Exciting times for Sephira!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by failtelanders

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SEPHIRA
Dublin, IE  |  Other / Classical Crossover / Soundtrack
Members: Joyce O’Leary – Vocals, Violin , Ruth O’Leary – Violin, Vocals

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Hello everyone,
We’re back!  This has been quite the month for us!  We have been so busy with not only the EP but with also putting future plans in place for Sephira. More news on future plans will follow within the next few months.  We are dying to fill you in and we are not purposely trying to tease.  Let’s just say, it will be worth the wait.
To make up for that lack of info, we will give you a little more inside information on the Eternity EP process!  The final mix and mastering of the bonus track, Miracle was completed yesterday and all the beautiful artwork has been finalized.  We are so lucky to have a very patient graphic designer who finds our perfectionist natures (not mentioning any names!) quite endearing!
All of you, who are patiently waiting for your pre-orders, will not be disappointed!  This Limited Edition Eternity EP is most definitely going to be a collector’s item.  The pre-order bundle includes:
  •  A signed Eternity CD
  •  A personalized letter
  •  A surprise Bonus gift for all pre-order purchases.
To order your copy now, just go to the Sephira Online Store.
Happy Shopping!
Eternity Press
Check out this great article from IMRO, Irish Music Rights Organization, featuring Sephira’s Eternity EP:
Emmy Nomination for TV Special
In other news, as you may already know, Sephira featured on a TV special, Michael Londra’s “Beyond Celtic” in 2011.  The TV special has just been nominated for 2 Emmys which is fantastic news for all involved.  In case you haven’t already seen Sephira’s performance of “Misirlou”, take a look!  It is now part of an Emmy nominated show!
Misirlou features on our Eternity EP, available in hard copy from Sephira Online Storeand also available to download from iTunes.
Before we leave you, we would like to wish all the wonderful Moms out there, a very Happy Mother’s Day!  We have a wonderful Mom of our own who we love so much and we still learn a little more from her every day. xx
Lots of love,
R & J xx
MUSIC STORES

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PRESS

“The special guests, the international duet Sephira, is a talented, well-rehearsed sister act from Ireland known for their beautiful voices as well as the mastery and excitement of their violins. Sisters Joyce and Ruth O’Leary have toured the world with their music. The excitement of their playing together is infectious.”  — Albert Goodwyn, SF Performing Arts Examiner

“Joyce and Ruth O’Leary, of the Irish group Sephira, were in Wellesley on Friday night to celebrate their new album, “Starlight.’’ They partied at A.M. DePrisco jewelers with Zack Lo, the local designer who’s responsible for the shoes the women wear on their album cover. Lo told us yesterday that he met the O’Learys through Irish-bred, New York fashion maven Jacqueline Quinn, who designed the duo’s gowns. He said the shoes were designed for them specifically, and that he calls them “Blue Violin.’’ Friday’s party guests included comedian Steve Sweeney, sportscaster Chris Collins, and stylist Lisa Koplow.” — Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein, The Boston Globe

“Classical cross-over duo Sephira recently performed at AM De Prisco Jewelers in Wellesley, MA to launch their new Christmas album Starlight. The event combined Sephira’s beautiful music with Celtic Christmas couture to create a unique shopping experience. nn Eastman and Ruth O’Leary. On the day Sephira, comprised of violinist/vocalist sisters Ruth and Joyce O’Leary, provided a complimentary autographed copy of Starlight for all guests. The album includes Christmas classics like “Oh Holy Night” and “Sleigh Ride,” as well as more modern holiday-suited songs such as a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”.” — By Lorelei Vener, The Boston Irish Emigrant 

LINKS

 ReverbNation       Twitter       Artist Website       Facebook       Myspace

Physical inquiries can be sent to: P.O. Box 5, Carrickmacross Delivery Office,, Carrickmacross, Co.Monaghan, Ireland., Dublin, NA, IE

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Learn the Basics of Business Finance at this SCORE NYC Seminar

Posted on May 24, 2013 by failtelanders

 

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FINANCE AND BUSINESS ACCOUNTING BASICS
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
*Registration 8:30 am to 9:00 am

Seminar 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Offering free
expert advice
from successful
executives and
entrepreneurs

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REGISTER
ONLINE $59
SAVE $10
WALK-INS
WELCOME
although space is limited
PAYMENT AT THE DOOR IS $69
PAYMENT IS BY CASH OR CREDIT CARD ONLY.
There is a $10 discount on all Student and SEAP registrations. (Valid ID must be presented at the door.)

All times, topics and locations are subject to change. Please look for our updates confirming time and place.

FREE
COUNSELING:
SCORE NYC mentors are available for one-on-one sessions to address your business issues. Contact us at:
Tel:
212.264.4507
Website:
newyorkcity.score.org

Go to “Contact Us”

 

UPCOMING
SEMINARS:

Watch for information on additional seminars scheduled  this spring.

SCORE NYC is
headquartered at
26 Federal Plaza
Room 3100
New York, NY 10278
Mon-Wed-Fri
10am to 2pm

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ANSWERS.
Determining the best legal structure, obtaining financing and managing your money are all essential for running your business successfully. It is not possible to operate and manage your business without the ability to account for dollars received and dollars spent.
This seminar will be led by accounting professionals with years of experience in consulting with small businesses and entrepreneurs.

In this seminar you will learn:
  • The differences between a sole proprietor, a partnership, an LLC and a corporation
  • The financing options available to small businesses
  • The prerequisites for obtaining financing
    • how to qualify
    • business plans
  • How lenders look at credit scores
  • The importance of proper bookkeeeping
    • in managing your business
    • in obtaining financing
  •  How using accounting software can help you manage your business
SPEAKERS:
Joshua Dubrow, CPA
Alan Fishman, CPA
Robert Moses, CPA
Bernadette Schopfer, CPA
LOCATION:
New York State Society of
Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
3 Park Avenue (at 34th Street)
19th Floor, Classroom C
*Coffee and tea will be served during registration.

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SCORE provides FREE counseling to thousands of entrepreneurs in the New York City area. More than 60 experienced business executives with a wide variety of business backgrounds donate their time to help you start a new business or improve your present business. Counseling is available face-to-face, by email, via telephone or via Skype.
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Inter-Diaspora reach out

Posted on May 2, 2013 by failtelanders

Hi everyone,

The Irish, as a people, have had their share of suffering from famine, civil
war, and occupation; resulting in a respect for others who suffer unjustly.
Since we have had our share of unjust suffering, we can deeply understand
and have the heart to protest against the unjust suffering of fellow human
beings.

The killing of thousands of innocent people for their organs is occurring in
China on a daily basis, and has been, for over a decade.

Over 10,000 organ transplantation surgeries are performed in China every
year and for each person executed, the amount of money that can be made from
their organs is up to $300,000.

The main source of organs (over 90%), used for organ transplantation in
China, is from executed prisoners.

Unfortunately, the people executed in China are often prisoners of
conscience, including spiritual and religious believers such as Falun Gong
practitioners and Tibetan Buddhists, as well as human rights activists.

Recently, a petition to the White House gathered over 30,000 signatures
demanding the US do something to stop this horrible atrocity.
http://organpetition.org/

To learn more about Forced Organ Harvesting in China visit the website
www.DAFOH.org

Please also check these links for updates on this issue:

http://is.gd/dGczsp April 2nd 2013- Pittsburgh Transplantation Surgeons
Disapprove of Chinese Regime’s Organ Harvesting

http://is.gd/2rSOOE March 21, 2013- Australian Senate Unanimously Passes
Motion on Organ Harvesting

Its important to know about this horrifying phenomenon, let others know
about it, and protest it.  To voice your protest sign the petition on
http://organpetition.org/

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RendezVous353 Update

Posted on May 2, 2013 by failtelanders

RendezVous353

rendezvous353.com
Update 23rd April 2013
Great Irish Video’s

With the Leaving Cert upon us, check out a mothers advice gone viral !

Irish Mother Angry About Her Son
 

Kodaline – High Hopes

 

Origin

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While the Irish will return to Ireland for ‘The Gathering’ … continued emigration means that other Irish are still ‘gathering’ to leave.  So when will there be a slow down of the exodus of the generation emigration?
At the Cock’n’Bull pub in the heart of Bondi, Irish tricolours were flying and the Guinness was flowing. A fiddler belted out a Celtic tune to revellers soaking up the atmosphere. Such was the happy crush that it seemed a substantial proportion of the tens of thousands of Irish people who have come to Australia to find work in the past year had found their way to the bar.
The Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration has just published a newWelcome to Canada guide, intended as an “official handbook to assist immigrants in preparing to come to Canada and to help them navigate their way during their first months”.
A new information booklet has been published to assist Irish emigrants planning a move to Western Australia.The 38-page guide, prepared by the Claddagh Association of Western Australia, contains information on everything potential migrants need to know, from registering with the Department of Foreign Affairs and purchasing travel insurance before leaving Ireland, to finding a job or a place to live on arrival, paying tax, negotiating Perth transport or accessing healthcare.
FOR MORE THAN 150 years, Britain has been the go-to choice for many Irish emigrants escaping the country. Some 19,000 Irish people emigrated to the UK last year, while an estimated 6 million people in Britain are believed to be third-generation Irish. The Irish Studies Centre at the London Metropolitan University has been looking after an archive documenting the history of the Irish in Britain, spanning from the late nineteenth century to the present day, since 1991.
Unemployed Irish workers could be enticed to move to South Australia with low interest home loans under radical new proposals drawn up by a property lobby group.The Property Council’s South Australian branch want to target workers in European countries ‘ravaged by economic turmoil’ and have Irish people in their sights.#
Regards
Rendezvous353.com team
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CUNY IIAS Upcoming Events

Posted on May 2, 2013 by failtelanders

Friday, May 3, 2013 – Annual Dinner

JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER!  THIS YEAR WE WILL BE HONORING:

Charles Hale, George Heslin, Joseph B. McElligott IV

THE FUNDRAISING JOURNAL GOES TO THE PRINTER ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26.  PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT TICKETS FOR THE DINNER OR PLACING YOUR AD.

THE CUNY IIAS ANNUAL DINNER WILL BE HELD ON MAY 3, 2013, 6:30-9:30 PM, AT THE MANHATTAN CLUB AT ROSIE O’GRADY’S. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 718-960-6722.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 – Irish American Book Club
7:00-9:00 PM
Room 3310B
Graduate Center / CUNY365 Fifth Avenue

Professor Janet Butler-Munch will lead the Irish-American Book Club’s spring reading on May 8th. The book for discussion is the novel, Fever, by Mary Beth Keane.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to: [email protected]

— Please visit our website at http://www.irishamericanstudies.com for more information regarding CUNY Irish and Irish-American Studies events and activities.

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Celtic Cruise (to benefit EIIC) – Wednesday 5 June 2013

Posted on April 27, 2013 by failtelanders
Save the date!

Celtic Charity Inc and AOH Div 7
Present
The Celtic Cruise
Music, Dancing, Great Food and Fun
Aboard The Spirit of New York
to Benefit
Emerald Isle Immigration Center
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Featuring live music by:
Celtic Cross
The Cunningham Brothers
The Shay Mac Band
Full Open Bar – Hot and Cold Buffet Dinner – Dessert
General Admission: $100 in advance/$110 at dock
Purchase tickets on-line atcelticcharity.com/tickets.html
Board at Chelsea Piers, Pier 62
West 23rd Street and 12th Avenue
Board 6:00pm / Sail 6:45pm
Return 10:00pm / Party till 10:30pm
Amazing Raffle Prizes:
1st  – Two R/T Tickets to Ireland
w 7 Nights B&B-Car Rental
2nd – Weekend for Two in Manhattan
Hotel-Restaurants-Broadway Show
3rd – Dine around Manhattan
For information:
Call (212) 717-9955 or visit www.celticcharity.com
Thanks,
Cathy
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Team Trinity/Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Banquet – Friday 10 May 2013

Posted on April 27, 2013 by failtelanders

Save the date!

Team Trinity/Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
2nd Annual Banquet
Friday, May 10, 2013
Good Time Room
Empire City Casino
Yonkers Raceway
Cocktail hour 7:00pm
Dinner and Dancing 8:00pm to 12:00pm
Guest of Honor
John Fareri
President & CEO, Fareri Associates
Founder, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Valhalla, NY
Music
Guss Hayes Showband
Tickets $150.00
Banquet Chairpersons
Eileen Mannion-Collum
(914) 450-5323
Heritage Bar & Restaurant
960 McLean Avenue
Yonkers, New York 10704
Agnes Delaney
Souvenir Journal
Melissa McIntyre
Chairperson
(914) 318-5501
Nollaig Cleary
Fax (914) 613-7079
2013 Committee
Ursula McIntyre, Empire City Casino
Melissa McIntyre
Guss Hayes, Guss Hayes Showband
Dermot Henry, Dermot Henry Band
Eugene Brophy, Brophy Fruit & Vegetables
Agnes Delaney, Aisling Irish Community Center
Eugene Collum, Heritage Bar & Restaurant
Eileen Mannion-Collum, Eileen’s Country Kitchen
Bridget Flynn, Flynn School of Irish Dance
Erin Loughran, NY Rose of Tralee 2011
Your support in any way possible will be greatly appreciated!
Deadline for journal advertisements and banquet tables is April 25th.
Thanks,
Cathy
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2-4-1 Preview Tickets for U.S. Premiere of THESE HALCYON DAYS by NYT Critic’s Pick playwright Deirdre Kinahan

Posted on April 27, 2013 by failtelanders

THEATERMANIA PREVIEW SALE

for the

U.S. PREMIERE
of

The Irish Times-nominated

Best New Play (2012)

These Halcyon Days

by

Deirdre Kinahan

(Bogboy, NYT Critic’s Pick 2011)
May 7 – June 2
The New York Times and TheaterMania loved Kinahan’s Bogboy and on Monday, April 29th TheatreMania will be offering their subscribers a 2-4-1 discount on preview performances of These Halcyon Days, and we’d like to extend the offer to you a week early! That’s $35 for 2 tickets – only $17.50 each.
Scroll down for more details.
These Halcyon Days
A funny, touching, life-affirming play about facing our fears and bucking against despair.
The Tall Tales Theatre Company / Solstice Arts Centre production of These Halcyon Days is presented by Irish Arts Center in association with Landmark Productions.

Preview Performances:

May 7 – May 11

Tuesday, May 7 | 8pm

Wednesday, May 8 | 8 pm

Friday, May 10 | 8 pm

Saturday, May 11 | 2 pm and 8 pm

Regular Performances:

May 12 – June 2

Wednesday – Friday | 8 pm Saturday | 2 pm and 8 pm Sunday | 3 pm

Regular Admission: $28 member / $35 non-member
Book by April 30th and
get 2 regular priced tickets for the price of 1 using code TMANIA1 for May 7 – 11 preview shows only
Book tickets online or by calling 866-811-4111
For more information, visit our website

 

“Kinahan could ask for no better actors than Stephen Brennan and Anita Reeves to bring her characters to life”
-The Irish Times

 

“The performances are stellar, and Kinahan’s message is an important one” – Evening Herald

 

“a wonderful balance between humour and poignancy…a rich blend of both unintentional hilarity and insightful wit” – entertainment.ie

 

Written by

DEIRDRE KINAHAN

Starring

ANITA REEVES

STEPHEN BRENNAN

 

Directed by

DAVID HORAN

 

Designed by
MAREE KEARNS

 

Lighting by KEVIN SMITH

 

Sound by TREVOR KNIGHT

 

It took a while. But they found each other.

     

“These Halcyon Days charts a profound relationship that develops between two extraordinary people over a few days…it is a play about love and hope and the indomitable spirit of the human being.”
– Deirdre Kinahan on These Halcyon Days in NY Theatre
Read the full interview here.

 

Seán sits alone in a nursing-home conservatory, abandoned to his memories, when in storms Patricia, a feisty woman with a zest for life and handsome men in wheelchairs. A wary intimacy soon develops between the two – an unforeseen relationship by turns charming and combative, tender and funny.

 

Writer of critically acclaimed international plays Moment and Bogboy (IAC, 2011), Deirdre Kinahan returns to the Irish Arts Center with a new drama that is infused with her hallmark wry humor and humanity. These Halcyon Days is a funny, touching, life-affirming play about facing our fears and bucking against despair. It features remarkable performances by two of Ireland’s leading actors, Stephen Brennan and Anita Reeves.

 

These Halcyon Days was originally produced by Tall Tales Theatre Company and Solstice Arts Centre, and had its sold-out premiere during the 2012 Dublin Theatre Festival. Landmark Productions — last seen in New York City with Galway Arts Festival for the U.S. premiere of Enda Walsh’s Misterman at St. Ann’s Warehouse — brings the U.S. premiere of These Halcyon Days to the IAC.

Admission: $28 member / $35 non-member

Book by April 30th and get 2 regular priced tickets

for the price of 1 using code TMANIA1

for May 7 – 11 preview shows only
Book tickets online or by calling 866-811-4111
For more information, visit our website

 

*Discounts expires April 30th, while supplies last.
Not valid on previous ticket purchases.

 

at Irish Arts Center

553 West 51st Street

New York, NY 10019

 

Master Class

WRITE YOUR PLAY

with NYT Critic’s Pick Playwright

Deirdre Kinahan

Writer of These Halcyon Days, Bogboy, Hue and Cry, and Moment.

 

May 11-12 | 11 am – 2 pm

 

ONLY 2 SPACES LEFT!

For emerging playwrights: Learn a few tricks of the trade from NYT Critic’s Pick playwright Deirdre Kinahan who will be in New York for one weekend to lead a workshop focusing on the creation and building of character over two sessions.

 

Deirdre Kinahan has been steadily building a reputation as one of Ireland’s best and most popular playwrights. A storyteller through and through, her characters are finely drawn and she has been described as “a ferociously funny and unexpectedly shattering writer” (Metro, London). Plays that have contributed to her growing international reputation include Moment, which was a big success at the Bush Theatre in London last year; Hue and Cry and Bogboy, both of which were similarly acclaimed in New York.

 

Deirdre Kinahan on writing THESE HALCYON DAYS
Deirdre Kinahan on writing These Halcyon Days

Admission: $80 member, students and seniors / $100 non-member

Register online or by calling 866-811-4111

at Irish Arts Center

553 West 51st Street

New York, NY 10019

IAC Recommends

 

 

American Symphony Orchestra presents

Hungary Torn

 

Thursday, May 2 | 8 pm

 

 

 

 

 

The American Symphony Orchestra brings two world premieres and two U.S. premieres to Carnegie Hall. The program features Hungarian composers of the WWII era, some who met a tragic end in the historic conflict, and others who managed to live through it. Despite the circumstances, these talented young composers managed to create some truly beautiful music. To deepen your appreciation of the pieces you will hear, join Maestro Leon Botstein before the concert for a lively Conductor’s Notes Q&A session, where he will share the stories behind the music.

Admission: $25/$35/$50

Use Code IRISH for 20% off tickets ($20/$28/$40)

AmericanSymphony.org or 212-868-9276

at Carnegie Hall

Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage

57th Street and 7th Avenue

New York, NY

Become a member today! Receive special discounts, exclusive invitations, and help support the future of Irish arts and culture in the United States.  Click here!

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Colin Quinn, Mundy and More – June 6th at Symphony Space

Posted on April 21, 2013 by failtelanders

 

We’re Going Back To NYC’s
Symphony Space
For An Evening Of Comedy & Music

SymphonySpaceCrowd

Thursday June 6th

We have an all-star line-up
for you again this year!

 


MC for the evening: Eddie Brill

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!
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The New York Irish Center
1040 Jackson Ave, LIC (Queens)
718-482-0909 NYIRISH.ORG
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Pauline Boylan-Coll Memorial 5K Walk/Run

Posted on April 21, 2013 by failtelanders

Aisling Irish Community Center

 

Presents the Inaugural

 

PAULINE BOYLAN-COLL MEMORIAL 5K WALK/RUN

 

 

Sunday May 19th, 2013 @ 10am

 

Pauline Boylan-Coll was a great supporter and friend of the Aisling Irish Center while living in New York as well as many other causes in the New York Irish community, particularly GAA. She was instrumental in establishing underage football “Gaelic 4 Girls” here in New York. Pauline was married to Paul and had one son, Ethan. After battling cancer for a number of years, Pauline sadly passed away in 2012.

 

This 5K walk/run is dedicated to Pauline’s memory. She was taken from this world too soon, but left an unforgettable legacy.

 

The funds raised will benefit programs and services provided by Aisling Irish Community Center as well as another non-profit organization nominated by Pauline’s family. This is your opportunity to support and give back to your center and your community! Please encourage your friends to take part with you. Every dollar helps to keep the Aisling Center and the Irish Volunteers for the Homeless on its feet, so sign up today and put your own feet into gear for a very worthy cause!

Call the center at 914-237-5121 or stop by to get your sponsorship card.

 

Registration: Participants are asked to check in at the desk outside the Rambling House between 9:15-9:45am. The walk/run will start at 10:00am sharp from the Rambling House, 4292 Katonah Ave.

 

Enjoy food and refreshments after the walk at the Rambling House compliments of Joe Carty and the staff. There will also be a disco as well as an entertainer and face painter at the event for CHILDREN!

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