Details
Free 2 hoursDate(s)
Sat, Dec 7, 2024
4:00pm
Contact
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274
Location
The Devlin Café
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
Overview
This detailed memoir recounts former Irish Arts Center director, James Olwell’s discovery of Irish music, song, dance, language, and theatre, and how his partnership with a growing group of other Irish Americans, Irish-born immigrants, and those from other backgrounds contributed to Irish culture in 1970s New York. Olwell combines his personal experiences with extensive interviews and broader historical context to bring his story to life to life.
The launch of The Art of Being Irish in Hell’s Kitchen will take place in The Devlin Café.
"A captivating, often humorous first-hand account of how young people, seeking to assert their authenticity within the American mosaic, can transform communities through their own doing."
—Dr. Jim Torczyner, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, McGill University
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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 Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
