IIIC hails 30 years of service and advocacy at Solas Awards event

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October 31, 2019

Viewed as Boston’s Welcome Center for immigrants and refugees, the Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC) celebrated 30 years of supporting families from around the world at its annual Solas Awards last month. The event honored Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, and Tony Rodriguez, a Boston Public Schools student.
Surrounded by community support, the Awards event raised a total of $725,000 for the IIIC’s vital work, and through the contributions and pledges of the 500 guests, the IIIC raised more than $80,000 that evening.

After golf in Kerry, the IAP distributes $80K in grants

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October 31, 2019

The Irish American Partnership (IAP) hosted the 2019 Irish Invitational Golf Tournament in Co. Kerry in late September with the competition spread three championship courses: Waterville Golf Links, Ballybunion Golf Club, and Tralee Golf Club. The play on the fairways and greens – and in the bunkers –brought American and Irish players to the elite layouts in support of Irish education. 

Rothstein to leave JFK Library post at year’s end; Flor will succeed him

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October 31, 2019

Steven M. Rothstein will step down from his position as executive director of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation at the end of the year and will be succeeded by Deputy Director Rachel Flor, who will begin transitioning into the role next month and assume full responsibilities in January 2020, according to a statement released by the foundation last Friday.

ICCNE hosts three lectures in November

By BIR Newsroom
October 29, 2019
BIR Newsroom

The Irish Cultural Centre (ICCNE) will host three lectures during the month of November:
Friday, Nov 8, 8 pm- Lecture and presentation by Dr. Frank Costello “The United Irishmen & the French Invasion of 1798”. Featuring special guest: Gregory Dunstan, Dean of the Armagh Robinson Library.
Friday, Nov 15, 8 pm- A presentation by First Derry Presbyterian Minister, David Latimer on a ‘remarkable story of peace building in Norther Ireland”. Minister Latimer has published a book titled: “A Leap of Faith – How Martin McGuinness and I Worked Together For Peace”.

L Street Center likely will close for up to 18 months during rehab

By BIR Newsroom
October 9, 2019
BIR Newsroom

BY JACK GOLDMAN
REPORTER CORRESPONDENT
The Curley Community Center in South Boston – known to many as the L Street Bathhouse – will likely close for up to 18 months beginning as soon as next fall as the 80-year-old beachfront property undergoes a $15 million renovation designed to modernize and protect the well-used facility.
That was the message from city officials to center members and community residents at a public meeting on Monday evening.

‘From the Floor’ tracks the moods and feelings that go into Irish dance

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
October 9, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

By Sean Smith
Special to the BIR
A spur-of-the-moment creative impulse by two Greater Boston residents during a Thanksgiving sojourn has now, nearly four years later, culminated in a unique video project that offers a new perspective on traditional Irish dance.
“From the Floor” is the brainchild of Jackie O’Riley and Rebecca McGowan, performers and teachers who specialize in sean-nós and other older, “low-to-the-ground” styles of Irish dance, marked by improvisational stepping and footwork.

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