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The Buzz / 09.01.04

February 16, 2011

By Staff Reporter

Stuff to do this weekend and beyond . . . On Saturday, Sept. 4, Lavelle?s, 46th St. & Broadway, Astoria, NY will feature LIVE MUSIC. For information, call (718) 278-9071. MORGAN CLAMP will perform at the Pig & Whistle on Third, 922 Third Ave., NYC. For information, call (212) 688-4646. Also on Saturday, good clean fun will appear at McGilligan?s, 869 McLean Ave., Yonkers, N.Y. 10704. For information, call (914) 237-2320. The Blackthorne Resort in East Durham, N.Y., will have entertainment throughout Labor Day Weekend with Black 47, Seanchai & the Unity Squad, Pat Maguire and the Peter Street Band. For information, call (518) 634-2541. Also Labor Day Weekend, the Fern Cliff House in East Durham will feature music by John Connors & the Irish Express. For more information, call (518) 634-7424. The Inn at Leeds, in Leeds, N.Y., will feature entertainment by Sean Wilson, The Whole Shabang, the Eamonn Ryan Band, The McCabes and The Brian Murphy Band throughout the weekend. For information, call (518) 943-9820. On Sunday, Sept. 5, Gerry Hughes & Walter Ensor play Connolly Station, 280 Hempstead Ave., Malverne, L.I. Show starts at 6 p.m. For information, call (516) 887-5160. Also on Sunday, Michael O?Rourke & the Black Velvet Band will perform at The Grasshopper Also, 645 Washington Ave., Carlstadt, N.J. For information, call (201) 460-7771.
Don?t tarry ? see ?Tarry? Apparently, Broadway is not the only place to see the debut of an important play. Selkie, a newly-formed theater company based in Allentown, Pa., will present the world premiere of ?Tarry Flynn,? a play by Peter Fallon based on the novel by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh. The show will open with a gala performance on Friday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m., in the Ice House on Sand Island, Bethlehem, Pa. Performances run through Sept. 19. For more information, call (610) 820-5884 or email blueselkies@aol.com.
Orange Co. Irish Fest to honor Veterans Orange County in New York will turn a lovely shade of green next month ? but don?t go confusing it with the state?s official Greene County. before this gets more confusing, just mark your calendars for the 11th annual Orange County Irish Heritage Festival, which will be held Sept. 18-19, at Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Montgomery, N.Y. They promise great entertainment, including Andy Cooney, Black 47 (whose album, ?Fire of Freedom,? made the Echo?s list of the 50 Essential Irish Albums last week), Celtic Cross, as well as bag pipers, dancers, a children?s carnival, crafts and an appearance by the Orange County Choppers on Saturday. Mass will be offered on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. by Msgr. Boland. Organizers are honoring the contribution of American veterans by offering free admission to all veterans who produce ID. For more information, visit www.irishheritagefestival.org.
Tin whistle workshop at Irish Arts Center If you?ve always wanted to lear how to play the tin whistle ? circle Sunday, Sept. 19, on your calendar. Renowned tin whistler Bill Ochs will lead free tin whistle workshops at the Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Sreet, NYC. The workshops will cover enerything you need to get started, and will be divided into three sections: Absolute Beginners from 2:00-3:30 p.m., Advanced Beginners from 3:30-4:30 p.m., and Intermediate players from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Participants should bring a tin whistle in the key of D, or purchase one for $10 at the workshop. Ochs has been called a “central figure in the renaissance of the tin whistle” by National Public Radio’s ?All Things Considered.? He is author of The Clarke Tin Whistle ? the definitive tin whistle instruction book, which is now in its fourteenth printing with over 200,000 copies sold worldwide. For reservations or further information about the workshop or ongoing tin whistle classes at The Irish Arts Center, contact Bill Ochs at (212) 247-3231 or email him at bill@pennywhistle.com.
Feel the heat Reminder: ?Recue Me? is a gritty drama set in a New York City firehouse, and stars Denis Leary as a veteran smoke eater, struggling with his own personal demons in the wake of 9/11. Adding to its air of authenticity, the show was shot on location in the Big Apple, and features real-life firemen in the cast and as extras. Catch a new episode tonight, at 10 p.m. on the FX cable network. And yes, since you asked, this is my new obsession.

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