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From Friday January 9th To Thursday January 22nd 2015
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Welcome to the 39th edition of the Craic in Galway magazine and Happy
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New Year! This is our first edition of 2015 and we are here to help you
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Friday 9th January 2015
CRAICing News!!!
By Avril HORAN
• 9am: Poise Salon, which is run by first year Beauty and Health Science students at the Galway Technical Institute will reopen today and will operate every Friday until Easter. Beauty treatments on offer include: manicure, pedicure, facial and make-up application. Health Science treatments on offer include: reflexology and back massage. €10. Located in rooms 10 and 11.
• 7:30pm: Renmore’s 36th annual Pantomime, Cinderella, promises to be a spectacular adventure of laughter, music and song at the Town Hall Theatre. • 7:35pm: Connacht Rugby take on Edinburgh in the Guinness Pro 12 at The Sportsground, College Road this evening. • 9pm: The Gozala! Latin Club Galway 2015 launch party takes place at Krcma Salthill this evening with DJ Matt, salsa teachers and live bands. Takes place every Friday night for the best in salsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton. • 10pm: A 29th anniversary tribute to Phil Lynott featuring Remembering Lizzy takes place this evening at Monroe’s Live.
Corrib Live
A
mini music festival, featuring iRocks winners Rofi James and The Connectors, is set to hit these shores this February – and all for a good cause. Corrib Live, an event organised by the VTOS Sound Production students, will raise money for Voices for Down Syndrome Galway and Waterside House. It is set for Friday, February 13th and will host top musical acts and entertainment, along with finger food and spot prizes.
It’s the second year for the Corrib Live event and the organisers are in the midst of planning for the gig, which will take place at the Commercial Boat Club from 7pm. The students have different tasks, as it will test their skills in event planning and production. “It’s been stressful, but good fun,” explains one of the organisers Padraig McMahon.
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“It’s not an easy task to undertake and we are all working together. We want to establish this as a yearly event that will make a name for itself in its own right and it will have its own identity. This year it will be great value, as we plan to charge €5 entry only. “It’s for two great causes and I really wanted to get involved. And it goes a long way towards what we are trying to learn here as students on this course. We will get experience setting up for live bands and all of us wouldn’t be here if we didn’t love music. “Both charities need a lot of money to run and if we can help in any way then that is a great achievement,” he says. For more information, or to help with sponsorship you can email corriblive15@gmail.com or check out Facebook, Corrib Live - where you can purchase your tickets. in GALWAY
• 7pm: 091 Labs will play host to multiplayer gaming for a 12 hour lock in at Roxboro House, Raleigh Row. Indulge yourself post-Christmas with a timefriendly compact gaming binge!
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Saturday 10th Jan 2015 • 12pm: The Dreams Wedding Exhibition takes place this weekend at Leisureland, Salthill - There will be over 80 bridal exhibitors to choose from and great on-the-day offers to be had. • 12pm: The Galway Lawn Tennis Club tennis outreach programme for children and teens begins today for a six week programme of coaching and social sessions. • 2pm: NUI Galway will run an application advice clinic for students and parents who are interested in applying for access to college through the HEAR and DARE schemes in the Bailey Allen Hall. • 2:30pm: A matinee performance of the Renmore Pantomime, Cinderella, takes place at the Town Hall Theatre. Evening performance at 7:30pm. • 8:30pm: Salsa Bay Presents the Pure Feeling Kizomba Party at the Galway Dance Centre, Terryland Retail Park. Headford Road, starting with a Kizomba workshop followed by a Kizomba Party! • 10pm: Puzzle brings some of the top bass bringers in the country to the Cellar Bar on Eglington Street with Junglists Welfare, BadmanDeego, Seriaz, Killamanselector and Unoriginal Junglist on the decks. • Midnight: Experienced covers band, Electric Lemon will take to the main stage at Monroe’s Live, playing the top tunes from the charts now plus the classics from way back.
CRAICing 2014!!!
By Avril HORAN
It Was A Great Year For…
A
t the Craic in Galway, we want to promote up and coming talent and rising stars as much as we can. Here, we look back at those who made the craicing headlines in 2014 (in no particular order) and are certainly the ones to watch in 2015. *Rofi James: Galway band who became iRocks winners 2014 *Michael Mullins: The local milliner was featured in Vogue and Tatler magazines *Leah Tiernan: She was a late entrant but scooped the Miss Galway title *Kamil Krolak: Filmed his way into the hearts of the city with Galway Is Also Happy *Steve Bennett: The comedian won the Show Me The Funny title *Nicola McGuire: Was voted Church Singer of the Year 2014 *Pietr Bieniasz: Photos selected by Photo Vogue; held his first solo exhibition *Laura Fox: Named Miss Sunday World 2014 *Nicola Corcoran: Became the first Galway Rose in a decade *Tara Breathnach: The actress shone in a Nightingale Falling which went on general release. *Ivan Fahy: Featured as a cover star of Galway Community News *Shahira Barry: Hopped to the Playboy Mansion before launching her LA career
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*Sinead Pokall: The 16 year old was chosen as the model for Miami basedwebsite Scorpio Jin *James Gallagher: Launched his new solo album Street Ballads *Katherine Gannon: Jetted off to star in US TV show Fashion Hero *The Galway Warriors: Galway’s first American Football Team was established *Siobhan McDonnell: Make Up artist featured on Good Morning America *Louise de Vignoles: Handmade candles now sold in London. *Jody Mullarkey: The busker became an internet sensation *Clodagh Lawlor: The singer won Coyote Factor *Celine King: Became a World Kettlebell Champion *Galway Pitbulls: Won the national inline hockey league championships in Portadown *The Amazing Apples: Launched their new video and single‘Slipping By’
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CRAICing News!!!
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Sunday 11th Jan 2015 • 10am:
By Darius IVAN
A Wheel of a Time for
A mindfulness and
meditation one day workshop takes place today at the Salthill Hotel, Salthill.
Christmas!
• 10am: The Galway Walking Club will host a Sunday ramble today in Cong. Meeting at the Omniplex before driving to Cong. • 12pm: A performance of the Renmore
Pantomime,
Cinderella, takes place at the Town Hall Theatre with a second showing at 4pm. • 12pm: The Dreams Wedding Exhibition continues today at Leisureland, Salthill - There will be over 80 bridal exhibitors to choose from and great on-theday offers to be had. • 1:30pm: Training
Galway
Dog
host
four
will
a
week responsible adult dog ownership and training course starting today at Mervue. • 8pm: One of Ireland’s most exciting
bands,
The
Take Me Out...On A Blind Date The lovely Lisa Brady from iRadio will be among the contestants in ‘Take Me Out... On A Blind Date’ hosted by Miss Phyllis Daly. The event is in aid of Galway Autism Partnership and takes place at the Clayton Hotel on Saturday, January 17th at 8pm. It is always guaranteed to be a great night out and the ‘blind date voice’ will be none other than Shay Livingstone of An Pucan. You never know, Lisa might just find the love of her life amongst the contestants.
Basics in web courses at 091labs! and electronic related activities.
will play at Maud Millers, Main Street, Ballinasloe this evening. • 9pm: Join The Jazz Jam Band musicians based in Galway who love jazz music - followed by Don Stiffe.
Tickets are available from GAP and the Clayton Hotel. €15.
“All of the contestants and business sponsors are doing so voluntarily and it
Deans,
at Monroe’s Live - a group of
would be great to see you all there. It will be a fun night out!” says Phyllis Daly.
091 labs in Roxboro House, Raleigh Row is a collaborative community space based in Galway. It is a shared physical space for any and all creative projects: art, woodwork, software, photography
“We are running a free intro course every Tuesday at 6:30pm in 091 labs, covering basics in web and app development, including topics HTML5, CC3 and many more coding and programming topics. This is all done in a very relaxed environment and basically teaching will be a bit of craic,” said Eileen Doocey from Educated Machine
NYE CRAIC around Galway By Darius IVAN & Sunny Judita
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Monday 12th Jan 2015
The Galway Gamer- Game Jam By SPUD MURPHY
• 7pm: Creative Writing for Beginners with Kevin Higgins begins this evening for one evening per week over 9 weeks at the Galway Technical Institute. • 7:30pm: The Galway Astronomy Club presents a special New Year lecture by Norah Patten from Limerick University on her quest to become the first Irish person to go into space at the Westwood Hotel.
• 8pm: The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society will host their first lecture of 2015, The Priory of St. Catherine in Aughrim, County Galway with Mr. Patrick Larkin. For more information check out www.gahs.info. • 9pm: A screening of The Princess Bride takes place at the Roisin Dubh on Dominick Street. • 9pm: The Cellar bar is host to Play, where musicians can jam with support from a backing band in this open night with a difference. All welcome. • 9pm: Catch iRocks winners, Rofi James, every Monday at Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay. • 9:30pm: Enjoy the best of swingin’ tunes by the Black Magic Big Band at Busker Brownes on Cross Street. • 9:30pm: A traditional Irish music session takes place at the Crane bar on Sea Road with Freda Hatton and Kevin Whelan.
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t’s no secret that playing video games is a fun pass time. It’s a hobby that takes time and skill, which makes it all the more rewarding. However, it’s rare that you get to see what happens behind the scenes and how exactly you’re favourite games are made. Galway’s Pulse College specialises in creating video games. The local developer scene is an interesting one, and provides an entirely different gaming experience in the city when compared to the local communities of players. Lately, the college held their latest event called the Galway Game Jam. This saw a crowd of indie game creators turning up to take part in an all-day challenge. The idea is simple- turn up, meet new people, and make a game within a tight time frame. Artists, developers, coders and composers were slotted into random teams and told that they had twelve
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hours to create a game from the ground up about the event’s main theme; hidden worlds. The team that build the best game by the end of the day would win a prize. The day was long, but seeing people change walls of code into fully functional games really was a sight to behold. The teams made games of all genres, from platformers to space exploration. There were some really cool and imaginative ideas. Some of which looked and worked fantastically. The Galway Game Jam is a great way for developers to meet up and spend time doing what they love, making games. It’s a calm, fun atmosphere filled with lots of brainstorming and creativity. Many people went from complete strangers to friends throughout the duration of the Jam, and will surely create games together again in the future. Perhaps even at the next Game Jam.
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• 8pm: Michael Fassbender and Domhnal Gleeson star in Frank, an offbeat comedy film screened tonight at the Town Hall Theatre. A wannabe musician escapes his boring normal life and joins an avant-garde pop band led by Frank, who hides himself inside a large fake head.
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Tuesday 13th Jan 2015 • 7pm: Intermediate Creative Writing
with
Susan
Millar
DuMars begins this evening at the Galway Technical Institute. The course takes place every Tuesday for 9 weeks with a mid term break.
I’m
lost……Help!
Candy:
• 7:30pm:
The Galway Film
Society will have a special screening
Straight talking from the trailor trash mouth of Southern Belle, Candy, and the more refined Cara from Connemara. By Cara LYONS Dear Candy:
of
Winter
Sleep
at the Town Hall Theatre, an award winning film inspired by short stories by famed Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.
Love
Don’t worry Jim I can help you out. Okay well the first thing you gotta do is go two miles down the road there past the old Sullivan place then you’ll meet two roads, one
from Jim parallel and one perpendicular then you wanna keep going until you meet a motorway that bisects it at a 40 degree angle. Then carry the one and solve for X.
Cara:
who like to play their acoustic
Ok……… am I the only one here that needs more information? You need to tell me how you are lost Jim? Are you physically lost and can’t find your way home? If you
guitars, sing songs, tell jokes,
Find Cara’s Good Karma TV on YouTube.com
• 9pm: Catch Fred and James live at the Quays downstairs, on Quay Street, two guys
are then you could just tell someone. Ever yone keep a look out for lost Jim.
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stories, and have an odd pint of Guinness in front of an audience. • 9:30pm:
The
Comedy
Cocktails New Years Showcase takes
place
Dubh
on
the
Roisin
Dominick
at
Street
this evening with MC Bob Ó HÉanacháin,
Peter
Dooley,
John O’ Hare, Declan Brennan and Donal Vaughan.
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Wednesday 14th Jan 2015
CRAICing Q&A
By Sunny JUDDY
• 9:30am: Galway Executive Skillnet will hold a Time Management Course today at the Pillo Hotel. Learn how to prioritise, break old habits and improve effectiveness. Free places for jobseekers and job bridge participants.
• 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!
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Burlesque dancer living her dream Dee Keaveney (23) is a passionate dancer and originally from Barna , Galway. I met her for the first time on her silhouette / burlesque dancing workshop in Aras na nGael on Dominick Street over one year ago and, since then, I have done many of her dance classes, always learning a lot and having an amazing time also. When did you start dancing for the first time? My mom put me into classes at the Regina Rogers School of Ballet when I was 5 years old, probably to get me out of the house! What type of dance do you do?
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The last two years have been pretty crazy. A few highlights have been choreographing the winners performance of Miss Czech Slovac America 2014, dancing with The Wanted in Central Park live on Good Morning America in New York and dancing in a 4 star hotel in Malta for the summer. Are you going to organise any dance workshops in Galway soon? I might have a plan bubbling in my brain...watch this space! What’s your plan for the future ? In the next few weeks, I’m travelling to Paris for a concept video that my good friend is choreographing. After that, I’m planning on moving to London to continue my career there. Basically, living the dream! in GALWAY
• 8pm: He’s back! The popular singer Jack Lukeman brings his Songs of The Season – Northern Lights tour to the Town Hall Theatre. He will sing songs which take him back to winters of long ago and songs which conjure up the atmosphere of winters and Christmases of his childhood.
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Thursday 15th Jan 2015
The Warehouse Gym are extending a special offer to readers of the CRAIC Magazine!
• 6pm: NUI Galway is hosting a Mature Students Open Evening in the Aula Maxima, Quadrangle. • 7pm: The ad hoc choir begins a new course at the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street. This is a Natural Voice gathering; with Kate Duignan. There will be harmony singing, vocal technique and finding out how to free your voice and sing with joy. • 8pm: Comedian Neil Delamere is coming to the Town Hall Theatre tonight with his brand new tour, The Fresh Prince of Delamere. He is renowned for his on-stage banter and quick-witted, well-observed yarns.
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• 8pm: Strange Brew presents the Mark Lanegan Band at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill. Mark has sung with Screaming Trees, Queens Of The Stone Age, Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, Soulsavers and Isobel Campbell. • 9pm: Lush presents bass house icon DJ Distro at the Victoria Hotel, Eyre Square to celebrate their first party. Distro will be joined by other Lush DJs for a night of House, Garage, Dubstep and Funky.
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• 9:30pm: An open traditional Irish music jam takes place every Thursday at the Western Hotel on Prospect Hill.
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• 9pm: Doors are open at Monroes Live for Kicking Bird, a four piece acoustic band, with support from the Orchid Collective. • 9:30pm: Catch the swingin’ style of the Juke Joint Stomp at McSwiggans bar in Woodquay.
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CRAICing Music!!!
The CRAIC on
Friday 16th Jan 2015
By Dara KELLY
• 6pm: Akumakon 2015, the largest convention for Japanese Anime, Manga and Culture in the West of Ireland takes place this weekend at Arus na Macleinn, NUIG. • 7:30pm:
Join
singer
songwriters Padraig Jack and Keith McNamara for a free night of music at the Secret Garden, 4 William Street West. Comedian Pat Shortt
will bring his brand of comedy to the Radisson Blu Hotel this evening for a night of rib tickling fun. • 8pm: presents
Music For Galway Soundtracks
for
Superpowers with the Carducci Quartet,
Finghin
Collins
on
piano, Helen Kearns soprano and the Galway Ensemble in Residence: ConTempo Quartet at the Town Hall Theatre. • 8pm: Country singer, John McNicholl, who has shared a stage with Daniel O’ Donnell, Sir Cliff Richard and played support to Sir. Elton John will gig at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill this evening. • 10pm: No Stairway -the Led Zeppelin tribute band - will capture the raw energy of one of the UKs biggest rock bands ever at Monroe’s Live tonight.
Salsatrad has arrived!
T
he Normans gave us castles, the Vikings gave us walled cities, and now the new wave of creators in Galway have given us a whole new genre of music: salsatrad. Salsa has gained a firm foothold in Galway over the last decade, with live bands and DJs providing almost weekly opportunities to dance. Andres Martorell, from Uruguay, has been singing with salsa and tango bands for years. One night just over a year ago, he went for a drink in a nearby bar after a performance in Galway city centre. There was a festival atmosphere (as usual!) and he could hear salsa on one side of him and Irish trad on the other. His musician’s ear noted how the rhythms and melodies complemented each other and he asked himself, I wonder..? And so, Baile an Salsa was born. Andres enlisted 9 more talented musicians and the sound of salsatrad began
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it’s evolution. The musicians are a true reflection of today’s Galway, hailing from Mexico, Italy, UK, USA, Spain, Cuba, Mayo, Wicklow and Drogheda. Baile an Salsa play songs that are an amalgamation of well-know Irish traditional tunes, blended with newly composed melodies in the style of salsa. The primal rhythm of salsa is provided by congas, timbales and an array of Cuban percussion instruments, the instantly recognisable salsa melodies are played on keyboards while the joyful trad element is provided by flute, tin whistle, accordion, mandolin and fiddle. Stand-up bass provides a consistent backbone for both genres. This is “bringing it all back home” Galway style with a singer from Uruguay singing sean-nós in Irish and weaving Spanish and English lyrics throughout the uplifting songs. >>>>> in GALWAY
• 8pm:
Sharon Shannon, Mundy, Kila and many more for Galway during Christmas!
The CRAIC at Monroe’s Live
By Darius IVAN
The CRAIC on
Saturday 17th Jan 2015
CRAICing Baile an Salsa!!! By Dara KELLY
• 11am: Music for Galway presents lecture by Dr. Wolfgang Marx of the School of Music, University College Dublin, at the Town Hall Studio as part of the Soundtracks for Superpowers weekend. • 8pm: Listen to the classical sounds of Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat Hob XVI:49, Haydn Arianna a Naxos and Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 at the Town Hall Theatre as part of the Soundtracks for Superpowers weekend.
• 8pm: The High Kings will gig tonight at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill. • 8:30pm: Comedian Ross Browne will gig at the Roisin Dubh tonight - one of the stars of RTEs hidden camera show The Fear. This is his first national stand up tour - Professional Idiot. • 9pm: Feast presents the mighty Bitch Faclcon upstairs at the Roisin Dubh on Dominick Street. • 10pm: For the first time ever, one of the most successful artist, producer and remixer from Lithuania DJ DiGiPlast will gig at Kellys Live Venue on Bridge Street alongside MoodyBeats Dublin with support from local Djs. • Midnight: Four piece Galway band Oddity will have you dancing the night away at Monroe’s Live on Dominick Street.
>>>>> 2014 was a year of firsts for the band, first trad festival, first nationwide tour, first TV appearance and culminated with the launch of their first album. The album contains 12 tracks and is literally full of good vibes. It opens strongly with Irish Plena which could be a signature tune – the perfect fusion of trad and salsa. Sean-nós songs Mo Ghile Mear and Siúil a Rún are given a salsa twist and there’s a cheeky cha cha cha telling the story of Che Guevara’s visit to Kilkee in 1961. My favourite track is Rumbero Soy Yo which never fails to make me want to dance. In fact, this is Baile an Salsa’s greatest strength – their music forces you to move. It activates the primal instinct in all of us to dance and for this reason, Baile an Salsa are best appreciated live. It’s not possible to stay in your seat at a Baile an Salsa gig, as demonstrated at the launch of their album Tribu in Monroe’s last Saturday. The joint was jumping! The dancefloor was packed with people of multiple countries of origin, céilí and salsa dancing to their heart’s delight. It must truly feel like
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home for the Galwegians of Hispanic descent, to dance to salsa music infused with trad accompanied by lyrics in Spanish. And how does it feel for the musicians, who along with the audience, smile throughout the entire gig? In the words of Rags Ferguson, percussionist: “It is an unbelievable feeling to be playing your own music with absolute passion and conviction, to be lost in full flight of the groove and to look out upon a sea of heaving, dancing bodies who are also surfing that same wave and are absolutely loving it as much as the band. It is at once very humbling and a grand feeling of hitting on and sharing something exciting and special with people. The combination of salsa and trad really makes people dance which is the best feeling a musician can have.” See videos of Baile an Salsa in action and order their album (it’s worth buying the physical CD for the sleevenotes and beautiful artwork) from the website www.baileansalsa. com. Viva la salsatrad!
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• 8pm: Take Me Out…On A Blind Date, a fundraiser for Galway Autism Partnership takes place tonight at the Clayton Hotel, hosted by Miss Phyllis Daly.
CRAICing Angelscopes!!! By Psychic POPPY
Aries: ‘Listen to your true feelings’
Is someone asking you to do something against your better judgement..or talk you into doing something that is wrong? Don’t assume someone else knows better. You know best for you. Choose yourself what is right and wrong. Choose the path that makes you happy. If you are confused, talk to someone you trust. Better still, make some time to have a quiet space for yourself and ask the question in your mind. Write or draw what you see.
Taurus: ‘Practice’
Do you sometimes wonder why some people are better at things than others? Why they are so good at music/ dance/art or other things? It is simply because they take the time to practice! Take some time every day or week to practice your craft. Have patience with yourself and your teachers. As you practice, you’ll learn new methods and you’ll also enjoy yourself more. This card is a sign that practicing an interest is important for you now.
you can. Take care of yourself. This is what would matter to them most.
Virgo: ‘Hello and Goodbye’
Your life is changing. Perhaps you feel like it is out of control. You are safe. During life, we experience many changes. As you say goodbye to the old and hello to the new, you’ll learn that change is a part of every life. You may feel sad or afraid but new friends and new people are coming into your life. Your family and old friends will always care about you and love you. Change helps you let go of things you’ve outgrown. Let them go but keep the lessons and the love and move on.
Libra: ‘Definitely Yes’
What you’ve been asking about will definitely happen. Keep your thoughts positive. When your inner guidance asks you to take action, do so. Your angels will always guide you to take positive action. Set aside doubts, stress and worry. Things are going to turn out better than you expected. Stay filled with hope and faith.
Gemini: ‘Very Soon’
Your grandparents love you very much. No matter what, you will always be connected. If your grandparents are still with you, make time to visit them and spend time with them. Learn about the past and your ancestors and history and culture. Appreciate them. If they have passed, you can still take some quiet time to talk to them and say a prayer. Honour their memories by being a good and healthy and happy person and doing the best that
Here’s a secret to a happy life: Expect the best. This is because life gives us what we expect. If you have fears about your future, your fears may come true. It’s better to feel happy about the future. Practice this by looking up at the night sky and making wishes. Trust that they’ll come true. Ask the angels for help to trust. Your inner voice may guide you to take positive action to help you manifest your dreams. It is important to listen to it. You need a good laugh! You’ve been very serious and worried lately. You’re very stressed. You need to take time to find some humour in your life and to lighten up. Laughing can be very healing. If a situation seems bad, then step away from it for a bit. Can you go watch a good movie or read a funny book? Can you meet a friend for coffee or go see a comedy gig? Share a laugh with friends and family. Life does not need to be so serious. Learn to feel joy and to laugh in life. This is what can bring joy into your life.
Cancer: ‘Best Friends’
Leo: ‘Grandparent’
Capricorn: ‘Wish upon a star’
Aquarius: ‘Laughter’
Your prayers are coming true and it will all happen for you soon. There is no need to hurry or rush or worry. Divine timing is in play and all the pieces have to fall into place first. Please don’t give up hope as you will be very happy with the lovely results! If you feel guided to take positive action (such as a class) , then that is fine and please do. Do you need to spend time with a good friend? Perhaps you had a falling out and a friendship needs mending or more attention. Take some time to contact a good friend and appreciate the gift. Sometimes people feel alone in the world. Your angels are always with you. Ask them to bring new friendships to you. We all need friends. Making the time and effort to spend with people helps to create “best friends”. Enjoy your time together.
If you’d like to make new friends, start by sharing with them. You can do this in many ways such as helping someone with work or sharing food. When we share, everyone is happy. Becoming open and sharing your feelings can make a friendship or relationship closer. Share things with others. Do you have things at home such as clothes that you never wear? Why not donate it to someone who is in need? This will bring happiness to you as well as them. As you give away things, you’ll discover a secret. As if by magic, things will start to come to you!.
Pisces: ‘Finish started’
Scorpio: ‘Let go of stress’
Don’t take on other peoples’ stress. Your body is very tense as you take on the stress of others around you. Stress makes you angry and sad. You may have had trouble sleeping. It’s time to remedy this. Breath in a gulp of air, think about things that stress you and let it all out. Stretch your arms and legs and release it all. You have the power to choose your thoughts. Think of something that makes you happy and try and hold onto that feeling.
Sagittarius: ‘Share’
what
you’ve
You’ve started something important. It’s time to complete it. At the beginning of a project, you feel excited. This gives you lots of energy. It also makes you want to spend time on the project. However, that excitement can fade and cause disinterest. It makes you want to walk away. When you have lots of unfinished projects, your mind can be scattered. The job nags at you which is not fun. This card is nudging you to go back and finish something that you started. The act of finishing something can bring peace. It makes you more organised and makes you feel good about yourself. This specific task will also help with your larger goals
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• 3pm: In the final day of the Music for Galway Soundtracks for Superpowers festival at the Town Hall Theatre, you can hear Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Haydn Berenice che fai? Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C major, Op. 8 Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11. • 3:15pm: Connacht take on Exeter Chiefs at the Sportsgrounds on College Road in the European Rugby Challenge Cup. • 8pm: The Galway Film Society presents Violette, where Emmanuelle Devos gives an astonishing performance plays the volatile, bisexual, pioneering feminist writer Violette Leduc, whose stormy life intersected with the giants of the post-war French literary world--Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Jean Genet, Jean-Paul Sartre. • 11:30pm: Laid back rock and covers band, Dangerine, will help you to wind down the weekend at Monroe’s Live on Dominick Street.
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• 2:30pm: The 11th annual Tuam New Year 8k road race takes place this afternoon. If you haven’t entered online you can register on the day at the Mercy secondary school gym.
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By Darius IVAN
Monday 19th Jan 2015 • 2:30pm: The Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street presents a daytime class for all those beginner and continuing creative writing students out there, facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. • 6:20pm: Beginners Tai Chi courses start this evening in St.Joseph’s Community Hall, Shantalla for 12 weeks. • 7:30pm: The Galway Astronomy Club presents a Back to Basics workshop at room 220 in the Physics Department, NUIG, ‘Using a Webcam for High Resolution Planetary Photography’ by Trevor Durity. • 9pm: The Cellar bar is host to Play, where musicians can jam with support from a backing band in this open night with a difference. All welcome. • 9pm: NUIG TradSoc are delighted to host a guest concert featuring two legendary musicians, Maeve Donnelly (Fiddle) and Gearldine Cotter (Piano) at Áras na Mac Léinn. Both musicians have won All Ireland titles in their respective instruments. • 9:30pm: Enjoy the best of swingin’ tunes by the Black Magic Big Band at Busker Brownes on Cross Street. • 9:30pm: A traditional Irish music session takes place at the Crane bar on Sea Road.
New Look at The New Year ‘New year, new you!’ That’s what they
to work once a week? Make each Friday a
all seem to be saying at the moment.
bike day. As time goes on, add more bike
Everyone likes to jump on board
days to your week at a pace that suits you.
with crazy life changing ideas at the
Then again, instead of starting your
beginning of each year, trying to alter
January by giving something up, trying
their lifestyle all at once. This shock to
ringing the new year in by taking on
the system is one of the reasons why a
something new. Take up a new hobby
lot people fall off the resolution wagon.
that could lead to a new way of relaxing or
It can be a daunting and intimidating
socialising. You could find yourself getting
affair. However, in the midst of all the
involved in one of many great sporting
get-rich-quick schemes and instant
communities within Galway City, or
weight loss programmes, there are
perhaps picking up a musical instrument
some great little ideas that could have
could see you becoming part of the city’s
those desired “new you” effects.
thriving music scene.
Going cold turkey seems to be the main
The new year really can mean a new you,
speed bump on the road through a new
but these things don’t happen overnight.
year. Sometimes completely cutting out
That’s why dipping your toes into the
something that you really enjoy can lead
water little by little instead of taking a dive
to your resolutions backfiring on you.
can really make resolutions a lot more fun
Instead, taking smaller steps towards a
and a lot less scary.
By Eoghan MURPHY
greater achievement can be the way to go. For example, to keep fit why not cycle
Unleash Yourself We get up in the morning for three
and buzzing with endorphins. To be a
things – love, power and money. Now
good boxer, you need rhythm, to be on
we are into a new year, it’s the perfect
your feet and ready. I have never actually
time to start with good intentions and
gotten into the ring, but I have trained
set new goals. It’s important to find
with an amateur world champion, and I
your interests and follow them. For
also train at boxing classes.
me, boxing is my choice of drug.
If you are not into using the gym, classes
This is when I am in control. For that one
are a good option, or try running with
hour, I am angry, dominant, exhausted.
a group. Group training can be more
I feel unharnessed. It releases my
beneficial, as you have others to keep
aggression and my ego lets everything
you motivated. Staying keen on a sport,
go. When I am boxing, my anxieties
spinning, or swimming, is a healthy
and the thoughts of ignorant people,
way to stay active and keep your brain
all race through my mind. This gets my
stimulated. The key is to find something
adrenalin pounding. Normally I wouldn’t
you love, and then it won’t feel like work.
feel so angry, but in the moment, all of
It’s a perfect way to de-stress from a busy
my feelings are intensified and almost
day.
out of control.
Put the work in and good things will
There is an addiction with exercise. There
happen to you. Get up early, work and
is the challenge, the endurance, and the
get others to help you along the way.
feeling you get afterwards – energised
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By Katelin BERNARD in GALWAY
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I
never realised I was out of shape until the day I came to Ireland. I
My Health and Fitness Journey
used to weigh nearly 15 stone, but when I came here, I saw that many people were very fit and I wanted
to change. I used to be stressed all the time. I created too much drama out of very minor things. I now weigh 12 stone, and my body shape has completely changed after I decided to start ‘proper training’. Why do I refer to ‘proper’ training? Well, part of my previous stress was caused by many failed attempts to reach my fitness goals. I was gaining higher levels of endurance, but I wasn’t getting slimmer. I was stressed, because I still looked the same in the mirror. My self-esteem was on the floor. Now, when I started ‘proper’ training, I started seeing results, and real results. They were there, staring back at me. I started feeling better, and while I was training, I was also detoxing. I stopped worrying about the small things. One day, during the walk from the gym to my house, I was once again overthinking, but this time it was positive. I was problem solving, and it was during this time I had the idea to begin my online fitness blog.
Problem: Heartburn I used to suffer every day from heartburn. In order to avoid it, I used to take a tummy protector daily for more than four years.
But, when I started my new diet, eating more
You will feel better because now you see
veggies, less sugar, less high-glycemic carbs,
yourself in the mirror and you see a great
and more complex carbs, I stopped suffering
change, something that one day seemed
from heartburn.I realised that what I needed
impossible, now its there. People will start
was proper nutrition - healthy food - and the
looking at you and saying how good you
processed food and refined sugar were not
look. This will increase your self-esteem
just going to make me fat, they were the
levels, which will make you feel better. Let’s
cause of my heartburn, and probably were
be honest, who doesn’t like to be told that
shortening my longevity.
you look good, or get a compliment?
My uncle used to tell me, change your
You will perform better because you will
nutrition and you will change your life.
get used to training, which will give you
I never listened to him, but I ended up
endurance, will make you faster, will keep
doing what he told me to do and he was
you active, and you won’t feel tired while
absolutely right. I changed my nutrition and,
doing normal daily tasks, like walking home
automatically, my life changed for the better.
with shopping bags home, going up stairs,
You will look better
or doing some hoousework.
because you will
You will live longer because you will eat
start
more beneficial foods that will give you more
body
dropping fat,
build
energy, strength, increase your capacity
muscle and those
of recovery, boost your brain function and
will
reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases,
be
more
noticeable. You will
among others.
get a better and
Being fit has many benefits, yet even when
more
aesthetics
I read about it, or when someone told me
shape. If you had
about it, I just didn’t pay attention. Or, maybe
a problem finding
it’s just me; I don’t like being told what to do!
what
wear
This might sound repetitive - but it’s true
In Ireland, it was difficult for me to get it,
because maybe it didn’t look great on you,
- you will look better, feel better, perform
since I needed a prescription, and I was not
now you will have problem choosing what
better and live longer.
willing to pay for one. I stopped taking this
to buy because everything will look amazing
medication and I was constantly in pain.
on you.
to
By Miguel MAZA
CRAICing Akumakon 2015
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By Avril HORAN
Tuesday 20th Jan 2015 • 1pm: Artist Marina Wild begins her painting and drawing classes in the Art Room, upstairs in Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway. These classes are open to staff, students and the general public. • 7pm: Intermediate Creative Writing with Susan Millar DuMars takes place at the Galway Technical Institute. • 7pm: A New Year poetry writing workshop begins this evening at the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street. There is a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet. • 8pm: Counter Culture, a play written and performed by Katie O’Kelly takes place at the Town Hall Theatre this evening. Welcome to Macken’s department store, a world of sequins, bunions and sales targets where ‘the customer is always right’.
T
he largest convention for
Yamamoto, from Japan. One of his works,
Japanese anime, manga
Fractale, has an episode which took place
and culture in the west
in a futuristic setting of Galway. Fans of
takes place from January
Japanese fashion and cosplay will be excited
16th-18th at Aras na Mac
to meet well known cosplayer, Giada Robin,
Leinn, NUIG. The student run, non profit
who represented Italy at the Cosplay World
event, Akumakon, has a strong history of
Master 2012/2013. This year is also special for
giving back to the local community and is
Akumakon as it marks the first appearance
set to be bigger than ever. Last year, the
of a voice actor at the convention. Mr. Patrick
event drew over 800 people from all over
Seitz has been involved with both voice
Ireland and abroad This year, they are
acting and voice directing for the past fifteen
teaming up once again with Jigsaw - to
years and has an extensive catalogue of
raise vital funds for the service, providing
impressive works.
free and confidential support for young
“To have guests involved with the creation of
people aged 15 - 25.
Anime is what makes Akumakon unique to
Among the invited guests this year is
all similar events around Ireland and Europe,”
respected anime director, Mr. Yutaka
says PRO Conor Roberts.
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Wednesday 21st Jan 2015
CRAICing Fashion!!!
By Fiona Ni FHOGHLUA
• 9:50am: Beginners Tai Chi courses start today at the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay for 12 weeks. For more see chentaichiireland.com. • 1pm and 5:30pm: Artist Marina Wild teaches painting and drawing classes in the Art Room, upstairs in Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway. • 6:45pm: An epilepsy information session on ‘memory management’ takes place this evening at the Westside Community Development Resource Centre, Seamus Quirke Road. • 8pm: Ronan Collins presents Reeling In The Showband Years at the Town Hall Theatre. With Roly Daniels, Eileen Reid, Ronan Collins himself, Lorraine McDonald, The Conquerers, along with Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg. • 8pm: After its world premiere at Jermyn Street Theatre London last year, the play Doonreagan by Ann Henning Jocelyn will preview at the Station House Hotel, Clifden, with Daniel Simpson as Ted Hughes and Tara Breathnach as Assia Wevill. • 8:15pm: The Western Family History Association, a genealogy association, will host a lecture on The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Grief for a Galway Family with Michael Martin in Lackagh Parish Centre. • 8:30pm: Enjoy Comedy Cocktails upstairs at Busker Brownes on Cross Street. • 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!
W
hen it comes
unusual styles on the street”. A lover of Brown
to
Thomas, Nuala tells us that trends are always
chic
around world,
cities the
changing and are hard for us to predict.
Galway
Another person who thinks that our street
certainly
style here in Galway is on it’s way up is
moving up in the ranks. This is being
Lily of Latest Lil. Lily, who has ranked up
reflected by those around us who choose
in impressive 1068 likes on her Facebook
to blog about their love for fashion. I
page alone, remarks that there is a change
spoke to just three of these incredibly
happening in Galway. Not only trends, but
talented people, who choose to write
people are also changing. “I think people
about their passion for fashion. These
are slowly coming out of their shells and
girls are certainly a reflection on how our
discovering their personal styles,” she said.
city is growing to be a chic city, as they are
Like Nuala, Lily loves her vintage, and says
among many who are blogging their way
that her favourite places to shop in Galway
through their fashionable lives!
are actually the charity shops, which we are
I talked to Nuala of Penney And Polaroids
spoiled for choice with.
fame. If anyone is familiar with the
Talking to Elisha of Along Came Polly, who
Connemara native’s blog, then they know
studied in NUIG, it was clear that she also
that this girl has a knack for chic minimalism.
enjoyed seeing people around the city
She wears strong pieces and gives us an
wearing what suits their individual style.
idea of how we don’t need to overcrowd
Being a big Carrie Bradshaw fan, she said “I
outfits to look effortlessly stylish. To her,
admire people who wear what they want,
blogging is not too personal, so she can
when they want, regardless of trends”.
write about what she is passionate about
Elisha ,who says her blog is used to portray
without giving too much away. For Nuala,
the fun in fashion, also lists Galway as one
it’s all about the individual style; “I love seeing
of the most fashionable places in Ireland,
is
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Thursday 22nd Jan 2015
Dodge,duck,dip,diveand.. Dodge! By Eoghan Murphy
• 1pm: The Teddy Bear Hospital 2015 celebrates 10 years of Teddy Bear Hospital at the Bailey Allen Hall, Aras na Macleinn, NUIG. • 2pm: A New Year advanced poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins starts this Thursday afternoon at the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street. • 5:30pm: Artist Marina Wild teaches painting and drawing classes in the Art Room, upstairs in Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway. • 6:30pm: The January ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library with Liz Quirke, Michelle Coyne, & Paula Cunningham. This reading marks the twelfth anniversary of the first Over The Edge reading in Galway City Library. • 8pm: Beowulf, The Blockbuster takes place at the Town Hall Theatre, having emerged as the number one show to see at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
D
odge,
dip,
“The Galwegians are well up for Dodgeball,
Dodge!
it seems.” Fletch told us. “It’s just a great way
They’re the five Ds of
to meet people, get pro-active and get fit.”
dive
duck, and...
Dodgeball, or so the classic movie of the
same name would have us believe. One man who knows a whole lot more about this fast and fun sport is founder of the Galway Dodgeball Club, Fletch, who’s
• 8pm: The Renmore History Society will hold a talk this evening on The Remarkable life of Admiral William Brown. For more information log on to www.renmorehistory.ie.
recently began running Dodgeball tournaments around the city.
Fletch says that the Dodgeball movie is a great help when explaining the rules of the game and how to play to newcomers. People’s familiarity with the big screen rendition of the sport tends to play to their advantage. From small beginnings Fletch has travelled across Europe, from Manchester to Vienna, playing Dodgeball,
Fletch first got involved in Dodgeball in
and also has trips booked for competitions
Michigan, while studying in the USA. Since
all over Ireland. It seems the scene is set to
• 8pm: The play Doonreagan by Ann Henning Jocelyn will take place at An Taibhearc, Middle Street, until January 24th with Daniel Simpson as Ted Hughes and Tara Breathnach as Assia Wevill.
then, he’s returned home to Ireland, and
grow and grow.
• 8pm: Catch comedian Brendan Grace live at the Lough Rea hotel and spa this evening. Tickets available at hotel reception.
is already showing great potential with
started up clubs in Dublin and Galway. The local club is the newest addition to Ireland’s dodgeball scene, having started less than three months ago, but about fourteen regular players and plenty more showing up to get involved in tournaments. It took years to pull these kind of numbers on the Dublin circuit, but
Anyone who wants to get involved in this entertaining, adrenaline fuelled sport can join in with the Galway Dodgeball Club through their Facebook page or by taking part in their training sessions on Tuesday evenings at 6pm in Renmore Community Centre to get prepared to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and... Dodge!
Galway is taking off running.
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