Flamenco classes restarting soon in Galway

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

FLAMENCO DANCER Fatima Lucia will begin a new term of flamenco dance classes on Tuesday January 19 in Áras na nGael, 45 Dominick Street at 7pm.

Start the New Year cinematically

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

AN ARTIST is ‘inspired’ by her guardian angle, a Kurdish youth plans to swim the English Channel to reach his girlfriend, dark goings on mar a town in Germany on the eve of WWI, and a Hungarian woman must confront her past if she is to have a future.

Enter The Asylum with Keith Barry

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

TOP MAGICIAN, illusionist and hypnotist Keith Barry is known as Ireland’s Druid Master. His exceptional sleight of hand and mind control talents carry on the ancient druidic tradition and have marked him as one of Ireland’s leading entertainment figures.

2010 at the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

AS THE curtain rises on 2010, what theatrical ‘goodies’ can playgoers look forward to at the Town Hall Theatre over the coming year?

Renmore Panto’s highly entertaining Mother Goose holds sway until January 17 and will doubtless draw full houses for the rest of its run. After that, the new season commences in earnest and, fittingly, the first play of the year is a new offering by local author Jack Kirwan, entitled Playing At Plays.

Celebrate Schumann with Music For Galway

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

“IT IS music’s lofty mission to shed light on the depths of the human heart,” so said Robert Schumann, whose music will be celebrated this month with a weekend of concerts in Galway.

The Secret Garden at Nuns Island Theatre

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

A YOUNG girl must leave India to live with her reclusive uncle in his great, empty, mansion in England. It would be very lonely there but for a magical and mysterious secret garden.

Journey into sound with God Is An Astronaut

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

POST-ROCK BANDS may be 10 a penny these days and there are only very few that truly have the class and skill to stand out from the rest.

All hail the O’Emperor

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

O’EMPEROR have been hailed by Hotpress as “nothing short of genius”, Futuresounds compared them to Fleet Foxes, while Totally Dublin said they “have ticked off the right boxes to create a post-rock classic”.

Cinema Review - Sherlock Holmes

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

Guy Richie has managed to claw his way back from the film industry rubbish heap to be once again on top of his game with this exciting and innovative take on the much loved character of Sherlock Holmes. Gone is all that ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’, nonsense and welcome a fast thinking, bare-knuckle punching, slightly mad (but in a good way) detective that is so fun to watch you will be itching for a sequal.

Get creative with Galway Arts Centre classes

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s Winter Classes Programme starts again this month with classes for children and adults. So if you want to get creative in 2010 here is your chance.

Is The Da Vinci Code a cod?

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

NO DOUBT there are people out there who really believe that Jesus’ descendants were running around the south of France for centuries and that the Illuminati are in control of everything.

Get writing for the New Year

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

IT IS said that everyone has at least one novel in them. The challenge is to sit down and write it from start to finish - but what skills do you need to learn to help you get your story on paper?

Music for Children That Can’t Sit Still

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

CHILDREN THAT Can’t Sit Still is the title of the next Gigs for Families concert from Adventures in Music and it takes place in the St Patrick’s Bandhall on Sunday January 10.

Fred Johnston translates work by French poet

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

TRANSLATIONS OF the French poet, Colette Wittorski, by the Galway based poet, author, and critic Fred Johnston, have just been published by Lapwing Poetry, Belfast.

A European odyssey

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

I REMEMBER standing in the middle of Charles Bridge the only time I visited Prague and having this overwhelming sensation of being in the very heart of Europe.

Sideways wit and the best kind of subversion

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

THE SPIN-DOCTORS of the poetry world so often reach for the term “long-awaited” when describing a new collection of poetry that its meaning has mostly been drained away.

Celebrating the people behind Galway’s equestrian traditions

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

Galway has a long and proud equestrian tradition, from the world renowned Connemara pony to the Galway Races. A Way With Horses by Niamh Ó Dochartaigh highlights 10 Galway people who were instrumental in upholding that tradition over the past century.

“Ha, ha…ho, ho….!”

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

STAND-UP comedy in Ireland has become more and more popular in recent years and going to a comedy club show is an essential part of any social calendar.

Jenny Huston on why Irish rock is In Bloom

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THE IRISH rock, indie, and singer-songwriter scene has never been healthier or more vibrant yet there is still a feeling that many of our best bands are still ‘local heroes’.

Expect some Bethlemayhem from So Cow and friends

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

BETHLEMAYHEM 09, a night featuring some of the best local and new indie bands takes place upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tonight at 8pm.

There will be performances from So Cow, Local Living Guy, A Silver Mount Burren, Big Monster Love, Declan Q Kelly, and Rural Savage. The night is being co-organised by members of A Silver Mount Burren.

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