DNA - young people on the edge of society

Tue, Feb 26, 2019

PHIL IS a silent young man, but all the more intimidating for it. He has a following of fearful misfits. After a practical joke that ends in tragedy, they have to come to terms with the consequences of what they have done.

DNA Nightclub – Bringing Sax Appeal to Galway City!

Mon, Feb 25, 2019

This weekend at DNA Nightclub is bringing Sax Appeal to Galway’s nightlife scene. Join them this Saturday night, 2nd March, to see one of Ireland’s leading international saxophonist performers take to the stage. Having performed across Ireland and further afield in Dubai, Spain and Ibiza, they are ready to bring their funky jazzed up music style to Galway city, playing all of your favourite chart hits and party starters.

The Biggest 90’s - 00’s Crazy Disco… Coming to DNA Nightclub!

Mon, Feb 25, 2019

After selling out Dublin’s Three Arena, the biggest disco concert is now going on a club tour, starting with DNA Nightclub & Venue on Saturday, 23rd March. The “Biggest 90’s – 00’s Crazy Disco” will take you back in time and bring you all the magic of the Three Arena concerts in a club setting. During the night you will hear all of your favourite 90’s and 00’s hits from all of the ‘Biggest Disco DJ’s’.

'We all find a bit of ourselves and our own Irishness in Ross'

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IT IS 2029 and Ireland is in the midst of an economic boom. The one and only Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is about to turn 50 – and life could not be better. His wife, Sorcha, is Taoiseach; his sons are the backbone of the Castlerock College Junior Cup team; and he still does allright with the ladies and as managing director of Hook, Lyon and Sinker estate agents.

Scott Capurro - the unsayable will be said

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

"I DON'T give a shit about those who don't like my work. I'm never going to win them over anyway, so why bother? My work is for a discerning audience who don't have knee-jerk responses."

Apoptosis - life, and its complicated choices

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

WHAT DO you want in life? Money, success, possessions, love? Are these vital to our wellbeing, or are they social constructs we have been persuaded into thinking are the ultimate goals of existence?

From Morley Hill to the Spalla Gap

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

WOOD, AND objects weathered and shaped by marine environments, will be the focus of a fascinating new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre, by a British artist who regularly works under all kinds of aliases.

Galway Street Club St Patrick's weekend shows

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IT IS something of a local institution, and always one of the liveliest music nights of the year, when the Galway Street Club play their annual St Patrick's Weekend shows at the Róisín Dubh.

Return of the handsome philanderer

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

A HANDSOME philanderer, a pining wife, and a sister who embodies the warning that 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions', are the stuff of French film, Return Of The Hero.

Album review: Julia Jacklin

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 21, 2019

LOOKS CAN be deceiving. Or can they? The cover of Jacklin's second solo album finds her surrounded by bric-a-brac, almost drowning in it, but with an ecstatic expression on her face.

Afro-American life in the seventies

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 21, 2019

BASED ON the James Baldwin novel, If Beale Street Could Talk is director Barry Jenkins follow up to 2017 Oscar winner Moonlight. It was surprising to see him adapting a book considering his screenplay for Moonlight was so well received, but after seeing this film I can see why he chose this text.

Totally Wired and Paul Marsh - Don't Give Up The Day Job

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THEY CALL themselves "Ireland's oldest and least successful boyband"; The Irish Times call them this nation's "answer to Flight Of The Conchords”; and their new show has the not at all self-deprecating title of Don't Give Up The Day Job.

Chris Haze - new single and EP

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

CHRIS HAZE, the Galway singer-songwriter, will tomorrow [Friday February 22] release his new single, 'Chasing Rivers', which is also the title-track from his forthcoming EP, due for release on April 26.

The way of life of the bee

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

BEES, ANTS, and beetles are disappearing eight times faster than mammals, birds, or reptiles, and the current rate of decline may lead to the extinction of 40 per cent of insects over the next few decades.

Three women go Over The Edge

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THE NOVELIST Claire Hennessy, the short story writer Aisling Keogh, and the poet Pauline McNamee, will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library.

Bosco to celebrate major birthday at Town Hall

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

FIRST BROADCAST on RTÉ in 1979, Bosco was an Irish children's television phenomenon and a shared cultural experience for a generation, and this year, Bosco is celebrating 40 years.

'What we hear in our heads is what we try and make'

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THEY ARE not yet finished college. Not all the members are yet in their twenties. They have only released a few singles and an EP, but Valeras are deservedly regarded as one of Britain's most exciting indie-guitar based bands.

Owen Colgan's Woke Tour comes to Galway

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

OWEN COLGAN, Irish cult comedy hero, sex symbol, and Hardy Bucks star, is about to hit the road for his biggest tour yet, with that tour hitting Galway in April.

Experience Dark Side Of The Moon in Galway

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IF YOU did not manage to make it to either of Roger Waters magnificent Dublin concerts last summer, where he performed pretty much the entirety of Dark Side Of The Moon, then an upcoming recreation of that classic album is not to be missed.

Galway Actors Workshop - new six-week acting courses

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop will hold two six-week beginners’ level courses on Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill, starting March 7.

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