The CRAIC on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

10am: An Active Retirement Ireland Trade and Tourism Show takes place at the Radisson Blu hotel.11am: The Carraroe library plays host to children’s writers Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin and Ailbhe NicGiolla Bhrighde as part of Cúirt.

11am: There is Bear presents Shakepeare’s The Merchant of Venice at the Aula Maxima, NUIG. Shows again at 6pm.

1pm: The Galway heat of the Brave New Words School’s Poetry Slam takes place at the Town Hall Theatre.6pm: Noir by Noir West presents new short fiction by 30 of Ireland’s top writers at Kenny’s Bookshop.

7pm: Displaced Colombian small farmer, Viany García and coffee producer, Nelly Cuadros will host a public talk at Club Aras na nGael on Dominick Street as part of Galway’s Latin America Festival.

7:30pm: A table quiz in aid of Jigsaw Galway takes place at the Menlo Park Hotel.

8pm: Drop in Blues dance classes take place every Tuesday at De Burgos, Augustine Street.

8pm: Catch the award winning Stones in His Pockets at the Black Box Theatre.

8pm: Bare Bodkin Theatre presents The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh at the Town Hall Theatre.

8pm: Galway City Arts Officer, James Harrold, will launch the Galway Review 2 anthology at the Dail Bar.

8pm: The Galway Community Theatre presents The Monster in the Hall at the Nun’s Island Theatre.

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