Culture
Busy 2017 for women dramatists
Terry Donnelly and Colin Lane in Honor Molloy’s “Crackskull Row” when it ran at the Workshop Theatre. It begins a new six-week run tonight at the I...
February 03, 2017
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Artistic team have 2nd bash at ‘Crackskull’
Playwright Honor Molloy. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Peter McDermott Origin’s 1st Irish Festival creates lots of talking points each fall, but a pa...
February 02, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Moloney finds buzz is still there
Head Chieftain Paddy Moloney is delighted to reveal that there’s a Japanese fan group called “The Lady Chieftains.” By Colleen Taylor “We’re not gi...
February 01, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Early morning cattle drive
Tom Phelan. BERNIEKEATINGPHOTOGRAPHY.COM. By Tom Phelan [This is the latest episode in the author’s series about growing up in Mountmellick, Co. La...
January 31, 2017
by Tom Phelan
Culture
CD shows duo’s chemistry
Loïc Bléjean and Tad Sargent. By Daniel Neely It’s great to hear albums from musicians who are able to strike a balance between the approach of a t...
January 30, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Where NYC goes, so goes the nation
Miriam Nyhan Grey. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “No America, no New York, no Easter Rising. Simple as that,” Professor Joseph Lee of Glu...
January 27, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Super Bowls on the Way
IRELAND HOPPING | By Margaret M. Johnson When Super Bowl LI kicks off in Houston on Feb. 5, the culinary bowls of choice for fans in living rooms a...
January 26, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Wacky without any good laughs
Paul Moses is the author of “An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians." Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott Well,...
January 25, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Trad’s big ally NEA faces chop
By Daniel Neely I lead this week with reports that Donald Trump’s administration is considering a dramatic spending reduction plan that would inclu...
January 24, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Vocation with no retirement plan
Van Morrison’s “Brown-Eyed Girl” will mark 50 years in 2017. By Colleen Taylor Rock stars never really retire—as my dad consistently reminds me. In...
January 23, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Women supporting women
The Bonfire Dance on Feb. 1, 2016. The proceeds of the Nollaig na mBan's Women's Christmas on Jan. 6 and the upcoming Feb. 1 event will also go to ...
January 20, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Creative Ireland makes U.S. debut
Arts Minister Heather Humphreys speaking at the Irish Consulate in Manhattan last Friday. By Orla O’Sullivan Creative Ireland—a government arts...
January 19, 2017
by Orla O'Sullivan