Toy Story 4 proves a worthy entry in the series

Films Reviews Thu, Jun 27, 2019

I WAS pretty nervous about this. It is tough to follow an almost perfect trilogy and it felt completely unnecessary to make a fourth Toy Story. However, Pixar recently fired it's studio head John Lasseter after sexual harassment claims, so right now, the company really needs a win.

Galway Film Fleadh unveils 2019 programme

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

AFTER A dreary, wet, and windy June, summer and sunshine finally combined to greet the programme launch of the 2019 Galway Film Fleadh on Tuesday evening at the Galmont Hotel.

'It’s inspired by The Dead and is both like it and not like it'

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

2019 IS Druid's year of new writing with all work being world premieres by living writers. As part of the year’s exciting programme, and in association with the Galway International Arts Festival, Druid will next month present, Epiphany, by American writer Brian Watkins.

Peter Regan - Fantastique!

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

HE HAS played New York's Carnegie Hall, Toronto's The Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre; as well as venues in Madrid, Salzburg, and Dublin, but he has never played Galway - until now.

Summer sauce with The Dirty Circus

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

GALWAY CITY'S monthly instalment of sauce, decadence, and glamour, The Dirty Circus, returns to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday July 6, with another feast of burlesque and cabaret.

Galway’s confluence of artists celebrated in new documentary

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

CUMAR – A Galway Rhapsody is a lyrical new feature-length documentary featuring some of Galway’s best known artists. A bilingual film directed by Aodh Ó Coileáin and produced by Paddy Hayes of Magamedia Teo, it will premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Galway documentary maker a winner at New York International Radio Awards

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

Independent Galway documentary maker Orla Higgins has won a coveted silver award at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for her documentary, White Noise, which was broadcast as part of the RTÉ Documentary on One series.

A birthday and bilingual Galway Pride

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

GALWAY COMMUNITY Pride has begun its season-long events and fundraisers in aid of the annual Pride week, which runs from Monday August 12 to Sunday 18, with the Pride march taking place on Saturday 17.

No Stairway to perform Led Zeppelin I and II

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

AN E chord on a Fender Telecaster; an E chord on a Gibson Les Paul; both played at the 7th fret by a young Englishman; both the first track of his band's first two albums. Music was never the same again.

Maija Sofia and A Lilac Decline in concert

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

MAIJA SOFIA, and A Lilac Decline, two Galway indie singer-songwriters, play the next Eclectics night at The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street, on Wednesday July 3 at 9pm.

Read your story at the Westside open mic

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

THE WESTSIDE Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer Open-mic, probably the biggest literary open-mic event in Galway, returns on Wednesday July 10 from 6.30pm to 8pm.

Aimee Banks to open Galway Cathedral Summer Recitals 2019

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

ACCLAIMED GALWAY soprano Aimee Banks makes her Galway Cathedral Summer Recitals debut on Thursday July 4, the opening date of this latest series of summer concerts, now in it's 26th year.

Engage Art Studios art classes

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

ENGAGE ART Studios in Salthill is hosting a wide range of art classes, with art camps for children and teens, as well as courses for adults.

Marcus Fields to launch debut EP in Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Marcus Fields will launch his new EP, Death and Magic, with a gig in the Róisín Dubh on Friday July 5 at 9pm.

How to live without technology

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

IT IS difficult to go a few minutes without being on your phone or obsessively checking your social media updates. One man, though, appears to have managed that, and has banished modern technology from his life altogether.

Bagatelle to play Lough Rea Hotel

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

BAGATELLE, THE Irish band who created one of the most famous songs in the nation's rock catalogue, 'Summer In Dublin', play the Lough Rea Hotel and Spa on Thursday July 4.

GMIT Letterfrack students furniture exhibition

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

AN EXHIBITION of furniture, created by degree students of the GMIT's National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology, in Letterfrack, has opened and will run throughout the summer.

Bend It Like Beckham director to give Fleadh Masterclass

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

WRITER/DIRECTORS Allison Anders and Gurinder Chadha, and the actor Will Forte, will give this year's Galway Film Fleadh masterclasses in screenwriting, directing, and acting.

Daters Wanted for New RTÉ2 series

Wed, Jun 26, 2019

Do dating apps have you on a road to nowhere? Could your Mam pick the love of your life? Does your Da know marriage material when he sees it? It’s time to find out if swiping right was all wrong. Could the secret be to just ask your parents?

Award winning Carl Donnelly for the KARLnival

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

CARL DONNELLY, winner of Chortle Best Club Comedian 2017, Chortle Best Newcomer 2007, and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007, will headline the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

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