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Space, but not as we know it
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Space, but not as we know it
Aaron Heffernan, left, and playwright Eoghan Quinn in “Bears in Space.” By Orla O’Sullivan I could tell you what I saw last night at 59E59 Theaters...
Story of ‘misguided  grief, unrequited love’
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Story of ‘misguided grief, unrequited love’
Playwright Derek Murphy, a New York City resident, is originally from Ballyfermot in Dublin. By Peter McDermott “It begins with a car accident,” De...
Welcome Autumn with Apple Crisp or Crumble
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Welcome Autumn with Apple Crisp or Crumble
Apple Cranberry Crumble. PHOTO: FLAHAVAN'S By Margaret M. Johnson Next Thursday, Sept. 22, marks the first official day of autumn, a date that’s so...
Past won’t go quietly into the night
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Past won’t go quietly into the night
John Charles McLaughlin and Gina Costigan in “Crackskull Row.” PHOTO BY MICHAEL BONASIO By Frances Scanlon Oedipus, oh Oedipus where art Thou, oh O...
Points of arrival
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Points of arrival
John Duddy will be one of the performers in "New York: A Shining Mosaic" at Pier A on Sept. 27. By Charles Hale Immigration to America peaked in th...
Lau CD has tale of two cities
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Lau CD has tale of two cities
Lau will play Rockwood Music Hall on Sept. 19. By Colleen Taylor The new album from Lau celebrates two cities that are not, technically, their home...
Chilling stories at Thalia salon
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Chilling stories at Thalia salon
Marcia Loughran. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER BOOTH By Karen Daly The city may be quiet before the Labor Day weekend, but the IAW&A Salon at Bar Thalia was l...
Borrowing from two traditions
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Borrowing from two traditions
New Road is an outgrowth of a collaboration on "New Road," a solo recording by one group member in 2013. Now the quartet has issued a debut CD. By ...
Writing about love is ‘tricky’: Kelly
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Writing about love is ‘tricky’: Kelly
Sonya Kelly returns to the 1st Irish Festival with “How to Keep an Alien.” By Orla O’Sullivan Sonya Kelly’s last autobiographical show in Origin’s ...
Dingle’s Siopa has high-caliber music
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Dingle’s Siopa has high-caliber music
Concerts happen at Siopa Ceoil an Daingin every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 p.m. By Daniel Neely I was in Dingle last week, aboard a boat w...
In September, Oysters 'R' In
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In September, Oysters 'R' In
PHOTO FROM "FERMANAGH BLACK BACON COOKBOOK" By Margaret M. Johnson Fall is oyster season in Ireland, and the salty, briny, it’s-an-acquired-taste d...
Dublin influence strong at 1st Irish
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Dublin influence strong at 1st Irish
Sonya Kelly stars in "How to Keep an Alien." By Irish Echo Staff Dublin will feature prominently in the 9th Annual 1st Irish Festival, which was of...

 

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