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FOR THOSE of us blessed with kids, or who can borrow kids, a highlight of the year is the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children. So it was with great delight that your trusty correspondent attended the Monday evening launch for this year’s festival where details of the 2015 programme were unveiled.

A FASCINATING story connected to Oscar Wilde arrives at the Town Hall Theatre next week with Brendan Murphy’s Kicking Oscar’s Corpse. Set against the backdrop of WWI, the play centres on a libel case brought about by the dancer Maud Allan against the right wing British MP Noel Pemberton-Billing in 1918.

ALMOST AS soon as the 1990s hit the '20 years ago' mark, a generation of young bands, many barely old enough to remember the decade, delved headlong into exploring the indie-rock sounds of that time, in the process reviving many of the styles of that era.

There is a host of entertaining events taking place next weekend as part of Ballinasloe culture night.

This weekend, September 12-13, the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway is hosting the third annual and international Galway Tattoo Show. 

Make the Prince Bar and Karma nightclub your number one location for live music and a great night out! The guys at the Prince Bar cater for groups of all sizes, all occasions, events, reunions, and much more. To enquire about booking an area in the Prince Bar email [email protected] 

Looking for a hilarious night out with a difference? Roscommon Arts Centre has got just the thing! Join Jason O’Callaghan on Saturday September 19 as he brings the mystical art of hypnosis to the stage in this breathtaking and hilarious show which will amaze and delight audiences.

THE MAN sitting behind me laughed uproariously. Volleys and explosions of mirth erupted from other punters nearby. A standing ovation greeted the final curtain. Yet Vernon God Little completely bypassed my own funnybone and that is nothing to do with Decadent’s fine stage adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Booker-winning novel. His brand of humour just doesn’t float my boat.

DARKLY FUNNY and surprisingly profound, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s second feature is a real gem. If nothing else, it at least had my favourite film title of the year. It is a fresh take on this new wave of young adult weepies - The Fault In Our Stars, Now Is Good, and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. Flms in this subgenre have been more hit than miss but are we getting to a saturation point of watching beautiful young people die?

Galway perfumer, Cloon Keen Atelier, have been named ‘Best Specialist Shop’ in the annual Irish Times ‘Best Shop Awards’ for their shop on 21a High Street.