Culture

I’ll start this week with a hearty congratulations to the great Jimmy Crowley, who, in addition being a brilliant singer, has fascinated readers wi...

As I reported in last week’s Echo, I was a tag-along to my family of golfers whose sole purpose for visiting Nova Scotia was to play the spectacula...

Nancy Harris’s play “The Beacon,” which premiered in Galway at the Druid Theatre in 2019, is now receiving its North American premiere at the Irish...

Hibernian Media proudly announces film selections for their 10th Annual Irish American Movie Hooley, scheduled this year at the Wilmette Theatre in...

Tombstone’s City Marshal Virgil Earp got a tip-off on Oct. 26, 1881 – Ike Clanton and several members of the gang known as the Cowboys were plannin...

When you arrive at Stanfield Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, you’re greeted in three languages: Pjila’si, the language of the Mi’Kmaq, the largest...

If it’s fall in New York City, it means that a new season of Don Meade’s Blarney Star concert series is about to get underway. Hosted by Meade and ...

“Researching Irish female ancestors presents a unique set of challenges that can both intrigue and frustrate genealogists. But employing creative r...

With Labor Day behind us, the Irish arts scene in New York City and beyond is moving into top gear for the fall season. So, what’s happening? Well,...

In the 1820s and 1830s, no priest was more loved and revered by the Irish community than a Gaelic-speaking Cuban priest, the Rev. Félix Varela. Tho...

Each year in September, an New York City-based organization called “The Village Trip” stages a multi-sited festival to “celebrate arts and activism...

The Celtic Junction Arts Center (CJAC) announces developments that further its mission to celebrate, preserve, and promote Irish cultural arts in M...