Culture
Theater towns forge alliance
Aitkin, Minn., and Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, discovered something in common and so have become “sister cities.” The link is being forged around the ...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Molloy’s ‘Smarty Girl’ delves into family’s past
[caption id="attachment_70681" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Honor Molloy."][/caption] “I got flung out of Ireland,” said Honor Molloy. ...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Early promise fulfilled with Gurney, Foley CDs
[caption id="attachment_70678" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Dylan Foley."][/caption] For close to two decades, Msgr. Charlie Coen – one...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Furey carried around ‘Colours’ songs for years
[caption id="attachment_70675" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Finbar Furey."][/caption] Finbar Furey was in Spain last week, where he pic...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Lambe is enjoying Celtic Woman success
Lisa Lambe, Máiréad Nesbitt, Susan McFadden and Chloë Agnew of Celtic Woman visited the 86th Floor Observatory at the Empire State Building on thei...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Martin-Cotten’s crucial to ‘Misbegotten’ success
[caption id="attachment_70549" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Kim Martin-Cotten (Josie Hogan) and Dan Daily (Phil Hogan) in the “A Moon Fo...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Barrett confessional is vivid, poignant, gritty
The Irish American Writers & Artists’ successful Salon series returned to the Cell Theatre on Tuesday night of last week. One of the evening’s high...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
burke solo is enough to energize audiences
[caption id="attachment_70544" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Kevin Burke."][/caption] Let’s look at performance. Last week, I talked abou...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Dropkick Murphys’ ‘Style’ goes deluxe
[caption id="attachment_70540" align="alignright" width="195" caption="Dropkick Murphys."][/caption] A wise man once said: "Making records is like ...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Fairley’s Stark fights her corner in ‘Thrones’
[caption id="attachment_70506" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="In HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Lady Catelyn Stark, played by Michelle Fairley,...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Clancys keep family tradition alive in NY
[caption id="attachment_70397" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Clancy Tradition."][/caption] A few weeks ago I wrote about a venue I w...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Durcan’s text has wit, charm in abundance
[caption id="attachment_70393" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Dermot Crowley in Paul Durcan’s “Give Me Your Hand.”"][/caption] “Give Me Y...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff