Guide

NOVEMBER

26 WEDNESDAY

Good Clean Fun 

at Burke’s

GOOD Clean Fun provides the entertainment at Burke’s, 645 Bronx River Road, Yonkers. Call 914-237-5137 for more details.

Martin Kenny, 

Big Bamboo at 

Katie’s Cottage

MARTIN Kenny and Big Bamboo will perform at Katie’s Cottage, 521 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers. For more information call 914-965-0422.

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 at Rambling House

THERE’S DJ entertainment tonight at Rambling House, 4290 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn. Call 718-798-4510 for details.

Thanksgiving Eve at Rory Dolan’s

RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents DJ Joe tonight for a Thanksgiving Eve party. No cover charge. Call 914-776-2946 for details.

Elizabeth O’Reilly Exhibit

IRISH artist Elizabeth O’Reilly displays her work on Brooklyn and Ireland at The George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th Street, Manhattan. Through November 29. Call 212-645-2621 for details.

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.

Playing Burton at 

Arts Center

BRIAN Mallon stars in Playing Burton, written and directed by Mark Jenkins at The Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street Avenues. Call 212-757-3318 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.

27 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving at 

Rory Dolan’s

RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents DJ James tonight for a Thanksgiving party. No cover charge. Call for menu at 914-776-2946.

DJ at Saints & Sinners

DJ Ronan provides the music at Saints and Sinners. 59/21 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. Call 718-396-3268 for details.

DJ at Rambling House

THERE’S DJ entertainment tonight at Rambling House, 4290 Katonah Avenue, Woodlawn. Call 718-798-4510 for details. Also call for Thanksgiving menu.

Dinner at The 

James Caird

CALL for dinner menu at The James Caird, 25 Cedar Street, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 914-674-0706.

28 FRIDAY

Shannon Breeze 

at Burke’s

SHANNON Breeze performs at Burke’s, 645 Bronx River Road, Yonkers. Call 914-237-5137 for more details.

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 at Rory Dolan’s

RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents DJ Joe tonight. Call 914-776-2946 for details.

John and Joan Clancy at Katie’s Cottage

JOHN and Joan Clancy will perform at Katie’s Cottage, 521 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers. For more information call 914-965-0422.

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, Massa-chusetts. Call 781-821-8291 for details.

29 SATURDAY

Live Music at 

The Malt House

THERE’S live music tonight at The Malt House, 570 Kimball Avenue, Yonkers. Call 914-237-9822 for details.

Screaming Orphans at Saints and Sinners

SCREAMING Orphans provide the music at Saints and Sinners. 59/21 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. Call 718-396-3268 for details.

East Coast at Burke’s

EAST Coast performs at Burke’s, 645 Bronx River Road, Yonkers. Call 914-237-5137 for more 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.

Emerald Ceili

AN EMERALD Ceili will be held at 8 p.m. at the Cork Lounge, 3301 Greenpoint Avenue, Long Island City. Call 718-784-9500 for details.

Yonkers Dance

THE New Kerry Hall, 305 McLean Avenue Yonkers, will have a dance from 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Music by Tommy and Sharon. For information please call Jimmy O’Connor at 914-964-2100.

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.

30 SUNDAY

Ammo at the 

Rockin’ Robin

AMMO provides the entertainment at Rockin’ Robin, 942 McClean Avenue, Yonkers. Call 914-237-0202 for details.

Irish Christmas 

in Red Hook

COMEDIAN Noel V. Ginnity presents an Irish Christmas, which also offers music, dance and more. At St. Christopher’s, 30 Benner Road, in the Red Hook section of upstate New York, call 845-758-3732 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 will open on tonight at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Throughout December they will be in Boston, Trenton and Westbury, New York. Call 212-541-5698 for details.

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.

DECEMBER

01 MONDAY

Cray & Dempsey at Rory Dolan’s

RORY Dolan’s, 890 McClean Avenue, Yonkers, presents Cray & Dempsey. Call 914-776-2946 for details.

Trad at Maggie Mae’s

THERE’S trad music every Monday night at Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens. Call 718-433-3067 for details.

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. 

Nyack Country Christmas

THE Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, New York (30 miles north of New York City) will be presenting its second annual Irish Country Christmas starring Deirdre Reilly and Dermot O’Brien at 7:30pm. The show will also feature the Nashville Show Band and the Kathy Linnane School of Irish Music. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 845-358-6333.

02 TUESDAY

Maura Moynihan 

at AIHS

MAURA Moynihan reads from her short fiction at the American Irish Historical Society, 991 Fifth Avenue at 80th Street, Manhattan. At 6 p.m. Call ahead at 212-288-2263.

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 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.

04 THURSDAY

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.

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, 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

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.

07 SUNDAY

New Jersey Ceili

THE Irish American Assn. 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.

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.

12 FRIDAY

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

“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: 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).

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