Culture

I remember when I arrived in New York for the first time. I had my J1 visa in my passport, $1000 in my pocket and my head was full of my American d...

The Roscommon-born Fr. Michael O'Flanagan is one of the great mavericks in Irish political history. A vice-president of Sinn Féin during the tumult...

Tryst By Karoline Leach • Director: Joe Brancato • Irish Repertory Theatre • Through August 2, 2011) The Irish Repertory Theatre, confronted with a...

In the late 1970s, on the night of St. Patrick's Day, I saw The Irish Tradition, a trio comprising button accordionist Billy McComiskey, fiddler Br...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott I'm a sucker for conversion stories: paths from non-belief to belief, ...

Eva the Chaste By Barbara Hammond • With Aedin Moloney • Directed by John Keating • Fallen Angel Theatre Company, lurman Theatre, Theatre Row, NYC ...

Irish "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" castmates Domhnall Gleeson and Evanna Lynch say they remain enchanted with the magical world created f...

(Novelist Colum McCann will lead a talk-back session after Tuesday night's performance of "Eva the Chaste." PHOTOCALL) It's difficult to imagine th...

New York is so quiet during the summer, but it’s nice to have a break from teaching classes, attending events, dinner dances etc. and to spend time...

Measure for Measure By William Shakespeare • Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, NYC • Through July ...

Two of my top ten Irish traditional albums for 2005 were "Within a Mile of Kilty" by Ben, Charlie, and Maurice Lennon, Brian Rooney, Seamus Quinn, ...

"All's Well That Ends Well" By William Shakespeare • Shakespeare in the Park • Directed by Daniel Sullivan • Through July 31, 2011 Director Daniel ...