Legendary rapper Rakim to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
Legendary rapper Rakim (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday May 3 at 8pm. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and www.roisindubh.net
Read more ...Jamie Lawson - positive contradictions
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
JAMIE LAWSON is something of a contradiction. In person he is shy and quiet but on stage he is a maelstrom of emotion and honesty.
Read more ...Win family passes to advance screening of A Turtle’s Tale
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
A TURTLE’S Tale: Sammy’s Adventures is coming to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark in 3D and the Galway Advertiser has 50 family passes to give away.
Read more ...Blackadder charity table quiz
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
BLACKADDER, THE historical comedy series starring Rowan Atkinson as a dastardly schemer and Tony Robinson as his loyal sidekick, will be the subject of a table quiz.
Read more ...Do some Wishful Thinking at 126
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
WISHFUL THINKING is the title of an evening of 16mm film projections which will be shown in the 126 Gallery on Queen Street tomorrow from 6pm to 9pm.
Read more ...Paul King singer-songwriter
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Simple things such as spending time relaxing with my girlfriend, rehearsing and playing music with the guys in the band, being in good company.
New art exhibition space opens at O’Briens Sandwich Bar
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
O’BRIENS SANDWICH Bar in Liosban has just opened a new art exhibition space and will now be displaying artworks as well as serving food.
“Having given the store a complete make over we wanted to provide a space for artists to exhibit their work,” said new space owner Aonghus McGuinness. “We approached Artspace who are based in Liosban and we were delighted Isabelle Gaborit wanted to get the project off the ground with a selection of her work.”
Read more ...Over The Edge goes international
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
WRITERS FROM Holland, the USA, and Ireland will all feature in the March Over The Edge March Writers’ Gathering at The Café in the Galway City Museum on Friday March 11 at 8pm.
Read more ...Coole Music Orchestra Festival
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
THE FOURTH annual Coole Music Orchestra Festival 2011 takes place at the Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort, this Sunday with a host of talented young musicians to perform two concerts.
The 2011 festival has been expanded to include intermediate level players. There will be performances from the Laois School of Music Orpheus Orchestra, Galway Junior and Intermediate Youth Orchestras, Athenry Music School Junior and Senior Orchestras, Clare Music Makers Intermediate String Ensemble, and Gort’s Coole Music Junior and Youth Orchestras.
Read more ...New exhibition at city museum
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
SIMPLE TO The Complex, a exhibition of new drawings by Maeve Callanan and Charlotte Kelly opens at the Galway City Museum on Saturday at 2pm.
Read more ...The book club phenomenon
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
THERE IS nothing new about the recent explosion of book clubs throughout Ireland. It could be argued that ever since two or three people discussed a book they all had read the concept of the book club was formed.
The more formal examples of the book club in modern history are the French Literary Salons and the English Coffee Shops of the 18th century.
Read more ...Cushendall and the strawberry milkshake of the avant-garde
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
UNDERSTANDING: NEW & Selected Poems by Anne-Marie Fyfe and Love, Sorrow And Joy: A New Voice in Irish Avant-Garde Poetry by Graham Gillespie are both landmarks for the poets concerned.
Read more ...World Book Day at Dubray Books
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
DUBRAY BOOKS on Shop Street is marking World Book Day with a series of events and readings in the shop today and tomorrow for children and young teens.
Read more ...Western Writers’ Centre script doctor
Thu, Mar 03, 2011
ARE YOU a budding writer for film? Do you have a script but know it needs work? Well, help is at hand.
Read more ...Andy McKee The art of Motion on Guitar
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
SOME ARE born with an abundance of talent but never fully realise their potential, letting their gifts go to waste. Others have more modest abilities but strive hard, and by their efforts, make the very most of them.
Read more ...Daithi Ó Dronaí launches his debut EP tomorrow
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
DAITHI Ó DRONAÍ, the immensely talented young fiddle player, whose imaginative sounds and unorthodox style has generated much interest in music circles, is about to release his debut EP.
Read more ...David O’Doherty to add second Róisín Dubh date
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
DAVID O’DOHERTY’S show at the Róisín Dubh on Friday March 11 is nearly sold out, but due to phenomenal demand, he will perform an extra show on Thursday March 10.
Read more ...Indie/hip hop genius Sage Francis for Cúirt
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
SAGE FRANCIS, the indie/hip hop performer and spoken word artist is coming to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday April 16 at 8pm as part of this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature.
Read more ...Grumpy Old Women provide comic uplift
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
HAVE YOU reached that certain age? Are you more likely to be shaking your rolling pin than your booty? Are you a little bit hot, a little bit hairy?
Read more ...Japanese/Irish poetry event at Charlie Byrne’s
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
JAPANESE POET Hisa Kagawa and Galway poet and playwright Rita Ann Higgins will be reading from their work at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop tomorrow at 6pm.
Ms Kagawa will read her Tanka poems on the night. Tanka is a Japanese traditional poem consisting of 31 syllables with 5-7-5/7-7 Mora pattern. Rita Ann will read a selection of work from her controversial new book Hurting God.
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