KT Sullivan, whose birth name is Kathleen, will be performing a concert of songs by, for, or about the Irish and Irish-Americans. Her show "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen,"will include, beside the title song, such favorites as "Come Back To Erin," "The Kerry Dances," "Four Green Fields," "A Nation Once Again," "The Mountains of […]
April 20 – 22 | 8 PM Featuring Arturo O'Farrill, piano David Bixler, alto saxophone Heather Martin Bixler, violin Carlo Derosa, bass Vince Cherico, drums Victor Prieto, accordion “A place where Celtic reels merge with gospel and funk, as if it were the most natural thing on earth.” – WBGO Radio Station “An intriguing effort […]
This show takes its title (Rip Rig and Panic) from an album by the virtuosic jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk. His unique boundary-pushing style, onstage vitality, comic banter and political rantings epitomize the zeitgeist of the 1960’s and the reshaping of the world as it was known. A range of very special guests on the […]
St. Ann’s Warehouse and Irish Arts Center (IAC) join forces to introduce New York audiences to two new works by the Tony Award-winning Irish playwright-director Enda Walsh. St. Ann’s Warehouse, which has provided a home for Walsh’s work for nearly a decade, will present the American Premiere of his acclaimed new play Arlington, a large-scale […]
IRISH ARTS CENTER PRESENTS ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITERS, ADRIAN CROWLEY AND JASON DARLING, MAY 19 “ the best songwriter that no one’s heard of” – Rolling Stone “ transcended the limitations of his chosen genre thanks to a deeply captivating voice and light touch.” – The New Yorker “The Galway native has steered a trusty course throughout his career, each […]
Canada’s tour de force The StepCrew will take the audience on an adventure of dance, from the haunting beauty of Ireland to the spirited wilds of North America. The StepCrew is an extravaganza of Celtic music, song, and three styles of percussive dance: traditional Irish Step, Tap, and Ottawa Valley - a form known for fast, high-stepping, […]
The Best Medicine, written and performed by Babs Davy, co-founder of the Five Lesbian Brothers, tells the story of a Midwestern Catholic girl living in a 1960’s suburban ranch house, where family mental instability is ignored and goes untreated, save for Sunday Mass and Fleischmann’s blended whiskey. The tale is told by two characters—one an […]
IRISH ARTS CENTER PRESENTS EDGES OF LIGHT, JUNE 1-3 A New Collaboration Between Iconic Dancer Colin Dunne and Celebrated Musicians Tóla Custy, Maeve Gilchrist and David Power, Presented in Association with Ireland’s Music Network Irish Arts Center is pleased to present Edges of Light, a new collaboration between Irish dance legend Colin Dunne, fiddler Tóla Custy, harpist […]
IRISH ARTS CENTER PRESENTS EDGES OF LIGHT, JUNE 1-3 A New Collaboration Between Iconic Dancer Colin Dunne and Celebrated Musicians Tóla Custy, Maeve Gilchrist and David Power, Presented in Association with Ireland’s Music Network Irish Arts Center is pleased to present Edges of Light, a new collaboration between Irish dance legend Colin Dunne, fiddler Tóla Custy, harpist […]
Trad and contemporary Irish music punctuated by Colin Dunne's legendary percussive dancing—Edges of Light comes to New York for three nights only. Colin Dunne dance Maeve Gilchrist harp David Power uilleann pipes Tóla Custy fiddle
