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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
IRISH ARTS CENTER PRESENTS THE WHISTLING GIRL, A MUSICAL REIMAGINING OF SELECT WORKS BY DOROTHY PARKER,NOVEMBER 17-18 Dublin-Based Composer and Musician Trevor Knight and Singer/Actor Honor Heffernan Turn Dorothy Parker’s Writing Into a Lively, Biting Cabaret Act “Parker’s misanthropic verse is phrased in deliciously acidic terms…it’s easy to picture Mrs. Parker viewing this show with both […]
Camille O'Sullivan WITH Feargal Murray, piano Paul Byrne, drums Andrew Zinsmeister, guitar Charlotte Glasson, flute, violin, saxophone, musical saw “Brel is the reason I’m a singer today—I essentially ended my career as an architect to become a performer after falling in love with singing his music” —Camille The Irish-French chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan returns to Irish Arts […]
Dublin-born writer and actor Karl Geary will be reading from his new novel Montpelier Parade at the Irish Arts Center on Tuesday night October 3rd at 7:30pm. He will be joined by singer/songwriter Jenna Nicholls, songwriter, guitarist & producer Gerry Leonard and there will be a conversation with poet, actor and playwright Dale Orlandersmith. Tickets […]
Music by Jenna Nicholls and Gerry Leonard Conversation moderated by Dael Orlandersmith Dublin-born actor and co-founder of East Village’s music venues Sin-é and the Scratcher, Karl Geary launches his luminous debut novel Montpelier Parade with an evening of words and music. Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is a cinematic novel about […]
FEATURING Lisa Lambe, vocals Fiachna Ó Braonáin, guitar, vocals Peter O’Toole, bouzouki, bass, vocals Irish singer, actor and songwriter Lisa Lambe (Celtic Woman) will join us with collaborators Fiachna O’Braonain and Peter O’Toole of the Hothouse Flowers to showcase her gentle and heartfelt world of song. In concert, you will hear Lambe’s remarkable voice as you’ve […]
