Culture
Grennan CD is polished collection
By Daniel Neely A couple of things to look at this week that approach traditional music in noteworthy and contrasting ways. First up is Katie Grenn...
January 17, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Comedy theater production finds humor in death
Brand new one act show "The Maid" humanizes the absurd reactions one family has as they cope with their grief on the night their loved one chooses ...
January 16, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: Echoes from the Well
The author, right, with the late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. By Mel Mercier I met Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin for the first time in the mid-1970s, at the RT...
January 16, 2019
by Mel Mercier
Culture
An unflinching portrait of decline
Elaine May in “The Waverly Place.” PHOTO: BRIGITTE LACOMBE By Orla O’Sullivan Elaine May is known as a comedy legend. In “The Waverly Gallery,” how...
January 15, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Duo’s CD is astonishingly beautiful
Renée Anne Louprette and Ivan Goff will perform selections from the album at New York City’s Church of St. Ignatius (Park and 84th) on this Sunday ...
January 14, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Czech vision built Waterford Crystal
Enda Kenny presenting a bowl of shamrock to President Obama during his first official visit to the White House as Taoiseach on St Patrick’s Day 201...
January 10, 2019
by Geoffrey Cobb
Culture
Salon hosts book launch
Colin Broderick. PHOTOS BY CAT DWYER Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Co-hosts Jenifer Margaret Kelly and John Kearns presided over a night of special C...
January 10, 2019
by Karen Daly
Culture
A game to remember
John Breen's play "All It Stands" is set in his native Limerick. By Peter McDermott Some boys are sourcing car tires for their bonfire. A woman is ...
January 09, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Turner looks for Joe’s Pub talent
Pierce Turner. By Peter McDermott Pierce Turner is all set to do his next New York gig. And while he knows the when and the where, he’s yet to disc...
January 07, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Pulp mag helped preserve songs
The Lost Forty's "The Lonesome Hours of Winter" can trace its roots to Adventure magazine's 1920s column “Old Songs That Men Have Sung.” By Daniel ...
January 04, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Festive Sips
ARINAHABICH08 | DREAMSTIME Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Christmas may be officially over, but the “season” lives on…and so does the fes...
January 02, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
1st Irish schedule packed with special events
Fionnula Flanagan, who is starring on Broadway in “The Ferryman,” will participate in a panel discussion on Monday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. as part of t...
January 02, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff