Four revolutionaries meet in the afterlife, 100 years after the 1916 rising to tell the hidden stories of the lives of some of the heroes who would not ‘fit’ the vision of the new ‘Republic of equals’ that was promised in the glorious revolution. Full of humor, pathos and actual testimony, Eirebrushed seeks to challenge […]
Celebrating traditional music in New York City. 2016 concert November 19th at Pier A Harbor House. Fiddler Tony Demarco started the New York Tradfest in 2013, to give New York its own night of Irish music. artists include: Stephanie Coleman, Donie Carroll, Gabriel Donohue, Donny Golden, Megan Downes, Dan Gurney, James Keane, Joanie Madden, Patrick […]
Selected and Arranged by Honor Molloy Directed by Kira Simring Actors Gina Costigan and Angel Desai will read from writings by and about Irish and Irish American Women. This unique event features work by Edna O’Brien, Ann Enright, Eavan Boland, Laura Shaine Cunningham, and many more ~ known and unknown.
“Wretched Little Brat” is based on actual historical testimony, sets out the origins of what was known about gay Victorian life and how the sensationalised Wilde became the common understanding - the abnormal norm which impacted so negatively not only on the lives of those surrounding Wilde, but on perceptions and prejudices for generations to […]
2015 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement Roger Rosenblatt—the acclaimed, award-winning essayist, memoirist, and New York Times bestselling author of Making Toast, Kayak Morning, and Lapham Rising— joins Irish Arts Center to read from and discuss his novel Thomas Murphy, the reflective, bittersweet tale of an aging poet ruminating on his colorful life. After Rosenblatt’s […]
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Join author Honor Molloy and actresses Gina Costigan, and Angel Desai for a unique evening of dramatic readings drawn from a variety of forms—memoir, novels, poetry, drama, radio—spanning the 20th Century. The featured works by Leland Bardwell, Maeve Brennan, Elizabeth Bowen, Anne Enright, Lucy Greeley, Maura Laverty, Claire McAllister, Gina Moxley, and Edna O’Brien explore the lives of Irish and […]
"Irish Christmas in America" @ Towne Crier, Beacon, NY, Wed. Dec 7th Niamh Farrell - vocals / flute Oisín Mac Diarmada (Teada) - fiddle Séamus Begley - vocals / button accordion Samantha Harvey - piano / dance Sean Gavin - uilleann pipes / flute Gráinne Hambly - harp / concertina "Irish Christmas in America" features […]
Holiday Hymns for Hounds is caroling to benefit Mighty Mutts! We'll be at the northeast corner of University Place and 14th Street - the southwest corner of Union Square Park, across from Whole Foods - on Saturday, December 10th from 11:00am to 2:00pm. The only cost is an open heart and a love of dogs. And […]
Holiday Hymns for Hounds is caroling to benefit Mighty Mutts! We'll be at the northeast corner of University Place and 14th Street - the southwest corner of Union Square Park, across from Whole Foods - on Saturday, December 10th at 11:00am. And there will be some "surprise songs"...ho, ho, ho!
