I am sure a lot more will be here and as news comes in I will let you know. You will be able to view the schedule of all the entertainment on our website under Arts & Features section. Check it out at www.irishexaminerusa.com.
The Irish Arts Center will be holding their 2019 Show Your Love Party an annual affair to celebrate the current and next generation of Irish Arts Center’s philanthropic leaders. Join them on Thursday, February 21 at Mutual of America. Now in its tenth year, they will be celebrating their historic groundbreaking and toast the wonderful supporters of Irish arts and culture in New York.
This year, they will be honoring art gallery director Emily-Jane Kirwan and her husband, contemporary art appraiser Jay Grimm, and the co-founders of the Golden Trailer Awards, filmmaker Monica Brady and her sister, the commercial producer Evelyn Brady-Watters.
Tickets start at $150 and include a full bar, generous food, and plenty of craic – plus a year-long membership, so you can enjoy over 150 nights of programming and more than 40 classes a week in Irish music, dance, language, and so much more.
As part of their 30th Anniversary Celebration the Irish Rep has created one of their most ambitious projects to date – a full retrospective of the work of master playwright Sean O’Casey!
O’Casey burst onto the Irish literary scene in 1923 with The Shadow of a Gunman – the first of three plays chronicling the birth of modern Ireland from the perspective of Dublin’s poorest residents. Together – these three plays provide a searing, heart-wrenching, and funny perspective on events that still resonate today. They are giving New York audiences an opportunity to view all three of O’Casey’s Dublin Plays, plus readings of all of his other works, beginning this Wednesday with The Shadow of a Gunman. Book now to secure your seats!
The CraicFest is the premier Irish music and film festival. CraicFest introduces new Irish cinema as well the new generation of Irish bands and filmmakers to the US public. The Craic film fest (March 7-9) lineup will be announced later this month.
The festival is presented by Stella Artois, Powers Whiskey and the Fitzpatrick Hotel. For more information contact Festival Director Terence Mulligan at (917) 373-6735 or visit www.thecraicfest.com.
I have been told it has a great lineup this year and it is going to be the best ever.
The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade is once again sponsoring both a College Level and a High School Level Research Paper Contests in memory of three outstanding Parade leaders who have gone on to their eternal rewards, Francis P. Beirne, Margaret O’Rourke and Rosemary Lombard.
For college level essays, there will be one award for each of the above-named scholarships in the amounts of $3,250, $2,000, and $1,500.
Determination of amount will be based on those achieving first, second or third place in the contest based on scores of the independent judges.
For high school level essays, there will be one award for each of the above-named scholarships in the amounts of $1,500, $1,000, and $750. Again, the determination of amount will be based on those achieving first, second or third place in the contest based on scores of the independent judges.
The applicant must be a family member (son, daughter, spouse, brother, sister, niece, nephew, grandchild, grandniece, grandnephew, or great grandchild) of a member of an affiliated organization to the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Essays and applications must be e-mailed no later than Monday, April 1, 2019, at 11pm. Winners will be announced by Thursday, May 16, 2019.
You can also send your email to The Irish Examiner (editor@irishexaminerusa.com) with the Subject “Application” and we will email the application back to you.
For more information or if you have questions, please contact Catherine Tully Muscente, co-chair, at (516) 323-4710 or email paradescholarship@molloy.edu. Again, good luck to everyone who enters.
This is why we have the greatest parade in the world so make sure you have your marching shoes on and stepout on Fifth Avenue on Saturday March 16th yes that’s right Saturday 16th.
I hope to see you all again next week whem I am Out&About again.