Keeping the music going - despite Covid-19

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

Against all the odds set by Covid 19, Music Generation Galway City - a new venture for teaching music to children and teens - has proven a resounding success.

‘To take good photos, you need to learn geography’

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

SOMETIMES IT takes an outsider’s eye to see what is special about a particular place, to recognise, and discover anew, the beauty which locals take so much for granted that they hardly not notice anymore. Through such people, we see our city with new eyes.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Cold beers on a hot beach with good company and good tunes.

Last of Liam O’Flaherty’s banned novels is finally republished

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

LIAM O'FLAHERTY'S banned novel, The Martyr, has just been republished by Nuascéalta, 87 years since its first and only publication in 1933.

Sunday concerts live-streamed from St Nicholas'

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

THIS SUNDAY at 5pm, the first in a series of five live streamed concerts, entitled Abendmusik, will be broadcast from St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

'Tragic' - Cat Turner releases new single

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

"IT'S A love song you can sing to yourself, with a hint of sarcasm!" is how Galway singer/songwriter/producer Cat Turner describes her new single, 'Tragic', which is released on Friday October 23.

Film review: Rebecca

Films Reviews Tue, Oct 20, 2020

ON THE French Riviera, a young, working class, woman is traveling as an assistant. While alone one afternoon she meets Max de Winter, a handsome widower who invites her for a drive. After a whirlwind romance they wed, and spend another week on the continent.

Tariq Ali to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

"THE SERVICE of great kings may carry its own rewards, but the service of truth goes unrewarded and is, for that very reason, worth far more.”

Billy Bragg to play Galway in 2021

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

BILLY BRAGG, one of the most powerful and incisive political songwriters of the last 40 years, will play the Black Box Theatre, Saturday November 6 2021.

Galway ballerina seeks sponsorship

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

GALWAY BALLERINA Emer Lenihan is a dancer making waves in the ballet world at the moment, having been offered auditions in January with the St Petersburg Ballet and Boris Eifman Ballet companies in Russia.

‘Turning Galway into an exhibition’

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

THE FIRST in a series of exhibitions under the Government’s art and culture ‘Getting Through Covid-19 Together’ campaign opens in the Eyre Square Shopping Centre from today, Thursday October 15.

‘I was a massive film creep before I was a music creep’

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

THE HILL - a landform which extends above the surrounding terrain; a summit to be reached; a place on which a person is prepared to die for an ideal; an obstacle to be overcome; a goal.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Spending quality time with my family.

The Clockworks cover Oasis

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

THE CLOCKWORKS, one of the most exciting bands to have emerged from Galway in recent years, have covered Oasis' 'Some Might Say' to mark 25 years of (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Online dance workshop for the over 50s

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

DUSK UNTIL Dawn, an online workshop for the over 50s, focused on mindful movement and creative choreography, takes place tomorrow, Friday October 16, from 4pm to 6pm.

Galway artist Pádraic Reaney to represent Ireland in major UN exhibition

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

Galway artist Pádraic Reaney has been selected to represent Ireland in a major international exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.

Galway's John Fleming releases new single as J.A.M.F

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

JOHN FLEMING, the musical director of Galway's The Black Magic Big Band, has just released a solo single, 'Love Is Love', under the stage-name J.A.M.F.

Films to watch on cold October nights

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

WITH THE cinemas closed for what will hopefully be only three weeks, I have returned to streaming platforms which served us so well during the initial lockdown, and chosen four films on Netflix I believe are worth your time.

'Alright' - Anna Mullarkey releases new single

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

'ALRIGHT', THE new single from Galway vocalist and composer Anna Mullarkey is released today, Tuesday October 13, via the independent Galway based label, Strange Brew.

Les Misérables; a tension filled look at France's uneasy problem

Films Reviews Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Little did I know when I had left my recliner seat in screen seven at Omniplex Salthill on Thursday October 1 that it would be my last cinema experience for the foreseeable future as a level three lockdown was enforced the next Tuesday. But like most things in life, it is always good to go out with a bang and Les Misérables certainly provides plenty.

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