Culture
Like a Full-Force Gael: Connemara Poet's Memorable Fulbright Year at CUA
Fulbrighter, file, first-class ambassador of the Irish language, community organizer…and the list goes on for Spiddal native, Seán Ó Coistealbha, a...
May 05, 2024
by Aileen Gorman Leong
New York City Irish Dance Fest for Pier 1 on Sunday, May 5
The New York City Irish Dance Festival 2024 will take place on this Sunday, May 5, from 12 noon through 6 p.m. at Pier 1 on the Hudson River, end o...
May 03, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
'A wake to show our love'
Irish American Writers & Artists packed the Ellington restaurant’s party room for an Irish Wake for our beloved Malachy McCourt, an IAW&A founding ...
May 02, 2024
by Karen Daly
Anne Elliot's feelings are timeless
Every fictional story is a mosaic assembled from the author’s experiences. Moments they lived through, stories handed down to them from distant tim...
May 01, 2024
by Norah Woodsey.
Gradam concert, awards ceremony for TG4 on Sunday
First off, congratulations to the organizers and attendees of the Patsy Touhey Memorial Weekend. Held this past weekend at the Canadian American Cl...
April 29, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Culture
THEATRE REVIEW: Project Children is funny, poignant and still relevant
IT'S difficult to imagine that there was a time in our recent history when parents sent their children away to America during the summer to escape ...
April 25, 2024
by Anthony Neeson
Katie Taylor for Netflix-streamed rematch vs. Serrano on July 20
Katie Taylor will face Amanda Serrano for a second time on the card of Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul on July 20 in Texas, with the undisputed super-l...
April 24, 2024
by Sean Creedon
'A novel for our times'
Kevin Holohan once interviewed fellow novelist Joseph O’Neill on stage. That was back in December 2015 in the old Irish Arts Center building now un...
April 24, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Two Spring Favorites Arrive
Imported asparagus are available all year round, but there’s nothing to beat the flavor and texture of those locally grown in its short spring seas...
April 23, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Album recorded in Kyoto captures Lúnasa's live energy
It’s great to report that the inaugural “Archiving Irish America: Music, Dance, and Culture” conference, which took place last week at the Ward Iri...
April 22, 2024
by Daniel Neely
A marriage of styles
The pandemic was a time for taking stock of careers and for pursuing new directions professionally. This was not quite the case for my husband, Kev...
April 19, 2024
by Margaret Dowling-Murphy
Stand-up star
“I’ll just get your mother, love.” The father in Deirdre O’Kane’s stand-up routines is affectionately remembered. But there are silences as he trie...
April 18, 2024
by Peter McDermott