Shannon Lambert-Ryan of RUNA, in Newtown on Sunday.
Our good friends, RUNA, will be performing on Sunday with the Boys from County Bucks at the Newtown Theater in Newtown, one of our favorite little Bucks County towns. Lots of places to eat and shop in Newtown—make a day of it!
Our other good pals, the Notre Dames Ladies Gaelic Football Club (2012 national champs!), will be holding a fundraiser on Saturday in Philadelphia.
This week, check out the latest entry in Irish music sessions, at Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloon in East Falls. We’ve been hearing good things about it from local musicians and we checked out the menu—mmmmm, looks good. Not diet food, but they’ve gotten media kudos for their burgers and they’re very beer-centric. The session is every Thursday night.
Also, all this week: a special exhibition of contemporary art and literary manuscripts as part of the build-up to Bloomsday at the Rosenbach Museum on Delancey Place in Philadelphia. Bloomsday (June 16) celebrates the stroll around Dublin by Leopold Bloom chronicled in James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” The museum has an original hand-written copy of the manuscript on display.
Next weekend is the Penn-Mar Irish Festival, featuring the Elders, the Screaming Orphans (we love them!), Nua, and other bands, as well as Irish dancers, kids’ activities, and loads of vendors. The 13th annual event takes place in Glen Rock, PA.
And you can catch Blackthorn next weekend at YachtStock River Jam, a charity event at the West End Boat Club at Essington. You don’t need your own yacht to get in.
