Reginald D Hunter - on that midnight train to Georgia

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

REGINALD D Hunter was born in the Southern state of Georgia in the late 1960s but in the early 1990s he travelled to Britain to train as an actor at RADA. However after winning a £10 bet to do a comedy gig he decided to re-focus his artistic energies on stand-up.

Éistigí! Caithfear Éisteacht!

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

le Mike P Ó Conaola
ÓN 19 - 25 den mhí seo cuirfidh Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe seó ilmheán faoi scríbhneoir mór na Gaeilge, Máirtín Ó Cadhain os comhair an phobail in Amharclann Chois Fharraige ar an gCnoc nó i Seanscoil Shailearna mar is fearr aithne air.

Mozart comes to Tuam

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

MOZART’S MUCH loved Eine Kleine Nachtmusik will be performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra in the 12th century surrounds of St Mary’s Cathedral Tuam on Wednesday at 8pm.

The concert will see the orchestra, led by violinist Katherine Hunka, joined by accordionist Dermot Dunne, perform Molique’s ‘Concerto for Accordion and Strings’ as well as tangos by Piazzolla and concertos by Vivaldi, as well as Mozart.

Poor little rich kids and yuppie serial killers

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

BRETT EASTON Ellis was born in Los Angeles in 1964 and can fairly be described as the most controversial contemporary fiction writer this side of Chuck Palahniuck.

Niall O’Dowd: an Irish voice

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

IN THE summer of 1978 a young man from Drogheda named Niall O’Dowd had just graduated from UCD with a BA degree but in unemployment-ravaged Ireland he felt his prospects lay elsewhere.

Twilight Saga: Eclipse at midnight at the Eye!

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

GALWAY FANS of The Twilight Saga will be among the first in Ireland to see the series’ third instalment, Eclipse, starring Kirsten Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.

And England are out of the World Cup

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

ENGLISH FOOTBALL’S hubris and jingoism were exposed as mad delusions by a talented and superior German team last Sunday, sending the mis-titled ‘golden generation’ out of South Africa 2010.

Counting Sheep with Dieter Auner

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

AMONG THE notable films featured in next week’s Galway Film Fleadh is Counting Sheep, a new feature-length documentary by Galway-based Romanian film-maker Dieter Auner.

Counting Sheep chronicles a world, untouched for centuries, struggling with profound change. Since joining the EU, Romanians are free to work as agricultural labourers in Germany and can earn more in one month than a year in their traditional occupation, as shepherds.

Blackeye Express to launch new EP

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

GALWAY BAND Blackeye Express, who play post-hardcore pop, will launch their new three track EP Demonstration with a show in The Cellar on Wednesday at 9pm.

Celebrate July Fourth @ The Crane

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

SUNDAY IS the “Fourth of July”, US independence day, and to celebrate The Crane Bar on Sea Road will host a weekend of American styled music.

Tonight at 9pm there will be a gig by Christy Moore sidekick Declan Sinnott and his band Small Town Talk. Tomorrow there will be Joe Fury & The Hayride at 9.30pm

Rusted Rail gig night

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

MUSIC FOR Dead Birds will headline the next Citóg gig in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tomorrow at 9pm.

Voiceover workshops in Galway

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE FRENCH born, Galway based actor, voiceover artist, and film producer Dominique Monot is hosting a two day intensive voice over workshop next month.

Writers’ gathering at Sheridan’s

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE POETS Dave Lordan, Elaine Feeney, and Drucilla Wall will read at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, on Friday July 9 at 8pm.

Galway Cathedral Recitals

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE GALWAY Cathedral Recitals 2010 Summer Concerts programme starts next week and will feature Susan Landale, Malcolm Proud, and the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne.

The recitals will be held on Thursdays at 8pm for six weeks, starting on July 8 with a performance by Prof Susan Landale, the Scottish-born Paris based performer and teacher. She will perform music by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Liszt.

Kenny’s and Born to host major sculpture exhibition

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

“PAINTING AND sculpture are very archaic forms. It’s the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.”

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
In the cinema, the moment the lights go down and the film is about to begin. It’s a moment of pure hope and happiness.

The Ralphs and silent disco @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

Tuam rockers The Ralphs (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm followed by a silent disco at 11.30pm which will see Graham Dolan go head-to-head against Gugai. Admission to the gig is free. Admission to the disco is €5 plus a free pint of Bavaria.

Enemies and The Cast Of Cheers @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

THE IRISH post-rock band Enemies will be performing tracks from their new album We’ve Been Talking when they play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh tonight at 9pm.

Brand new night at the Cellar

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

Kit Kola and Dave Barry present a brand new night downstairs at the Cellar, Eglington street. This pair are very experienced behind the decks and promise to have the house rockin’ for the night playing all the best of rhythm & blues rockabilly, original ska, swing, jump blues, 50's rock n roll and 60's soul.

Dress to impress! Doors at 11pm sharp! Get there early!

Driving Miss Davey

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

CATHY DAVEY was born into a prominent musical and artistic family as her mother is a sculptor and her father is the Celtic/classical composer Shaun Davey.

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