I was out at the 3rd annual iBAM in Chicago last month http://www.ibamchicago.com … that’s a 2-day festival of Irish Books Art Music at the Irish American Heritage Center … anyone else out there?
Really great blend of all Irish and Irish-American cultural forms … a book fair, plays, panels, lectures, literary readings, live music, dance, photography, poetry, cooking, folklore, spirituality, award-winning exhibits like “The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” direct from National Library in Dublin – and that’s just Day 1.
Lots of local musicians turned out and played. Hope I get to go next year. http://lemcculloughswhistleblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/ibam-chicago-nov-2011/
Very best,
L.E. McCullough