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THIS SATURDAY, The Black Box hosts a major new Irish dance show, Noctú, choreographed and directed by Breándan de Gallaí, the dancer who replaced Michael Flatley as the lead in Riverdance.

Join the Enable Ireland marathon teams this autumn and participate in three of the world’s leading marathon routes. Why not join the fastest marathon course in the world in Berlin on September 25, or enjoy live bands and music as you jog through Chicago on October 9. For the ultimate New York experience, finish the race in the iconic Central Park on November 6.

THIS SUNDAY at the Druid Lane Theatre, Salmon Publishing will launch House of Bees, the striking debut collection of poetry by Galway based writer Stephen Murray.

I have been watching the progress of Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan with some amusement, and admiration for a number of years. Amusement because of his long running campaign to legalise cannabis, which has to be a no-hoper. He has been convicted on several occasions for possession of the drug, but undaunted, he sent a beautifully rolled cannabis cigarette to every politician in the Oireachtas as part of his campaign, pleading for them to enjoy a smoke, inhale deeply, and support his cause. That man doesn’t know the meaning of ‘no’.

The USA is continuing its love affair with Druid Theatre by giving standing ovations and rave reviews to the Galway company’s productions of The Cripple of Inishmaan and Penelope.

Druid will fly the flag for Irish theatre in the US for St Patrick’s Day when the company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan in Chicago and Enda Walsh’s Penelope in Washington DC.

THIS YEAR is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great American playwright, Tennessee Williams, and to mark the occasion the Town Hall Theatre and TheatreCorp are presenting a new production of one of his finest plays, The Glass Menagerie.

SPECIAL CONSENSUS are a bluegrass band, but one with a difference. Instead of coming from the music’s heartland of the Southern US States, they come from Chicago.

THE GALWAY based art organisation MART is seeking support and donations from the public for a major exhibition to showcase Irish artists’ work in the USA.

A Galway city woman based in Texas has clinched a major award. Brega Howley of Grattan Park was presented with the Richard C Pugh award by the American Board of Paediatric Dentistry at a ceremony in Chicago recently.