Culture

Crackers and cheese, cheese and wine, cheese and fruit: dynamic duos for any gathering, holiday or otherwise. Successful hosts rarely bring cheese ...

With a joyous jingle of bells, the Irish Repertory Theatre entreats us to merrily remember a festive refrain: it’s Christmastime in the City. A qua...

With only 1,500 or so present-day members in Ireland, it is not surprising that many Irish people have never even heard of the Quakers; however, wh...

A few quick hits this week as we motor forth toward Christmas! A couple columns ago I wrote about John Carty and Mick McCormack’s album “At Our Lei...

Gingerbread men, gingerbread houses, even the smell of ginger signals Christmas is upon us. Made from sugars and spices brought back from the Middl...

The Irish have been in Manhattan for a long time and Lower Manhattan is full of places with strong connections to New York Irish history. Let’s tak...

“They were asked if they wanted to write a last letter to a close relative or friend. At 3 a.m., under the flickering gaslight, Joe wrote to his mo...

Folks, it’s all systems go for the holidays around here. The Christmas tree and most of the decorations are up at our place, and we’ve a little bit...

Some very unfortunate news to lead with this week: Reidin O’Flynn, who for the last several years was the director and guiding light of the Catskil...

INUSA22 was the 11th annual national gathering of Irish Network USA. The Echo asked Steve Lenox, its president, about the conference and also some ...

"You are the future of Irish America” So said Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason when speaking at the Friday evening reception last month in Clevelan...

It is a disconcerting feeling to be reminded that progress hasn’t been made; when we’ve taken one great step back, that the politics behind our art...