Culture

Pic of Day: The New York Irish Center held its 20th Anniversary Benefit last Saturday. Actor John Duddy is pictured, left, with comedian Colin Quin...

Even though Samhain had passed a few days earlier, some spirits remained to join the women of Nollaig Na mBan NY’s celebration. The group, founded ...

Saint Paul, Minn. – The Eoin McKiernan Library at Minnesota’s Celtic Junction Arts Center finds strength in a local focus. As Library Director, I b...

Fiddle, box, and piano is a classic instrumental grouping. For me, the die for this array was cast in the 1960s, when Andy McGann, Joe Burke and Fe...

Above the Ground, the story of Kevin Barry Artt, 1983 H-Block escapee who found refuge in California, is much like that of Gerry Conlon's of the Gu...

Growing up in Massachusetts, home to Ocean Spray, the largest cranberry cooperative in the U.S., I always looked forward to “cranberry month!” Nove...

Katie Taylor’s big rematch with Puerto Rican ace Amanda Serrano at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 15 is set for a new weight and not in ...

“On the whole, given fair weather, no place can look brighter, livelier, or more lovely than the much-maligned City of Dublin, and its ample square...

For more than a decade, Donie Carroll, one of New York City’s great musical fixtures, has organized an annual fundraising concert in support of Mer...

The sins of our actions have come home to roost in a comedy that sets course for catastrophe, yet narrowly escapes its fate, raising controversial ...

The hopes and dreams of Mets fans have died their annual death. There was to be no Subway Series this year. The first and only time the Metropolita...

A bit of a trad-adjacent column this week! First bit of news is the announcement that the Cork International Choral Festival’s 2025 Seán Ó Riada Co...