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Curtain up! IAW&A treads the boards
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Curtain up! IAW&A treads the boards
Maria Deasy, left. with Zack Gafin and Maeve Price. By Maureen Hossbacher Radiant in white lace on a warm summer evening, IAW&A Board Member Maria ...
Behold the Fruits of Summer
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Behold the Fruits of Summer
MONKEY BUSINESS | DREAMSTIME.COM IRELAND HOPPING | By Margaret M. Johnson Given next week’s big holiday, I should probably be writing about the 4th...
Never too late in the game
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Never too late in the game
John Moran. By Peter McDermott The arts were not a priority when John Moran was growing up in Queens, New York City. “Discouraged” is the word he u...
How Redmond founded a dynasty
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How Redmond founded a dynasty
Pat McCarthy's latest book published Four Courts Press contains numerous photos from the periods covered. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott O...
Concert is worth day-trip from city
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Concert is worth day-trip from city
Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Catskills Irish Arts Week (July 8-14, www.catskillsirishartsweek.com) is fast a...
Salon bursting with pride, celebrating LGBTQ lives
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Salon bursting with pride, celebrating LGBTQ lives
KT Mulholland, left, and Ashley Pynn. PHOTO BY GORDON GILBERT JR. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The Irish American Writers & Artists celebrated Pride...
O’Leary album travels beyond NYC
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O’Leary album travels beyond NYC
Eamon O’Leary has been a part of two musical communities that “even in my own head they don’t always overlap.” Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor For ...
An immigrant alters U.S.’s destiny
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An immigrant alters U.S.’s destiny
Gregory Crouch. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott If you’ve never heard of the leading 19th century industrialist John William Mackay, it’s b...
Keenan delivers on his own terms
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Keenan delivers on his own terms
David Keenan promises to hit the studio once his U.S. tour finishes this week. By Mike Finnegan “There’s a muse on every street corner, flipping a ...
Allen revealed how it all began
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Allen revealed how it all began
Irish culinary legend Myrtle Allen died last week at age 94. Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Newspapers throughout Ireland reported on June 1...
Bonnevilles master hill country blues
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Bonnevilles master hill country blues
Chris McMullan, left, and Andy McGibbon of the Bonnevilles. By Geoffrey Cobb An ocean and thousands of miles separate Ireland from the hill country...
Sculpture that might have been
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Sculpture that might have been
The sculpture of President Kennedy by David Lewis outside the JFK Museum in Hyannis. Inside, there is a miniature of the original proposal: the pre...

 

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