spring 2015
This is How we Fly
Performance | Exhibition | Education irishartscenter.org
Expanding Boundaries & This is How we Fly. That’s the name of the virtuosic, genrebusting ensemble of artists featured on the cover of this season’s brochure—making their U.S. debut with us in April—and it also perfectly captures our mood as we begin our spring 2015 season. Because together, we—the wonderful community of artists and audiences and supporters who are Irish Arts Center—are spreading our wings beyond our Hell’s Kitchen home, across the five boroughs of New York City and beyond.
Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) This spring, we expand our children’s programming as IAC and CMA come together to explore the creative world of Irish arts. See page 33 for details.
We’re soaring to new creative heights as we go, building exciting partnerships with some of the greatest innovators in Ireland and New York, united by a shared commitment to exciting, emotionally engaging work that projects the excellence and dynamism and diversity of contemporary Irish arts. So consider this your passport to fly with us on another exciting artistic journey. Buckle up!
Aidan Connolly Executive Director
St Ann’s Warehouse
As part of our fifth annual PoetryFest in 2013, IAC and St. Ann’s Warehouse brought hundreds of New Yorkers to DUMBO, Brooklyn to celebrate the life of beloved Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements about future collaborations with our friends at St. Ann’s. Photo of St. Ann’s future home
BAM
In a landmark new partnership, in fall 2014 we joined forces with BAM to present four exciting contemporary Irish theatre works as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival. See page 3 for details.
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Photo Credits: Will Ellis, Amanda Gentile, Francis Dzikowski, Jeremy Abrahams
Abrons Arts Center
In our first collaboration with Abrons Arts Center, we were proud to copresent the U.S. premiere of Dead Centre’s Lippy at the Henry Street Settlement downtown. See page 3 for details.
& Transcending Genres NEW IAC home
Our campaign for the New Irish Arts Center, Almost Home, has at this writing passed the $42 million mark, and we are closer than ever to breaking ground on a new facility to serve our mission for generations to come. To learn more about our Almost Home campaign, please visit almosthome2016.org.
La MaMa
Blurring the boundaries between dance, music and theatre, we join with La MaMa to bring the multi-award-winning junk ensemble to New York City in Dusk Ahead. And John Scott’s internationally-acclaimed company Irish Modern Dance Theatre returns to New York City with its explosive new piece HYPERACTIVE. See pages 26-27 for details.
92Y
Our collaboration with 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center expands as we co-present four stimulating evenings with contemporary authors. See page 21 for details.
IAC Book Day
In more than eight locations across all five boroughs, we offer our annual citywide celebration of Irish literature with the New York City Council. See page 22 for details.
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Recent Events Collaboration and Cross-Cultural Conversations with BAM and Abrons Arts Center In our first-ever collaboration, we proudly joined forces with Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), one of the country’s foremost multidisciplinary cultural institutions for the contemporary performing arts, in presenting four exciting Irish theatre works as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival: Olwen Fouéré’s astonishing riverrun, inspired by Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake; Samuel Beckett’s Embers, by Ireland’s great experimenters Pan Pan Theatre; actress Lisa Dwan’s extraordinary production of Beckett’s Not I, Footfalls, and Rockaby, with the Royal Court Theatre; and Landmark Productions’ Howie the Rookie, by Mark O’Rowe, starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate), which earned five stars from Time Out New York and a rave review from The New York Times.
And in October 2014, we traveled downtown to the Obie-winning Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side to present Lippy, created by Bush Moukarzel and produced by Dead Centre. Ben Brantley of The New York Times called the play “a very smart, very chilly play... haunting...ingeniously choreographed...gorgeous.”
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Muldoon’s Picnic Sell-Out First Season
In fall 2014, we launched Muldoon’s Picnic, a monthly residency with Pulitzer Prize-winning Northern Irish poet Paul Muldoon. Once a month, anchored by his band Wayside Shrines, Paul took Irish Arts Center audiences on a journey of words and music, with special guests from the world of arts, letters, and theatre, including Joyce Carol Oates, Nick Laird, Robert Pinsky, Stephen Rea, Zadie Smith, Tracy K. Smith, and more. The series will return this spring. See page 20 for details.
PoetryFest
Hundreds of New Yorkers came together for our sixth annual PoetryFest with poems from some of our best contemporary Irish and American poets, including Tara Bergin, Rita Ann Higgins, Peter Fallon, Adam Fitzgerald, Miriam Gamble, Matthea Harvey, Vona Groarke, Dave Lordan, Robert Pinsky, Gerald Stern, and Kevin Young.
Camille O’Sullivan In Residence
Singer Camille O’Sullivan stunned New York City audiences for nine unforgettable nights with her threepiece band and her profoundly intimate and magical interpretations of Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Radiohead, and more. Time Out New York’s Adam Feldman described the show as “one of the top five cabaret shows of the year. Spellbinding.”
A Special Performance from Sting at Spirit of Ireland Gala
IAC Honorary Co-Chairs Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne hosted Irish Arts Center’s annual Spirit of Ireland Gala in October 2014. Martin Hayes was awarded the Spirit of Ireland Award and honoree Robert J. McCann was awarded the Gala Award. The evening featured a very special performance from Sting, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, and Thomas Bartlett. Photo Credits: Erin Baiano, Jose Miguel Jimenez, Patrick Redmond
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For Your Visit Getting to IAC 553 West 51st Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues) New York, NY 10019
How to Book Tickets Box Office Phone: 866-811-4111 irishartscenter.org
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spring 2015 Calendar Dates
Times
Discipline
Event
Location
Page
spring Highlights Theatre
JANUARY January 11, 18, 24, 25
10 am
Children’s Events
Irish Arts Festival
Children’s Museum of the Arts
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January 26
varies
Education
Winter 2015 Term Begins
varies
February 3
6:30 pm
Exhibition
Trasatlantacha Artist Talk & Reception with Maeve Irish Arts Center D’Arcy & Lisa O’Donnell
February 4
7 pm
Film
The Sligo Masters
Irish Arts Center
30
February 6
8 pm
Music
SongLives: Dylan Tighe with Carrie Erving
Irish Arts Center
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February 7
11 am
Children’s Events & Film
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Irish Arts Center
33
February 7
3 pm
Dance & Community
Hammerstep
Ingersoll Community Center
25
February 8
7 pm
Comedy
Sundays at Seven
Irish Arts Center
28
February 9
7:30 pm
Literature & Music
Muldoon’s Picnic with Colm Tóibín, Aoife O’Donovan, Robert Sullivan, & Sam and Louise Sullivan
Irish Arts Center
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February 12
8 pm
Literature & Humanities
Richard Ford & Lorrie Moore
92Y Kaufmann Concert Hall
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February 35
February 17
7 pm
Film
This is Not a Love Song: Short Films
Irish Arts Center
30
February 19
6:30 pm
Special Events
Show Your Love
Mutual of America
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February 20-21
8 pm
Music
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Irish Arts Center
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February 24-March 14
varies
Theatre
The Man In The Woman’s Shoes
Irish Arts Center
7-8
February 27
6 pm
Special Events
St. Pat’s for All Benefit Concert
Irish Arts Center
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varies
Theatre
The Man In The Woman’s Shoes
Irish Arts Center
7-8
Irish Arts Center
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The Man In The Woman’s Shoes FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 14 Written and Performed by Mikel Murfi
Music
MARCH Through March 14 March 8
5 pm
Education: Master Class
The Architecture and Playability of Theatre with Mikel Murfi in conjunction with The Man In The Woman’s Shoes
March 8
7 pm
Comedy
Sundays at Seven
Irish Arts Center
28
March 9
7:30 pm
Literature & Music
Muldoon’s Picnic with Kevin Barry, Major Jackson, Irish Arts Center Michael Cerveris, & Sammy Grob and Asher Muldoon
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March 10
7:30 pm
Comedy
Colm O’Regan
Irish Arts Center
28
March 14
2:30 pm & 8 pm Music
A Celtic Appalachian Celebration
Symphony Space
13-14
March 15
12 pm
Neighborhood
Annual St. Patrick’s Open Day
Irish Arts Center
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March 17
7 am
Literature & Humanities
Book Day
Citywide
22
March 26
8 pm
Music
SongLives: Ultan Conlon
Irish Arts Center
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March 27-28
8 pm
Music
Mick Moloney, Jimmy Keane and Robbie O’Connell Irish Arts Center Reunion Concert
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March 27
8 pm
Special Events
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Highline Ballroom
32
March 31
7:30 pm
Literature & Humanities
Debut Voices with Colin Barrett
Irish Arts Center
22
April 4
11 am
Children’s Events & Film
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Irish Arts Center
33
April 4
2 pm
Children’s Events
Afternoon Art Party: Children’s Animation Workshop
Irish Arts Center
34
April 7
7:30 pm
Literature & Humanities
Francine Prose in conversation with Frank Delaney
Irish Arts Center
23
April 12
7 pm
Comedy
Sundays at Seven
Irish Arts Center
28
April 13
varies
Education
Spring 2015 Term Begins
varies
38-42
Irish Arts Center
20
Irish Arts Center
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Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell, & Jimmy Keane Reunion Concert March 27-28 Literature
APRIL
April 13
7:30 pm
Literature & Music
Muldoon’s Picnic with Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill & Mary Karr
April 15
7:30 pm
Literature & Humanities
Norah Vincent Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf
April 17-18
8 pm
Music
Pierce Turner
Irish Arts Center
15
April 18-19
10 am
Education: Master Class
Clones Lace Workshop with Máire Treanor
Irish Arts Center
37
April 19
11 am
Literature & Humanities
On Elizabeth Bishop with Colm Tóibín
92Y Weill Art Gallery
21
April 19
7:30 pm
Music
Máirtín O’Connor Trio
Joe’s Pub at The Public
15
April 21
7 pm
Literature & Humanities
Pen, Paper & Palate: International Spies
The Half King Bar & Restaurant
24
April 23-25
8 pm
Music
This is How we Fly
Irish Arts Center
17-18
April 25
10 am
Education: Master Class
April 25
1 pm
Education: Master Class
April 26
12 pm
Education: Language
Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day
varies
31
April 28
8 pm
Special Events
The God Box: A Daughter’s Story
Irish Arts Center
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Percussive Dance: Dance the Tune with Nic Gareiss Irish Arts Center in conjunction with This is How we Fly Fiddle: Play the Tune with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Irish Arts Center in conjunction with This is How we Fly
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Debut Voices with Colin Barrett March 31 Music
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MAY May 2
8 pm
Music
Ghost Trio
Irish Arts Center
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May 3
1 pm
Dance
14th Annual Irish Dance Festival
Pier I at Riverside Park South
25
May 5
7 pm
Film
Blood Fruit
Irish Arts Center
30
May 9
8 pm
Music
Maud in Cahoots
Irish Arts Center
19
May 13
6 pm
Literature & Humanities
Helen Vendler on Seamus Heaney
92Y Classroom
21
May 14
8:15 pm
Literature & Humanities
Robert Kelly & Sinéad Morrissey
92Y Buttenwieser Hall
21
May 15
7:30 pm
Film
Craic Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: Best of Shorts
Irish Arts Center
30
May 17
7 pm
Comedy
Sundays at Seven
Irish Arts Center
28
May 21-24
varies
Dance
Dusk Ahead by junk ensemble
La MaMa
26
May 29
8 pm
Music
SongLives: Roesy with Peter Doran
Irish Arts Center
10
May 28-31
varies
Dance
HYPERACTIVE by Irish Modern Dance Theatre
La MaMa
27
June 6
11 am
Children’s Events & Literature
Kids’ Book Club with The Cats of Copenhagen by James Joyce
Irish Arts Center
34
June 11
8 pm
Music
SongLives: Erin McKeown and Peter Mulvey
Irish Arts Center
10
June 12-13
8 pm
Comedy
Panti in High Heels in Low Places
Irish Arts Center
29
June 14
7 pm
Comedy
Sundays at Seven
Irish Arts Center
28
June 16
TBA
Literature & Humanities
Bloomsday
Symphony Space
24
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This is How we Fly April 23-25 Dance
pg. 26
JUNE
Irish Arts Center and La MaMa present
Dusk Ahead by junk ensemble May 21-24 Photo Credits: Erin Baiano, Hugh O’Conor, Mark Henderson, Lucy Perrem, Fionn McCann
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Theatre
The Man In The Woman’s Shoes Loco and Reckless Productions
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$32 member / $35 non-member Written and Performed by Mikel Murfi Irish Arts Center On Tour March 2
Inis Nua
Philadelphia, PA
Senior-Only Performances March 10 | 6 pm
Aisling Irish Community
Center, Yonkers, NY
March 16 | 2 pm
New York Irish Center,
Long Island City, NY
The Man In The Woman’s Shoes was originally commissioned by the Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo with Sligo County Council Arts Service for the Bealtaine Festival in 2012 and last year toured to venues around Ireland.
“I think none of us is old, me heart has never been old ...” It’s October 1978, Pope John Paul the First is not long dead, autumn is closing in and cobbler Pat Farnon has “some business” to do in town. “Today is beginning to feel very special and I’ve no idea why.” The Man In The Woman’s Shoes follows Pat as he walks the five miles from his white cottage to town and back again. He meets unforgettable characters along the way, including water diviner Huby Patterson, GAA enthusiast extraordinaire Kitsy Rainey, big voiced Casimir Marshall, an array of farmers all named Gilmartin, and Kemp, a man whose idea of a good time is to direct traffic wherever he may find it. Pat may be an aging man but he has a boundless enthusiasm for life.
Zebby Award Irish Writers Guild Award for Best Theatre Script 2013 Stewart Parker / BBC Northern Ireland Radio Drama
Award
Best New Play 2013 Shortlisted for
Best New Play Irish Times Theatre Awards 2014
“ Take a bow for this
heart-warmingly unfashionable play.” - Evening Echo
“It’s half time, there’s a pipe band on the field and the smell of oranges all of a sudden—ah, this is the life!” Mikel Murfi (The Walworth Farce, Ballyturk) delivers a visionary and imaginative performance in this hilariously funny, tender and at times downright daft play that will leave you uplifted and in love with life again. Running Time: 70 minutes
Murfi has just starred opposite Cillian Murphy and Stephen Rea in Ballyturk written and directed by Enda Walsh which played to sold-out houses in Galway, Dublin and at the National Theatre in London. He is a founding member of Barabbas Theatre Company and was last in New York when he directed Penelope by Enda Walsh at St. Ann’s Warehouse. His films include The Commitments, Guiltrip, The Butcher Boy, Ella Enchanted, Intermission and most recently Jimmy’s Hall directed by Ken Loach.
“A physical comedian, blessed with plastic features, and with the vocal range of a ventriloquist, Murfi makes sheep, pigs, dogs, and even bees, come to life.” - Irish Theatre Magazine
“An enchanting show… hilarious…One of the most delightful theatrical experiences I’ve had in a long time.” - Gay Byrne, RTÉ Lyric FM
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SongLives Curated by Grammy Award-winner Susan McKeown $15 member / $18 non-member
Dylan Tighe with Carrie Erving Friday, February 6 | 8 pm “Brimming with tunes…an audacious and seriously intelligent suite of songs.” - The Irish Times
AS SEEN SXSW AT OUR SHOWCASE
Dublin singer-songwriter Dylan Tighe’s debut album Record was released in 2014 to widespread acclaim. The Sunday Times declared Dylan an “exquisite songwriter,” while RTÉ proclaimed the album “starkly brilliant” and “a deeply personal and deeply moving piece of work.” Tighe’s stage production based on songs from Record was described by the Irish Independent as proposing “a new theatrical form for a new way of thinking.” “The magic of Ponyhof (led by Carrie Erving) is both delicate and energetic, lighthearted while also quite deep, fresh yet undeniably familiar; think St. Vincent meets Bjork atop flourishing dance beats.” - Bushwick Daily Opening for Tighe, Carrie Erving presents an evening of songs that draw on her experience as a contemporary singer and songwriter, as well as her training in the traditional Irish seannós singing style from her studies at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick, Ireland. She recorded her first album in Germany, where she became a critically-acclaimed staple in the Berlin music scene. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
Ultan Conlon Thursday, March 26 | 8 pm “The most impressive Irish debut since Damien Rice’s O.” - The Evening Herald Galway-born singer Ultan Conlon wraps common themes and familiar situations around musical styles rooted deeply in traditional rock and roll, country and folk. His music has received extensive airplay in Ireland, the UK and Europe and is featured in the film Songs For Amy. He has opened for artists such as John Martyn, John Grant, Eddi Reader, Patty Griffin and Richard Hawley, and shared duets with both John Martyn and Glen Hansard. Love and regret, heartbreak and hope are presented candidly and engagingly through Ultan’s comforting, uncontrived vocal style.
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Music SongLives showcases some of Ireland and North America’s most exciting contemporary songwriters, bringing the rich tradition of busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street and beyond to New York City.
Roesy with Peter Doran Friday, May 29 | 8 pm Best New Irish Act Nominee 2004 Meteor Music Awards “…impressive musical talent and overwhelming passion.” - Faster Louder Singer-songwriter Roesy—originally from Birr, Ireland, and now based in Australia—has shared the bill with international figures such as Bert Jansch, Paul Brady, Billy Bragg, John Martyn, Joan Armatrading, Shane MacGowan, and more. His songs are scattered with flecks of old Appalachian blues and country, and fits effortlessly between Paul Simon and Hank Williams, with the power of an extraordinary voice all his own. A true storyteller, his melodies are impossible to ignore or dismiss, and show a personal honesty that is refreshing and best experienced live. “Part Nick Drake, part David Gray—Outlines captures the spirit of a more considered life.” - Folk Radio UK
Opening for Roesy is Irish singer-songwriter Peter Doran from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. His fourth album, the self-produced Outlines has just been released to critical acclaim in Ireland. Peter’s combination of vocals and melody create a natural intimacy, one that makes the listener feel as though he is sharing his best kept secrets with them.
Erin McKeown and Peter Mulvey Thursday, June 11 | 8 pm “Her playing is so muscular, her arrangements so well-conceived that she succeeds brilliantly.” - Boston Globe. Erin McKeown is an internationally known musician, writer, and producer. With nine full-length albums, two EPs, and numerous soundtracks to her credit, she has spent the last 15 years crafting a powerful reputation and averaging over 200 nights onstage each year. McKeown’s career has been filled with many incredible highlights including collaborating with Ani DiFranco, appearances on Conan O’Brien, CBS Morning Show, Later with Jools Holland, NPR, and the BBC. In performance, the eclectic multi-instrumentalist is known for her compelling and energy-packed style that hangs onto every one of her strums. “Peter Mulvey is consistently the most original and dynamic of the US singer-songwriters to tour these shores. A phenomenal performer with huge energy, a quick fire, quirky take on life, and an extraordinary guitar style. A joy to see.” - The Irish Times Over the past 20 years, Irish-American Peter Mulvey has pursued a restless, eclectic path as a writer and musician—immersing himself in Tin Pan Alley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and Americana stylings. He has relentlessly toured as a headliner and has also shared the stage with luminaries such as Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Ani DiFranco, and Indigo Girls. Mulvey has a rare ability to hold an audience’s attention and transport them, using wit, humor, and a subtle but sophisticated melodic and harmonic sensibility to gracefully introduce complex and provocative concepts and characters. Photo Credits: Ros Kavanagh, Merry Cyr, Hilary Woods
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“Maria Doyle Kennedy is a National Treasure…On an island that isn’t short of talented female vocalists she really and truly is in een As s 2014 as s, g in Live r sp ong of S D by part n CURATEcKeow nM Susa
February 20-21 | 8 PM $22 member / $26 non-member
Best Female Artist Nominee Irish Meteor Music Award
Woman of the Year Music Award Tatler Magazine
one of our greatest.” - Hot Press Magazine
“Her voice…could charm the very stars from the skies.” - Edwin McFee Hot Press Magazine describes singer/ actress Maria Doyle Kennedy’s voice as “the finest voice [Ireland] has ever produced.” This remarkably-gifted, versatile, raven-haired Dubliner known for her screen roles in Orphan Black, Dexter, Downton Abbey, The Tudors, and of course, The Commitments has also spent over 20 years performing music all over the world, collaborating with such legendary artists as Ani DiFranco, PJ Harvey, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice, Paul Brady, and John Prine.
Kennedy’s signature and inventive sound combines folk, urban pop, soul and dreamy ballads. Sometimes melancholy, other times joyful, and always passionate, the multitalented star of stage, television and music will sing her lush, enchanting melodies with accompaniment by her guitarist and husband Kieran Kennedy for two special evenings filled with her unique style and signature charm.
Maria Doyle Kennedy #singing makes you feel better than chocolate or sex
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Mick Moloney, Jimmy Keane and Robbie O’Connell Reunion Concert March 27-28 | 8 pm $25 member / $32 non-member Three Irish music legends make a triumphant return to New York City. Since 1984, singer, musician and folklorist Mick Moloney, vocalist Robbie O’Connell, and accordion virtuoso Jimmy Keane have been delighting audiences with their unique blend of Irish music and song, both traditional and contemporary. An evening with this trio is an experience that covers much musical ground and is not easily forgotten.
With each one regarded as the best in his field, the combination brings a great depth and range to their concerts. IAC Artistic Associate Mick Moloney has recorded or produced over 40 albums of traditional music and has formed two of the great bands of this generation: The Green Fields of America and Cherish the Ladies. Many regard Keane as the premiere exponent of traditional Irish music on the piano accordion. He was honored as the Male Musician of the Decade by Live Ireland and the Irish American News. O’Connell is an Irish singer and songwriter born in Waterford. A nephew of the Clancy Brothers, he began touring with them in 1977, and Eileen Ivers and Seamus Egan in the Green Fields of America.
Virtuoso musicianship is underscored with humor, and a sense of history is tempered by the reality of today’s social condition. Some of their songs will fill you with emotion, others will have you laughing outright; some of the melodies will haunt you for days, others will make you want to leap up dancing. However you react, one thing is certain, you will want more.
Photo Credit: Erin Baiano
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achian Celebration Annual St. Patrick’s Day Concerts Featuring Old Time American, Country and Bluegrass Music with Irish Influences
“Mick Moloney and the Irish Arts Center triumphed once again...a stunning crowd-pleaser.” - Paul Keating, Irish Central
Saturday, March 14 | 2:30 pm and 8 pm At 2537 Broadway at 95th Street
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Premium Orchestra Seats: $60 Rear Orchestra: $50 non-member / $40 member Balcony: $40 non-member / $32 member / $25 student Featuring Mick Moloney and The Green Fields of America Athena Tergis (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (button accordion), Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes and whistle), Brendan Dolan (piano), Niall O’Leary (dancer), Liz Hanley (fiddle, vocals) The Bing Brothers Band featuring Jake Krack Mike Bing (mandolin), Tim Bing (banjo), Jake Krack (fiddle), Tim Corbett (bass), Bob Lieving (guitar) With Special Guests Cheick Hamala Diabaté (nguni and plantation gourd banjo, both West African precursors to the banjo) & Kyle Alden (guitar, vocals) The weekend before St. Patrick’s Day, roll up your sleeves for an evening of hootin’, hollerin’, pickin’, strummin’, and foot-stompin’ revelry with over 15 world musicians, singers, and dancers genre-jumping through the jigs, reels, and harmonies of Ireland, America, and West Africa, led by legendary musician, folklorist and National Heritage Award-winner Mick Moloney. Featuring some of the most formidable and respected old-time musicians in West Virginia, the Bing Brothers Band will showcase their hard-driving brand of string music. With over 30 years’ experience, their sound has been recognized and rewarded with many honors over the years, and represents Appalachia’s thriving musical heritage. Collaborating with the beloved Green Fields of America—one of the best-known and longest running Irish American groups—the Bing Brothers Band will share the stage with San Francisco based singer/songwriter/guitarist Kyle Alden, best known for his award-winning folk music settings of W.B. Yeats’ poetry, and Cheick Hamala Diabaté, a griot (storyteller) and master of the West African precursor to the banjo. Fans can expect solo performances, fiddlin’ and bowin’, rousing stompers, and haunting ballads. Infusing the best Irish traditional music influences on old-time American, country and bluegrass music, the evening is the perfect setting to celebrate a musical tradition that knows no boundaries.
Photo Credits: Amanda Gentile
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Pierce Turner April 17-18 | 8 pm $23 member / $28 non member “Easily one of the most important Irish rock artists of the last twenty years.”
- The Irish Times
“He has created what I confidently believe to be the finest body of work in contemporary Irish music, bar none.” - Liam Fay of The Sunday Times
Pierce Turner is an international awardwinning and critically-acclaimed composer, songwriter and performer. Originally from County Wexford, Turner has been described by New York Magazine as “one of this city’s great gems.” He has performed with Philip Glass, Pete Seeger, Regina Spektor, Patti Smith, and Iggy Pop, his songs have been
recorded by Irish legend Christy Moore, and he has scored music for TV and film including HBO’s The Wire. Turner is currently writing a book of stories named Why use 2 words when 10 will do about his life and the colorful adventures surrounding the creation of his highly praised songbook that merges the upfront rock of The Byrds, The Beach Boys and The Who with deft touches of Irish trad, folk, jazz, techno, classical and choral harmonies. In concert, Turner will incorporate poignant and entertaining excerpts from his book into a passionate live musical performance. Whether as a singer, storyteller, or performer, Turner has a penchant for the unexpected and the unorthodox, rewriting the stage rules to present his exceptional artistry with poetic observation and humor.
Joe’s Pub and Irish Arts Center present
Máirtín O’Connor Trio Sunday, April 19 | 7:30 pm
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Featuring Máirtín O’Connor, accordion Cathal Hayden, fiddle Séamie O’Dowd, guitar and vocals at Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place) New York, NY Tickets from $25 “Irish traditional music’s own ‘power trio.’ These three mean business and achieve art. Bravo.”
- Earle Hitchner, Wall Street Journal and Irish Echo
A rare chance to see one of Irish music’s supreme trios playing their trade. Legendary accordion player Máirtín O’Connor, a primary musical force behind Riverdance, is one of the most respected and best loved musicians ever to emerge from Ireland. He is joined by the astonishing fiddler and multiall Ireland winner Cathal Hayden (Four Men
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and a Dog), and Séamie O’Dowd, a defining member of Dervish for over a decade, and master guitarist and singer-songwriter. Individually recognized figureheads of the Irish tradition, the Máirtín O’Connor Trio has built
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a reputation for their astounding virtuosity and vitality. The trio has toured the U.S. for three seasons (2012-2014) with Masters of Tradition, an acclaimed ensemble curated by fiddler Martin Hayes.
Music
Saturday, May 2 | 8 PM $24 member / $30 non-member Featuring Iarla Ó Lionáird, vocals and harmonium Ivan Goff, uillean pipes Cleek Schrey, Hardanger fiddle
Ghost Trio
Ghost Trio features three innovative musicians: sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, uilleann piper Ivan Goff and fiddler Cleek Schrey on Hardanger. The trio explores the ancient and transporting modal sounds of traditional Irish music: in the drones of dirges and laments, the spiritual songs of antique provenance and the joyful pairing of the pipes and the fiddle. All three musicians have delved into experimental musical worlds far from their points of origin: Ó Lionáird from the Irish-speaking region of Cork where he was a virtuoso singer as a young child and is considered by The Guardian to be one of the most dramatic voices in contemporary music; Dublin-born Goff, All Ireland champion, playing the pipes in traditional bands; and Virginian Schrey, from old-time American music. For one night only, indulge your passion for pipes, fiddles, and sean-nós singing at this atmospheric, inspiring and unforgettable performance.
“Pipes, Hardanger fiddle and harmonium coalesce to shape an atmospheric set that speaks more of the space and time inherent in traditional music than it does the momentum. And
what a welcome alternative take this is.” - The Irish Times
“The finest sean-nós singer to be found anywhere in these islands today.” - Hot Press on Iarla Ó Lionáird
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Music April 23-25 | 8 PM $20 member / $24 non-member Featuring Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, fiddle & hardanger fiddle Seán Mac Erlaine, clarinets & electronics Nic Gareiss, percussive dance Petter Berndalen, drums & percussion A collaboration between fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and jazz clarinetist Seán Mac Erlaine already sounds an intriguing proposition, but throw in American hard shoe dancer Nic Gareiss and Swedish percussionist Petter Berndalen and the results are something quite special. The search for common ground between this eclectic quartet has yielded a rich crop of ideas and a debut album that sounds like nothing else. Individually, each member has carved out a reputation for not just mastering their chosen fields, but rising above, redefining and renewing the musical world they come from. A sublime Irish fiddler who’s not afraid to step outside convention; a thoughtful Dublin jazzman who has moved beyond the linear constraints of the genre; a sophisticated Appalachian hard shoe dancer stepping into the rhythmic foreground; and a lyrical Swedish percussionist redefining the melodic and sonic place of drums within the contours of traditional song. This is How we Fly play everything from Irish fiddle tunes to Appalachian folk and polskas from Berndalen’s native Sweden. Shot through with the exuberant, anarchic spirits of folk and jazz, this is traditional music as you’ve never heard it before.
This is Ho Presented in association with The Princeton Sound Kitchen at Princeton University
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“Traditional music shot through with the adrenaline of contemporary influences: a lethal but irresistible cocktail.” - The Irish Times
“A white-hot creative crucible uniting four pyrotechnic young talents.” - Celtic Connections
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Maud in Cahoots Saturday, May 9 | 8 pm
$16 member / $20 non-member Dublin-based duet Maud in Cahoots is made up of sisters Maud and Zoe Ní Riordáin and band. Combining luscious chamber-pop arrangements with melancholy melodies worthy of the most lovelorn of Scandinavian chanteuses, Maud in Cahoots play their unique brand of dramatic alternative pop that is addictive from the first listen.
AS IN OURSEEN SXSW SHOWCASE
“Truly captivating with bags of star quality.” - The Irish Times at Electric Picnic 2014
“Undisputedly one of the finest acts in the country. We recommend getting on this particular bandwagon early. If they become as big as they deserve to, you may soon struggle to get tickets.”
In 2014, they staged The Well Rested Terrorist, a live concept album for a soldout run at the Peacock Theatre during Dublin Fringe Festival which The Irish Times called “absorbing; a painstaking work, given startling execution.” They are regulars at festivals such as Electric Picnic, Sea Sessions, and SXSW, have played support for The Antlers and Snow Patrol and come to the Irish Arts Center from a week of showcases at Canadian Music Week.
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LITERATURE & music
Muldoon’s Picnic An omnium-gatherum of words and music hosted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon with music by Wayside Shrines $18 member / $20 non-member
After a successful debut season, we proudly present the second installment of this captivating series of words and music led by Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet, pop lyricist, and New Yorker Poetry Editor Paul Muldoon. Performing with his Princeton-based music collective, Wayside Shrines, Muldoon will be joined each night by different special literary and musical guests dropping in Irish Arts Center on the second Monday of the month.
Monday, February 9 | 7:30 pm Aoife O’Donovan is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band, Crooked Still.
Robert Sullivan is the New York City-based author of such books as Rats, The Meadowlands, A Whale Hunt and How Not to Get Rich.
Sam and Louise Sullivan are founding members of the How Not To Get Rich Orchestra. Louise is a singer who attends Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she studies voice, ancient Greek and gender studies. Sam is a poet and a teacher, living in Providence, RI. Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, poet and acclaimed winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Monday, March 9 | 7:30 pm Kevin Barry is the author of two collections of short stories — There Are Little Kingdoms and Dark Lies The Island — and the novel City of Bohane, which was the winner of the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Michael Cerveris is an American singer, guitarist and Tony-winning actor. He will be appearing with his band Loose Cattle.
Major Jackson is an American poet, professor and author of three collections of poetry including Holding Company, Hoops, both finalists for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Poetry and Leaving Saturn, winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and finalist for a National Book Critics Award Circle. Asher Muldoon and Sammy Grob are a songwriting duo who are working on a musical.
Monday, April 13 | 7:30 pm Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill is one of the most prominent poets writing in the Irish Gaelic language today. Her poetry has been translated into English by a number of wellknown Irish poets, including Seamus Heaney, Medbh McGuckian, and Paul Muldoon. Mary Karr is an American poet, essayist and memoirist of several critically acclaimed books of poetry, including Abacus, The Devil’s Tour, Viper Rum, and Sinners Welcome, and she is also the author of a trilogy of memoirs: The Liar’s Club, Cherry, and Lit.
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92Y & IAC All events are at 92Y. For specific locations, please visit irishartscenter.org.
In our third collaboration with 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, we are thrilled to announce four events with contemporary authors.
Richard Ford & Lorrie Moore Thursday, February 12 | 8 pm Tickets from $28 Join us as two of America’s most admired writers read from their new collections. In Let Me Be Frank with You, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford reinvents his beloved character, Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Lorrie Moore’s recent collection of stories is Bark.
On Elizabeth Bishop with Colm Tóibín Sunday, April 19 | 11 am Tickets from $35 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winner and author Colm Tóibín explores Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop’s “poetics of uncertainty” in his new critical appreciation, On Elizabeth Bishop.
Helen Vendler on Seamus Heaney Wednesday, May 13 | 6 pm Registrations from $150 Professor Helen Vendler will survey lyrics from Seamus Heaney’s first seven volumes (196696) preceding his 1995 Nobel Prize. Helen Vendler is the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard. Her most recent books are Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries and Last Looks, Last Books: Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill. She is a frequent reviewer of poetry in such journals as The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review and The New Republic.
Robert Kelly & Sinéad Morrissey Thursday, May 14 | 8:15 pm Tickets from $15 A special evening celebrating Robert Kelly, who has published more than 50 books of poetry and prose, and Sinéad Morrissey’s new T. S. Eliot Prize-winning collection, Parallax.
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Irish Arts Center
Book Day 2015 Presented in association with New York City Council Tuesday, March 17 7 am until the books run out! A citywide celebration of Irish and American literature. Carrying on the yearly tradition of celebrating Irish literature on St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish Arts Center will take to the streets to introduce and re-introduce New Yorkers to some of Ireland’s most celebrated writers.
Volunteers across the city will be handing out thousands of free books to commuters and school children at transit hubs across all five New York City boroughs. Take a walk through the pages of Joyce, Yeats, Wilde or some of Ireland’s newest hotly-tipped masters and awaken the desire to read, read over and read again. Find out where to enjoy a free book from our Twitter feed (#IACBookDay) and Facebook page.
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Get involved! For book donation and sponsorship opportunities promoting this day of literacy and Irish culture, contact Rachael Gilkey at rachael@irishartscenter.org. For volunteer opportunities, contact volunteer@irishartscenter.org.
Special thanks to all our generous donors who help make our free programming possible: Joseph Aquino, Caroline and Andy Breslin, Michael Buckley (in honor of Sara F. Daley and Jim Houlihan), Jackie Ceonzo (in honor of Caroline and Andy Breslin), Jeanne Cluess (in honor of the Frances Pope Memorial Foundation), Maureen and Sean Crowley (in honor of Mary Eileen Crowley), Kate and Bob Devlin, Kimberley A. Dicker, Jill and David Donoghue, Kate Durling (in honor of Des McGreal), Robert Eaton, Jennifer Fistere, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Keith Hannan (in honor of Pauline Turley), Tom Hayes, Deborah Henry (in honor of Sara Conroy), Krystal Herrington (in honor of Ian Casey), Brian Hull, Pamela and Thomas Campbell Jackson, Mary and Shaun Kelly, Tom Kennedy, Richard Kunzer, Naeema and Craig Livingston (in honor of Karen and Jerry Callaghan), Franklin Lowe, M.D. (in honor of Ambassador Anne Anderson), Colin Mathers, Michael McEvoy (in honor of Seamus McEvoy), Vickie and Gerard McGrath (in honor of Penny and Thomas Jackson), Ed Merrigan, Karen Miller, Rachel and Harry Moseley, Eileen K. Murray (in honor of James P. Murray), Kim O’Connor (in honor of Gertrude O’Connor), Mary O’Dowd (in honor of the Frances Pope Memorial Foundation), Niall O’Muilleoir, Bernie Park, Eileen Phelps (in honor of Nora O’Toole, Mike Donaghy, and Bella Daly), Sharon and Matthew Pompey, Ellen Preimesberger (in honor of the Frances Pope Memorial Foundation), Colleen Rosan (in honor of Francis McGrath), Susan and Scott Somerville, Thomas Troy, David Turner, Maureen and Paul Williamson (in honor of Patrick J. Donaghy), American Irish Legislators Society, and Culture Ireland
Irish Arts Center presents
Debut Voices with
Colin Barrett
Presented in association with A Public Space and Grove Atlantic Moderated by Sam Lipsyte (Author of Venus Drive, The Fun Parts, Home Land, and more) Tuesday, March 31 | 7:30 pm FREE “Colin Barrett is a young man in the town of the short story, but it’s fair to say he has the run of the place.” - Jon McGregor
“Barrett simply outwrites many of his peers with a chilling confidence that suggests there is far more beneath the surface than merely the viciously effective black humour.”-Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times
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Our second season of Debut Voices kicks off with a reading from a major new talent in Irish literature, Colin Barrett. Barrett’s powerful debut collection, Young Skins, is a stunning introduction to a singular voice in contemporary fiction. These six short stories and one explosive novella evoke the youthful lives in a small town in rural Ireland, who make their own fun, live hard, and wear the scars of growing up with a crucible of menace and desire. Set for the most part in the fictional County Mayo town of Glanbeigh during contemporary post-boom Ireland, Young Skins offers an utterly unique reading experience and marks the appearance of an arresting and innovative new voice in Irish writing. F ran k O’Connor International Short Story
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Colin Barrett was born in 1982 and grew up in County Mayo. In 2009 he completed his MA in Creative Writing at University College Dublin and was awarded the Penguin Ireland Prize. His work has been published in The Stinging Fly magazine and in the anthologies, Sharp Sticks, Driven Nails (Stinging Fly Press, 2010) and Town and Country (Faber and Faber, 2013). Previous Debut Voices authors include Darragh McKeon, author of All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, and Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing.
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Francine Prose
As part of Pen, Paper and Palate Presented in association with Ruda Beresford Dauphin Moderated by BBC host and Booker Prize judge Frank Delaney Tuesday, April 7 | 7:30 pm $10 member / $12 non-member Free for Young Patron ($125) members and higher
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“Significant writers are rare. A writer like Prose, who is not only significant but capable of writing brilliantly about pretty much anything—from obsessive love to religious ecstasy to life in Paris in the twenties and beyond—is not only rare. She is, essentially, the Hope Diamond of literature.”-Michael Cunningham Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel A Changed Man won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and The New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and a Director’s Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Join us for a special evening celebrating Prose’s writing career and exploring her relationship between art and literature.
Norah Vincent
Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf A unique night of literature in performance with readings by Suzanne Bertish
Wednesday, April 15 | 7:30 pm $10 member / $12 non-member Free for Young Patron ($125) members and higher
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Norah Vincent is The New York Times bestselling author of Self-Made Man, as well as two other books. Formerly an op-ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times, she has also contributed regularly to Salon, The Advocate, and The Village Voice. She lives in New York City.
On April 18, 1941, twenty-two days after Virginia Woolf went for a walk near her weekend house in Sussex and never returned, her body was reclaimed from the River Ouse. Norah Vincent’s Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf reimagines the events that brought Woolf to the riverbank, offering us a denouement worthy of its protagonist. The New York Times best-selling author Norah Vincent’s boldly imagined portrait of Woolf will be brought to life as actress Suzanne Bertish performs excerpts of the newly released novel.
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Pen, Paper, and Palate with BBC host and Booker Prize judge Frank Delaney Presented in association with Ruda Beresford Dauphin Tuesday, April 21 | 7 pm $8 members / $10 non-members at The Half King | 505 W. 23rd Street at 10th Avenue | New York, NY 10011 Frank Delaney moderates a conversation with an esteemed panel of writers for a witty and engrossing literary salon on the topic of “International Spies” at Sebastian Junger and Scott Anderson’s The Half King. Panelists include Jack Devine (veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency and memoirist of Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story), Pulitzer Prize-winner Eric Lichtblau (author of The Nazis Next Door and Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice), and Scott Anderson (veteran war correspondent and author of Lawrence in Arabia: War). The evening will feature a special menu for those who wish to linger for conversation and book signings. More panelists will be announced on irishartscenter.org. The eighth Pen, Paper and Palate follows on a successful line-up of panels that have included David Finkel, Mark Harris, John C. McManus, Amanda Vaill, Christopher Tennant, George Rush and Joanna Molloy, Ben Widdicombe, Winston Groom, Hannah Pakula, Sam Wasson, Marc Dolan, Laurence Bergreen, Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, Harlan Coben, Sebastian Junger, Andrew McCarthy, Edmund White, Colum McCann, Pete Hamill, Joseph O’Neill, Drew Nieporent, Mary Gordon, Susan Eisenhower and more.
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Bloomsday on Broadway X X X I V Co-produced by Symphony Space and Irish Arts Center TUESDAY, JUNE 16 at Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th Street New York, NY 10025 The 34th annual BLOOMSDAY ON BROADWAY, a tradition created by Symphony Space co-founder Isaiah Sheffer and carries on in his memory, celebrates love, life, and language in James Joyce’s lavish, languid, and lively prose.
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Dance Presented in association with Myrtle Avenue Partnership as part of Black Artstory Month Saturday, February 7 | 3 pm-5 pm FREE At Ingersoll Community Center 177 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201
“Dark…Intense…Mysterious… Blew me away.”-Mel B, NBC’s America’s Got Talent
Hammerstep In the late nineteenth century, Fort Greene— home to over half of Brooklyn’s African American population—became widely known as “Young Dublin’’ for the large Irish population that settled on what is now Myrtle Avenue. The stylistic and technical similarities of Irish step dance and American tap dance are a reflection of a century’s long crosscultural dialogue that is important to Fort Greene’s history.
Brooklyn-based critically acclaimed Hammerstep’s groundbreaking show integrates traditional Irish step, tap, and hip hop dance forms and presents them through cutting edge choreography, lights, and sound in a way that reinvents the dance show experience. Addressing contemporary social and political issues along the way, Hammerstep elevates dance to act as a platform for personal and collective empowerment and sparks social progression.
Following the performance, company members will discuss their new approach to Irish dance.
“Hammerstep makes their own rules.” - The Irish Post
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Sunday, May 3 | 1 pm-7 pm Curated by artistic director Niall O’Leary TCRG, ADCRG FREE Riverside Park South Pier I at W 68th Street
14th Annual
A start-of-summer tradition for the whole family to enjoy!
The 14th annual day-long celebration of Irish dancing features traditional music and moves from local and national notable talent. Audience members can immerse themselves in Irish arts and culture with workshops, music sessions, language lessons, dance classes for all ages, among many other offerings. The summer evening ends with a lively céilí set to live music for all!
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Dance May 21-24 Thursday-Saturday | 8 pm Sunday | 4 pm $20 IAC members, students and seniors / $25 non-member At La MaMa, Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 East 4th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY
Best Production Award 2011 B i r d w i t h b o y Nominated for Best Design and Best Female Performer 2011 Culture Ireland Touring Award 2008 D r i n k i n g D u s t Nominated for RTE Audience Choice Award 2008 Excellence and Innovation Award 2007 T h e Ra i n Pa r t y Nominated for Audience Award 2008 at ARENA Festival, Erlangen, Germany
junk ensemble is a multi-award-winning company, creating bold productions that stretch the boundaries of dance theatre, and challenge the relationship between audience and performer.
“junk ensemble have guts and ingenuity.” - The Irish Times
Exploring blindness and invisibility, Dusk Ahead shows the murky fading light of dusk—that hour between dog and wolf, from domestic and wild—when it is difficult to discern what is real from what is imagined. With a high caliber cast of international and Irish performers who also act as the band, playing live music throughout the piece, Dusk Ahead is a captivating work from one of Ireland’s most dynamic dance companies. Dusk Ahead was originally commissioned and co-produced by Kilkenny Arts Festival and the Project Arts Centre. Junk Ensemble are part of Project Catalysts, an initiative of Project Arts Centre.
Best Female Performer Award 2006 Jessica Kennedy
Creation and Choreography Jessica Kennedy Megan Kennedy Visual & Costume Design Sabine Dargent Sound Composition & Design Denis Clohessy Lighting Design Sarah Jane Shiels Performers Justine Cooper Miguel do Vale Ramona Nagabczynski Ryan O’Neill Jaiotz Osa
Irish Arts Center and La MaMa present
Dusk Ahead By junk ensemble Photo Credit: Chris Nash
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Dance May 28-31 Thursday-Saturday | 7:30 pm Sunday | 2 pm $15 students and seniors / $16 IAC members / $20 non-member At La MaMa, First Floor Theatre & Club 74A East 4th Street, New York, NY
“It is highly charged, wonderfully high-octane
exhibitionistic fun,
John Scott’s internationally-acclaimed company Irish Modern Dance Theatre returns to New York with its explosive new piece HYPERACTIVE following The White Piece (2013) and Fall and Recover (2011). Commissioned by Galway Arts Festival and performed at Dublin Dance Festival, HYPERACTIVE is hugely athletic, funny and exciting, featuring a cast of five outstanding male dancers, whose backgrounds range from Broadway to theatre to street dance. Stretching horseplay and dance to the limit, come and see them perform this human dance installation with plenty of humor and lots of personality!
Irish Modern Dance Theatre’s performances are supported by Culture Ireland. Irish Modern Dance Theatre is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland, Culture Ireland and Dublin City Council.
Choreography by John Scott Design by Eric Wurtz
an entertaining sugar rush for all involved.” - Seona Mac RÉamoinn, The Irish Times
La MaMa in association with Irish Arts Center presents
HYPERACTIVE by Irish Modern Dance Theatre
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comedy
Sundays at Seven Curated by Fiona Walsh and Ann Design February 8, March 8, April 12, May 17, June 14 | 7 pm $10 member / $12 non-member Free for Young Patron ($125) members and higher Satisfy your senses by experiencing this battle of wits up close and personal! Back by popular demand, Sundays at Seven returns to the Irish Arts Center to present a mash up of up-and-coming comics and local favorites who take to the stage with headliners from HBO, Comedy Central, Letterman, and Conan O’Brien. Audiences can expect a unique blend of talent and hilarity as an everchanging line-up of performers unite through storytelling and standup.
Past performers of Sundays at Seven include Jim Gaffigan, Colin Quinn, Eddie Brill, Susan Prekel, Maureen Langan, Myk Kaplan, Anthony Rapp and many more!
New line-up every month. Check irishartscenter.org for details.
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Colm O’Regan Presented in association with New York Irish Center Tuesday, March 10 | 7:30 pm Tickets from $15 “Deadpan with hilarious consequences.” - The Irish Times
“So funny he could reduce a 19th Century Russian novelist to tears.” - Hot Press Comedian, bestselling author and broadcaster, from the small Co. Cork village of Dripsey, Colm O’Regan has stood up and made people laugh all over the world. Best known for his popular twitter account, @IrishMammies, and its three books— stocked full of advice from the gentle wisdom of Irish Mammies and bestsellers for three years running—O’Regan is a hit with people of every gender, age and background.
His comedy festival appearances include the prestigious invite only Montreal Just For Laughs, the Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Electric Picnic and many, many more. He has played all over Ireland and the UK and even as far away as Cape Town, Tokyo and Osaka, and appeared on The Late Late Show and Comedy Central’s The World Stands Up and on radio for RTÉ and BBC World. He has worked with some of the top names in the industry including Tommy Tiernan and Michael McIntyre. As a writer, O’Regan is a columnist with The Examiner and has contributed to all the national newspapers in Ireland. For one night only, enjoy a stand-up performance packed with popular, warm and funny observations that will sound strangely familiar to anyone with even a smidge* of Irish in them. *or even no smidge at all.
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“Exquisitely
tart-tongued comedy…electrically revealing and masterful.” - The Irish Times
Panti Irish Arts Center and THISISPOPBABY present
“Comic genius.” - The Independent
“Impeccable one-liners.”
in High Heels in Low Places June 12-13 | 8 pm Tickets from $15 Written and Performed by Panti Directed by Phillip McMahon Produced by Jennifer Jennings Join Ireland’s High Queen, National Treasure, Performance Giant and Accidental Activist Panti in her smash hit comedy show, High Heels in Low Places.
Panti Bliss landed herself in the middle of a media outrage named “Pantigate” that rocked Ireland in 2014. Soon after, she became a YouTube sensation when a speech she made about homophobia, described as “the most eloquent Irish speech” in almost 200 years by The Irish Times’ Fintan O’Toole, went viral, was broadcast around the world, debated in parliament and remixed by the Pet Shop Boys—sparking a powerful conversation about equality.
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- The Herald
High Heels in Low Places is her riotous stand-up show about life after “Pantigate,” which played to rave reviews and chock-ablock houses across Ireland. Critics called it “Hilarious” (Hotpress) and “a wickedly funny evening” (Irish Independent) with “impeccable one-liners” (The Evening Herald). Charting brushes with infamy, near misses with fame, and adventures in the seedy underbelly, Panti invites you in to her hyperreal, stiletto-shaped world, in a candid and coarse storytelling tour de force, where she promises to say the un-sayable.
Film
Films from Ireland $10 member / $12 non-member | Free for Young Patron ($125) members and higher
All films are presented in association with Irish Film Institute (IFI), Ireland’s national cultural institution for film. IFI is supported by Culture Ireland. www.ifi.ie/international.
The Sligo Masters Presented in association with Fleadh Cheoil-Sligo 2015 Wednesday, February 4 | 7 pm
U.S. Premiere
Directed by Micheál Ó Domhnaill | 2014, 58 minutes “Fascinating...insightful...tells a great story that is as important today as it was when the trio of Coleman, Morrison and Killoran were furrowing new ground in America.”-Paul Keating, Irish Voice A film which looks at the lives of some of the Ireland’s most famous traditional fiddle musicians: Michael Coleman, James Morrison and Paddy Killoran. A reception will follow the screening.
This is Not a Love Song: Short Films Tuesday, February 17 | 7 pm An evening of love-themed shorts from Ireland and New York City that won’t make you or your partner gag. Saps be gone! This is not a Valentine’s date, but a journey through the full spectrum of emotions that constitutes what we call “Love”: the thrill and dread that comes with relationships, chance encounters, second thoughts, losing a loved one, and the general ups and downs of love in all its varied forms. Gathered together in this at times heartwarming and gut-wrenching evening, This is Not a Love Song offers an intimate and surprising look at love through the eyes of the award-winning Brokentalkers, Shoot to Kill, OFCLOUDS, and more.
Blood Fruit Tuesday, May 5 | 7 pm Directed by Sinead O’Brien | 2014, 80 minutes Feature-documentary award-winner and crowd pleaser at the Galway Film Fleadh, Blood Fruit takes us to 1984, the height of apartheid in South Africa. Mary Manning, a 21-year-old Dunnes Stores checkout girl, refused to sell two Outspan grapefruits under direction from her union in support of the anti-apartheid struggle. She and ten other supporters were suspended and a strike ensued. The eleven knew little about apartheid and assumed they’d be back to work before long but the arrival on the picket line of activist Nimrod Sejake changed everything, setting the strikers on a path they could never have expected. CraicFest presents 5th Annual Craic Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Best of Shorts in association with Irish Arts Center and the GAZE International LGBT Film Festival Friday, May 15 | 7:30 pm-10:30 pm $15 in advance / $20 at the door Reception included with ticket Enjoy the best of Irish LGBT short films and stay for a fun after party sponsored by Stella Artois.
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Language
Féile na Gaeilge Irish Language Day
Exploring Neighborhood and Community Through Language Sunday, April 26 | 12 pm-6:30 pm $20 students and seniors / $28 member / $35 non-member Let’s visit the heart of Hell’s Kitchen and explore one of New York City’s famed neighborhoods, as Gaeilge.
An area traditionally known for its large IrishAmerican population and rough character, Hell’s Kitchen has experienced significant urban renewal since the 1980s and is now home to a thriving arts scene. This Féile na Gaeilge, come celebrate the Irish language through an exploration of IAC’s neighborhood, or comharsanacht, of Hell’s Kitchen. Part walking tour of the area, part discussion of your neighborhood, and a whole lot of fun, language enthusiasts will be immersed in language sessions, conversation, workshops, and more. After you’ve learned specific vocabulary and phrases, you’ll enjoy a stop at the historical Landmark Tavern to discuss what you’ve seen that day!
special events
St. Pat’s For All Benefit Concert Friday, February 27 | 6 pm-10 pm Irish Arts Center hosts the St. Pat’s For All Benefit Concert—the annual fundraiser in support of the inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade which takes place in Queens on Sunday, March 1st at 1 pm. For more information, visit www.stpatsforall.com.
Performers include Brian Fleming, Niall O’ Leary School of Dance, Caroline Duggan & the Keltic Dream Dancers, Donie Carroll, Tony Demarco, Daniel Neely and many more. Refreshments will be served. For tickets and more information, contact Brendan Fay or Kathleen Walsh D’Arcy at info@stpatsforall.com Photo Credit: Vera Hoar
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Special Events “They push Irish music in impressionistic directions.”
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- Jon Pareles, The New York Times
Highline Ballroom in association with Irish Arts Center presents
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill Friday, March 27 | 8 PM Tickets from $29.50
As a duo, with The Gloaming, and with their many other projects, Hayes and Cahill continue the conversation into Irish music and with audiences worldwide.
“Martin Hayes is one of the best fiddlers on the planet. Dennis Cahill is a subtle guitar master. Put aside your notion of Irish music as a bunch of familiar jigs and reels, and just listen.”-Bob Boilen, NPR
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Martin Hayes (fiddle) and Dennis Cahill (guitar) are two of the world’s leading artists in traditional Irish music. Their adventurous, soulful interpretations of traditional tunes are recognized the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm. In concert, they hold listeners spellbound with their slow-building, fiery performances, releasing the pure, distilled beauty and vast emotional depths of Irish music. They have toured the world as a duet for over twenty years, and are making waves with their exciting new band The Gloaming.
The God Box: A Daughter’s Stor y
★★★★
Tuesday, April 28 | 8 pm Written and Performed by Mary Lou Quinlan Co-Written and Directed by Martha Wollner See the performance that sold-out Off-Broadway and won rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014!
The God Box Project has been giving back to communities across the U.S., raising over $250,000 for cancer and hospice care, education and community causes over the past two years.
“Heartfelt, and engaging. Quinlan’s character is vulnerable and basely human…an impressive production.” - Broadway Baby
★★★★★ “A stirring and moving creation…comic, tragic and endearing… a truly beautiful play with a heart full of love behind it.” - British Theatre Guide
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An overachieving daughter, devastated after the sudden loss of her mother, makes a startling discovery: private boxes of notes to God written by the very hand that has slipped away. These secret petitions, scribbled on torn pages and Post-its, lure her onto an
emotional rollercoaster, ricocheting from grief to laughter to the greatest human challenge: learning to let go. Based on her New York Times bestseller, The God Box, charismatic author and storyteller Mary Lou Quinlan shares her most personal journey yet. The solo show will make you laugh, cry and want to call your mother.
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CHILDREN’S EVENTS
Irish Arts Festival at the Children’s Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street New York, NY January 11, 18, 24, 25 | 10 am-5 pm
The seventh annual series of Cultural Festivals are part of a larger curriculum of cultural events at CMA, visit cmany.org for materials to enhance your visit and additional dates for the Asian American and Persian Cultural Celebrations.
$11 Museum Admission During the month of January, the Children’s Museum of the Arts will team up with the Irish Arts Center to explore the creative world of Irish literature and folk arts at the Irish Festival, featuring live music, dance, theater and storytelling performances, and craft workshops.
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Saturday Morning Cartoons February 7, April 4 | 11 am-1 pm
FEATURING at various mornings:
$5 Free for Young Patron ($125) members and higher
Planet Cosmo A new cartoon show full of fun, songs and adventure, introducing children to the amazing planets of our Solar System!
Continuing our new family-friendly Saturday Morning Cartoons series, we encourage you to come in pajamas, grab some pancakes, and snuggle up on the Donaghy Theatre stage to enjoy the best TV shows and short films from some of the leading Irish animation companies, including Cartoon Saloon, Jam Media, Geronimo Productions, Dancing Girl Productions, Giant Animation, Brown Bag Films, and more. For all ages!
Roy A new episode about Roy O’Brien, the 11-year-old animated son of a real family settling into his new school. Anam An Amhráin Gaelic songs animated by artists such as Tomm Moore, Adrien Merigeau, Nora Twomey, Lily Bernard, Fabian Erlinghauser, Ross Stewart and many more. PicMe The longest running show on Nick Junior UK featuring photos of real kids in an animated world.
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Funky Fables A fairytale landscape populated by real viewers. Joe & Jack An animated preschool series following the adventures of four-year-old Joe and his cat Jack. These two have big imaginations and even bigger adventures! The Duel Set in the Unseen University of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, this animated film blends fantasy and reality, with notable Irish landmarks dotted amongst its unreal environments. The Artists A short film about two rival painters who fail to see the bigger picture.
CHILDREN’S EVENTS
Afternoon Ar t Party: Children’s Animation Workshop with artists Maeve D’Arcy and Lisa O’Donnell in conjunction with their exhibition Trasatlantacha
“Stop-frame” animation, is the technique used in film favorites such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby, James and the Giant Peach, Jack Frost, and more.
Saturday, April 4 | 2 pm-5 pm
Participants will devise together an idea based on histories, memories and experiences and produce a storyboard for their film, make characters from clay and props from paint, colored pencil, collage and mixed media works. Children can see their work come to life on camera, producing animated films 1-2 minutes long.
$20 member / $25 non-member Only 12 places available! Animation workshops are a fantastic way to engage, empower, educate and inspire children and allow them to creatively express their ideas while learning invaluable skills. Exploring the historic and present day reality in the artwork of artists Maeve D’Arcy and Lisa O’Donnell’s exhibition Trasatlantacha, students will take part in a group workshop in stop-motion animation. Stop-motion animation, also known as “Claymation” or
Young animators’ films will be made available online after the workshop, so that you can share it with your friends and family.
Irish Arts Center’s Afternoon Art Parties are designed to provide children with the chance to interact with the season’s artists and performers, and take part in the creative process. Activities and events will relate to the artistic programs we present, offering the chance for parents to expand the Irish Arts Center experience for their children.
For ages 7-11
Kids’ Book Club
with The Cats of Copenhagen by James Joyce Saturday, June 6 | 11 am FREE An introduction to James Joyce for Irish Arts Center’s youngest audience, featuring a reading of The Cats of Copenhagen and a children’s book-making workshop. The Cats of Copenhagen was first written for Joyce’s most beloved audience, his only
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grandson, Stephen James Joyce, and sent in a letter dated September 5, 1936. Based on the letters, The Cats of Copenhagen reveals the modernist master at his most playful and is a treasure for readers of all ages. The short story, illustrated by Casey Sorrow in a style reminiscent of Edward Gorey and beautifully typeset by book artist Michael Caine, was only recently rediscovered and makes an offbeat but characteristically masterful addition to Joyce’s well-known body of work.
Open Day
Presented in association with PAL William J. Duncan Center and Children’s Museum of the Arts Sunday, March 15 | 12 pm-4 pm FREE We open our doors to celebrate Ireland’s national holiday!
For ages 10 and up
NEIGHBORHOOD
This St. Patrick’s weekend explore and engage in a free day of Irish arts and culture. Learn to play the tin whistle, speak Irish with our talented instructors, discover Ireland’s diaspora through a life-size bead maze, enjoy all new crafts including a fairy costume station, practice your Irish football skills with Manhattan Gaels, sip Barry’s Tea with friends old and new, and end the day with a faery dance party with DJ Púca. For all ages! Photo Credit: Amanda Gentile
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Exhibition
Trasatlantacha Maeve D’Arcy and Lisa O’Donnell February 2015-April 2015 Artist Talk & Reception Tuesday, February 3 | 6:30 pm FREE Gallery viewings by appointment Monday-Friday | 10 am-6 pm Please call 212-757-3318
Trasatlantacha brings together two artists from both sides of the Atlantic. Exploring their combined interests and experiences of Irish immigration and diaspora, Galwayborn Lisa O’Donnell and native New Yorker Maeve D’Arcy’s work approaches the subject from two different artistic perspectives and geographical locations. Associated histories, memories and experiences connect their separate visual art practices into a beautiful, figurative and abstract collaboration of paintings, drawings and maps.
Breezy Point, by Lisa O’Donnell, oil on board, 2014, 48 x 36
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Lisa O’Donnell was born in Galway, Ireland. She received her B.A. in Fine Arts at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and her M.A. in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins, London. In December 2014, she completed a three-month residency at New York Artist and Residency Foundation. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and two solo exhibitions in Ireland, the UK and the USA. In 2014, she was long-listed for the John Moores painting prize and completed a residency at the Tyrone Gutherie Centre. O’Donnell’s paintings in Trasatlantacha explore the construction of personal and collective memories and histories, contemplating the Irish diaspora in New York during the eighties and early nighties. Maeve D’Arcy is a visual artist from Queens, New York. She graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London with an M.A. in Fine Arts. She has attended many residencies, most recently at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. In Trasatlantacha, D’Arcy is working on two series: a series of drawings on found maps of Ireland, and a series of paintings and drawings that mimic elements of abstraction that can be found in maps. Her artwork translates what it means to belong to two different places, in this case, Ireland and New York.
Beta, by Maeve D’Arcy, ink, acrylic, and graphite on paper, 38 x 50, 2014
Special Events
As a member of the Irish Arts Center community, you help us accomplish so much. You give artists a workplace to create and innovate, and you expand the hearts and minds of audiences, exposing New Yorkers of all ages to dynamic Irish arts and culture.
Please join us at our upcoming special events—and help us reach even more New Yorkers throughout 2015.
Show Your Love February 19 Enjoy a lovely evening with Irish Arts Center’s incredible group of young professionals at our Park Avenue Penthouse Party.
Spring Cocktails May/June 2015 Our late spring/early summer cocktail party is a fantastic event, raising vital support for our season.
Annual Golf Outing May 2015 Enjoy a spirited day on the greens in support of Irish Arts Center. We are welcoming new members for our Golf Host Committee!
Spirit of Ireland Gala October 9, 2015 On Friday, October 9th, we will host our 16th Annual Spirit of Ireland Gala hosted by Irish Arts Center Honorary Chairs, Gabriel Byrne and Liam Neeson. We will return to Cipriani 42nd Street and hope to see you there.
To learn more about these fabulous events, please call Maura Greaney, Director of Development, at 212 757 3318 x 211 or maura@irishartscenter.org. Photo Credits: Erin Baiano, Amanda Gentile, James Higgins, Vitaliy Piltser
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Education
Master Classes Theater
The Architecture and Playability of Theatre with Mikel Murfi in conjunction with The Man In The Woman’s Shoes Sunday, March 8 | 5 pm-6:30 pm $18 members, seniors, students and children under 16 / $24 non-member Mikel Murfi, writer, performer, and director of The Man In The Woman’s Shoes, discusses the nature of acting and directing from the point of view of the architecture of space. He draws on the influence of his time at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris and the theatre language he has developed over recent years with writer Enda Walsh and designer Sabine Dargent.
Visual Arts
Clones Lace Workshop with Máire Treanor April 18-19 | 10 am-5 pm $145 members, seniors, students and children under 16 / $150 non-member Join instructor Máire Treanor on this Irish crochet workshop dedicated to historical aspects of Irish crochet and Clones lace, a crochet technique that has gained popularity for its delicate, intricate design elements.
Dance
Percussive Dance: Dance the Tune with Nic Gareiss in conjunction with This is How we Fly Saturday, April 25 | 10 am-12 pm $45 members, seniors, students and children under 16 / $50 non-member For dancers with some percussive dance experience (Irish Step, Tap, Flamenco) Utilizing improvisation, organic movement, and drawing from a myriad of percussive dance styles including Irish step dance, sean-nós, Appalachian flat-footing, and Quebecois gigue, this class will keep you moving with the help of live fiddle accompaniment. Led by master teacher and performer Nic Gareiss, you’ll explore the sheer musical potential of your feet.
Music
Fiddle: Play the Tune with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh in conjunction with This is How we Fly Saturday, April 25 | 1 pm-3 pm $45 members, seniors, students and children under 16 / $50 non-member For intermediate and advanced Fiddle players Photo Credit: Con Kelleher
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh plays traditional and contemporary folk music on the fiddle and hardanger fiddle and is a major figure in Irish traditional music. To coincide with his April 23-25 performances with This is How we Fly, Ó Raghallaigh will conduct a master class demonstrating his approach to tunes, tuning, bowing and improvisation in relation to Irish traditional music.
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Classes at a Glance
Education
Spring Term: Monday, April 13-Thursday, June 4 Registration opens February 23rd
Monday 4-5 PM 4:30-6 PM 5-6 PM 6-7 PM 6-7 PM 6-7:30 PM 6-7:30 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7:30-9 PM 7:30-9 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM 9-10 PM
Introductory Step Dance for Kids | Beginner Soft Shoe Irish Language I: Introduction Introductory Step Dance for Kids | Beginner Hard Shoe Beginning Step Dance Fiddle IV: Intermediate Irish Language III: Advanced Beginners Irish Language IV: Intermediate Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners: Section 1 Guitar for Traditional Irish Accompaniment Intermediate Step Dance Irish Language I: Introduction Irish Language II: Beginners Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners: Section 2 Céilí Dance Set Dance
Tuesday 6-7 PM 6-7 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8:30 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM
Fiddle V: Advanced Bodhrán I: Introduction Fiddle III: Advanced Beginners Bodhrán II: Advanced Beginners Irish Short Story Fiddle II: Beginners Tin Whistle IV: Intermediate
Wednesday 4:30-5:30 PM 6-7 PM 6-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8:30 PM 7:30-8:30 PM 7:30-8:30 PM 8-9 PM
ModERIN: Irish Dance Basics with a Modern Twist | Kids Celtic Harp II: Exploring Melody, Chords and Rhythm Irish Language V: Advanced Step Dance I: Beginners: Section 2 Button Accordion II: Intermediate Celtic Harp I: Introduction Traditional Irish Singing for Beginners Creative Writing Tae agus Comhrá (Tea and Conversation) ModERIN: Irish Dance Basics with a Modern Twist | Teen/Adult Button Accordion I: Beginners
Thursday 6-7 PM 6-7 PM 6:15-7:15 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7:15-9:15 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM 9-10 PM
Tin Whistle I: Introduction Irish Banjo I: Introduction Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music for Kids Tin Whistle II: Beginners Bodhrán III: Intermediate Irish Banjo II: Intermediate Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music on the Piob Mhor Tin Whistle III: Advanced Beginners Irish Mandolin I: Introduction Irish Mandolin II: Intermediate
Please note that not all classes will be held at Irish Arts Center and are subject to change. Please check class locations online at irishartscenter.org, email classes@irishartscenter.org, or call 212-757-3318.
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Meet Our Teachers Yvonne Cassidy teaches the new IAC class, Creative Writing. Yvonne is the author of three novels: The Other Boy, What Might Have Been Me and most recently How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? Yvonne has taught creative writing at all levels as part of many programs, including the prestigious Irish Times Training Program and the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Writers’ Workshop where she currently helps homeless and other marginalized writers to find their writing voice. If you were stuck on a desert island, what three items would you have with you? My notebook and pen (I am classing this as one item!), my iPhone for my music, and, given my Irish complexion, some factor 50 sunscreen. Where are you from, and how did you end up in New York? I’m from Dalkey, a small town nine miles outside Dublin City. Growing up, I fell in love with New York through TV and films and as soon as I could, started to come here regularly to visit. A few years ago, I fell in love again, this time with a New Yorker, which is what brought me here to live. What three writers, deceased or living, would you like to have dinner with and why? Raymond Carver, Nuala O’Faolain and Jeanette Winterson. I think we’d have a good laugh, some feisty discussion and definitely a night to remember. If you could take another IAC class, what would it be and why? It would have to be the bodhrán class. I love the sound and also watching people playing it. I suspect it is a lot harder than it looks though. What advice do you have for aspiring writers? Try not to get too focused early on about what others will think—don’t write for potential readers or publishers or agents, write for yourself. In my experience, if you write the story that you want to read, others will want to read it too.
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Education
Music Voice and Song
Discover Ireland through the beauty of traditional songs. Songs will be in both Irish and English and from the distinctive regions of Ireland. Traditional Irish Singing for Beginners Carrie Erving Wednesdays, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member Singers of all levels of experience are welcome to join in this new course. Participants will learn to sing songs from the traditional Irish repertoire, in the aural tradition in which they were originally passed from one singer to another. We will explore the historical, literary and geographical background of songs originating from different parts of Ireland. The class will also include an introduction to basic singing techniques, as well as an overview of styles of traditional singing, such as ornamentation and phrasing. Beginners welcome! Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Fiddle
Playing the Irish fiddle releases the pure beauty and vast emotional depths of traditional Irish music. Master the instrument by taking all five levels. Two Class Times!
Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners James Cleveland Monday, 7 pm-8 pm Monday, 8 pm-9 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A course for those with no prior fiddle experience. We will cover holding the fiddle and bow, tuning and producing a good tone. By the end, students will be able to play one or two Irish fiddle tunes.
Location, both classes: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, near 10th Avenue, studio C. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
For information about instrument rentals visit irishartscenter.org
Fiddle II: Beginners Caitlin Warbelow, Tuesday, 8 pm-9 pm $140 member / $170 non-member In this course, the beginning student will continue to learn the technical aspects of fiddle playing while working on common melodies, polkas, and jigs. Although tunes will be taught by ear, sheet music will be provided at the end of the semester. This class is geared towards students who have taken Fiddle 1 and/or those who have less than six months experience playing the fiddle. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Fiddle III: Advanced Beginners Caitlin Warbelow, Tuesday, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member Students in this course will focus on building their repertoire of common session tunes. We will also start to discuss elements of musicality and theory, including how to play in a session and how to create tune sets. Although tunes will be taught by ear, sheet music will be provided at the end of the semester. This class is geared towards students who have taken Fiddle 2 at least once, or those who have at least one year of experience playing the fiddle. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Fiddle IV: Intermediate James Cleveland, Monday, 6 pm-7 pm $140 member / $170 non-member A course for those who would like to increase their repertoire while playing with others. We’ll learn five or six tunes, mostly jigs and reels, while exploring ornamentation and phrasing. Although tunes will be taught by ear, sheet music will be provided. Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, near 10th Avenue, studio C. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th Floor.
Fiddle V: Advanced Caitlin Warbelow, Tuesday, 6 pm-7 pm $140 member / $170 non-member Students attending this class should feel comfortable playing common tunes up to speed with other musicians. We will learn new tunes (reels, jigs, hornpipes, and an air) while focusing on ornamentation, style, and musicianship. Improvisation and harmony will be briefly discussed. Although tunes will be taught by ear, sheet music will be provided. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Guitar
Guitars are recognized the world over and used in all types of musical settings. This class will teach guitar in relation to accompanying Irish music.
Guitar for Traditional Irish Accompaniment Peadar Ó hÍcí with guest teachers Monday, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member Designed for students who have a very basic knowledge of standard guitar playing, this class will teach guitar in relation to accompanying Irish music. Lessons will include: strum techniques, chord structures, and general knowledge of backing traditional Irish tunes. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Celtic Harp
The Celtic harp produces a lush, beautiful sound that many people find soothing and relaxing. Be inspired and learn to play this wonderful instrument. Celtic Harp I: Introduction Mia Theodoratus, Wednesday, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member With a focus on learning melodies and basic accompanying patterns, this course is designed for the complete beginner but also welcomes students who can already play a few tunes, know basic hand positioning and a few chord patterns. Starting with the basics, we will gradually work towards exploring variations on melodies and reels. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Celtic Harp II: Exploring Melody, Chords and Rhythm Mia Theodoratus, Wednesday, 6 pm-7 pm $140 member / $170 non-member This class is for students who have a basic technique. During the class we will work on technique, basic chord patterns and how to use them with ballads and reels. Students will be encouraged to create their own accompaniment patterns. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Bodhrán
Learn to accompany jigs, reels, and other types of Celtic music with a strong, compelling rhythmic beat. Bodhrán I: Introduction Siobhan Egan, Tuesday, 6 pm-7 pm $115 member / $145 non-member This class covers the basics of the Irish drum with focus on the reel and jig rhythms. Emphasis is placed on learning how to listen to various styles of traditional music and also on bodhrán etiquette for sessions. Enthusiasm and a love for the music are the only requirements for this class. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
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Education Bodhrán II: Advanced Beginners Siobhan Egan, Tuesday, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member Bodhrán II introduces the techniques needed to produce a variety of sounds to enhance the accompaniment of melody instruments. Students should feel confident with the reel and jig rhythms in order to fully benefit from this class.
traditional jigs, polkas, songs, and marches.
Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Bodhrán III: Intermediate Anna Colliton, Thursday, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member In Bodhrán III, we learn to enhance our jigs and reels with ornamentation, tonal variation, and syncopation, and expand our repertoire to include hornpipes, slip jigs, hop jigs, slides, and polkas, with the goal of creating versatile and sensitive players who are able to accompany tastefully in whatever style they choose. We will explore elements of “top end” style bodhrán playing according to the wishes of the class. Students will have access to a website where video and notation will be posted after each lesson, and the class will take at least one field trip to play with the advanced fiddle class upstairs! Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Tin Whistle
The tin whistle is an easily accessible instrument and an integral part of Irish traditional music. Carry it everywhere!
Tin Whistle III: Advanced Beginners Laurie Norman, Thursday, 8 pm-9 pm $140 member / $170 non-member This class is for those who have taken the Tin Whistle I: Introduction and play another instrument or have a musical background. You should have mastered all of the basic techniques and play at least five traditional Irish tunes comfortably. You also should be able to pick up tunes by ear without difficulty. Thirty tunes will be covered, split up over all three terms in 2014 (winter, spring and fall), making the class easy to repeat within the year either before moving up or in combination with Tin Whistle IV: Intermediate. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Tin Whistle IV: Intermediate Siobhan Egan, Tuesday, 8 pm-9 pm $140 member / $170 non-member If you’ve been playing Irish dance tunes for a while, this class will teach you the secrets of tin whistle ornamentation. You’ll also start expanding your repertoire with a new set of tunes each term. We will learn ornamentation and style through a wide variety of reels, jigs, and hornpipes. Tunes are taught by ear and with sheet music. Pre-requisite: Advanced Beginners Tin Whistle or the equivalent. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Tin Whistle I: Introduction Laurie Norman, Thursday, 6 pm-7 pm $115 member / $145 non-member The whistle has been played in Ireland for at least 1,000 years. It is small, inexpensive, and easy to bring along to any gathering. In this introduction to the whistle, you will start with how to produce a good sound, and will learn the different notes by playing simple songs. Once you have mastered the basics, we will work on some traditional tunes, including marches, waltzes, polkas, and jigs. Bring a key of D whistle, or purchase one in class for $10.
Bagpipes
Learn traditional Irish piping on the practice chanter. Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music on the Piob Mhor Tom Downes, Thursday, 7:15 pm-9:15 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A class in traditional Irish piping on the practice chanter. Also open to those with a full set. Tutoring to advanced players. Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, 3rd floor
Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Irish Banjo
Tin Whistle II: Beginner Laurie Norman, Thursday, 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member This class is for those who have taken the Introduction to Tin Whistle class, but have never studied another instrument or need more time to master the basics. In this class we will continue to work on basic whistle techniques: breathing, tonguing, and playing in both octaves. We also will work on strengthening skills of listening and picking up tunes by ear as we learn a number of
Irish Banjo I: Introduction Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 6 pm-7 pm $115 member / $145 non-member For this completely introductory level course, students will be introduced to all aspects of Irish tenor banjo techniques along with various regional styles. Required: Tenor banjo (4 strings) only. Banjos with 5 strings are not taught in this class.
Learn a full range of Irish banjo techniques along with various regional styles.
Irish Banjo II: Intermediate Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 7 pm-8 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A series of lessons that will progress on from the introductory banjo lessons. Skills and techniques from Banjo I will be further finetuned as well as introducing other skills such as triplets and runs. Further scales and tunes will be taught to improve overall playing and to develop the ear and timing of the student. Required: For banjo players, this class covers Tenor banjo (4 strings) only. Banjos with 5 strings are not taught in this class. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Irish Mandolin
Get the feel, pulse and flow of Irish music on the mandolin used widely in Celtic, bluegrass and folk styles. Irish Mandolin I: Introduction Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 8 pm-9 pm $115 member / $145 non-member Learn tuning, picking, fingering and holding of a mandolin, as well as practice common scales. As classes progress, students will learn tunes with various types of ornamentation. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Irish Mandolin II: Intermediate Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 9 pm-10 pm $115 member / $145 non-member Developmental classes designed to further improve the student beyond the introductory lessons. All areas covered in the first series of classes will be further enhanced. More intricate areas of mandolin playing such as triplets will be introduced. Students will progress onto more Irish music tunes. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Please note that not all classes will be held at Irish Arts Center and are subject to change. Please check class locations online at irishartscenter.org, email classes@irishartscenter.org, or call 212-757-3318.
Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, 3rd floor
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Education Button Accordion
All level accordionists will benefit from the motivational classes that build your playing ability and confidence. Button Accordion I: Beginners Seagda Coyle, Wednesday | 8 pm-9 pm $140 member / $170 non-member This course provides detailed description and explanation of how to perform virtually every operation on the Irish B/C button accordion such as bellows control (basses for the accordion) and ornamentation (grace notes, triplets, rolls, etc.). Aural, rhythm and sightreading skills will be developed through a diverse range of Irish tunes such as reels, jigs, polkas, slides, and hornpipes. Students will also gain a comprehensive knowledge of regional style approaches to phrasing and rhythm. Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, near 10th Avenue, studio C. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th Floor.
Button Accordion II: Intermediate Seagda Coyle, Wednesday 7 pm-8 pm $140 member / $170 non-member For those with at least two prior semesters of Button Accordion or the equivalent. Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, near 10th Avenue, studio C. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th Floor.
Beginning Step Dance Laura Neese, Wednesday, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A boot-camp introduction to the basics of Irish step dancing—absolutely no previous dance experience necessary. Dancers will learn the foundational form and technique of Irish dance, starting with the basic movements and progressing to light-shoe reels and jigs. You’ll learn a few solo steps and we’ll round out the session with a group dance, putting together all the pieces learned over the term! Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery. (Please note that a few classes in late February early /March will be held in another location TBC; full information to be sent once enrollment is confirmed.)
Intermediate Step Dance Betty Sheehan, TCRG, Monday, 7 pm-8 pm $115 member / $145 non-member Prerequisite: at least one semester of Beginning Step Dance or previous Irish Dance experience. Students perfect the dances they already know, while learning more complicated steps and rhythms. Dancers in this class will work on both light and hard shoe dances. Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery.
Céilí Dance Betty Sheehan, TCRG, Monday, 8 pm-9 pm $115 member / $145 non-member With dances such as the Four-Hand Reel and the High Cauled Cap, céilís are traditional dances done in groups of 4, 8, or even 16 dancers. Beginners and experienced dancers alike will have fun while working on basic footwork, forms, technique, and musicality.
Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery.
DANCE Irish Dance
Walk in with two left feet, and walk out the door knowing at least 2 reels, 2 jigs, and maybe a slip jig or two. Two class times!
Beginning Step Dance Betty Sheehan, TCRG, Monday, 6 pm-7 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A boot-camp introduction to the basics of Irish step dancing—absolutely no previous dance experience necessary. Dancers will learn the foundational form and technique of Irish dance, starting with the basic movements and progressing to light-shoe reels and jigs. You’ll learn a few solo steps and we’ll round out the session with a group dance, putting together all the pieces learned over the term!
Set Dance Dan Hunt, Monday, 9 pm-10 pm $90 member / $120 non-member An introduction to some of the more popular set dances, with instruction on basic footwork, transitions between figures and moving to the phrasing of the music. Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery.
ModERIN: Irish Dance Basics with a Modern Twist with Darrah Carr Dance Laura Neese, Wednesday, 7:30 pm-8:30 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A fun and fresh approach to learning Irish dance! This class will introduce Irish dance steps while also drawing from modern dance concepts by incorporating arm gestures and torso movements to accompany Irish dance footwork. Lively Irish music will set the pace for a full-bodied modern dance warm up with a focus on improving overall strength and flexibility. No experience is necessary. Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery. (Please note that a few classes in late February early /March will be held in another location TBC; full information to be sent once enrollment is confirmed.)
Irish Language Irish Language
Learn to speak as Gaeilge, or improve your current knowledge of the Irish language and impress your friends and family.
Two Sections!
Irish Language I: Introduction Muireann Ní Chuív, Monday, 4:30 pm-6 pm $90 member / $120 non-member A first course in the Irish language, introducing basic vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and practical use in conversation. Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-b, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
Irish Language I: Introduction Muireann Ní Chuív, Monday, 7:30 pm-9 pm $90 member / $120 non-member A first course in the Irish language, introducing basic vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and practical use in conversation. Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-b, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
Irish Language II: Beginners Caoimhe Nic Giollarnáith, Monday, 7:30 pm-9 pm $140 member / $170 non-member A class for those with some basic knowledge of the Irish language, designed to further the students’ vocabulary and understanding of Irish.
Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-a, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
Irish Language III: Advanced Beginners Muireann Ní Chuív, Monday, 6 pm-7:30 pm $140 member / $170 non-member For those with at least two prior semesters of Irish language or the equivalent. This level is designed as a two-term course, after which students continue on to Irish Language IV.
Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-b, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery.
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Education Irish Language IV: Intermediate Caoimhe Nic Giollarnáith, Monday, 6 pm-7:30 pm $140 member / $170 non-member For those who have completed Levels I to III, or the equivalent. This level is designed to be repeated as necessary before students continue on to Irish Language V.
Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-a, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
Irish Language V: Advanced Muireann Ní Chuív, Wednesday, 6 pm-7:30 pm $140 member / $170 non-member For those with at least four prior semesters of Irish language or the equivalent.
Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-b, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
Tae Agus Comhrá (Tea and Conversation) Led by Muireann Ní Chuív Wednesday, 7:30 pm-8:30 pm | FREE Whether you are an absolute beginner, a native speaker, or somewhere in-between, make sure to drop by our comhrá or conversation get-together for a cup of tea and a chat as Gaeilge! A great supplement to our Irish language program and a chance to meet others interested in comhrá and a bit of craic.
for those more experienced to continue to pursue their interest. Each week, we will discuss a selection of short fiction by a mix of canonical writers and those who are less well known, asking questions of theme, style, and many other features. The following books (any edition) are required: Dubliners, James Joyce / Walk the Blue Fields, Claire Keegan / The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories, Ed. William Trevor. Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Creative Writing Yvonne Cassidy, Wednesday, 7 pm-8:30 pm $140 member / $170 non-member They say everyone has a story and this new writing class with Irish novelist Yvonne Cassidy will help you tell yours. Over the course of eight weeks, Yvonne will work with you to develop your story while you discover the fundamental tools of the craft of creative writing. Whether you want to write fiction, memoir, or about the lives of your Irish ancestors, this class will provide a fun and supportive environment to get pen to paper and write that story you’ve always wanted! Location: Studio 150, 150 West 46th Street btw 6th and 7th Avenues, 6th floor. Please check-in with the front desk attendant for your room.
Introductory Step Dance With Niall O’Leary, TCRG, ADCRG Monday, 4 pm-5 pm | Beginner Soft Shoe Monday, 5 pm-6 pm | Beginner Hard Shoe Annual registration fee $30 Rolling Enrollment | Per class fee: $13 All dancers start with softshoe class, hardshoe class is taken as an additional class once the dancer has mastered certain moves in softshoe. Ages 4 + Join Niall O’Leary, our resident children’s dance teacher, for an exciting class in the traditional Irish form of dancing. Dancers are taught technique, form and style as well as dances such as the reel and the jig. Registration can take place at your first class. For registration and information, contact Niall O’Leary at ireland@nialloleary.com or 212-726-1602 and visit www.nialloleary.com Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery.
Music for Kids
A pressure-free class where your child can develop a strong musical foundation. Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music for Kids Tom Downes, Thursday, 6:15 pm-7:15 pm $115 member / $145 non-member A class in traditional Irish piping on the practice chanter, especially for kids. Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, 3rd floor
Location: Cameo Studios, 500 West 52nd Street, 4th floor, studio D-b, near 10th Avenue. Please look for signs indicating the entrance to the building and buzz 4E2 to get in. You must take the elevator up to the 4th floor.
WHAT THE STUDENTS SAY
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“Caitlin Warbelow’s classes are extraordinary. She is a remarkably talented musician, a disciplined and thoughtful instructor, and a true professional in her dealings with students. We are lucky to have her.” - MIMI, FIDDLE STUDENT
Kids Dance
Literature/Writing Literature/Writing
“A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave” (Oscar Wilde). For the first time, we will be offering 8-week Irish literature and creative writing courses. The Irish Short Story Andrew Fox, Tuesday, 7 pm-8:30 pm $140 member / $170 non-member This class will examine the past, explore the present, and consider the future of the Irish short story—a literary form often considered to be one for which Irish writers have a natural talent. It aims to serve both as an introduction for those new to Irish literature and as a way
Dance classes are a fun way for kids to exercise while learning to dance, in a social environment. ModERIN: Irish Dance Basics with a Modern Twist with Darrah Carr Dance Laura Neese, Wednesday | 4:30 pm-5:30 pm $130 member/$160 non-member A fun and fresh approach to learning Irish dance! This class will introduce Irish dance steps while also drawing from modern dance concepts by incorporating arm gestures and torso movements to accompany Irish dance footwork. Students will focus on creating group choreography rather than preparing for solo competition. No experience is necessary.
“Siobhan was great at tailoring the class to meet the needs of beginners. Her skill and
knowledge about Irish music was evident and she made her students feel comfortable.”-SHERI, BODHRÁN STUDENT
“Loved the class and loved the workout.” -ROBIN, STEP DANCE STUDENT
“Irish language is a treasure that shouldn’t be lost. Also, the class really is a great deal (financially speaking).” - RYAN, IRISH LANGUAGE STUDENT
Location: Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Gallery.
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