Culture
Lineage can be a hindrance: Huston
Jack Huston, who was born into Hollywood royalty, stars in “The Romanoffs.” AMAZON STUDIOS By Karen Butler "The Romanoffs" star Jack Huston knows a...
November 26, 2018
by Karen Butler
Culture
Costigan relishes new challenge
Gina Costigan said being involved with the Broadway production of “The Ferryman” is “exciting and terrifying all at the same time.” PHOTO BY PETER ...
November 21, 2018
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Superb music sets Power apart
By Daniel Neely It’s not often that I get a CD as marvelous as Jimmy Power’s “Go Home and Have Your Dinner,” but here we are. A collection of 35 re...
November 20, 2018
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Galway trio thinks like Irish America
The Whileaways. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor I love Irish Americana—Eirecana as it’s sometimes called—because it sounds like home. The home I’m ...
November 19, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Holiday Tarts with a Twist
Pear Chestnut Tart. RJ GRANT/DREAMTIME IRELAND HOPPING | Margaret M. Johnson If you think you can’t celebrate Thanksgiving without pumpkin, pecan, ...
November 14, 2018
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
‘Narrative that hasn’t been heard’
Colin Breen, the author of “A Force Like No Other.” Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott One of the sources in “A Force Like No Other” said he i...
November 13, 2018
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Ó Súilleabháin changed Irish music
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin pictured at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2005 when he became the inaugural chair of Culture Ireland, a national agency...
November 13, 2018
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Inspired by tradition on 34th Street
A view of the interior of the Long Hall on East 34th Street in Manhattan. PHOTOS BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Peter McDermott The Long Hall is a name to r...
November 09, 2018
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Woodside pubs thrive in diversity
Sean Og Tavern, 60-02 Woodside Ave. PHOTOS BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Bianca Giacobone A stout man with a grey moustache scoops up meat and potatoes fro...
November 08, 2018
by Bianca Giacobone
Culture
#IAmIrish to open at NYIC
Lorraine Maher. PHOTO BY TRACEY ANDERSON The New York Irish Center is celebrating racial diversity among the Irish diaspora with the launch of its ...
November 07, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Burke’s live ‘evening’ is majestic
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Back in 2012, I wrote about a series of solo performances Kevin Burke had been doing called “The Naked Fiddle.”...
November 06, 2018
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Claire ‘more content’ in S4: Balfe
Caitriona Balfe on the set of "Outlander." Season 4 began last night. PHOTO COURTESY OF STARZ By Karen Butler Irish actress Caitriona Balfe says Cl...
November 05, 2018
by Karen Butler