Culture
Belfast’s MacQuitty made unsinkable film
William MacQuitty, a proud Ulsterman born in 1905, saw the Titanic on dry land and remembered his father, the managing director of the Belfast Tele...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Begleys know how to put on a show
[caption id="attachment_70807" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. "][/caption] Two Saturdays ago I was out am...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Dublin’s Kennedy sets sail on ‘Titanic’
[caption id="attachment_70778" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Maria Doyle Kennedy and Toby Jones in the miniseries “Titanic,” which will ...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Liam Neeson is back as Zeus in ‘Wrath’
[caption id="attachment_70689" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Liam Neeson in “Wrath of the Titans.”"][/caption] Northern Irish actor Liam...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Salesman’ still works despite limitations
[caption id="attachment_70686" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Death of a Salesman.”"][/caption] “Death of a Sa...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Theater towns forge alliance
Aitkin, Minn., and Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, discovered something in common and so have become “sister cities.” The link is being forged around the ...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Molloy’s ‘Smarty Girl’ delves into family’s past
[caption id="attachment_70681" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Honor Molloy."][/caption] “I got flung out of Ireland,” said Honor Molloy. ...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Early promise fulfilled with Gurney, Foley CDs
[caption id="attachment_70678" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Dylan Foley."][/caption] For close to two decades, Msgr. Charlie Coen – one...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Furey carried around ‘Colours’ songs for years
[caption id="attachment_70675" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Finbar Furey."][/caption] Finbar Furey was in Spain last week, where he pic...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Lambe is enjoying Celtic Woman success
Lisa Lambe, Máiréad Nesbitt, Susan McFadden and Chloë Agnew of Celtic Woman visited the 86th Floor Observatory at the Empire State Building on thei...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Martin-Cotten’s crucial to ‘Misbegotten’ success
[caption id="attachment_70549" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Kim Martin-Cotten (Josie Hogan) and Dan Daily (Phil Hogan) in the “A Moon Fo...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Barrett confessional is vivid, poignant, gritty
The Irish American Writers & Artists’ successful Salon series returned to the Cell Theatre on Tuesday night of last week. One of the evening’s high...
March 28, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff