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
Plucky Irish trio out of luck on fight night at the Garden
On a bad night for the Irish trio in the finals, Sean O’Bradaigh suffered a third-round stoppage to nemesis Adrian Frometa in his bid for MSG Boxin...
April 17, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
True story is first-rate drama
If you have never heard of the Post Office scandal in the UK where 900 innocent UK Post Office employees were pursued and prosecuted (from 1999 to ...
April 17, 2024
by Seamus Scanlon
Potatoes: Everyone's Favorite Side Dish
I assume I speak for anyone reading this page that potatoes are your favorite side! I grew up loving potatoes, but when I first visited Ireland in ...
April 11, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson