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If you are passing Lough Atalia and the mouth of the river Corrib on this weekend, you may come across a rather unusual catamaran in the water.

If, like me, you are fascinated with the logistics of staging major and unusual events, then you will be thriled with the new podcast which looks behind the scenes at the iconic Mirror Pavilion installation which stood alone as a solitary cultural landmark in the city during the initial stages of the pandemic.

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Tom McLean, a contemporary figurative painter and illustrator who lives and works in Galway City, has won a highly commended prize for his work Note to Self at the National Gallery of Ireland’s Zurich Portrait Prize. Me Ma Healing Me by Salvatore of Lucan was announced as the winning portrait this evening at a virtual ceremony. Vanessa Jones’ portrait Cabbage Baby (Self Portrait) also received a highly commended prize to the sum of €1,500.

‘THE MIGHTY Ocean’, a major new musical composition by the great Máirtín O’Connor, reflecting on the power of the sea, but also humanity’s pollution of the oceans, premieres this weekend.

Galway City Museum is offering an exciting series of free fun online workshops for children this Easter. By visiting www.galwaycitymuseum.ie from Tuesday 6 April to Friday 9 April, children will be able to consider, explore and create whole other worlds of wonder. Here they can choose from several workshops and be inspired by what awaits.

A new arts education programme that explores creative thinking has been launched by Tulca Festival of Visual Arts and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.

A quick tour though some of the stories from this week.