Therapeutic flavors of home
Show your love – and read the label. And not just for St. Valentine’s Day, as that special someone and all of your loved ones deserve the best. Tha...
February 13, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Astoria's Trad Week is special
Folks, if it’s February, it means it’s time for Trad Week at the Wolfhound! Since 2017, the Wolfhound bar in Astoria, Queens, has put on one of the...
February 13, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Friel took Irish spiritual pulse
This season the Irish Repertory Company is celebrating the work of the great Ulster dramatist Brian Friel. It has been staging, for instance, Friel...
February 09, 2024
by Geoffrey Cobb
Getting riled up about hell
We are divided as rarely seen before, the pundits say. It’s true at a basic level in terms of the division between blue states and red, or at least...
February 07, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Warm applause on cold evening
Salon Diary / By Anthony Murphy Brendan Costello, President of Irish American Writers & Artists, hosted the first Salon of 2024 at the Ellington, c...
February 07, 2024
by Anthony Murphy
Afternoon in spirit of St. Brigid
If one of the hallmarks of the ancient Celtic fire festival known as Imbolg, held as February appears, is celebrating creativity, then the women of...
February 06, 2024
by Deirdre Batson
Chicago hit headed to New York
Back in November, an all-star cast of musicians, including Eimear Arkins, Michelle Bergin, Laura Byrne, Liz Carroll, Kathleen Conneely, Pauline Con...
February 05, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Glenveagh's dark, colorful history
Located in Donegal, Ireland’s “forgotten county,” Glenveagh National Park, which covers over a 170 square kilometers, is a rare gem offering stunni...
February 02, 2024
by Geoffrey Cobb
Phase 2: Securing the future
“We’re seeking to offer a full night-out experience,” said Aidan Connolly, the executive director of Irish Arts Center “There’s something pulling y...
February 01, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Up an ancient stair to a culinary treasure in the heart of Dublin
Dublin’s Winding Stair bookshop is located in a beautiful, yellow-fronted building that dates to 1875. After various uses, including an auction hou...
January 31, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Lives of Brigid a 'great window'
Saint Brigid was working in Ireland at a time “when Christianity was a relatively new and foreign religion.” That’s one of the few things, writes a...
January 30, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Collection has trad world buzzing
You know, it’s great when an album shows up that’s made by a group of extraordinarily talented young people who share a vision for how traditional ...
January 29, 2024
by Daniel Neely