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Michael Connelly. PHOTO BY MARK DELONG Book Review / By Peter McDermott “It’s been called a bunch of suburbs in search of a city and it’s been call...

Belinda McKeon is co-founder of the PoetryFest, which is held annually at the Irish Arts Center. PHOTO: AENGUS WOODS By Orla O’Sullivan When Poetry...

By Daniel Neely There aren’t many albums these days containing music that sounds like a warm turf fire feels. This, however, is precisely what Rona...

Fiach Moriarty's "The Revolution" is a stand-out album on a number of levels. By Colleen Taylor For centuries, Irish history has given rise to good...

Kathleen Gillespie, center left, and Anne Walker, center right, at the Irish Consulate reception for the group from Derry's Playhouse that visited ...

President Nixon released edited transcripts of the White House tapes on April 29, 1974. PHOTO: NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Between...

Joseph Goodrich. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The dramatist and mystery writer Joseph Goodrich has described himself as a “Minnesota nat...

Pat Kinevane in "Underneath" at the Irish Arts Center. By Orla O’Sullivan The opening of Pat Kinevane’s latest solo show, “Underneath,” is thrillin...

By Daniel Neely From Ireland, Buille is one of the most creative groups in Irish music today. Consisting of Niall Vallely (concertina), Caoimhín Va...

Armagh’s Agnews, AKA Cup O’ Joe By Colleen Taylor I’ve written before of my proclivity for a new sub-genre gaining momentum in Ireland’s music scen...

Dan Neely, on the banjo, said of this photo: “Jimmy O’Kelly took it a while back. It was a particularly good day when a lot of great musicians happ...

For Michael Harrington, social media represents opportunity as the "arts are so visual." By Orla O’Sullivan It’s the biggest theatre you’ve never h...