The power of music charms all in ‘Once’

By R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR
February 27, 2019
R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR

Mackenzie Lesser-Roy was about to enter her junior year at Boston Conservatory when she was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to play Girl, the female lead in the 2016-17 national tour of the musical “Once.” She left school to join the show.

Many roles and performances later, she’s returning to Boston to recreate the same role, this time in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of “Once.”  Nile Scott Hawver plays Guy.  Performances run through March 30. 

THE BIR’S CALENDAR OF IRISH MUSIC EVENTS

By Sean Smith
February 27, 2019
Sean Smith

Arguably the high-tide month for Celtic/Irish events in Greater Boston is here, with “A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn,” the Lúnasa-Natalie Merchant collaboration at The Wilbur, and Celtic Thunder member Colm Keegan’s appearance at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England [see separate stories] among the highlights. Here are some more happenings:

‘See You at the Hall’ A trip back to the golden era of Irish Dance Halls in Boston

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
February 27, 2019
Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

The accompanying article was first published in the Boston Irish Reporter in the summer of 2004. Its focus was a new book by Susan Gedutis that spoke to a time in the city’s history when Irish music and dance had plenty of spaces in which to flower and plenty of participants eager to listen and take to the floor.

‘See You at the Hall’ A trip back to the golden era of Irish Dance Halls in Boston

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
February 27, 2019
Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

The accompanying article was first published in the Boston Irish Reporter in the summer of 2004. Its focus was a new book by Susan Gedutis that spoke to a time in the city’s history when Irish music and dance had plenty of spaces in which to flower and plenty of participants eager to listen and take to the floor.

Of intellectual laziness and our verbose talking-heads

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
February 27, 2019
Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

It’s high time to add yet another word to the lexicon employed by lazy journalists and casual pundits. Whether you’re viewing CNN, MSNBC, or Fox, you’ve heard this word ad nauseam. Cue the contrived dramatic pause as on-air anchors, reporters, and political experts furrow their collective brows, narrow their eyes, and clench their lips before announcing something so important that the moment has to be termed “fraught.”

Sand dollars star in a vignette about love

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
February 27, 2019

By James W. Dolan
Special to the Reporter

An older couple was walking along Tigertail Beach on Marco Island recently when they saw a woman in a bathing suit holding a small cloth bag and looking forlorn as she stood at the edge of the inlet. “What seems to be the problem,” she was asked. The woman said she was on vacation and hoped to search for sand dollars on the beach across the inlet but was afraid to cross to the other side.

Sand dollars star in a vignette about love

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
February 27, 2019

By James W. Dolan
Special to the Reporter

An older couple was walking along Tigertail Beach on Marco Island recently when they saw a woman in a bathing suit holding a small cloth bag and looking forlorn as she stood at the edge of the inlet. “What seems to be the problem,” she was asked. The woman said she was on vacation and hoped to search for sand dollars on the beach across the inlet but was afraid to cross to the other side.

Ireland reviewing its diaspora outreach

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
February 27, 2019

Ciarán Cannon T.D., Ireland’s Minister for the Diaspora and International Development, spent two intensive days in town last month meeting with Irish groups here. We spoke on his visit to the Irish Pastoral Centre in Dorchester.

Q. What’s the purpose of your visit?
A. The predominant purpose is to engage extensively with the Irish communities here, with a view toward hearing their opinion on Ireland’s diaspora engagement strategy. There are 33 million people of Irish descent living in the US and I try to get out to all of those communities as often as I can.

Minister Ciarán Cannon visits Boston for diaspora discussions

By BIR Newsroom
February 27, 2019
BIR Newsroom

Ireland’s Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciarán Cannon T.D., was in Boston last month for a two-day program of consultations with the Irish diaspora in which he met with representatives of more than 20 Irish-American organizations as part of the preparation for the Irish government’s new diaspora policy.

He also visited some of the six Irish community organizations that receive funding from the government to provide legal, welfare, and cultural activities to the diaspora in New England.

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