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THIS WEEKEND sees the opening of three exhibitions in Galway city - two group shows and a solo exhibition.

FOR YEARS Thelma Mansfield was the face of afternoon TV in Ireland, but over the last 10/15 years, she has become better known as an artist.

Heavin’s Hardware Centre, Athlone is now a member of the Expert Hardware Group.

Is it or is it not? We keep getting told by the experts that we are in, or about to enter, the worst recession since the 1980s. Now I can remember the eighties well, but I wasn’t aware that we were in the middle of a recession at the time.

Here’s a chance to see two of Ireland's rising classical stars in concert when critically acclaimed cellist Gerald Peregrine and pianist Cathal Breslin perform at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday September 10 at 8pm.

Ballina Arts Centre is delighted to announce the return this year of its annual Kindermusic Summer Camp for Children. Running on the week of Monday August 10 to Friday August 14, this five-day workshop is an engaging introduction to understanding the important elements of music, based on the Kodaly method. Under the direction of Edel McDonnell, each workshop lasts for 90 minutes and promises lots of fun activities during the week with a concert on the final day for parents, family and friends.

Have you ever wanted to have a gun in your house? Well now you can. Weapons, the exhibition, is opening on August 7 in MacDonagh Junction in the former ZAVVI unit (next door to TK Maxx).

Painting, drawing, print and digital photography are just some of the many classes available at the Blackbird Art Lab this season.

It looks as though we've all been saddled with a bill of €90 billion by the antics of the banks and the Liam Carrolls and Sean Dunnes of the property development world. I stayed in one of Mr Carroll's apartments down on the quays in Dublin a few years ago. At the time I wondered how anyone could spend more than a couple of nights in these shoeboxes. There wasn't space to swing even a very small cat in the rooms.

Critically acclaimed Irish cellist Gerald Peregrine and pianist Cathal Breslin perform a programme of much-loved cello works at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday September 10 at 8pm. Young classical stars in the ascendant, Gerald and Cathal are both laureates of the Royal College of Music in London, former Fulbright scholars and recipients of National Concert Hall Rising Star debut recitals. This is a chance to experience two of Ireland's finest young performers and rising stars live in concert. Catch them now. The concert is grant assisted by a Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and presented in association with RTÉ Lyric fm. Gerald Peregrine and Cathal Breslin perform at the Linenhall Arts Centre on Thursday September 10 at 8pm.