Culture
The explosion that rocked Jersey City
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott One hundred years ago, the terrorists who struck in the United States tended to be either Italian or German...
November 02, 2018
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Views into past on Lexington
By Peter McDermott Most enthusiasts of photography take their time moving around the streets of New York, camera in hand. Not Michael Di Cerbo — mo...
November 01, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Immigrants celebrated at Salon
Carmel McMahon. PHOTOS BY KATHLEEN WALSH D’ARCY Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Thanks to Charlotte Moore and Ciaran O’Reilly and their associates at t...
October 31, 2018
by Karen Daly
Culture
The long view
John Horgan has been a working journalist, senator, TD, MEP, university professor and author. In 2007, he was appointed Ireland’s first press ombud...
October 30, 2018
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Big events for Madden, Cassidy
Joanie Madden, pictured front left with Cherish the Ladies, will receive the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award on Monday, Nov. 12. Traditio...
October 29, 2018
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Never Too Early To Start a Christmas Cake
PHOTO BY MARGARET M. JOHNSON Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson The ancient Celtic harvest feast called Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) marks th...
October 26, 2018
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
A gift motivated by guilt
Writer Anne Higgins Petz has followed up her 2012 “Irish Crosswords: Puzzles that Bring You a Taste of the Emerald Isle” (she’s been a crossword se...
October 25, 2018
by Anne Higgins Petz
Culture
Hyland & Brunnock release debut album
Niamh Hyland and Michael Brunnock. By Irish Echo Staff Niamh Hyland and Michael Brunnock met quite by chance, courtesy of a date one of them was on...
October 24, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
27 years on, ‘Stars’ selling out gigs
“The Stars of the Commitments” first made their name in the iconic movie directed by Alan Parker. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Ken McCluskey has...
October 23, 2018
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
‘Blue Room’ is meditative, but stirring
The Martin Hayes Quartet. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Is there a person more hard wired into the nuanced world of traditional music at this...
October 22, 2018
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Autumn Sides; Michelin Stars
PHOTO BY KERRYGOLD Ireland Hopping / By Margaret M. Johnson With Thanksgiving approaching, the thought of what “sides” to serve with turkey looms l...
October 19, 2018
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Wake in the West By playwright, Michael J. Ginnelly's
LEGHONWNEY DRAMA GROUP presents Wake in the West By playwright, Michael J. Ginnelly's Saturday, October 27 at 8pm and Sunday, October 28 at 2pm. St...
October 19, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff