Final ball of the year to raise money for Nepal

The final ball of the year takes place this Friday May 21st in aid of a Health Centre in Nepal. Draíocht Soc are the organisers of the Bright and Bold Post Exams Ball 4 Nepal.

The Human League and Josh Ritter to play Galway Arts Festival

The Human League and Josh Ritter have just been announced as two of the headline acts for the Galway Arts Festival.

New gay bar for Galway

A new gay bar has opened in Galway city centre. Dignity Bar opened its doors for the first time on Shop Street on Friday May 7th.

My week as a Cuirt celebrity photographer

Photographer John Jennings kept a behind-the-scenes diary of his week photographing the litterati at the Cúirt Literary Festival.

Documentary film festival for Donegal in June

Suppose they made a festival... at the edge of Europe...different from all the rest... Guth Gafa means ‘captive voice’ and over the five years since its founding this small Donegal film festival has been the voice of Irish conscience on many issues of human rights.

Drama full of drama

Léirmheas Drámaíochta: Christ Deliver Us. Amharclann na Mainistreach, Baile Átha Cliath.

Bigelow a lock & Cameron is hurt

Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman ever to win an Oscar for Best Directing in the Oscars. As Barbara Streisand said, opening the envelope: “The time has come.

Desperate Housewives mania

Bing! The popcorn is ready. Click! The lights are extinguished. Buzz! The telly is turned on. Squish! The leather sofa heaves under the mesh of bodies.

Irish romantic theatrics outside the White House

Members of an Irish theatre company getting smoochy outside the White House.From lattés to espressos:How one theatre company is finding the energy to fight back against crippling funding cuts One Thursday in February, office workers around Farragut Square in Washington DC must have thought there was whiskey in their lunch hour coffees.

Codes play the Roisin

It is always special when you see a band that you know will rock a crowd of 20,000+ some day, play an intimate venue like Roisin Dubh.