Culture

What makes someone pick up a pen and write a letter to a President? The motivations of letter-writers are as varied as their hand-writing, it turns...

Folks, lots of cool local stuff to talk about this week, so let’s get right into it! This year the Catskills Irish Arts Week is back and running at...

Gathering once again at their new venue, the Ellington, corner of 105th St & B’way, Irish American Writers & Artists drew a happy and responsive cr...

Craic Fest is presenting an LGBT Ireland panel hosted by New York Irish Center tomorrow Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. with a reception afterwards....

On the night of June 9, 1972, the Year of the Water Rat, I stood up "The Godfather" under a waning crescent moon. Pluto, discovered in 1930 as the ...

“It’s like bailing out the flood without turning off the faucet.” That’s how Áine Duggan describes New York City’s approach to the problem of homel...

It’s 1850 on a ship about to depart from Belfast, one of several during the Famine years that brought approximately 4,000 destitute young women to ...

Folks, there’s lots to report on at the minute, so stay tuned as I will be covering a lot of ground in the coming weeks. And a good few things to l...

The Newsletter of the Irish Family History Forum, edited by Jim Regan, has been honored for the 10th consecutive year by the National Genealogical ...

The New York Irish Center, presents Cathy Maguire, who headlines a night of country music on this Friday at 7 p.m. Tickets, which are $40, are avai...

Rhubarb — love it or hate it — makes only a brief appearance each spring, but because of its tart, bitter flavor, it makes a big impression. Rarely...

The award-winning Belfast-set documentary film "Young Plato" returned to the U.S. for a screening last week in New York, with special guests from t...