Showing January 25 - March 12, 2023 Irish Repertory Theatre presents Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett's Endgame on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage. Written by Samuel Beckett Directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Starring Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson, Joe Grifasi, and Patrice Johnson Chevannes Endgame, Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett’s (1906-1989) … [Read more...] about The Irish Rep Presents: Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame”
Glucksman Ireland House to Celebrate 30th Anniversary Annual Dinner Gala at NYU’s Kimmel Center
Monday, February 27, 2023 at 6:30 PM (EST) The Glucksman Ireland House will hold its 11th annual dinner gala at NYU’s Kimmel Center to mark the 30 year anniversary as the home of Irish and Irish-American studies at New York University. Honoring four leaders in the fields of education, business and philanthropy, arts, and journalism: Bob McCann, celebrated philanthropist and … [Read more...] about Glucksman Ireland House to Celebrate 30th Anniversary Annual Dinner Gala at NYU’s Kimmel Center
Frank & Al
A new book by Terry Golway on the developing Democratic party through the lens of F.D.R. and Al Smith Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance and Epic Feud that Created the Modern Democratic Party by Terry Golway allows readers to see the massive change to the Democratic party that both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Al Smith ushered in during the mid- … [Read more...] about Frank & Al
The First Word: Shall We Ever Overcome?
My English brother-in-law once asked me if I had anything happy to write about. To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, the world has enough happiness in it without our having to read about it in magazines, but I know what he means. I wish I could devote this space to waxing lyrical about our Top 100: How their success contrasts with the snuggles of earlier generations. And how some of … [Read more...] about The First Word: Shall We Ever Overcome?
The Greatest Irish Rock Albums of the Last Millennium!!!
By Tom Dunphy
April / May 2000
Gotcha. There was a craze afoot at the end of the last century -- gosh, doesn't that sound strange, especially since it was a mere couple of months ago -- to list things. It seemed like everything -- books, films, plays, albums, inventions, historical events -- got categorized, ranked, compared, collated, crunched, and spat out... The very notion of a "greatest Irish rock … [Read more...] about The Greatest Irish Rock Albums of the Last Millennium!!!