Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
THE 2011 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase takes place on Friday February 11 at 8pm in Café 8 at The Galway City Museum.
Every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2010 is invited to read three poems from his/her collection.
Read more ...Mogwai - Scotland’s pride
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“MOGWAI STILL sound like the future, their five-strong core membership still the coolest gang in town.” So wrote Scottish crime fiction author Ian Rankin of the band that make their Galway debut on St Valentine’s Day.
Read more ...Marathon at Town Hall
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
NIGHT TIME. A country road. Mark and Steve are training for the event of their lives. They find themselves running into their past and into their future.
Read more ...Des Bishop - My Dad Was Nearly James Bond
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
IS JAMES Bond the epitome of masculinity? Suave, handsome, irresistible to women, brave, cool under pressure, an array of gadgets at his disposal, and a licence to kill.
Read more ...Open mic nights @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
STARTING THIS Sunday at 9pm, the Róisín Dubh will begin its new Open Mic nights in the upstairs bar. This new weekly night takes its inspiration from the classic open mic format.
Read more ...Open mic nights @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
STARTING THIS Sunday at 9pm, the Róisín Dubh will begin its new Open Mic nights in the upstairs bar. This new weekly night takes its inspiration from the classic open mic format.
Read more ...GFS to show two award winning films
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
CHRISTIAN MONKS living in a Muslim land and an American teenager struggling to look after her family are the backdrop to two upcoming screenings by The Galway Film Society.
Read more ...Momo’s Dream in Town Hall Studio
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
MICHAEL ENDE’S classic fable Momo comes to the Town Hall studio next week in an imaginative new staging by Sorcas Quircas and directed by Pipa the Clown.
Momo, also known as The Grey Gentlemen or The Men in Grey, is a fantasy novel first published in 1973. Like Ende’s best-known work, The Neverending Story, it uses fantasy and symbolism to deal with real issues such as the nature and importance of time, the power of stories, friendship, compassion, and the value of the small but precious things that make life worth living.
Read more ...Linda Welby to play Town Hall Theatre
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A SINGER, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a mother of eight, she is Linda Welby and she plays the Town Hall Theatre on Monday February 7 at 8pm.
Read more ...Actions - daring dance show for Town Hall
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“DARING PHYSICAL feats? Check. Competitiveness? Check. Underlying, shrugged-off, affection? Check...wonderfully enjoyable, skilfully paced, and full of small surprises.”
Read more ...The Vaccines are Róisín Dubh bound
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THERE IS a hell of a lot of fuss about London band The Vaccines at the moment and they are hotly tipped to be one of the breakthrough bands of 2011.
Read more ...Daft Funk and Dmau5 @ Kelly’s
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A DOUBLE headline gig featuring two leading tribute acts to two of the best ever electronic acts is coming to Kelly’s on Friday February 4 at 10pm.
Read more ...Freddie White to play The Forge
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
FREDDIE WHITE is about to depart to live in Australia but before he does, he is treating his Irish fans to a series of gigs around the country.
Read more ...The Silent Disco is back
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THE FIRST Silent Disco of 2011 takes place in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11pm with DJs Gugai and Graham Dolan going head to head.
Read more ...Flirt FM’s Deep Underground live from The Blue Note
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
FLIRT FM 101.3’s flagship underground electronic music show Deep Underground will be broadcasting live from the Blue Note this evening.
Read more ...Rising comedy star Jack Whitehall to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
HE IS only in his early twenties but English comedian Jack Whitehall has already made a remarkable impact upon the comedy world.
Read more ...Múscailt - NUIG’s arts festival returns
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THE IRISH première of a new opera, a new children’s show, original drama, comedy, music, and art, will make up this year’s Múscailt - NUI, Galway’s annual arts festival.
Read more ...New Galway poet launches debut collection
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
GRAHAM GILLESPIE, the Galway born poet, will launch his debut collection Love, Sorrow And Joy in The Ardilaun hotel this Saturday at 7pm.
Love, Sorrow And Joy is subtitled ‘A New Voice in Irish Avant-garde Poetry’ and the collection features an introduction by Dr Micheál Ó hAodha of the University of Limerick exploring the avant garde nature of Gillespie’s poetry.
Read more ...The King’s Speech
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The King’s Speech is undoubtedly one of the best dramas to hit the big screen in a very long time deserving all the award nominations given to it for its amazing storyline and brilliant cast. I could watch this over and over again.
Read more ...Let them eat cake
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
GEORDIE COMIC Sarah Millican is now a regular face on British television through her appearances on Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
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