Going Out

Áine Ryan talks to artist Aisling Smyth, whose jazz band Ain’t Misbehavin’ is playing in Westport throughout the summer

JJ Abrams’s ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ is lively fare that ensures the franchise will continue to live long and prosper

Felix Sonnyboy and The White Owls (Hawaii, USA) will play at the Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival launch this Friday

Ballina Arts Centre’s eclectic visual art programme continues ‘Syntheses’, an exhibition by Westport artist Ger Sweeney

Over 1,000 singers will take part in the second Mayo International Choral Festival, which runs from May 23 to 26

‘The King Of Country’, Mick Flavin, will play at the official opening of the Half Way House, Islandeady, this Saturday

With all the fun that was missing from Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 is a rollicking ride with great effects and action sequences

TheatreWorksWest will stage Anton Chekov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, on Wednesday, May 22

Westport resident Colin Stafford-Johnson hosts Radio 1’s new nature documentary Nature on One, in which Mayo features twice

Máirtín Ó Connor, Zoë Conway and Dónal Lunny join forces for a trad concert at the Linenhall, Castlebar, on May 13