Testify! @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 02, 2011

THE NEXT Testify! night of poetry, spoken word, and song upstairs at the Róisín Dubh on Monday June 6 at 9pm.

Poems that cross all boundaries

Thu, Jun 02, 2011

IN THE early 1980s Eva Bourke was an active participant in Galway Writers’ Workshop, when the group used to meet in a room above Taylor’s Bar.

DERMOT BOLGER’S acclaimed recent play, The Parting Glass comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday May 31 and Wednesday June 1. This one-man play, performed by Ray Yeates, about a returned emigrant’s experience of contemporary Ireland in the boom to bust years, has been a hit in Dublin and New York, and now embarks on a tour of Ireland.

Tales of Galway; exploring the ebb and flow of Galwegian life

Thu, May 26, 2011

NEXT WEEKEND at the Town Hall Theatre, there will be an intriguing new play which conjures up 50 years of local history amid a story of typical Galway life and enduring friendship.

Gold Panda @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 26, 2011

GOLD PANDA is, according to The Guardian, “armed with an ear for a skilful beat and an array of weird samples”.

An evening of film of Galway in the old days

Thu, May 26, 2011

AS PART of the People’s History of Galway weekend at the Town Hall, the venue is hosting what promises to be a fascinating evening of seldom-seen films showing life in and around Galway from the 1940s to the 1960s. The evening is presented by IFI National in collaboration with the Town Hall and the programme is drawn from the IFI Irish Film Archive.

Mary McEvoy to star in UHG theatre show

Thu, May 26, 2011

MARY MCEVOY will star in Fruitcake, a theatre show by Alice Barry, which will be performed in the restaurant at University Hospital Galway this Saturday at 4.30pm.

Geraldine Folan painting workshops

Thu, May 26, 2011

ARTIST GERALDINE Folan will host two painting workshops, suitable for both beginners and those with more experience.

Galway Theatre Festival calls for new scripts

Thu, May 26, 2011

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is seeking new scripts for possible inclusiono in this year’s festival which runs from October 25 to 31.

Auditions for young ballet students

Thu, May 26, 2011

IRISH BALLERINA Monica Loughman is creating a junior branch of the Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company.

Seeing and Dreaming

Thu, May 26, 2011

PUPPETRY, THEATRE, and visual art will combine in the show Seeing and Dreaming, which is performed at the Galway Arts Centre this Saturday at 3pm and 8pm.

Black Lips journey to the Arabia Mountain

Thu, May 26, 2011

BLACK LIPS are known for their hell-raising, confrontational, punk and garage-rock, but on new album Arabia Mountain they are doing something a little different.

Cherish The Ladies’ Michelle Burke to play The Crane

Thu, May 26, 2011

MICHELLE BURKE, formerly of Irish-American trad band Cherish The Ladies, is touring Ireland next month to promote her debut solo album Pulling Threads.

The Cork born, Edinburgh based singer will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Thursday June 2 at 9pm. On the night she will be joined by James Ross (piano) and Anna Massie (guitar), with special guest Alan Kelly (accordion).

Bipolar Empire @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 26, 2011

BIPOLAR EMPIRE’S debut album Feel That You Own It came out late last month and has enjoyed a warm response from the critics; now they are taking it on the road.

Kelvin Busher to launch debut album in Kelly’s

Thu, May 26, 2011

A HOST of local and national talent can be found on Vintage, the debut album from Kelvin Busher, which will be launched with a gig in Kelly’s on Thursday June 2 at 9pm.

Kelvin Busher was born and raised in Wexford and grew up listening to Slim Whitman, Elvis, and later on discovering Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Johnny Cash, all of which has gone into shaping his own music.

Kenneth Webb at The Kenny Gallery

Thu, May 26, 2011

THE GREAT Kenneth Webb returns to The Kenny Gallery for his latest exhibition, Portach, which will be officially opened this Saturday at 2pm.

Have your say in the Artistic Atlas of Galway

Thu, May 26, 2011

HAVE YOU ever written a poem about Galway? A short story set here? Painted a picture inspired by or taken a photo of the county’s landscape?

If the answer to all or any of these questions is ‘Yes’ then you should consider submitting them for possible inclusion in the Artistic Atlas of Galway.