3/3/20 IAW&A SALON: Powerful Stories, Songs and Poetry plus IAW&A helps Dublin-based Women’s Project SAOL

by Admin | Mar 9, 2020 | Essay, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry

By Karen DalyPhotos by Dan Brown   Co-hosted by Brendan Costello and Siobhán McCourt, the IAW&A Salon  packed the Thalia Studio and rewarded salongoers with an eclectic array of talent and featured a guest from a Dublin community program to which IAW&A...

2/18/20 IAW&A SALON: Joyous Night Features “Ghosts of the Missing” Book Launch

by Admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Dance, Essay, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Theater

By Karen Daly Photos by Dan Brown The mid-February IAW&A Salon at the Cell was a joyous night, even though it included stories of ghosts, dark family secrets and one not-quite- sane character. The joy came from the audience appreciation of the talented presenters...

2/4/20 IAW&A SALON: Literature, Music And Kumbaya In The Season Of Love

by Admin | Feb 9, 2020 | Essay, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry

By Maureen Hossbacher Photos by Dan Brown Playwright, monologist, mellow West-Villager, and our host for the evening, Gordon Gilbert, welcomed the arriving crowd while Matthew Paris lifted spirits with strains of classical and ragtime on the piano. Tom...

1/21/20 IAW&A SALON: “How the light gets in…” Through Powerful and Passionate Art

by Admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Comedy, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry, Theater

By Jenifer M. Kelly and Karen Daly Photos by Christopher Booth For IAW&A January Salon at the Cell, host Jenifer M. Kelly centered the program around Leonard Cohen’s famous quote. “…there is a crack in everything…that is how the light gets in…” Heeding her call,...

1/7/20 IAW&A SALON: Ringing In The New Year With Ukes, Not Nukes.

by Admin | Jan 14, 2020 | Dance, Essay, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry, Theater

By Maureen Hossbacher Photos by Jay Wanczyk Brendan Costello The piano stylings of Matthew Paris welcomed a capacity turnout as they gathered at the Thalia Studio, for the first Salon of the new year, curated and hosted by Brendan Costello. In...