U2 are back in town!
I know it was for Eid, but isn’t it a sweet coincidence that the Empire State Building goes green just as U2 are…
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Recent Posts
The Irish connection to that Coca-Cola ad
It turns out that not only has Irish coffee come into being as the result of a bunch of blow-ins huddled together at…
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Colm Tóibín on Irish literary mentors
Colm Toibin, Miroslav Penkov and Julia Leigh This past Saturday, Colm Tóibín moderated a discussion on mentorship as part of the PEN World…
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In anticipation of seeing Mary Costello tonight
Her Academy Street (the 2014 winner of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards – Eason Novel of the Year) is the Irish…
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Lunch with Des Bishop
From the intimate lunch and conversation at Papillon Bistro on March 19th with the comic Des Bishop, organized by Origin Theater. Bishop was…
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The Walworth Farce
Farce: A comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and improbable: often incomprehensible plot-wise, they…
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Meeting Philomena
Last winter, when back in Dublin for a visit, I had the good luck to meet and be welcomed very warmly by the…
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After the reading, discussion with Brighton cast and author
Following the reading last week of Jim Nolan’s play Brighton at NYU Glucksman Ireland House, the three cast members (Jim Norton, Gillian…
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Conor MacNeill: We just transported Ireland to Broadway!
After his participation Monday night at Glusckman Ireland House in Origin Theater’s Mondays of May for the dramatic reading of Jim Nolan’s play…
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Brighton dramatic reading at Glucksman Ireland House
Last night, some 150 people gathered at Glucksman Ireland House in the Village for a dramatic reading of Jim Nolan’s play, Brighton,…
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