'It’s a doorway, not a crutch'

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

CREATIVE ASPERGER'S is the title of a fascinating art exhibition currently running in the Galway City Library comprising portraits of famous individuals who display signs of Asperger syndrome. The work is by Jody Mullarkey who himself has Asperger syndrome and thus brings a keen personal appreciation and insight into his portrayals of the featured personalities.

Galway International Arts Festival 2015 - Theatre review

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

AND...THAT'S a wrap! As the horses pound their way around Ballybrit to the full-throated cries of the watching multitudes, and the ladies don their fanciest frocks for the occasion, the Galway International Arts Festival strikes its big tent and packs away its even bigger selection box of arty treats for another year.

Terry Alderton returns to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

TERRY ALDERTON, the astonishingly original British comedian with seemingly multiple personalities, and an off-beat brain that, unleashed, lets loose comedy gold every time, returns to the Róisín Dubh on Friday August 7 at 8.30pm.

Jack B Yeats exhibition in Loughrea

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

AN EXHIBITION featuring works by one of Ireland's greatest painters Jack B Yeats, as well as works by the Yeats family and their friends, is currently on display in Loughrea.

The West End Street Party

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

DOMINICK STREET will come alive to the sound of music, song, and dancing for The West End Street Party, which starts today, and features shows from the Booka Brass Band, Hermitage Green, the Ignite Gospel Choir, as well as the open air Silent Disco.

Liam O'Flaherty Summer School returns in August

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

FÉILE NA bhFlaitheartach, the annual celebration of the Aran Island writers Liam and Tom O'Flaherty, takes place on Inis Mór on Saturday August 29 and Sunday 30, with discussions on history, politics, and literature.

Galway Film Centre Summer Camps

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

GALWAY TEENS interested in animation, cinema, and making movies should check out the Galway Film Centre Summer Camps, where they will have a chance to make a short to be screened at Irish film festivals.

Album review: The Frames

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 30, 2015

MY OPINION of The Frames has always been skewered towards the negative because of their debut single, the hideously awful 'The Dancer'. The band's knack of repackaging indie and alternative rock for mainstream audiences made them appear edgy to many - but only if you ignored what was going on in indie and alternative rock. Forgive the Indie-snobbery but that did not sit well with me either.

Kathy Ross's mythologial exhibition

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

MYTH, FAIRYTALES, and folkloric characters who continue to capture the imagination, are the subject of a new exhibition by County Galway artist Kathy Ross, which is currently on show in The Secret Garden, William Street West.

Frankie Gavin and De Dannan's charity concert for Zambia

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

FRANKIE GAVIN and De Dannan will play Monroe's Live on Friday August 7 at 9pm in a fundraising concert for Gorta-Self Help Africa in partnership with Alan Kerins Projects.

Dr Seuss comes to Loughrea

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE FANTASTICAL, weird, and wonderful creatures that escaped from the brain of Dr Seuss to delight generations of children, will be brought to life on the stage by the Loughrea Youth Theatre.

Win tickets to IMC Galway's Galactic screen

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

IMC GALWAY has opened its new Galactic screen and to mark the opening, it is offering readers of the Galway Advertiser a chance to win one of five pairs of complimentary passes for any weekend showing of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Charlie Adley’s Craft of Writing Course

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

GALWAY WRITER, playwright, and columnist Charlie Adley will host his Craft of Writing Course in the Westside Resource Centre, beside the church and library, from September 10, running for eight weeks.

KATS theatre auditions

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE KNOCKNACARRA Theatre Association is seeking actors to take part in its new play, an adaptation of a Peter James novella, which will be staged in An Taibhdhearc from November 11 to 14.

Paintclub - a social way to learn painting

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

PAINTCLUB GALWAY, the art night that combines painting classes and cocktails, returns to An Púcán, Forster Street, on Thursday August 6, and is open to absolute beginners and seasoned painters.

Amazing Apples to perform 'secret gig' @ The Loft

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE AMAZING Apples, one of Galway's leading and most popular bands, will play a 'surprise gig' on Friday July 31 in The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, ahead of their upcoming slot at the main stage of the Indiependence Festival in Mitchelstown.

Orpheus - Elizabethan style

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE MYTH of Orpheus, retold through the songs and instrumental music of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, is the stuff of Orfea Britannica, a concert in the Galway Cathedral on Thursday August 6 at 8pm.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne returns to Galway

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, or to give the ensemble its proper title, the Kammerphilhamonie Köln, make their annual pilgrimage to Galway to play the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in St Nicholas Collegiate Church.

Rural Savage @ Strange Brew

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

RURAL SAVAGE are different. Unlike most punk bands, their dark humour, cynicism, and world view owe nothing to American hardcore and British Oi, but comes instead from the peculiarly strain of the music that is Ulster punk, pioneered by Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Rudi, and The Outcasts.

Get ready to rock and jive

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE JIVE Aces, one of Britain's leading jive and swing bands, renowned for their high-energy music and flamboyant live shows, as well as being the first live band to reach the finals of Britain’s Got Talent, are coming to Galway.

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