Michael McIntyre is coming to Galway

Thu, May 14, 2009

In preparation for his thirty date British arena tour this autumn, which includes three nights at London’s O2 and four nights at The Wembley Arena, the comedy sensation of 2009, Michael McIntyre (pictured), will perform a number of warm-up gigs including Galway’s Black Box on Thursday July 9 for a ‘Laughter Lounge presents...’ event. Tickets are €27 plus booking fee from Town Hall Box Office (€27.50), www.tht.ie (€28.50), www.ticketmaster.ie (€30), and €25 for members online at www.roisindubh.net.

Mum’s The Word at Town Hall

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE AWARD-winning, sell-out, theatrical phenomenon, Mum’s The Word, an hysterically funny and poignant show on the joys and agonies of parenting starring Twink will take to the stage next week at the Town Hall.

Rewind @ Karma

Thu, May 14, 2009

IF YOU remember the rubix cube and Happy Days from the first time around you are a child of the 1970s and 1980s.

So get to Karma on Wednesday June 3 for the launch of Karma’s Rewind event which takes place every Wednesday over the summer with DJ Gordy spinning hits from the 1970s and 1980s. There will also be a special rewind cocktail menu and promotional drinks at 1980s prices. For more information and invites to the launch party contact [email protected]

Bon Iver tickets now on sale

Thu, May 14, 2009

BON IVER, aka Justin Vernon, will play his only Irish show this year at the Big Top as part of Galway Arts Festival and tickets are now on sale.

The Poets Of Rhythm @ Cuba*

Thu, May 14, 2009

WHO SAYS German music can’t be funky? In the 1970s Can injected their Velvets inspired prog-rock with a good dose of funky grooves, and these days Munich’s The Poets of Rhythm continue to bring the funk from the Fatherland to the world.

The band was formed by Boris Geiger and Jan Weissenfeldt who shared a love of late 1960s and 1970s US funk bands like The Meters and Parliament. Geiger took on percussion and vocals, Weissenfeldt guitar, his brother Max drums, and Jan Krause bass, and they started writing original material. The single ‘Funky Train’ followed in 1992 and later the album Practice What You Preach.

The Poets Of Rhythm @ Cuba*

Thu, May 14, 2009

WHO SAYS German music can’t be funky? In the 1970s Can injected their Velvets inspired prog-rock with a good dose of funky grooves, and these days Munich’s The Poets of Rhythm continue to bring the funk from the Fatherland to the world.

The Followers Of Otis EP launch

Thu, May 14, 2009

Galway folk/roots/blues/Gospel band The Followers Of Otis will launch their new EP Pennies On The Pavement with an upstairs gig in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 8pm. Admission is €5 and twill include a free copy of the CD. Support on the night comes from Breakdown Rambler and A Band Called Wanda.

Panel star for the Laughter Lounge

Thu, May 14, 2009

JARLATH REGAN, the new face of RTÉ’s The Panel and the fastest rising star of Irish comedy will headline the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 9pm.

Charnwood Symphony Orchestra to play Galway

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE CHARNWOOD Symphony Orchestra, along with the Tribal Chamber Choir, soprano Denise Leigh, and bass Simon Thorpe, will perform works by Brahms, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky in Galway.

Enjoy mediaeval music this May

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE GALWAY Early Music Festival takes place this weekend with mediaeval inspired music concerts, workshops, and performances tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

There will be a Cypriot flavour to The Ensemble Unicorn’s show, The Isle of Aphrodite: Love Songs from the Court of King Janus in Nicosia. This unusual programme is based on a single manuscript written between 1413 and 1426 - the songs and melodies of which are not to be found anywhere else.

ConTempo’s Kylemore Abbey summer schools

Thu, May 14, 2009

CONTEMPO WILL host its Chamber Music Summer School in Kylemore Abbey and this year there is an additional week focusing on wind instruments.

Recession busting art from Rachel McCormack

Thu, May 14, 2009

AT A time of recession, artworks are a luxury many cannot afford so that's why Galway artist Rachel McCormack has decided to offer her works for sale, starting at €5.

Cinema Review - Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Thu, May 14, 2009

OK so there’s no real surprise with this film - there’s the arrogant photographer with commitment issues, the slighted and heart broken girlfriends, throw in a bit of Scrooge-like ‘this is your life’ moral teachings, and hey presto you have yet another romcom.

Galway African Film Festival launch party

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE SECOND annual Galway African Film Festival will be launched on Monday from 5.30pm to 7pm at the Town Hall Theatre.

New Galway short film to be screened in Bar 8

Thu, May 14, 2009

ANN, A new short film made in Co Galway, in An Spidéal and Corrib village, will be screened in Bar 8 on the docks on Monday at 8pm.

Tall tales

Thu, May 14, 2009

AS A genre, the short story is the Cinderella of literature. The reason for this remains elusive but there is no doubt the hapless tale or story is more often than not left aside and its more aristocratic cousins, the novel, the poem, or the play preferred instead. In fact, at one stage, it was the deliberate policy of French publishers not to accept manuscripts of short stories as “personne ne les lit plus”.

Galway’s most successful literary export

Thu, May 14, 2009

KEN BRUEN is one of the few Galway based writers whose books sell in large quantities worldwide. This fact on its own would lead some of the more tragic purists among us to view him with suspicion.

One Croatian woman’s humorous perspective on life under Communism

Thu, May 07, 2009

“COMMUNISM IS the death of the soul. It is the organisation of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.” So said American politician Adlai E Stevenson. It is the Western view of Communism, but not necessarily the view of everyone who experienced life in a Communist country.

Andrew Lawrence-King and Harp Consort at Galway Early Music Festival

Thu, May 07, 2009

THE 14TH Galway Early Music Festival takes place from May 15 to 17, and is organised around the theme ‘Islands and the Waters Between.’ It promises to bring audiences on an exciting voyage to Ireland, Guernsey, and Cyprus.

Lloyd Cole’s passion for golf, music, and being amusing

Thu, May 07, 2009

LLOYD COLE first came to attention in the 1980s with his band The Commotions, with whom he enjoyed hit singles like ‘Brand New Friend’, ‘Lost Weekend’, and ‘Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?’. In the 1990s he disbanded the group and embarked on a successful solo career in America.

This year Lloyd released a four CD retrospective boxset and as part of his current Irish tour he plays Róisín Dubh on Sunday at 9pm.

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