Culture
Molloy to celebrate St.Brigid’s Day
Saturday, Feb. 2, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., the Irish Language & Gaelic Culture classes of the Irish Studies Institute at Molloy College will c...
January 28, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Crumb, essays celebrate Conlon’s virtuosity
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely The melodeon seems to be having something of a resurgence. Back in December I wrote about the Tin Sandwich Band...
January 28, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Nazis find asylum isn't good for health
Page Turner /By Peter McDermott In the 1963-set novel “Ratlines,” Irish Minister of Justice Charles J. Haughey has a mission for Lieut. Albert Ryan...
January 18, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Ill-matched cellmates find ways to cope
Theatre / By Orla O’Sullivan “Airswimming” * Written by Charlotte Jones * Directed by John Keating * Starring Aedín Moloney and Rachel Pickup * The...
January 16, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Shilelagh Law: “Live at Connollys"
Shilelagh Law: “Live at Connollys” A 19-track disc that captures the excitement of a live Shilelagh Law show! Recorded at Connollys Klub 45, a venu...
January 11, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Michael Brunnock: “The Orchard
By Liz Noonan Michael Brunnock: “The Orchard” “The Orchard” is the third solo album from the immensely talented New York City-based singer-songwrit...
January 11, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
10 favorites from columnist’s 1st year/ Finbar Furey: “Colours”
In my very first article for the Irish Echo, published in the Jan. 4-10, 2012, issue, I shared with you my New Year's resolution - to step it out, ...
January 11, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Poet Dennis O'Driscoll, 58
President Michael D. Higgins has led the tributes to the poet Dennis O'Driscoll who died suddenly on Christmas Eve at the age 58. The career civil ...
January 11, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Whelan’s latest is monument to creativity
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely In my very first column for the Irish Echo, I made allusion to John Whelan’s cameo (alongside Joanie Madden and...
January 11, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Great at both ends of a grand evening
Salon Diary / By Charles Hale "Artists Without Walls," a new initiative created by Charles R. Hale, co-founder of the Irish American Writers & Arti...
December 12, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Colm O'Brien offers new fruit of his work
Each time I discover a talented Irish artist who is bringing their music to America it's like unwrapping a Christmas present. I admire the packagin...
December 12, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Center & Moloney, serve up Christmas treat
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely For the past several years, New York City's Irish Arts Center has presented "An Irish Christmas," Mick Moloney'...
December 12, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff