A Race Week vibe at Galway Summer Garden
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
SUMMER 2020 will not pass by completely without some form of physical festival vibe in Galway, thanks to the Galway Summer Garden pop-up outdoor festival venue in Salthill.
Read more ...Exploring the Liminal Entities at Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
THE QUIET tensions existing through and between bodies and objects, is a major theme of Liminal Entities, a new group exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Album review: Fontaines D.C.
Music Reviews Thu, Jul 30, 2020
THE OPENING riff of the title track to Fontaines D.C.’s new album will have people of a certain age feel a need to cry, “Last night, she said, Oh, baby, I feel so down…”
Read more ...‘This is an important Irish-American immigrant story that hasn’t been told’
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
HE WAS a hero and a villain. He was a gang leader who 'terrorised' neighborhoods, yet The New York Times wrote an obituary for him, and he was admired as a staunch supporter and friend of working class and poor Irish immigrants.
Read more ...'Getting To Know...'
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The return to the rehearsal room.
Me Auld Flower wants to 'Get Out Of California'
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
COUNTY GALWAY singer-songwriter Me Auld Flower, has released his latest single, 'Get Out Of California' with an accompanying video, as well as a limited edition CD release of his album, The Vaults Of Consciousness.
Read more ...TULCA Deep States exhibition re-opens
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
DEEP STATES, the inaugural exhibition of the UnSelfing Programme, presented by the TULCA festival, and commissioned by Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, re-opens tomorrow, Friday July 31, at Nuns Island Theatre.
Read more ...Exhibition at Kinvara Courthouse Gallery
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
BOÍREANN IS the title of the first exhibition to be held at the KAVA Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara, since Lockdown in March, and the more recent easing of restrictions.
Read more ...Galway Cartoon Festival seeks entries for October exhibition
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
THE GALWAY Cartoon Festival, which will run from October 2 to 9, is inviting cartoonists from across the world to submit entries for this year’s festival exhibition.
Read more ...Sarah Baxter and Emily Foran - 2020 Marie Mullen Bursary recipients
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
THEATRE DIRECTORS Sarah Baxter and Emily Foran have been chosen as this year's recipients of Druid's Marie Mullen Bursary for Female Artists.
Read more ...Album review: Courtney Marie Andrews
Music Reviews Thu, Jul 23, 2020
ON HER last album, May Your Kindness Remain, Courtney Marie Andrews gave voice to the values of the people from the US heartlands and rustbelt who did not vote for Trump.
Read more ...The Stunning - live from the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
THE STUNNING, one of the greatest bands to ever come out of Galway, and one of the most loved rock outfits in Ireland, play live at the Róisín Dubh this weekend, in an event to be broadcast on RTÉ.
Read more ...An online exhibition from Oughterard
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
AIMSITHE (discovered), the third and final exhibition from the of our Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme summer series launches online tomorrow, Friday July 24.
Read more ...‘I love animals. They are a big part of my inspiration’
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
FROM HER studio in Tuam, the artist Kathy Ross is reaching the world. Her textile work, depicting animals and the natural world, has led to her becoming a brand ambassador; a commissioned portrait artist; and rising name in arts and crafts.
Read more ...Pálás Cinema to re-open next week
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
!["No Luke! I am your father!" The Pálás will screen The Empire Strikes Back as part of its re-opening.](http://www.advertiser.ie/images/2020/07/115793_thumb.jpg ""No Luke! I am your father!" The Pálás will screen The Empire Strikes Back as part of its re-opening.")
The Pálás Cinema is re-opening on Monday July 27. It will be fully compliant with Government guidelines on Covid-19; there will be screenings of classic films; and the restaurant will have a new menu.
Read more ...'Getting To Know...'
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
G: An oat milk flat white.
Greyhound - Tom Hanks leadership qualities shine in no frills movie
Films Reviews Thu, Jul 23, 2020
In terms of victims of the pandemic, big budget Hollywood movies are quite low down on most people's sympathy lists. Only a year ago Avengers: Endgame broke the record for box office takings with $2.7 billion, so limited sympathy is appropriate.
Read more ...Mary Coughlan - new single out tomorrow
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
MARY COUGHLAN, arguably Ireland’s greatest jazz and blues singer, will tomorrow, Friday July 24, release her new single, 'Two Breaking Into One’.
Read more ...A creative hub in Galway - for artists, by artists
Thu, Jul 23, 2020
Art in Mind, Galway's new, artist led non-profit organisation, spanning several buildings in the Liosban Industrial Estate, is "dedicated to promoting wellbeing and mental health through creative practice".
Read more ...EP Review: Adeline
Music Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2020
PARIS BORN, New York based; bassist in Cee-Lo Green’s band; former member of nu-disco outfit Escort; and solo soul/funk/R'n'B singer - Adeline is all these things.
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