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Pauline Turley of the Irish Arts Center with Saoirse Ronan. PHOTOS BY ERIN BAIANO By Michael Gray Fine spring weather, a palatial venue, and the ch...

By Daniel Neely It’s not very often that a recording comes along that can be properly and inarguably called “classic,” but such is the case with a ...

James Joyce. By Irish Echo Staff Bloomsday is almost upon us and first up is tonight’s “Alternative Bloomsday,” an evening without “Ulysses” at Dix...

Joseph O’Connor. By Irish Echo Staff Best-selling Irish novelist Joseph O’Connor will host an all-star cast in celebration of the 20th anniversary ...

Christopher Ellis is an international star in the making, the experts say By Colleen Taylor You might have heard of the “Big House” novel in Irish ...

Ciaran Vallely will launch “The Raven’s Rock” in Downtown Manhattan on Saturday. By Daniel Neely Cillian Vallely is one of the great names in conte...

Kathleen Walsh D’Arcy, left, and Maureen Walsh Hossbacher. PHOTO: CAT DWYER Salon Diary /By Karen Daly Kathleen Walsh D’Arcy and Maureen Walsh Hoss...

“Beneath Disheveled Stars,” by Kevin Baggott, right, has been lined up to kick off the 2nd annual Irish-American Movie Hooley in Chicago on Sept. 3...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott At least two media outlets – the Boston Globe and the Christian Science Monitor – used the word “cinematic”...

By Daniel Neely Last Wednesday, the Irish Arts Center hosted uillean piper David Power and fiddle player Willie Kelly, who had been out on tour in ...

Kelly Kerney, author of the novel "Hard Red Spring." By Peter McDermott pmcdermott@irishecho.com Beginning back in the fall of 2006, many readers o...

Peter Quinn, on right, with Dan Barry of the New York Times, left, and the Irish Arts Center's Aidan Connolly at this year's St. Patrick Day Parade...