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Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Mary Coughlan review: Ride On among the highlights of triumphant homecoming show in Galway
Mary Coughlan, Heineken Big Top, Galway International Arts Festival , ★★★★★ Mary Coughlan's return to her native Galway for the 40th anniversary of her debut album, Tired and Emotional, reminds us of why she is such an enduring national treasure. Her voice is rich, authentic, and very much her own, her charisma undeniable. She kicks off with Steve Bogard and Barbara Wyrick's Damn Your Eyes, a jazzy number she inhabits with ease, crooning 'I can do what I want/I'm in complete control.' What follows in a show co-presented by the festival and the Róisín Dubh venue is a wonderful set and a series of salty anecdotes about the times she has been barely in control, or out of control completely. She recalls her arrest for drunk driving in Galway, on the eve of her departure for Dublin in the first flush of her national fame. At the station, she sneaked out, reclaimed her impounded car and drove home to her going away party. Judge Garavan, who subsequently let her off with a six week suspension, is long departed, but receives a rousing cheer in the festival tent. Mary Coughlan on stage in the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival. Coughlan pays tribute to Erik Visser, the Dutch musician who supported her early career, and is now laid low by Parkinson's disease. She also has warm words for the songwriters whose work she has covered so powerfully over. She recalls how she and Johnny Mulhern were doing a newspaper crossword one morning after a gig when they spotted an article about an ice-cream vendor who sold heroin on the side. That gave rise to one of his hardest hitting songs, The Ice Cream Man, and one of her finest performances of the night. She introduces Jimmy McCarthy's Ride On by recalling a conversation she once had with the writer, who admitted that the song is not really about horses, but Ireland, and a character 'with eyes wild and green' who joins the IRA. Another McCarthy composition she has made her own is Ancient Rain, on which Richie Buckley plays a majestic saxophone solo. Coughlan brings out two guests in the course of the evening; Jack L, with whom she duets on his own Rooftop Lullaby and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and Ultan Conlan, with whom she performs his track, The Lumberjack. Jack L joins Mary Coughlan on stage in Galway. Photo: Andrew Downes, Xposure As befits a homecoming concert, the mood in the tent is warm and convivial. At one point, Coughlan asks the Galway West Independent TD Catherine Connolly to stand up and proclaims her 'the next President of Ireland.' The cheers Connolly is met with suggest her bid for the Áras will have massive support. There are songs one is delighted that Coughlan chose to include in her set, such as her 'first ex-husband' Fintan Coughlan's Double Cross, and those one wishes she had chosen to perform, such as Mulhern's Magdalen Laundry, or her take on Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit. But it is enough to see her in such fine fettle, aged 69 and seemingly able for anything.
Time Out
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Puppets are selling ice cream through a porthole in Irving Park
Everyone knows that to really experience Chicago, you must visit the neighborhoods, where the true beating heart of the city exists. Part of what makes the Windy City such a fantastic place to live, work, and play are all of the quirky happenings. Prime example? The Sugar Hole, an ice-cream pop-up serving up delicious treats via puppets (more on that in a minute) for the young and the young at heart from a porthole in Irving Park at 4146 N. Elston Avenue. Solidly in its second season, this magical window is a crowd favorite. Don't be surprised if you see children lining up to order a cone or to meet their favorite puppet character. Who's responsible for this joy-giving fun? Chicago's Color Club —an events and arts gathering space with married couple Josh Dihle and Abby Monroe at the helm—has made fostering creativity a priority. In an interview with WBEZ Chicago, Dihle—a father—said: 'There's a fair amount of puppets strewn about the house, for whatever reason, they're just part of how toddlers like to play, and so one day at dinner we were talking about the Sugar Hole and what if it was a puppet hand that took the change or money when you paid and my wife Abby was like, maybe puppets should just worked there.' From 3pm to 8pm every Saturday and Sunday beginning on May 17, you'll meet hand puppets named Puddles, Moolissa, Jeremiah Carburetor, and the Sprinkle Bandit as they entertain the community throughout the summer. Choose from a variety of loved flavors or pick the "SSSSSTRAWBERRRY" soft serve, which is new this season. Visitors can also enjoy Backlot Cold Brew coffee and alcoholic beverages, as well as hand pies from Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits, a local Chicago staple. For the opening day festivities, don't miss the puppet-themed Make & Move class, operated by Brain to Belly Kids Yoga, which begins at 10am on the 17th. An alfresco parade with lively music starts at 2:30pm and guests are encouraged to dance and bring their own puppets. At 3pm. a special musical and multilingual puppet show from ChangoSnakeDog will delight visitors, and all day until 8pm, visitors are invited to make their own puppet through a special craft offering.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Time of India
Ice-cream shop owner cheated of 6L with forged allotment letter
Surat: The owner of an ice-cream shop in Rander was cheated out of Rs 6.14 lakh in a deal for a shop in a Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) building. The accused gave the victim an allotment letter purportedly from the GHB, even bearing stamps, which proved to be fake. A complaint of cheating was filed at Rander police station. The victim, Jigar Parmar (34), owns a shop named JD Ice-Cream in Times Square on Gaurav Path Road. His friend, Dhanesh Parekh, met him at his shop and suggested that instead of running his shop from a rented property, he should own one. Parekh told him he knew a person named Hitesh Dhariya, who had contacts among officials in the Gujarat Housing Board. Parekh told him Dhariya could get him a shop in the newly built Pandit Deendayal Nagar. In April 2024, Parmar met Dhariya at Rudra Medical near the Veer Savarkar Heights building. Dhariya promised to sell Parmar the C/1/10 shop in Pandit Deendayal Nagar. After Parmar paid him Rs 6.14 lakh in instalments, Dhariya gave Parmar a fake GHB letter of allotment. When Parmar verified it with the GHB office in Khatodara, he found it was fake. Rander police booked Dhariya and started an investigation.
