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Cool & Convivial July Salon at Bar Thalia

by Martin Sheerin | Jul 7, 2012 | Events, Literature, Music, Television, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → Day after the big holiday, sweltering summer night and a shift in date for the Salon, and still they came…new members too! It was a wonderful night at last night’s Irish American Writers & Aritsts’ salon at...

The Gift of Connection (VIDEO)

by Martin Sheerin | Jun 22, 2012 | Film, Literature, Television, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → At Tuesday’s Salon at The Cell IAW&A member Charles Hale debuted his short film, The Gift of Connection, which details a family visit to Castleblayney, Ireland, the town from which his great grandfather emigrated. Not...

The Latest from The Salon at The Cell

by Martin Sheerin | May 18, 2012 | Events, Film, Music, Television, Theater, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → by Charles Hale Todd Pate began the Irish American Writers & Artists’ Salon at The Cell reading an excerpt from his “non-fiction novel” in progress, Most of America, documenting a two-month Greyhound bus trip through the...

Video Remembrance of “Baby Florence”

by Martin Sheerin | Apr 22, 2012 | Film, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → Charles R. Hale debuted his short film “The Death of Baby Florence” at Tuesday’s Irish American Writers and Artists’ Salon at The Cell. The film focuses on Hale’s search to learn the burial place of his maternal...

Pioneering Video “Frankie Teardrop” at MOMA

by Martin Sheerin | Apr 11, 2012 | Events, Film, Television, Visual Arts

← PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST → Pioneering video art by IAW&A member Paul Dougherty is now on view in the Museum of Modern Art’s current show, “SELECTED WORKS FROM THE CONTEMPORARY GALLERIES: 1980-NOW.” From the punk era, Frankie Teardrop...

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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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