The music of Miles Davis in Galway

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

THE CAREER of Miles Davis is almost the history of post-war American jazz, with the trumpeter exploring, and often pioneering, such genres as cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, as well as fusion through his embrace of rock, funk, and hip hop.

Wild Atlantic Cabaret

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

STAND-UP comedian Breeda Larkin, from east Galway and Limerick born burlesque performer Laura Lavelle join forces for the Wild Atlantic Cabaret.

Hush - women in solitude

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

HUSH, A new collection of portrait paintings of women in solitude, by the Galway artist Aine Doherty, opens this Saturday at 5pm in The Secret Garden cafe, William Street West.

Dance show and workshop

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

TWO CAN Do, a dynamic dance performance, winner of the Most Innovative Show award at the Limerick Fringe festival, comes to Galway next week as part of an Irish tour.

A concert in Thoor Ballylee

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

ORANMORE SOPRANO, Helen Hancock will give a concert, entitled The Art of Song, in the Yeats Tower of Thoor Ballylee on Saturday August 24 at 8pm as part of Heritage Week.

Expanding Horizons in Oughterard

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

HORIZONS, THE fourth and final exhibition of the Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme summer arts events, opens tomorrow at 7pm in the Oughterard Courthouse.

US choir's charity concert for COPE

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

MINNESOTA'S WRIGHT County Chamber Chorus are on their debut tour of Ireland and will perform a charity concert in St Nicholas Collegiate Church this weekend to raise funds for COPE.

Traditional song and dance in Kinvara

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

A NIGHT of traditional singing will take place in the Kinvara Community Centre this Saturday [August 10] at 8.30pm as part of the Cruinniu na mBad weekend.

Charlie Adley’s Craft of Writing course

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

GALWAY WRITER, columnist, and prize-winning playwright, Charlie Adley will host a new term of his popular Craft of Writing course in September, in the Westside Resource Centre.

Susan Millar DuMars' creative writing classes

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will teach a series of creative writing classes at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, starting in September.

Emman Idama to headline Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

EMMAN IDAMA, the Nigerian-born Irish citizen, hailed as “charming and energetic" with "panache and charm to spare” by Chortle.co.uk, headlines the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

The Current War - not exactly electrifying

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 01, 2019

THIS IS the story of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and their competition to bring electricity to America. Westinghouse working with Alternating Current and Edison working with Direct Current.

Over The Edge Writer of The Year

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

FICTION WRITERS and poets are being called on to enter the 2019 Over The Edge Writer of The Year competition. The deadline for entries is Wednesday August 7.

Quentin Tarantino retrospective at Pálás Cinema

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

OUTRAGEOUS, OVER the the top, always boasting an A-List cast, a brilliant soundtrack, and witty (and sometimes politically incorrect) dialogue, Quentin Tarantino has a formula, but it works a treat.

Russian Circles - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

RUSSIAN CIRCLES release their new album Blood Year tomorrow [August 2] via the Sargent House label, and a week later, they will be in Galway to headline the Róisín Dubh.

Kinvara - as seen by Declan O’Rourke's grandfather

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

AN EXHIBITION of paintings, depicting life in Kinvara and south Galway in the 1930s, by Michael Killeen, the grandfather of the acclaimed singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke, opens tomorrow [Friday August 2].

Exploring teens and social media in Typing

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

The fraught world of social media and messaging apps as it impacts on the lives of teenagers is explored in Typing, a timely play by young writer/director Eibhleann Caffrey coming to the Town Hall studio.

'Everyone is welcome to Pride, no matter how you identify'

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

WHAT A year it has been for Galway’s LGBT+ community. What a year it is still set to be. With the Galway Pride - Bród na Gaillimhe festival, taking place this August, there is much to look back on, and much to look forward to.

LAOISE and Shrug Life release new singles

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

GALWAY ELECTRO-POP singer-songwriter LAOISE, and Dublin band Shrug Life, well known to Galway indie-rock audiences, have new singles. LAOISE's 'Seriously?' is out now, while Shrug Life's 'Strangers' arrives in late August.

Stories, drawings, and recycling

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

FACETS, AN exhibition featuring work by Athenry based artists Mary Ryan, Vincent Godfrey-Glynn and Patricia Fahy, and the writer Trish Bourke, is running at The Portershed.

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