Culture
Beach memories
By Peter McDermott After five years in the making - filming, editing, thinking, researching and fundraising - "The Bungalows of Rockaway" will get ...
September 15, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
"You're next!" What was classic movie's message?
Actor Kevin McCarthy died of natural causes last weekend at the age of 96. His most famous film was the science fiction classic "Invasion of the Bo...
September 15, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Rafferty enters an exclusive U.S. group
By Earle Hitchner If you read this "Ceol" column regularly, it's a safe bet that you are interested in Irish traditional music. I have been writing...
September 08, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
The many musical sides of Martin Mulhaire
By Earle Hitchner Soft-spoken and unpretentious, composer and button accordionist Martin Mulhaire is a consummate gentleman who shuns the spotlight...
September 01, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Quinn's 'Long Story' is too brief
By Joseph Hurley "Long Story Short: A History of the World in 75 Minutes" Starring Colin Quinn, Directed by Jerry Seinfeld • at the 45 Bleecker Str...
August 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
All-star concert to celebrate living legend Joe Derrane
By Earle Hitchner It's no exaggeration to say that the all-star concert celebration for Joe Derrane will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. This specia...
August 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Trad stars shine at Festival of World Cultures
By Earle Hitchner DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN - "What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?" Elvis Costello (part-Irish real name: Declan ...
August 11, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
McDermott returns as L.A. cop on TNT drama
By Karen Butler Irish-American actor Dylan McDermott says what sets his series "Dark Blue" apart from other television cop dramas is the quality of...
August 04, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Radio hosts get history all mixed up
BOOKS/Peter McDermott [A wartime photo of Free French leader General Charles de Gaulle. Library of Congress] Stieg Larsson, the late author of a tr...
August 04, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Blazing music, dance, and heat in Catskills
By Earle Hitchner Confronting a stagnant economy and stifling weather, the 16th annual Catskills Irish Arts Week of July 11-17 emerged as an artist...
July 28, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Lance Daly's 'Kisses' blow into U.S. theaters
By Karen Butler letters@irishecho.com When his plans to make an Irish racecar picture crashed and burned a few years ago, Dublin writer-director La...
July 21, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Holmes is where the heart is
By Earle Hitchner "Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life." That warning comes from Bertolt Brecht's play "The Mother," and the l...
July 14, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff