Peat smoked shrimp, Shepherd’s Pie with veal, Penne Pasta with Stilton cheese in the sauce, Flourless chocolate tart with raspberry sauce and Frangelica whipped cream? Foods of our Catholic childhoods – tuna casserole and fish sticks – NOT! Chef Alan Lake, and the folks at Chief O’Neill’s “four forks” pub and restaurant, created a special pre […]

  If you’re walking up and down these alleys take your rosary underneath these churchyards miners died. So long the Mass today gonna be a hot Sunday get away. Don’t you wish that you could stay here? Well, well, well could this be Helen and Gene’s son? Well he sure has grown Yeah, he sure […]

  If you’re walking up and down these alleys take your rosary underneath these churchyards miners died. So long the Mass today gonna be a hot Sunday get away. Don’t you wish that you could stay here? Well, well, well could this be Helen and Gene’s son? Well he sure has grown Yeah, he sure […]

  Jamie O’Reilly’s Roots Salon Presents ANNE HILLS Sunday March 25 7:00 PM Private address $18 donation at the door BYOB Call/Text 773.203.7661 email: roots@jamieoreilly.com   Anne Hills performs a house concert at Jamie O’Reilly’s Roots Salon in Chicago. Seating is limited. Reservations required. Coffee and dessert are served. Bring your own beer or wine.  […]

COME to Our Spring Showcase   “Jamie and Michael bring us to our lives: to cherish what is simple, know what is lost, and remember the best of times.” Songs of a Catholic Childhood Presented by Chief O’Neill’s Pub and Restaurant And J. O’Reilly Productions With Jamie O’Reilly and Michael Smith Thursday, April 19 at […]

Little Falls, NJ  – Winter, 1948 A Note from Michael It’s occurred to me lately that the Blessings Apparent of Christmas gradually change throughout one’s life. When I was seven it was that the Lionels came out of their boxes.When I was in eighth grade Christmas was the big plaid flannel shirts my godmother Kay […]

Little Falls, NJ  – Winter, 1948 A Note from Michael It’s occurred to me lately that the Blessings Apparent of Christmas gradually change throughout one’s life. When I was seven it was that the Lionels came out of their boxes.When I was in eighth grade Christmas was the big plaid flannel shirts my godmother Kay […]

A Note from Michael Smith August 17, 2011 Dear friends, Interesting times, politically and personally. Lots of new things…just back from Colorado with Weavermania, sang a duet on a good friend’s recent release, finishing up a new recording of my own, landed a beefy part in a new musical at a major theater, a NEW […]