Culture
Tiny plays to explore 1916, JFK
Deirdre Kinahan. PHOTO: BARRY CRONIN By Orla O’Sullivan A host of original dramas — most of them less than four minutes long — are among the ways t...
December 01, 2015
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Young boy's struggle to belong
David McLoghlin. CAT DWYER/CATSEYEPIX.COM Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The late November IAW&A Salon brought gifted actors, comic and serious, great...
December 01, 2015
by John Kearns and Karen Daly
Culture
Clare duo honor O’Donoghue
By Daniel Neely A little while back I received Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry’s new CD “The Shores of Lough Breda.” Packaged with a beautifully illu...
November 30, 2015
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Recalling disappointed love
The Mariannes' EP's title track was selected as best song at the Clancy Brothers Festival. By Colleen Taylor What do W.B. Yeats and a young indie b...
November 25, 2015
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Remains of the Day: Tips for Leftovers
Recipes/ By Margaret M. Johnson I’ve heard it so many times — you probably have as well: the best part of the Thanksgiving meal is the leftovers, e...
November 25, 2015
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
O’Neill for Irish Arts Center
Joseph O'Neill. By Irish Echo Staff Award-winning novelist Joseph O’Neill returns to the Irish Arts Center to read from his latest novel “The Dog” ...
November 25, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Fresh, engaging, provocative’
Elaine Feeney. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The actress Fionnula Flanagan has described one of Elaine Feeney’s poems as a “brilliant, sl...
November 25, 2015
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Higgins takes New York
Maeve Higgins on stage at the Irish Arts Center. By Sean Devlin I was pretty nervous walking into the Irish Arts Center Tuesday night. I had spent ...
November 24, 2015
by Sean Devlin
Culture
Begley fans have reason to rejoice
By Daniel Neely A couple summers ago I was visiting Kerry and spent some time near Dingle where I was fortunate to catch Seamus Begley with Donogh ...
November 23, 2015
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Basciville’s Byrnes have ear for blues
By Colleen Taylor Superstar musician Hozier has been giving the Irish a reputation for heart and soul worldwide. His top-of-the-charts global hit “...
November 20, 2015
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Pieta launched in the Bronx
By Aaron Vallely Pieta House, Ireland's leading non-profit organization that prevents suicide and self-harm with its free therapy service, had its ...
November 19, 2015
by Aaron Vallely
Culture
Brady at ease in new genre
Orla Brady. By Karen Butler Irish actress Orla Brady says she is thrilled to star in the new futuristic, martial-arts drama “Into the Badlands” bec...
November 18, 2015
by Karen Butler