Major Matisse exhibition @ The Eye

Thu, May 29, 2014

HENRI MATISSE is one of the key figures in 20th century art, and his Cut-Outs, which he began in the late 1930s, are among his best loved works.

Galway Workshop Festival

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE LATEST addition to the city’s festival roster is the Galway Workshop Festival which takes place this Saturday and Sunday.

Over The Edge writing competition seeks entries

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE 2014 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition is seeking entries and is open to poets and fiction writers worldwide.

The total prize money is €1,000, with the best fiction entry winning €300; the best poetry entry winning €300; and the overall winner receiving an additional €400 and a slot as a featured reader at Over The Edge in 2014/15, and a hamper of books from Kenny’s Bookshop.

ConTempo’s ‘Musical Exhibits’

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and saxophonist Gavin Brennan are joining forces to present a family concert of classical music in the Galway City Museum.

Album review - Sharon Van Etten

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
SHARON VAN Etten’s world is of dark, late night confessionals of heartbreak, unrequited love, failing relationships, relationships that should have worked, and yearning for better times that may never arrive.

Album review: La Sera

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

La Sera - Hour Of The Dawn (Hardly Art)
“I WANTED the new La Sera record to sound like Lesley Gore fronting Black Flag. I didn’t want it to be another record of me sad, alone in my room.”

Dancehall days - Jimmy’s Hall and sinful dancing

Tue, May 27, 2014

KEN LOACH, the acclaimed British film-maker and director of The Wind The Shakes The Barley, returns to Ireland for his latest film - Jimmy’s Hall.

Ballyturk - Just where are we?

Thu, May 22, 2014

THE REALISATION that one day we die, and that this existence is over, never to be re-experienced, hits two men one night as they sit at home, sending them on a journey, not into misery, but outrageousness and laughter, and a route whose end, ironically, they cannot even begin to guess.

Moving statues back in town

Thu, May 22, 2014

HIT PLAY, The Year of the Moving Statues, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre. A side-splitting satirical comedy by Kinvara playwright Gerry Conneely, it captures the madness and excitement of summer 1985 when the country’s grottoes began to move en masse.

From Ballinspittle to Ballydehob, from Blanchardstown to Bohola, there was shaking and shuddering, weeping and lamentation. Ireland was transfixed and tens of thousands took to the roads, in pouring rain and driving wind, to witness the supernatural spectacle.

Sir Richard Bonynge to conduct in Galway

Thu, May 22, 2014

SIR RICHARD Bonynge, one of the greatest of all operatic conductors, playS a fundraising concert on Thursday May 29 in the Augustinian Church.

The Importance of Being Wilde

Thu, May 22, 2014

MORE THAN a century after his death in Paris, Oscar Wilde’s work remains as popular as ever while the triumphs and tragedies of his life exert an enduring fascination.

Postscript’s ‘moving story’ of adoption

Thu, May 22, 2014

THE RECENT success of the movie Philomena highlighted the social and personal impact of adoption in Irish society in times past. This weekend, in the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, actor and playwright Noelle Brown’s play, Postscript, visits the same topic through the story of her own life.

Mná Mná - a ladies night of song

Thu, May 22, 2014

MNÁ MNÁ, the night showcasing female musicians, holds its third birthday celebrations in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tonight from 8pm.

Film directing workshop for teens

Thu, May 22, 2014

MARTIN SCORSESE, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, and Alfred Hitchcock are among the greatest of all film directors.

It is the director’s job to guide the actors through the making of the film, to pick the crew, and oversee the production and final edit. It is a major job, and a coveted one.

Acting Shakespeare workshop

Thu, May 22, 2014

EVERY ASPECT of acting in a Shakespearean play will be explored in a new workshop from the acclaimed theatre director and teacher Max Hafler.

Small Town Heroes @ The Stock Exchange

Thu, May 22, 2014

POP-ROCK band Small Town Heroes begin their Thursday residency at The Stock Exchange Bar on Shop Street tonight.

Mick Flannery’s Berlin inspirations

Thu, May 22, 2014

BERLIN HAS long been a place of inspiration to musicians, like David Bowie who recorded Heroes there in 1977, and later to U2 in the early 1990s.

Following in those footsteps is Mick Flannery, the stonemason turned singer-songwriter, who returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm, to promote his new album, By The Rule, which was written in Berlin.

Michael Kaeshammer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 22, 2014

MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, the jazz, swing, and boogie pianist, vocalist, and songwriter will play Monroe’s Live on Wednesday June 18 at 8pm.

The Dirty Circus returns tomorrow

Thu, May 22, 2014

A NIGHT of burlesque and cabaret, and sumptuously saucy and decadent entertainment awaits when The Dirty Circus returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm.

Shuffle! with DJ Dave Barry @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, May 22, 2014

DAVE BARRY, one of Galway’s leading northern soul and ska DJ returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow for his SHUFFLE DJ night.

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