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SPANISH PEAKS CELTIC FEST SEPTEMBER 21-24 The GOTHARD SISTERS – FREE – 6th STREET HOOLEY
SPANISH PEAKS CELTIC FEST SEPTEMBER 21-24 The GOTHARD SISTERS – FREE – 6th STREET HOOLEY Friday September 22, 5:00pm – 6:00pm MINER’S PLAZA 6 th ST, WALSENBURG Although The Gothard Sisters Sunday (Sept 24) concert at La Veta Mercantile is Sold Out, you can see, hear, and dance with this awesome group throughout the Fest. […]
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The Art Underground Helps Anchor
Burgeoning Arts Hub in Louisville Colorado
Through the high tech boom, this Home Rule municipality of about 19,000 residents has managed to keep its charm of yesteryear. Outside of City Hall, a Miners memorial statue acknowledges the coal miners that populated the area beginning with the Welch mine in 1877. Though the town went through some tumultuous times with mining strikes, […]
Wick School Dancers Celebrate 20th Year with Great Success at Western U.S. Championships
The Denver-based Wick School of Irish Dance, founded and directed by Linnane Wick Joseph, is celebrating its twentieth year.”The dancers were joined in Los Angeles by Linnane Wick and Maureen Shea Cerise, a former Wick School championship dancer and current instructor. ”I was excited and emotional beyond measure for those kids and there families, for Maureen, […]
Colorado Celtic Center
Open for Business in “The Glens”
The Hickey”s came across the facility while looking for an investment property to expand their Colorado business interests which include The Celtic Tavern, Delaney”s Bar, and Erin”s Sandwich Shop. “Our first impression when we walked into the building was “Oh my God, this would be perfect for an Irish center or Celtic heritage center.” To […]
An Interview with Joseph O”Connor, Author of Redemption Falls
What led you to choose specific heritages? Well, first of all, many thanks for your kindness about the book. I suppose I chose specific heritages or national groupings to include in the story, partly by looking at which groups were present in large or growing numbers in America at the time. While the narrative moves […]
Pumpkin Soup (Britteny)
Normally Pumpkin is a love them or leave them vegetable. But in the capable hands of the Breton’s this variety of Squash becomes a miraculously tasting soup that will keep your guest guessing as to the nature of the flavors involved. Serves 4-6 2 lbs Cooked Fresh Pumpkin or 3 Cups canned Pumpkin 3 Cups of Chicken […]
Two Reindeer
The game show contestant was only 200 points behind the leader and was about to answer the final question ” worth 500 points! ”To be today’s champion,” the show’s smiling host intoned, “name two of Santa’s reindeer.” The contestant, a man in his early thirties, gave a sigh of relief, gratified that he had drawn such an […]
Tis the Season to be jolly …La la La la lah la lah lah lah
Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates. ”In honor of this holy season,” Saint Peter said, “you must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven.” The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. ”It represents a candle,” […]
The Rocky Mountain Christmas Revels In Celebration of the Winter Solstice Presents “An Irish Christmas” at Boulder Theater Dec 16 & 22
by Pat McCullough Since 2000, Rocky Mountain Revels have highlighted different cultures and time periods with their annual production of “The Christmas Revels, In Celebration of the Winter Solstice” ” This year the honor belongs to the Irish as the story takes place on the docks of Cobh (pronounced Cove) in County Cork, on the southwestern […]
Irish-American Society of New Mexico Sponsors Six Teens in Final Year of Children’s Friendship Project for Northern Ireland
CFPNI was the brainchild of Peggy Barrett, a Pennsylvania woman (born in Co. Cork) who was stirred into action after watching scenes of violence from Northern Ireland on her television. In 1987 she and her husband, Jack, decided to set up the now famous charity with a band of volunteers from her local area to […]
Gallatin Canyon
Reviewed by Mary McWay Seaman, Celtic Connection, July, 2007 Short story collections make irresistible traveling companions, and Thomas McGuane”s distinguished new volume, GALLATIN CANYON, delivers ten edgy displacement dramas perfectly fitted for interludes on the plane, by the pool or on the back porch. It”s a book to open at random; journey first with the traveler […]
Heavenly
E. Perkins Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets, “Do you want to go to heaven?” The man said, “I do, Father.” The priest said, “Then stand over there against the wall.” Then the priest asked the second man, “Do you want to go to heaven?” ”Certainly, Father,” was the […]
Golfing in Ireland
E. Perkins An American golfer playing in Ireland hooked his drive into the woods. Looking for his ball, he found a little Leprechaun flat on his back, a big bump on his head and the golfer’s ball beside him. Horrified, the golfer got his water bottle from the cart and poured it over the little guy, […]