North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

GALWAY POET Pete Mullineaux will read at the next North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

New Jay Murphy exhibition

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

Ionian Blue, the new exhibition by Galway artist Jay Murphy will be officially opened in the Norman Villa Gallery, Salthill, tomorrow at 6pm by Galway Advertiser Group chairman Ronnie O’Gorman. The exhibition runs until July 4. The above work is entitled Blue Cave and Seagull.

Cinema Review - The Hangover

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, or so the saying goes, but as the lads in this flick find out there are plenty of tears, missing persons, and other random inexplicable events that come with a night of extreme debauchery. If only they could remember it all. The Hangover is rude, crude, and oh so wrong, that’s what makes it bloody brilliant.

Theatre and Dance at Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE GALWAY Arts Festival unveiled its 2009 programme last week and, as ever, it’s chock-a-block with top-drawer attractions from both home and abroad. Theatre and dance - as ever,- feature strongly in the line-up and last Friday, over an afternoon coffee, festival director Paul Fahy met up to talk through some of this year’s highlights.

Alec Finn on De Dannan, Phil Lynott, and bouzoukis

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

HAVE YOU heard the one about the Yorkshireman who moved to Galway in the 1970s and changed the course of Irish traditional music forever? Well this is, in essence, the story of Oranmore-based musician Alec Finn and his journey with De Dannan.

Go mad for Fujiya & Miyagi

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THEIR NAME makes them sound like a Japanese pop duo but Fujiya & Miyagi are in fact an electronic dance trio from Brighton who play the Róisín Dubh on Friday June 19 at 9pm.

Fujiya & Miyagi are mask-wearing technicians dissecting music, keen to magnify particles of sound to create a pulsing antidote to the ordinary. They speak in tongues, using language as a rhythm, picking words that sound good, rhyming ‘jigsaws’ with ‘carnivores’.

Eamonn Morrissey returns with The Brother

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE INIMITABLE Eamonn Morrissey makes a welcome return to the Town Hall next week with his classic one-man show The Brother, based on the writings of Flann O’Brien.

During a break in rehearsals for Fair City, in which he currently features, he took time out to discuss the show beginning with his initial introduction to O’Brien’s work.

Destination Tango with Otros Aires

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

OTROS AIRES will make their debut performance in Ireland with the show Destination Tango in the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday June 24 at 8pm for a night of tango, milongas, and Latin music.

The High Kings return to Co Galway

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE HIGH Kings, the Irish balladeer group who have taken the US by storm, are returning to Ireland for a show in the The Black Box Theatre on Thursday June 18 at 8pm.

Say Thank You For The Music in Clarinbridge

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

STARMAKER SCHOOL of Performing Arts presents Thank You For The Music at Kilcornan Hall, Clarinbridge, tonight and tomorrow at 8pm.

Slide - the future of Irish trad @ Campbell’s

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

TRAD BAND Slide -whose members have been in Dé Danann, Stocktons Wing, Danú, and Liam Clancy and Damien Dempsey’s bands, play Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford on Saturday.

The Galway Sessions 2009

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE GALWAY Sessions, the city’s trad and folk festival, organised by Mick Crehan, takes place next week and will feature Mick Hanley, Ben Taylor, and Alec Finn.

Stagecoach Agency to represent Galway students

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE STAGECOACH Agency, the largest professional children's casting agency in Europe, will represent Stagecoach Galway students from Tuesday June 16.

Galway Film Fleadh seeks entries for pitching awards

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE 21ST Galway Film Fleadh will take place from Tuesday July 7 to Sunday July 12 and aspiring film makers are being encouraged to enter the fleadh’s Pitching Award.

Learn to dance and sing Flamenco

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE FLAMENCO singer and dancer Magdalena Navarrete will host series of Flamenco dance, song, and culture in the Galway Dance Centre in June and July.

Galway Choral Association Youth Choir Summer School

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE GALWAY Choral Association will host its first youth choir summer school in the Presentation Secondary School Galway from July 6 to 10.

Aimed at 10 to 14-year-olds with an interest in either joining a choir or other group musical activity, the summer school will run from 10am to 3pm each day.

Ever thought about thought?

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

WHAT IS thought? Is there anything to really think about? Is too much thinking harmful? How can you channel your thought constructively?

These are some of the issues that playwright Ben Field will consider when he gives a talk on the subject of thinking at the next Meetforreal event at the Galway City Museum coffee shop on Saturday June 13 at 5pm.

Galway artist wins award

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

GALWAY ARTIST John Jennings recently received Best Animation in the 29th Cork Youth Film and Video Festival for his video Man’s First Alien Encounter.

Cinema Review - Last Chance Harvey

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

Meet Harvey Shine, a middle-aged man who has somehow ended up with a thankless dead-end job and estranged from his family. Then there’s Kate Walker, who feels well on her way to becoming the spinster with 10 cats and an over-needy paranoid mother to bug her 24/7. They meet, eventually learn to tolerate each other, and much much more.

Jon Jost to attend Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE AMERICAN filmmaker Jon Jost will host a special workshop at the Galway Film Fleadh in conjunction with the Galway Film Centre. A number of his films will also be screened during the fleadh.

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