Culture
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...
September 20, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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...
September 16, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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...
September 15, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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...
September 14, 2016
by Charles Hale
Culture
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...
September 13, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
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...
September 12, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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 ...
September 09, 2016
by Daniel Neely
Culture
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 ...
September 08, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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...
September 07, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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...
September 02, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
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...
September 01, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Ennis was the place to be
Maura Mulligan, right, gave a reading of her memoir “Call of the Lark” with accompaniment by Marie Reilly on fiddle. The two stayed on late for a d...
August 31, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff