Destination Tango with Otros Aires

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

OTROS AIRES will make their debut performance in Ireland with the show Destination Tango in the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday June 24 at 8pm for a night of tango, milongas, and Latin music.

The High Kings return to Co Galway

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE HIGH Kings, the Irish balladeer group who have taken the US by storm, are returning to Ireland for a show in the The Black Box Theatre on Thursday June 18 at 8pm.

The High Kings - Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, and Darren Holden - are produced by David Downes (who also created the Celtic Woman phenomenon) and boast a remarkable musical lineage.

Say Thank You For The Music in Clarinbridge

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

STARMAKER SCHOOL of Performing Arts presents Thank You For The Music at Kilcornan Hall, Clarinbridge, tonight and tomorrow at 8pm.

StarMaker pupils will perform songs from High School Musical 3, Camp Rock, Annie, and Mamma Mia. Tickets are €15 (adults), €12 (children), and €50 for a family (two adults and two children).

Slide - the future of Irish trad @ Campbell’s

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

TRAD BAND Slide -whose members have been in Dé Danann, Stocktons Wing, Danú, and Liam Clancy and Damien Dempsey’s bands, play Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford on Saturday.

The Galway Sessions 2009

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE GALWAY Sessions, the city’s trad and folk festival, organised by Mick Crehan, takes place next week and will feature Mick Hanley, Ben Taylor, and Alec Finn.

Stagecoach Agency to represent Galway students

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE STAGECOACH Agency, the largest professional children's casting agency in Europe, will represent Stagecoach Galway students from Tuesday June 16.

The agency, part of Stagecoach Theatre Arts Schools represents more than 2,000 students. Galway principal John Lucey said: “This is an exciting development, as geographically, we have not enjoyed as many castings as Stagecoach Dublin in the past, this now changes and puts our students on an even keel.”

Galway Film Fleadh seeks entries for pitching awards

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE 21ST Galway Film Fleadh will take place from Tuesday July 7 to Sunday July 12 and aspiring film makers are being encouraged to enter the fleadh’s Pitching Award.

The Pitching Award is an opportunuity for all aspiring filmmakers to experience making a pitch to a panel of judges. The overall winner will receive €3,000 to enable him/her to further develop scripts and film making skills.

Learn to dance and sing Flamenco

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE FLAMENCO singer and dancer Magdalena Navarrete will host series of Flamenco dance, song, and culture in the Galway Dance Centre in June and July.

Galway Choral Association Youth Choir Summer School

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE GALWAY Choral Association will host its first youth choir summer school in the Presentation Secondary School Galway from July 6 to 10.

Ever thought about thought?

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

WHAT IS thought? Is there anything to really think about? Is too much thinking harmful? How can you channel your thought constructively?

Galway artist wins award

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

GALWAY ARTIST John Jennings recently received Best Animation in the 29th Cork Youth Film and Video Festival for his video Man’s First Alien Encounter.

Cinema Review - Last Chance Harvey

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

Meet Harvey Shine, a middle-aged man who has somehow ended up with a thankless dead-end job and estranged from his family. Then there’s Kate Walker, who feels well on her way to becoming the spinster with 10 cats and an over-needy paranoid mother to bug her 24/7. They meet, eventually learn to tolerate each other, and much much more.

Jon Jost to attend Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE AMERICAN filmmaker Jon Jost will host a special workshop at the Galway Film Fleadh in conjunction with the Galway Film Centre. A number of his films will also be screened during the fleadh.

The Easter Rising and Europe

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

DESPITE THE general perception that the massive advances in technology threaten the future of the printed book, the parallel growth in the number of new publications would suggest the contrary.

This is certainly true in the case of historical material, especially, at least in Ireland, in the case of books relating to the 1916 Rising. At present, Mercier Press IS publishing at least one new volume a month dealing with various aspects of the War of Independence and the lead up to it. At this rate, by the time we reach the centenary of the Rising, every county with have at least one book describing its part in the fight for Irish freedom. Even government ministers are getting in on the act with the Collins Press publishing Michael Martin’s Freedom To Choose: Cork and Party Politics 1918-1932.

New book published on The Quiet Man

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

THE QUIET Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara remains one of the best loved films of all time, and is now the subject of a new book, edited by two Galway based academics.

The Quiet Man...and Beyond: Reflections on a Classic Film, John Ford and Ireland, edited by Seán Crosson and Rod Stoneman and published by The Liffey Press, will be launched today in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media as part of the American Conference for Irish Studies 2009.

Galway Arts Festival - 2009 line up

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

GLAM ROCK legends the New York Dolls and a major dance show by the brilliant Michael Clark, inspired by the Glam era of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, are just two of the many exciting shows, concerts, events, readings, and exhibitions lined up for this year’s Galway Arts Festival, which runs from July 13 to 26.

Jimmy McCarthy at the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

CORK SONGWRITER Jimmy McCarthy has written some of the most popular contemporary Irish songs, with Christy Moore, Mary Black, Maura O’Connell, Tommy Fleming, and Mary Coughlan all enjoying chart success with McCarthy compositions including ‘Ride On’, ‘No Frontiers’, ‘Mystic Lipstick’, and ‘Ancient Rain’.

Galway Sessions 2009 takes place next month

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

THE GALWAY Sessions, the city’s folk, trad, and roots music festival, featuring singers and musicians from Ireland and abroad, takes place from June 15 to 21, mostly in The Crane Bar on Sea Road.

Eclipsed to give view of life inside the Magdalene laundries at Town Hall

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

ATHENRY’S ECLIPSE Theatre Company come to the Town Hall next week with their debut production which, appropriately enough, is a staging of Patricia Burke Brogan’s powerful play about the Magdalene laundries, Eclipsed.

Don Baker @ Town Hall

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Irish blues master Don Baker (pictured) and his band play the Town Hall Theatre on Friday June 12 at 8pm. Apart from his harmonica playing, Don is also an accomplished guitar player and songwriter. Tickets are available from the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.

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