Literature Music

Muldoon's Picnic (March)

Curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon. Featuring the Lost Brothers, Lucy McDiarmid, Fintan O'Toole, Pierce Turner, and Monica Youn

Past Event

Details

$40 premium / $32 members
Date(s)

Mon, Mar 12, 2018

7:30pm

Contact

Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org

Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday

In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days

Location

Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019

Overview

Hosted by Paul Muldoon
With house band Rogue Oliphant

The critically-acclaimed feast of music, storytelling, poetry, and more—now in its eighth season—has become a staple of New York’s cultural diet. Led by Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon, this words-and-music jamboree features an evolving lineup of world-class special guests from across the spectrum of arts and letters.


FEATURING

The Lost Brothers
Mark McCausland and Oisin Leech

Lucy McDiarmid, scholar and writer

Fintan O'Toole, the Irish Times columnist, literary editor, and drama critic

Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter

Monica Youn, poet

Lineup is subject to change.


“Okay, it's not actually a picnic but a music-and-literature extravaganza.”—Time Out New York


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Featuring

The Lost Brothers
Lucy McDiarmid
Fintan O’Toole
Pierce Turner
Monica Youn

Featured Media

The Lost Brothers: Echoes in the Wind

Video
Review: Poets & the Peacock Dinner, by Lucy McDiarmid

The Irish Times
Pierce Turner: Wicklow Hills

Video
Interview with Monica Youn

Prairie Schooner
Muldoon's Picnic on PBS NewsHour

Video
Muldoon’s Picnic: a variety show from a Pulitzer winner

The Irish Times
Muldoon's Picnic trailer

Video

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Our Supporters

Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Brandt Jackson Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; the Irish Institute of New York; the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; the MacMillan Family Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC; the Hyde and Watson Foundation; the Manhattan Tourism Foundation; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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