Just in time for Christmas, award-wining St. Paul author Mike Faricy has come out with yet another ‘work of genius’. His thirty-third book in the popular Dev Haskell series, Suspect Santa. A humorous crime fiction tale set in St. Paul Suspect Santa has private investigator Dev Haskell, contacted by local millionaire Arthur (Arty Farty) Grumley. They were high school classmates, and Haskell never liked…
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BOREALIS to Light up Dublin Skies at Halloween
As part of the Bram Stoker Festival, a unique light and sound show will bring the magic of the Northern Lights to Dublin. The Irish premiere of BOREALIS, an artwork by internationally renowned Swiss artist Dan Acher, which creates a mesmerizing illusion of the Northern Lights, has been announced for the Bram Stoker Festival (28…
The Dead Fitzgeralds
By KleckoParis Breakfast Publications2022 Reviewed by Mary McFarland The book launch for The Dead Fitzgeralds was Sept., 24 at 1 p.m. at Subtext Books, 6 West 5th. St. in downtown Saint. Paul. The Dead Fitzgeralds by Klecko could also be called just The Dead, (apologies to James Joyce) as it remembers so many who have…
Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre
“The Importance of Being Earnest”Review by Mary McFarland July 22, 23 @ 7:30 p.m.July 24 @ 2 p.m. Celtic Junction Arts Center826 Prior Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN Come one, come all to the exquisite production that Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre has brought to the Celtic Junction stage. This is an exciting take…
The Brotherhood by Tim Doyle
Great summertime read by North Dakota writer, Tim Doyle who is a retired railroad engineer. The inside knowledge Doyle brings to the book makes it come alive with the lingo and atmosphere gained from a career of running trains. The book outlines the Fenian’s, a secret Irish society’s conspiracy to arrange drug shipments by train….
Book Review
4/8/22 – Review by Mary McFarland Indestructible – Reclaim Control and Respond with Confidence in the Media Crisis By Molly McPherson Published by Mandala Tree Press, 2021 While many of us were deciding what color trainers to wear during the pandemic, McPherson summarized her considerable public relations experience into a factual, accessible crisis communication’s guide…
Bloomsday 2022
SAVE THE DATE: Don’t miss the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday on Thursday, June 16 from 5-8 p.m. Join your friends at the beautiful Summit Manor event venue, located at 275 Summit Avenue in St. Paul, for a one-of-a-kind evening. The international celebration of James Joyce’s book, Ulysses will be celebrated locally by the Minnesota chapter…
Malachy McCourt Book is Reissued
A publishing group plans to reissue Malachy McCourt’s first memoir, “A Monk Swimming” detailing his life in Ireland and later return to the United States where he operated a successful Manhattan tavern frequented by entertainment celebrities. The issue date and publisher will be announced in the next issue of THE IRISH GAZETTE. McCourt was born in New York…
Readings by Writers
photo credit www.universityclubofstpaul.com Readings by Writers – St. Patrick’s Day edition Tue, Mar 17 @ 7:00PM The University Club, Summit Ave, St. Paul. MN The St. Patrick’s Day edition of “Readings by Writers”, a monthly poetry event hosted by Tim Nolan. Laura will be providing traditional Irish Music from 7:00 – 7:30pm. The readings begin…
Book of Kells on Display
Photo courtesy of https://global-geography.org The Book of Kells is back on display at Trinity College. The world-famous Book of Kells will be back in the Old Library in historic Trinity College, Dublin after it was removed for work on the Library itself. The Book of Kells, a beautifully illuminated ninth-century manuscript that documents the four…