# Irene Mitchell

In this month's Voices from the Archive, we hear from Irene Mitchell. Irene lives in Washington County with her husband Sam. She came to the United States in 1959 after living the first 10 years of her life in Cuba. Today she tells what she calls "the Cuba story." This will be part one, and next mo…

We’re kicking off in WA this week where our Perth Correspondent Helen Simondson will add to her arts round up by introducing us to Adam Mitchell, director of Finegan Kruckemeyer’s new play The Snow being produced by Barking Gecko…   Then we meet Alison Richards who’s about to take to the stage at…

Ann O'Delia Diss Debar was a medium and a fortune teller who was once described by the famous performer Harry Houdini as, quote, “one of the most extraordinary fake mediums and mystery swindlers the world has ever known.” She made her name -- well, her many names -- as a spiritualist with occult po…

In this month's Voices from the Archive, we hear from Irene Mitchell. Irene grew up in Cuba, and in Part 1 she told her experience of fleeing political conflict with her family. In Part 2, Irene tells about the things they left behind in Cuba, and the things they brought with them. Voices from the…