Eoin Glackin @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

EOIN GLACKIN, the Dublin singer-songwriter, will play Monroe’s tomorrow at 10pm as part of a tour to promote his new single ‘New World Blue’.

The Riptide Movement - new single and Galway show

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

THIN LIZZY founder Eric Bell has described The Riptide Movement as “an awesome band, Hendrix himself would be shaking in his boots!”

The band are undertaking a short tour around Ireland, including Galway, to promote their new single ‘Without You’, which is out tomorrow, and taken from their acclaimed second album Keep On Keepin’ On.

A rock’n’roll night @ The Westwood Hotel

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

GALWAY MUSICIANS are putting on a night of rock and roll in the Westwood Hotel, Dangan, in honour of those gone to ‘the great gig in the sky’.

The public are invited to join the musicians in remembering those who have passed away - especially their families and friends, and anyone involved in the Galway music scene.

Julie Feeney to launch new album

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

JULIE FEENEY, the Athenry born vocalist and composer, will release her new album Clocks next month and appear in concert at the Druid Theatre.

Cathy Davey and The Walls @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

CATHY DAVEY, THE WALLS, and Ryan Sheridan are among those taking part in GiftedLive at Monroe’s Live this month.

Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

STEREOLAB VOCALIST Laetitia Sadier is coming to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh as part of a tour promoting her new solo album Silencio.

Aussie AC/DC tribute band play The Quays

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

AC/DC ARE the greatest band to ever come out of Australia and Galway AC/DC fans can enjoy Aussie tribute band ACCA DACCA who play The Quays tonight.

Uptight - new soul night

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

“BABY, EVERYTHING is all right, uptight, out of sight,” sang Stevie Wonder on his infectious 1966 classic ‘Uptight’, now the name of a new soul night in Galway.

Uptight, a new monthly night of funk, soul, and boogaloo with DJ Dave Barry, starts tomorrow in Massimo, Sea Road, from 11pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sipping a mojito in the Brazilian sun watching Ireland win in Brazil in 2014.

Young, gifted, and a piano sensation

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

HE IS 19, he is Russian, a gifted pianist, and the winner of this year’s Dublin International Piano Competition. He is Nikolay Khozyainov and he is coming to Galway.

Pretty Pictures @ The Kenny Gallery

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

PRETTY PICTURES is the title of a new exhibition by Dean Kelly and Shane Crotty which opens tomorrow at 6pm in The Kenny Gallery in the Liosbán Retail Park, Tuam Road.

A feast of Latin dance at The Bachata Open Galway 2012

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

AS THE dark winter months are rolling in, it is good to know that a celebration of Latin music and dance will brighten up a weekend in November.

Renzo Café exhibition

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

THE ARTISTS Evelyn Wrynn and Mary Barry are currently hosting a new exhibition of their work in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Junior Galway Film Fleadh starts next week

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

THE 18TH Junior Galway Film Fleadh returns next week with a host of exciting workshops for children and teens in Stop Motion, Special FX, and Pixilation, as well as a screening of the French film Le Gamin Au Vélo.

Hypocrisy and its consequences

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

HAMID ISMAILOV is an Uzbek writer who was forced to leave his native land in 1992. Torture in Uzbek jails apparently includes boiling of body parts along with the more commonplace use of electroshock on genitals and plucking off fingernails with pliers.

Hey Mister Teacher Man

Thu, Nov 01, 2012

ABOUT FIVE years ago I received an e-mail from a Dutch customer who wanted to know if we could supply 42 copies of a single Mills and Boon title. Having sourced and supplied the 42 copies, I asked him out of sheer curiosity why he wanted them.

He told me he was a teacher of English. In Holland secondary school pupils in certain schools have the option of being taught through German, French, or English as well as Dutch. He was teaching the English stream. As an exercise in the experience of reading, the pupils were to read a Mills and Boon title and then compare it with a recognised work of literature.

Dixie Rides Again

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

It has been six years since comedian Pat Shortt first introduced us to the character of showband singer Dixie Walsh with the song ‘Jumbo Breakfast Roll’. The song took the Irish charts by storm, staying at Number One for six weeks and went on to be the best-selling Irish single of 2006. It also instantly established Dixie Walsh as one of Shortt’s best-loved creations from his wide array of comic characters.

Circus of Horrors hits town

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

The freakily fantastic, mind-boggling thrillorama that is The Circus of Horrors is returning to Galway with its wild and wonderful brand of hair-raising entertainment and bloodthirsty burlesque. The sensational new show is packed with shocks galore as it whisks audiences off on a whirlwind journey like a bat out of hell into 1927 Berlin; the raucously roaring twenties where we encounter the decadent joys of cabaret and the sinister figure of ‘The Devil Doll’.

Pierre Bensusan - the ‘Mozart of the guitar’

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

PIERRE BENSUSAN, the great French-Algerian guitarist returns to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday November 4 at 8pm.

Decision problem, computing drama

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

In the beginning there was the command line. From the Manhattan Project that created the atom bomb came a technology even more powerful and pervasive – the digital computer. Writer and performer John Rogers charts the birth, rise, and possible future of computers in his fascinating new play, Decision Problem. Combining his experience and knowledge of both theatre and software engineering, Rogers takes the audience on a journey that reveals the wonder of the digital universe and questions what the future has in store for humanity.

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