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...
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...
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. ...
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,...
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,...
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...