Getting Jazzed at Salon at the Cell

by Admin | Jun 21, 2012 | Events, Film, Literature, Music, Television, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST →   Singer, songwriter and swing band leader Tara O’Grady recently joined the IAW&A and presented two entertaining videos. The first video was of the traditional song “Black Velvet Band” (above) from her debut...

One rousing performance after another at Salon at The Cell.

by Admin | Apr 19, 2012 | Essay, Events, Literature, Music, Television, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → TODAY’S SONG: SLUMBER MY DARLING/ALISON KRAUSE One rousing performance followed another at Tuesday night’s Irish American Writers and Artists’ Salon at The Cell. Billy Barrett, resplendent in his Ralph...

Kevin Holohan reads at Watchung, Thursday, March 29th 7pm

by Admin | Mar 28, 2012 | Essay, Events, Literature

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → Dublin native reads from The Brother’s Lot The mix of dire experiences that goes into the education dished out at the Brothers of Godly Coercion School for Young Boys of Meager Means adds up to a mordantly funny debut from...

Loving Life and Laughing at Death with Malachy McCourt

by Admin | Mar 23, 2012 | Events, Literature, Theater

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST →   by Kathy Callahan Malachy McCourt is the hardest working storyteller on both sides of the Hudson: a seanachie like no other in the Irish tradition. Himself through and through. Malachy imparted his magic through song, poetry,...

First Salon of 2012, More to Come!

by Admin | Jan 5, 2012 | Events, Film, Irish Politics, Music, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → There were a number of references to the experience of war during Tuesday night’s Irish American Writers and Artists’ Salon at the Thalia Cafe. Malachy McCourt gave a powerful reading of “Does it Matter,” a poem written by English...