Mediaeval mayhem with Your Highness
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
YOUR HIGHNESS, the mediaeval comedy-advernture starring Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel, has just opened in cinemas in Galway.
Read more ...Féile na Ceardlainne in An Spidéal
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE BEST of Irish craft and design will be exhibited in An Ceardlann in An Spidéal, for Féile na Ceardlainne, a free festival of art, craft, music, and dance.
Féile na Ceardlainne runs from Tuesday April 26 to Monday May 1 from 10am to 6pm. During that time An Ceardlann’s nine studios will hold free open day workshops for people to try their hand at porcelain making, pottery, painting, figure drawing, weaving, stained glass or jewellery design, kite making, and badge and friendship bracelet making.
Read more ...Galway Music Residency sax it up
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE GREAT saxophonist Stan Getz said the saxophone is “an instrument that sings” because “at its best it’s like the human voice.”
Read more ...Galway Youth Orchestra auditions
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
Galway Youth Orchestra will hold auditions for new members on May 7 in the GTI on Fr Griffin Road.
Read more ...Cois Cladaigh charity concert
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
COIS CLADAIGH will give thier first concert of 2011 when they perform in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre summer classes
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s summer classes programme starts again this May and early booking is strongly recommended as places are limited.
Read more ...Motoring the Communist way
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
CAR MANUFACTURERS in the Communist bloc of Eastern Europe had to walk the line between giving people cars they wanted to own and meeting government plans to provide practical, inexpensive, vehicles to take workers to their place of employment.
Read more ...Biblio: A monthly review of Irish Books
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
FOR MOST Galwegians, Little John Nee was largely synonymous with the spirit of the Galway Arts Festival in its early years.
Those who lined Galway’s streets on that wonderful Saturday afternoon in 1988 when Gulliver was paraded through the city centre will never forget the obnoxious little character who proceeded the Footsbarn drums, haranguing us all to hide our dirty faces and to take our ugly selves off the streets, as our filthy smelly presence was nothing but the highest of insults to the Queen of Lilliput, who was following him in all her grandeur.
Read more ...North Beach Poetry Nights
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
THE NEXT North Beach Poetry Nights Slam takes place this Monday at 9pm in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, and the guest poet will be Dave Lordan.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
THE WEEKLY Stand Up Open Mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm and will also be raising funds for the Galway Volunteer Centre.
Read more ...RockSoc to host Irish premier of Bob and The Monster
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
NUI, GALWAY’S Rock Society, aka Rock Soc, will host the Irish premier of the documentary Bob and The Monster in the Bailey Allen Hall on Friday July 8.
Read more ...B-movie mayhem at 126
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
IF YOU love atrociously bad films, trashy B-movies, and generally stuff that is ‘so awful it’s brilliant’, then do not miss 126 Gallery’s TerriBAD Movie Night.
Read more ...Cúirt Over The Edge Showcase Reading
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
THE 2011 Cúirt Over The Edge reading, a major showcase for emerging writers, takes place in the Druid Lane Theatre on Wednesday at 3.30pm.
Nicola Griffin grew up in Cheshire and now lives in Clare. She has a regular column in Inland Waterways News and her poetry has been published in Ropes Unravelled, The Sunday Tribune, and Crannóg.
Read more ...Kevin Barry to launch debut novel at Cúirt
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
KEVIN BARRY has won acclaim for his plays and short stories and his CV also boasts screenplays, graphic stories, and essays. Now he adds novelist to that list.
Read more ...Elaine Feeney: one of Ireland’s growing band of young political poets
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
CÚIRT’S NEW programme director Dani Gill was determined this year’s festival should not be dominated by recycled names from previous years.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Having worked in the garden all day then drink a very satisfying beer.
Von Shakes @ SU Sessions
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
Dublin Quartet Von Shakes (pictured) play The SU Sessions on Tuesday at 6pm in An Bialann, NUI Galway. The band have just released their debut album The Routine. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Read more ...Trad tribute to Clive Collins
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
A WEEKEND trad session will take place in Gort to remember musician Clive Collins who passed away five years ago.
Read more ...Cúirt double bill from Galway Youth Theatre
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
GALWAY YOUTH Theatre grace this year’s Cúirt with a strong double-bill of works from America’s Neil LaBute (Autobahn) and Germany’s Marius Von Mayenburg (The Ugly One).
Read more ...Paddy Casey @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
SINGER-SONGWRITER Paddy Casey returns to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 15 at 9pm.
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