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Recent Thalia Salon “best I’ve ever attended”

by Martin Sheerin | Sep 8, 2012 | Essay, Events, Literature, Music, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → Kevin McPartland kicked off Tuesday night’s Irish American Writers & Artists’ “Salon at the Thalia Café.” Kevin read a gripping chapter from Brownstone Dreams in which his young protagonist, Bobby Dutton, burglarizes a...

Salon at The Cell this Tuesday!

by Martin Sheerin | Jul 23, 2012 | Essay, Events, Music, Television, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → The Irish American Writers & Artists’ popular Salon at The Cell will happen a bit later in the month that usual, this Tues., July 24, starting at 7 PM. On tap, a reading from a novel in progress, a trial run of a scene...

IAW&A’s Inaugural Salon at The Cell

by Martin Sheerin | Nov 18, 2011 | Events, Literature, Music, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → This past Tuesday evening the Irish American Writers & Artists brought their Salon to The Cell, a very special theatre located on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. “A Twenty First Century Salon,” The Cell is the...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

As a special treat in commemoration of the holiday, enjoy this interview with Peter Quinn, author and co-founder and first President of Irish American Writers & Artists!

Video interview with Peter

"People survive in art, in literature. If they don't, they just go away." – Peter Quinn

You can buy Peter's latest book, Cross Bronx: A Writing Life from Fordham University Press (with a discount until the end of March).

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Upcoming Salons

On Tuesday, March 21, join us for our next Salon at The Ellington. Author, educator, and IAW&A member Mary Lannon hosts an evening of poetry, fiction, theater, humor and visual art from presenters including Eileen Joyce Donovan, Sarah Fearon, Betti Francheschi, Patrick Hammer Jr., Jenifer Margaret Kelly, Dawn Raffel, and music from John Skocik. And as always, we expect a visit from Salon progenitor and co-founder of IAW&A, Malachy McCourt.

Callin' out, around the world... on April 18, at 7:00pm Eastern Time, Lori Cassels will host our next online salon. Sign up for a five- or eight-minute slot here.

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