eresa Deevy had six plays produced by the Abbey Theatre between 1930 and 1936, and then the Abbey turned its back on her. Deevy’s next and perhaps best play (Wife to James Whelan) was rejected, effectively ending her career as an Abbey playwright. “I must just make an opening elsewhere,” she wrote to a friend, […]
Raising funds to help those in need. Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 7PM Central Presbyterian Church 70 Maple Street Summit, NJ 07901 Free admission – A free-will offering will be collected. The Company (as of press time): Rev. Stef and the Jubilation Gospel Choir Vocalists Gillian Hassert and Wayne Mallette Pipers from the Rampant […]
Hosted and curated by Paul Muldoon with house band Rogue Oliphant Our critically-acclaimed feast of music, storytelling, and poetry—now in its seventh season—has become a staple of New York’s cultural diet. Led by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, this words-and-music jamboree features an evolving lineup of world-class special guests from across the spectrum of arts and […]
Our Movements series features thought-provoking conversations with important global voices bringing a current affairs context to our cultural programming. Join us for an intimate conversation between the former US Ambassador to the United Nations and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power—named by Forbes as the 41st most powerful woman in the world and one of TIME’s "100 Most Influential […]
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, a professor of Irish Studies at Concordia University in Montréal, is also a renowned master of the “Anglo” concertina. The push and pull of the concertina’s bellows provided the rhythmic pulse for set dancers in the kitchens of County Clare, a sound that Professor Ó hAllmhuráin will reproduce in the cozy confines […]
Maxine Linehan to Perform ONE: The Songs Of U2 at New York’s Legendary Feinstein’s/54 Below Four Performances Only, September 15, October 13, November 4 and December 9 (New York, NY) International concert and recording artist Maxine Linehan will return to Broadway’s supper club Feinstein’s/54 Below (254 West 54th Street, Cellar) with her show ONE: The Songs […]
"Not I," "Footfalls," "Come and Go" and "Rockaby" by Samuel Beckett Written by SAMUEL BECKETT Conceived and presented by Company SJ Directed by Sarah Jane Scaife Produced by Kathryn Lennon Performed by Bríd Ní Neachtain, Michèle Forbes, and Joan Davis Wed - Fri | 8pm Saturday | 2pm + 8pm Sunday | 3pm Experience the […]
"Up Sligo and Hurrah for the Far Downs: The Irish Roots of a Cold War Martyr": Sr. Maura Clarke, MM was one of four American women, three of them nuns, assassinated in El Salvador on December 2, 1980. Their identification with a poor people's movement for land reform and human rights had put them in […]
Presented in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYU Named number one in The Guardian’s list of top ten writers to see live, Sebastian Barry will join us to read from his latest literary triumph, Days Without End. Set against the wild and violent backdrop of the 1850s American West, Days Without End tells the story […]
The Young Dubliners are quite possibly Celtic rock’s hardest working band, playing hundreds of shows to thousands of fans across the US and Europe every year. In recent years they have twice appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live Good Morning America, had songs featured in TV shows (Sons Of Anarchy, Human Target) and toured […]
