Guide
DECEMBER
03 WEDNESDAY
James McCourt Talk
THE CUNY Institute for Irish American Studies presents a screening of Romance, directed by George Haas, and a conversation with the film’s screenwriter, author James McCourt. At Lehman College, Carman Hall B-34 at 1:30 p.m. Romance (1980) was directed by George Haas (Friends & Lovers) and written by James McCourt (Time Remaining, Queer Street). It is described as a picaresque film featuring performances by novelist Edmund White, poet Tom Carey, and a wide host of others from the downtown New York scene of the late 1970s. Never released, this legendary underground film runs 45 minutes and will be followed by a conversation between James McCourt and Prof. William M. Hoffman, Lehman College Theater Department. For further information and to secure a place, please call 718-960-6722.
Mary Robinson Talk
FORMER U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson will deliver the eighth annual Rosalynn Carter Distinguished Lecture in Public Policy at 8 p.m. in Glenn Memorial Auditorium at Emory University, Atlanta. Robinson will discuss “Getting Back on Track With the Global Human Rights Agenda.” This event is free and open to the public. For information, call 404-727-0096.
Karaoke at the
Rockin’ Robin
THERE’S karaoke every Wednesday night with Ciara at Rockin’ Robin, 942 McClean Avenue, Yonkers. Call 914-237-0202 for details.
Long Day’s Journey into Night on Broadway
EUGENE O’Neill’s Irish American classic is being staged starring Brian Dennehy at the Plymouth Theater, 236 West 45th Street, Manhattan. Call 212-239-6200 for details.
Irish Music Session
P.V. O’Donnell hosts traditional Irish music jam session every Wednesday night from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at City Steam, 942 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut. All musicians singers and dancers welcome.
9/11 Irish Tattoo Art
AN exhibit entitled “Indelible Memories: September 11 Memorial Tattoos” and photographed by Vinnie Amesse is on display at the Historical Museum of Richmondtown Staten Island through January 2004. With over 100 photographs, the exhibit documents the highly personal approach 55 people selected to honor and remember their family members, co-workers and the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Many works have Irish themes. At the Historic Museum of Richmondtown, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island. Call 718-351-1611.
04 THURSDAY
Good Clean Fun at Rambling House
GOOD Clean Fun perform at Rambling House, 4290 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn. Call 718-798-4510 for details.
DJ James at
Rory Dolan’s
RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents D.J. James tonight. Call 914-776-2946 for details.
Christmas at Glucksman Ireland House
AN evening of carols, conversation and holiday cheer will be held tonight at Glucksman Ireland House, One Washington Mews at Fifth Avenue, near New York University. For more details call 212-998-3950.
Morgan Clamp at
Saints and Sinners
MORGAN Clamp provides the music at Saints and Sinners, 59/21 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. Call 718-396-3268 for details.
Waterboys on Tour
THE Waterboys play Manhattan’s Town Hall as part of their international tour at 8 p.m. Founded in 1983 by singer/songwriter Mike Scott, the Waterboys are currently promoting their newly-released, live album Universal Hall. Tickets for the concert are $35 and $25, and are on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, or by calling 212-307-4100. Tickets can also be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. For more information, log on to the official band site, www.mikescottwaterboys.com. Other tour dates: 12/5 Boston, Mass.; 12/7 Falls Church, VA, State Theatre; 12/9 Chicago, IL Park West; 12/10 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall; 12/13 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre; 12/16 Los Angeles, CA Avalon.
Concern Winter Ball
THE 2003 Concern Winter Ball, a black tie event which includes cocktails, dinner and music will be held tonight to raise awareness of the work of Concern does around the world. Funds raised from the Winter Ball will support Concern’s program to provide primary education for 6,000 children in 18 communities in Somalia. Almost every school in the country was completely destroyed in the aftermath of the civil war. Concern’s program will dramatically improve literacy, especially among girls and the very poorest children. Tickets are $130 per person. To be held at Mutual of America 320 Park Avenue. Manhattan. For more details call 212-557-8000.
Cathie Ryan in Manhattan
CATHIE Ryan performs at Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Manhattan. Call 212-576-1155 for details or visit www.satalla.com
05 FRIDAY
DJ at Rambling House
THERE’S DJ entertainment every Friday and Saturday at Rambling House, 4290 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn. Call 718-798-4510 for details.
DJ James at
Rory Dolan’s
RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents D.J. James tonight. Call 914-776-2946 for details.
Music at Vintage
AMO provides the entertainment at Vintage, 171 Main Street, White Plains, New York. Call 914-328-5803 for details.
Seanchai and the
Unity Squad
SEANCHAI and the Unity Squad perform tonight and every Friday at Rocky Sullivan’s, 129 Lexington Avenue, between 28th and 29th Streets. For details call 212-725-3871.
Eddie Gibbons
Irish Variety
THE Eddie Gibbons Irish Variety Show is broadcast on Queens Cable (channel 34) today at 2:30 p.m. and Sundays (channel 56) at 9 p.m. Call 718-476-0633 for details.
Boston Music
EVERY Friday there are melodies and tunes with the ICC seisiun group starting at 8 p.m. Free admission. For information, contact Maureen McNally at 781-767-4401 or visit irishculture.org/seisiun. Tim O’Connell and friends also host a live seisiun on Sunday afternoons, both at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, 200 New Boston Drive, Canton, Massachusetts. Call 781-821-8291 for details.
06 SATURDAY
Live Music at
The Malt House
THERE’S live music tonight with Mary G. and the Shamrocks at The Malt House, 570 Kimball Avenue, Yonkers. Call 914-237-9822 for details.
Florida Christmas Ceili
IRISH-AMERICAN Ceili Club presents a Christmas ceili at American Legion Hall: Post 92, 211 North 21 Avenue, Hollywood, Florida. Admission $7 (members) - $10 (guests). For more details call 954-432-8292.
HOPE Ceili in Yonkers
THE charitable organization Helping Other People (HOPe) holds a ceili in the Kerry Building, 307 McLean Avenue, Yonkers. For more details call 914-237-2177.
Fergus Begley at
Saints and Sinners
FERGUS Begley provides the music at Saints and Sinners, 59/21 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. Call 718-396-3268 for details.
DJ Joe at Rory Dolan’s
RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents D.J. Joe tonight. Call 914-776-2946 for details.
DJ at Vintage
LIVE DJ provides the entertainment at Vintage, 171 Main Street, White Plains, New York. Call 914-328-5803 for details.
Black 47 at
Connolly’s (45th)
BLACK 47 will perform Saturdays at Connolly’s Pub, 121 West 45th Street, between 5th and Madison. Through December 31. Call 212-597-5126 for details.
Voice of Erin Radio
THE “Voice of Erin” radio program can be heard on WVOX, 1460 AM from 2 - 5 p.m. The show offers Irish music, as well as Irish sports and news updates. Call 1-866-374-6723 for details.
Irish Radio
WFUV, 90.7 FM, offers Irish music this morning at 9 p.m., and regular Irish programming Saturday mornings and on Sunday.
Adrian Flannelly Show
THE Adrian Flannelly Show is on WVNJ 1160 AM, and can be heard worldwide on www.irishradio.com. Hear news and sports from Ireland, music, interviews and more from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Call 212-935-0606 for details.
07 SUNDAY
Martin Melody
at McEntire’s
MARTIN Melody provides the entertainment at McEntire’s (formerly The Leinster House), 585 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers. Call 914-476-3021 for details.
New Jersey Ceili
THE Irish American Association holds a ceili at Richard Mine Road, Rockaway, New Jersey. With music by The Patty Furlong Band. There will be a lesson at 3 p.m., and a ceili at 4 p.m. Call 973-366-8483 for details.
Fun at Rory Dolan’s
RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents Good Clean Fun tonight. Call 914-776-2946 for details.
Comedy and Music
at Arts Center
THERE’S comedy and music the first Sunday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Manhattan. Performers include: Maureen Langan, Andy Vastola, Blue Knight and more.
Paul Zunno at
Saints and Sinners
PAUL Zunno provides the music at Saints and Sinners, 59/21 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. Call 718-396-3268 for details.
Irish Tenor
John McDermott
JOHN McDermott is touring with Nana Mouskouri. They will perform at venues on the East and West coasts as well as in Canada. The tour hits Boston, Trenton and Westbury, New York.
Johnny Cuomo
at O’Neill’s
DROP into O’Neill’s, the traditional Irish bar at 729 3rd Avenue (between 45th and 46th Streets) for a seisiun with Johnny Cuomo every Sunday at 7 p.m. Call 212-661-3530 for details.
08 MONDAY
Homeless Outreach
THE Homeless Outreach project takes place tonight and every Monday from the Aisling Irish Center, 990 McLean Avenue, Yonkers. Volunteers are invited to gather at the center at 7 p.m. for the preparation of food. Departure for the Madison Square Garden area of Manhattan is at 8:30 p.m., returning at 10:30 p.m. Please call 914-237-5121 for details.
Boston Dancing
EVERY Monday enjoy Irish set dancing and ceili classes at 7:30 p.m. No experience or partner necessary at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, 200 New Boston Drive, Canton, Massachusetts. Call 781-821-8291 for details.
09 TUESDAY
“Ireland, the United Nations and Irish America”
THE City University of New York Institute for Irish American Studies presents a lecture by Dr. Joseph Morrison Skelly, “Ireland, the United Nations and Irish America, 1955-2001” at 1:30 p.m. Lehman College, Carman Hall #B-34. Dr. Skelly is an Assistant Professor of History at the College of Mount Saint Vincent and a Visiting Professor at Trinity College Dublin’s Graduate Program in International Studies. He received his Ph.D. from University College Dublin. He is the author and editor of Irish Diplomacy at the United Nations, 1955-65, Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-66, and Ideas Matter: Essays in Honor of Conor Cruise O’Brien. For further information and to secure a place, please call 718-960-6722.
11 THURSDAY
Good Clean Fun at Rambling House
GOOD Clean Fun perform at Rambling House, 4290 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn. Call 718-798-4510 for details.
Yeats Biographer at Glucksman Ireland House
WILLIAM Butler Yeats biographer Roy Foster launches his new book W.B. Yeats: A Life, Volume II: The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939 tonight at Glucksman Ireland House, One Washington Mews at Fifth Avenue, near New York University. For more details call 212-998-3950.
12 FRIDAY
The Life and Legacy of Robert Emmet at AIHS
THE year 2003 marks the bicentenary of the death of Robert Emmet, one of the most popular and important Irish revolutionaries. A product of his extraordinary times, he was consequently close to the heart of Irish radicalism when still in his adolescence. His progression into revolutionary politics in adulthood was not inevitable but, nonetheless, a natural, explicable and consistent step for someone of his background.
A new book Remember Emmet: Images of the Life and Legacy of Robert Emmet charts this progression from his earliest years, to his time as a student activist in 1798, through his graduation to full blown revolutionary leader in 1803, his subsequent trial and execution and, finally, to the enduring legacy that has lasted for the last two hundred years. Ruán O’Donnell, Ireland’s leading authority on Robert Emmet, and the author of a definitive two-volume biography will discuss this latest book at the American Irish Historical Society, 991 Fifth Avenue at 80th Street, Manhattan. At 6:30 p.m. Call ahead at 212-288-2263. O’Donnell’s book is illustrated with 300 documents and illustrations culled mainly from the National Library, the National Gallery, the National Archives, Kilmainham Gaol and the National Museum, as well as other sources in Ireland and America, including American Irish Historical Society. Many of these have never been published before.
Tony Kenny’s “Christmastime in Ireland”
VOCALIST Tony Kenny will be performing his holiday show “Christmastime in Ireland” at the Community Theatre, 100 South Street, Morristown, New Jersey at 8 p.m. The duo of laughter and song “Mac & O,” comedian Carl Persse and the Dublin City Dancers will also join Tony Kenny. Ticket prices are $32, $30 and $29 and can be purchased by calling the Irish American Cultural Institute at 973-605-1991. This inspirational, family show takes the audience on a journey to the Emerald Isle at Christmas. A native of Dublin, Kenny began his musical career as the star of the internationally acclaimed stage musicals, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He then joined the cast of the world famous Jurys Irish Cabaret in Dublin.
13 SATURDAY
Book Signing at Rambling House
PETER Canavan and Mickey Harte appear for a book signing at Rambling House, 4290 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn. Call 718-798-4510 for details.
“Sounds of Christmas” in Mineola
THE Sounds of Christmas, a concert starring The Irish Express, will be held at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola, New York. Call 516-742-8080 for details.
Ireland in Prints
in Queens
IRELAND in Prints will have its annual holiday sale today and tomorrow at The Foggy Dew pub, 49-10 Skillman Avenue, Sunnyside from 12 noon to 6 p.m. On sale will be a large selection of Irish gifts including prints and photographs of Ireland by various artists, silver and gold Celtic jewelry, Irish knit sweaters, bodhrans, wall plaques and more. Call 845-896-8531 for details.
“The Celtic Tradition”
“BAROQUE & Before: The Celtic Tradition.” Discover the connection between traditional Irish music and the Baroque. Guest artists will be John Elwes and Siobhan Armstrong on the Irish harp. For tickets, call St. Luke’s at 212-594-6100. Armstrong and Elwes will present a program similar to one that might have been heard in 18th century Dublin – music ranging from solo harp tunes taken from “A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes, Dublin, 1724,” Irish sacred music for voice and harp, variations on the Irish air “Eiblin a Run,” and selections of works by Handel, Corelli, and Geminiani. Today at 2 p.m., at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Tickets, $25). And Thursday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m. - Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (Tickets, $35 and $28).
20 SATURDAY
Grand Opening at McEntire’s
INCHICORE provides the entertainment at the officials grand opening of McEntire’s (formerly The Leinster House), 585 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers. Call 914-476-3021 for details.
Please send submissions for the Entertainment Guide to Irish Voice, attn: Tom Deignan, 875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2100, New York 10001, fax (212) 244-3344 or e-mail the Irish Voice at IrVce@aol.com.
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