Culture
An undertaker hits, then runs
Jeremy Massey. PHOTO: BENN JAE Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “More Brendan Behan than Dennis Lehane.” That’s what the reviewer at the Nat...
June 03, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Salon goes to bat for libraries
Mark Butler. Text by Karen Daly Photos by Cat Dwyer The stars came out for IAW&A’s first fundraising Salon, The Amazing Library Variety Show on Tue...
June 02, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
CD projects mystery, sense of displacement
By Daniel Neely Sometimes you have to search far and wide to find the best out there, but sometimes you only need to look in your own backyard. Hai...
June 01, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Young stars paved way for ‘Yes’ vote
Hozier's "Take Me to Church" is not a typical pop song. By Colleen Taylor The continued, international elation inspired by Ireland’s passing of the...
May 29, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Array of talent at 6th annual NYNB
Playwright Brona Crehan By Peter McDermott pmcdermott@irishecho.com Although business, trade and investment will get plenty of air time at the 6th ...
May 28, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
A shout-out for the arts
Actor Jack O’Connell, center, actor-playwright Erin Layton and actor-playwright Don Creedon were in the audience last night for this month’s Artist...
May 27, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
The confinement and the comfort
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott When Elise Juska’s most recent novel was published in hard cover last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer said ...
May 26, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Unapologetically contemporary
Willow Sea and Tracy Friel are Grounds for Invasion. By Colleen Taylor I’m feeling very cool this week. Walking about the streets with my headphone...
May 22, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
New Irish-American Writing
“Brownstone Dreams” – an extract By Kevin R. McPartland Staggering slightly and mumbling, Bobby Dutton made his way across the schoolyard of P.S. 1...
May 21, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Where Dublin’s departed rest
The round tower over the burial site of Glasnevin Cemetery founder Daniel O’Connell. PHOTOCALL IRELAND By Michael Gray Media vita in morte sumus: i...
May 20, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Musical standards high in Parsippany
Whistle player Allison Haugh in silhouette at the Fleadh. PHOTO: MARIANNE MANGAN By Daniel Neely Last weekend, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann's North ...
May 19, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Flannery’s latest is probing, beautiful
Mick Flannery is not a country singer, but his style sometimes reflects his Nashville start. By Colleen Taylor Cork singer Mick Flannery found his ...
May 18, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff