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Cover Galway Fringe Festival July 12 - 28 2014
From Friday July 11th To Thursday July 24th 2014
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Friday 11th July 2014 • 2:30pm: The Paper Jam exhibition opening takes place at the Galway City Museum as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.
CRAICING NEWS!!! By Rebecca CASSERLY
Athenry Model Goes International
• 10am: Close to Evil plays at the Cinemobile as part of the Galway Film Fleadh with New Irish Shorts at the Town Hall Theatre.
• 1pm: Maina plays at the IMC as part of the fleadh; with Stay at 2pm; Fack Ju Gohte at 3pm; Violet at 4pm; I Used To Live Here at 5:30pm; The Grand Seduction at 6pm and White Shadow at 7:30pm. • 2pm: Catch On The Box with Mairead Farrell at the Cinemobile, with New Irish Shorts at the Town Hall Theatre. • 4pm: Reefer and The Model plays at the Cinemobile, with Poison Pen at the Town Hall Theatre. • 6pm: Gold plays at the Town Hall Theatre followed by Glassland at 8pm; Shooting For Socrates at 10pm; and a secret midnight screening at 11:59pm. • 6pm: Gringo Trails plays at the Cinemobile, followed by Lunarcy at 8pm and Ningen at 10pm. • 8pm: The Druid Theatre Company presents Be Infants in Evil at the Mick Lally Theatre on Druid lane. • 8pm: Tunes at the Church at St Nicholas Collegiate Church presents Mareka Naito on fiddle and concertina and Junji Shirota on guitar, banjo and vocals. • 8:15pm: Thou Wast Mild And Lovely plays at the IMC; followed by Rhymes For Young Ghouls at 10:15pm.
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Photo via Scorpio Jin
inead Pokall had been modelling for little over a year when she recently received an email that would change her life. The 16 year old model from Athenry had caught the eye of Miami based owner and designer of online magazine ‘Scorpio Jin’. Scorpio Jin is a non-commercial, promotional website which focuses on various forms of art, including music, art, photography, fashion, and film. Owner, Keran Look Loy wanted to exclusively feature Sinead as a model on the website. “I remember when the owner and designer of the online magazine first contacted me about doing a feature, my eyes lit up wide. I couldn’t believe it,” said Sinead, “I rang my Mam immediately to tell her about the opportunity I’d just been offered. As soon as she arrived home, we sat in the sitting room together and starred at the laptop screen, smiling. The urge
A craicing night was had at Dela restaurant on Dominick Street for a special food, wine and Jam Shugar event. Guests were treated to a four course meal from the
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to scream was unbearable.” The feature includes excerpts from Sinead’s modelling portfolio with photography by four local photographers. Sinead also wrote a bio for the feature describing her life growing up in the west of Ireland. She joins a select number of international models who have also been featured on the website. “Being featured on Scorpio Jin was an honour. I’d never experienced anything quite like it. Needless to say I was extremely proud of myself for getting this far with my modelling career. The feedback I got from friends and even strangers was amazing! Personally, I feel as if it’s given me a more professional image, a proper boost in my career and hope to do many features like it in the future,” concludes Sinead. The feature can be viewed at www.scorpiojin.com or you can congratulate Sinead on her facebook page –Sinead Pokall Artiste.
award winning restaurant paired with Honest2Goodness Market. Entertainment was provided by Jam Shugar, and Dela also has a range of craft cocktails and beers for diners. in GALWAY
• 12pm: New Irish Shorts take place at the Town Hall Theatre for Fleadh goers while Heads and Tails plays at the Cinemobile.
Food Wine & Jan Shugar at Dela Restaurant PhotosBy Darius IVAN
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Saturday 12th July 2014
CRAICING NEWS!!! By Avril HORAN
• 10am: New Irish Shorts will screen at the Town Hall Theatre with Masters Of The Universe at the Cinemobile. • 12pm: History of Fear screens at the IMC with Brown Bag Retrospective (Cinemobile) and Dreams Of A Clown at the Town Hall Theatre. • 1pm: The Special Need screens at the IMC with Million Dollar Arm at 2pm; God Help The Girl at 3pm; Another House at 4:15pm; and The Quiet Hour at 5pm. • 2pm: New Irish Shorts screens at the Town Hall Theatre with The Last Hijack at the Cinemobile; followed by A City Dreaming at 4pm (Cinemobile) and One Million Dubliners (THT). • 2:30pm: Artist Maurice Quillinan will host an illustrated talk and tour of his exhibition – Music on the Water at the Galway City Museum. 12+ • 5pm: Dr Sketchy’s brings their cabaret life drawing to Kellys bar on Bridge Street. • 6pm: Patrick’s Day screens at the Town Hall Theatre; Groundswell Rising (Cinemobile); Viktoria at 6:15pm at the IMC followed by Brave Miss World at 7pm(IMC). • 8pm: Still screens at the Cinemobile with Noble at the Town Hall Theatre; followed by The Canal at 10pm (THT) and Gerontophilia (Cinemobile). • 8pm. An Anú bring their world rhythms to Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival. • 9pm: The Breach screens at 9pm at the IMC; Obvious Child at 9:15pm; Wetlands at 11pm and Il Futuro also at 11pm. • 10pm: Band Mama Kasbah bring their Latin American and Jamaican sounds to Monroe’s Live followed by The Lewd Tunes at midnight.
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5k Darkness Into Light Run = €84k for Pieta House We walked the walk in the wee hours along the prom, along with hundreds of others, at the ‘From Darkness Into Light’ 5k in aid of suicide prevention charity, Pieta House. And it paid off.
A cheque for €84,000 was recently presented to the charity at the King’s Head on High Street by Galway City’s new Mayor, Donal Lyons. Congratulations to all involved.
The West’s Awake
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The Westside Arts Festival celebrates 10 years this year from July 9th – 12th. The festival is an annual celebration of creativity in the community. Highlights this year include ‘Westside’s Got Talent’ at 6pm on Friday, July 11th in the community centre and a performance of Dylan Thomas ‘Under Milkwood’ at the resource centre. A special 10 year celebration will take place on Saturday, July 11th with performances by the Galway Cougars and the Ignite Gospel Choir at the festival marquee. For more see facebook/ westsideartsfestival
Australian TV star Brax from hit soap Home and Away, or Steve Peacock as he is known in real life, made a surprise visit to the Connacht Rugby Squad on his whistlestop tour of Ireland. Pictured with Jack Carty.
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Sunday 13th July 2014 • 9:30am: New Irish Shorts screens at the Town Hall Theatre (again at 11am) with Balkan Spirit at 11am (Cinemobile). • 10am: The Roundstone Connemara Pony, Dog and Sheep show takes place today. • 11am: Attractive, Bold and Beautiful, an exhibition, will show at the Galway Bay Tattoo Gallery on Dominick Street as part of Fringe Fest until July 28th. • 11am: A Butoh workshop on breathing technque takes place today at The Galway Playhouse, Columban Hall, as part of Fringe Fest. • 12pm: Singalong to Frozen at the IMC; with The Angelic Conversation screening at 1pm at the Cinemobile. • 3pm: A public interview with actress Brenda Fricker takes place at the Town Hall Theatre with Torthai na Daoirse at the Cinemobile. • 5pm: Living In A Coded Land screens at the IMC, with Standing Aside Watching at 5:15pm and Clownwise screens at the Cinemobile at 5pm. • 6pm: The Feather of Hawk live show takes place at Rouge Restaurant on Dominick Street as part of Galway Fringe Festival until Monday, July 28th. • 7pm: Motel Life screens at the IMC with War Story at 7:15pm. • 8pm: All A Dream, a monologue by Samuel Beckett will be performed at Busker Brownes as part of the Fringe Fest. • 9pm: Celebrating 10 years this year, Ireland’s no 1 music, song and dance experience, Trad On The Prom takes place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill.
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ne local film student has shone the spotlight on the interior of the old Bon Secour hospital in Tuam, known at The Grove. The short observational documentary, by Kieran McHugh, gives a stark insight into the derelict hospital as it stands now, without narrative or story. “The video is meant to show The Grove as it is now but also tries to
echo the memories that most people would have of a once beautiful building, where life both came into this world, and also left it,” explains Kieran. “The hospital is a huge loss to the Tuam community. As I am from Tuam town, The Grove has always had a place in my heart. I wanted to revisit it in its current state.” The short has recently been uploaded onto YouTube where you can check it out online.
It’s the Gingerbeard Family Show! Six of Galway’s finest musicians, comedians and artists will come together to play original music and your favourite covers on Friday, July 18th at the Roisin Dubh. Swapping instruments and spotlights, the
Gingerbeards will bring you one of the most playful and endearing evenings of music you’ll see this year, following their hugely popular previous shows. The gig kicks off at 9pm.
Modeling Danii Madden from Galway Catwalk, Styling by Sunny Juddy
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The CRAIC on
Monday 14th July 2014
Home Is Where the Art Is By Avril HORAN
• 10am: The Broderick Carty traditional music summer school and festival takes place this week in Loughrea. • 11am: A children’s art show will be exhibited at the Galway City Museum as part of Fringe Fest. • 11am: Everything is Awesome, a photographic exhibition by Patrick Dinneen takes place at The Oslo, Salthill(Fringe Fest). • 1pm: The Harp, the Accordion and the Ugly takes place at Árus na nGael.
• 7pm: A dance performance, Symptom, takes place at Árus na nGael on Dominick Street for Fringe. • 8pm: Tunes at the Church returns at St Nicholas Collegiate Church with music tonight by Desi Wilkinson, flute and singer and Gary Hastings, flute. • 8pm: Singer and visual artist Ciara Conway brings Saudade Love and Madness, world music, to Padraigs Place, New Dock Road as part of Fringe Fest. • 8:30pm: Alice’s Revenge, a cabaret with burlesque, aerial, pole dancing, circus and music takes place at Monroe’s Live (Fringe Fest). • 9pm: Sanatorium, a butoh dance performance takes place at Árus na nGael on Dominick Street. • 10pm: Bag of Weirdos begins tonight at Busker Brownes on Cross Street, with comedic stand up and improv (Fringe Fest).
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alway artist, Vanda Luddy, has made her name painting the town she knows so well. She has recently moved to a new premises, at 11 Upper Abbeygate Street, where she continues to enthral with her stunning landscapes from the locality. Her collection includes beautiful city streetscapes, including the ever popular Long Walk, along with stunning scenes from Barna, Connemara, Kinvara and Oughterard. She also captures people, still life and animals and her bright and cheery images are a reflection of her heartwarming personality, as she celebrates her city through art. “I have always liked bright and cheerful colours,” she says, “there is so much doom and gloom out there, I just love a bit of colour.” Vanda discovered her talent 18 years ago when she went to a watercolour class and hasn’t looked back since. Her first exhibition was a rousing success,
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selling all of the 40 pieces on display. It was the springboard to launch her into her new career, having run a children’s play group for 10 years, and she opened her first gallery in Oughterard. Originally from Raleigh Row, Vanda was delighted to have an opportunity to open a city centre premises, and has since moved across the road to her new location on Upper Abbeygate Street. “I wanted a place in the pedestrian part of Galway and I am delighted with the size of my new premises,” she explains. “It has everything under one roof, from printing and framing, to the gallery downstairs and a chill out area. “I am so happy to have the opportunity to do what I love and have super customers. Everyone comes in with a smile on their face and are quite relaxed. The Galway people especially have been a great support and we usually have a bit of a laugh!” Her unusual name has confused many into thinking that Vanda is not from Galway.
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• 6:30pm: Enjoy a one-hour conversational jaunt through Ireland’s past at O’Connors in Salthill.
“My mum named me after a character in a book, No Price for Freedom, which was set during WWII. The nun’s tortured me in school because of my name as it wasn’t a saint’s name! It’s Polish, I believe, and some customers come in requesting a certain image from the city and they don’t realise I am originally from Galway,” she says. Vanda sells framed fine art prints from as little as €50 and they can go up to €230 for the largest print. The prints have a 100 year life span and are all individually signed and numbered by the artist herself. “Some people come in to buy a card and come back later for the painting,” says Vanda. “I have a lot of local customers, and some from abroad who like to bring a little bit of home back with them,” she concludes. Vanda’s Gallery is open 7 days a week, Mon-Sat from 10am-6pm and Sunday from 2-5:30pm. www.vandaluddy.com
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Tuesday 15th July 2014
• 11am: Bellwether 11, an exhibition of artists from Wickham Street Studios, past and present, takes place at the Galway Cultural Institute until July 28th for Fringe. • 11am: Creature character puppet making with puppet shrewa doodle doo takes place at the Galway City Museum for babies to 6 years as part of Fringe Fest. • 2pm: Renowned concert pianist Nick Ross will perform a selection to compliment the Music on the Water exhibition at the Galway City Museum. • 7pm: Join the Galway Community Choir as they perform world music at the Methodist Church, Victoria Place. All welcome. • 8pm: It’s the opening night of Chapatti at the Town Hall Theatre with John Mahoney • 8pm: Classically trained baritone singer Denis McArdle will entertain at Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, as part of Fringe Fest. • 8pm: Enjoy live jazz at Rouge restaurant on Dominick Street. • 9pm: Sanatorium, a butoh dance performance takes place at Árus na nGael on Dominick Street. • 9pm: Celebrating 10 years this year, Ireland’s no 1 music, song and dance experience, Trad On The Prom takes place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill.
Straight talking from the trailor trash mouth of Southern Belle, Candy, and the more refined Cara from Connemara.
Dear Candy:
By Cara LYONS
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My husband is the worst at snoring. You may think it’s a common problem, but the way he does it is not! When he snores at night, it’s so loud I I’d swear it rattles the windows and it’s not a normal sound either - when he breaths out it’s like a fog horn! I’ve never heard anything like it. I feel bad because I have actually thought about smothering him with a pillow at night just for some peace and it gets worse. He’s star ted doing it while he’s awake! I swear if we are sitting beside each other watching T V or having dinner these ‘snoring’ noises just come out. It doesn’t end there either. He ‘sleep jumps’ really badly sometimes. It’s like sleeping with a salmon under the covers. I haven’t slept properly in weeks and I think I’m going mad. Please help!
Candy: The problem is your husband has some sort of demonic creature living in his body that feeds off keeping you awake. You can cut off your husband’s nose and stick the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner down his throat and suck the evil out of him, just be sure to put his nose on ice straight away cus’ surgeons can stick that thing back on after and just remember that the blade must be sacred and the vacuum must be blessed before you use it or you’ll
just look like a crazy person with her vacuum down her noseless husband’s throat for no reason OR you can go to visit the monks in a far off land and have a nap cus’ their real quiet there and you can bring back 11 herbs and spices, make a really nice curry and rice and eat that cus’ it’s your last meal before he drives you insane again and you spontaneously combust. Good Luck!
Cara: Oh sweet lord above! Do not do what Candy said! I swear I don’t know why you people keep addressing your letters to her when she says such crazy things. Snoring is caused when the soft palate flops down. There are options out there like special mouth guard or nasal strips. However, the fact his
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snoring is so strong and something is affecting his breathing while he is awake means there could be an underlying medical issue that needs to be fixed. Advice your husband to see his doctor and hopefully they can figure out what’s causing this.
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• 11am: Baad Art, a collection by final year student at GMIT will exhibit at the Dominican Hall, The Claddagh, until July 28th as part of Fringe Fest.
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Wednesday 16th July 2014
GALWAY FRINGE Fest By Avril HORAN
• 3pm: The poetry sessions takes place at Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, every afternoon until Saturday, July 19th for the Galway Fringe Festival. • 11am: Creature character puppet making with puppet shrewa doodle doo takes place at the Galway City Museum for age 6-12 as part of Fringe Fest. • 2pm: Renowned concert pianist Nick Ross will perform a selection to compliment the exhibition Music on the Water at the Galway City Museum. • 3pm: The Mute Quire - an ensemble from Italy, China, and America – bring their original freewheeling story to the Galway Playhouse at Columban Hall for fringe. • 7pm: Try your Hand – a drawing class with artist Mark D. Smith – takes place at The Bridge Mills for fringe. • 8pm: returns Church Pádraic pipes.
Tunes at the Church at St Nicholas Collegiate with music tonight by Keane on the uilleann
• .8pm: A new generation of Irish musicians, Caoimhe Grogan and Catherine McHugh, will perform at Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, for the Fringe Fest. • 9pm: Trad at the Head is back at The King’s Head, with live traditional music, Irish dancers, and no cover charge to boot!
Welcome to the House of Fun! We can’t wait for the Galway Fringe Festival bringing you the very best of theatre, dance, visual art, literature, comedy, music, children’s and street theatre from July 12th28th. And we will be there too, as the Craic in Galway exhibition, by Darius Ivan, takes place at the newly
‘fringe created’ Galway Playhouse at Columban Hall on Sea Road. We have covered many of the events in our diary section as your fringe guide, but with so much on offer, make sure to check out www. galwayfringe.ie for the complete lowdown on what’s happening.
It’s a long standing tradition and once again, the ruby room at the King’s Head will host the best of lunchtime comedy during the arts festival, from July 14-27. With top acts such as Neil Delamere, Colm O’Regan, John Colleary, Karl Spain and Joe Rooney,
they are set to tickle your funny bone and will have you chuckling to yourself for the day. And The King’s Head serve a craicing lunch before and after the show. Doors open at 12:30pm and tickets are available on the door only.
Lunchtime Laughs
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• 9:30pm: Citóg presents Felix Sonnyboy at the Cellar bar, Eglington Street, for Fringe.
• 10:30pm: Don’t miss the ‘Screamin’ Bluecats’ at Garvey’s in Eyre Square.
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• 10pm: Keith Moss and The Tightrope Walkers will play at the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria Hotel, Victoria Place.
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The CRAIC on
Thursday 17th July 2014
En Route to Miss Ireland!!! By Rebecca CASSERLY
• 11am: An interactive marine art show takes place at the Galway City Library for fringe fest. • 11am: Creature character puppet making with puppet shrewa doodle doo takes place at the Galway City Museum for age 12-16 as part of Fringe Fest. • 1pm: Enjoy lunchtime trad with Tommy Mccarthy and Louise Costello at Monroe’s.
• 7pm: The Dead Good Poetry and Music Society will perform at An Cupan Tae, 8 Quay Lane in the Latin Quarter, for fringe. • 8pm: The Galway Cathedral Recitals features Gerard Gillen, organist for many years of Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral. • 8pm: An evening of Celtic tales with Irish and Scottish storytelling take place at the Cottage Bar, Lower Salthill for fringe. • 8pm: The Cub and Other Songs takes place at Padriag’s Place, New Dock Road, for fringe - a short experimental collection of songs telling one story. • 9pm: Head to Trad On the Prom at the Galway Bay Hotel Salthill, for Ireland’s No 1 dance, music and song experience. • 9:30pm: Catch the swingin’ style of Benny and the Goodmen at McSwiggans bar in Woodquay. • 10pm: The hypnotic The Altered Hours will take to the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria Hotel, Victoria Place.
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nocknacarra beauty, Leah Tiernan will represent Galway in the Miss Ireland competition on July 19th. Leah, a graduate in fashion from GTI tells the CRAIC in Galway all about what she has been up to since winning Miss Galway, her preparations for the Miss Ireland competition and her plans for the future. What was your inspiration for entering the Miss Galway contest? To be honest I was entered by the girls that I work with in PIA Galway. They saw it as something that I would be good at and that I should go for. So I went along on the night and amazingly won, which I was just over the moon about. I’m very grateful that they encouraged me to enter, it has been a great experience so far and I have met and worked with so many lovely people. How have you been keeping busy since winning Miss Galway?
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I have been very busy since winning Miss Galway which has been great. I have been doing a lot of press calls, interviews, modelling and attending fabulous events such as the Ábalta Charity Ball last Saturday. I am representing Coyotes Late Bar this coming year and signed with Catwalk Modelling Agency so I have a lot of support and work coming from both. Being Miss Galway has involved so many different experiences all of which I have enjoyed. Tell us one interesting fact about you. I did ballet for 10 years and always dreamt of being a ballerina as a child! What do you enjoy most about modelling? I always enjoy the buzz of modelling and stepping out of my comfort zone when it comes to some of the large scale fashion shows I have done and when it comes to photo shoots, I enjoy seeing the end results in the images and the gorgeous clothes that I get to wear too of course! in GALWAY
• 6pm: Macnas artistic director, Noeline Kavanagh, will officially launch an exhibition Luke McMullan, New Paintings at the Kenny Gallery, Liosbán, Tuam Road for fringe.
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Friday 18th July 2014
CRAICING 1st Birthday!!! By Avril HORAN
• 11am: An exhibition, Exploring the Sublime, via the Cosmos, takes place at the Niland Gallery as part of the fringe fest. • 11am: ‘Sparks’ an illustrated book giving empathy and hope to people experiencing depression is on display at Galway University Hospital for fringe. • 2pm: The Athenry music school guitar orchestra are set to entertain at St Nicholas Collegiate Church as part of the fringe fest. • 3pm: ALâ with the Galway One World Centre presents the play The Other Side of the Mirror on the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria Hotel. • 5pm: Billington Meets Hytner takes place at the Town Hall Theatre as Nicholas Hytner meets Guardian Drama Critic Michael Billington. • 8pm: Tunes at the Church takes place this evening at St Nicholas Collegiate Church with fiddle player Danny Diamond. • 8pm: Roudledum, a traditional band formed in 1984 will play a special concert at Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, as part of the fringe fest.
Needless to say we had a craicing night out at our 1st birthday party at Monroe’s Live. We were fed, watered and entertained ‘til the wee hours and want to thank all of you who came to celebrate with us. We were first in the queue for the sumptuous pig-on-a-spit by Atlantic Hogs. Our wonderful models looked beautiful as they took part in our interactive fashion show and had the courage to
mingle with the crowd. You can see more about this on our style page. We were blown away by the vocal talents of Lauren Davis. That girl has some serious talent and we were mesmerised as she sang for us in the backstage bar. Don’t miss a gig by this girl, you won’t be disappointed. The night finished out with the best of live music with Cozy Cartel and we bopped til the wee hours.
The Craic in Galway will soon become the official sponsor of the Galway Pitbulls Inline Skating Hockey Team. Their sports jersey’s will be
emblazoned with the Craic in Galway logo and we hope it brings them lots of craicing luck over the coming season.
CRAICING Pitbulls!!!
• 9pm: The Galway Playhouse, Columban Hall is home to theTale of the Ancient Lights, combining circus, dance and magic. Runs until July 20th.
• 10pm: The Retronauts and Handsome Handsome will play at the Galway Fringe Fest main stage at the Victoria Hotel in aid of suicide prevention charity, Pieta House.
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• 9:30pm: Twisted Ninja will play rock covers from the ‘60s to today at Monroe’s Live.
The CRAICING Birthday By Darius IVAN & MIguel MAZA
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Saturday 19th July 2014
Finding Green Fingers... By Avril HORAN
• 10am: A one day actors workshop takes place at the Jesuit Hall on Sea Road looking at the Michael Chekhov technique with Paul Brennan from the Gaiety School of Acting. • 10am: The National Aquathalon Championships take place in Salthill today.
• 12pm: Catch the Nutan Photograph Exhibition at the Dominican Hall, The Claddagh, for fringe. • 3pm: ALâ presents Divide and Conquer about fracking at the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria hotel. • 7pm: The Galway Community Circus presents Stories from Circopolis and guests at St Joseph’s Community Centre, Ashe Road for fringe. • 7pm: Galway Kavanagh Day takes place at the Harbour Hotel organised by the Patrick Kavanagh Western Assoc. for a lively and dramatic tribute in honour of the great bard. • 8pm: The Galway Fringe Fiddle Festival takes place on the main stage at the Victoria Hotel, Victoria Place with 7 great players from across Ireland. • 10pm: Energetic 5-piece Folk Pop band, The Daily Howl, will play at the backstage bar in Monroe’s Live. • Midnight: The band with the best name, The Hardcore Priest of Yemen, will take to the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria Hotel.
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don’t have green fingers. In fact, I have often described myself as the killer of any known living plant. It’s just one of those things I have accepted about myself. That, and my amazing ability to get lost anywhere, thanks to having no sense of direction.
and the Gombeens certainly know how to clown about. The melodic barbershop sounds of the Galway Baytones would pop up every now and again on the winding stairs located within the stone buildings, while the jazz tunes spilled out across the lawn with local band Strictly Dixie.
The latter aside, I ventured out to the Claregalway Garden Festival over the weekend of July 5th, driven by a curiosity about its stunning surrounds of Claregalway Castle. It really was a fantastic event. There were plenty of stalls, with plants, but more than enough to keep the non-green fingered souls entertained.
All this, and I was only there for around an hour or so. There had also been plenty of talks for the enthused gardeners, while others simply sipped wine, or enjoyed cheese and oysters, outside a pop up Sheridans. If you fancied a read, there was also a pop up Kenny’s bookshop on site.
I was enthralled by the sounds of the army band of the 2nd command. We sat around the bandstand – it was actually a small marquee – and listened as they entertained with popular hits and theme songs, from the Pink Panther to the Simpsons. Of course being Galway, a concert isn’t a concert without someone in a brightly coloured costume riding around through the crowd on a handmade hobby horse,
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And there was plenty more than an ice cream van for the young wans, as they could enjoy Guido Fanzini’s Impossible Circus. Sure you would never want to leave. The Irish weather held firm, despite sparks of our ‘four seasons in one day’ climate. The event supported the Galway Simon Community and CBM charities. So there you have it. You can take a known plant killer to a gardening festival and she will be reluctant to go home. With so much food and festivities, it would have been worth camping out there. It’s one to watch next year. in GALWAY
• 11am: A workshop, Galway Goes to the Pictures, takes place at the Galway City Museum exploring the earliest form of animated film; Age 5-12.
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Sunday 20th July 2014 • 11am: Check out Face It, an exhibition by Susanne Wawra which takes place at Galway University Hospital for fringe.
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Mayor Supports Bilingual Status
• 11am: Mixed media artist, Nancy, hosts an exhibition at the Dominican Hall, The Claddagh, of native American wall hangings for fringe. • 11am: Visual Artist and Jewellery Designer Louise Spokes holds her Glass Art exhibition for fringe at the Dominican Hall, The Claddagh for fringe. • 12:30pm: A range of water sports are on offer at Mannin Bay, Clifden for a blueway taster day – an area of outstanding beauty with facilities. • 1pm: The Harp, the Accordion and the Ugly, a vintage style silent projection, takes place at Árus na nGael. • 3pm:The Mute Quire - an ensemble from Italy, China, and America – bring their original freewheeling story to the Galway Playhouse at Columban Hall for fringe. • 6pm: Enjoy a one-hour conversational jaunt through Ireland’s past, inspired by historical memorabilia at O’Connors in Salthill hosted by Brian Nolan.
New Mayor of Galway City, Cllr Donal Lyons, enjoyed his first official Gaillimh le Gaeilge event in his capacity as Mayor as the annual Fulacht Fia recently. A large crowd of Cairde Ghaillimh le Gaeilge attended the event at the Ardilaun hotel. Mayor Lyons reiterated his support for bilingual status for Galway city and emphasised how the language would have an important role to play in Galway’s bid for the European Capital of Culture. The
Fulacht Fia officially concludes Gaillimh le Gaeilge’s social/networking events until September and provides the organisation with an opportunity to say a ‘míle buíochas’ to all their ‘Cairde’ and to all those who have supported the organisation over the past year. Gaillimh le Gaeilge is available to assist you to incorporate the Irish language into your business free of charge. For more information contact eolas@gleg.ie or phone 091 568876.
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• 10pm: A songwriter showcase takes place at the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria hotel, Victoria Place.
• 10:30pm: Raging Sons, an up and coming original rock band from Limerick will play at the back stage bar at Monroe’s Live on Dominick Street.
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• 9pm: It’s the final night for the Tale of the Ancient Lights at The Galway Playhouse, Columban Hall, combining circus, dance and magic.
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• 1pm: The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky takes place every lunchtime at Busker Brownes until July 25th. • 3:30pm: Havarie, a tale of two sisters who board a boat and leave their home, takes place at Kellys bar and live venue until July 26th by the Lost Goose Theatre Company. • 6pm: The Chase, a scientific fairy-tale that went one step too far, takes place at Kelly’s bar and live venue on Bridge Street by Pinch of Salt Theatre for fringe until July 26th. • 8pm: Aindrias de Staic, comedian, actor, musician and presenter of TG4’S Jig Gig will present his new show The Man from Moogaga at Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road until July 27th. • 8pm: Tunes at the Church at St Nicholas Collegiate Church presents Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin – flute and singer - in concert this evening. • 8:30pm: A Blessing In Disguise, a comedy about love, marriage, children and the in laws takes place at the Galway Playhouse, Columban Hall for fringe. Runs until July 26th. • 9pm: Enjoy trad music, singing and dancing with Billy Carr and Stack of Barley (with dancers) at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay.
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ne of the highlights of our Craicing 1st Birthday Party at Monroe’s Live was a fashion show with a twist. We asked the models to circulate amongst the crowd, and they strutted their stuff with glamour and ease, showcasing collections from Easystyle, a new online fashion shop and Eureka preloved fashion. Easystyle.ie is set to launch with stunning smart casual pieces catering from sizes 8-20. It is the home of European women’s fashion online. Eureka at 133 Upper Salthill recently celebrated six months
in business with their preloved range. They specialise in designer and high fashion retail along with a budget collection to suit every fashionista. The fantastic style was topped off by Simply Chic Hat Hire who provided stunning headpieces for the evening’s event. With the Galway races galloping over the horizon, Simply Chic make it all the more affordable, with rates of hire from €15-€50. You can check them out online at www.simplychichathire.com. The show was organised by our own Rebecca Casserly, aka Bec Boop, with hairstyles by SOA Hair Studio and make up by the Beauty Lounge Galway and Eva Beauty Rooms.
• 10pm: Catch the Black Magic Big Band at Busker Brownes on Cross Street.
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• 10pm: Nothing Fixed, All One, a selection of work from recent past performances in dance and performance art, takes place at the Galway Playhouse, Columban Hall on Sea Road.
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world music at the Methodist Church, Victoria Place. All welcome. • 8pm: Enjoy live jazz at Rouge restaurant on Dominick Street with Mike Corbett on piano and Keith McDonald on trumpet. • 9pm: Celebrating 10 years this year, Ireland’s no 1 music, song and dance experience, Trad On The Prom takes place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill. • 9pm: Catch Sean Gavin with friends and dancers at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay, for a night of trad music, singing and dancing. All musicians welcome. • 10pm: Alien pop duo Glitterface and Mirrorman aka Nanu Nanu will take to the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria Hotel. • 10pm: If you haven’t already seen them, Bag of Weirdos continue their run at Busker Brownes on Cross
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Wednesday 23rd July 2014 • 11am: Brazilian photographer, Filipe Chaves, hosts his exhibition, ‘the music that plays on your street is also mine’ at Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road until July 28th.
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• 1pm: Fregoli Theatre Company invite you to come away on the Voyage of Brian an ancient story now retold, at the Galway Playhouse, Columban Road for fringe. • 3pm: Artist, Scientist, Priest, a four hour showing by John Rogers of his latest work takes place at the Galway Mechanics Institute for fringe. • 9pm: Join Kevin Rohan with Monica Naughton and dancers at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay for total trad! • 9pm: Trad at the Head is back at The King’s Head, with live traditional music, Irish dancers, and no cover charge to boot! • 9:30pm: Citóg Presents: Ray Brown and Cal Folger Day at the Cellar Bar on Eglington Street. • 10pm: Catch Myles Manley, an English-born, Sligo-raised, Dublinbased literal popstar at the Galway Fringe main stage, Victoria Hotel, Victoria Place.
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• 10:30pm: Don’t miss the ‘Screamin’ Bluecats’ at Garvey’s in Eyre Square for a night of rockabilly magic. You ‘aint nothin’ but a hound dog! • Midnight: Mad Dog McCrea will take to the stage at Monroe’s Live after We Banjo 3 following a stomping performance at Glastonbury 2013.
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Thursday 24th July 2014 • 2pm: Talking Festival, a discussion about what a festival means for communities in the 21st century, takes place at the Galway Fringe main stage, Victoria Hotel. • 8pm: The Galway Cathedral Recitals features a concert of choral and organ music by the Aachen Madrigal Choir from Germany, together with its conductor and organist Hans Leenders. • 9pm: Head to Trad On the Prom at the Galway Bay Hotel Salthill, for Ireland’s No 1 dance, music and song experience. • 9pm: Enjoy Thursday night comedy at the Dew Drop Inn with the Filibusters Comedy Club – Ireland’s smallest! • 9pm: Join Liam Naughton and Marie Treasa for music, singing and dancing and the best of trad at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay. • 9:30pm: Catch the swingin’ style of Benny and the Goodmen at McSwiggans bar in Woodquay. • 9:30pm: An open traditional Irish music jam takes place every Thursday at the Western Hotel on Prospect Hill. • 10pm: Leading Armies will join Mikey and The Scallywags, Tracy Bruen and singer songwriter, Thomas McPartland, on the Galway Fringe main stage at the Victoria Hotel, Victoria Place. • 10pm: Out Of The Bag takes place at the Secret Garden on Sea Road for fringe, where the audience chooses from a bag of poems.
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Glóir a Ghnóthú Dar le Amy Chua ina leabhar Triple Package; What Really Determines Success, is iad na trí saintréith is mo a bhíonn ag róghnóthachtálaithe ná 1. Féinmhuinín (is féidir liom seo a dhéanamh); 2. Neamhdhiongbháilteacht (caithfidh mé déanamh níos fearr, mo chaighdeáin a ardú); 3. Mianta a smachtú (is féidir liom gan géilleadh don chathú inniu ar mhaithe le mo sprioc a bhaint amach sa todhchaí). Cén ceann acu is gá duitse díriú isteach air le tú féin a fheabhsú? D’fhéadfá meantóir nó comhpháirtí cuntasachta a fháil chun cabhrú leat oibriú ar gach ceann de na trí saintréith thuas. D’fhéadfá cóitseálaí a fhostú nó iarraidh ar chara nó ar dhuine a bhfuil meas agat orthu cabhrú leat. Inis don duine sin cad é is mian
leat a bhaint amach agus tabhair tuairisc bheag sheachtainiúil dóibh ar mar atá ag éirí leat. Feadfaidh an duine sin cabhrú leat do chuid féinmhuiníne a chothabháil agus spreagadh a thabhairt duit chun do chaighdeáin a ardú. Ní bheidh tú ag iarraidh a admháil gur ghéill tú don chathú, mar sin is mó seans go gcloífidh tú le do phlean. Feicfidh tú dul chun cinn de réir a chéile agus cuirfidh sin le do thiomantas. D’fhéadfá bheith i do mheantóir do dhuine éigin eile chomh maith agus ciorcal cóitseála a chruthú.
ARÍS! Affirmative Rituals, Irresistible Success
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How to Win According to Amy Chua in her book Triple Package; What Really Determines Success, the three characteristics of over-achievers are: 1. Deep-rooted self belief (I can do this); 2. Insecurity (I need to do better, raise my standards); 3. Impulse control (I can see the big picture and resist temptation today to achieve what I want for tomorrow). Which one do you need to work on to become your best self? It may be useful to have a mentor or accountability partner to help you work on each of the three characteristics. You can pay a coach or ask a
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trusted friend or someone you admire and who inspires you. Tell this person what you want to achieve and report weekly on your progress. This person can help you to maintain your self-belief and encourage you to raise your standards. You won’t want to admit to giving in to impulses so you are more likely to stick to your plan. You will see incremental success which will fuel your commitment. Why not By Sunny become a mentor to JUDDY someone too and create a coaching circle?
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