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A compelling, but flawed, view from the 'Mountaintop'
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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...
A night to take Hart (and Harrigan)
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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...
Novelist Kennedy's still got it
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Novelist Kennedy's still got it
[caption id="attachment_67409" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Irish American Writers & Artists cofounder Malachy McCourt, novelist Willia...
Langella shines in uneven Rattigan revival
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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...
For real-life lovers, 'Seasons' change
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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...
Portrait of the artist as a father
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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...
Savoring a session in White Plains, N.Y.
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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...
Clooney for President?
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Clooney for President?
[caption id="attachment_67264" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="George Clooney in a scene from "Ides of March.""][/caption] Irish-American ...
An emigrant wife's tough choices
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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...
Dearth of Irish trad music criticism in major dailies
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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...
Battling the rich and powerful
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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...
Origin Wraps Fourth Irish Festival
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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...

 

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