Literature Music

Muldoon's Picnic (March 2019)

Curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon. Featuring Stuart Bailie, Sharon Olds, Tim Wheeler, and Rogue Oliphant.

Details

$45 general / $36 members
Date(s)

Mon, Mar 11, 2019

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

This event is sold out, but you can catch Paul Muldoon and Rogue Oliphant at the Hoboken Literary Weekend at Little City Books Sunday, April 7.



Hosted by Paul Muldoon
With house band Rogue Oliphant

The critically-acclaimed variety show, now in its ninth season, features a mixum-gatherum of music, prose fiction, poetry, high commentary, and low comedy. Based on the late 19th century New York show of the same name, Muldoon’s Picnic includes songs written by Paul Muldoon and performed by the house band, Rogue Oliphant.



FEATURING

Stuart Bailie, journalist and author 

Sharon Olds, poet 

Tim Wheeler, singer-songwriter and member of Northern Irish band Ash

Rogue Oliphant, Chris Harford (guitar), Ray Kubian (drums), David Mansfield (guitar), Cáit O'Riordan (bass), Warren Zanes (guitar)



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

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Lineup may be subject to change.



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Support for this program is also provided by the Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara Miller Foundation and Irish Institute.

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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