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The Apple of Molly’s Eye

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2005

Molly Shannon, husband Fritz Chestnut, and one-year-old daughter Stella pose at the Big Apple Fest exhibit ar the Orchard Gallery in New York City in October. The first annual Fest planted 300 fiberglass apples around the city. After two months on the streets, the apples, painted by artists from around the world, were sold at auction with proceeds benefiting the Police Athletic League, City Harvest and the NYC & Company Foundation. Shannon’s husband, who hails from England, planted one entitled “Continuous Wave.” ♦

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