Two upcoming concerts that you really should not miss are Celtic Woman and Celtic Nights. You can get the details for both as advertised on our website and in our digital edition of The Irish Examiner and we’ll be running a feature on Celtic Nights in the next issue of the newspaper. As we are talking about these concerts I thought I’d let you know that we will be doing tickets giveaway competitions next week so make sure to check it out and enter, you might just be the lucky winner.
The Irish Rep has extended the run of Disco Pigs, by Enda Walsh and directed by John Haidar until March 4th. Playing on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, and starring Evanna Lynch (Harry Potter films) & Colin Campbell (Dublin by Lamplight), the play was described as “fierce… harrowing and exhilarating” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times.
Born at the same time on the same day in the same hospital, Pig and Runt have been inseparable ever since. They speak in their own language, play by their own rules, and create a world for themselves in which boundaries blur between truth and illusion. Until, on their seventeenth birthday, they discover something more. As night falls, and the disco and drink take hold, they spiral violently out of control.
For tickets call (212) 727-2737 or visit their website at irishrep.org.
The New York Cork BP&P will be celebrating the St.Patrick’s season at their 134th annual St. Patrick’s Ball & Dinner Dance, on Saturday, March 3rd at Antun’s (96-43 Springfield Blvd., Queens Village).
Their deluxe cocktail hour will begin at 7 pm followed by dinner, music and dancing to Rumor Has It.
This year, they are recognizing three very distinguished honorees:
Eddie O’Brien will be honored as the 2018 Cork Man of The Year. A native of Passage he played inter-county hurling for Cork. Eddie scored three goals in the 1970 replay against Wexford to help Cork to a 6-21 to 5-10 victory.
Eddie worked at Rockefeller Center for 35 years as a Security Director. He retired in 2007 and now devotes his time to his community in Richmond Hill.
Mary Cahill is the 2018 Cork Woman of The Year: Mary Cahill. Hailing from Bartlemy Mary has dedicated her working life to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) providing humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
Now retired, Mary managed the advocacy and fundraising work of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors for ten years.
Finally, Michael Doherty is the recipient of the 2018 Frank T. Carvill Service Award. A native of Armagh where Frank Carvill’s father was from, Michael is a Vietnam Veteran. He served as a medic with the 11th Medical Detachment in Hoi An, Vietnam.
He is a retired Building Manager who resides in Woodside and is an active member of both the Co. Cork and Co. Armagh Associations of New York.
They will be publishing a souvenir journal dedicated to their distinguished honorees, and they invite you to include a greeting, remembrance or advertisement for your family, organization or business.
For a journal contract please visit their website at nycorkassociation.com and return it to Journal Chair Eileen O’Hea, via email to: eiber413@hotmail.com by Saturday, February 17th.
Well that is it for this week. There will be lots more next week as you know the Big Day is coming up and there will be a lot going on. See you all again next week.