New exhibition at Kenny’s

Thu, Oct 28, 2010

BLUE DOOR Studio is the title of a new exhibition which opens in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán, this Saturday at 2pm.

This is a group exhibition and it will feature work by, among others, Kenneth Webb, Joan Webb, and Susan Webb. It runs throughout November.

Keith Farnan - man of the world

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

SOMETIMES THE best way to undermine something is to laugh at it. Sometimes the best way to raise a difficult issue and to challenge people to think is not through lecturing, but through humour.

Fame! I’m gonna live forever...

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

DURING THE 1980s there were many prominent television series including Dallas, Dynasty, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Miami Vice, Who’s The Boss?, M*A*S*H, and The A-Team.

Blasted - ‘a disgusting feast of filth’

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

WHEN BLASTED was first performed on the British stage in 1995, it was regarded as “a disgusting feast of filth”, but now it is hailed as a modern classic.

Award-winning Grenades in Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

AMONG THE plays featured in the upcoming Galway Theatre Festival is Tara McKevitt’s Grenades, winner of this year’s RTÉ PJ O’Connor Award, which is being staged by Mephisto Theatre Company.

Galway Theatre Festival opens on Monday

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

CONTROVERSY, COMEDY, mayhem, music, storytelling, puppetry, saga, and satire will be unleashed on the city when the third Galway Theatre Festival opens next Monday.

The festival will run up to and including Sunday October 31 with plays being performed in the Nuns Island Theatre, the Town Hall studio, and the Druid Lane Theatre.

The Circus of Horrors is coming to Galway

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

IF QUENTIN Tarantino had directed Cirque de Soleil, then you might have got something like The Circus Of Horrors which arrives in The Black Box Theatre on Thursday November 4 at 8pm.

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road as Gaeilge

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

BOICÍNÍ BHÓTHAR Kilburn, the Irish-language version of Jimmy Murphy’s celebrated play The Kings of the Kilburn High Road, is currently running in the Druid Theatre.

Jazz gig @ 8 Café

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

THE 8 Café at the Galway City Museum will host a supper club jazz gig tomorrow at 7pm led by Matthew Berrill and Aengus Hackett Jazz Quartet.

Little Cinema Short Film Club

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

THE LITTLE Cinema Short Film Club is holding a Halloween themed short film event upstairs in Kelly’s this Tuesday at 9pm.

Northern Soul and rock’n’roll DJ nights

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

FANS OF Northern Soul, rock’n’roll, Ska, and jump blues have plenty to look forward to with some great DJ nights coming up.

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip @ Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

SCROOBIUS PIP delivers the words to make you think and Dan Le Sac provides music that is infectious, catchy, and street-wise, creating an an irresistible combination for mind and feet.

Goodbye Lenin! composer to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

YANN TIERSEN, the Breton composer and musician, best known for his soundtracks for Amélie and Goodbye Lenin! plays the Róisín Dubh on Monday at 9pm.

Robert Sarazin Blake to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

WITH HIS glasses and rich black beard, Robert Sarazin Blake has the air of a rabbi. He isn’t, but it is the stories in his songs and their wise reflections which give him that aura.

Australian Pearl Jam @ Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

THE AUSTRALIAN Pearl Jam play upstairs in Kelly’s Bar on Saturday at 9pm.

The band’s two hour set spans the entire Pearl Jam catalogue, from early classics such as ‘Alive’, ‘Evenflow’, and ‘Jeremy’ to more recent work such as ‘Worldwide Suicide’ and ‘The Fixer’.

Countdown to TULCA begins

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

TULCA, GALWAY’S festival of visual arts returns from November 6 to 21 and will feature the work of more than 40 national and international artists across eight venues and public spaces in the city.

Martin Dyar to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

MARTIN DYAR, the Co Mayo poet and actor, will be among the readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday October 28 at 6.30pm.

Spirit Of Voice festival line up announced

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

THE SPIRIT Of Voice festival returns from November 12 to 14 with concerts and events celebrating song, words, and the human voice.

You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies, especially if you are the socially challenged genius computer nerd Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of the world conquering Facebook. Through fast-talking dialogue and scenes which switch back and forth at relentless, sometimes dizzying, pace we see the highs, the lows, the falling outs and countless lawsuits that supposedly plagued the early days of this social network phenomenon.