecca Lee, Caitlin Langan, Jessica Nolan, Brigitte O’Reilly and Gemma Brook. To have so many dancers from the region progressing to these blue-chip establishments is a truly remarkable achievement, as Youth Ballet West director Judith Sibley explains; “Normally each year there would be four young dancers from all of Ireland going away to these top vocational colleges, so to have eight going from Galway city is phenomenal. And these are hugely competitive courses, one school I spoke to had 4,000 people apply for just 25 places.”

Shortcut to Hallelujah at Town Hall studio

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

FOLLOWING HOT on the heels of their box office smash, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Truman Town Theatre returns to the Town Hall with another darkly hilarious play, Shortcut to Hallelujah, written and directed, like its predecessor, by Mick Donnellan.

The Vaccines set to rock the Roisin

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Tuesday September 6 will be etched in the diary of music fans all around the west as the Roisin Dubh welcomes new music sensations The Vaccines. This gig, starting at 9pm, has been rescheduled from March and aficionados will be hoping it is worth the wait. Drawing comparisons to The Jesus & Mary Chain and The Ramones, they describe their influences as "'50s rock 'n' roll, '60s garage and girl groups, '70s punk, '80s American hardcore, C86 and good pop music."

Formed just 14 months, the band consists of Justin Young (vocals), Árni Hjörvar (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar), and Pete Robertson (drums). They quickly released a demo entitled ‘If You Wanna’ and its quality spurred Zane Lowe to name it as his hottest record in the world on August 18 last year. The debut album, What did you from The Vaccines? was released in March and reached number four in the UK album charts and they placed third in the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.

The return of SBB Ina Shuí

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

EARLY EVENING on Irish TV in the early 1980s - I remember it well. A shot of a bus rolling down a road in Connemara soundtracked by Horslips’ ‘Sword Of Light’ - SBB Ina Shuí was on.

Eighth Burren Annual ready for opening

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

The eighth Burren Annual exhibition opens on Saturday at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare. Curated by Josephine Kelliher, the event features a collaborative project from artist Marie Hanlon and composer Rhona Clarke linking the visual arts and music. The exhibition features both individual and collective pieces, prompted by and developed in response to the unique environment of the Burren. 

Visual media and music are juxtaposed and balanced, each inspired by the same location. Although not all pieces are collaborative, there is a cohesion that is central to the exhibition and a strong dialogue between sound and image. A video work entitled Relic, is the result of close collaboration by both artists. The piece draws its visual material directly from the topography of the Burren. Initially sequences appear unconnected, but as the film progresses a pattern of cycles emerges: the cycle of the tides, the cycle of the seasons and ultimately the cycle of life and death. From this stark terrain a narrative is constructed, mainly through the use of detail and close-up. Images of rocks, pools and vegetation give way to rusting debris, alluding to both the passing of time and the human presence in the landscape. 

Theatre classes at Galway Actors Workshop

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Galway Actors Workshop is offering a new daytime course in creating theatre as part of its autumn course programme. It is also offering the popular introduction to acting for adults who have always wanted to give it a try, and a scene study class for those with more experience.

Theatre for Change Festival two weeks away

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

THE RENOWNED Theatre for Change Festival will take place on September 10 and 11, in Áras Éanna on Inis Oírr.

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