The xx - London boys and girls

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

“THERE ARE admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, ‘It all depends on me’.”

Two exhibitions - one venue - tonight

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

SWIMMING IN Blackrock is a Galway tradition. No matter what time of year, no matter how cold (and it can be very cold), no matter the tide, no matter how rough the sea, it is something some of us must do.

Desi Wilkinson unleashes a Buffalo In The Castle in The Crane

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

BELFAST FLUTE player Desi Wilkinson has been one of Irish trad’s leading exponents for more than three decades. Wilkinson was raised in the shadow of The Troubles in the 1970s and was drawn to music as a means of release from the horrors of war.

Ulster has produced many fine flute players over the years and Desi learned his craft directly from the masters of the tradition such as Tom Gunn and James McMahon.

Festive fare at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

CHRISTMAS IS fast approaching and there are a number of attractive seasonal shows taking place in the Town Hall Theatre in the coming weeks.

Deacon Blue play Castlebar

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

THEY TOOK their name from one of Steely Dan’s greatest songs and throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s enjoyed numerous chart hits. Since re-forming, they continue to entertain the concert crowds.

The old De Dannan play charity gig

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

FORMER MEMBERS of the Irish trad supergroup De Dannan are joining forces once again for a charity concert in the Radisson Hotel on Thursday December 17 at 8pm.

The concert will feature Alec Finn, Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh, Eleanor Shanley, Jackie Daly, Andrew Murray, Derek Hickey, Mick Conneelly, John Carty, Brian McGrath, John Faulkner, Colm Murray, and Aidan Coffey.

Loughrea to go Wilde for Oscar

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

OSCAR WILDE’S comic masterpiece, The Importance Of Being Earnest, will be performed by The Seamas O’Kelly Players in the Temperance Hall, Loughrea, today, Saturday, and Sunday at 8.30pm.

Set in Victorian England, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is directed by John Boland.

Strike Anywhere to bring the Iron Front to Galway

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

STRIKE ANYWHERE, one of the most highly regarded melodic hardcore bands of all time, will being their Leftist charged, politically driven music to Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 7.30pm.

Instruments for Africa charity night @ Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

IF YOU have an old musical instrument that is never used and just taking up space, why not donate it to the Instruments for Africa appeal where it will be transported to Zambia and into appreciative hands.

Crane to host new trad album launches

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

THE CRANE Bar will host a double album launch from musicians Claire Keville and Kathleen Loughnane on Saturday at 6.30pm.

Claire has just released her new album The Daisy Field and Kathleen has released The Harpers Connellan. Both women will play tracks from the albums as the gig.

Sumbrellas headline charity gig for Peru

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

GALWAY BLUEGRASS and folk-rock band The Sumbrellas are among the acts playing the Atlantic Language Galway charity concert in aid of Hogar San Francisco de Asis on Monday at 8pm.

Recession-busting exhibition at White Room Gallery

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

THE WHITE Room Gallery, in the Liosban Industrial Estate will tomorrow open an exhibition entitled 10x10. It will feature 10 new pieces by 10 artists, each measuring 10 inches by 10 inches, and each piece is for sale for €100.

This is an amazing opportunity to buy a piece of art by some of the most exciting artists around at an unbelievable price. At only €100 per piece of work, this is a rare chance for art lovers with a tight budget to get their hands on new and captivating work.

Celebrate Christmas with ConTempo

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

THE BRILLIANT ConTempo will perform a series of Christmas concerts from Tuesday December 8 to Wednesday 16, at a variety of venues in Galway.

Abbey actor to read at Loughrea book launch

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

ABBEY ACTOR Declan Conlon will read from the Loughrea Creative Writing Group’s new edition of its yearly anthology Razzle Dazzle.

The book, edited by author and broadcaster Liam Nolan, will be launched in Loughrea Library on Monday at 7.30pm. Mr Conlon, whose family comes from Loughrea, is best known for his roles as Turlough Norris in Fair City and Mendosa in The Tudors.

Cinema review: 2012

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

FROM THE director of The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, and Godzilla, Roland Emmerich again lives up to the reputation of his previous works and blows us away with his vast selection of unbelievable special effects in his latest release; 2012.

My book of the year

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

WHILE THE new technical innovations have made books much easier and more convenient to access, and while some of these innovations may even threaten the very future of the physical book as we know it today, they have not yet managed to compromise the element of surprise and sheer delight that an unexpected book find will bring, or replicate in any way the full ‘Book Buying Experience’.

All poetry’s children

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

A NEW series of poetry collections - In Sight of Home by Nessa O’Mahony, Pluto’s Noon Sky by Gary King, and Playing Poohsticks on Ha’Penny Bridge by Edward Lee - illustrate that there is no right way and no wrong way to write poetry.

Galway launch for new book on CIE and GAA links

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

FOR MANY people getting to the big GAA matches over the years there was only one option - take the train or get the bus, now the links between CIE and THE GAA are explored in a new book.

Lisa Hannigan - out from the shadows, into the spotlight

Thu, Nov 26, 2009

JUST UNDER 10 years ago Lisa Hannigan drifted into the public consciousness as the otherworldly backing vocalist in Damien Rice’s band and featured prominently on Rice’s chart-topping debut album O.

Over time though Lisa began to shimmy into the spotlight more and more and many earmarked her as potentially an accomplished artist in her own right.

Giveamanakick - Galway made them

Thu, Nov 26, 2009

GIVEAMANAKICK, the Limerick duo who have blazed a trail across Ireland with their ferocious hardcore/punk/heavy rock and incendiary live shows are calling it a day.

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