Culture
Rep, IAC quizzed on gender balance
Comedian Maeve Higgins, on left of picture, actor-playwright Honor Molloy, at the end of the table, and playwright Lisa Tierney-Keogh, at the podiu...
March 15, 2016
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Apple is place to be on March 17
The High Kings. By Colleen Taylor Having spent St. Patrick’s Day in about 10 different cities and countless different music venues, it remains my f...
March 14, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Resource thrives, 12 years on
[caption id="attachment_82931" align="alignnone" width="300"] Martin O'Grady, left, and Erin Loughran, on right, with student on McLean Avenue.[/ca...
March 11, 2016
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Stories of redemption, grace
Colum McCann in Woodside after Sunday’s 2016 St. Pat’s For All Parade, of which he was co-grand marshal with Loretta Brennan Glucksman. Page Turner...
March 10, 2016
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Theatre women stage uprising
Some of the attendees at the Fordham University symposium to help launch Waking The Feminists in New York on Feb. 28. By Orla O’Sullivan The femini...
March 09, 2016
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Home away from home below tracks
Nav, who is originally from Tipperary, Mandy, a native Iowan, and Ryan enjoy a family Saturday afternoon in the Shannon Pot. PHOTOS: PETER MCDERMOT...
March 08, 2016
by Peter McDermott
Culture
‘Os’ crosses over to ‘third stream’
Slow Moving Clouds. By Daniel Neely Slow Moving Clouds is an excellent, fascinating new group that draws on and re-imagines traditional Irish, Nord...
March 07, 2016
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Music fans get the ‘jolk’
Mongoose on stage. By Colleen Taylor This week, I’ve been enjoying the “jolks” of a mongoose—and that’s a sentence only partly punned. The young Du...
March 04, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Another night of great story-telling
Pat Fenton on Park Avenue. The Irish-American Writers & Artists Salon will reconvene tonight, Thursday, at the Symphony Space's Thalia Bar, 2537 Br...
March 03, 2016
by Karen Daly
Culture
City of Savage Dreamers
Nelson’s Pillar, seen here in 1927, was opened on Oct. 21, 1809. Its inner stone staircase to the viewing tower was popular with visitors to Dublin...
March 02, 2016
by Honor Molloy
Culture
‘Beautiful and unexpected’
Sara Baume PHOTO BY THOMAS LANGDON Page Turner/ Edited by Peter McDermott Ireland’s newest literary stars have warmly welcomed Sara Baume to their ...
March 01, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Trad with song-writing flair
Kern's debut is "The False Deceiver." By Daniel Neely From County Louth, Kern is a traditional group with a polished, contemporary touch. The group...
February 29, 2016
by Daniel Neely