Rothstein to leave JFK Library post at year’s end; Flor will succeed him

By
October 31, 2019

Steven M. Rothstein will step down from his position as executive director of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation at the end of the year and will be succeeded by Deputy Director Rachel Flor, who will begin transitioning into the role next month and assume full responsibilities in January 2020, according to a statement released by the foundation last Friday.

ICCNE hosts three lectures in November

By BIR Newsroom
October 29, 2019
BIR Newsroom

The Irish Cultural Centre (ICCNE) will host three lectures during the month of November:
Friday, Nov 8, 8 pm- Lecture and presentation by Dr. Frank Costello “The United Irishmen & the French Invasion of 1798”. Featuring special guest: Gregory Dunstan, Dean of the Armagh Robinson Library.
Friday, Nov 15, 8 pm- A presentation by First Derry Presbyterian Minister, David Latimer on a ‘remarkable story of peace building in Norther Ireland”. Minister Latimer has published a book titled: “A Leap of Faith – How Martin McGuinness and I Worked Together For Peace”.

L Street Center likely will close for up to 18 months during rehab

By BIR Newsroom
October 9, 2019
BIR Newsroom

BY JACK GOLDMAN
REPORTER CORRESPONDENT
The Curley Community Center in South Boston – known to many as the L Street Bathhouse – will likely close for up to 18 months beginning as soon as next fall as the 80-year-old beachfront property undergoes a $15 million renovation designed to modernize and protect the well-used facility.
That was the message from city officials to center members and community residents at a public meeting on Monday evening.

‘From the Floor’ tracks the moods and feelings that go into Irish dance

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
October 9, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

By Sean Smith
Special to the BIR
A spur-of-the-moment creative impulse by two Greater Boston residents during a Thanksgiving sojourn has now, nearly four years later, culminated in a unique video project that offers a new perspective on traditional Irish dance.
“From the Floor” is the brainchild of Jackie O’Riley and Rebecca McGowan, performers and teachers who specialize in sean-nós and other older, “low-to-the-ground” styles of Irish dance, marked by improvisational stepping and footwork.

William Barr has earned his niche in the Hall of Shame

By Peter Stevens
October 9, 2019
Peter Stevens

As impeachment looms, Trump turns to his
trusty phalanx of Irish Americans for cover

BY PETER F. STEVENS
BIR STAFF
Political predictions are all too often a fool’s errand. A month or two ago in this space, I asserted that President Trump would never be impeached, thinking that Democratic spinelessness and GOP fealty to, and fear of, the president would allow the administration of Donald Trump to profess his successful mantra to his cowed or irate foes: What are you —meaning Democratic leaders and many in the media—going to do about it?

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