The award winning flash fiction piece which then became an award winning one act play The Long Wet Grass as part of The McGowan Trilogy (Produced by the cell, Directed by Kira Simring) is now a film. The NY premiere is Sunday Oct 1, 8 pm. with 5 other Irish shorts at the NYU Cantor […]
Music by Jenna Nicholls and Gerry Leonard Conversation moderated by Dael Orlandersmith Dublin-born actor and co-founder of East Village’s music venues Sin-é and the Scratcher, Karl Geary launches his luminous debut novel Montpelier Parade with an evening of words and music. Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is a cinematic novel about […]
Dublin-born writer and actor Karl Geary will be reading from his new novel Montpelier Parade at the Irish Arts Center on Tuesday night October 3rd at 7:30pm. He will be joined by singer/songwriter Jenna Nicholls, songwriter, guitarist & producer Gerry Leonard and there will be a conversation with poet, actor and playwright Dale Orlandersmith. Tickets […]
Brass Phantoms NYC Debut Gig- October 5th, 2017- The Bowery Electric Brass Phantoms are a new indie rock/post-punk outfit from Dublin, Ireland. Over the past couple of years, Brass Phantoms have developed a powerful and eclectic sound that they can call their own, which has enabled the group to build up a strong following in […]
Cillian Vallely (pronounced KILL-ian VAL-uh-lee) is a member of a renowned County Armagh music family and an undisputed virtuoso of the uilleann pipes. His parents Brian and Eithne Vallely founded the Armagh Pipers Club and helped lead the revival of traditional music in Ireland's north. Cillian took up his father’s instrument, the world’s most sophisticated […]
Irish Singer/Songwriter Mark Geary will be playing at the intimate acoustic session at The Scratcher on East 5th Street between 2nd and Third Avenues. He will be joined by his brother Karl Geary who will be reading selections from his new book Montpelier Parade It's certain to be an amazing evening of music […]
Concert: Brid Harper (Fiddle) and Tony O’Connell (Concertina) will hold a concert on Tuesday Evening October 17th. Open session to follow. When: Tuesday October 17th at 7:30 pm. Where: AOH hall in Middletown NJ. 12 Highway 36, Middletown, NJ, 07748. Just south of Palmer avenue. Map is here. They have an open bar attached to […]
New Branch of the Gaelic League in New York City! Wednesday October 18, 7.30pm-10pm Niall O'Leary invites you to an Irish Music & Dance Session & Céilí to celebrate the launch of the new Manhattan branch of Conradh na Gaeilge The Micheál Ó Lócháin Branch of the Gaelic League (founded in 1893) promoting Irish language and […]
Camille O'Sullivan WITH Feargal Murray, piano Paul Byrne, drums Andrew Zinsmeister, guitar Charlotte Glasson, flute, violin, saxophone, musical saw “Brel is the reason I’m a singer today—I essentially ended my career as an architect to become a performer after falling in love with singing his music” —Camille The Irish-French chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan returns to Irish Arts […]
On a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens the gas taps in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove―to the subway bosses who have recently fired him, to his badgering, pregnant wife―“that the hours of his life belong to himself alone.” In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Savior, […]
