Welcome to CUALANYC,
New York City’s Irish
Cultural Festival
The first annual CUALANYC occurs in the centenary year of Ireland’s
1916 Rising, in which New York played an important role.
In curating these events we have kept in mind Paolo Friere‘s
definition of commemoration where men and women “transcend
themselves” and “for whom looking at the past must only be a means
of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they
can more wisely build the future… This..is the great humanistic and
historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves.”
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Brought to you by Cuala Productions,
our partners Culture Ireland,
the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the British Council,
and a special strand of New York –
Ireland 1916 Commemorative Events produced in partnership
with Film Fleadh Foundation and supported by
New York City Council.
If you are interested in being a volunteer please visit our website.
www.cualanyc.com
We couldn’t do this without your financial support - especially in this
our first year. Kindly consider making a donation at our website or in
person when attending one of our events.
Thank you and go raibh míle maith agat,
(that means we wish really good things for you).
CUALANYC
Cuala Festival Director
Susan McKeown
Production Manager
Neelam Vaswani
Associate Producer
Denis Horan
Cuala Team
Ailbhe Fitzpatrick, Eduardo Andrés Gamardo, Tadhg Hoey,
Ruth Kenny, Muireann Lalor, Mary Loftus, Elma Relihan,
Sarah Jane Rattigan.
Design
Journeyfor, Belfast
ABOUT CUALA
Cuala takes its name from an ancient roadway to Tara, seat of the
Irish high kings, and home of the Irish harp and it’s bardic tradition.
In 1908 Elizabeth (Lolly) Yeats and her brother William Butler Yeats,
set up Cuala Press in Churchtown, Dublin, a printing press that
published much of the literature of the Irish cultural revival in the
early 1900s.
CualaNYC is New York City’s Irish Cultural Festival.
Website
ItchyDigit, Cork
We are especially grateful to the New York City Council members:
Daniel Dromm, Elizabeth Crowley, Corey Johnson and Jimmy Van
Bramer - and to Culture Ireland, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland,
the British Council (NI).
And of course thanks to our special partners:
Film Fleadh Foundation and
the New York Irish Center in Queens.
THANKYOU
We wish to thank these people very much:
We wish to thank these organizations:
Julie Agoos, Clive Anderson, Anthony Arnove, Christine Bailie,
Robert Ballagh, Michael Bane, Andrew Basquille, Henry Berger,
Melanie Best, Dermott Bolger, Finbarr Bradley, David Brennan,
Dermot Burke, Chris Byrne, Chris Cahill. Eamon Carey, Marion Casey,
Tara Clancy, Sophie Colgan, Tim Pat Coogan, Deirdre Correia, Aoife
Courtney, Catríona Crowe, Jackie Davis, Róisín Davis, Louis de Paor,
Frank Delaney, Dan Dennehy, Siobhán Dennehy,
Ray O’Connor Desmond, Marty Diamond, Aideen Doherty,
Patricia Doherty, Theo Dorgan, Eamonn Dornan, Ronan Downs,
Mary Dunne, Jackie Faherty, Diarmaid Ferriter, Paul Finnegan,
Fionnula Flanagan, Grace Gibson, Stephen Gillespie, Eileen Gillooly,
David Greenstein, Eamon Grennan, John Griffin, Matt Guteri,
William Hall, Tom Hartley, Joseph Hassett, Eric Hope,
Kathleen and Moss Horan, Niall Henry, Norman Houston,
Paula Kehoe, Sean Kennedy, Kat Kennedy, Caroline Kerrigan,
June Kosloff, Professor J. Joseph Lee, David Levering Lewis,
Frank London, Dana Lyn, Martin Lynch, Louise Maguire,
Mick McAuley, Colum McCann, Jane McCarter, Fergal McCluskey,
Turlough McConnell, Tim McCullough, Andy McGowan, Niall McKay,
Róisín McKeown, Sean McNeill, Emily Monks, Hugo Monks,
Kelley Thompson Monks, Josh Moore, Stephen Motika,
Paul Muldoon, Bart Murphy, Eibhlín Ní Oisín, Pa Nolan,
Deirdre O’Boy, Ruan O’Donnell, Robert O’Dowd, Hugh O’Lunney,
Máirtín Ó Muilleóir, Colm Ó Riain, Colm Ó Snodaigh, Tim Parry,
Alice Quinn, Marian Quinn, Stephen Rea, Maurice Regan,
Owen Rodgers, Carmel Rose, Daniel Ryan, Senator Diane Savino,
Elissa Schein, Christine Sarkissian, Christine Sisk,
Alan Sheehy-Skeffington, David Smith, John Stahl, Anna Strout,
Joanna Sweeney, Michael Tracey, Ciarán Walsh, Chris Wangro,
Andrew Webb, Tommy Weir, Johanna Whitton, Simon Wood,
Brian Worsdale, Gary Zarr.
American Irish Historical Society, An Béal Bocht, The Poor Mouth
Theatre Company, Bowery Presents, Coleraine University, Cooper
Union, Culture Ireland, CUNY Institute for American Irish Studies,
Emerald Isle Immigration Center, Glucksman Ireland House NYU,
Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University, Irish Arts
Center, Irish Business Organization, Irish Central, Irish Echo, Irish
Film Institute, Irish Repertory Theatre, Irish Screen America, James
Joyce Tower and Museum, John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
Knockdown CenterLetterkenny Institute of Technology, Museum of
Jewish HeritageNYPL for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center , New
York WaterwayPoetry Society of America, Poet’s House, National
College of IrelandNew York Irish Center in Queens, Rocky Sullivan’s,
Sligo Institute of Technology, The New School, Tralee Institute of
Technology W.B. Yeats Society of New York.
WOMEN’S
SHEBEEN
THE COHENS
& THE KELLYS
19 APR / 6:15 PM / FREE
20 APR / 7 PM / $12
HEYMAN CENTER FOR HUMANITIES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Writers Eimear MacBride
(winner of the Goldsmith’s
Prize and the Bailey’s
Women’s Prize for Fiction),
Belinda McKeon (Geoffrey
Faber Memorial Prize winner),
writer and storyteller Tara
Clancy, Professor Geraldine
Downey and special guests.
This event is free and
reservations are required at
www.cualanyc.com. This event
will be live-streamed on the
venue website as well as at
cualanyc.com
Suggested donation
Students
MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
This classic 1926 silent movie
tells the story of a Jewish and
Irish family in New York City.
The Jewish father is in the
clothing business, and has a
daughter; the Irish father is
a policeman, and has a son...
come and hear how the
comedy plays out and enjoy
the live score from klezmer and
Irish musicians.
/ $15
Members
Music directors:
Frank London and Dana Lyn.
The Museum of Jewish
Heritage was designed by
architect Kevin Roche of
Dublin, Ireland.
LITTLE
GREEN CARS
THE RISING DOCUMENTARY
NARRATED BY LIAM NEESON
21 APR / 8PM / $15 advance / $18 day of show
22 APR / 7.30 PM
Dublin indie rock band Little
Green Cars were still in their
teens when they were spotted
and signed to Glassnote and
recorded their widely acclaimed
2013 debut Absolute zero with
producer Markus Drays.
Presented in partnership with
Film Fleadh Foundation and
Culture Ireland and funded by
the Cultural Immigrant
Initiative Fund of the New York
City Council.
BOWERY BALLROOM
That album changed their lives,
taking the five former school
friends on tour everywhere
from Europe and Australia to
Russia and the States, which
they criss crossed six times in
three years.
This show is part of a U.S. tour
for their new album Ephemera.
NEW YORK IRISH CENTER
Easter Week 1916 a small group
of 2,000 Irish Rebels began an
uprising against British forces
consisting of 20,000 men.
Suggested donation.
RSVP required.
Log on to nyirish.org
POETS & PATRIOTS THE EASTER RISING 1916
DÁNTA IRISH POETRY
29 APR / 7PM / FREE
30 APR / 12-3PM / FREE FOR NY WATERWAY PASSENGERS
COOPER UNION
EAST RIVER FERRY
1 MAY / 12-3PM / FREE FOR NY WATERWAY PASSENGERS
Ireland’s Easter Rising was
preceded by a cultural
revolution in which The Abbey
Theatre was founded “to bring
upon the stage the deeper
emotions of Ireland.”
The rebellion itself was led by
a group that included many
poets. On the centenary of
the Rising, in which New York
played an important role, the
Poetry Society of America
presents an extraordinary
evening of Irish and American
poetry in partnership with
Cooper Union, CualaNYC,
Culture Ireland and
Poets House.
With Louis DePaor, Timothy
Donnelly, Theo Dorgan, Eamon
Grennan, John Montague,
Paul Muldoon, Leanne
O’Sullivan, Maria Tucci and
Susan McKeown, Mick McAuley
and The Murphy Beds.
EAST RIVER FERRY
Come and enjoy Irish poetry on
the NY Waterway’s East River
Ferry read by poets, actors and
musicians.
We will start at Wall Street and
travel north to Long Island City,
home of the New York Irish
Center, where we will stop for
lunch before
returning to Wall Street. Hosted
by Irish poet Theo Dorgan.
(Check website for ferry details
from 4/27).
NEW YORK IRELAND 1916
CEILIÚRADH CELEBRATION
TEANGA
SHEBEEN
30 APR / 3-6 PM / FREE
3 MAY / 6:15 PM / FREE
KNOCKDOWN CENTER, QUEENS
Presented in partnership with
Film Fleadh Foundation and
Culture Ireland and funded by
the Cultural Immigrant
Initiative Fund of New York
City Council.
Join us for this free family
event in Queens honoring
New York Irish heritage.
Featuring Grammy-winner
Susan McKeown, Mick McAuley
(Solas), Dana Lyn, The Murphy
Beds, Cheryl Ann McCullagh,
Eva Doyle, Solas An Lae
dancers and special guest
HEYMAN CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES, OLLSCOIL COLUMBIA
poets from Ireland. Celtic
facepainting and other crafts
for children. Céilí at 5pm with
caller Megan Downes.
Includes the exhibition Labor
& Dignity: James Connolly in
America (on loan from
Glucksman Ireland House NYU).
Teanga Shebeen le Louis De
Paor, Theo Dorgan, Anthony
Duffy, Ailbhe Fitzpatrick, Úna
McGillicuddy, Maura Mulligan
agus Daithí MacLochlainn.
As Gaeilge le fotheidil.
Irish Language Shebeen: An
evening of poetry, talks and
discussion in the Irish language
with live translation.
This event will be live-streamed
at cualanyc.com
Suggested donation.
Reservations at
www.cualanyc.com
POEMS OF
REPOSSESSION
JOHN
MONTAGUE
4 MAY / 8 PM / FREE
5 MAY / 6.30 PM / $20
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
KRAY HALL, POETS HOUSE
Join us for the launch of the
first comprehensive critical
anthology of modern poetry in
Irish Gaelic with English
translations. Leabhar na
hAthghabhála / Poems of
Repossession (Bloodaxe),
edited by Louis De Paor.
With guest poets Julie Agoos,
Melanie Best, Theo Dorgan,
Eamon Grennan, Leanne
O’Sullivan and more.
One of Ireland’s best known
poets and writers, born in
Brooklyn, talks with fellow poet
Theo Dorgan and reads from
his work.
Reservations at
www.cualanyc.com
ON BAILE’S
STRAND
JAMES CONNOLLY’S
NEW YORK
7 MAY / 3 PM
12 MAY / 7 PM
ROCKAWAY BEACH
COOPER UNION
8 MAY / 3 PM
CONEY ISLAND
Presented in partnership with
Film Fleadh Foundation and
funded in part by the Cultural
Immigrant Initiative Fund of
New York City Council.
From Coney Island in Sligo,
Blue Raincoat Theatre
Company brings its production
of On Baile’s Strand by William
Butler Yeats to the Rockaways
and Coney Island, New York.
The play tells a tragic tale of
the epic hero Cúchulainn.
Company: John Carty, Barry
Cullen, Brian Devaney, Joe
Hunt, Simon Hunt, Robert Kelly,
Ciarán McCauley, Sandra
O’Malley. Director: Niall Henry.
Reservations at
www.cualanyc.com
New York Irish musicians,
writers, storytellers perform in
tribute to James Connolly on
the stage where he spoke
in 1902.
With Michael Brunnock,
Niall Connolly, Mary Courtney,
Charles Cushing, John Duddy,
Matt Gallagher, Honor
Finnegan, Kevin Holohan,
Michael Patrick MacDonald,
Warren Malone, Honor Molloy,
Aedin Moloney, Isabelle
O’Connell, Brendan O’Shea,
Laoisa Sexton and more.
EVENT
DATE
TIME
VENUE
Women’s Shebeen
19 APR
20 APR
6:15PM
Heyman Center for the Humanities
The Cohens and the Kellys
7:00PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Little Green Cars
21 APR
8PM
Bowery Ballroom
A Rising Documentary
22 APR
7:30PM
New York Irish Center, Queens
Poets and Patriots: The Easter Rising 1916
29 APR
7:00PM
Cooper Union
Dánta - Irish Poetry
30 APR
12-3 PM
East River Ferry
New York Ireland 1916, Ceiliúradh Celebration
30 APR
3-6PM
Knockdown Center, Queens
Dánta - Irish Poetry
Irish Language Shebeen
Poems of Repossession
1 MAY
3 MAY
4 MAY
12-3PM
6:15PM
7:00PM
East River Ferry
Heyman Center for the Humanities
John Montague
5 MAY
American Irish Historical Society
On Baile’s Strand
7 MAY
6.30PM
3:00PM
On Baile’s Strand
James Connolly’s New York
8 MAY
12 MAY
Victor Herbert’s Ireland: Music of the Emerald Isle
13 MAY
3:00PM
7:00PM
8:00PM
Coney Island
Cooper Union
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
Victor Herbert: Nationalism & Musical Expression
14 MAY
7:00PM
NY Public Library, LPA Café
The People Speak - Ireland
16 MAY
7:00PM
The New School Auditorium
Walking On Cars and Old Hannah
Union Soapbox & Union Pipers at Union Square
An Evening of Irish History in New York
18 MAY
19 MAY
19 MAY
8:00PM
Music Hall of Williamsburg
3:00PM
6:30PM
Union Square
Irish American Historical Society
Kray Hall, Poet’s House
Rockaway Beach
Songlives: Luan Parle, Mickey Coleman
20 MAY
8:00PM
Irish Arts Center, Queens
Alice Milligan: A Girl of Genius
20 MAY
The Theatre Upstairs, The Route 66 Smokehouse
Alice Milligan: A Girl of Genius
LGBT Craic
Alice Milligan: A Girl of Genius
21 MAY
21 MAY
23 MAY
8:00PM
8:00PM
6PM / 7PM
Two Sore Legs
24 MAY
2PM / 8PM
8:00PM
Two Sore Legs
25 MAY
8:00PM
An Béal Bocht, Bronx
Two Sore Legs
2PM / 8PM
New York Irish Center, Queens
Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion, Poems of Máire...
26 MAY
26 MAY
8:30PM
American Irish Historical Society
Long Island City Newgrange Festival
28 MAY
7:00PM
Gantry State Park
Bronx Belfast Shebeen
2 JUN
-
Fordham University
An Béal Bocht, Bronx
New York Irish Center, Queens
New York Irish Center, Queens
The Theatre Upstairs, The Route 66 Smokehouse
VICTOR HERBERT’S IRELAND :
MUSIC OF THE EMERALD ISLE
VICTOR HERBERT: NATIONALISM
AND MUSICAL EXPRESSION
13 MAY / 8 PM
14 MAY / 7 PM
GERALD W. LYNCH THEATER AT JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS,
DOROTHY AND LEWIS B. CULLMAN CENTER, LPA CAFÉ
Presented in partnership with
Film Fleadh Foundation,
CUNY Institute for IrishAmerican Studies at Lehman
College and Glucksman Ireland
House NYU. Funded in part by
the Cultural Immigrant Initiative
Fund of New York City
Council.
NYU professor Marion Casey
explores Herbert’s relationship
to nationalism and the ways
in which he expressed that
musically.
Victor Herbert’s Ireland:
Music of the Emerald Isle with a
special tribute to Victor Herbert
and his legacy. The Grand Street
Band will perform a selection of
Irish music from the past
century, featuring music by
Dublin-born Victor Herbert,
musician, prolific composer,
conductor and co-founder of
ASCAP. This special concert
remembers one hosted by
Victor Herbert at Carnegie Hall
on 15 May 1916.
Band Director: Brian Worsdale.
When Victor Herbert was
named president of the Friends
of Irish Freedom in March 1916,
few could have predicted that
the bon vivant composer of
favorite American operettas
would emerge as the spokes
person for Irish independence
in the weeks before the Easter
Rising in Ireland. Professor
Marion Casey of New York
University’s Glucksman Ireland
House explains Herbert’s relationship to nationalism and the
ways in which he expressed that
musically.
Select recordings will be played.
THE PEOPLE SPEAK:
IRELAND
WALKING ON CARS
& OLD HANNAH
16 MAY / 7 PM / FREE
18 MAY / 8 PM / $18 IN ADVANCE / $20 DAY OF SHOW
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
THE NEW SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
The People Speak: Ireland will
bring to life, through words
and song, the dramatic
history of political struggle and
protest in Ireland and beyond,
from it’s earliest history to the
present day.
Featuring: Stephen Rea,
Saoirse Ronan, Steve Earle,
Ciarán Hinds, Amber Tamblyn,
Brian Jones, Geoffrey Arend,
Geraldine Hughes, Griffin
Dunne, Marin Ireland, Mercedes
Ruehl, Williams Rossa Cole
and musicians Ivan Goff, Susan
McKeown, Isabelle O’Connell
and Old Hannah, and other
guests to be announced.
Event free, but Eventbrite
registration is required, and
seating is first-come, firstserved and some seating will
be reserved for students,
faculty, and staff of The New
School (with ID).
Kerry band Walking on Cars
Old Hannah from Sligo.
UNION SQUARE SOAPBOX &
UNION PIPERS AT UNION SQUARE
AN EVENING OF IRISH
HISTORY IN NEW YORK
19 MAY / 3 PM
19 MAY / 6.30 PM / $20
IRISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
UNION SQUARE
Union Pipers commemorate the
100th anniversary of the death
of Irish revolutionary James
Connolly at the site of his 1908
May Day address Connolly
inspired countless leaders from
Marcus Garvey, Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn and Claude McKay
to John Lennon. This soapbox
event at Union Square will
begin with Lisa Keller, author of
“Triumph of Order: Democracy
and Public Space in New York
and London,” and co-editor of
the Encyclopedia of NYC, who
will talk about the history of
soapboxes in New York.
Other guest speakers will
include Bob Sullivan, author
of The Meadowlands, A Whale
Hunt, Rats, and Cross Country.
Matthew Pratt Guterl is
Professor of Africana Studies
and American Studies at Brown
University, the author of four
books and the co-author of
another, and has written for
The Guardian, The New
Republic, The Chronicle of
Higher Education, and Inside
Higher Education. Guterl
appeared in the documentary
Race: the Power of an Illusion.
Ruán O’Donnell is a senior
lecturer in Irish history at the
University of Limerick. A
prolific author, he is a Director
of the Irish Manuscripts
Commission and member of
the Universities Ireland
Decade of Commemorations
Committee. A former
O’Donnell Visiting Chair of
Irish Studies in the Keough
Naughton Institute, he was
co-series and commissioning
editor of the ‘16 Lives’ project
for O’Brien Press.
Catherine Morris is a writer
and curator, and the author
of Alice Milligan and the Irish
cultural revival (Four Courts
Press). A graduate of
Cambridge University, she has
served as the Director of the
Museum of Cambridge. She
is an Honorary Fellow of the
Centre for Irish Studies at the
University of Liverpool and
co-founder of the Artist Centre
for Human Rights.
Matthew Guterl
ROGER CASEMENT’S
GHOST IN HARLEM
Ruan O’Donnell
AMERICAN AND THE RISING
Catherine Morris
ALICE MILLIGAN
AND THE IRISH
CULTURAL REVIVAL
SONG LIVES: LUAN PARLE,
MICKEY COLEMAN
20 MAY / 8 PM / $18 GENERAL / $14 MEMBERS
IRISH ARTS CENTER
Irish singer songwriter Luan
Parle has topped the charts
in Ireland, joined James Blunt
on his UK and Irish tours, and
opened for Elton John at The
Hammersmith Apollo.
She is a Meteor award-winner
for Best Irish Female, and will
be accompanied by fellow
singer songwriter
Clive Barnes.
Former GAA all-Ireland
medalist, Mickey Coleman
comes from a background of
artists and musicians in Tyrone.
He is a fine singer and
songwriter whose songs have
in some way or another shaped
his life, and tell many stories
of the shores of Lough Neagh
where Mickey was brought up
in Ardboe.
LGBT CRAIC
21 MAY / 6PM pre-reception
IRISH ARTS CENTER
Presented in partnership with
Film Fleadh Foundation and
Culture Ireland and funded by
the Cultural Immigrant
Initiative Fund of the
New York City Council.
Queer Ireland on Film - Craic
LGBT Fest. Award winning Irish
LGBT short films followed by
Q&A with the filmmakers and
a reception. Irish Voice Arts
Editor Cahir O’Doherty hosts
a panel of filmmakers that
includes special guest award
winning Irish filmmaker
Barry Dignam.
/ 7PM Screening / FREE
The panel will explore LGBT
life in Ireland since 1916 and
how the culture has changed
since then with particular
reference to the recent same
sex marriage referendum.
Pre-show reception at 6pm.
Sponsored by Castle Brands
and Stella Artois.
RSVP required at
www.thecraicfest.com
Suggested donation
at the door.
ALICE MILLIGAN:
A GIRL OF GENIUS
20 MAY / 8PM / $25
THE THEATRE UPSTAIRS AT THE ROUTE 66 SMOKEHOUSE
23 MAY / 2PM & 8PM / $25
NEW YORK IRISH CENTER, QUEENS
21 MAY / 8PM / $25
AN BÉAL BOCHT, BRONX
From Susannah McKenna.
Aisling Ghéar Theatre
Company, Belfast.
Written as a special
commission from CualaNYC.
Directed by Bríd Gallagher. A
Girl of Genius portrays the life
of Alice Milligan: Methodist,
journalist, poet, Irish speaker
and ardent nationalist. Born
in 1865 in County Tyrone, she
brought together Protestant
and Catholic in cultural clubs
she founded in Belfast.
A vital figure in the Irish
cultural revival, she knew
personally most of the
well-known figures of her time
– Yeats, Casement, Connolly,
Hyde, Maud Gonne and Eoin
McNeill. Writing in the Irish
Review in September 1914,
Thomas MacDonagh, described
her as “the best Irish poet of
her generation”.
In 1926 George Russell wrote
“Thirty years ago there did
not seem to be a people in
Europe less visited by the
creative fire. Then a girl of
genius, Miss Milligan, began to
have premonitions…”
A Girl of Genius will be
presented in English
and preceded by a talk by
Milligan biographer
Catherine Morris.
Reservations at
www.cualanyc.com
TWO SORE LEGS
24 MAY / 8PM / $25
THE THEATRE UPSTAIRS AT THE ROUTE 66 SMOKEHOUSE
26 MAY / 2PM - $15 Matinee
NEW YORK IRISH CENTER, QUEENS
25 MAY / 8PM / $25
AN BÉAL BOCHT, BRONX
Two Sore Legs by Brenda
Murphy. Green Shoot
Productions, Belfast.
Starring Maria Connolly,
directed by Martin Lynch.
Presented in Partnership with
the Arts Council of Northern
Ireland and the British Council
and sponsored by
Pelham Funeral.
Set in 1950s and 60s Belfast,
Two Sore Legs tells the true
story of playwright Brenda
Murphy’s mother Bridget, a
young holiday camp Redcoat
from West Belfast who had
six children by a married man.
The play explores the scandal,
pain, joy, and fallout from this
extraordinary arrangement and
what it meant for Murphy, her
siblings and of course
her mother.
From the rowdy and fractious
relationship between Bridget
and her own father to the
comical visits of the local
parish priest wanting to take
her young children from her,
this play exudes the most
explicit of family emotions
and experiences.
Described by BBC as a ‘tour
de force’, Connolly gives an
outstanding one-woman
performance in this witty
comedy with an intriguing,
almost unbelievable storyline
for a show that drew a raft of
four-star reviews at the
Edinburgh Festival.
Reservations at
www.cualanyc.com
/ 8PM - $25
DEARGDHÚIL: ANATOMY OF PASSION.
POEMS OF MÁIRE MHAC AN TSAOI
26 MAY / 8:30 PM / $10
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
This riveting new
documentary explores the life,
work and sensual poetic
imagination of the poet Máire
Mhac an tSaoi. She helped
revolutionize Irish poetry by
drawing on a native tradition to
express a passionate sensibility
and taboo emotions, at a time
when women’s voices were on
the margins of literature and
society. Born in 1922, her story
is set against a backdrop of a
tumultuous century in Irish
history in which she and her
family (her father Seán
MacEntee, her husband Conor
Cruise O’Brien) were
centrally involved.
It is told from an intimate
perspective through dramatic
representations of a sequence
of poems re-imagined and
choreographed as short films
intercut with rare footage and
the poet’s own commentary on
her life and work.
The occasionally provocative
treatment of her poems
highlights the tension between
the public persona of a
powerful public figure and the
exploration of female sexuality
at the heart of her poetry.
Featuring performance artist
Maureen Fleming, Louis de
Paor, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh,
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and
Olwen Fouéré.
American premiere (60 mins)
Reservations at
www.cualanyc.com
LONG ISLAND CITY
NEWGRANGE FESTIVAL
BRONX BELFAST
SHEBEEN
28 MAY / 7 PM
2 JUN / 7 PM
GANTRY STATE PARK
Join the New York Irish
Center’s Dawn Chorus in song
as part of Bealtaine, Ireland’s
festival of aging and creativity.
Learn about the culture of
henges with astrophysicist
Jackie Faherty. Jackie is a
Hubble Fellow at the Carnegie
Institute of Washington in the
Department of Terrestrial
Magnetism, a research scientist
in the department of
Astrophysics at the American
Museum of Natural History as
well as co-founder of the
research group Brown Dwarf
New York City (BDNYC) and
the 501c non-profit foundation
Raising Awareness in Science
Education for Women
GANTRY STATE PARK
(RAISE-W). If she is not
engaged in scientific research
or public outreach, she is
probably traveling the world
with her trusty digital camera.
Then follows an evening of
Irish music as we watch the
sun go down over Manhattan
during Manhattanhenge.Known
throughout Ireland and North
America Donie Carroll posses
one of the finest folk voices; a
warm earthy tone and a stellar
Irish folk repetoire.
The special guests who will
close the evening will be
anounced on
www.cualanyc.com mid-May.
Presented in partnership with New York Irish
Center and Film Fleadh Foundation and
funded in part by the Cultural Immigrant
Initiative Fund of New York City Council.
Marcus Robinson, Sammy
Douglas, Geraldine Hughes,
Susan McKeown and more.
Presented in partnership with
New York New Belfast.
Go to http://aisling-events.
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VENUES
NEW YORK CITY
A. American Irish
Historical Society
991 5th Ave, NY
NY 10028
aihs.org
B. An Béal Bocht/
The Poor Mouth Theatre
445 W 238th St, Bronx
NY 10463 718-884-7127
anbealbochtcafe.com
C. The Great Hall,
Cooper Union
7 E 7th St, NY
NY 10003 212-353-4100
cooper.edu
D. Gerald W. Lynch Theater
John Jay College
of Criminal Justice
524 W 59th St, NY
NY 10019 212-237-8005
jjay.cuny.edu
E. Heyman Center
for the Humanities
Columbia University,
74 Morningside Dr, NY
NY 10027 212 854-8443
heymancenter.org
F. Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street, NY
NY 10019 212-757-3318
irishartscenter.org
G. Museum of
Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, NY
NY 10280 646-437-4202
mjhnyc.org/
H. Music Hall of
Williamsburg
66 N 6th Street,
Brooklyn
NY 11211 718-486-5400
musichallofwilliamsburg.com
I. New York Waterway
East River Ferry, NY
800-533-3779
eastriverferry.com
J. NY Public Library
for the Performing
Arts - Café at LPA,
40 Lincoln Center Plaza,
Manhattan NY 10023
nypl.org
K. Irish Repertory Theatre
103 E 15th Street, NY
M. Poet’s House
10 River Terrace, NY
NY 10003 212-727-2737
irishrep.org
NY 10282 212-431-7920
poetshouse.org
L. The Knockdown Center
52-19 Flushing Ave,
Maspeth
N. New York Irish Center
1040 Jackson Ave,
Long Island City
NY 11378 347-915-5615
knockdown.center
NY 11101 718-482-0909
newyorkirishcenter.org
0. The New School, Alvin
Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12th Street, NY
NY 10011
www.newschool.edu
P. The Theatre Upstairs,
Route 66 Smokehouse
46 Stone Street, NY
NY 10004 212-943-1602
beckettsnyc.com
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