“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!
The McKittrick Hotel, home of the immersive theater spectacle Sleep No More, is pleased to present the New York premiere of The National Theatre of Scotland’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, a transporting, music-filled folk theater fable, created by writer David Greig and director Wils Wilson, with design by Georgia McGuinness, movement by Janice Parker and musical direction by Alasdair Macrae. This limited holiday engagement […]
It wouldn't be the holiday season without the cross-cultural ebb and flow of our favorite annual celebration of world music, dance, and storytelling. Featuring Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, and a cast of America's top Irish and world musicians, our Winter Solstice Celebration is guaranteed to fill your hearts with cheer. Kick off the winter season […]
Familiar holiday tunes are given new energy, played on bagpipes, drum, harp, fiddle, brass, and organ, in the 18th annual Pipes of Christmas concerts offering a traditional Celtic interpretation of the holidays. Featured musicians include James Robinson from the film Braveheart, New England fiddle champion Paul Woodiel, Riverdance uillean piper and flutist Christopher Layer, Gaelic Mod champion […]
