Culture
‘16 Letters’ at Rep
Geraldine O’Sullivan. By Irish Echo Staff The Irish Repertory Theatre is back at its home 132 West 22nd St., Manhattan, and Salon Éire 100 continue...
May 25, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Gilgun sinks teeth into ‘Preacher’ role
Joseph Gilgun regards getting a role in “Preacher” as a life-changing event. PHOTO: KAREN BUTLER By Karen Butler British actor Joseph Gilgun says h...
May 24, 2016
by Karen Butler
Culture
High Kings forging own legacy
By Colleen Taylor How they do it we’ll probably never know, but the High Kings have produced yet another extraordinary album. “Grace & Glory,” thei...
May 23, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Glucksman to host McCourt summer school
By Irish Echo Staff Frank McCourt is still with us. In spirit and in words. And in the minds of those who want to learn more about an extraordinary...
May 20, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Rainbow’ ends up in Great Hunger Museum
By Irish Echo Staff Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University has acquired the painting “Rainbow’s End” by the Scottish-Irish artist W...
May 19, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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