Cider: The 'Other' Drink to Celebrate
We all love a pint of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, a sip or two of ‘the water of life,” or a taste of Irish cream straight-up or on the rocks. Yo...
March 05, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Doc helped Keenan heal
David Keenan is no stranger to the music industry. Yet, after a series of albums, including his striking debut “A Beginner’s Guide to Bravery,” and...
March 04, 2025
by Cal Dillon
Busy time for favorite bands
We’re onto St. Patrick’s Day, folks, and you know what that means? Now is a great time to check out your favorite band (or your soon to be favorite...
March 04, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Féile Oriel to honor Flanagan
This week, I received a flurry of emails from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s Mid-Atlantic Region packed with exciting details about the 2025 Mid-Atl...
February 28, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Irish flourish at the New Yorker
Anne Enright made a shortlist of two. Back in the spring of 2016, the novelist was asked by the New Yorker’s fiction editor Deborah Treisman to sel...
February 27, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Not safe space hoped for
There are times when it befalls the critical spectator the unenviable task to make verdicts on an artist’s mastery; to defend or dissuade without a...
February 26, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
O'Bradaigh joins March 16 card
No stranger to the world’s most famous boxing arena, Sean O'Bradaigh returns to Madison Square Garden -- where he fought a few times as an amateur ...
February 26, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
Robinson zeros in on climate
Cormac Hargaden will tell you himself that it took a long time - “three or four or five years.” He was eventually successful, however. Former Irish...
February 25, 2025
by Cal Dillon
Glasgow boasts strong Irish roots
There are few places in the world outside of Ireland that are as Irish as Glasgow, Scotland. Half a million people of Irish descent live in and aro...
February 21, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Ó Faoláin is bright young light
In the media yoke this week is “Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn,” Macdara Ó Faoláin’s most recent release. A multi-instrumentalist and luthier from ...
February 20, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
'TDS,' Jon Stewart wrong about Dems 'crying wolf' on fascism
The Netflix series “Glória” is a thriller that shouldn’t be missed by fans of the Cold War espionage genre. It also has its similarities to “Mad Me...
February 20, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Vinegar Hill has storied past
The quaint streets of Vinegar Hill, nestled between the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Manhattan Bridge, feel more like the streets of some small, tran...
February 19, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb