A Slovakian lunchtime with ConTempo

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

MUSIC FROM the unfairly overlooked Slovakian composer Ján Levoslav Bella will be performed by the ConTempo Quartet at the next From Europe With Love lunchtime concert.

Japanese poetry in Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

THE 10TH annual Irish-Japanese poetry night in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop takes place on Friday March 1 at 6.30pm, with readings from Tanka poet, Hisa Kagawa, and Irish poet Mary O’Malley.

Little John's Small Halls and Potholes in Clonbur

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

SMALL HOLES and Potholes, an evening of eccentric songs and strange stories, with the great Little John Nee, will take place tomorrow [Fraiday March 1] in the All Saints Heritage Center, Clonbur.

Sax and 90s-2000s disco @ DNA

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

A NIGHT of saxophone music and a disco revelling in the hits of the 1990s and 2000s are coming up at DNA nightclub in Eyre Square.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

GALWAY WRITERS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host creative writing classes for beginner and intermediate levels at the Galway Technical Institute, Fr Griffin Road.

Guessing, Regressing and Fancy Dressing! It’s the Annual Baboró Throwback Table Quiz.

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

The 80’s, 90’s and 00’s are coming back in a big way! We've been hunting Pokémon, binge-watching the Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot series, buying tickets to the Spice Girls, and dusting off our denim dungarees. Now is the time to put this nostalgia know-how to the test at this year's Baboró Fundraising Throwback Table Quiz in Monroe's Live on Tuesday, March 26th at 8pm.

FIRST LOOK AT EX-BANKER'S OFFICIAL MOVIE POSTER AHEAD OF CINEMAS RELEASE ON 5TH APRIL

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 28, 2019

Producer Tim Palmer (Into the West, Patrick's Day) gives us a first look at Artwork for the much anticipated 'The Limit Of' ahead of its cinema release on April 5th. NUIG graduate turned ex-banker is the writer-director behind new gripping psychological thriller, which features Cork-born singer Mick Flannery as the exclusive artist on the film's soundtrack. It stars the fast-rising Laurence O'Fuarain (Vikings, Black 47) and the stunning IFTA nominated actress Sarah Carroll.

Hayseed Dixie - let there be rockgrass

Tue, Feb 26, 2019

THEY CREATED the musical genre rockgrass - a fusion of classic rock and bluegrass/American folk - have won the respect of legendary rockers, been going for nearly 20 years, and they are coming to Galway this week.

DNA - young people on the edge of society

Tue, Feb 26, 2019

PHIL IS a silent young man, but all the more intimidating for it. He has a following of fearful misfits. After a practical joke that ends in tragedy, they have to come to terms with the consequences of what they have done.

DNA Nightclub – Bringing Sax Appeal to Galway City!

Mon, Feb 25, 2019

This weekend at DNA Nightclub is bringing Sax Appeal to Galway’s nightlife scene. Join them this Saturday night, 2nd March, to see one of Ireland’s leading international saxophonist performers take to the stage. Having performed across Ireland and further afield in Dubai, Spain and Ibiza, they are ready to bring their funky jazzed up music style to Galway city, playing all of your favourite chart hits and party starters.

The Biggest 90’s - 00’s Crazy Disco… Coming to DNA Nightclub!

Mon, Feb 25, 2019

After selling out Dublin’s Three Arena, the biggest disco concert is now going on a club tour, starting with DNA Nightclub & Venue on Saturday, 23rd March. The “Biggest 90’s – 00’s Crazy Disco” will take you back in time and bring you all the magic of the Three Arena concerts in a club setting. During the night you will hear all of your favourite 90’s and 00’s hits from all of the ‘Biggest Disco DJ’s’.

'We all find a bit of ourselves and our own Irishness in Ross'

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IT IS 2029 and Ireland is in the midst of an economic boom. The one and only Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is about to turn 50 – and life could not be better. His wife, Sorcha, is Taoiseach; his sons are the backbone of the Castlerock College Junior Cup team; and he still does allright with the ladies and as managing director of Hook, Lyon and Sinker estate agents.

Scott Capurro - the unsayable will be said

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

"I DON'T give a shit about those who don't like my work. I'm never going to win them over anyway, so why bother? My work is for a discerning audience who don't have knee-jerk responses."

Apoptosis - life, and its complicated choices

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

WHAT DO you want in life? Money, success, possessions, love? Are these vital to our wellbeing, or are they social constructs we have been persuaded into thinking are the ultimate goals of existence?

From Morley Hill to the Spalla Gap

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

WOOD, AND objects weathered and shaped by marine environments, will be the focus of a fascinating new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre, by a British artist who regularly works under all kinds of aliases.

Galway Street Club St Patrick's weekend shows

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IT IS something of a local institution, and always one of the liveliest music nights of the year, when the Galway Street Club play their annual St Patrick's Weekend shows at the Róisín Dubh.

Return of the handsome philanderer

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

A HANDSOME philanderer, a pining wife, and a sister who embodies the warning that 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions', are the stuff of French film, Return Of The Hero.

Album review: Julia Jacklin

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 21, 2019

LOOKS CAN be deceiving. Or can they? The cover of Jacklin's second solo album finds her surrounded by bric-a-brac, almost drowning in it, but with an ecstatic expression on her face.

Afro-American life in the seventies

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 21, 2019

BASED ON the James Baldwin novel, If Beale Street Could Talk is director Barry Jenkins follow up to 2017 Oscar winner Moonlight. It was surprising to see him adapting a book considering his screenplay for Moonlight was so well received, but after seeing this film I can see why he chose this text.

Totally Wired and Paul Marsh - Don't Give Up The Day Job

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THEY CALL themselves "Ireland's oldest and least successful boyband"; The Irish Times call them this nation's "answer to Flight Of The Conchords”; and their new show has the not at all self-deprecating title of Don't Give Up The Day Job.

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