Culture
A compelling, but flawed, view from the 'Mountaintop'
[caption id="attachment_67534" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Mountaintop"][/caption] "The Mountaintop" By Katori Hall • at the Berna...
October 26, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
A night to take Hart (and Harrigan)
[caption id="attachment_67500" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Whelan has put together an impressive schedule of Irish music and danc...
October 26, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Novelist Kennedy's still got it
[caption id="attachment_67409" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Irish American Writers & Artists cofounder Malachy McCourt, novelist Willia...
October 19, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Langella shines in uneven Rattigan revival
[caption id="attachment_67406" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Frank Lengella (standing) and Adam Driver. "][/caption] Man and Boy By Tere...
October 19, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
For real-life lovers, 'Seasons' change
[caption id="attachment_67403" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova."][/caption] John Carney's much-loved film...
October 19, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Portrait of the artist as a father
[caption id="attachment_67399" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Elaine and her father, Colm Brennan. "][/caption] I used to hate when I wou...
October 19, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Savoring a session in White Plains, N.Y.
[caption id="attachment_67361" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Girsa's Maeve Flanagan (fourth from right)."][/caption] The two best U.S.-b...
October 19, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Clooney for President?
[caption id="attachment_67264" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="George Clooney in a scene from "Ides of March.""][/caption] Irish-American ...
October 12, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
An emigrant wife's tough choices
Malachy McCourt doesn't take much prompting to break into song, but last week Kate Kerrigan, one of the guest readers at the Irish American Writers...
October 12, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Dearth of Irish trad music criticism in major dailies
[caption id="attachment_67233" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Bert Jansch in 2006."][/caption] I'm fortunate to have two reliable outlets...
October 12, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Battling the rich and powerful
[caption id="attachment_67158" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Gregory Murphy. "][/caption] The action for Gregory Murphy's novel "Incogni...
October 05, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Origin Wraps Fourth Irish Festival
[caption id="attachment_67154" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Darren Healy."][/caption] Audiences still tend to be slightly confused by t...
October 05, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff