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
Gaelic Storm Monday, June 5, 2017 Showtime @ 8:00 PM / Doors open @ 7:00 PM Tickets $22 in advance, $25 day of show http://highlineballroom.com/show/2017/06/05/gaelic-storm/ After nearly two decades and more than 3,000 live shows, Gaelic Storm — the chart-topping, multi-national Celtic band — is looking sharper than ever with their latest release, Matching Sweaters. The […]
“'The Galway Girl' is the one thing I’m sure to be remembered for. I owe a lot of that to Mundy … the biggest hit was his version.” —Steve Earle “Amazing gigs that has us eatin’ the songs straight from his palm, he’s a gift.” —Damien Dempsey One of Ireland’s most exciting live performers returns […]
