We can all own a piece of the song

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

IN THIS era of downloading and Youtube, the means of production have transferred from the record companies to ordinary people, raising questions over the relevance of copyright.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being at the epicentre of the most intense drinking session or walking by the sea hand in hand with the one I love.

Tribal Chamber Choir launch debut album

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

THE TRIBAL Chamber Choir, directed by Mark Keane, will launch their debut album Carols From Galway with a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church next week.

New books to be launched in NUIG

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

TWO NEW books by Prof Brian Arkins of the Classics Department in NUI, Galway will be launched tomorrow.

Rising comedy star Roisin Conaty to play Laughter Lounge

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

ROISIN CONATY, the pulchritudinous Co Kerry born, London based comic, described by Time Out as “a seriously talented young lady” is coming to Galway.

New documentary on Rossport/Shell struggle to be screened at The Eye

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

THE PIPE, the award-winning Irish documentary on Rossport’s struggle against the economic might of Shell, will be screened in The Eye cinema in Wellpark on Saturday December 4.

Little Cinema Short Film Club

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

THE NEXT screening by the Little Cinema Short Film Club takes place on Tuesday, upstairs in Kelly’s Bar.

The club screens amateur and professional short films. Filmmakers are welcome to submit their films to screen to the public at the club. The director will introduce the film before the screening. There is an entry fee of €3 with the submitter getting in free.

The Coronas - foreign adventures and hanging with Macca

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

DECEMBER IS going to be a amazing month for music fans in the city as three of Ireland’s leading bands - Two Door Cinema Club, Villagers, and The Coronas - come to Galway for a series of major ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concerts.

Flann O’Brien’s Slattery’s Sago Saga comes to Town Hall

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

ONE OF the highlights of the Town Hall Theatre’s current season takes place next week with Performance Corporation’s uproarious staging of Flann O’Brien’s unfinished comic novel Slattery’s Sago Saga, adapted by Arthur Riordain.

Saturday night jazz with the great Chris Potter

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

“ONE OF the best saxophonists on the planet,” is how The Guardian has described American jazz musician Chris Potter who plays Galway this weekend.

Chris Potter’s Underground - which features Potter, Adam Rogers (guitar), and Craig Taborn (Fender Rhodes) - play the Radisson Live Lounge this Sunday at 7pm as part of the Galway Jazz Festival.

Huston and O’Toole to collaborate on new film

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

THE ACTOR Peter O’Toole and director John Huston have been associated with County Galway for more than six decades.

John O’Conor to play Town Hall

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

JOHN O’CONOR, the internationally acclaimed Irish pianist, returns to the Town Hall Theatre next week to play the music of Beethoven, Chopin, and Field.

Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere comes to the stage

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

GALWAY’S CROI8 Productions will perform the Irish stage premiere of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere at the Town Hall Theatre studio from December 8 to 11.

Make a choice with ALâ at Kelly’s

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

SCHOOL BULLYING and a troubled child in the home are the themes of two plays which will be staged under the title Choices by ALâ Community Theatre, in Kelly’s, Bridge Street.

Blue Teapot Theatre Co table quiz

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

THE BLUE Teapot Theatre Company will hold a fund raising table quiz at Lohan’s Bar, Salthill, on Tuesday at 8.30pm.

Daithi Ó Dronaí to headline Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

DAITHÍ Ó Dronaí, the immensely talented fiddle player, who injects Irish trad with a dose of youthful swagger, headlines the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.