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Note: The Irish Cultural Newsletter is updated by the IHSM Cultural Committee. If you know of additional Irish Cultural events that should be added, please reach out to ihsmculturalcommittee@gmail.com. We would be happy to include pertinent events.

To view the IHSM Calendar Page, click on the “Calendar” tab above for all weekly entertainment, meetings, activities, etc.

Don’t forget to visit Non-IHSM Events for activities not sponsored by IHSM but available locally.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Tuesday, September 7th @ 7 pm – Membership
Monday, September 13th @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, September 14th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, September 20th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, September 21st @ 7 pm – Book Club
Tuesday, September 28th @ 7 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, September 30th @ 6:00 pm – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (born in Dublin), ©2020, 305 pages. Set in war-ravaged Dublin in the midst of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, it focuses on Julia Power, a nurse in charge of a small ward (three at a time) whose patients are pregnant women who are showing symptoms of the flu. It takes place over only a few days and barely moves out of the room where nurse Julia Power cares for those who are pregnant and in quarantine. A timely book for our club!
Contact Kathleen McGuire at kathleen.mcguire06460@gmail.com with any questions.
Only 2 requirements to join Book Club:
1) read the book; 2) bring snacks to share!

Liz McNicoll Music
Sat, September 25, 7pm – 10pm
Members and their guests welcome! Please sign in upon entry.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, October 4th @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, October 5th @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, October 12th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, October 18th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, October 26th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, October 28th @ 6:00 pm – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

James Silberstein Quartet
Sat, October 2, 7pm – 10pm

Gemsong Acoustic Duo
Sat, October 16, 7pm – 10pm

When: Saturday, October 23rd
Cost per person: $125
*ticket includes transportation, Tenement Museum and Dinner (cash bar)

Each person must show proof of COVID 19 vaccination when signing up AND at the Tenement Museum. The museum will accept the actual vaccine card or a photo of it from your phone. Masks must be worn at all times while in the museum. Questions? Sheila Olcott: 203-394-8875 Email: kaila216@sbcglobal.net

There will be 3 tours to choose from: The Irish Tour involves walking up 4 flights of stairs (no elevator). This tour will be limited to 24 people and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. The remaining 2 tours are in a building housed with an elevator. In addition to the stairs at the museum, this trip may involve quite a bit of walking so please keep this in mind prior to signing up.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, November 1st @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, November 2nd @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, November 9th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, November 15th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, November 16th @ 7pm – Book Club
Thursday, November 25th @ 6:00 pm – Activities Committee Meeting
Tuesday, November 30th @ 6:30 – social, 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

Band O’Brothers
Sat, November 6, 7pm – 10pm

Fri, November 12, 7pm – 10pm
Featuring Irish musician from NYC, Peadar Hickey, who includes stories and historical background along with his musical selections. Details to follow.

Tuesday, November 16th, 7 pm
Athenry: An Odyssey of Sacrifice, Survival and Love by Cahal Dunne ©2020, 172 pages. Dunne, who performed at our club on Aug. 20th, puts a human face on the “Irish famine” with his historical, romantic novel where the love of Liam and Maire is the central focus of a story that begins in the medieval town of Athenry in County Galway. The story depicts the struggles of the O’Donoghue and Donnelly families in a superbly researched book about life in Ireland and Australia during the years of “An Gorta More” – The Great Hunger.

Sat, November 20, 7pm – 10pm
Sandie James Karaoke

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, December 6th @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, December 7th @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, December 14th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, December 20th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, December 28th @ 6:30 – Social, 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, December 30th @ 6:00 pm – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

New York Brogue Band
Sat, December 11, 2021, 7pm – 10pm