Thursday, May 27 at 7:30 pm The New York Irish Center happily opens its door to its first in-person, public event since before COVID-19. It welcomes in the Josh Marcum Trio for an evening of jazz, in celebration of New York City and Long Island City, Queens. These Long Island City-based jazz musicians will play two 45-minute sets, with an intermission in between. The trio … [Read more...] about Speakeasy Jazz Night
Events
Radicals and Widows:
Revolutionary Irish Women in America
Tuesday, May 25th at 7:30 pm ESTThe Irish Cultural Centre of New England presents Radicals and Widows: Revolutionary Irish Women in America, an online Zoom lecture with Dr. Elizabeth Stack, the Executive Director of the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany, NY.
This lecture will focus on some of the radical women who visited America to highlight the struggle for … [Read more...] about Radicals and Widows:
Revolutionary Irish Women in America
The Man Who
Wanted to Fly
A New York Film PremiereThe Irish Repertory Theatre presents a free virtual film premiere of The Man Who Wanted to Fly with three opportunities to watch the film on Tuesday, May 25th and Wednesday, May 26th.Directed by Frank ShouldiceProduced by Trisha Canning & Cormac Hargaden of Loosehorse ProductionsThe Man Who Wanted to Fly tells the irresistible story of 80-something … [Read more...] about The Man Who
Wanted to Fly
Strokestown Famine Orphans
in Quebec and New York
Strokestown Famine Orphans in Quebec and New York recalls the harrowing journeys of children from rural Roscommon such as Edward Neary, Patrick and Thomas Quinn, and Daniel and Catherine Tighe who crossed the Atlantic in some of the worst coffin ships in 1847 to start new lives in Canada and the United States. Their descendants recount their sorrowful journeys here.
View the … [Read more...] about Strokestown Famine Orphans
in Quebec and New York
Women Who Dared
Art Collection
Northwell Health will virtually unveil the 'Women who Dared' collection on Wednesday, May 19th at 11:00 am EST.
The ‘Women who Dared’ collection consists of over 330 works by female artists, from 7 continents, spanning 2,500 years, and tells the story of grit and perseverance of women in the arts and celebrates their artistic talents.
Thirty years ago, two … [Read more...] about Women Who Dared
Art Collection