January February 1998 Issue

Master of the House

By Roger Doughty

January / February 1998

January 2, 1998 by Leave a Comment

You wouldn't expect the artistic director of one of the country's most celebrated repertory theaters to make house calls, but if Dublin-born Joe Dowling, creative wizard in residence at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, thought his presence at a barbecue or bar mitzvah would put some people in his theater's seats, the folks throwing the party would be well advised to set … [Read more...] about Master of the House

A Visit Home

By Betty O'Connor Wald

January / February 1998

January 2, 1998 by Leave a Comment

Betty Wald visits Ireland for the first time in search of her grandmother's home in Kilmacillogue, County KerryIn all the long years of Sunday visits to my grandmother's apartment in the Bronx, she never talked about Ireland. There were no tales of a far-off land for a child's imagination to grab hold of, to elaborate over the years, making family myths to pass on to future … [Read more...] about A Visit Home