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Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas

IA Newsletter, November 18, 2023

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Saturday, December 2nd Kupferberg Center for the Arts Kupferberg Center for the Arts proudly presents Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas, a heartwarming celebration of Irish culture and holiday joy on Saturday, December 2, 2023. The evening promises to enchant audiences with the captivating sounds and spirited dance of this Grammy-nominated, Irish-American supergroup. One … [Read more...] about Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas

Joanie Madden: The Christmas Letter

By Mary Pat Kelly, Contributor

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A forgotten Irish song of emigration tells of a mother’s longing for her children who have gone so far away, is a big hit for Cherish the Ladies. Irish music was the soundtrack to life for Joanie Madden growing up in the Bronx, N.Y. back in the 1970s. Her father, Joe Madden, from Portumna in East Galway, was an All-Ireland accordion champion, who headed a popular … [Read more...] about Joanie Madden: The Christmas Letter

Cherishing Joanie

By Kristin Cotter McGowan, Contributor
April / May 2015

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As the Cherish the Ladies 30th Anniversary Tour begins, Kristin Cotter McGowan talks to founding member, the award-winning whistle and flute player Joanie Madden.  Irish music was the soundtrack to life for Joanie Madden and other Irish American kids growing up in Woodlawn, a heavily Irish section of the Bronx, NY, back in the 1970s. “I was lucky – even if you didn’t want to … [Read more...] about Cherishing Joanie

Puddle Jumping

By Frank McCourt, Contributor
October / November 2000

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The English Catholic martyr, St. Edmund Campion, lived in Dublin for a while in 1569 and here is what he wrote about the Irish: "The people are thus inclined: religious, franke, amorous, irefull, sufferable of paines infinite, very glorious, many sorcerers, excellent horsemen, delighted with warres, great almes-givers, passing in hospitalitie: the lewder sort both clarkes and … [Read more...] about Puddle Jumping