Culture
A storytelling feast at Salon
Mary Pat Kelly. PHOTOS BY CAT DWYER Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The first hour of the IAW&A February Salon at The Cell featured the launch of IAW&A...
March 05, 2019
by Karen Daly
Culture
Serious Salmon and Other Ideas for Lenten Meals
Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson This week, the Christian world begins its observation of Lent, and for those who observe it, Ash Wednesday means f...
March 04, 2019
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Making peace with one’s vocation
By Joseph Goodrich Colin Broderick’s new anthology, “The Writing Irish of New York,” offers an engaging portrait of contemporary Irish and Irish-Am...
March 01, 2019
by Joseph Goodrich
Culture
BackWest’s music is quite special
"Heritage Hall" lives up to the BackWest hype. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely For some time, I’d been seeing the occasional Facebook accolade ...
February 28, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
A dramatic departure
Anthony McCarten has adapted for the screen his non-fiction books “The Pope” and “Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back From the Brink.” PHOT...
February 26, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Start planning for March Madness
We Banjo 3. PHOTO: DAVID NORTON Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor It may still be February but St. Patrick’s Day season is already in swing for music...
February 26, 2019
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Upbeat, lively night at Thalia
Mary Deady. PHOTOS BY DAN BROWN Salon Diary / By Karen Daly On a night when many citizens were home watching the President report on the State of t...
February 25, 2019
by Karen Butler
Culture
New run for ‘Runaway Princess’
Mary Goggin. PHOTO BY JEFF MOSIER Mary Goggin's autobiographical show “Runaway Princess,” which swept the United Solo Awards in 2018, is currently ...
February 25, 2019
by By Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Celebrating spring, Celtic style
Maura Mulligan giving a short lesson on learning some Irish by means of the song, "An Caitlin Alainn." By Deirdre Batson A far more enjoyable harbi...
February 22, 2019
by Deirdre Batson
Culture
Outing the Past at NYIC
The speakers in the front row at Saturday’s event. The Outing the Past Irish LGBT history festival took place in the New York Irish Center this pas...
February 22, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
McCourt school for NYU June 27-30
Novelist Donal Ryan teaching a class at the Frank McCourt Summer School at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, in 2016. “Star of Sea” author Joseph O’Con...
February 21, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
'Sun Dogs’: a rich, evocative album
Snowflake Trio blends certain North European sounds. PHOTO BY LUIS DECARLO By Daniel Neely In the music player this week is “Sun Dogs” by Snowflake...
February 20, 2019
by Daniel Neely