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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Auditions for the company will be held on Sunday June 12 in The Ardilaun. Auditions are open to ballet students aged between eight and 14 who live in the West of Ireland.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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).
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...Trad music concerts in St Nicholas’
Thu, May 26, 2011
ST NICHOLAS’ Collegiate Church will be the venue for a series of traditional music concerts which start on Monday and run to early September.
Read more ...New work from Christopher Banahan
Thu, May 26, 2011
KINVARA ARTIST Christopher Banahan will open his studio to the public for the June Bank Holiday weekend.
The show includes several new works by Mr Banahan, including his interpretations of movie icons such as Mary Brian, Greta Garbo, and Liz Taylor.
Read more ...Denise Hogan art workshops
Thu, May 26, 2011
THIS SATURDAY at 3pm will see the opening of the Annual Students’ Summer Exhibition at Denise Hogan’s Art Essence gallery in Liosbán.
The show will feature a collection of works in oils, watercolours, mixed media, and drawings by Denise’s students. All works will be for sale and are priced without gallery commission. The show will run for one week.
Read more ...Ceramics exhibition in An Spidéal
Thu, May 26, 2011
AN EXHIBITION of contemporary ceramics, featuring work by 10 different artists, opens this Sunday at 2.30pm in Sliding Rock Contemporary Ceramics, Ceardlann, An Spidéal.
Read more ...All woman comedy night @ the Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
NEXT WEDNESDAY at the Róisín Dubh will be something of a ladies’ night as the bill for the evening will feature four female comedians.
Read more ...Get ready for the whacky world of The Pajama Men
Thu, May 26, 2011
WHEN ON stage, The Pajama Men create “a cartoon of the mind – a shape-shifting world in which anything seems not just possible, but imminent”.
So said The Guardian of the duo Mark and Shenoah from Albuquerque, New Mexico. What is even more remarkable is that they do all without props or costumes. Yet they still manage to create, in the words of the London Times, “dazzling displays of comedy theatre”.
Read more ...A folk night @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
THREE FOLK-influenced, acoustic acts - Fia Rua, Sweeney Lee, and Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies, will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 2 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, May 26, 2011
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.
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