Words to Love & Live by: Featuring Naomi O’Connell

American Irish Historical Society 991 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

LESSONS IN LOVE Four Songs (Op. 12) - Hermann Zilcher GOING TO HEAVEN Selections from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson - Aaron Copland LIFE EXPECTANCIES Selections from Cabaret Songs - William Bolcom How do we anchor ourselves from day to day?  How do we learn to grow up?  How do we carry on after someone close to us […]

$40

Salmon Poetry Reading

American Irish Historical Society 991 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Salmon Poetry takes its name from the Salmon of Knowledge in Celtic mythology and was established in 1981 as an alternative voice in Irish literature. The Salmon, a journal of poetry and prose was a flagship for writers in the west of Ireland, and Salmon's first books, Gonella by Eva Bourke and Goddess on the […]

$10

About Augustus Saint Gaudens

American Irish Historical Society 991 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Walking past the Society on Fifth Avenue, or walking into the lobby, one can't help but notice a marble bust of a man, looking out toward the street. He is Charles O'Conor, and the man who created his portrait was Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), America's premier sculptor of the Gilded Age. Society members are invited to […]

Free

A History of Irish Traditional Women Singers and Songs Since the 1900’s

American Irish Historical Society 991 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

with examples of the songs performed by  Mary Mc Partlan MAY 14, 2013 6:30 PM American Irish Historical Society 991 Fifth Avenue (at 80th Street) New York, NY 10028   Mary was born in Drumkeerin, in County Leitrim and now living in Galway, Mary started singing in the early 1970’s, but it was not until […]

$10