Details
Free 2 hoursDate(s)
Sat, Dec 7, 2024
4:00pm
Contact
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274
Location
The JL Greene Theatre
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
Overview
This event is full, but some seats may be released. Please sign up here to be alerted should spaces open up.
This detailed memoir recounts James Olwell’s experiences amid the earliest days of the original Irish Arts Center, as a growing group of fellow Irish Americans and immigrants from Ireland and other backgrounds came together to celebrate Irish culture in 1970s New York. Olwell combines his personal accounts with extensive interviews and broader context to bring his story to life.
The launch of The Art of Being Irish in Hell’s Kitchen will take place in the JL Greene Theatre, with a reading and talkback with the author. Admission is free, though reservations are required.
"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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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.
