Saoirse Ronan's Rona seeks path to recovery in a remote location
Bronx-born, Dublin-raised actor Saoirse Ronan has returned to her native city this month to present not one, but two remarkable films that burnish ...
October 08, 2024
by Michael Gray
Lincoln's coalition of the sane
Editorialists, teachers, clergymen and politicians from the post-Civil War era onwards loved their Abraham Lincoln quotes. A favorite was: “You can...
October 04, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Falling for Autumn Fruits
There’s something very special about autumn, the season that officially began on September 22 in the northern hemisphere. Also referred to as the “...
October 03, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Wynne & McEvoy a joy to listen to
In the player this week is “The Dancer at the Fair,” the new album from John Wynne (Flute) and John McEvoy (Fiddle). Wynne and McEvoy are revered m...
October 01, 2024
by Daniel Neely
An afternoon walk with Dad
Recently, during a break in a rainstorm, I carried the garbage out to the curb. When I leaned down to move a bag, I lost my balance and toppled for...
September 27, 2024
by Tom Phelan
'The Smuggler' is back
“The Smuggler, “ Irish-American playwright Ronán Noone’s one-person “Thriller in Rhyme,” will finish up a brief run at Bloom’s Tavern, 208 East 58t...
September 26, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Trio's 'Odyssey' has great, complex vision
I’ll start this week with a hearty congratulations to the great Jimmy Crowley, who, in addition being a brilliant singer, has fascinated readers wi...
September 24, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Cape Breton: Reveling in the Celtic Spirit, Part 2
As I reported in last week’s Echo, I was a tag-along to my family of golfers whose sole purpose for visiting Nova Scotia was to play the spectacula...
September 20, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Back home after 10 years away
Nancy Harris’s play “The Beacon,” which premiered in Galway at the Druid Theatre in 2019, is now receiving its North American premiere at the Irish...
September 19, 2024
by Cal Dillon
10th Annual Movie Hooley promises to be best yet
Hibernian Media proudly announces film selections for their 10th Annual Irish American Movie Hooley, scheduled this year at the Wilmette Theatre in...
September 18, 2024
by Mike Houlihan
KC battles lax firearms laws
Tombstone’s City Marshal Virgil Earp got a tip-off on Oct. 26, 1881 – Ike Clanton and several members of the gang known as the Cowboys were plannin...
September 13, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Cape Breton: Canada with a Celtic Heart, Part 1
When you arrive at Stanfield Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, you’re greeted in three languages: Pjila’si, the language of the Mi’Kmaq, the largest...
September 11, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Hotels Earn New Michelin 'Keys'
Saoirse Ronan's Rona seeks path to recovery in a remote location
Lincoln's coalition of the sane
Falling for Autumn Fruits
Wynne & McEvoy a joy to listen to
An afternoon walk with Dad
'The Smuggler' is back
Trio's 'Odyssey' has great, complex vision
Cape Breton: Reveling in the Celtic Spirit, Part 2
Back home after 10 years away
10th Annual Movie Hooley promises to be best yet
KC battles lax firearms laws
Cape Breton: Canada with a Celtic Heart, Part 1
