Mary McPartlan – Artists Without Walls

ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' MEMBERS ON THE TOWN: WEEK of 11/10/13

There is a reception for artist Sana Musasama from 2-5 today, Sunday, at the Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York in the Art Gallery, Ground Floor–Arts and Science Building–2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY. Sana’s show “In Reawakening” is running through November 29.

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There will be a staged reading of Seamus Scanlon’s The Long Wet Grass in Tivoli New York, Sunday Nov 10th at 6 pm. Tangent-Arts Theatre

Honor Molloy will be part of a themed reading “when we were young” hosted by Mr. Devin Doyle, featuring Honor and four other talented writers: John “Chance” Acevedo, Nancy Agabian, Christine Kendall and Anna Voisard. You can find their bios here: http://boundlesstales.com/readings/november-2013/ Thursday, November 14th @ 7:30pm at Waltz-Astoria (23-14 Ditmars Blvd)

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Irish Traditional singer and Fulbright Scholar Mary McPartlan and legendary jazz pianist Bertha Hope will be performing an evening of American blues, folk, and Irish songs at the Irish Arts Center, 553 W51st St on Thursday, November 14. The concert will see both their styles and history merging together to create a new earthy, colorful and playful canvas for these two genres. Bertha and Mary first met at an Artists Without Walls’ Showcase and they are making their debut at the Irish Arts Center. Tickets are $30 but AWoW members can click here to order tickets for $20. https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/929161/prm/IAC The discount can also be redeemed by entering the code manually when buying tickets off the Irish Arts Center site or by mentioning it when calling the box office at 866-811-4111.

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The Irish Arts Center will be hosting ModERIN: The 15th Anniversary of Darrah Carr Dance with guest choreographer Seán Curran. (Also featuring the book launch of “ModERIN: Contemporary Irish Dance Works – Darrah Carr Dance”). November 22-24 Friday & Saturday | 8 pm Sunday | 3 pm Family Shows: Saturday & Sunday | 11 am Opening Night Reception & Book Launch – Friday, November 22nd! *Special $18 discount for AWOW members! Call: 866-811-4111 or https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/926667/prm/AWW

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Honor Finnegan will be performing on Friday, November 15th at the Minstrel Coffeehouse. She will be opening for John Forster 8:00 pm | $8 Morris County Cultural Center Morris Township NJ 07005 US 973-335-9489. Honor will be performing on Saturday, November 16th in Concerts at the Crossing. She will be opening for John Gorka 7:30 pm. 268 Washington Crossing Rd Titusville NJ 08560 US 609-406-1424 Aviv Roth will be joining Honor on guitar. For tickets and reservations, please check their website.

AWoW MEMBERS and FRIENDS’ UPCOMING EVENTS: THE WEEK of 5/19

Niamh Hyland will be singing at the Irish Arts Center’s “Sunday at Seven.” Tonight, May 19, 7pm at the Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st, NYC. Tickets $10. Ticket Information

Violinist Annette Homann will be appearing in “What I’m Failing to Learn.” Wed., May 22, 7pm at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, 50 W. 13th St., NYC. Tickets $25. Ticket Information

Tara O’Grady will be launching her CD “A Celt in the Cotton Club” and performing at Mary O’s, 32 Avenue A, NYC. Thursday, May 23, 7pm. Tara O’Grady Music

Singer/songwriter Mary McPartlan and pianist Bertha Hope will be performing at ZirZamin, 90 West Houston Street, Friday, May 24, 7:30pm. Tickets $20.

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Koro Koroye and Owen and Moley O’Suilleabhain will be performing at the “LES Festival of the Arts,” in the Johnson Theater, The Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, NYC. Friday,

May 24, 11pm. Free event

AWoW presents MARY McPARTLAN and BERTHA HOPE at NYC's ZirZamin, FRIDAY, MAY 24th

A special and unique collaboration has begun between the Irish Folk singer Mary McPartlan (who is in New York on a Fulbright Scholarship) and Jazz pianist Bertha Hope, one of the great exponents of the jazz idiom. Mary and Bertha, who both embrace AWoW’s multicultural approach to the arts, met when they each performed at an AWoW Showcase earlier in the year. The two women quickly hit it off and embarked on a new collaborative effort, which combines Mary’s Irish folk style and Bertha’s jazz piano.

Mary McPartlan has a high profile in Ireland as a tradional and contemporary folk singer with extensive rave reviews for two recent award winning albums The Holland Handkerchief and Petticoat Loose. Mary recently recorded a song with a poem from the now President of Ireland Michael D Higgins dedicated to the Chilean poet Victor Yara. Mary McPartlan Website

Bertha Hope has led an all american women’s ensemble JASSBERRY JAM for 15 years and is prominent on the jazz scene in the tri-state area. Bertha Hope Website

The collaboration and the making of this exciting piece of art will take place at ZirZamin, 90 West Houston, Friday, May 24 2013, 8pm. The doors will open at 7.30pm promptly and early arrival is clearly recommended. Click here for further details.