Margaret Clayton exhibition in Renzo Café

Thu, Jun 19, 2014

INTO THE West, an exhibition of oil paintings by Margaret Clayton, is currently on show at the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Theatre review: Nora Barnacle – Signora Joyce

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jun 19, 2014

WHILE DUBLINERS were observing Bloomsday by donning Edwardian costumes and retracing Leopold Bloom’s feted journey around the capital, in Galway the day saw the opening of Ann Marie Horan’s very enjoyable one-woman play Nora Barnacle – Signora Joyce.

Choral concert from The Mornington Singers

Thu, Jun 19, 2014

THE AWARD winning Dublin choir, The Mornington Singers, will give a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday at 8pm.

Over The Edge reading

Thu, Jun 19, 2014

THREE AMERICANS, a Canadian, and two Irish people will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Galway City Library, Thursday June 26 at 6.30pm.

Town Hall to stage My Brilliant Divorce

Thu, Jun 19, 2014

MY BRILLIANT Divorce, Geraldine Aron’s Olivier nominated West End hit, starring Tara Flynn, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre next week.

Cass McCombs - five Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jun 17, 2014

CASS MCCOMBS, the American singer-songwriter is one of those artists whose music falls into country, folk, and roots, as much as it does indie.

Listen to stream of new Oh Boland album

Tue, Jun 17, 2014

BIZARRE AS it is to many, cassette has actually made a comeback and indie bands can be as likely to release an album or EP on tape as on vinyl, CD, or digital.

The Hot Sprockets @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE HOT SPROCKETS have just released their new album Brother Nature and the band, called “a must see live act” by the Irish Mirror, are coming to Galway.

Galway Fringe Festival - a fortnight of events

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

MORE THAN 100 events will take place during the Galway’s Fringe Festival which runs from July 12 to 28, including a new play by Mick Donnellan, author of Gun Metal Grey.

‘It surpassed my expectations in all kinds of ways’

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

GALWAY PLAYWRIGHT Christian O’Reilly and actor John Mahoney have lit up previous Galway International Arts Festivals with their contributions, but 2014 sees them joining forces in O’Reilly’s acclaimed new play Chapatti.

Sparkplug rides again

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

LITTLE JOHN NEE romps into the Town Hall Theatre next week for an extended run with his much-acclaimed show Sparkplug Callaghan.

Album review: Haunted Hearts

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2014

SUBJECT MATTER wise, Haunted Hearts debut album Initiation (Zoo Music) is a little naughty, being inspired by the New York S&M scene of the 1970s and 1980s.

We Banjo Three - a band of brothers

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE FIRST six months of 2014 have been pretty good for Galway roots, trad, and bluegrass band We Banjo Three, and they are set to cap it all with the release of their new album.

Revenant - ‘blackly comic and scary’

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

“VISCERAL, BLACKLY comic and genuinely scary,” is how The Irish Times has described Revenant, by Stewart Roche.

Galway’s answer to David Lynch

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2014

SINCE 2001, Geraldine Mills has published six books - each its own particular kind of gem - and yet she is much less famous than she should be.

‘A physical embodiment of the big bang theory’

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE GENIUS cartoonist Gary Larson, of Far Side fame, has a memorable two-tiered cartoon in which the top half depicts an angel welcoming new arrivals to Heaven with the phrase “Here’s your harp”, while the bottom half features a devil saying “Welcome to Hell, here’s your accordion”.

What The Ladybird Heard

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

TWO CRAFTY robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun is in store for Galway families at the show What The Ladybird Heard in the Town Hall Theatre.

‘Thought provoking’ - arts festival’s First Thought Talks

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE HEALTH of the nation is a dominant theme at this year’s Galway International Arts Festival’s First Thought talks series, which features public interviews with three leading doctors.

Of Magdalenes and poets

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2014

IT IS difficult for an increasing section of the Irish population to visualise the utter power wielded by the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland prior to the mid-sixties. The law of the State was dictated, not by the taoiseach and ministers in Dáil Éireann, but by the bishops and priests from the pulpit.

Public lectures on Yeats and Joyce

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

JAMES JOYCE the playwright and the writers who influenced WB Yeats will be the subject of two public lectures from Prof Brian Arkins.

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