Leading German author to read in NUIG

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

LEADING GERMAN author Ulrich Peltzer will give a public reading in the Siobhan McKenna Theatre, Arts Millennium Building, NUI, Galway, today from 5pm to 6pm.

Charlie Byrne’s to host Great Irish Book Week event

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Charlie Byrne’s will host a reading featuring many of Galway’s leading poets reading from a new book published by Salmon Poetry.

This Saturday at 6.30pm Charlie Byrnes’ will host a reading from Poetry: Reading it, Writing it, Publishing it (Salmon 2009), Edited by Jessie Lendennie, which is one of 30 books selected for promotion during Publishing Ireland’s Great Irish Book Week which runs from October 24 to 31.

All-Ireland Poetry Slam Championship

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE NORTH Beach Poetry Nights will host the All-Ireland Poetry Slam Championship 2009 in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

Romanian poet goes Over The Edge

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

ROMANIAN POET Denisa Mirena Piscu will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday October 29 at 6.30pm.

Japanese Film Festival comes to the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

JAPAN HAS one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world. Its first films were screened in 1897 - only two years after the Lumière brothers made their famous screenings in Paris. Today the country is currently the third largest feature film producer.

See Verdi’s Aida live at The Eye

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

GALWAY OPERA lovers are in for a treat this Saturday at 6pm when Verdi’s Aida will be transmitted live to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark via satellite from The Met in New York.

Eleanor Shanley to play Clonbur

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE SINGER Eleanor Shanley and Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe will join forces for a concert at the Fairhill House Hotel, Clonbur, this Saturday.

Themed nights @ Karma

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS are themed nights at the Karma club and the venue is determined to take the idea of themed events to the next level.

Sun Seekers

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

THE SUN Seekers will launch their new EP Escapade in the Róisín Dubh this Monday at 9pm.

Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS, and ventriloquist Nina Conti was born and raised in the Hampstead area of London surrounded by intellectuals, actors, and artists.

She hangs brightly - Hope Sandoval to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

SHE WAS the gentle but sensuous and hypnotic voice of Mazzy Star. Today she takes that voice into quieter, more sparse, musical realms backed by My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. She is Hope Sandoval.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - featuring Ó Cíosóig and Irish band Dirt Blue Gene - will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 29 at 8pm.

Obama approved Hypnotic Brass Ensemble to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

“I CANNOT get enough of these guys, they soothe the soul.” So said US president Barack Obama about the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, who play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 22 at 9pm.

New Christian O’Reilly play in Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

GALWAY-BASED playwright Christian O’Reilly, whose plays have been staged by Druid and Rough Magic, will see his latest play premiere at the Galway Theatre Festival in a production by Decadent Theatre Company.

Entitled Here We Are Again Still, the play was commissioned by the Galway City Council under the Per Cent For Art Scheme, whereby a portion of the funding for a local authority capital project is reserved for spending on an original art work.

Zelig to stage The Donahue Sisters

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

AFTER A successful run in London at the Hen & Chickens Theatre, Galway company Zelig brings Geraldine Aron’s The Donahue Sisters to the second Galway Theatre Festival.

One woman’s intimate confession

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

A WOMAN is condemned to solitude following a forbidden sexual relationship. Alone, she manifests three different forms of herself to recount a story of desire, power, and fate.

Moonfish stage The Secret Garden

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

FRANCES HODGSON Burnett’s much-loved children’s story The Secret Garden is among the attractions at the Galway Theatre Festival where it is being staged in a new adaptation by Moonfish Theatre Company.

Expect big riffs from Bronto Skylift

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

SCOTTISH DUO Bronto Skylift have been compared to Lightning Bolt due to their mixture of heavy guitar riffs and free form drumming.

Jabbas @ Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

JABBA THE Hut was a nasty piece of work, the galaxy’s leading criminal, he had a score to settle with Hans Solo, and inspired the name of an Irish indie/electro/pop act.

The band are Jabbas (vocals, guitar, synths), Mick Foley (drums, percussion), Mani (bass, vocals, guitar), Karen Clark (vocals). Their influences include Beck, Cut Chemist and Animal Collective to New Order, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Talking Heads.

See the ‘sexy and postmodern’ MagneTs

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

THERE ARE six microphones, no instruments, only a fusion of glorious vocal harmonies and jaw dropping beatboxing on songs from Joy Division to Scissor Sisters.

Wallis Bird is back

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

WALLIS BIRD returns to Galway for what is sure to another high energy, exuberant, and fun filled gig at the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday October 21 at 8pm.

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