The darkest Batman yet
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
THE DARK Knight, the second Batman film directed by Christopher Nolan, possibly comes closest to representing the darker side of the urban vigilante’s character of all the Batman movies.
Read more ...Baby Mama
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
Two women, one apartment, and nine very eventful months. Baby Mama is a predictable comedy about a successful and single businesswoman whose plans of having a child are thrown when she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. The film’s opening sequence shows the career-driven Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) on a blind date, where she explains, “ Some women got pregnant, I got promoted. I want a baby now, I'm 37." Needless to say, her blind date rapidly flees the scene.
Read more ...Tuam Arts Festival seeks short films
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
THE TUAM Arts Festival is calling on film makers and producers to enter their films for the festival’s ‘We Like Short Shorts’ programme this August.
‘We Like Short Shorts’ will feature short films in any genre. The only criteria for entry is that the film must be under 20 minutes long (films under five minutes are especially welcome).
Read more ...Nanci Griffith’s long love affair with Ireland
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
TEXAN SONGWRITER Nanci Griffith released her debut album Lone Star State Of Mind in 1987 and made an immediate impact when it peaked at number 23 in the US charts.
Read more ...Nigerian star D’Banj to play Leisureland
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
THE NIGERIAN Afro-beat and r’n’b star D’Banj and the Mohits All-stars will play the Koko Revelation Concert in Leisureland, Salthill, on Monday August 4.
Read more ...Coming up at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
JAPANESE METAL, Swedish fun, English cool, and Irish brilliance are on the cards over the next few months with a host of brilliant acts set to play the Róisín Dubh.
Tonight, Galway new wave band Disconnect 4 play a free show at Strange Brew, while Japan’s Electric Eel Shock bring their riveting mix of heavy metal, classic rock, and inspired lunacy to the Róisín tomorrow night.
Read more ...ODi - getting what she deserves
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
IRELAND HAS no shortage of singer-songwriters. You cannot step into any music venue without encountering some hopeful, strapped with an acoustic guitar, proclaiming ‘three chords and the truth’.
Read more ...Comedian Jon Kenny goes back to front at the Town Hall Theatre
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
AFTER SUCCESSFULLY battling Hodgkin’s disease more than eight years ago, Limerick-born comedian Jon Kenny has made a remarkable return to form and Galway audiences are in for a treat when Kenny brings his show to the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday July 31 to Saturday August 2.
Read more ...Theatre review: Galway Arts Festival
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
Farber Foundry: Molora
SOUTH AFRICA’S Farber Foundry provided an early highlight of this year’s festival with the first-week staging of Molora, director-author Yael Farber’s adaptation of The Oresteia.
Calvin Harris and New Young Pony Club to DJ @ Cuba*
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
CALVIN HARRIS, currently riding high in the charts with ‘Dance Wiv Me’ with Dizzee Rascal and the very hip New Young Pony Club will perform DJ sets in Cuba*, Eyre Square.
Read more ...Enjoy A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Stress!!
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
A SUNNY Day In Glasgow are not Scottish, they are a Philadelphia based trio and they will perform their acclaimed mix of indie, pop, and techno at Stress!! in De Burgo’s this Tuesday at 10pm.
Read more ...Kurt Cobain approved Calvin Johnson to play Bell, Book, & Candle
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
CALVIN JOHNSON, the American indie-rock legend and the founder/owner of K Records, will play Bell, Book & Candle, the Small Crane, Sea Road, on Monday at 5pm.
Read more ...Disconauts’ summer party
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
THE DISCONAUTS’ Summer Party takes place this Saturday. Things kick off with soulful party grooves on board the Corrib Princess and afterwards a club night in The Cellar Bar.
Read more ...Berlin DJ to play Lowerstate
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
PANTHA DU Prince, the Berlin based electronic music producer will perform a live electronic set at Lowerstate in De Burgo’s on Friday August 1.
Pantha du Prince (aka Hendrik Weber) mixes melodic experimental techno with Detroit house and melancholic moodiness. His driving and euphoric live sets wander between the avant-garde and the rush and excitement of the dance floor, and he is admired by such figures as Michael Mayer (Kompakt), Richie Hawtin (Minus), and Martin Gore.
Read more ...Foot stamping at Freedom Café
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
TOES WILL tap and feet will stomp at the next Unchained Melodies gig in Amnesty International’s Freedom Café this evening from 5pm.
Read more ...Brazilian guitar and Argentinean dance for St Augustine’s
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
BRAZILIAN GUITAR duo Siqueira Lima are coming to Galway - as part of their honeymoon - to perform a night of Brazilian and Argentinean music in St Augustine’s Church.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A black, suede room - I’m just taking these off the top of my head.
A black, suede room - I’m just taking these off the top of my head.
Read more ...Acclaimed dance show Giselle @ Black Box
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
ONE OF the most high acclaimed Irish dance/theatre shows of all time - Fabulous Beast’s Giselle, choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan - is in the Black Box Theatre this week.
Read more ...Doug Stanhope plays Laughter Lounge in September
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
DOUG STANHOPE, the fearless, controversial, and provocative US comedian, will play the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday September 3 at 9pm.
Read more ...Ed Byrne @ Comedy Club
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
Ed Byrne (pictured) plays the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday at 8.30pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival. One of the major names in Irish comedy, Byrne is a regular on RTÉ’s The Panel, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, and BBC2’s Mock The Week, he has also enjoyed sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival. For tickets contact the Galway Arts Festival Box Office, 1-5 Merchants Road, on 091-566577. Online booking is through www.galwayartsfestival.com
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