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The Irish Rep’s Theatre
@ Home Winter Festival

January 21, 2021 by Leave a Comment

The Irish Repertory Theatre begins its Theatre @ Home Winter Festival on Tuesday with its first of nine different productions that will run between January 26th - February 21st with each production playing at four different times throughout the month. MOLLY SWEENEY Molly Sweeney has lived in happy, capable, and independent darkness since she was ten months old. When … [Read more...] about The Irish Rep’s Theatre
@ Home Winter Festival

“FOR JACK YEATS AND FOR IRELAND…”

January 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment

By Margy Kinmonth Filmmaker Margy Kinmonth writes about making To The Western World, a film inspired by the paintings of Jack B. Yeats, and how she enticed film director, screenwriter, and actor, John Huston to narrate the film. Get information on the film here and listen to talk-back panel discussion free. One of the first films I directed was driven by my passion … [Read more...] about “FOR JACK YEATS AND FOR IRELAND…”

A Forgotten Irish
Civil Rights Trailblazer

January 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment

By Tom Deignan In 1957, Martin Luther King. Jr. paid a visit to a Tennessee community organizing camp where he heard Pete Seeger perform a revised version of an old gospel tune for the first time. Within a decade, “We Shall Overcome” would become an anthem for civil rights marchers from Birmingham to Belfast. Martin Luther King Day in the U.S. is a fitting time … [Read more...] about A Forgotten Irish
Civil Rights Trailblazer

Irish American Partnership Celebrates Women’s Leadership

January 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Hosted by the Irish American Partnership the January 6th women’s leadership event featured: Global leader & Seventh President of Ireland, Mary Robinson Editor-in-Chief of Glamour, Samantha Barry Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason Co-anchor and National Broadcast Journalist with RTÉ, Caitríona Perry The Irish … [Read more...] about Irish American Partnership Celebrates Women’s Leadership

CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan Braved an Angry Mob to Cover the Chaos

January 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment

By Tom Deignan Amidst the carnage and chaos of this week’s rally-turned-riot in Washington D.C., one Irishman is earning high marks for his work on the ground – Kerry native and CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan. The New York Times reported that “as the 6:00 PM curfew (on January 6) approached and the authorities moved the mob away from the Capitol, some in the … [Read more...] about CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan Braved an Angry Mob to Cover the Chaos

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