The University of Buffalo presented "James Joyce with Gusto" in celebration of the writer's birthday on February 3. Selections of Joyce's writings were put on exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery for the day's events, which included lectures by Joyce scholars Margot Norris, Professor of English, University of California, Irvine and President, International James Joyce … [Read more...] about James Joyce with Gusto
2006
Emory To Extend Irish Collection
Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library has received a $34,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support the second phase of the Access to Major Irish Literary Archives Project. Working in conjunction with the University of Delaware; the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at University of Texas, Austin; Washington University in St. … [Read more...] about Emory To Extend Irish Collection
U2 Win Big at Grammys
U2 was the big winner at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2006. The Irish supergroup won all five awards for which they were nominated, including Album of the Year for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. In winning five awards the band edged out favorites Mariah Carey. whose comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, and … [Read more...] about U2 Win Big at Grammys
“King Conan” Receives Warm Finnish Welcome
Conan O'Brien, host of NBC's Late Night talk show, marked his arrival in Vantaa, Finland on February 12 by kissing the ground at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, renamed "Conan O'Brien Airport" for the day. His visit was prompted by a supposed resemblance that O'Brien (pictured above) has to Finnish President Tarja Halonen (above right). The Late Show ran a series of mock campaign … [Read more...] about “King Conan” Receives Warm Finnish Welcome
Flynn Takes An
Expensive Tumble
2005 Top 100 honoree and author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, smashed a set of 300-year-old Chinese vases after falling down a flight of stairs. The three vases were prize possessions of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, for over 40 years and were valued at $175,000. The 42-year-old writer, a frequent visitor to the museum, claimed the incident was the … [Read more...] about Flynn Takes An
Expensive Tumble