IAW&A’s First Annual Stephen J. Fearon Humor Salon at Friars Club A Huge Success

by Admin | Aug 24, 2022 | Comedy, Music

By Brendan Costello Jr.Unless otherwise noted, all photos by John Kwok L to R Standing : Sheila Walsh, John McDonagh, Sarah Fearon, Marian Fontana, Jon Gordon, Karen Daly, Marcia Loughran, Marcus Goldhaber; L to R Seated : Lizzie Donahue, Malachy McCourt and Diana...

7/19/22 IAMW&A SALON: Literature and Music on the Upper West Side

by Admin | Jul 27, 2022 | Comedy, Essay, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry, Theater

Author: James RogersPhotos: W. Jay Wanczyk Maureen Hossbacher hosted another wonderful evening of literature and music at that fine establishment, The Ellington on West 105th Street (serving one of the finest pints of Guinness in town). The evening began with author...

4/26/22 IAW&A SALON: A Spring Salon of Memoir, Comedy, Music and Poetry

by Admin | Jun 1, 2022 | Comedy, Literature, Music, Poetry

By Liza Engesser Our late April Salon took place at The Ellington restaurant, located on The Upper West Side of Manhattan and hosted by Jack Di Monte. Revelers enjoyed delicious food and beverages under the warm and inviting ambience of the Ellington’s Straus Room.  ...

3/8/22 IAW&A SALON: Jubilant Return Of IAW&A Salon To The Westside!

by Admin | Mar 19, 2022 | Comedy, Essay, Events, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry, Theater

By Maureen Hossbacher Spirits were as high as the ceilings in the glassed-in back room of the elegant Ellington restaurant, on West 105th Street, as it filled up with jovial Irish American Writers & Artists and their supporters, for their first post-Covid,...

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,...

10/1/19 IAW&A SALON: Brilliant poets and storytellers, and a little bit of The Beatles

by Admin | Oct 7, 2019 | Comedy, Fiction, Literature, Music, Nonfiction, Poetry

By Karen Daly Photos by Gordon Gilbert, Jr. Brendan Costello, Jr., noting the 50th Anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ album Abbey Road, opened the first October IAW&A Salon by asking us to sing “Come Together.” Brendan, an IAW&A Board Member and...