Culture

“I know how difficult it is. Everyone wants your Vermeer.” So said Axel Rüger, the director of the Frick Collection, when thanking the National Gal...

So, I’ve a couple things in the media yoke this week. First up is Ultan O’Brien’s “Dancing the Line” (https://www.ultanobrien.com). O’Brien is a fi...

It was a bit foreboding of one of the themes for Irish American Writers & Artists Salon at Slainte Oakland. First, meeting Christopher and Claire W...

Move over mayonnaise. Let go of the mustard and ketchup. On my recent visit to Ireland, I discovered that these popular condiments are facing serio...

There are spirits in the spirits of the Irish Repertory Theatre’s current revival of “The Weir,” where strangers gather in search of friendships, u...

I’m sure there are lots of incredibly disappointed Cork folks out there after this weekend’s hurling final, but maybe there are a few who can find ...

Incoming report from The Weather Girls; humidity is rising and the barometer's getting low. According to all sources, the theatre is the place to g...

If it’s the middle of July then it means it’s time for the Catskills Irish Arts Week, which at this very moment is in full swing up in East Durham,...

In the classic short story ‘Guests of the Nation’ by Frank O’Connor, the narrator and his fellow soldier have befriended the two British hostages t...

“This Side of Paradise’ unfurled like a banner over an entire age." So wrote A. Scott Berg in his biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius.” Its mo...

Way back in 1963 I had returned to St. Patrick’s Seminary in Carlow from my Christmas vacation at my home in Ballina, Co. Mayo. The craic was good ...

THE Irish premiere of a play by Academy Award winning writer and director Terry George — long resident in the US — is set for the Belfast's Lyric T...