New York Irish Center
Cultural Programs
theatre tonight: summer reading series
Live theatre is on its way back in New York City. Cool down on warm summer nights with the New York Irish Center, as we present Theatre Tonight: A Summer Play Reading Series.
Join us for three nights of live performers reading from of NYC's most prominent Irish playwrights. Enjoy a refreshing beverage and embrace the return of the theatre in the city.
History loves a parade: 260 years of the New York
St. patrick’s day parade
The New York Irish Center proudly presents an exploration of key milestones of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in North America from Colonial times to the present. Featuring archival images and new photography, guest musicians and original interviews with noted historians.
home away from home
this christmas
New York Irish Center brings comfort and joy to those prevented from returning to Ireland due to Covid-19. Irish performers will read works with a Christmas theme. Guests include: Sarah Binchy, Phil Coulter, Seána Davey, Phelim Drew, Adrian Dunbar, Fionnula Flanagan, Kwaku Fortune, Gregory Harrington, Geraldine Hughes, Christine Kinealy, Cathy Maguire, Colum McCann, Malachy McCourt, Dearbhla Molloy, Alan Stanford & Special Guests
The New York Irish Choir
The New York Irish Choir is New York's first Irish choir that will sing contemporary, chart-topping songs. Brought to us by Charlie Adams, a world-class singer and teacher and founding director of the New York Choir Project, you will embark on a six-week journey that will culminate with a digital performance!
Winter semester: February 10-March 10!
To The Western World: Panel Discussion with filmmaker Margy Kinmonth
To The Western World documents the tour made by Ireland’s great playwright John Millington Synge and major artist Jack B. Yeats in Counties Galway and Mayo in 1905.
The film, narrated by legendary film director John Huston, was shot entirely on location with local inhabitant of Connemare and a notable cast of actors from the Abbey and Druid Theatres, including Tom Hickey, Pat Laffan, Brendan Cauldwell and Niall Toibin.
Talk back panel is now available, hosted by Turlough McConnell with filmmaker Margy Kinmonth and guests Professor Christine Kinealy and Cormac O’Malley.
new york croons for christmas
Colm Reilly delivers his annual presents to the New York Irish Center, with a group of talented singers and musicians playing all the classics—in a way you haven’t heard before!
Between the lines
Between the Lines is an exciting new conversation series from the New York Irish Center, which will feature in-depth discussions with some of today’s brightest thinkers, innovators and literary minds.
New episodes will be uploaded to our YouTube page and shared on our social media feeds. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube page and stay up to date with our Between the Lines series!
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Centerpieceny
CenterPieceNY is a podcast series that tells the New York Irish Stories that you may know and may not know. Series creator and producer Paul Finnegan hosts a new Irish immigrant every episode, usually someone who arrived in America way back in the 1950s, ’60s, or ’70s. Their stories helped shape the story of the Irish in New York, a home away from home for so many of the Irish Diaspora.