Revolutions: Derby Days
The burgeoning roller derby scene has got its own documentary called Revolutions. Director Laura McGann gets her blades on.
Artsdesk: Heightened Movements – Totems
The Liz Roche Company leaves behind the comfort of the traditional theatre space for the newly refurbished National Gallery of Ireland.
Cinema Review: Twice Shy
This low-key Irish indie unfolds over the course of twenty-four hours, as young couple Andy and Maggie travel from Tipperary to London so that she can end her unplanned pregnancy.
Roadmap: Queer Notions – GCN
Issue 331 of GCN (Gay Community News) ‘Queer Notions’ marks a much lauded revamp of the queer bible.
Music: Vinnie Dermody The Jimmy Cake
The Jimmy Cake are back and this time they’ve got some Tough Love for us. Vinnie Dermody has a heart to heart with us.
Competition: Win Tickets to Guinness x Meatopia festival at Open Gate Brewery this weekend.
GUINNESS X MEATOPIA which happens this weekend is something all meat lovers have been salivating over in anticipation.
Audio Review: Kevin Morby – City Music
Inviting and very much in keeping with his contemporaries, Kurt Vile and Cass McCombs.
NAN GOLDIN, Sweet Blood Call & VIVIENNE DICK, 93% Stardust
Though separate events, these concurrent exhibitions are tied by more than just their dates.
Book Review: The Answers – Catherine Lacey
The Answers is a book about love and loneliness, intimacy and surveillance, certainty and uncertainty, faith and lack thereof.
Review: Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day – Peter Ackroyd
London’s “greatest living chronicler” has turned his attention to the lesser-known LGBTQ history of the city.
Competition! Win a pair of tickets to the IMMA Summer Party!
Tickets to this much anticipated event on July 15th sold out within one hour, but fear not! We have four pairs of tickets up for grabs.
In Search of Quality: Paul Derham The Silly Goose Cork
"Jägermeister, peach schnapps, fresh lemon juice, cranberry juice, crushed ice and a small finish of raspberry. It’s the perfect summer recipe.”
Soundbite: Lily Ramirez-Foran
Lily Ramirez-Foran on the origins of her blog “A Mexican Cook” and its offshoot Picado, the Mexican boutique grocery she runs with husband Alan in Portobello.
In Search of Quality: Andy Ferreira Cask, Cork
"Like any herbaceous liquid it needs to be used with respect and a measured approach".
Book Review: The Debutante and Other Stories – Leonora Carrington
The drama of Carrington’s life pales in comparison to the fierce, frankly bizarre, terrain of her literary imagination.
Cinema Review: Kedi
The love of the people on screen for cats, and for life, is catching. You leave feeling warm and contemplative.
In Search of Quality: Lucia Byrne Electric Garden & Theatre Galway
"In Electric, we look to nature, we look to our community and we look to the calendar to create innovative libations".
Margaret Clarke: Portrait of the Artist as a (Young) Woman
Niamh MacNally, NGI’s Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, casts a much-needed spotlight on the female artists forgotten in Irish history.