Recalling Kinvara in the fifties

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

PAINTINGS INSPIRED by photographs taken of Kinvara in the 1950s will be on show at Murphystore on the Quay, Kinvara, from this weekend.

Dialysis patients celebrate creativity

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

A SWALLOW'S Tale In A Thousand Skies, is an exhibition of “pictures, words and messin’” from dialysis patients and staff in Merlin Park University Hospital.

The exhibition opens in the Galway Arts Centre this Saturday at 2pm and will also feature the launch of the book The Magician and the Swallow’s Tale.

Jerry Marjoram to exhibit in Kenny’s

Thu, Aug 08, 2013

MARJORAM, A collection of new and retrospective paintings by Jerry Marjoram opens in The Kenny Gallery, tomorrow at 6pm.

The Sound Of Music

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

THE TOWN Hall Theatre will come alive with The Sound Of Music when Sean and Brian Powers’ Twin Productions bring the much-loved musical to the venue for a five night run from August 14 to 18.

New exhibitions at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

TOMORROW AT 6pm sees the opening of two exhibitions in the Galway Arts Centre - Linda Shevlin’s Supernature and Vicky Smith’s Megga Bubble Space Burbs.

Milltown to host PJ Conlon Festival

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

UACHTARÁN NA hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, will officially open the inaugural PJ Conlon Festival, in Milltown, north County Galway, this weekend.

Summer ballet camp

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

A SUMMER ballet camp will take place from August 13 to 16 in the Presentation Primary School Hall, Newcastle Road, and is open to all students of ballet.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne in concert

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

ONE OF Germany's finest ensembles, the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne, will be in concert in St Nicholas Collegiate Church.

Summer Music in Galway festival

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

The Summer Music in Galway school and festival returns on Monday August 5 with classical concerts in both the city and county.

The concerts take place in Claregalway Castle, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, and the Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry and will feature Galway Youth Orchestra.

Midlake to play Róisín Dubh in August

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

ALTHOUGH THEY began as jazz students, Midlake eventually pioneered a kind of 1970s styled, west-coast Americana, which paved the way for Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver.

Theatre reviews: The Great Hunger, Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

THE CLAIRE Keegan-helmed Galway Fringe Festival made a distinctive splash in July with two and a half weeks of non-stop theatre, art, music, literature, dance, workshops, children’s events, and more.

Alan Partridge to the rescue?

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

STEVE COOGAN’S celebrated Alan Partridge character is now to star in his own movie, where the hapless radio DJ/talk show host encounters disaster at an airport.