The best Oscar winning films to watch this week

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

A LOW key Oscars this year struck a tasteful tone given the year we’ve had, and the 2021 awards were spread throughout a group of deserving and interesting films.

Seann Walsh - live from London to Galway

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

SEANN WALSH, described by the London Evening Standard as “one of comedy’s hottest properties” and “one of the most entertaining observational comics on the block" by The Independent, headlines the next online Comedy KARLnival.

Galway online event for Poetry Day Ireland

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

SIX STORYTELLERS and writers, from Galway, Ireland, and abroad, will read poems and discuss the inspiration behind the work, in an online event for Poetry Day Ireland.

‘Wires Crossed’ - A Balancing Act for Europe!

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

‘Wires Crossed’, an innovative Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture project illustrating the importance of head and heart balance, continues to be delivered by Galway Community Circus. While the Covid pandemic has brought significant challenges, the project has reached hundreds of community participants in 13 countries to date. Wires Crossed is being delivered by a network of 15 European youth and social circus schools, led by Galway Community Circus and Ecole De Cirque De Bruxelles. The project promotes physical and mental wellbeing, safe risk-taking and social inclusion through funambulism – tightwire walking using a balancing pole.

'Getting to Know...' Billy O'Callaghan

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good day of writing, at that point when a story really starts to come together.

Drone Bone Jetty - Little John in a dystopian landscape

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

IN A dystopian future, where ‘art without artists’ is the desired reality, Puck roams a ravaged landscape, attempting to find meaning in a world divorced from nature and humanity.

Mural unveiled in Athenry which changes along with the weather

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

'Changing States', a vibrant new street mural in Athenry, which changes colour depending on the weather, was unveiled this week.

‘Nora is not always visible behind James Joyce. I wanted her in the foreground’

Wed, Apr 21, 2021

MENTION NORA Barnacle and four things come to mind: she was from Galway; she was sexually adventurous and advanced for her day; she was the partner and muse of James Joyce; and she never read a word he wrote.

Clannad to play Leisureland in 2022

Wed, Apr 21, 2021

CLANNAD WILL mark its 50th anniversary as a band, and bring the curtain down on an extraordinary career with a farewell world tour.

Films to watch on Amazon Prime

Wed, Apr 21, 2021

AMAZON PRIME’s Video streaming service has a surprisingly good selection of films, a selection that puts it ahead of Netflix right now.

ConTempo and Collins - live from the Hardiman

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

FINGHIN COLLINS and the ConTempo Quartet will join forces for a concert of music by Shostakovich, Keal, and Brahms, to be broadcast live from Eyre Square.

Remote Control #2 - artist development programme announces 2021 recipients

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

A DANCER, a performance artist, and two writers have been announced as this year’s recipients of the Remote Control artist development programme.

Cúirt 2021 - What are you going to see?

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature has begun and runs until Sunday. This year, things are a little different due to Covid-19 restrictions, so audiences are encouraged to watch at home and be part of the online festival community.

Villagers to play Galway in November

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

VILLAGERS HAVE today announced a new Irish and British tour which will take in Galway’s Black Box Theatre on November 5.

Máirtín O’Connor’s ‘The Mighty Ocean’ premieres on TG4 this weekend

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

‘THE MIGHTY Ocean’, a major new musical composition by the great Máirtín O’Connor, reflecting on the power of the sea, but also humanity’s pollution of the oceans, premieres this weekend.

Free concert with star Irish mezzo soprano Tara Erraught

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

TARA ERRAUGHT, one of Ireland’s finest mezzo sopranos, will give a free concert this week as part of NUI Galway’s Arts in Action festival series.

Essential Conversations at Cúirt 2021

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

RACE, FEMINISM, climate change, the alt-right, the Covid pandemic - some of the key and most urgent issues of our time, will be discussed and debated at this month’s Cúirt festival.

Cúirt / Over The Edge showcase 2021

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

THE 15TH annual Cúirt International Festival of Literature/Over The Edge showcase for emerging writers returns on Thursday, April 22nd at 1pm, via Zoom.