Culture
Artistic cornucopia in Kennedy Center’s Ireland 100
At Tuesday’s opening night gala for Ireland 100 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. were Vice President Joe Biden, actress and artist-in-resi...
May 18, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
CD has beauty, wildness of spirit
By Daniel Neely Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to catch Open the Door for Three at the Irish Arts Center in New York City. The group, which i...
May 17, 2016
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Hannigan's songs transport
In 2015, Lisa Hannigan recorded her rendition of “Danny Boy” for the television show “Fargo.” By Colleen Taylor This week, I’ve been getting lost i...
May 16, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Tiny plays for NY, DC stages
Fishamble's artistic director Jim Culleton. PHOTO BY PATRICK REDMOND By Irish Echo Staff What Ireland’s President Higgins has called a “brilliant p...
May 12, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Reconnecting with P.J.
Stephen Mullen recently met up with his dad Frank’s friends from his student days in Chicago in the early 1970s, P.J. and Mary O’Dea, along with do...
May 11, 2016
by Mike Houlihan
Culture
McAuley’s breadth of vision revealed
Mick McAuley’s “Highs and Bellows” is a substantial album. By Daniel Neely In the player this week is musician, composer and songwriter Mick McAule...
May 10, 2016
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Walking on Cars aims for honesty
Walking on Cars, a band out of Dingle, Co. Kerry, begins an American tour on May 18 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. By Colleen Taylo...
May 09, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Successful by design
Dublin-born interior designer Claire McGovern began her American career in San Francisco, but is now mainly based in New York. PHOTO: PETER MCDERMO...
May 06, 2016
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Another musical treat from Carney
By Michael Gray John Carney, rising star of Irish cinema, scored a big success nine years ago with his directorial debut “Once”, a charming and unc...
May 05, 2016
by Michael Gray
Culture
Blue Raincoat brings WBY to NYC
A scene from the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company's production of Yeats's "On Baile's Strand." By Irish Echo Staff The Blue Raincoat Theatre Company i...
May 04, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Writers recall Dublin in 1916
Gina Costigan and Honor Molloy. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly PHOTOS BY CAT DWYER /CATSEYEPIX.COM On April 19, 2016, we marked the 100th anniversary ...
May 03, 2016
by Karen Daly
Culture
Music to forefront in centenary
A session at Pier A. By Daniel Neely As I’m sure everyone reading knows, Sunday the 24th was the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion, and her...
May 02, 2016
by Daniel Neely