You're invited to a party that’s full of surprises. Watch as careful plans are upended when a young woman's mother brings her own food to her daughter's party—and also the “right” person to be her daughter's new best friend. They put on their "party faces" and hope for the best, but when facades crack, secrets spill. Tears sprinkle […]
Acclaimed Irish Music & Dance Ensemble appearing at The Sheen Center NYC March 27th through to April 9th “Celtic Nights has brought Ireland’s distinctive and evolving music and dance tradition to the world stage and showcases our tradition in spectacular fashion.” Enda Kenny, Prime Minister, The Republic of Ireland Just in time for the St. […]
Passion, Heritage, Ireland. Celtic Nights, Coming To New York. Come with us through an epic journey of song, music, dance and spoke word as we discover the history and culture of Ireland. Celtic Nights: Oceans of Hope is a breathtaking show that captures the sorrow, hope, exploration and ultimately joy as the Celtic peoples of […]
Come down and catch Cork City troubador Hank Wedel at Saints and Sinners on Friday March 30th at 10pm.
He's only here for a short while, so don't miss him!
Check out Hank Wedel, direct from Cork City, at The Treehouse at 2A on April 1st and 8th
About the artists: This celebrated partnership of “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS) with “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY) and sole harper recipient to date of Irish music’s most prestigious award, Traditional Musician of the Year (Gradam Cheoil TG4), has presented its unique musical vision in twenty-two […]
On April 11 at Irish Arts Center, widely published and internationally celebrated poet Greg Delanty will read from his acclaimed new collection Selected Delanty, and will be joined in conversation by novelist Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin, TransAtlantic). Delanty’s words evoke his transatlantic experiences living in the U.S. and in Ireland, and speak […]
Bringing to life the fragile ecosystem of a coral reef, fiddler Dana Lyn and guitarist Kyle Sanna use light boxes, projections, and the vocabulary of Irish melody in inventive arrangements to create an audiovisual poem in a vivid, impressionistic, and riveting performance. Event launches the band’s third album. “Deep musical work full of lavish, evocative […]
Join us for this engrossing literary salon featuring a panel of writers who have spent their careers researching and documenting the lives of some of the most important people of our time. Panelists include Martin Amis (The Rub of Time), Patrick Hunt (Hannibal), Gareth Russell (Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, […]
Inspired by the purest Celtic tradition, Doolin' combines instrumentals, vocals and original compositions in a resolutely modern style. The arrangements, at times taking their inspiration from pop-rock, folk, jazz, funk or even rap, emit great energy. That’s Doolin' – Irish music with a French touch!
Beloved author of the novel Brooklyn and many others, Colm Tóibín will read from his latest novel, House of Names, to celebrate its paperback release. He's joined by and will be interviewed by Carys Davies, winner of the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award, on the release of her first novel, West. Both authors will be […]
Martin Hayes is joined by his longtime collaborator Dennis Cahill as part of an extraordinary triple-bill Gala Concert Event also featuring Camille O’Sullivan and Declan O’Rourke, with special guests including Gabriel Byrne and Paul Muldoon.
Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, is proud to welcome back fiddle player Martin Hayes, “one of Ireland’s great musical exports” (WNYC), for a week-long residency, April 25-29, to take place in and out of their current […]
Kathleen Hill’s spellbinding new memoir, She Read to Us in the Late Afternoons: A Life in Novels, examines the defining moments in which works of literature shaped the way she read the world. Join Hill and Bibliolepsy author Gina Apostol as they discuss their relationships with the books that profoundly affected them, or that they […]
Fiddler Liz Knowles, uilleann piper Kieran O'Hare, and singer/bouzouki player Pat Broaders return to Irish Arts Center to celebrate their newly released album The Joyful Hour. Veterans and mainstays of the Irish music scene around the world, these artists have played with Riverdance, Cherish the Ladies, the New York Pops, Bonnie Raitt, Josh Groban, and […]
(New York, NY) April 25, 2018—Next Friday, at the same time the world will be showing up at TEFAF, Gallery Vallois America, located just down the block from the Park Armory, will present the exhibition, In Search of Lost Time by Irish sculptor, Patrick O’Reilly. The opening reception will be held on Friday, May 5th […]
