cinema reviews

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

With top stars taking on the roles of lightening smiting Zeus and feared lord of the underworld Hades, Clash of the Titans had all the ingredients to be an action-packed blockbuster but sadly with its haphazard storyline, some cringy scenes, and barely there 3D, it failed to impress.

Lunchtime theatre @ Kelly’s

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE LUNCHTIME theatre shows at Kelly’s, Bridge Street, continue with The Spontaneous Theatre People’s staging of Órla McGovern’s A Wing And A Prayer.

The Big Sing relaunch

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE BIG Sing Multicultural Community Choir will be relaunched on Tuesday at 7pm in St Patrick’s Band Hall as a new musical director takes over.

North Beach Poetry Night

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE POET Marcella Morgan will be reading at the next North Beach Poetry Night on Monday at 9pm in The Crane Bar, Sea Road.

Art classes in Newcastle

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

GALWAY ARTIST Jennifer Cunningham, one of the city’s most talented young artists, is holding a series of art classes at her new art school in Newcastle.

Places are still available in the four week Monday evening course which starts on April 12 and runs from 7pm to 9.30pm. The classes are designed to enable participants gain as much insight into his/her practice as possible, be they a complete beginner or third level student.

A woman’s life in classical song

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

SONGS FOR lovers, mothers, and sisters, and poems by James Joyce set to music, will be performed by Ailish Tynan and Christopher Glynn in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Tuesday at 8pm.

Meet Willy Wonka at Central Park

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE NEW Central Park will host the themed night of Willy Wonka & the CP Factory this Saturday at 11pm.

Have a party at the GPO

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE GPO on Eglinton Street is hosting parties and will organise entertainment, finger food, champagne, and decorations.

The sound of Tuam in Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

IT IS amazing to think of the wealth of musical talent that has come out of Tuam over the past 30 years from Blaze X, to The Saw Doctors, to The Ralphs.

Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon to release debut album

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

PHANTOM DOG Beneath The Moon, the English based, Galway duo, of Aaron Hurley and Scott McLaughlin, will release their debut album next month.

A Band Called Wanda EP launch

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Galway ‘folk’n’roll’ group A Band Called Wanda (pictured) will launch their new EP in Bar No 8 on Sunday April 18 at 8pm. There will be free finger food as well! The band will also be upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Friday 16 with support from Hamlet Sweeney. See www.myspace.com/abandcalledwanda

Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record (City Slang/Cooperative Music)

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

IT IS hard not get swept up in the moment that is a Broken Social Scene song. Before there was Arcade Fire and Stars (who contribute to this album), there was Broken Social Scene, Canadian indie at its finest.

Port O’Brien - songs from the sea

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE INSPIRED American Indie-folk band Port O’Brien play Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm, in what will be their second show in the Dominick Street venue.

Competition winners

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The winners of copies of the New Moon: The Twilight Saga are: Claire Tierney, Galway city; Aneta Bytomska, Oranmore; Eimear Keaveney, Salthill; Miriam Nashat, Barna; Neena Palluccio, Knocknacarra; Samantha Nyland, Shantalla; Maija Ludzite, Galway city; Siobhán Brannelly, Turloughmore; Natalie Tuffy, Athenry; and Karen O’Donnell, An Cheathrú Rua.

The winners of tickets to The Spirit Of Pink Floyd are: Radovan Chovanec, Roscam; Joan Daly, Galway city; and Keith Donnelly, Galway city.

Last two performances of Hedda Gabler

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE KATS theatre group will present its final two performances of Hedda Gabler in the Town Hall on Tuesday and Thursday.

Enjoy a French film and raise funds for Haiti

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

PARIS 36, a French film set in a working-class district in northern Paris, will be screened by the Galway Film Society on Sunday April 18 at 8.15pm.

Three poets from across the globe come to Cúirt

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THREE POETS, all with a varied heritage who have lived in various parts of the globe will gather together in the Town Hall this month to read at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Ulster literary giants for Cúirt

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

TWO OF Ireland’s leading contemporary writers - Michael Longley and Jennifer Johnston - will be reading at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature later this month.

GYT to stage Irish premiere for Cúirt

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE IRISH premiere of Yellow Moon by award winning playwright David Greig will be staged by Galway Youth Theatre for the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Joyce Carol Oates to read at Cúirt

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

JOYCE CAROL Oates, one of the most distinguished American novelists of the last 50 years will be reading at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature on Saturday April 24.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.