Culture
Festive Sips For The Season
Classic eggnog. Ireland Hopping / By Margaret M. Johnson We’re now in full-blown holiday mode so there’s no better time than now to refresh your dr...
November 28, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Fallon embraces Americana
Orla Fallon’s “Sweet By and By” is a remarkable musical accomplishment. By Colleen Taylor Most people associate singer Orla Fallon with a big green...
November 27, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
‘A Christmas Carol’ on West 22nd St.
Elmore James stars in Charles Dickens’s own stage version of “A Christmas Carol.” PHOTO BY VICTOR GIGANTI The board of the Origin Theatre Company i...
November 22, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Letters from home become art
Artist John Spinks, on right in black, chatting at the recent opening of his show “Remains To Be Seen.” TILLOUFINEART.COM By Peter McDermott Artist...
November 22, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Memorable Salon night at Thalia
Kathleen Lawrence. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly PHOTOS BY GORDON GILBERT JR. The early November IAW&A Salon, a mix of monologues, fiction, poetry an...
November 21, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
CD’s akin to letters between friends
The debut album ““West to the Evening Sun” is a cultural powerhouse. PHOTO BY POOKA DUBH By Colleen Taylor “West to the Evening Sun”—a new album by...
November 20, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
High Kings adapt, mark milestone
The High Kings with George Murphy, left. By Colleen Taylor It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 10 years since I pulled into the high-school parki...
November 17, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Apples and Spice, Everything Nice
1826 Adare is restaurant in the village of Adare, Co. Limerick. MARGARET M. JOHNSON Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Bakers preparing for Than...
November 16, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
'Dropped into a very special life'
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Everyone over a certain age has clear memories of where they were when they heard about the death of Presid...
November 15, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Friel ponders a place called home
Rachel Pickup and Ed Malone in “The Home Place” at the Irish Rep. PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan It's easy to see why “The Home Place” ha...
November 14, 2017
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
New approach to music consumption
NOTIFY. By Daniel Neely Early last week I received an intriguing email from concertina player Pádraig Rynne of the modern band NOTIFY in which he a...
November 13, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Experiencing others’ worlds through words
From left, actors Rachel Weisz, Gabriel Byrne and Lisa Dwan pictured at PoetryFest with the Irish Arts Center’s Rachael Gilkey and festival curator...
November 10, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff