Something for the Weekend: Galway Events

The Welcoming Project-African Dance Workshops Nun's Island Theatre, 24th - 14th February

Starting tomorrow evening Catherine Young Dance will be delivering 4 weeks of African dance classes with live drumming every Friday until February 14th.

Catherine Young Dance initiated The Welcoming Project in 2016 as a way to foster cultural integration and social inclusion with Ireland's new communities. Through a common bond (the arts), the playing field is equal and a space is offered where people can come together, share their culture, their music, songs, dances, food and stories. A place where Irish people can be inspired to learn the cultures of others and where new communities have the opportunity to meet local Irish people.

These workshops will provide a great opportunity to dance and make friends with people from all around the world and it's free to participate. You can register for the workshops at info@catherineyoungdance.com.

Subtitle European Film Festival Town Hall Theatre, 24th - 26th January

Subtitle European Film Festival returns to Galway to present some of their most popular titles for a weekend of cinematic gems.

They’ll be showing Academy Award 2020 nominees for Best Foreign Film including the Finnish made comedy Aurora, Gerogian romance And Then We Danced and German drama System Crasher.

Tickets:

- Single Tickets 1pm - 5.30pm €9/€8 5.30pm onwards €10/€9

- Festival Pass (access all 10 films) €65*

- Festival 5 – see 5 films for €35*

Galway Astronomy Festival Harbour Hotel, 25th January

With talks, trade displays, photographic displays and a lunchtime workshop with Mike Foylan of the Cherryvalley Observatory in Co Meath, this promises to be a great event for anyone interested in astronomy and science.

There’ll also be a special screening tomorrow evening of the phenomenal ‘Apollo 11’, which documents the first landing on the moon with spectacular never-before-seen large format footage of the mission led by Commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin & Michael Collins.

The talks on this year’s programme include:

Tales from the Solar System by Megan Schwamb of Queens University Belfast

The E-ELT, Biggest (and Best) Eye on the Sky by Mike Redfern from NUI Galway

EIRSAT-1: Ireland's first satellite by Lána Salmon University College Dublin

Particle Physics – what really goes on at CERN by Luke McConnell University College Dublin

For full details visit www.galwayastronomyclub.ie & Facebook

Tickets: Guest €25, Club Members €15, Students/Seniors €15, Children (U16) Free, Festival Dinner €30

Screening of ‘Apollo 11’ contact EYE Cinema direct www.eyecinema.ie