Events Set at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, Milwaukee

FRIDAY, Feb. 4 CELTIC ART EXHIBIT

A new Celtic art exhibit by local artist Julie San Felipe will have its grand opening on Friday evening, Feb. 4, following a musical performance by Sheila Shigley at the Celtic Women Lecture Series. The exhibit, "Poetic Dreams" will begin at 7 p.m. at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, featuring a wine and cheese reception with the artist. Her works are based on The Book of Kells and other ancient Irish art; her watercolor paintings are combined with calligraphy and are more contemporary. She weaves poetry and favorite songs into her original landscapes and people, animals, greenery and letters. Modernizing the traditional "over and under" weaving using knots, spirals and other ancient symbols keeps her connected to her Celtic heritage. While living in Milwaukee for most of her life, it's the Wisconsin trees, wildlife, pets, friends and dancers, and the natural clockwork of the seasons and stars that find their way as subjects into her paintings. Since 1999, San Felipe has taught Celtic valligraphy at the ICHC.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. The performance by Sheila Shigley, of the Madison group "Navan", begins at 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. Her lecture has a fee of $5 with tea and biscuits included. This will make for a glorious evening of music and art with Julie San Felipe, our local rising star on the Celtic scene.

The Clumsy Lovers Offers Spring Shows

The popular Canadian-based band, which has performed at the 2002 and 2003 Milwaukee Irish Fests is again hitting the road. Among its winter-spring are the following. For more information: http://www.clumsylovers.com/gigs

Bozeman, MT -- Jan. 30
Pocatello, ID -- Feb. 4
Salt Lake City -- Feb. 5
Madison, WI -- Feb. 11
Chicago, IL -- Feb. 12
Ontario Run (Sarnia, Toronto, Hamilton) -- Feb. 14-16
Overland Park, KS -- Feb. 23
Seattle, WA -- March 18 & 19
Vail, CO -- Check Point Charlie, Budweiser Street Scene Concert Series
March 30
Red Lodge, MT, Lion's Park, Red Lodge Festival Of Nations -- Aug. 6 

Green Suede Shoes, a Memoir by Larry Kirwan, Out in March

Thunder’s Mouth Press/Avalon will publish Green Suede Shoes by Larry Kirwan and Gadfly Records will concurrently release Elvis Murphy’s Green Suede Shoes by Black 47 on March 1. 

A memoir written by Black 47 frontman Larry Kirwan, Green Suede Shoes begins in Wexford, Ireland, and traces the impact on a young Kirwan of his Irish Republican grandfather, his mysterious and often absent deep-sea sailing father, and first bandleader Elvis Murphy. These influences would propel him to the riotous Dublin of the early ‘70s and emigration to New York City where he would eventually form the political rock band, Black 47. 

On the way he chronicles life in the anarchistic East Village, literary awakening in the Bells of Hell and the Lion’s Head, the seminal punk scene in CBGB’s, involvement in the Irish Civil Rights and Republican movements during Bobby Sands’ Hunger Strike, and life in the throbbing Irish bars and neighborhoods of the Bronx. 

There are sketches of his work, interaction and friendships with such diverse characters as the McCourt Brothers, Lester Bangs, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Strummer, Nick Tosches, Shane McGowan, Fr. Mychal Judge, Ric Ocasek and a host of lesser known but equally vibrant New Yorkers from across the political and social spectrum. 

The book gives a dry-eyed and unsparing account of the tumultuous trajectory of Black 47 from its roots in the Bronx and Paddy Reilly’s through a number of major record deals, toast of the town status, deaths of musical associates, van crashes, the shooting at the Academy, closing down of Hoboken, the tragedy of 9/11, and the band’s ongoing political commitment and opposition to the war in Iraq.

The simultaneous release of their CD, Elvis Murphy’s Green Suede Shoes, highlights some of the events referred to in Kirwan’s book. The disc is Black 47’s most raucous and stripped down outing since 1991’s eponymous independent debut. It takes us on a romp through "The Bells of Hell" with remembrances or appearances by Malachy McCourt, Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, Billy Altman and Dennis Duggan. 

The band reprises "Girl Next Door," the first ode to lesbianism to get national radio play before its banning in 1977. They commemorate "Elvis Murphy" in all his rockabilly glory and "Uncle Jim," Kirwan’s irrepressible relative, a priest home from the Philippine Islands, who took the boy on a hair-raising and quixotic mission to convert Rev Ian Paisley and avert the Northern Ireland conflict. The band notes its ongoing commitment to Irish civil rights with the tragic "Far Side of the Wall" and its opposition to President Bush’s vanity war in Iraq during the controversial "Downtown Baghdad Blues."

Taking their name from the blackest year of the Irish Potato Famine, Black 47 burst out of the Irish pub scene on the success of 1992’s Fire of Freedom (EMI). With their signature eclectic sound, socio-political lyrics and off-the-wall live shows they paved the way for other Irish influenced bands such as The Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. "Too long relegated to the fringes, this Irish-American band belongs to the diminishing ranks of rock acts that balance serious sonic thump with intelligent social commentary," remarked USA Today in a 2004 review of New York Town.

The band is lead by Larry Kirwan (guitar/vocals), whose plays have been performed both in the US and Europe, while his first novel Liverpool Fantasy, an alternate history of the Beatles, was published in 2003. 

Black 47 will embark on a U.S. tour following the release of Elvis Murphy’s Green Suede Shoes, with confirmed two-show performance at The Knitting Factory in New York City on St. Patrick’s Day. Visit http://www.black47.com for tour updates and a full history of the band. 
 

Jan. 28 ANNAPOLIS, MD Ram's Head 
Jan. 29 NEW YORK CITY, NY Connolly's 
Feb. 4 HARTFORD, CT The Half Door 
Feb. 5 NEW YORK CITY, NY Connolly's 
Feb. 11 STATEN ISLAND, NY Bridget's Public House 
Feb. 12 NEW YORK CITY, NY Connolly's 
Feb. 19 NEW YORK CITY, NY Connolly's 
Feb. 25 GLASTONBURY, CT Irish American Home Society 
March 11 PROVIDENCE, RI The Call 
March 12 NEW HAVEN, CT Toad's Place 
March 17 NEW YORK CITY, NY The Knitting Factory (2 shows) 
March 18 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL Broward Performing Arts Center 
April 30 FAIRFIELD, CT Fairfield Univ. 
May 27-28 EAST DURHAM, NY Blackthorne Resort 
May 29-30 CHICAGO, IL Chicago Irish Festival 
June 19 CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY Hudson River Revival Festival 
July 29 GLASTONBURY, CT Greater Hartford Irish Festival 
Tour Updates available at http://www.black47.com

For more information on Black 47, to request a copy of the CD, book or interview, please contact 
Think Press: Monica Hop.m.an / (323) 661-7802 / monica@thinkpress.net

Or

Thunder’s Mouth Press / Avalon Publishing for further information or copies of the book:
Wendie Carr / wendie.carr@avalonpub.com

County Cork Association of New York to Hold Party

The County Cork Association of New York invites guest to join themin celebrating our 121st St. Patrick’s season, at our annual banquet in Antun’s, Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York City, on Saturday, March 5, 2005. This year we are delighted to honor two distinguished members of the Tri State’s County Cork community. 

Larry Sullivan - Drimoleague, West Cork 
Our Corkman of the Year is the ubiquitous Larry Sullivan, president and CEO of Conserve Electric. Larry is the epitome of the Irish immigrant success story. He immigrated to New York in the early 1960s from Drimoleague in West Cork. Larry began his New York career on the shop floor of the electrical supply business. In 1979, he opened his own electrical supply company, Conserve Electric on Crescent St., in Long Island City, New York City. The company has cultivated a client base, which includes the United Nations, Disney, ABC, NBC, Verizon, real estate management companies and electrical contractors. Under Larry’s capable and skillful leadership, Conserve has evolved into a multimillion dollar operation. 

Sullivan wooed, courted and married Maureen Kelly, a native of Athenry, Co. Galway. The couple set up house in Upper Saddle River, N. J. They are the parents of three accomplished sons. Lawrence, the eldest, is a medical doctor specializing in adult and child psychology. He is in private practice in Scarsdale , N.Y. John is an orthopedic surgeon and a partner at Slocum - Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford, New York. John’s identical twin James is an attorney in private practice. He is a partner at the law firm of McDermott, Will and Emery in Manhattan. Sullivan and Maureen are also proud grandparents. 

Sullivan is a longtime member and benefactor of the County Cork Association. He is well known for his philanthropy in the Tri State’s Irish American community. He has been the recipient of many professional and community service awards including, The John Marchese Power Engineer Award and The Irish Voice Dreamer of Dreams Award. In 2004, he was Honorary Grand Marshal of the Queens County St. Patrick’s Day Parade. 

Sullivan also belongs to the Irish American Building Society, Local Union #3, the National Association of Electrical Distributors, the Long Island City Business Develop.m.ent Corporation and the Executive Association of Greater New York. Of course, the most important role for Larry is his one of de facto mentor of, and counselor to, the "Cork boys " and, indeed, young immigrants from all over Ireland, on their climb up the ladder in New York. 

Prior to emigrating Sullivan was a subcontractor haulier for Drinagh Co-op, traveling the highways and by ways of West Cork, servicing the creameries. He has many stories of the rich and diverse characters he encountered on his journeys in those days. Larry joins the pantheon of heroes and heroines honored by the County Cork Association of New York.

Frank T. Carvill Distinguished Service Award
On banquet night, the association will be instituting the Frank T. Carvill Distinguished Service Award, in memory of our beloved member Staff Sgt. Frank Carvill of the New Jersey National Guard, who was killed in action in Baghdad on June 4th 2004. Frank was an exceptional human being who had a place in his heart for everybody. He was a well-known activist in the Tri -State's Irish American Community. Free Joe Doherty, Irish Immigration Reform Movement, political exiles and deportees, name the cause and Frank was there. 

He was also the 1st Vice President of the County Armagh Association. Although he could have legitimately avoided his combat tour, it was not in his nature to do so. He was one of the last of the boy scouts! Frank died on a street in Baghdad, fighting the enemies of Western Civilization, so that we would not have to fight them on the streets of New York, or indeed, of Dublin or Belfast. Ta leaba aige I measc na bhfinini! He rests ! among the Fenians! 

Derry Greaney, Newmarket, mid Cork Fittingly, the first recipient of the Frank T. Carvill Award will be another Iraqi veteran. Derry Greaney is a native of Newmarket, in mid Cork. He was educated at the local national school, Kanturk Technical School, and Waterford Regional Technical College. He also served an apprenticeship as a welder and metal fabricator with the Golden Vale Co-op in North Cork. He played hurling and football with Newmarket 

In 1984, Derry immigrated to New York. After working in various jobs, he secured a position as a machinist with the New York Times, where he is still employed. He was introduced to the County Cork Association by his relatives, veteran members Howie and Ellen Smith. Derry married New York born Doreen McMahon, who has Skibbereen connections. The couple lives in the Riverdale section of the Bronx with their two wonderful daughters, Kathleen and Alison.

In 1993, out of a sense of patriotic obligation, Derry joined the US Naval Reserve "Fighting Seabees," as a steel worker. He underwent basic training in New Orleans, and at the USMC base at Camp Le Jeune. In Feb. of 2003, he was activated for combat duty in the Middle East. In late March, he was among the first waves of G.I.s to enter and liberate Iraq.

"Greaney was not just a witness to the evidence of Saddam's Hussein's physical brutality against many Iraqis, but also the fear he instilled in the entire population . . . The people had nothing. And I saw some of the mass graves." - Irish Echo

By August of 2003, Derry's combat tour was winding down. He had already celebrated a very dry 40th birthday under canvas in Kuwait. While his unit was being transported back to the U.S., the plane touched down in Shannon, where Derry had an emotional, unexpected reunion with his family. His parents, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, had estimated the likelihood of his arrival on Irish soil and had made the chance journey from Newmarket to the County Clare airport. There followed a well-deserved pint of Guinness, or two, in the airport bar.

The County Cork Association of New York is honored to invest Derry Greaney as the first recipient of the Frank T. Carvill Distinguished Service Award. 

Tickets/Reservations: call reservations chairperson: Mary Waters at 718-899- 6776.
 

Shamrock Club of Wisconsin

The Feb. 3 meeting will feature Milwaukee historian John Gurda. Meeting is at 7 p.m., and it is free and open to the public. Also, the 2005 honorees will be shown for the first time. Nominations are being taken for the Irish honorees, (Irishman, Irish Rose and Parade Marshal). They need to be sent to the ICHC by Jan. 20.

http://shamrockclubwis.com
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Goodbye to Two Irish Roses
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The Shamrock Club and the Milwaukee Irish community lost a pair of Irish 
roses over the past week. Bernice Reilly and Mary Stephens were both former Shamrock Club Irish Roses. Both of them were extremely active in the Irish community in Milwaukee over the years, and contributed oh so very much to so very many. Bernice was known in the early years of Milwaukee Irish Fest as the voice of Irish Fest, as the information line to the festival was in her home. She was also the longtime membership chair for the Milwaukee chapter of the Shamrock Club. And she got to ride in the front of the parade as Parade Marshal one year, too.

Mary Stephens was an early Irish Rose. She instilled in her many children a sense of Irishness, and that gave this city and state a lot. Her daughter Julie is the President of the Milwaukee chapter of the Shamrock Club. Her granddaughter Bridget is the founder of the Glencastle Irish Dance School, and for many years turned out champion dancers at Trinity. Mary's other children, Michael, Mary, Kathleen, Pat and Terry, are involved with the Shamrock Club, Irish Fest, the Emerald Society, and sundried other groups. 

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Green, Green, It's Green They Say....
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Ah, as the green season stretches further and further into other months.... 
First it was just a week, then a month, then a second month, and now, into Jan. and April. Gosh, who says there is nothing to do?

Starting off the fun is Danu, the hot Irish band who will be playing at the ICHC on Jan. 29 for an 8 p.m. show. Word is that the group will finish up its run after the end of Irish Fest, so this might be your chance to hear the group, so you can say, "I heard them..."...

Canadian fan favorites Leahy will be in Eau Claire on Jan. 26, in Green Bay on Jan. 27, and at UW Whitewater on Feb. 15. Piper Paddy Keenan and guitarist Patsy O'Brien will be in Marshfield on Janu. 27 at the Chestnut Center For the Arts, and then back over to visit the city of Barron on Feb. 4, along with the folks from the Minnesota Folk Festival, including Barra and Scoil na d'Tri at the Barron Civc Auditorium. 

Eileen Ivers does a couple of shows with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Regina Carter as part of "Fiddlers Three" with the Milwaukee Symphony Feb. 18- 19, then heads up to Green Bay as the women join the Green Bay Symphony at the Weidner Center on Feb. 20. Paul Brady is at Shank Hall on Feb. 12. Show up this time. He is worth the money. Following him will be rockers The Fenians on Feb. 25, and Solas on March 4.

The Chris Norman Ensemble, featuring flute phenom Chris, will be in Madison on Feb. 11 with Suzanne Beia and Martha Stiehl for a 7:30 p.m. show at the Mitby Theater. Clumsy Lovers fly into Madison for a gig at the High Noon Saloon, and then Milwaukee on Feb. 13 for a show at Turner Hall. The Irish Sopranos, three women singing, not the newest mob show from RTE, will be doing a Feb. 18 show at Wisconsin Lutheran College at 8 p.m. Brother, self descibed Australian mongrel rockers, will be at the Northern Lights Theater at Potowami Casino in Feb. 11, and the next night at McAuliffe's Pub in Racine.

If dance is your cuppa, then the Trinity Irish Dance Company will be at 
Madison's Overture Center for the Arts on Feb. 11. The Lord of the Dance jigs into Green Bay Feb. 11-13 at the Weidner Center. 

Karan Casey Band will enthrall the folks on Feb. 26 at the Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake for a 7:30 p.m. showing. If you need to spot a unicorn, The Irish Rovers will be having a party in Appleton on March 3, and Madison on March 4. Bonnie Rideout's Scottish Trio will be doing up Menominie on March 11, and the Janesville Performing Arts Center on March 12. Gaelic Storm will be in Appleton on March 9, and Evansville on March 10, and back again for the Irish Fest kickoff on April 30 in Milwaukee. 

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Asides 
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Andreas Transeo from Pogue Mahone graduated valedictorian of his class at UW Platteville in December. Good showing.

Sinead Pitterle will be drumming the Irish language into students heads at the Irish Fest Center over the next few weeks. There is a cost, other than the humiliation of being struck speechless in two languages. Monetary. Call 414-476-3378 for info. Dineen Grow has been doing the same, well, teaching, in Madison, and will continue to do so through May. Irish Language Classes; Monday nights; 6-7:30 p.m.; Room 2111, Humanities Building, UW-Madison campus; 

Emphasis is placed on conversational Irish; To register, e-mail celticcultural@hotmail.com. For more information, contact Dineen Grow at (608) 246-4198. Classes have already started in Madison.

Set Dance weekend coming up in Feb.. Speaking of set dancing, they have a new home in Milwaukee at the North Shore American Legion Post on Wilson Drive in Shorewood, every Wednesday night.

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INTO THE FUTURE 
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Shank Hall 
Paul Brady - Feb. 12 
The Fenians, Sandcarvers - Feb. 25 
Solas -- March 4
http://www.shankhall.com/

ICHC Concert Schedule 
Danu - Jan. 29 
Altan - April 14 
http://www.ichc.net

Brother
Feb. 11 -- Northern Lights Theater, Potowami Casino; 8 p.m.
Feb. 12 -- McAuliffe's Pub, 3700 Meachem Road, Racine; 8 p.m.; 262-554-9695

Paddy Keenan and Paddy O'Brien
Jan. 27 -- [MARSHFIELD] Chestnut Center For the Arts, 208 S. Chestnut 
Ave.; 7:30
Feb. 4 -- [BARRON]; An Evening of Music, Song and Dance with Paddy Keenan 
& Paddy O'Brien, Barra & Scoil na d'Tri; Barron Civc Auditorium; 8 p.m.

Leahy
Jan. 26 -- [EAU CLAIRE] State Regional Arts Center; Phillips Theatre; 8 p.m.
Jan. 27 -- [GREEN BAY] Weidener Center; 8 p.m.
Feb. 15 -- UW Whitewater Young Theater; 8 p.m.

Eileen Ivers
Feb. 18-19 -- Milwaukee Symphony; Part of "Fiddlers Three" 
Feb. 20 -- [GREEN BAY]; Fiddlers Three; with Nadja Salerno-
Sonnenberg,Regina Carter and Eileen Ivers and the Green Bay Symphony 
Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, Music Director; Weidner Center; 7:30p.m.

Clumsy Lovers
Feb. 11 -- [MADISON]; High Noon Saloon
Feb. 13 -- Turner Hall; tbd

Irish Sopranos
Feb. 18 -- Wisconsin Lutheran College; 8 p.m.

Trinity Irish Dance Company
Feb. 11 -- [MADISON] Overture Center for the Arts; 8 p.m.

The Chris Norman Ensemble 
Feb. 11 -- [MADISON] with Suzanne Beia and Martha Stiehl ; 7:30 p.m.; 
Mitby Theater 

Lord of the Dance
Feb. 11-13 -- [GREEN BAY] Weidner Center; 7:30 and 2 p.m. show times

Karan Casey Band
Feb. 26 -- [GREEN LAKE]; Thrasher Opera House; 7:30 p.m.

The Irish Rovers
March 3 -- [APPLETON] Fox Cities Performing Arts Center; 8 p.m.
March 4 -- [MADISON] Overture Center for the Arts; 8 p.m.

Gaelic Storm
March 9 -- [APPLETON] Fox Cities Performing Arts Center; 7 p.m.; 920-730-3760 
March 10 -- [EVANSVILLE] Evansville High School; 3 p.m.
April 30 - Irish Fest Kickoff - Four Points Sheraton -Airport

Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio
March 11 -- [MENOMINIE] Mabel Tainter Theater; 8 p.m.
March 12 -- [JANESVILLE] Janesville Performing Arts Center; 7 p.m.

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Jan. 9 -- Barry Dodd; County Clare Inn; 5 p.m.
Jan. 11 -- Pogue Mahone; Mo's Irish Pub; 6 p.m.
Jan. 12 -- AOH Milwaukee Division meeting; Nativity Jesuit Middle School, 1515 So. 29th St.; Speaker: Fr. Bill Johnson; Also a tour of the new school building. Members are requested not to arrive prior to 7:05 p.m. 
Jan. 13 -- Hayward Williams; House of Guinness; 9 p.m.
Jan. 14 --Celtic Keep; House of Guinness; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 -- Eidir; Paddy's Pub; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 -- Switchback; Mo's Irish Pub; 9 p.m.
Jan. 14 -- Jeff Ward Band; County Clare; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 -- Celtic Keep; House of Guinness; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 15 -- Frogwater; County Clare; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 15 -- Winterfeis; UWM Union; 9 am - 5 p.m.
Jan. 15 -- Leahy's Luck; House of Guinness; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 15 -- ICHC Saturday Ceili; ICHC; Brigid O'Sullivan and Ryan Alba; 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 21 -- U2Zoo; G-Daddy's BBC; 9 p.m.
Jan. 22 -- Green Side Up; House of Guinness; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 22 -- Monthly Set Dance; Brett and Maria; ICHC; 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 22 -- Western Box Turtles; County Clare; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 -- Eidir; O'Connor's Perfect Pint; 9 p.m.
Jan. 28 -- 14th Annual Ceili for Peace; ICHC; 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 -- Tinker Boys Trio; County Clare; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 -- Pogue Mahone; Mo's Irish Pub; 6 p.m.
Jan. 29 -- Blarney; County Clare; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 29 -- Danu; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center; 8 p.m.
Jan. 29 -- Eidir; Packy's Pub; 9 p.m.
Jan. 29 -- Ceili for Peace; 6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Mini concert of Irish 
music; 7:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Ceili Dancing; Irish Cultural & Heritage Center; 
Music by Ceol Cairde
Jan. 29 -- Angel Breath; House of Guinness; 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 30 -- Jeff Ward Band; Yardarm Bar & Grill; 5p.m.
Feb. 3 -- Shamrock Club Monthly Meeting; ICHC; 7 p.m.
Feb. 4 -- ICHC First Friday Ceili; St Brendan's Voyage; ICHC; 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 -- Celtic Women First Friday Lecture; "The Kinship of Cornwall, 
Brittany and Wales in Song" by Sheila Shigley (Navan); ICHC; 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 -- Frogwater; Milwaukee Ale House; 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 -- Fiona Molloy; House of Guinness; 9:30 p.m.
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Wisconsin Events 
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Jan. 13 -- [MADISON]; Dane County Shamrock Club Membership Meeting; 
Coliseum Bar
Jan. 14 -- [DARLINGTON]; Lafayette County Shamrock Club Monthly meeting; 
Legion Hall; 7 p.m.
Jan. 15 -- [PITTSVILLE]; Green Tea; Pittsville PAC - Pittsville 
Auditorium, Elementary Avenue; 7:30 p.m.; 715- 884-6954
Jan. 15 -- [MIDDLETON]; Americay; Claddagh Irish Pub; 8 to 11p.m.
Jan. 15 -- [GREEN BAY]; Jeff Ward Band; St. Brendan's Inn; 9 p.m.
Jan. 15 -- [LA CROSSE]; Coulee Celtic; AJ's Java Joint 11am - 1 p.m.; Steven 
Meger & Micah Schweizer Jan. 18 -- [JANESVILLE]; Shamrock Club of Rock 
County Regular Monthly Membership Meeting; Janesville Senior Center, 7 p.m.
Jan. 22 -- [NEENAH]; Sheamus Fitzpatrick and the McNally Boys; Paper City 
Pub; 9 p.m.
Jan. 22 -- [MADISON]; Robert Burns Dinner, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union, 
Madison; St. Andrews Society of Madison Robert Burns Dinner; Bagpipe bands, 
Highland dancers, entertainment from StoneRing, Burns poetry; For more 
details and to purchase tickets, contact Anne Wellman, 608-221-2717
Jan. 22 -- [GREEN BAY]; Frogwater; St. Brendan's Inn; 8 p.m.
Jan. 26 -- [EAU CLAIRE]; Leahy; State Regional Arts Center; Phillips 
Theatre; 8 p.m.
Jan. 27 -- [GREEN BAY]; Leahy;; Weidener Center; 8 p.m.
Jan. 27 -- [MARSHFIELD]; Paddy Keenan and Paddy O'Brien; Chestnut Center 
For the Arts, 208 S. Chestnut Ave.; 7:30
Jan. 27-May 5 -- [MADISON]; Irish dance : UW-Madison Class Continuing 
Studies in Dance; Irish Step Dance: Beginning Irish solo dancing for adults; 
Thursdays Jan 27-May 5; 4:30-5:30p.m.; register by Jan. 20. 
Feb. 3-March 10 -- [MADISON]; UW-Madison Class - Continuing Studies in 
Music: Irish Repertoire. With Alan Ng, Karen Fox Fischer and Chelcy Bowles; 6 
Thurdays; 7:30-9 p.m.; 2441 Humanities Bldg., 455 N. Park St. Call 608-262-2451 
to register for Program #3744 by 1/27
Feb. 3 -- [NEENAH]; Sheamus Fitzpatrick and the McNally Boys; Cranky 
Pat's; 9 p.m.
Feb. 4 -- [OSHKOSH]; Sheamus Fitzpatrick and the McNally Boys; Reptile 
Palace; 9 p.m.
Feb. 4 -- [STEVENS POINT]; Arian Lydon; Clark Place, 1009 Clark Street; 8 
p.m.; (715) 343-1530
Feb. 4 -- [BARRON]; An Evening of Music, Song and Dance with Paddy Keenan 
& Patsy O'Brien, Barra & Scoil na d'Tri; Barron Civc Auditorium; 8 p.m.
Feb. 5 -- [LAKE MILLS]; Americay; Tyranena Brewery; 7-10p.m.
Feb. 8-March 8 -- [MADISON]; UW-Madison Class - Continuing Studies in 
Music:Musical Traditions of the Celtic World; Join Bob Newton in exploring 
the music and instruments from Celtic countries through live demonstrations 
and multimedia examples. 5 Tues, Feb. 8-March 8; 7-8:30; UW Campus 
Feb. 11 -- [MADISON]; Trinity Irish Dance Company; Overture Center for 
the Arts; 8 p.m.
Feb. 11 -- [MADISON]; The Chris Norman Ensemble with Suzanne Beia 
(violin) and Martha Stiehl (harpsichord); 7:30 p.m.; Mitby Theater (MATC)
Feb. 11-13 -- [GREEN BAY]; Lord of the Dance; Weidner Center; 7:30 and 2 
p.m. show times
Feb. 20 -- [GREEN BAY]; Fiddlers Three; with Nadja Salerno-
Sonnenberg,Regina Carter and Eileen Ivers and the Green Bay Symphony 
Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, Music Director; Weidner Center; 7:30p.m.
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Ongoing Events 
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For a listing of ongoing events, please visit our calendar pages. 
Our electronic Milwaukee Calendar of events is at 
http://shamrockclubwis.com/page5.html
Our state calendar of events at http://www.shamrockclubwis.com/page65.html
Our Midwestern Calendar is at http://www.shamrockclubwis.com/midwest.html
Or call our 24 hour hotline of Milwaukee Irish events, at 414-77-Irish. 

For another listing of events and locations, try CTYMurph at 
http://www.ctymurph.com/
For Madison and environs - Try the Celtic Community Center - 
http://www.celticmadison.org/
And for Illinois, try Stress Cafe at 
http://www.stresscafe.com/music/givealisten/current.html

The Wisconsin Irish Week is sent out each week by the Shamrock Club of 
Wisconsin. Any questions should be directed to the Shamrock Club. Any 
corrections should be noted to the Shamrock Club. Any complaints should be 
stifled, because we only want to hear bright and cheery things about this 
listing. But if you need to complain, or just want to pass on a happy 
remark, please write to the shamrockclubwisco@hotmail.com. Please be 
gentle, if possible. 
 

Chicago’s Abbey Pub Offers Music Schedule

Purchase advance tickets on line at www.abbeypub.com or at Abbey’s Box Office, 3420 W. Grace St. at Elston, 773-478-4408; Phone Orders: 866-777-8932 

SUNDAYS IN THE PUB: Traditional Irish Session with Kieron O’Hare and John Daley- 8 p.m. 

TUESDAYS IN THE PUB: Open Mic Night with Home Cookin‚- 8 p.m. 

*Preferred seating available at all music events when a dinner reservation is made* 

ONSALE SATURDAY AT NOON:

Fri. 3-25: Ike Reilly doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. $10 in advance $12.00 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT.

Thurs. 4-7: Gift of Gab w/ Special Guest Lateef doors at 8p.m., show at 9 p.m. $13 in advance $15 at the door THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT.

Fri. 4-22: Silverwrapper Presents....Mofro w/ Special Guest Twinemen (mbrs. of Morphine) doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m. $12in advance $14.00 at the door THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 

NEW:: ADD-ONS...... 

Sat. 1-22: Rp.m. Rocks a kids show to benefit Rogers Park Montessori School: Antje, Devil in a Woodpile, Stone City Stragglers 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Sat. 1-22: Bluebeard Productions Presents.....Forte - Dark Green Bottles - Royce doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m. $8 at the door 

Coming Soon: 

Thurs. 1-13: The Abbey and Gojangle presents "The War of Independents," 2005 Battle of The Thurs Bands. Dormlife - Flies in Eden- Window Nine- Medicine Hat. Doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.. Tickets $7 in advance and at the door. 

Fri. 1-14: Cex- Aloha- Weather. Doors at 9 .m., show at 10 p.m.. Tickets $6in advance and $8 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT 

Sat. 1-15: The Coctails "Reunion Show" A Celebration for their CD Box Set Release (Last Chicago show) Dump (feat. James McNew of Yo La Tengo) -Doors at 9 p.m., show at 10p.m. Tickets $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 

Weds 1-19: Jean Grae- Diverse- Abstract Giants- Psalm One- Eratik Static- Doors at 8p.m., show at 8:30 p.m.. Tickets $13 in advance, $15 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT 

Fri. 1-21: 93XRT Show.....Michael Mcdermott with his full band. Doors at 8p.m., show at 9 p.m.. Tickets $12 in advance and at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 

Sat. 1-22: Rp.m. ROCKS A KIDS SHOW TO BENEFIT ROGERS PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL ANTJE + DEVIL IN A WOODPILE+ STONE CITY STRAGGLERS 11 a.m.-4 p.m.. 

Sat. 1-22: Bluebeard Productions Presents.....Forte - Dark Green Bottles - Royce doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m. $8 at the door 

Fri. 1-28: Mr Blotto- Doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m.. Tickets $8 at the door. 

Sat. 1-29: Simmering- John Wasem- Johnathan Kuss & The Corporation- Doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m.. Tickets $7 at the door. 

Tues. 2-1: Bag of Barbies feat. members of Betsy and Boneshakers. Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.. Tickets $5 at the door. 

Fri. 2-4: Triple Dot MAS presents... Chicago Minds and Souls Compilation CD Release Event- Fareed Haque Group- Frank Bangs Secret Stash- Todd Carey. Doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m.. Tickets $10 in advance and at the door. 

Sat. 2-5: Silverwrapper presents The New Deal- TBA Mocean Worker- Doors at 9p.m., show at 10p.m.. Tickets $16 in advance, $18 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 

Weds. 2-9: The Abbey and Gojangle presents "The War of Independents," 2005 Battle of The Bands. Dormlife - Flies in Eden- Window Nine- Medicine Hat. Doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.. Tickets $7 in advance and at the door. 
 
 

Fri. 2-11: Mic One. Doors at 9p.m., show at 10p.m.. Tickets $8.00 in advance, $10.00 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 
 
 

Sat. 2-12: early show? Bettie Serveert. Doors at 6p.m., show at 7p.m.. Tickets $13.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 
 
 

Sat. 2-12: late show?The Perceptionists feat. Mr. Lif. Akrobatik & DJ Fakts One. Doors at 11p.m., show at 11:30p.m.. Tickets $12.00 in advance, $14.00 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 
 
 

Sat. 2-19: Paul Brady- Doors at 6:30p.m., show at 7:30p.m.. Tickets $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the door. 
 
 

Sat. 2-26: Molemen Inc presents?Chicago Rocks Day 2?Immortal Techniqueˆ Juice- Vakill- Longshot- Mass Hysteria- DJs Pns, Intel, Boy Wonder & Chris Mix. Doors at 9p.m.,show 10p.m.. Tickets $10.00 advance, $12.00 at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT. 

Thurs. 3-3: Solas- Doors at 8p.m., show at 9p.m.. Tickets $15.00 in advance and at the door. 

Fri. 3-4: Slobberbone. Last tour & Chicago show. Doors at 9p.m., show at 10p.m.. Tickets $10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door. 

Sat. 3-5: The Fenians- Doors at 8p.m., show at 9p.m.. Tickets $10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door. 

Sun. 3-6: Guitar Wolf- Doors at 8p.m., show at 9p.m.. Tickets $12.00 in advance, and at the door. THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT.

Weds. 3-9: The Abbey and Gojangle presents "The War of Independents" 2005 Battle of The Bands. 
 
 

Sat. 3-19: Highway- Funzalo recordings artists The Steepwater Band- Goat Motor. Doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m.. Tickets $8 in advance and $10 at the door. 

Fri. 3-25: Ike Reilly doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. $10.00 in advance $12.00 at the door THIS IS AN 18 AND OVER EVENT 

Mon. 3-28: Nextbook Presents ‘I'm Glad You Asked: An Evening of Free Advice" 

Hosted by Susan Stamberg. 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.. Free and open to the public. In the shtetl you consulted the rebbe, the matchmaker, or your mother. The New World brought new possibilities: newspapers, radio, television, the Internet. Are redheads cursed? Will I die if I marry a woman with a dimpled chin? How do I get my parents to stop speaking Yiddish in public? From the Bintel Brief to Dear Abby to Drs. Ruth and Laura, advice mavens have used mass media to dispense commonsense wisdom and voyeuristic entertainment. National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg hosts an evening of dramatic readings of some of the best advice you'll ever get. Stamberg was co-host of All Things Considered for 14 years and is now a special correspondent for NPR. 

Thurs. 4-7: Gift of Gab w/ Special Guest Lateef doors at 8p.m., show at 9 p.m. $13.00 in advance $15 at the door This is an 18 and over event 

Weds. 4-13: The Abbey and Gojangle presents "The War of Independents," 2005 Battle of The Bands. 

Fri. 4-15: Anticon presents....Sole- Pedestrian- Dosh. Doors at 9 p.m., show at 10p.m.. Tickets $12 in advance and at the door. This is an 18 and over event. 

Fri. 4-22: Silverwrapper Presents....Mofro w/ Special Guest Twinemen (mbrs. of Morphine) doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m. $12 in advance $14 at the door This is an 18 and over event .

Weds. 5-18: Nextbook Presents David Rakoff. 7:30p.m.-9:30p.m.. Free and open to the public. Every time a complex human emotion threatened to break the surface of my consciousness, out would come terrible cleverness," writes David Rakofi, a frequent guest on public radio's This American Life. Blurring the line between journalism and satire, Rakofi's first book of essays, Fraud, describes, among other things, a Buddhist retreat led by Steven Seagal and Rakofi's own brief stint as Sigmund Freud in the Christmas window at Barneys. Rakofi's writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Vogue, and Salon.com. His next collection, Don't Get Too Comfortable, will be published in 2005. 
 

Clumsy Lovers Hit the Road Again
Thursday, Jan. 27 - Sean Kelly’s, Missoula, MT
Friday, Jan. 28 - Cool Dog Ball, Helena Civic Center Ballroom, Helena, MT
Sunday, Jan. 30 - Mixer’s, Bozeman, MT
Monday, Jan. 31 - Silver Dollar, Butte, MT
Tuesday, Feb. 1 - Carroll College, Helena, MT
Wednesday, Feb. 2 - Mangy Moose, Jackson, WY
Thursday, Feb. 3 - Mangy Moose, Jackson, WY
Friday, Feb. 4 - 1st National Bar, Pocatello, ID
Saturday, Feb. 5 - DV8/Phoenix, Salt Lake City, UT
Monday, Feb. 7 - Sioux Falls Brewing Company, Sioux Falls, SD
Tuesday, Feb. 8 - The Mill, Iowa City, IA
Wednesday, Feb. 9 - People’ s, Ames, IA
Thursday, Feb. 10 - O’Gara’s, St. Paul, MN
Friday, Feb. 11 - High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
Saturday, Feb. 12 - Martyr’s, Chicago, IL
Sunday, Feb. 13 - Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Monday, Feb. 14 - Flaherty’s, Sarnia, ON
Tuesday, Feb. 15 - El Mocambo, Toronton, ON
Wednesday, Feb. 16 - Casbah, Hamilton, ON
Thursday, Feb. 17 - The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI

For updates, check the group’s website: http://www.clumsylovers.com

Aussie Indie Brings Mongrel Music to Wisconsin 

Brother, a fan favorite at festivals and venues throughout Wisconsin, will bring their eclectic mix of didgeridoos, bagpipes, tribal rhythms and rich vocal harmonies to The Northern Lights Theater at the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee on Friday, March 11th and McAuliffe’s Pub in Racine on Saturday, March 12t. The Aussie trio blends Rock, Folk, Dance and tribal rhythms in an irresistibly charismatic live show. 

The band is straight off their Australian summer tour dates, having performed for sell out audiences. 

With their 2005 touring, Brother looks forward to continuing their work with children’s diabetes (through didg and percussion workshops) and highlighting the potential of stem cell research to fund cures for childhood diabetes, as well as a host of other debilitating diseases. 

The band’s front-man and co-founder, Hamish Richardson has had diabetes since the age of 11. 

When queried about the meaning of ‘mongrel music,’ Richardson responded, "We reckon it's a great metaphor for our sound and all the mixed influences that have brought us to this point." "In Australia, a mongrel is a loveable, loyal, tough mutt of a dog - you know, the kind of pup that could claim half the canine population as its parents. 

Brother performs at: 

The Northern Lights Theater, Potawatomi Casino, 1721 W. Canal S., Milwaukee, Friday, March 11, 9:00 pm 

McAuliffe’s Pub, 3700 Meachem Rd., Racine, Saturday, March 12, 9:00 p.m., Tickets $12 Advance, $15 at the door 
 

Irish Language and Cultural Weekend Set in April

Deireadh Seachtaine na Gaeilge, a weekend of Irish language instruction, song and cultural workshops and evening social gatherings is set for April 1 to 3, 2005. Classes ranging from total beginner to advanced will be held on the beautiful, historic grounds of he DeKoven Center, 600 21st St.
Racine. The weekend is sponsored by Conradh na Gaeilge, Craobh Curtin (The Gaelic League Curtin Branch, www.irishmilwaukee.com).

Enjoy a massage. A masseuse is available w/ prior arrangement for an additional fee. See The DeKoven web-site
www.dekovencenter.pair.com for directions to DeKoven.

Fee and Registration
Costs include tuition, lodging, and meals. Rooms are double occupancy. A few single rooms will be available on a first come basis.

double occupancy - $225.00 per person
single occupancy - $235.00 per person

A special rate is available for the weekend which includes the program and meals, but excludes lodging. Day rate, excluding lodging - $100.00
For more information contact: Sinéad - sineadn@aol.com (262-783-4830)
or Sandy - sandyhofmann@ireland.com (414-476-8636).

Irish Filmmaker Tackles Cuban Subjects

A documentary film from Cuba entitled "Mission Against Terror," will
have its Midwest premiere in Milwaukee on Feb. 8 and 9, featuring a
special appearance by one of its directors, an Irish journalist who
works in Cuba.

The movie tells the story of five Cuban nationals who monitored
extremist groups in Florida some 10 years ago to try to protect their homeland from terrorism, which has claimed more 3,000 lives in the last 45 years.

The "Cuban 5," as they are known internationally, are currently serving their seventh year in U.S. federal prisons, including Fernando Gonzalez in Oxford, Wis.

The first screening will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8,  at the Central
United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St. A second showing, also at 7 p.m., will take place the following day, on Wednesday, Feb. 9t, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union in the East Wisconsin Room, 2200 E. Kenwood Ave. Admission to both events is by donation, with $5-$10 suggested.

Milwaukee will hold this Midwest premiere in part because of one of
the "Cuban 5" remains in prison in Wisconsin, serving a 19-year sentence

The premiere features a special appearance by the film's co-director
Bernie Dwyer, an Irish woman who has lived and worked in Havana for the past four years as a journalist with Radio Havana. Dwyer was previously a lecturer in Women's Studies at University College in Dublin. 

This is the fourth documentary film she has made with Cuban producer Ruiz Rebo, including  three prior films on the Irish heritage of Che Guevara and the Irish influence on the Cuban revolution: 1999, Che: The Irish Legacy (Che Guevara's Irish links); 2001, Che in Ireland (Che Guevara's visit to Dublin in 1964); and 2002, The Footprints of Cecilia McPartland (Irish mother of Cuban revolutionary Julio Antonio Mella).

Sponsors for this visit and screening include the Wisconsin Coalition
to Normalize Relations with Cuba, Milwaukee Committee to Free the Five, Peace Action - Wisconsin, National Lawyers Guild - Milwaukee Chapter, Milwaukee Coalition for a Just Peace, and YCL Milwaukee.

For further information, call 414-273-1040, ext. 12, or visit www.wicuba.org or www.freethefive.org.
 

First Friday Lectures Plus for Celtic Women

February will be a big month for Celtic women, lecture and concert-wise.

Friday, Feb. 4 Topic:"The Kinship of Cornwall, Brittany and Wales in Song"
Speaker: Sheila Shigley, performs with the Celtic vocal ensemble, Navan, and teaches Celtic traditional singing for the University of Wisconsin. She may often be found in the Wis. Public Radio music library, archiving folk music to pay those bills not covered by the forementioned pursuits. During this lecture, she will examine - and the audience will experience - the singing traditions of Cornwall, Brittany and Wales, looking particularly at striking similarities in tune, story and/or imagery.

Following Shigley's musical lecture of Celtic song, plan on staying to viewthe opening art exhibit in Parlor B, featuring Julie San Felipe. There will be wine and cheese and Julie herself. The art opening is free to the public.

"POETIC DREAMS" an art exhibit by Julie San Felipe
February 4 through April 8, 2005

These paintings are of original and contemporary characters twisted and influenced by nature, dreams, music, dance, the Book of Kells, constellations, and symbols of both Ireland and Wisconsin. Embraced prominently through calligraphy and woven through and around the images are the words of Irish songs, poetry and prose by Byron, Poe, Yeats, Mengel,Collignon, Polczynski, Revane, Schneider, Shelley, Shakespeare, and others.

MONDAY FEB. 7 Dennis Janzer Organ Concert "Hearts on the Avenue".
Dennis will be returning for his third annual concert on the ICHC magnificent Kimbal organ with over 4000 pipes. To hear the organ played at its fullest will get hearts pounding and pulses racing.

An afternoon matinee was so popular last year that it will be repeated again as a regular fixture of Janzer's concerts. 2 p.m. and special for seniors is a $6. Admission for the afternoon concert only. 
Everyone else will pay $10. Also the usual performance at 7:30 p.m. $10 admission for all. This concert helps to maintain the organ, and will also benefit the Celtic Women October Conference of Celtic Women.