Culture
Play invites little people to stand up
Donal O'Kelly and Sorcha Fox in a scene from “Little Thing, Big Thing.” By Orla O'Sullivan What might a criminal and a nun have in common? That's o...
September 09, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
New Irish-American Writing
"On her birthday," by Seamus Scanlon Seamus Scanlon. He left Belfast around 2 am. Light traffic. He liked driving at night... no school runs, no ru...
September 08, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Need to make national treasure more national
[caption id="attachment_80020" align="alignnone" width="300"] Dan Barry extolled the virtues of Ireland's national game in the New York Times recen...
September 04, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
14 powerful and expressive tracks
By Daniel Neely Formed in 1983, Buttons and Bows is one of the great groups playing traditional Irish music today. Made up of Séamus McGuire (fiddl...
September 04, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Borders’ puts down a marker
[caption id="attachment_79992" align="alignnone" width="300"] The work of John Blek (leaning forward) and the Rats probes the dark and the light.[/...
September 03, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
2015 1st Irish Fest launched in Apple
[caption id="attachment_79978" align="alignnone" width="300"] Jack O’Connell, who will play Jimmy the Bartender in “Stoopdreamer,” was at the launc...
September 02, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Fenton goes back to the old neighborhood
[caption id="attachment_79955" align="alignnone" width="300"] Pat Fenton's play "Stoopdreamer" opens Friday night for 21 performances at the Cell T...
September 01, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Not such a long way from Clare to here
[caption id="attachment_79936" align="alignnone" width="300"] A refreshing and decidedly un-gimmicky album celebrating community and musical bonds....
August 31, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Museum in Conn. is a world leader
[caption id="attachment_79894" align="alignnone" width="300"] “Black ‘47” by Michael Farrell depicts the imagined trial of Charles Trevelyan.[/capt...
August 26, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Foreign policy to scupper JC
Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott [caption id="attachment_79868" align="alignnone" width="300"] Jeremy Corbyn.[/caption] I’ve been having an e...
August 25, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Fruits of Chicago Irish labors are impressive
[caption id="attachment_79844" align="alignnone" width="300"] Part of the museum at the Irish American Heritage Center.[/caption] By Máirtín Ó Muil...
August 24, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Guilfoyle, O’Leary’s CD is sure to delight
If it’s late August it means the Fleadh is over and congratulations are in order! Earlier in the month, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branches from t...
August 21, 2015
by Daniel Neely