Tom Portman launches new album at Town Hall
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
TOM PORTMAN, performer, composer, songwriter and talented multi-instrumentalist, launches his new album At One, with a gig at the Town Hall on Saturday January 29.
Read more ...MART seeks public support for American exhibition
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE GALWAY based art organisation MART is seeking support and donations from the public for a major exhibition to showcase Irish artists’ work in the USA.
Invite Or Reject is the title of a new exhibition from the art organisation MART. Curated by MART’s Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin, it will feature work by 13 leading Irish artists on display in major contemporary art galleries in New York, Chicago, and LA.
Read more ...Elysium Nevada and Lost City
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
COMING TO the Town Hall Theatre next week is a double-bill of two one-act plays by Carlow playwright Barry McKinley; Elysium Nevada and Lost City.
Read more ...Anne-Marie Fyfe to launch new poetry book
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
ANNE-MARIE Fyfe’s new poetry collection, Understudies: New and Selected Poems, will be launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, tomorrow, at 6.30pm.
Understudies is published by Seren Books and features new poems alongside selections from her previous works, Late Crossing (1999), Tickets from a Blank Window (2002), and The Ghost Twin (2005).
Read more ...ALâ community theatre course
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
ALÂ, THE Ballybane based community theatre organisation, will run a ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ Facilitation Skills Course, starting this week.
Read more ...See Momo’s Dream in Kelly’s and Town Hall
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
SORCAS QUIRCAS will present an open preview of its new production Momo’s Dream in Kelly’s Bar today at 4pm.
Read more ...It’s Disney time in Loughrea
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE BEST loved songs and scenes from Disney movies will be re-created on stage by the Loughrea Youth Theatre in its new show DisneyMIX.
DisneyMIX will be performed in The Temperance Hall, Loughrea, from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 8.30pm. There will be selections from Cinderella, Snow White, and Toy Story 3. Tickets are €12/€8.
Read more ...Leading American bluegrass band for The Crane
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
SPECIAL CONSENSUS are a bluegrass band, but one with a difference. Instead of coming from the music’s heartland of the Southern US States, they come from Chicago.
Read more ...Only Fumes & Corpses play Sally Longs
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
HARDCORE BAND Only Fumes & Corpses play Sally Longs tomorrow night at 9pm, the first show in what will be a nine date tour of Ireland and Britain.
Read more ...Holy Roman Army to play Strange Brew
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
HOLY ROMAN Army, the brother and sister duo of Chris and Laura Coffey, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight at 9pm.
Read more ...Indie Week Ireland deadline is tomorrow
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE DEADLINE to apply for Indie Week Ireland 2011 is tomorrow and bands accepted for entry can win a partially-paid trip to play Indie Week Canada, Toronto, in October.
Read more ...Major exhibition to celebrate a decade of Rosie McGurran
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE GATHERING, a major exhibition by the artist Rosie McGurran, celebrating her work over the last decade, opens at the Galway Arts Centre next week.
Read more ...Galway schools to perform with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
GALWAY NATIONAL schools will be showing off their classical musical talents next month when they join the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland for two concerts.
Read more ...Galway to go tango loco this weekend
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE SEXY and sensual Argentinean dance style of tango is coming to Galway as the city will host the second All Ireland Argentine Tango Festival this weekend.
Read more ...Acting workshops in February
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE ACTING for Film and Television workshops return to Galway and will take place at The Carlton Hotel from Tuesday February 1 to Thursday 3 from 7pm to 11pm.
Read more ...Cinemobile to resume monthly visits to Portumna
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE CINEMOBILE will start its monthly visits to Portumna for 2011, starting this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, showing the usual mix of films for all ages.
Read more ...Little Cinema Short Film Club
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE LITTLE Cinema Short Film Club will host its next meeting this Tuesday at 9pm, upstairs in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street.
Read more ...KT Tunstall - Earning her stripes
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
IT HAD been a whirlwind six years for folk/rock songstress KT Tunstall and she decided it was time to take stock and dream it all up again.
Read more ...The Phantom Band - from mayhem to motorik
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
EVOLVING FROM a loose collection of friends who met regularly for jam sessions and wild, mayhem filled gigs, The Phantom Band have transformed themselves into one of the most exciting acts to emerge in recent years from Scotland’s rich independent music scene.
Read more ...The Snow Queen takes flight in The Black Box
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
AN EXCITING and beautifully crafted version of The Snow Queen, Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale, comes to The Black Box next week.
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