Arts & Culture

CHANNEL HOPPINGHE bangs, he bangs oh baby when he moves, he moves – no it’s not Ricky Martin but perhaps the only man that is keeping his records in use is the one, the only, Brazilian love-machine that is Wagner. Oh my, what a terrible act.

The burden of expectation is a terrible thing for a film to bear. Especially when it’s the weight of the hopes of eager fanboys who have waited over 23 years for a decent sequel, having suffered the ignominy of Predator 2 and the dubious pleasures of the two Alien vs Predators.

POPULAR Clare FM radio presenter and musician, Eoin O’Neill, has been steeped in Clare music for many years.

CALIFORNIA Cool is an appropriate way to describe international artist Jim Ricks. Born in San Francisco, but working from Ireland, he has developed an artistic genre, which is uniquely tongue in cheek. He calls it “art appropriation” and the former student of the Burren College of Art is highly successful at it.

YNGVE & The Innocent will be returning from performing in London to play a special Hallowe’en headline show at The Roadside Tavern Lisdoonvarna, on Saturday as part of their upcoming Irish tour.

BEST known for his work on The Late Late Show, world-class pianist Frank McNamara will perform with his four talented children in the University Concert Hall on Thursday, November 11.

FOURTEEN céilí bands have signed up to compete in one of the Ennis Trad Festival’s most popular events.

CLARE artist Carmel T Madigan has just launched her latest art exhibition, The Waves, the Breeze and the Dancing Leaves at the Lahinch Art Gallery.