Culture

In the media yoke this week is “Two For Joy” by fiddle player Sheila Garry and harpist Elaine Hogan. A follow up to their utterly gorgeous album “S...

The staff of the Old Stand in Dublin recognized the two Americans who walked into the bar one afternoon in July 1972. One visitor had been a regula...

As the halfway point to St. Patrick’s is marked today, Craic Fest continues its cultural celebrations this week to mark the occasion. A one-day eve...

Eurotoque chef Alix Gardiner set up her first practical cookery school in Ireland more than 30 years ago, and she’s taught more than 5000 students ...

This week I’m off the sounds and into the pages! Coming off the book stack this installment is “Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán” by Fi...

The Irish Family History Forum will kick off its fall program on Saturday morning, Sept. 20, with a presentation entitled "Researching the Irish Sc...

In a previous column I mentioned the great show at the Jewish Museum, “Ben Shahn, On Non-Conformity,” that runs until through Oct. 26 at the Jewish...

The local GAA club has launched a book, for to celebrate the centenary. They’ve done a nice job on it. Loads of pictures, old and new. There’s a gr...

In the media yoke this week is “Wallace Avenue,” the new album from fiddle virtuoso Brian Conway. Named after the street he grew up on in the Bronx...

I have met numerous people who romanticized and glorified the violence that occurred during the Northern Irish Troubles that claimed more than 3,60...

Ah, it’s the close of summer, the time of year when the kids go back to school, the weather begins to shift ever so slightly, and everyone gets bac...

If there’s one thing at the top of Vivienne Sayers O’Callaghan’s impressive to-do list, it’s rewriting the narrative. “They’d always ask me about t...