June Hope - Eoin Dolan releases new EP
Thu, Jun 18, 2020
THERE IS a long way to go yet, and a recession to be endured, but the easing of restrictions and our gradual emergence from lockdown is a cause for hope.
Read more ...Dott - an upbeat summer single about social anxiety
Thu, Jun 18, 2020
AN ARTICLE on the satirical website Reductress recently, pointed out - and with a high degree of accuracy - how introverts are having "a ball" during lockdown.
Read more ...Poems for the Lockdown - romance in a Galway bookshop
Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 15, 2020
THE FINAL of my nine Poems For The Lockdown is from my third poetry collection, Frightening New Furniture, which was published by Salmon Poetry in 2010. It was inspired by an interaction I observed in a famous Galway bookshop. Any resemblance to Charlie Byrne’s is entirely deliberate.
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?
Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 11, 2020
Anna McCarthy, lead singer/songwriter with indie-rock band, Dott
Read more ...Watch to watch before we go back to the cinemas
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
CINEMAS RE-OPENING on July 20 - ahead of the original re-opening date of August 10 - is good news, but in the meantime, Netflix remains our 'home cinema'. Here are my recommendations for this week's watching.
Read more ...Start the weekend with laughter
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
TERRY ALDERTON is no stranger to Galway, having perfumed at the city's Vodafone Comedy Carnival on numerous occasions, and tomorrow Galwegians will see Terry perform his first online show.
Read more ...Galway singer releases charity single for COPE
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
DARRAGH O'DEA, the Tuam singer-songwriter releases his new single, 'Lost Dog Loyal' tomorrow [Friday June 12], with all proceeds from its downloads going to COPE Galway.
Read more ...Town Hall Theatre supports NCFA recovery plan for arts venues
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
THE TOWN Hall Theatre Galway is among the many theatres and arts centres across the State which have given support to the National Campaign For The Arts Recovery Plan.
Read more ...Confidence in the face of an uncertain future
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
WE MAY be exiting lockdown, but the aftermath of Covid-19 - social distancing, the absence of a vaccine, an oncoming world-wide recession - will remain with us for some time.
Read more ...New music from Galway label Rusted Rail
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
RUSTED RAIL, the independent Galway record label founded by Keith Wallace, has just released the new single, 'Hello' by English singer-songwriter Songs of Green Pheasant.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...'
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A moment of peace beside the sea, the sun in my face, and the wind in my hair.
The Little Book of Galway; a perfect little guide to the county
Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 11, 2020
As someone who is absolutely fascinated by the subject of history, it is rather inexplicable that in my five and half years of living in Galway that the only real historical fact I knew about the county was Mayor James Lynch Fitzstephen hanged his own son Walter for murder and thus came the term lynching. So when the opportunity to read The Little Book of Galway presented itself, I finally had a chance to bring my Galway history knowledge up to scratch and it did not disappoint.
Read more ...Poems for the Lockdown - chatting up girls in Galway
Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 08, 2020
IN THIS poem from my 2005 debut collection, The Boy With No Face, I take a comic look at my mostly unsuccessful attempts at wooing a person of the opposite gender in night clubs such as The Oasis in Salthill.
Read more ...'Mindfulness in Lockdown'
Mon, Jun 08, 2020
It is a sunny morning as I sit and sip my coffee. There are many jobs to do and a small list beside me that already has some ticks on it. I love my lists and I especially love getting to tick them off. On my list I have piano practice, work on a new track, skincare, exercise, and meditate.
Read more ...Town Hall Theatre Patron Donation Award winners 2020
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
The Town Hall Theatre has announced the successful applicants in its inaugural Patron Donation Awards for artists, companies and producers based in Galway.
The purpose of the awards is to support applicants to research and develop projects which are original and ambitious and which have something to say about the times we live in.
Read more ...Getting To Know… Charlotte Gallagher Questionnaire
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sharing a beautiful feast with friends, family, and newcomers.
Get ready for The Sopranos Zoom quiz
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
Do you know your Baccalas from your Parisis and your Apriles? Capocollo from prosciutto?
Read more ...Get ready for The Sopranos Zoom quiz
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Do you know your Baccalas from your Parisis and your Apriles? Capocollo from prosciutto?
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?
Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Michael Gorman, poet
Short stories of Anton Chekhov
Over The Edge open reading on Zoom
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
THE OVER The Edge readings are back! Covid-19 has prevented the city's popular literary institution from taking place in the city library, but Digital technology is facilitating its return next month.
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