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			Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Week The Immigrant’s Table April 17 at 6:30pm More
	Tenement Talks April 22 Jennifer 8 Lee, author: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles more April 29 I Speak of the City: Poems of New York with Stephen Wolf more April 30 Lower East Side Stories: Three-Minute Tales of Your First NYC Apartment more The Museum Shop: NYC Gifts Brooklyn Tray (small) Bring Brooklyn to your table with this 6x3 serving tray. From Fishs Eddy. Buy 212 Glass Toast to NYC with this 7oz glass decorated with a winsome drawing of Manhattan's skyline. From Fishs Eddy. Buy Floor Plan Studio Plate Perfect for anyone who's lived in a NYC apartment. Features a studio apartment floor plan. From Fishs Eddy. Buy		The Short Lives of Irish Children During the mid-to-late 19th century, 25% of children born to Irish immigrant parents died before turning five. Unfortunately, this included the residents of 97 Orchard. On April 20, 1869 Bridget and Joseph Moore's 5-month-old daughter Agnes died from marasmus, a form of malnutrition, which she likely contracted through contaminated milk. Sadly, Bridget and Joseph would lose many of their children before adulthood. In immigrant areas, economic and social forces combined to create a dangerous environment characterized by inadequate sewers, polluted water, filthy streets overflowing with garbage, and overcrowded, often ramshackle tenements. The result was a rash of deadly diseases which tended to afflict the young first. Restoring Moore Painting. Moving walls. Adding chair rails. The restoration of the the Moore family's 1869 is moving quickly. See the latest photos of the restoration.  Visit our Flickr page. The Irish Family in America Tour Opens June 17 Dude, Is That Irish Slang? According to author Daniel Cassidy, it is. Cassidy has unearthed the Irish roots of slacker, humdinger and other classic American expressions. Listen to Cassidy explain the Irish origin of the word "dude". A Talk With Joseph O'Connor Tenement Talks recently hosted one of Ireland’s premier historical fiction writers, Joseph O’Connor (Redemption Falls). Kevin Baker (Paradise Alley) led a cheerful conversation on the challenges of finding the right voice, achieving authenticity, and being true to characters. Mr. Baker and Mr. O’Connor have each written work inspired by the Tenement Museum. Mr. O’ Connor’s forthcoming short story, “What Might Have Been” is based on the Museum’s new The Irish Family in America tour, which opens this June. Another Tenement Talks speaker used the Museum as inspiration – Richard Price, who spent time here researching his new novel Lush Life. The museum appears on the very first page...but you’ll have to read the book to find out how and why!
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