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BackWest’s music is quite special
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BackWest’s music is quite special
"Heritage Hall" lives up to the BackWest hype. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely For some time, I’d been seeing the occasional Facebook accolade ...
A dramatic departure
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A dramatic departure
Anthony McCarten has adapted for the screen his non-fiction books “The Pope” and “Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back From the Brink.” PHOT...
Start planning for March Madness
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Start planning for March Madness
We Banjo 3. PHOTO: DAVID NORTON Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor It may still be February but St. Patrick’s Day season is already in swing for music...
Upbeat, lively night at Thalia
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Upbeat, lively night at Thalia
Mary Deady. PHOTOS BY DAN BROWN Salon Diary / By Karen Daly On a night when many citizens were home watching the President report on the State of t...
New run for ‘Runaway Princess’
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New run for ‘Runaway Princess’
Mary Goggin. PHOTO BY JEFF MOSIER Mary Goggin's autobiographical show “Runaway Princess,” which swept the United Solo Awards in 2018, is currently ...
Celebrating spring, Celtic style
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Celebrating spring, Celtic style
Maura Mulligan giving a short lesson on learning some Irish by means of the song, "An Caitlin Alainn." By Deirdre Batson A far more enjoyable harbi...
Outing the Past at NYIC
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Outing the Past at NYIC
The speakers in the front row at Saturday’s event. The Outing the Past Irish LGBT history festival took place in the New York Irish Center this pas...
McCourt school for NYU June 27-30
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McCourt school for NYU June 27-30
Novelist Donal Ryan teaching a class at the Frank McCourt Summer School at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, in 2016. “Star of Sea” author Joseph O’Con...
'Sun Dogs’: a rich, evocative album
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'Sun Dogs’: a rich, evocative album
Snowflake Trio blends certain North European sounds. PHOTO BY LUIS DECARLO By Daniel Neely In the music player this week is “Sun Dogs” by Snowflake...
Connors is ready for the Craic
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Connors is ready for the Craic
John Connors in “Ireland’s Call.” By Peter McDermott Film and TV star John Connors wants to see more working-class stories told by working-class ac...
Madden’s work ethic is awe-inspiring
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Madden’s work ethic is awe-inspiring
Joanie Madden, second from left: “What I love is that I’m running a trad cruise and that it’s successful." Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely If J...
Sheehan goes where work takes him
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Sheehan goes where work takes him
County Laois native Robert Sheehan stars in “The Umbrella Academy,” a new series debuting on Netflixt tomorrow that is based on the comic book seri...

 



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