By Sabina Clarke Strolling through the spectacular exhibition The Quiet Men, now at Villanova University through October 6th, with artist Brian Whelan, the exhibition’s co-curator and driving force, who, for years, toyed with the concept of a major contemporary London Irish visual art exhibition exploring the experience of 20th century Irish immigrants to Britain—we...
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By Shane O’Donnell When Gerry Timlin partnered with Ed Egan in October 2004 to open The Shanachie in Ambler, it was the culmination of years of dreaming. “I was the manager of Brittingham’s for 10 or 12 years, and I’d worked in bars and restaurants all my life,” says Timlin, “I always wanted...
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By Sabina Clarke Melissa Genovese is a young, talented and passionate stained glass artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. I met her at Beyer Studio, an architectural stained glass restoration studio/warehouse in Germantown where we discussed her recently completed third commission for Roman Catholic High School, a...
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By Barrie Maguire Painting is always stressful, but painting Seamus Heaney taught me the meaning of the word. All of my previous Irish Writer paintings, eleven of them, had been of deceased giants of Irish Literature, from Joyce to Yeats, from Synge to Shaw. They were all based on famous images, interpreted in any...
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Conor McPherson and Ciaran Hinds | Photo © Katharine Gilbert
discuss the rave reviews of McPherson’s shocking new film, The Eclipse. Their previous successful collaboration was on Broadway in McPherson’s highly acclaimed, long running play, The Seafarer. So far, McPherson’s latest film The Eclipse has garnered three Irish film and television awards for Best Film, Best Script, and Best Supporting Actor, Aidan Quinn. The Eclipse opens in limited release on March 26th.
Reviewed by Katharine Gilbert “All poetry is confession.” – Goethe Perhaps some readers may remember the sixties. Abbie Hoffman wrote a book with the title Steal This Book. Well don’t steal, but please do read Joseph Meredith’s newest work Inclinations of the Heart. April is poetry month. So before you search for that old...
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By Peter Makem Sometime in the month of March of 1955 early in the evening, a knock came to my grandparent’s door at 44 Victoria Street, Keady, Co. Armagh. My grandmother Sarah, finding it strange that somebody should knock because the neighbors normally just walked in, went slowly to the door, opened it and...
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Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel | illustration (2009) © Megan Lawlor
By Frank Dougherty The Philadelphia theater that did for Irish-American wakes what Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding did for Italian-American connubial bliss this month is marking 50 years of presenting preeminent American and European stage productions. “The works of Irish playwrights and Irish-themed productions like Lafferty’s Wake have been an integral part of our repertory...
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